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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 08:16 PM) So many people are going to be forced to vote for Hillary just to oppose the disaster that is Trump. It's akin to Howard stern haters actually giving him the ratings. I prefer Bernie, but I have no problem voting for Hillary if the alternative is Trump.

Damn I was looking forward to seeing him redeem himself 2012 Adam Dunn style. Let's put that money to good use FO.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:24 AM) "tell it like it is" is thinly veiled code for saying bunch of bigoted things I think "we need to stop being so politically correct" is what he uses for that.

Anyone see Okazaki's bicycle kick goal yesterday? Leicester's just coming up with crazy ways to win.

I think we need either one CB or S in Free Agency. Love what we've done so far though.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 13, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) Trump repeating some 4chan nonsense about the guy who tried rushing him yesterday being a part of ISIS was special /pol loves them some Trump. If you go read Reddit's politics subreddit, the Trump supporters are coming out in full force too.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 09:45 AM) With Butler, that's probably a W last night Perhaps. Our defense was awful and some of the turnovers were head scratchers. Guys were missing open passes by a good 3 feet. Moore played out of his mind and more or less replaced Jimmy's production on offense. We really need him on the defensive end though. Rose also couldn't keep up with a 33 year old Parker.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 10:41 AM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 2m2 minutes ago The Cleveland #Browns officially cut Johnny Manziel. Maybe he's the Broncos' new QB...

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 04:32 PM) So far they have signed LB Danny Trevthan and OT Bobby Massie. Resigned OT Nick Becton, RB Jacquizz Rodgers, and CB Tracy Porter. Have been connected to OG Louis Vazquez, S TaShaun Gipson, S David Bruton, CB Patrick Robinson, and CB Casey Heyward. I know Hayward was great a few years back, is he still good?

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 02:45 PM) I wasn't listening closely but somebody please tell me Rowand didn't just say Avi shares Manny Ramirez' ability to work a pitcher. Rowand is the new Hawk.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 04:30 PM) The O's have to be one of the worst constructive teams I've seen in a while. Talk about whiff city. Brutal given the money they spent this off-season. They also have poor pitching.

Good thing Forte's not going to GB. He'd really excel in that Packers offense.

86-76.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 08:28 AM) I think the days of playing WITH randos on the internet are long gone. I'll play battlefront with friends, but the Show is a s*** experience online, and I'd rather compile the stats over the course of a season than battle it out in the glitchy The Show online experience. This is the only thing I hate about The Show. Online is a damn nightmare. Hitting and pitching are OK, but when it comes to fielding and base running, it's a complete s*** show.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) Akiem Hicks or Jaye Howard the Bears are in on too. lol Hicks' Wikipedia page has him as a Bear. We still need maybe one more ILB and a safety (Gipson?).

So is Trevathan the only guy the Bears are likely to sign at this point?

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 04:08 PM) It could mean nothing. Ultimately it's a tiny sample size, in exhibition games, with a lot of players on either team who won't be in the majors. It could also foreshadow a better start to the season. The last two seasons the Sox wallowed through March and then came out of the gate slow. The fluff pieces this year have all mentioned a focus on having the players ready. Maybe they're not lying. IIRC, we've usually sucked in ST. Then that translated to bad starts in April. Hopefully this year is different.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 01:10 PM) Hopefully it was "normal" swelling related to coming back from an injury and not anything else. I'm going to the game in SA on Thursday. It'd be nice to see a healthy Bulls team put up a fight.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 10:15 PM) Lol. No. Kawasaki provided the headbands and like doesn't have family that came over here on a boat from Africa as property. This isn't even close to the same and both situations are benign in different ways. What Eaton said was taken out of context. He should have had better awareness that what he said was perceived along the lines of "all lives matter", which is usually what racists say in response to black lives matter. This is, in a way, different. But to say that racism (no matter how light-hearted) against Asians is somehow a non-issue because they didn't get enslaved is ignorant. Do you think Asian Americans want people out there to think that we love putting on Hachimaki headbands and suck at speaking English? This s*** already happened with the Cubs and Fukudome. I can't imagine how much worse it'll get with Kawasaki.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) Sanders says white people don't know what it is like to be poor. Hot take there Bernie. Are you telling me Bernie is finally pandering to minority voters after he got his ass kicked in every state with a large amount of minorities in it?

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 10:53 AM) IMO - Frazier is low at 28 and the bench will account for at least 5 to 10 more. I feel like 30 is where he might end up. I'm cautiously optimistic about Frazier. He stumbled in the second half and he's coming into a new league.

Composite projections from RotoChamp: Eaton: 10 Abreu: 31 Melky: 13 Frazier: 28 Lawrie/Sanchez: 21 LaRoche/Avi: 26 Navarro/Avila: 14 Jackson: 6 Rollins/Saladino: 12 Total: 161 It's a big boost over last season, but in order for that 182 number to happen, we'd either need some breakouts or for Frazier and Abreu to hit above their projections.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 10:39 AM) Yeah, Shuck is the "benchiest" of the bench guys. I expect him to get 150-200 AB unless someone gets hurt. He's a late inning OF replacement for either Melky or Avi. He might get some platoon starts against some tough right handed pitchers if there's any concern over Jackson's splits. But there's no way he'd get more PAs than Jackson this year.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 09:41 AM) Shuck is going to get AB against righties, with Jackson sitting down. Jackson's splits are not so good against RH, and Shuck didn't hit lefties well last year. It won't be a platoon, but that's who Shuck will replace, with Eaton moving to CF for those games. Jackson came here because he would be starting, not platooning. Jackson's career splits aren't even that far apart.

FINALLY! This makes me feel a hell of a lot better about this team.