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That Cardinals lineup looks...bad. They really need Holliday back for the playoffs.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 07:58 AM) Iceland has qualified for the 2016 Euros already. From a group featuring Netherlands, Czech Republic and Turkey. That is awesome. Netherlands might not qualify...that team's really fallen off after the WC.

Mr. Robot season finale was a complete mindf***. Can't wait for season 2.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 1, 2015 -> 08:42 AM) A writer for a small website speculated that the Bulls should trade for Rudy Gay. That led to all these Facebook/Twitter posts reading "BREAKING: Bulls pursuing trade for Rudy Gay." My point is, if you see anything like that, don't believe it; it's all speculation. That being said, Gibson and McDermott for Gay- who says no? Steve (from this forum) once started a rumor that Rose will return sometime in January of the first year he got injured and that blew up lol

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) “In May 2013, according to the lawsuit, the woman said she traveled to Chicago with Rose and that they went to dinner with a friend “at his house after the game he played in ended.” Rose, however, missed the entire the 2012-13 season with an injury and, consequently, did not play in May.” You'd think the lawyer would fact-check something so simple like that.

QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 27, 2015 -> 09:36 AM) I think I'm going to replace my yearly FIFA purchase with madden this year. I haven't bought madden in about 5 years. Anyone get it this year? Yup, pretty good so far. Game looks better, new catch animations and defender actions are interesting, if not a bit over-powered. I'll also be getting FIFA though. I'm gonna give EA a lot of money this year...

Arrieta went from failed prospect to one of the best pitchers in baseball. I'm wondering how he's throwing 96 when he was averaging 92-93 in Baltimore to start his ML career.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:16 PM) If he accepts, it also means he's on the team next year. He better improve. His peripherals aren't as bad as his ERA and with how bad the Sox defense is, I'm inclined to believe it. He might not be the guy we traded for, but $15 million for a #3 on a 1 year deal is something a lot of teams would covet in the current market.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:15 PM) My point was that he's a longtime Sox pitcher who has been overall average due to those good seasons and his below average seasons now; and he is definitely not the most hated player in White Sox history. He's closer to most beloved player in Sox history than most hated. Yeah I'm not sure how you can really hate Danks. He pitched the blackout game and was a huge reason why the Sox made the playoffs in 2008. He's not worth his contract anymore, but you can't hate the guy for underperforming because of a major injury. Either way, Danks is probably going to be a major league average pitcher this year by fWAR (he's around 1.5 WAR right now). If you would have told me that at the beginning of the season, I would have been pretty satisfied.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) If Samardzija actually wants to cash in, he should bet on himself and sign a one-year contract with the Sox or somebody. I guess it's possible the Sox will make the qualifying offer, and he'll accept it...or I could be wrong. He's terrible and I hope he's somewhere else next year. There's no way the Sox won't give him a QO. He's going to net us a comp pick. If he accepts, the $13-14 million he'll get is fair market value. If not, we get a draft pick. Win-win.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) i am a danks fan and thank you for posting that. it was an injury that derailed him. I still think that deal we gave him was the right move at the time and I'm sure a lot of posters on this forum will agree with that. In hindsight, it sucks and maybe the Sox should have been a bit more observant of how poorly he pitched in the last month of 2011. Still, Danks got a fair market value contract for the pitcher he was at the time, which was a solid #2 or #3 left handed starter. Buehrle got less money, but he was also a lot older. If the injury didn't happen, the Danks deal would have worked out better than the Buehrle deal.

So is there even an incentive for the Sox to actually try and re-sign Samardzija at this point? He's shown he's nothing more than a middle of the rotation starter this year and he's going to be 31 next year. I'm not sure I'd bother to offer him anything worth more than a QO on a annual basis for 3-4 years. Even with the current free agency market, that might be a fair deal for him given how poorly he's pitched this year.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 09:53 PM) John Danks has been an average pitcher for us for 9 years. The only reason he's disliked now, in year 9, is because of his contract. Danks has been average to below average this year. If it wasn't for his shoulder problems, he could have been one of the better Sox pitchers of the past decade. He was absolutely money in 2008 and had 4 seasons where he put up 3.7 WAR per season on average.

If you ask non-Sox fans: AJ If you ask Sox fans: Navarro, Belle, Swisher, etc.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 23, 2015 -> 09:43 AM) I suspect we've already had a non-religious president or three. Even today, it's political suicide as a national politician to admit you don't believe in God. Those days are rapidly closing, though. As to the original question, I consider myself agnostic. No one know what happens when you die, but if I had to guess it's like going to sleep indefinitely. I'm pretty sure Obama is not actually religious. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but like you said, in the political world, if you're anything that's not a Christian denomination or Jewish, you're screwed.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Aug 22, 2015 -> 11:27 PM) Non-religious. I wouldn't consider Bill Maher a particularly good advocate for nonbelief though. Bill Maher is an awful athiest. As an athiest, I hate people who go out there and make fun of other people's religions and make it seem like they're all inferior people. Maher's one of those guys. You're not going to get religious people to change their minds. If they do, it's not because you yelled at them and told them they're stupid.

Saw Straight Outta Compton and liked it a lot. I thought the casting was great and as someone who really didn't know much about NWA, it was fascinating.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) And Ricky is played by Denzel's son Woah that's Denzel's son? I thought it was James Harden!

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 21, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) It's kinda odd how the show seems to be wrapping up. Tyrell is falling apart. The hack seems to be coming together. Angela is going to get her settlement. There's no way it all ends up working out perfectly right? lol you bet there's no way everything works out correctly.

Got Madden 16 on EA Access. New catch and defense mechanics take some getting used to.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 07:43 AM) In 16 ABs, Trayce has already been worth 0.5 WAR. His defense, along with the potential of his bat, should make him an every day start from here on out. Give some of the other OFs rest and rotate him at DH. That number could easily go down to 0 in the next 16 ABs. I agree he deserves a look and we should play him while he's hitting, but I don't think we should get too excited. It's too early and his minor league numbers weren't exactly stellar.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:27 PM) JFC... force trades/ignore budgets? Or is this not a franchise It's Diamond Dynasty, MLB The Show's ultimate team mode.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 04:49 AM) You missed bewbs. Good ones. I eventually found my way to that clip without even watching the show. I did finish the first season about two months ago though.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 11:28 PM) I think the bolded is a good comparison. I enjoyed season 2. I enjoyed season 1 more because of the cast, as I am a huge MM and Woody fan, but season two had its moments. And for those saying the first 3 episodes of season 2 were brutally slow, do you not recall season 1? Season 1 started off pretty damn slow itself. Season 1 was slow too. Slow enough for me to stop watching the first episode on my first attempt to watch the series.

I started working the market a bit on MLB The Show and I've now got a team worth around 150k (started out with maybe a team value of 15k). SP: Fernandez, Sale, Price, Archer, Cole Lineup: Cain (LF), Machado (SS), Votto (1B), Stanton (RF), Frazier (3B), Cano (2B), Bench (Catcher), A. Jones (CF), Pitcher Bullpen: Chapman, Betances, Britton, Storen, Watson, Furbush, Herrera