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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 20, 2015 -> 09:45 AM) Greg needs to have a reality show with Bob Dole where they both talk in third person...kind of like that economic conspiracy movie Collapse mixed with SNLish vignettes. With a Wayne's World feel. I know, I know....put down the crack pipe. Nah man, this s*** is gold.

This is a thread about a stop sign. Y'all crazy.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 12:05 PM) No one expects (or, in my case, cares) the Cubs to be in the playoffs when they plan a vacation in October. We went with Sonoma. It was a lot of fun and not quite as crazy as Napa. Good choice. QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 12:06 PM) I don't care for the Giants much, but I despise the 9ers. We can rule out SOXOBAMA now.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) I was in San Francisco drinking wine, hiking and not thinking about the children on this board nor the imminent implosion of the Cubs. Damn. AustinIllini Voldemort-ing it up in here. Summoned by name. But yeah, he wins. Granted, that's if it was wine from vineyards.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Why is it that guys like Jordan4life and AustinIllini disappear from these threads when the Cubs start losing? Biding their time.

It all depends on the pick. If someone like Spencer Adams fell again, I'd rather have that potential in my farm system.

When I got fired back in April, apparently my former boss was worse off that day than I was. And I was pretty bad.

In addition to 100 more innings, his fastball has been 2 MPH faster, probably adding more stress.

Really liking the 2015 picks so far.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 01:59 AM) Rodon would be left off that rotation. Syndergaard is rated higher in my book. I'd go Sale deGrom Harvey Quintana Syndergaard Agreed, but it's a hypothetical six man of the three lefties and three righties.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 01:06 AM) Except for the greatest rotation in a generation part (not with Shark/Danks/Noesi/Erik Johnson as part of it). You have to be deeper than just 3 starters to have the best in a generation, and Rodon needs to improve and repeat from last year. At any rate, you have the Braves of the 90's (Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Avery), the future Mets' rotation (deGrom/Harvey/Snydegaard/Matz/Colon/Wheeler)...heck, the Nationals were supposed to have the best rotation in baseball this season and that didn't exactly turn out, either (Scherzer/Strasburg/Zimmermann/Gio Gonzalez/Fister/Tanner Roark.) I'm sure older fans remember all the hype about Paul Wilson, Bill Pulsipher and Jason Isringhausen with the Mets 15 years ago. Only one of those guys even emerged to have a decent big league career, and it wasn't with NY. I don't think Colon is in the Mets future... Also man, if only you could combine the Mets right handers with the Sox left handers. Sale-deGrom-Quintana-Harvey-Rodon-Syndergaard.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 12:46 AM) You know what might have worked....you could have lied and said you failed to stop because you were carjacked once at an intersection when someone with a Glock hopped in because you came to a complete stop and gave him sufficient time to strike...or your unit in Iraq was ambushed at an intersection in Riyadh when you stopped at an intersection because kids planted by Al queda were crossing to block your path and you got ambushed on four sides by automatic weapons fire and continue to suffer from ptsd as a result of losing half your buddies. Of course, as a Christian, you also risk going to hell for breaking the Ten Commandments. Those are two ways out of it. Ethically and morally, no way. Butarguing you regularly give at church and to United Way isn't going to get you sympathy since part of that can be written off against taxes. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) Stop smoking crack and posting, caulfield

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 11:14 PM) Do you guys agree with me the Sox will get the least amount of media EVER this upcoming spring training into the season? The Cubs have that young core and the rabid fanbase and just a few months after making the NLCS the media will be salivating to reporting on their spring training. And after acquiring Price? Meanwhile, we got the buzzkiller LaRoche and the offseason stories about how his hand hurt all year or something and he's bound to be a star again?? I do love Robin the personality and the player, but really White Sox?? How can you keep the guy after what happened this past season? My opinion is Hahn/Kenny/Jerry truly believe there's no difference maker like Madden out there and they are waiting on Girardi's firing by the Yanks after next season. Not when we sign Heyward, trade Q for Arenado, sign Buehrle and bring back Ozzie Guillen as bench coach.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 09:32 PM) It would be interesting to see if they would've taken Rodon if he was still there. But based on stories after the draft, Schwarber was the guy they wanted. But they might have said that so their first round pick didn't feel like a consolation prize. Right, like how the Angels said Trout was #2 on their draft board after Strasburg. Which is why they took Randal Grichuk before him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 10:18 PM) #WeAreNotAsGood #WeAreGood is such a lame and crappy team-related hashtag. It annoys the hell out of me.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 10:16 PM) You have to figure finally losing an Arietta start will have the Cubs doubting themselves They might be the most momentum reliant team in baseball. Now they've got deGrom coming for them.

Syndergaard's hair is actually flowing in the wind. He is the God of Thunder. Cubs are f***ed.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) About what? Syndergaard is dealing and those were strikes. Because it can't be their fault they struck out, duh. QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 08:05 PM) Predictions on what the excuse will be if they lose? Think they go back to doctoring the ball? Unfair umpire is what I'll bet Greg's house on. QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) Baez with the uh oh "Russell would have made the play and won the game!"

Both Mini Ruth and Montero have argued with home plate ump. Lol.

HOLY s*** GRANDERSON

Arrieta falling apart.

Wasn't there a rumor going into the draft that Theo coveted Rodon?

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 17, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) This is the stuff that prevents me from pulling for them in this situation. Just pull for your F'n team and leave everyone alone. I get this s*** down at Mizzou.

QUOTE (HuskyCaucasian @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) What Rose rumor? During Rose's "will he or won't he" season, Steve put an article on Flapship about Rose coming back for a winter game. It got traction, blew up internet.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 16, 2015 -> 08:16 PM) If it's KC and the Cubs, SoxTalk will have a difficult time cheering for the Royals. Certainly cheering for StL against KC would be easier, but everyone's also sick and tired of the Cardinals at this point. I'll bring back the Alex Rios theme song.