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QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) wow I would rather want Youkilis in a run driving position maybe batting 6th or 7th , now we are pretty much back to square one where I wouldn't be shocked seeing Beckham duplicate what Hudson was doing as the 9th hitter. With Gordon's history of mental instability, I wouldn't be surprised if he falls back into a slump again...

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Gordon really should be staying in the 2 hole IMO. Don't mess with what has been working for him of late. I was all for Youk hitting 7th or 8th. But hitting him second does make sense given his ability to get on base (when he is healthy). De Aza and Youk in front of Dunn and Konerko = lots of men to drive in for the latter.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:45 PM) Youk hitting 2nd. https://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/217357411730731008 Holy crap, does Robin read the forum? Hahaha. I think I was the first to mention Youk should hit 2nd. I don't like the idea of moving Beckham down to 9 (at least hit him 8th...) since he's been quite good in June, but we'll see how this works out.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:50 PM) It'd more likely be Utah that pulls out on that deal. They don't need to be paying Andris Biedrins $9 million to be their 4th best big man (5th if Kanter develops). Yeah, that deal made no sense for Utah at all...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:44 PM) And this is why the Bulls will never, ever win a championship. The FO is just too timid and too afraid. f*** Luol Deng. He's going to play for his country or whatever. But they're not overpaying you by X amount of dollars. The Bulls are. You're not Scottie Pippen (even though 2K5 said you were). You peaked peaked 5 years ago. Yeah, you play good defense. You fit in a particular type of system. But you're no all-star. You're not a guy that can be counted on to produce offensively every night. If that GS deal is legit, do it. If GS pulls back, fine. But that's the type of deal needed to compliment your superstar long-term. I hate being a Bulls fan sometimes. There are all these lavishing rumors of awesome and unrealistic trades, but they get shot down in like 5 min because everyone knows the Bulls FO is too conservative to do something so out of the box. The FO is about as boring as it can get.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Well, they bought motorola's mobility dept so I believe they have that vision at some point. A tighter integration between software and hardware would be beneficial to their customers. Motorola is still their own entity. The only way Google can make sure there is less fragmentation is to sell more Google Nexus devices. Putting an unlocked Galaxy Nexus on the Play Store was a great move, IMO. There are rumors that Google has 3 Nexus phones planned for the 4Q, which is good to see (this should mean multiple manufacturers, not just one). It's hard for Google to bring everyone back on the same page when any manufacturer can use Android on their smartphones. It's one of the drawbacks of open source.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 12:55 PM) Rumor is that Google MIGHT be handling system software updates from now on (taking it away from the manufacturers/networks). However, the leaked information might just be referring to the Google Nexus table that will be revealed soon. I'd love for that to happen, but I just don't see it. Google doesn't have the man-power to support every device out there. The only way would be for them to work with the manufacturers and I imagine they wouldn't be too thrilled about something like that.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) I was thinking about where Youk would bat as well and I think it has to be 7 or 8. Beckham has really started hitting the ball well and I don't think you move him from the 2 spot where he seems comfortable and productive. I'd also rather not drop Viciedo below 7 so Youkilis really should be batting 8 in front of Alexei Gordon's got a .730 OPS in the 2-spot, which is perfectly acceptable IMO. He's also hitting .299/.344/.460 in June.

QUOTE (TheBigHurtShallRiseAgain @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 11:43 AM) Here is what I found on Uni Watch. Any big leaguer who wants to change uniform numbers without switching teams better give eight months’ notice unless he’s willing to buy warehouses full of his overstocked jerseys. … Players must tell the commissioner’s office by July 31 of the preceding year if they want a new jersey. That is, unless ‘the player (or someone on his behalf) purchases the existing finished goods inventory of apparel containing the player’s jersey number.’ As in, every replica jersey, jacket, T-shirt, mug and anything else with a number that’s anywhere in stock. I'm pretty sure there are like 2 Jordan Danks jerseys in those warehouses.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 11:25 AM) I wonder how much $$ Danks2 is getting for 20. Sneaky Jordan Danks probably knew the Sox were getting Youk eventually, so he took #20 in hopes of cashing in.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 11:27 AM) Boston... 1) Had to clear 3B for Middlebrooks full time 2) Had to get Gonzalez back at 1B, where he's most comfortable 3) Have to prepare for Ellsbury and Crawford to come back....so Gonzalez really was struggling offensively as well, partly because he was so uncomfortable and akward out there 4) You can't have their equivalent of Buehrle/Konerko, World Series hero, on the bench....he should be able to play everyday at his age still, it's a respect issue in the clubhouse, with the manager, with Pedroia/Ortiz, etc. A-Gon's been awful this year, what happened to him?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 11:17 AM) If I'm on the other side of the fence, I would question why Boston made this trade. It doesn't seem good for them. A-Gon was playing RF to get Youk into the lineup. Youk was also hitting poorly and they're not going to sit Middlebrooks or Gonzalez. They couldn't bench Youk, Youk definitely wasn't cool with that. So they had a situation where the player that was on the outside looking in wasn't going to just sit there and be a pinch hitter. Add to the fact that Youk is well liked in Boston by the fans and his teammates and you have yourself quite a clubhouse situation. Boston's motives are clear...they wanted Youk out since there was a logjam at 1B/3B and he wasn't hitting all that well.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 01:50 AM) Coop did it all behind his other boss' back. ozzie. LMAO. You act like Ozzie has a higher position than KW. This is hilarious.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 09:19 AM) My buddy said rumor on realgm is 3 way with Utah and GS. GS gets Deng, Utah gets Beidrins and picks(presumably Bulls this year and future plus from GS), Bulls get Dorell Wright, 7th pick and Devin Harris Wright, Harris, and 7th pick...I'll definitely take that for Deng, who might even be able to play until December/January if he has surgery.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 09:05 AM) In Liriano's last 5 starts, he has faced the 24th, 25th, 27th, 11th, & 29th ranked offenses. Sox are currently 7th. Yeah, I just looked at his gamelog, he really didn't face any good offensive teams... But still, the fact that he is pitching well is a bad sign. We all know how good Liriano can be.

Liriano's been ridiculously good lately. He's got a 3.33 ERA in June to go along with a 2.93 FIP. He's striking out over 9 per 9 again and he's keeping his walks down. Jake needs to be on his game.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 12:48 AM) ^^that's why I got the update a few days after I b****ed about it though. Android 4 kicks ass. 4.0 will be outdated in about two weeks. 4.1 will be announced this week and it'll be released on the GSM Galaxy Nexus in a month or two. Google really needs to tell the OEM manufacturers to stop f***ing with their OS by putting TouchWiz, Sense, etc. on it. All it does is slow the system down and increase fragmentation. It'd be alright if those companies weren't slow as s*** at putting that extra UI on the OS, but that's not the case. If Google really wants to get rid of fragmentation once and for all, they need to release a vanilla OS for almost every major device. The people at Cyanogenmod and AOKP do this, there's no reason Google can't work with the manufacturers and make it happen.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 07:18 PM) Nah, f*** that guy. It's not like Ozzie Guillen ever had any class to begin with. He told the fans to go f*** themselves if they don't like his lineups.

The Marlins, according to expected W-L and Coolstandings.com...are projected to finish 70-92. Ouch. Honestly, if the Marlins really do that poorly, this might be one of the worst coached seasons in the past decade. That team has Stanton, Reyes, Hanley, Johnson (he's actually healthy), Sanchez, Nolasco, and Buehrle, yet they have the second worst run differential in all of baseball.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 06:38 PM) Speaking of that, I think Dunn, Konerko, Peavy, and Sale will all be going to KC. When is the last time the Sox had 4 All-Stars? Every year they get 1 in and they're scrapping to get a 2nd in, it seems. I think we really only have 3. Ortiz is going to be the DH. Unless Dunn has like 30 HR at the break, it's doubtful he goes.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) I prefer to use Fangraphs WAR, and I think most people would agree. Yeah, I'd say the same. FanGraphs doesn't like our pitching as much since Peavy and Quintana's FIPs aren't nearly as good as their ERAs.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 03:39 PM) Well, Linkin Park did go back to what made them successful. The new album is fun as hell. Glad to see this forum isn't full of LP haters who think they still make music for depressed teenagers. The new album is their best since Meteora. It's a good combination their early 2000s stuff and their experimental stuff from the past 5 years.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 02:40 PM) I'm running Kaspersky and it's due for renewal tomorrow. Is that Microsoft prgram worth a damn? I've never used it, but many have said it's pretty good, especially since it's free. Personally, I use Avast for anti-virus and Malwarebytes to scan for spyware.

One thing to note today...Brian Bruney actually looked pretty good. Control's always been the issue with him, his stuff is pretty decent. If he limits his walks, he'll be a good long man out of the bullpen.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) Well if U-man replaces Paulie at first then Odawg has to still play third. I do like that there are so many name possibilities for KY ....Hey most reputable drugstores carry KY. OMG dude...stop it, that's going a little too far.