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I finished The Newsroom a couple days ago. I like it. S2 was really boring me until they started their Red Team episodes for the Genoa story. Got exponentially better after that. Although the Occupy Walstreet thing kind of tapered off. I wonder if that will be bigger in S3? I guess I could just look up what were the big news stories in between then and now and figure it out. Since I am now caught up on like my 20th show, at least, I decided to start watching Entourage. I typically never have any interest in a show that's already concluded, but I've always really loved the concept of the show, and somehow I've never had anything in the show spoiled for me. Because I've seen a few episodes randomly on Comedy Central, I know there is a big storyline about Vince either doing or not doing an Aquaman movie, but I don't know how that turns out and I know no other storylines, so this should all be fresh for me.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 19, 2013 -> 10:17 AM) Despite it being a good moment for that actress, that whole scenario relies on too many "ifs" for me. I'm still not sure that I like it. And as much as I like Chalky, there's been way too much of him and "Daughter" for me. Too boring. The dinner scene with Nucky and Eli was pretty great though. Setting up for a great finale. Chalky and Narcisse and "Daughter" have bored me to death all season, same with Gillian. Same with Patricia Arquette's character. I just overall have not liked this season at all outside of a few awesome Capone brothers and Van Alden scenes. I really hope next season is more about those guys. I think I saw an interview with Terrance Winter where he said that each season Al Capone was supposed to start taking over more of the series. I hope it happens soon.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 19, 2013 -> 09:39 AM) I doubt I'll make it that long. Dear family, Best Buy gift cards please. K thnx. I'm definitely keeping the ps3, though. It's still a top-of-the-line bluray player and media hub. I'm not trading in that beast for like $70. Yeah, I'm not ditching my Ps3 either. At the very LEAST it's a media hub and a Netflix box.

Oh my god, that Gillian storyline in Boardwalk. What a big f***ing facepalm. Really? That was quite the elaborate and far thought out plan.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Nov 18, 2013 -> 11:44 PM) Really considering getting a PS4 in March.. Hopefully it will be in stock everywhere so when I trade in my PS3 and games it will knock down the price I'm crossing my fingers they have out a new SKU by my birthday in June. If not, then hopefully a bundle is available.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 18, 2013 -> 08:23 PM) Yep. Spectacular. The CIA stuff is so good. Show is really flowing once they canned Dana and family I really enjoy the amount of f***s that Saul isn't giving about having like a week left as director of the CIA.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 18, 2013 -> 07:00 PM) The show is so ridiculously unrealistic. Here's another example, probably the 90th since the beginning of the series, where Carrie's actions should have gotten here fired immediately. Of course she'll explain how important it was to stop that guy from killing the bomber and everyone will sort of forget about her compromising yet another operation. So laughably unbelievable but somehow I still find the show quite entertaining. Well yeah, her constant disregard for authority and reckless behavior should have had her fired and never allowed near Langley in S1, but I think we've all at this point just accepted that they will always be forgiving of her actions.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 18, 2013 -> 06:34 PM) I must be missing something. Outside of Carrie, I don't care about anyone on here now, and with the soapy baby storyline, I'm now annoyed. Hope the home stretch of the season is better. I care about Saul and what is going on with him, I find Quinn extremely interesting, I like Farah and her mysterious role. Brody's storyline is the only one so far this season that really bores me. I've really liked this season overall. Probably the worst of the 3 seasons, but still above so, so many other shows.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) Are you willing to pay fair market value for that to happen? Right now I'd guess that's 5/$75+ for him. A decent season and he could push $100 million. Are you willing to pay that for him? If so...why are you so desperate to have him in the fold for 2014 that you're willing to give up some of the cost-controlled talent the Sox do have to get him on the roster right now? How does any of that affect the chances of him being extended before the season ends? I'm trying to tell you it's not as easy as "well let's just sign him in a year", because he may not be available in a year.

Another great episode of Homeland.

What a completely random cameo for Kenny Powers' daughter.

Saad had just an awesome game. That kid is just oozing with talent. One of the best/most creative playmakers we have on this team. He doesn't score a ton, but he is so great at setting up scoring chances either with smart or slick passing, or his ability to stick with a play for so long. I hope he wears this sweater for a long, long time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 07:14 PM) If Abreu, Viciedo, and Garcia disappoint/continue to disappoint then it won't matter whether we have Headley or not. Either we've already successfully added the key pieces to rebuild that offense or we're going to be starting from scratch. Headley could be a decent supplementary piece to pick up for a team ready to compete right now. However...spending $15 million a year for 5 years extending Headley after also giving up talent from the upper levels...which you admit are weak...is completely backwards. If we're willing to spend $15 million a year on a 3b upgrade...fine, let's sign Headley in a year when he's a free agent. Why do we need him so desperately for 2014 if we're going to have to pay fair market value to keep him afterwards? In the deal that was floated, we'd give up Reed and Semien for a guy that we could sign next year anyway. We'd be forced to sign him to a fair free agent deal because we couldn't afford to give up that much for him and let him walk. Why do we need him so desperately for 2014? We'd be giving up Reed, or Reed + Semien, to get Headley for 2014, when we could get him for the same dollar amount in 2015 while keeping both of those guys. If we were sitting there as an 85 win team and a weakness at 3b...fine, let's trade our closer and go for the final piece. You guys keep saying we need ballplayers, we need talent...why are you so interested in getting rid of talent? Why is it a forgone conclusion he will be an FA next year? Why can't the Padres or any other team sign him to an extension this season?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 06:42 PM) I never f***ing said that. Pay some **** attention for once. It makes no sense for the White Sox to give up tons of talent for a guy 1 year from free agency unless they're going "all-in" this season. No sense whatsoever. To pretend it makes sense, you have to float a deal he wouldn't accept. I think that tells how poor a fit he is for the white sox right there. First off, calm down. Secondly, Well I guess it's a good thing no one has suggested that yet, yet you continue to argue that idea as if anyone had.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 06:32 PM) NEITHER DOES YOURS. Yet somehow you think that's a great reason why we should be willing to dump the talent we do have for him. You offer up that deal, he leaves as a free agent. Congrats. You have taken several guys under team control, turned it into a $10 million, 1 year contract for a team that is rebuilding and an early 2nd round pick. Lol, this is a waste of time. Ok, you win. Headley sucks so much he's going to get a gigantic free agent deal in 12 months. Sounds good.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) Why did you float a 4/$54 deal that would be a clear underpay for the guy as justification for why we should trade for him? It's just as much of a fantasy at 5/$15, but for some reason you floated that to say "hey, we could afford to trade for him and sign him to this deal". Why waste our time mentioning a fantasy deal he wouldn't take as a reason to trade for him? Because that is what I feel he is worth going forward. I'd frontload that deal to something like $16M, $14M, $12M, $12M. I don't think that's unreasonable for a guy that will turn 31 at the beginning of that contract. There is no possible way you can feel he is worth only $3M a year. My deal may be an underpay, (I am talking an extension, not a FA signing) but your deal doesn't even have a modicum of realism in it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 06:38 PM) No wonder you're disagreeing here, you're not bothering to read my words. I said I'd happily give up Reed for him if we were getting him for $3 million a year, but since we're not going to do so, it makes no sense to give up a guy like Reed for him. I seriously doubt he'd be signable for 4/$54 right now. That'd be a substantial bargain based on the current FA market and I don't know why he'd sign that. Even the numbers you're using to imagine why he'd be a good acquisition aren't realistic and require him to give a substantial discount. The White Sox are in a position where guys on 1 year deals make no sense for them because the odds are they won't have a competitive team next year. They need to look for guys that are under control long term or guys they don't have to give up a lot to get. Chase Headley is neither of those. To make sense, Headley needs to be available for a very small trade price or willing to sign a below-market extension. Neither of these are likely to happen. It's crazy for the White Sox to pay fair price for guys who are on 1 year deals. A team who could compete next year would get vastly more use out of a guy like Headley right now and should be willing to pay a much higher price. I never said anything about you not willing to give up Reed, so I don't even know what you are talking about there. You say he wouldn't sign for 4 yr/$54M, but you keep saying "if we can get him for $3M a year"??? Yeah, well I'd love to sign Cano this offseason for 8 yrs and $1M a year, but that's not going to happen, so why waste my time mentioning it? And I don't think Reed straight up or Santiago + a prospect or any of those deals offered are fair deals for a talent like Chase Headley. Those are way below fair value BECAUSE he only has 1 year left. If Headley was under contract for another 3-4 years, we would be talking about a Quintana swap. But we aren't, because he isn't.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 06:21 PM) He's worth $10 million a year + Tyler Flowers. I'd happily give up Addison Reed for him if we could get him extended to a 5 year, $15 million (total) deal. That's not going to happen. He's 1 year from Free Agency. If you want to extend him, you're paying fair price for him as a free agent. That's going to be close to a $15 million a year deal given the current market. Probably for a 5 year+ deal. Would you be prepared to give up Addison Reed and sign Chase Headley to a 5/$75 deal right now? I sure am not. Heck, if we still have a 3b hole next offseason we could just sign him then for basically the same contract and have "more" talent on the roster. Since people are saying we need more talent, that seems like the way to have the most talent if they're going after him. I would try to get a deal done without Addison Reed, but if it was just Reed for Headley straight up, I'd do that in a heartbeat. As for a contract, I'd offer him something like 4 yrs/$54. I think he should be worth easily 3+ for the next few seasons. As for how you would only give him $3M a year, that's just ridiculous. Are we looking at the same person? Do you honestly think Headley can't even put up 1 WAR a season?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 04:00 PM) You're right we really need to add talent. That's why we shouldnt' have tons of money tied up in guys like Chase Headley. That's why we shouldn't be trading the young, talented guys we have for expensive guys whose salaries would prevent us from adding talent elsewhere. We were able to sign Abreu because we didn't have bad money locked up in guys like Chase Headley. Why again are we under the impression that Headley is going to be expensive, expensive enough that it would handcuff this team from making other moves? You just said Headley is worth something like Tyler Flowers, so how do you then say immediately after that he is going to be a big contract? I mean...isn't he TOO OLD and ONLY WORTH TYLER FLOWERS? How does that translate to a huge FA deal? I mean sure, he will cost more than any 3B we currently have, but again, people are completely willing to throw $15M a year at a slightly older Brian McCann who had produced a 1.7 and 2.7 WARs the past couple years, but won't throw $10-12M at a slightly young Headley who produced a 7.2 and 3.6 WARs the past couple years.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 04:45 PM) Ok, he's 29 and I missed by 1 year. Ok, but really, I don't understand that phrase. I've seen it used here before. Is the wrong side of 30 anything OVER 30 and the right side of 30 anything UNDER 30?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 03:33 PM) He's on the wrong side of 30 and he's already going to make $10 million+ next year. Addison Reed will still make a whopping $500k next year. If we assume 1 WAR ~ $5 million, headley right now is about a 3 WAR player if he doesn't decline some next year. Reed is about a 1 WAR reliever. Headley could put up $5 million more than he's worth next year, Reed could put up $5 million more than he's worth next year. For 1 year, that might be a fair deal...problem is, Reed is under team control at a limited cost for 4 years, Headley is under team control for 1 year. So for Headley, you're trading for him, probably committing $40 million+ to him, and you're giving up a guy who will outperform what he's paid for the next 3 years. Reed alone is a monstrous overpay for Headley. Ditto Semien. Ditto every other prospect you can think of who has a chance to contribute to the major league roster. Headley isn't a bad player but he's going to be fairly paid. You don't give up guys who are underpaid for guys who are fairly paid unless you're desperate to compete right now. It's a terrible idea for the white sox...especially given that they're gutting their payroll this year. Besides disagreeing with most of your comment, what exactly does "wrong side of 30" mean? What is considered the "right side of 30". Because Chase is 29 right now and will be 29 when the season starts, so I'm not sure I understand the phrase.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that there is "growing sentiment" that Chase Headley will be traded this offseason. What would it take? So many clubs have a need at 3B. Would Semien & Reed be enough, to get a "window" to extend him? I'd rather see if they want Santiago and a prospect, like Snodgress or Jaye or Bassitt instead.

QUOTE (TRU @ Nov 17, 2013 -> 12:46 PM) Its absolutely beautiful. The games look great on it, I love it. Are the graphics really much different? Because that NBA game is the only one I've really seen that looked crazy good graphically speaking.

One of the greatest examples of sample size and misleading ERAs we had on our team this year. I even remember Stoney saying on the broadcast in late September....paraphrasing... "David Purcey coming in to this game. Has a sub-2 ERA, but you'd never believe that if you watched him pitch so far"

So did anyone get a PS4?