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QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 04:11 PM) So, the NFL want the Orioles to move their Thursday, September 5th game against the White Sox to the day so the Ravens can open the season that night in Baltimore. O's in Cleveland, Sox in New York the night before. I say f*** the NFL. Plus it's a weekend before a big series with the Tigers, so the thought of playing a day/night doubleheader on Saturday isn't going to fly. Tough s***, NFL. You can't always get what you want. Just play them both at night, it's not like anyone goes to Orioles games anyway. Final weekend of August in 2012, Baltimore hosted the Sox, both teams contending, and they got 36,080 fans. For the entire 3-game series.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) Just an fyi, f***faces the Score has been saying all day in their updates that Rose is out, and the latest update now says there's a "chance he'll play" tonight. Apparently the Score's update guy reads Flapship too.

The Stephens family is just printing cash at this point, modern-day mafia in Rosemont.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 02:46 PM) Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. Save Derrick!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 02:41 PM) Everybody hates Rios, so I doubt we'll get top 10 for RF. But he just hit a big homerun?

In general I don't recognize many USMNT names, but when I noticed that the entire backfield has a combined 12 WCQ caps, I knew they might be in trouble.

Duke Georgetown Indiana Ohio State

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 11:00 AM) Rose is coming back today, just like Brad Stevens was on a flight to C-U, just like AJ was going to be busted for cheating, just like Lebron was coming to Chicago just like....... Meh. The lesson, as always, is don't believe anything on the internet. LOL, reminds me of my new favorite commerical, the State Farm one with the "French model". Bonjuor!!

The good news is that if Dunn is much lower than .222, Robin may bench him occasionally, which could help him avoid 200 strikeouts. A push is better than a loss.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 08:39 AM) Rios having a nice run for PR. That was a big homer last night but in 8 games he's hitting .192 w/ a .630 OPS.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 03:28 AM) 1.Javier Baez, ss2.Albert Almora, of3.Jorge Soler, of4.Arodys Vizcaino, rhp5.Brett Jackson, of So let's say the trade was those five, plus S. Castro, for Alexei Ramirez and Chris Sale, or just Sale alone, for the five prospects. What about Rizzo and any three of those prospects for Sale and Viciedo? Or Castro/Almora/Soler/Vizcaino/Jackson for Sale? Or Castro/Baez/Almora/Soler/Vizcaino/Jackson for Sale and Viciedo? Who pulls the trigger any of those moves? I would definitely do it, were I KW and falling on my own sword in the process...Hahn doesn't have that same luxury, nor do we have the fanbase to easily tolerate it. I don't think either the Cubs or the Sox would make that trade.

Props to Anonymous for pushing this case and helping to prevent it from getting swept under the rug.

Chicago State @ UIC. Represent!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 06:52 AM) CBS stretches about 20 minutes worth of bracket-revealing into 60 minutes, so the BIG final could run over by 30 minutes and CBS could still easily get everything presented by the set end time. And I'm sure they can delay later programming too. It would just be funny if the entire nation tuned in for the bracket revealing and instead was succumbed to Wisconsin basketball.

Same thing happened to Illinois 3 or 4 years ago when they were the #1 seed and they had to play at Stony Brook in the 1st round. It's pretty cool for the small school to host these power conference teams which would never happen normally. (Although I believe Assembly Hall was hosting Cirque du Soleil, not the NCAA tourney )

Illinois over Miami, Marquette, Indiana, Kansas, & Louisville. Book it.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 04:04 PM) Because CBS gives them a boatload of $$ to play the game as the lead-in to the bracket show. One of these years I hope it goes into double or triple OT and goes past the 5PM selection show start.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 05:40 PM) ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo Kentucky is the 5th defending National Champion to not make the NCAA Tournament since the field was expanded to 64 in 1985. 3rd time in 6 years

Why even play the B1G championship game? It usually has zero effect on seedings.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 01:38 PM) Re: Q, catching up to what? If he's sharp in the zone and mixing things up well then that's what you call pitching, and hitters generally don't like that stuff. Hitters like pitchers who fall behind early, walk people, and force themselves to make mistakes. Very true, but its easier said than done. There's a reason why there aren't that many successful pitchers like Mark Buerhle in the majors. I hope Q can keep it up, but I'm not confident.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 12:06 PM) Much of your analysis seems to be ignoring half of the season... Why is Quintana obvious? If anything, I think he's likely to improve in at least the sense that now he's stretched out to full season innings. And he's already added some new tactics in the spring. What is "obvious" with him? You think he's going to get hurt, or you think the league will catch up to him? Konerko's 2 month binge was offset by nagging injuries (and whatever else) that caused a poor last 4 months. His OPS on the full season was the lowest he's posted since 2009. The only reason to think regression with him is age - which is certainly possible to be an issue. Sale had a very good season, but not a Cy Young season - he had been until he started to hit a bit of a wall. Barring injury, he should push past that wall. I don't think a similar season is out of the question, if he's healthy - which is the big question with him. That's really my only concern. Veal replaced the use of other relievers who didn't do as well - but veal was only there part of the season. Now he'll be around longer - I call that an improvement. Peavy had his best season in 5 years? Peavy had his 2nd season after injury - that is the key. And his 3.37 ERA is pretty much in line with his career norms, in fact higher than his norms pre-2010. And he's going to be 32, still in his pitching prime. You make it sound like his 2012 was outside his norm - on the contrary, it was almost exactly his norm. I don't disagree about Crain, or Rios. And with Konerko there is some risk that age finally catches up with him - though he looks awfully sharp this spring so far. With Quintana I just see the league catching up with him. It would be nice, but I don't think he's the next Mark Buehrle. I guess Konerko's 2nd half did kind of offset his MVP-like 1st half, so I guess in the end that might not change. At his age you never know, but he has stayed consistent. If Sale & Peavy pitch as well last year, then that would be huge for this team, and it definitely could happen. From year to year, sometimes starters have up & down years, especially a guy like Sale in his 2nd season as a SP. I guess if everything goes well, I see this team's ceiling at 92-93 wins, but I see some hiccups along the way and them ending up closer to .500

QUOTE (IowanSoxFan @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 11:40 AM) Being a No. 1 seed is overrated. The advantage of IU playing in Indianapolis is not overrated.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) Well, looks like we let one slip away. Harrell started throwing 93-94 after he went to the Astros. He was always 90-91 with the Sox. It made a big difference. Are there any "clinics" in Houston we don't know about?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 09:12 AM) I keep seeing this... who? Who is due for regression? Rios I can see. But who else had abnormally good years last year that are still with the team? I think as far as non-injury-related regression candidates, Rios and maybe Crain are good possibilities. Are people thinking Konerko? He already fell off as the year went on, so unless you think he's really going to fall off a cliff, I don't see it. I think the list of players who were below average for their careers, are coming back from being gone, or are young and developing, is a lot longer than the list of regression candidates. Quintana - obvious Konerko - his injured 2nd half was bad, but his first two months were Cabrera-esque. I doubt he repeats that, which was huge for the Sox first half Sale- The kid is a stud, but there's no guarantee he puts up another Cy Young caliber season. A 3.50-3.75 ERA season in the AL is great, but that would be a drop off from last season. Crain - injured already as you mentioned Peavy - that was his best season in 5 years, hope he can repeat it Veal - can't get every lefty out forever Dunn - he was just OK last year, but 2011 still happened and he's 33. Still no guarantees that he is past the '11 hiccups I'm not trying to predict doom & gloom for all these players (like some people around here do), but if a couple of them can't perform up to last year's level, that could be the difference between 90 wins & 85 wins.

It's official per Robin Ventura