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QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jan 6, 2015 -> 01:47 AM) I think he will be a great bench player. Way better then Garcia was last year. I'd have to absolutely agree with that. I don't think he is a bench player though. My guess is Bonafacio becomes our starting 2B, who will spell anyone who needs it, allowing Carlos Sanchez, Luery Garcia, or JB Shuck to get some starts at 2B. I think this move pretty much sealed Micah's start in AAA. And the other 3 guys will battle for backup IF spots.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 12:45 PM) No, I just meant the marlins are off the hook for the cash. The players involved aren't going back. They aren't on the hook for the cash though. The Dodgers are only paying $10M if he is a Marlin. If the Marlins trade him somewhere, then that new team pays the $10M, unless the Marlins send some money over, obviously. Dodgers made a smart move knowing they would pretty much never have to pay that $10M.

Not to piss in anyone's cheerios, because cheerios are delicious, but Bonafacio hit nearly .340 for the month of April with 8 walks and 10 SB. Then, it would appear, he hit about .240 the remainder of the season with only 18 more walks and 16 more SB. He got a good chunk of his season done in April, then was a pretty bad offensive player the rest of the year.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) What trade is Adam referring to? Bonafacio was the last piece in the Javy Vazquez trade. Can't keep him and Tyler Flowers apart that long.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) What is it, 2004? The home opener is always awesome, especially on a Friday. I guess I've never been to one, so I wouldn't know, but I can never sleep the night before opening day, and I end up waking up about 4 hours earlier than I usually do because I am so excited and I clear my whole schedule for it. I don't do any of that for the home opener. I'll still watch it, obviously, I just don't freak out about it's arrival I guess. Do we even sell out non-opening day home openers? EDIT: I looked it up myself. I only went back to our last 3 home openers, in 2012, 2011, and 2008, and we didn't sell out any of them. One was on a Thursday vs. Rays, another on a Friday vs. Tigers, other one on a Monday vs. Twins.

Long time reader, first time poster. Thanks for the welcome guys!

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 05:55 PM) I can't watch anything with Trump anymore,mthe first few years of that show, it was the best reality show I ever saw but like Trump, it's become a joke. Shark Tank is far superior. Oh, I like Shark Tank infinitely more. I'm obsessed with that show. But since I don't have any shows on TV right now (that is changing this month), I figured I needed something to watch during the week and it's been fine so far. It is sad seeing how fat Shawn Johnson got though. Not that I wouldn't still bang her, because she is only fat by comparison to her olympic days, but man, I remember the little skinny mousey girl who wore a Sox hat at the celebrity softball game like 2-3 years ago, and now she is more or less just has a regular soft American body. Her adorable face still gets me though.

Well, except it's the Home Opener, not opening day, and Danks is pitching, so the excitement won't be as high. My buddies and I are doing the 7 game plan, and we have a choice for the Home Opener, or a Cubs/Sox game, and we are all taking the Cubs/Sox game.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) You'd think Viciedo would be there. I would think announcing Viciedo would be there with a bunch of rookies learning how to hit would not help his trade value. He may be there in the end, but they would probably not want to advertise it.

This took place last year too. Who were the players and what were their results last year? I think I recall Conor and Abreu being some of the guys.

Celebrity Apprentice started last night. I haven't seen one of those seasons in at least like 5-6 years, but man, Geraldo Rivera is such an asshat. I'm automatically inclined to dislike the Jonas brother on the show, but I'm glad he noticed how annoying Geraldo is. I'm rooting for Gilbert Godfrey, Terrell Owens, and Shawn Johnson. I kind of want Lorenzo Lamas to do well do because it was so sad seeing him in the boardroom while they all talked about how he has no money and no celebrity friends. He looked really sad.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 12:05 PM) Playing watch dogs after I got it for xmas. I love the hell out of this game Everything about the game is great except for the story. A sequel with new characters could be amazing.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 02:01 AM) I'll sign on the guilty line Chili. 2015 will be the year of the Condor. And easily replaceable for 500k my ass. If the situation presents itself where the Sox could upgrade over 3B, you don't think twice about it, you take the upgrade. That's my point. I regard 3B, 2B, and C all in the same way. If an opportunity presents itself to get better there, take it. We can't depend on a playoff spot with 3-4 holes in our lineup, depending how Avisail does in a full year.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 5, 2015 -> 01:31 AM) You may have a point but I've seen pass interference called for a lot less. Plus the ball hit him in the back and he didn't even play the ball, just ran at the receiver. I think most people wouldn't have b****ed as much if they didn't call it a foul; the sheer the reneging is what caused people to say "WTF". I thought it was a PI calls as well. I'm just telling you what the ref said was their reasoning for picking up the flag. I did however feel less sympathetic towards that call when I saw this video.... https://vine.co/v/OdD5hWMBK2q Could have been offsetting penalties at the least.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 4, 2015 -> 12:34 PM) I would have preferred to spent less money on Duke and Robertson and go for Breslow, Grilli and maybe Joba or Mike Adams. I do like Robertson but I'd rather pay the 5-10 million extra for Headley. Speaking of Headley, I've been saying it since August: Conor Gillaspie is not going to be the boy wonder anymore come June. The same guys who peg him as a piece of the young core will be begging for him to be cut. What, is there someone here who things Conor is part of our core future? I thought we all knew he was a serviceable piece of have, but easily replaceable if the situation came up.

I'm ecstatic that the Cowboys won and people can stop (at least for another week) their unfounded claims that Romo can't win a big game. He's done it in the past, and he did it again today. That being said, I'm not very confident going in to next week. I think it will be a high scoring shootout, but I can't see this Cowboys D stopping Rodgers from scoring at will. It will be up to the Cowboys offense to match Rodgers next week to have a chance.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 4, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) I'm glad the Lions lost but why the hell did they pick up that flag? Because they decided it was only face-guarding, which isn't a penalty in the NFL.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jan 4, 2015 -> 06:30 PM) Anything the league can do to kiss Jerry Jones ass they will. Yeah, like making sure Suh didn't win his appeal and play this game today. Oh wait.

Just his first game, obviously, but Teuvo didn't look very strong on his skates. He got pushed around and boxed out a lot.

I think possibly we could have spent money better than we did on Adam LaRoche, but once the other pieces came in around LaRoche, it made it more bearable. I guess the only guy I wanted to see the Sox realistically go after that they didn't, or at least not hard enough, was SS Jung-Ho Kang. The bid was only $5M, and the contract is expected to be around $20M or so. I think he is likely to have a better 2015 than Sanchez or Micah at 2B. Or, you could have even platooned Kang at 3B w/ Conor, and then when Conor played 3B, move Kang over to 2B, allowing Micah or Sanchez to have 2B on the days Conor was off. Kind of like a 3-way platoon situation. I am just really intrigued by Kang and as much as I love Micah, I don't trust he will become a productive player in the majors right out of the gate. I think he will have a longer gestation period.

I love that the backup QB for the Steelers came in and did a fine job, but then as soon as Rapistberger came back in, he throws an INT on his first throw. That was awesome.

Went over to my buddies house tonight and he was playing Dragon Age Inquisition I think it was called. Looked like every other Warcraft type game to me. Must be how people who hate shooters feel when they see one.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 02:53 AM) Heist are only for next gen I believe. Finally picked it up for PS4 and have been playing it like crazy. I had it for ps3 but midway through the storyline I just kind of stopped playing it and never went back. Nope, just looked it up, Heists are for all versions of GTAV. Apparently some code on the game has leaked and it points to a Jan. 27th release.

In the small amount of time we've seen Teuvo, I've noticed he is an elite passer, and I saw him hustle back on defense quite a lot. Not sure if that's representative of who he is going to be, but he seems to have extremely good vision and anticipation. Reminds me of Saad in that way, although Saad seems to be more physical offensively.