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I still don't want Youk. I'd rather get Chase Headley. Get that guy out of Petco and he'll hit 20 HR with very good on base skills. Headley's career stats away from home: .300/.366/.444, good for a wOBA of .356 and a wRC+ of 128. Oh and he's a good defender at 3B. Headley's going to take a lot more to get, but this is someone you can have for a year and a half and he'll give you 3-4 win production at a very valuable position.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 08:47 AM) And if he was legitimately that good, 29 other GMs wouldn't be leaving him languish in Albuquerque NM. How do you know he's not slinging with Jesse Pinkman and Walter White down there?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 08:19 AM) Missile tracking cameras are now gathering data on NBA players: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670059/moneyb...emaking-the-nba Kevin Durant's guarded attempts: Where he reliably makes shots: Really cool stuff.

Somebody needs to tell Orlando Hudson to stop swinging for home runs. Because that's what it seems like he's doing almost every time he's up. His batted ball rates look like this: 2012 Sox: 15.2% line drives, 45.5% ground balls, 39.4% flyballs, 10% infield fly balls 2012 Padres: 20.5% line drives, 41.1% ground balls, 34.7% flyballs, 5.1% infield fly balls Career: 20.4% line drives, 50.1% ground balls, 36.6% flyballs, 7.2 % infield fly balls He's basically trading line drives for fly balls and infield flies. There's a good reason why he's hitting so badly. Low LD% and rise in FB% for a guy with no power usually means you'll hit under .200. I've always remembered Hudson as a singles hitter who sprays line drives to all directions with some power to the gaps. He doesn't do that anymore, not even close. I don't see how he just can't hit line drives anymore, he hit them at his career rate with SD earlier in the year. Something's wrong with his approach. He must think he can hit home runs in a small park or something.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 10:23 PM) In all fairness to Hudson, he's playing out of position. His pop up with the bases loaded an one out was at least close to as bad as his throw, and you can throw blame at him for that. All the mess ups at 3B, that's on KW and the White Sox. The guy isn't a thirdbaseman. He had all day to make that throw today. Instead he thought he was a 2B and made a crappy underarm throw. That's totally avoidable. That's a mental mistake.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 10:57 PM) Also, Zoom has been absolutely correct. The Thunder have s*** for depth. They have also become a truly dumb team. That is on Brooks. Scott Brooks has gotten exposed badly. I never thought that highly of him as a coach. Something tells me the Spurs would have given the Heat a much better series.

So it looks like LeBron will get his trophy. This series fell apart quickly for OKC. Reminds me of the Heat's series with the Bulls last year. Nice start, but nothing after that.

How do you let Mario Chalmers burn you this badly?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) Deep breaths, Fathom, deep breaths. PK could have prevented those runs just as easily, and yet you're not bagging on him tonight. Speaking of that Soto play, anybody think PK actually got him on the shoulder? Cause it sure looked like his jersey moved a lot after Konerko swiped the glove at him.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:57 PM) He deserves to pitch for a team that will appreciate him. If we keep playing like this, he might as well. I've seriously lost all confidence in this team that was gained during the 9 game winning streak. These past two home series were supposed to be one of their easiest parts of the schedule all year. Yet, they've gone 1-4 against two of the worst teams in baseball. Our schedule is f***ing brutal for the rest of the month.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Can we DFA you? xD

It must really suck to be Jake Peavy. Two straight complete games with 1 ER given up and he loses both. This offense is f***ing horrible.

Hudson needs to be DFA'd immediately.

It appears that Serge Ibaka is trolling the Heat by calling LeBron a bad defender. Well done Serge.

So we trade one HR-prone pitcher for another. At least Axelrod tends to give up solo shots.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 19, 2012 -> 09:21 AM) Microsoft has a few hurdles to jump with this...and they need to begin by realizing the hurdles exist. Just ask Google how easy it is to enter the tablet arena. They need this product to succeed on a mass level, and I hope it does...their fans (like the people who bought the Zune), aren't going to make this a success. To begin, they shouldn't pretend the iPad isn't a productivity tablet like I see a LOT of Microsoft fans pretending right now...it is. I see articles riddled with, "Finally a productivity tablet!". The iPad already is and MS would be doing themselves a disservice by pretending otherwise. They WILL be competing with Apple's products with this release. If you need proof of that (the iPad being used for productivity), check out all the business execs sporting them. My entire company, for example, has every executive using them. 1) As you mentioned, the Pro version needs battery life very near or on par with the Macbook Air, and the RT version needs battery life on par with the iPad. I don't see Microsoft having a problem with this...when MS does make hardware themselves, it tends to be VERY good. 2) It needs to be priced BELOW Apples offerings. Not the same...below. The RT model needs to be cheaper than an equivalent iPad, and the pro model needs to be cheaper than the MacBook Air. 3) Microsoft needs to get tons and tons of applications ready/tested and available for this. Their current offerings aren't going to cut it, especially on the RT model that has no backwards compatibility and a massive Windows app catalog. 4) MS cannot afford to overestimate peoples wish for a Windows based tablet. Most people don't care what operating system they use these days...so long as it works for what they want to get done. This goes hand in hand with #2...they need to price very very aggressively. The x86 version of the tablet will have better compatibility with previous applications. I mean, if I can inherit all applications built for previous versions of Windows...ever...I can care less what kind of tablet based apps they give me. After all, this thing comes with a keyboard attached. The Asus Transformer sells for about $500 with the keyboard, I imagine this is around where Microsoft will price the ARM version of the tablet. I'd like to see the x86 version go for around $800-$900. Anything higher seems a little absurd. These aren't even Medfield chips, they're Ivy Bridge, which run on a lot more power than a RISC ISA like ARM. Honestly, my only concern is the battery. That could end up killing the x86 tablet, which would really be the only innovation Microsoft will be bringing to the table, outside of that really cool keyboard.

Zach Stewart's FIP today: 11.36. It's hard to have an FIP that high if you're a starter, even in a single game.

This is what I feared. Floyd better get his s*** together fast.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...=googlenews_wsj A Microsoft tablet running Windows 8 on an x86 processor? If it has good enough battery, I want one.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 18, 2012 -> 09:17 PM) Well, s***. f***. THIS. ROTATION. CHANGE. This was seriously like giving away a game.

Notice how Jones sucks when you don't give him enough time to warm up.

Good job Will Ohman and Zach Stewart.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jun 18, 2012 -> 09:11 PM) LOL at Hawk talking about hitting a 100mph fastball. Cause they threw 110 MPH in his days, xD

Whatever happened to double play depth?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 18, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) How can you change the text I never can get mine to change? Ask a mod/admin.