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Portis' attitude and defense both suck, but his value is skyrocketing at the moment due to the winning. He makes me think of Boozer, but if Boozer had an insufferable attitude. Niko can play new age center next to Lauri.

Trade Portis and Lopez ASAP. Reevaluate Niko on the 15, trade Holiday then.

Also, right handed pitchers is where the White Sox are most loaded at the moment.

All Holidays Matter!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 25, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) The War on Christmas. OK. It is funny ivanka, Eric, and even the Trump hotel in DC tweet happy holidays, just like the con man did in 2010 when Obama was wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. But facts aren't nearly as fun as things made up so there can be fake outraged. Trump has the lowest approval rating of just about any president. Why would his take make more people end their supposed war on the holiday? One of Trumps properties in the early 80s, residents were banned fro putting up Christmas decorations or trees. In 1999, he called the Christmas tree like decorated tree at Trump Tower a holiday tree. He went years on twitter not saying merry Christmas, but happy holidays. Why do you buy anything this guys sells? He is a con. Here's the source for Trump's War on Christmas: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...m=.cba5ed820f97 As for why Greg listens, it's because you shout Christmas above a certain frequency and his ears perk up.

I tried to argue with a friend the other day that from 2004-2011, the Bulls were the best drafting team in the NBA. For recap, in that time: Rose (#1), Noah (#9), Butler (#30), Mirotic (#23), Gibson (#26), Deng (#7), Gordon (#3), Thabo (#13), Asik (#36) 9 productive NBA players in a 7 year span, including 4 multi-time All-Stars, an MVP, MIP, DPOY, 6POY, is pretty stellar. Since then, they've fallen off hard. His rebuttals were: Golden State: Curry (#7), Klay (#11) San Antonio: Kawhi (#15), Udrih (#28), Splitter (#28), Hill (#26), Blair (#37) Dallas: ??? Kawhi and Curry are the two best players in there. Now Lauri looks like a turn towards the better. They loved Dunn last year. Portis is finally playing like not garbage. But they definitely aren't drafting like they did in their heyday.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 22, 2017 -> 04:23 PM) It does boggle my mind why people can't be as respectful towards Trump as he is toward anyone who doesn't kiss his ass. Something something we go high they go low

Push for Yelich next year once we know what we've got. Maybe Rutherford has a huge rebound, Dunning and Burger enter the Top 100, etc. And I wouldn't make the trade without signing someone like Machado. But man, think of that lineup. CF - Yelich 2B - Moncada 3B - Machado 1B - Abreu LF - Garcia RF - Jimenez C - Castillo DH - Delmonico? SS - Anderson OK, pipe dream over.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 21, 2017 -> 04:10 PM) I used to see photos and videos of Alexei pumping iron and working hard in the offseason. Then the season would roll around and he still looked like he spent the entire winter on a deserted island looking for some berries. Also dropping by to give props for this.

Niko has Michael's secret stuff

Based on his Instagram workouts, Yolmer will hit 30 HRs while playing GG defense.

I still think Harris will have momentum going into 2020. But really, we won't know until the dust settles in 2018

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 10:48 PM) Why do people put Cease and Hansen on the same tier? That makes me want to sell Cease, because Hansen is SO MUCH BETTER. That said, you make the "Cease/Hansen" Cease, drop the Stephens/Guerrero part and make Burger someone Sheets or less and it's not a terrible proposal, though not one I'd want the Sox to do, either. SoxTalk has been way higher on Hansen then basically everyone else since he was drafted.

Trade Portis and Lopez ASAP. Can't wait until Jan. 15 to get the tank back on track. Meanwhile, Niko for MVP.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 04:23 PM) It's over folks https://twitter.com/DanClarkSports/status/943591957992894464 #Orioles aren’t going to trade Machado - weren’t happy with the offers. Now they just need to address the horrendous rotation, strengthen the outfield, add some left-handed bats into the lineup, and replace Zach Britton... �� "If we can't get what we want for him, we will get nothing!"

Anyone banging the drum of "fiscally conservative" can go f*** themselves.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 01:52 PM) Oh noes! They are going to "pull him off the market"! What great binary thinking they display over there in Bmore. No s*** nobody is going to offer you much for a rental that probably near 2/3 of clubs can't even come close to resigning. If they are hell bent on trading him then revisit it at the deadline they will have more leverage. QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 02:04 PM) Yelich = Giolito, Robert, Hansen, + ( no thanks ) We just need to keep stock piling and developing. Any trades for established controlled stars is gonna cost way too much. I'm gonna guess something closer to the Eaton trade, which the above package obliterates. Rutherford, Cease, Collins and a flier is what I imagine it would be. But I'd also skip out on it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 04:10 PM) No, there are a bunch of books written by Timothy Zahn that are pretty close to the Ben Solo arc. That’s why me and quin were calling Rey “Jaina Solo”. The destruction of Luke’s Jedi training temple is on point with that TBH I wouldn’t mind if they went back and covered Luke in between RotJ and TFA. They could have brought in Mara Jade Skywalker The fact that Mara Jade is pretty impossible at this point makes me sad. Thrawn came back, Revan can whenever they want, Jade is gone :/

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 04:01 PM) Wow Jordan Pascale‏Verified account @JWPascale Follow Follow @JWPascale More BREAKING: Democrat Shelly Simonds appears to win Virginia House seat by A SINGLE VOTE, according to preliminary unofficial recount results. Would mean 50-50 split of House. Judge panel must certify results. Legal challenge probably coming. It is 11,608 to 11,607 Hot damn. QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 04:16 PM) That is crazy. Probably a couple of people who are like "s***, should of voted". Like when Nixon became President of Earth.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 11:22 AM) Definitely true. Heck they could have ended with Leia floating in space, and I would have been good with it... even though I loved where they did end it. It was like Return of the King, except instead of tying together all of the plot threads it just wanted to keep going. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 12:46 PM) Didn't he use the lightning early in the movie with Ren? I believe he did. Don't forget the Force connection between Rey and Ren. And he was making Kylo Ren look like a fool, after TFA set Ren up as one of the most powerful we've ever seen.

Glad to see them standing up for my small business owning, cancer surviving father who is close to retirement. Since Vicky Hartzler and Roy Blunt won the last election I got to vote for Congress, I feel like I should tell at them even though I don't live in Missouri anymore.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like this film can be summed up with "That's not how The Force works!"

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 19, 2017 -> 09:11 AM) I don't mind Portis. Think he can be a serviceable big man off the bench. We have to get Lopez and Niko out of here. I think Portis can fetch equal value due to his contract, but I don't think he has a lot of upside. Meanwhile, Niko is pricier but he's better in basically every facet of the game and is talking like a team leader. Combine it with the fact that Hoiberg is experimenting with him at center in the new centerless NBA and I can see him being part of the "core". Dunn LaVine Porter(?) - Nwaba Lauri Niko Build from there, getting a true center to form a three man rotation.

Jill Stein being a subject in the Russia investigation now is a tea sweet enough to turn the South blue.

Gotta get Lopez and Portis out of here ASAP.