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QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 01:14 AM) Last week marked 2 years since I graduated college. I still haven't gotten a full-time job. But then again, things work a lot different in the broadcasting field. Live at home?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 10:39 PM) Balfour is something else too. I don't know if I like him but I like watching him. I hate that f***.

BoB CD came out today. Haven't downloaded it yet, but he hasn't released any good complete works since maybe B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray mixtape.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 12:59 AM) I think you're thinking of using your cable box, which the PS4 doesn't do. DVR as in records gameplay and you can go back and watch and save chunks of it with pause/FF/rewind ability. Oooh ok. Well I am pretty sure he was referring to the cable box feature when referring to the Xbox. It connects to your cable box, which is something the PS4 doesn't do.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 12:44 PM) Congrats! QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) Congrats, now begins actual life. The 20's after you graduate are the greatest time ever, move out, get out, do whatever you want. Thank you, and thank you. But I have pretty much 0 chance of moving out and surviving. My mom just hit me with the "so now you pay all your own bills, and you are now $20K in student debt" yesterday, so that was cool. I'm not what you call a very hard worker. Maybe that's not the right word, because I work hard when I am at work, I just hate working. I've had a job since I was 16, but it's usually been 15-20 hours a week. I'm very cheap and frugle, so it's never been an issue for me making only like $100 a week. But now that I have all my own bills to pay instead of just a portion of them, I realize I need to start working 30+ hours a week now just to stay afloat. I know my parents will help me out if I need it, but I feel guilty enough being the only one of my brothers to go away to college at at a University. My 2 older brothers stayed home and commuted to school where tuition was only like $2500 a semester or something cheap like that. They were both able to work throughout college and pay their own bills, I never did (maybe could have, but my major does not lend itself to a side job). Needless to say, I got heaps of stress right now. I've spent the past few hours trying to apple to various baseball jobs across the country, unfortunately most are only offering internships, and no entry-level positions.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 12:17 AM) They both have this. I've used it a few times on the PS4. It's pretty cool. Really? But you have to have DVR capabilities in the first place, right?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 07:06 PM) And what does he bring you then? Probably not s***, just like now. Dump his ass, because the PA he's going to eat in 2014 aren't worth sacrificing the development of anyone who may be in our future plans. For f***s sake, 2+ years of Alex Rios gets you Leury Garcia on waivers & you still have to pay $1M. Dunn is bringing back nobody even if you eat his deal. So eat it now, see if you can get anything useful for the 2014 club in the process, i.e. another lefty arm to challenge Leesman & Veal is probably more useful to us than Dunn, and don't give him any PAs. There is literally like no upside here. We suck, so does he. Cut the f***in cord. There will most certainly be a team in July that won't mind paying a few million for the last couple months of Dunn if it means he can mash some HR for them down the stretch and help them get to the playoffs. I promise you.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 06:51 PM) http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...strikeout-total Davidson doesn't like to strike out. Nice to know he's not aspiring to be the next Mark Reynolds. What a novel idea, a hitter not liking to strike out! I guess it's too bad for us that Adam Dunn must be a big fan of it, and Tyler Flowers has been working on striking out more this year. Seriously though, what a stupid article.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) Dunn will probably have more trade value at the deadline than he does now Jesus, that is word for word what I was about to type in the quick reply box before I read this.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 09:03 AM) They gave up a cost-controlled 3b prospect whom many believe will be legit for an average relief pitcher who happened to pitch most of his games in the 9th inning. So what's your point? Are you disagreeing that it was a fair trade that made both teams better?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 10:09 AM) Lol, no. I love how Cowboy fans feel about Romo in relation to everyone else. You realize most Cowboys fans hate Romo right? Most want him released and believe in the idea that this team would be better off with ANYONE else. Those dumb fans listen to the dumb recycled narrative from the media that says "The Cowboys will never win with Romo!!!". No. The Cowboys will never win the defense they run out there pretty much ever year. The Cowboys would never have made the playoffs in the last decade without Romo.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 08:49 AM) I think he has like 19 or 20 career 4th quarter comebacks. The problem is that the media treats the Cowboys like they are still some powerhouse franchise, when they are mediocre as they come. In the last 17 seasons, they are 135-135 in the regular season with one playoff win. I agree that the Cowboys get WAY too much attention and every preseason they are usually considered one of the best, but no matter what, the media and fans and most everyone who doesn't have access to a statistics database laughs at Romo no matter what. It's fair to say the Cowboys are overrated, because they usually are, but Romo gets more s*** shoveled on him than any athlete I've seen.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 06:56 PM) I don't think they had a choice. Yeah, I agree with the stuff about Andrew all the sudden giving Carrie this sweet offer. I am thinking he either has sinister plans for her, or maybe he actually had something to do with the Langley bombing (he seems to have gained the most from it), so he is trying to get her out of the country, and he knows he can do that by "promoting" her.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 11:05 AM) I've been pretty happy with Xbox One. The way people talked about it, you thought it would be a disaster. I haven't had any issues. Wish more game were out right now, but those are coming. Well because when it was first announced, it WAS a disaster. But they slowly started going back on a lot of the things they planned on doing and now both systems are pretty close again.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 12:34 AM) Matthew Stafford and Tony Romo are overrated as hell and love screwing up in December. Lol, no. Tony Romo is somehow consider a scum of the Earth quarterback who sucks, especially at the end of games, despite owning the best 4th Quarter QBR of any QB in NFL History, and being one of the best QBs statistically in close games of 7 pts or less. But hey, everyone keeps pushing an inaccurate narrative because it's more important to hate the Cowboys and whomever their QB is than actually be right about anything.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 11:39 AM) Kane and Toews interview each other Was impossible for me not to read that in their own voices.

I noticed no videos have been posted yet, so here is one.... A beautiful swing on a bullet 2B to CF - http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=30995937&c_id=mlb

It seems a common comp for Davidson is Mark Reynolds, which I am okay with. Although Davidson will probably strike out slightly less, play slightly better defense, and hit less HR, but Reynolds was about a 2 WAR player with Arizona, which isn't great, but it's fair value in return for a closer.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 12:38 AM) What does this mean? Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about. What games could he be playing on his Ps3 that he cant play on his Ps4?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 01:49 AM) I don't think that's unreasonable either. I think he'll end up getting more per year, but I think you and I have the low and high limits as to his yearly salaries. I do think 7 years is too much, but I've been wrong before. If writers weren't suggesting that he will get $100M+, I would have predicted someone would sign him for 5 yrs/$80M.

No, no, no, no, no! Not that I wouldn't want him as a #3-#4 guy, but because of how much someone will overpay for Samardzija. His value has somehow become so inflated for no reason and is completely overrated. I don't want to think of what some dumb team may end up paying for him.

I dont understand people laughing at Kevin Towers for this deal. The Dbacks have Prado under control for the next 3 years. Their OF has Trumbo-Parra-Pollock for the foreseeable future. They had no room for Davidson. You could certainly argue they may have been able to get more for Davidson elsewhere, but this move only makes the Dbacks better both now and in the future.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 10:16 PM) Some of them were drooling over Avi Garcia near the end of the year too Like Mrs. Fielder.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 12:26 AM) The problem with Tanaka is that it's likely going to take a $100-120 mill commitment over 5-6 years. I think he'll be fine, but the track record on Japanese pitchers has been skittish at best. Darvish has been phenomenal, but Matsuzaka was overhyped and Kei Igawa was absolutely brutal. There are others too, primarily relievers, and they've been hit or miss too. I think they'll probably bid $20 mill, but their overall interest will be tepid, and he'll end up elsewhere. I don't see him getting $20M a year. That's a GIGANTIC risk for an unproven player. I'm going to put my guess at..... Cubs, 7 yrs/$105M. EDIT: And I understand 7 yrs is a gigantic risk too, I'm just meeting the idea that he will get $100+M. If the Sox got involved, I'd want to see them at 5 yrs/$70M.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 07:34 PM) Hell if Jones has a solid year closing and piles up 40 saves we might be able to get a big return for him next year too. That's actually a really interesting idea that I'd get behind. Give Jones the job, to simply inflate his market value, and then see if you can trade him for another top prospect. If not, bring him back for 2015 and give him a short lease with Webb being in mind as the closer all along. I like this.