ChiliIrishHammock24

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 09:53 AM) How much do you think you'd get for your current PS4? I haven't looked up prices yet, bit I figured I would list it on Facebook for $175, and then hope for $150. Hell, my parents may even take it from me for $150. Their PS3 broke last year, and they have no other blu-ray player. And their grandkids will be ready for video games in a few years.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 02:50 AM) You have to be mindful of getting back to the bag and staying on it the bigger your leadoff is. That’s part of the risk in taking a leadoff. If you’re going to change that you might as well let runners slide past 2nd or 3rd base on steal attempts or force plays as long as they “touched base” before the ball got there. It’s no different. No reason to make the field rules inconsistent How does a bigger or smaller leadoff change the likelihood that your body part will bounce off the bag and break contact on a slide/dive? No one is suggesting a baserunner is able to slide past the bag carelessly. Did you actually read the article or....?

PS4 Pro, Star Wars edition just announced. Cost is $450, comes with BF2, and has a custom Star Wars design on the unit. But rumors are the PS4 Pro, just the system, will be $299 most places for Black Friday, so I plan to get one from Best Buy, and then sell my current PS4.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 12:58 PM) This is not a good idea. All the runner has to do is maintain contact with the bag. If he chooses to break contact for any reason, he is in play. If players cannot figure out how to stay in contact with a bag through a slide, they should not be rewarded, a popup slide with constant contact to the bag is generally taught in little league. This would also be a disaster to enforce with the different perspectives of umpires and cameras. No runner is "choosing" to break contact, so that's a weird thing to say. And yeah, popup slides occur...and sometimes, the runner's foot loses contact for even 1/8th of an inch. That runner, because of replay technology, may be called out. That's the discussion here, not the freedom to be cavalier or lazy at the base.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 06:21 AM) Nothing forces him to take a lead off.... I have no idea why this is even a debate. If he’s too slow to properly get back to the bag, maybe he needs to shorten his lead off. Any rule will just encourage bigger lead offs then pitchers are going to spend even more time trying to shorten leads and pick guys off which is bad for watchability of games. How does this rule encourage bigger leadoffs? Or have anything to do with leadoffs in general? The problem wasn't Lobaton's leadoff....he got back to the base in time.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 15, 2017 -> 01:47 AM) I don't get it either. I mean, aren't outfielders supposed to be able to charge the ball and make a good throw? I think this play was far less athletic than the play against the Nat's earlier this week when the Schwab showed off his soccer skills. I think Ron Darling's absolute slurpfest with the Cubs is becoming the narrative for some reason. He has said twice in the Nats series that Baez made a play that no other 2B in baseball makes. And then he caught himself saying that Contreras made "The most athletic of plays by a catcher". And yet, Cubs fans swear that the TBS booth is anti-Cub, just like they thought Joe Buck was anti-Cub last World Series.

My wallet wants Yankees, my heart wants Astros. But also, I kind of want to s*** down the Astro's fans throats for insisting they didn't need Sale or Quintana.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 09:59 AM) Lots of irrational Cubbie hate here! Go Chicago! These guys aren't assholes, the real asshole is the National's Daniel Murphy anti-gay bible thumping loon. Glad to see he doesn't advance. Go cubs! How does someone who is so clearly just a casual baseball fan, find this forum? Saying you root for both teams, or "I just want Chicago to do well", is just code for "I'm not really a big baseball fan". Not saying you have to openly root against against the Cubs, but rooting for a rival does not make sense for hardcore fans.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 03:02 PM) Abolish leadoffs then. Tell him to plant his foot on the base just like its little league. Leadoffs and secondary leads are choices with an implied risk. He doesn't have to take a leadoff. Nothing in the rules tells him he has to. Why have bases at all if you don't have be in contact with it if a tag is applied. Whats the purpose of a base then. Why stand or make contact with it? Why is it required to make contact with it to move to the next base. Why not just do a captain morgan over it when the pitcher tries a pick to first. You know making contact with the inner corner of the base is going to slow down my run to second. So as long as I go over it then that should work as well.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 11:55 AM) This nonsense of basic rules dont apply because it hurts my sensibilities is nuts. Yeah, but part of Cameron's point is that these rules aren't becoming as "basic" anymore, now that we have super slo mo cameras to see details that were never seen before. As he points out, for 100+ years, Lobotan would have been called safe. It's only NOW that we have super detailed camera work that he is ruled out. Cameron is arguing giving the vertical safe zone would actually create results more in line with what we have always seen in the past. Because if you are talking about most BASIC of all, it's almost always been if the runner gets to the bag first, he's safe. Umpires never followed through with the minute details like they have to do via replay. These are calls that were never called before. So if you're a purist, vertical safe zones actually just take away super slo-mo replays changing ridiculously technical plays like that, and return calls to how they were always called.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 01:42 AM) In prep for the s***-talking I am going to hear at work tomorrow because I was "So stupid to put money on the Nats, or anyone but the Cubs to win the WS", does anyone have final series totals? At the very least, I feel like the Nats outscored them, hit for higher average, had a higher OBP, struck out more Cubs hitters, and pretty much outplayed the Cubs in every metric except possible ERA, and of course actually winning the game. My whole defense is how they could have and should have lost this series, but luck and horrible Nats miscues advanced them. Thank you, kind sirs. Did some of the work for myself... Nats hit for better AVG, OBP, OPS, HR, SB, struck out WAY less, walked WAY more, AND scored MORE runs overall. I can't find a single offensive statistic the Cubs did better in.... Nats PITCHED to a lower ERA, lower WHIP, more Ks, less BB, less hits. Cubs even committed more errors. I swear to you, I can't find even ONE traditional offensive or pitching statistic that the Nats didn't do better in. I'm assuming the Cubs had better avg w/RISP, or at least had more clutch hits, but it's very bizarre to think that Nats did everything "better", except score runners across the plate in the same 9-inning stretches, considering overall they actually scored 3 more runs too.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 04:04 PM) I had forgotten about Yasmany Tomas until reading a Longenhagen article today. If they had a decent spot for him, that's a guy with the talent to be a player, but I don't know where they'd play him. DH. But MLBTR's idea of taking on bad money in order to steal a prospect or two is a good idea. The Sox have PLENTY of money to parlay in to prospects, either via flipping a FA signing or their suggestion of taking on bad contracts to add prospects.

Dave Cameron was getting lit up on Twitter tonight about feeling that a replay like tonight's replay on Lobaton being picked off of 1st ruins baseball, and it shouldn't be that way. So his solution is a rule where once you make contact with the bag, you are granted a "vertical safe zone", so as long as you are still directly over the base, you are safe. This would not protect against players who slide PAST a base and their hand fails to grip the bag, just instances where a player makes contact with the bag and they slightly bounce over the top of the bag for a 1/100th of a second before coming back down on it. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dear-mlb-pl...e-slide-replay/ I would actually be in favor of this.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 12:01 AM) quite simply one of the luckiest games I’ve ever seen a team win. Turner making a bad out at home in the first. Wieters doesn’t block a ball in the dirt that leads to a run. 0 hard hit balls in the inning off of scherzer. A failed/incorrect drop third strike call. A catchers interference. Another wild pitch letting in a run. Werth flat missing a fly ball. Multiple should have been passed balls that were lucky enough to hit the ump and stay nearby. An iffy pickoff replay on a call that is driving many baseball fans bonkers If you're keeping a list, don't forget Weiters having Kyle Schwarber hung out to dry and instead of RUNNING AT THE RUNNER like everyone is taught, he immediately fired to 2B as Schwarber turned back to 1B, allowing him back safely. Schwarber was the winning 9th run scored. Announcers didn't even bring it up as it happened.

In prep for the s***-talking I am going to hear at work tomorrow because I was "So stupid to put money on the Nats, or anyone but the Cubs to win the WS", does anyone have final series totals? At the very least, I feel like the Nats outscored them, hit for higher average, had a higher OBP, struck out more Cubs hitters, and pretty much outplayed the Cubs in every metric except possible ERA, and of course actually winning the game. My whole defense is how they could have and should have lost this series, but luck and horrible Nats miscues advanced them. Thank you, kind sirs.

So have the Nats still not announced a starter yet? Should we assume it will be Gio, and then Roark if he sucks, or Scherzer to bridge it to the bullpen?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 12:20 PM) Not likely. The Rockies will most likely give him a Qualifying Offer. The White Sox would have to forfeit their 3rd rounder to sign him. While it's not as a severe of a penalty as giving up the 1st pick, I don't see any scenario in which the Sox would forfeit picks this offseason. Yeah, while Holland should surely fetch more than a 3rd RD type player back, there is still the risk that he sucks or gets hurt. It's more a risk a team on the fringe should make, like the Twins, who if they are good, can use him and keep him, if they aren't great, they can flip him.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 11:59 AM) It made sense as Heyward made last out (the guy who normally gets subbed out in a double switch). Otherwise you would have taken out Russell if you went with the guy before Heyward and they don't seem to like Happ or Zobrist in the middle as Baez and Russell. And the way the team is hitting, I think I'd take Happ's bat over Heywards' defense. I guess maybe they could have went with Zobrist 2 spots ahead? No, no, my last comment was asking whether or not he read the 2nd part of my comment correctly. I understand taking Heyward out now, I didn't realize it was a double switch. I'm just pointing out how satisfying it would have been if Happ screwed up that flyball and a bunch of runs scored because Heyward was subbed out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 08:08 AM) So the Indians choke a 3-1 lead in the WS and the next year blow a 2-0 lead in the division series. They may be more cursed than the Cubs. The Indians have now lost 6 straight playoff series-clinching victories. That's really, really bad.

Tilson just needs to be ready by the 2019 playoff run.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 11, 2017 -> 10:54 PM) The basket caught that HR so it wouldn't have mattered who was in RF. I'm not sure you really read what I said there. I said I was actually hoping the ball didn't make it out, and resulted in a 3-run triple as a result of Happ screwing up the play.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 11, 2017 -> 11:22 PM) Buy low FA candidates: C Chris Iannetta (Looking for a good pitch framer to boost our young pitcher's confidence) C Rene Rivera (same) P Clay Buchholz (He was awful and hurt in 2017. I think he's the type of guy who should WANT to go to the Sox to try to reclaim his career. Was great as recently as 2015) P Tyler Chatwood (Needs someone to rework his mechanics to fix those control issues) P Jamie Garcia (Another guy with control issues, however, used to be a very good command guy. Needs help finding that release point again) P Tyson Ross (Went from All-star level in 2015, to trash the following two years. Buying very low here. Do it) As far as relievers go, there are a bunch of options. Neftali Feliz, Drew Storen, and others. Or just go after some RPs that are good 2nd tier guys that can be flipped after a few months in the closer role. Jake McGee or Mike Minor. Of this list though, Clay Buchholz, Jamie Garcia, and Drew Storen are my 3 most wanted of the buy-low guys. McGee or Minor would be wise just to use as trade fodder in July.

Buy low FA candidates: C Chris Iannetta (Looking for a good pitch framer to boost our young pitcher's confidence) C Rene Rivera (same) P Clay Buchholz (He was awful and hurt in 2017. I think he's the type of guy who should WANT to go to the Sox to try to reclaim his career. Was great as recently as 2015) P Tyler Chatwood (Needs someone to rework his mechanics to fix those control issues) P Jamie Garcia (Another guy with control issues, however, used to be a very good command guy. Needs help finding that release point again) P Tyson Ross (Went from All-star level in 2015, to trash the following two years. Buying very low here. Do it) As far as relievers go, there are a bunch of options. Neftali Feliz, Drew Storen, and others. Or just go after some RPs that are good 2nd tier guys that can be flipped after a few months in the closer role. Jake McGee or Mike Minor.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 11, 2017 -> 10:51 PM) Ha ha, my post season has been blown to hell. I'm still hanging in there! QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 3, 2017 -> 01:57 AM) For the sake of the bets I made in Vegas.... Yankees vs. Nationals for the World Series. I'll win $145 if the Yankees win, I'll win $130 if the Nationals win.

Can anyone tell me why Happ came in on defense for Heyward? Happ didn't bat for Heyward prior to that change, right? As much as I was hoping Taylor hit a grand slam, just as satisfying would have been a 3-run triple because Happ screwed up a flyball that Heyward would have caught.