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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 29, 2013 -> 04:52 PM) Why even waste your time trading him? Just don't tender him and save yourself the effort if he is that worthless. Because something is better than nothing? May as well try to trade him for something. I'm sure someone will think he is competent.

The Pence deal actually isn't that bad. He should be a 4 WAR player for most of this deal, which is what he needs to be to be worth $18M a year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 01:25 PM) I concur. I still don't get why everyone is so eager to dump him for a bag of balls. He has his shortcomings but definitely has value given his salary situation. Get as much as you can for De Aza, but I won't lose sleep over getting an A-ball player in return. I am so sick of De Aza, just dump him for whatever.

The worst thing you can be in professional sports is average. For that reason, I believe this was a very productive season for the White Sox. I give us an A- grade for this season. Well done.

A walk-off no-hitter for Alvarez on a wild pitch!! lol

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 29, 2013 -> 01:48 PM) Cecily Strong looks like she spent the SNL off season in the buffet line. I couldn't even tell if that was the same person or not, until Tina said "Cecily".

I would love it to be Thome or Konerko, but Robin apparently wants a current or former hitting coach. What is Rudy Jaramillo doing these days?

About to start "The Big Score" the final Heist mission in GTA 5. I picked the cheapest team possible, but one of those is that Mary or Maria driver who is an amazing driver, but only takes a 5% cut. Hoping to clear at least $30M per character, then with some assassination missions left, I'd like to try to get at least 1 of my characters over $150M, so I can buy that golf course.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 10:09 PM) Also Addy Reed 40 saves That's a fun number for him to reach, although I think we all agree how stupid the "save" stat really is.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 05:36 PM) Jameis Winston is really, REALLY good: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1790914...amming-national The WR made the best play in the video.

Ball State holds on to win 31-24. Are now 4-1 on the year, 2-0 in the MAC. Can't wait to face NIU in November.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 03:14 PM) This is a crappy Jason Werth-like precedent for the offseason. Kind of, except Pence is younger than Werth was, is coming off a better season than Werth was, and got a shorter deal than Werth did. Plus, $18M now is less than $18M 3 years ago. The Pence deal actually isn't that bad. He should be a 4 WAR player for most of this deal.

And both my teams give up defensive touchdowns on a strip of the quarterback. Greeeeeeeeeeeat.

Big game for both my Irish and my Cardinals. Cards are up 7-3 on Toledo right now, Irish about to kick off.

I don't follow the Bulls, or basketball, but I voted for them. If I recall, they are steal a decent team without Rose, and in basketball it seems you just need 1 really good player and some role players to have a chance to win. The Bears have such a small window I don't see it happening in the next 16 months. The Sox and Cubs are obviously 3-4 years away from being playoff teams, and although the Hawks are the best team in the city by far, and still one of the best teams in the NHL, winning 4 championships in 7-8 years would be incredible in this day and age.

Caught up with Ray Donovan tonight. It's a decent show, but it's slow at times, and Jon Voight's motives are really all over the place. He never seems to have a side. I really like that Avi character though, I hope he returns next season. Also, I really enjoy how enthusiastic the black son is over Mick. That poor kid just doesn't even know who his father is, yet he is just so excited to have one, even though everyone tells him how awful he is.

Showtime has put Sunday's premiere of Masters of Sex up on Youtube. Just got done watching it. It's pretty interesting I think. I wouldn't say there was a ton of action, but obviously it was an introductory episode to the characters. As expected, lots of nudity and sex, and a good amount of humor too. I IGN review I read said the first 2 episodes are a little slower, but the show really takes off after Episode 3, and through the first 6 episodes that she saw, she loved it. I'll keep watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxoEZBjRacU&oref

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 08:17 PM) Dude, Garcia f***ing sucks at defense. Advanced metrics agree. He STILL has a -0.2 WAR on the season because of his defense.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) I don't think that matters. Lefties are nice because they will hit righties better. Still, good hitters will hit guys no matter what hand they throw with, and at the top of the draft like that, you are going to find those hitters. Draft the best guy you can, period. Well, I did say in my original comment, "I hope he has an awesome senior year and is ranked somewhere in the #3-5 spots." Obviously you aren't going to skip a handful of better options to draft for position, but my point was that I hope he plays well enough next year to deserve getting picked at #3, because he sounds like something we need.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) Well that's silly too. You take the best player possible, regardless of what they do. This isn't football where guys are almost certain to make it and be productive. There are a ton of guys drafted in the top 10 that don't ever end up doing s***. I mean, you could have the next Frank Thomas available to you at 3, but you wouldn't take him because he's right handed? You might end up with Dmitri Young or Tony Clark then which isn't bad but it's not Frank Thomas, and you could end up with Marc Newfield or Dave McCarty instead. Do we not agree that lefties have more value than righties? He was ranked in that article as the #8 prospect in the draft. I am saying if he was right-handed, he would probably be quite a few positions worse, no?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 06:56 AM) Drafting a 1B at #3? Ew. Eric Hosmer, Yonder Alonso, Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez, Pat Burrell, Carlos Pena, Todd Helton, Frank Thomas, Will Clark, Mark McGwire were all 1B taken in the top 10 picks recently. In fact, there were only about 4 1B that I saw drafted in the top 10 that I didn't include on this list because they were not very good (guys like Travis Lee). I agree that 1B should be a default position that sluggers fall back in to, but if the consensus really is that this kid has the best pure bat in the draft, and has that plus-plus power, I'm totally fine with getting him at #3 if he has a great senior year in HS, and a lot of that is because he is left-handed. If he was a righty, I wouldn't even be looking in to him honestly.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 03:24 PM) I don't know how much Vince Gilligan really had beyond building a boring, blend-into-the-wall Walt into a drug kingpin and then showing his undoing. I'm sure there were some general elements, like Hank finding him out, but a lot of the story has been crafted as it's gone on. There was an interview in GQ Bryan Cranston, and it included quotes from VG about how they'd throw out something early in a season knowing where they wanted to go but not really knowing yet how they would get there. Read More http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebritie...6#ixzz2g7v0TVO8 Some of the major characters that were never to be major were obvious Jesse Pinkman, who was supposed to die 6 episodes in to the show, and Mike, who was never supposed to exist, but the writers made him up on the spot because Bob Odenkirk was not available to shoot the scene at Jesse's apartment where they clean up Jane's death. Jonathan Banks happen to be there and then an amazing and long-living character was born.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 12:48 PM) And apparently the discovery of credit cards. 7 games for $180

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 26, 2013 -> 10:16 PM) https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/38...8/photo/1/large First few glances I couldn't find Patrick Kane's name. Nice of them to add Jamal Mayers to the cup, as he technically did not qualify.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2013 -> 11:37 PM) Yeah, I'm about a heist after that. I only have the last big heist left. That mission where you travel to ******* reminds me a lot of the mission in GTA San Andreas where you had to fly out to Liberty City. I was trying not to spoil where you traveled to. *Doh* And I really wanted to explore "that place", but I failed the mission the second I took a wrong turn. Damn.