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According to Hawk, Keon Barnum is Keeyn Walker

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 23, 2014 -> 04:16 PM) No. However, you don't understand how baseball works. You see, there are different levels in baseball. There is such a thing known as "minor leagues" where a combination of young players and guys who aren't good enough to play in the big leagues play baseball games during the year. A typical baseball organization will have 6-7 different levels including 1 big league team and 5-6 "minor league teams". These minor league teams are given different names based on their skill levels. The lowest level teams are Rookie ball and "A" ball. At higher levels are AA and AAA ball. Guys who perform well at one level will often move up to a more difficult level. Thus, if you see a guy like Andy Wilkins who puts up a .380+ OBP at AA ball and .312 at AAA during the same season...those numbers should be broken apart because the 2nd number was performed against higher level talent. You should attempt to familiarize yourself with how minor league systems are structured before commenting. Very few people who are at AA ball and perform worse during their first visit to AAA ball will immediately start playing better in the big leagues than they did at AAA ball. Major league baseball talent is much, much better than AAA level talent and MUCH MUCH better than AA level talent. Therefore you should not project that a guy who put up a .312 OBP at AAA will put up a .350 OBP at a big league level until he takes a step forward at AAA.

QUOTE (staxx @ Mar 23, 2014 -> 01:50 PM) In which case the sox management all go crazy with joy since we get Rodon. Either way, we are in a great position. If we get Rodon you make sure you sign him. Having him and Sale at the front of the rotation complimented by Q, Johnson, Danish, Beck, etc. would be awesome.

The quotes made it seem like Quintana had a crippling porn addiction that kept causing clubhouse chaos.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 22, 2014 -> 08:33 PM) Bulls expect Rose to be back for the playoffs Not this s*** again. I don't even want him back. He's not going to be good and look what's happened to Westbrook this year after a similar injury. NY Daily News. Ignore it.

Why are Hawk and Stone fawning over the Twins right now?

Give me Rodon gladly.

Hell yes I do that.

Starlin Castro, Felix Pie, Josh Vitters, Geovany Soto...it goes on forever.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 11:12 AM) I seriously doubt that now that Jackson is there. He said it after Jackson arrived. The whole time, they've been saying their words carefully. Jackson told an NY radio station that Melo is important to a *rebuild* but not paramount. Melo hasn't committed with Phil. In the past Phil has said point blank that the Knicks need to trade Melo.

Stephen A. Smith said Melo's circle is pushing him to Chicago, Melo has Chicago as his top non NYK option. Doesn't want to waste a single more season, feels they'd be instant title contenders. Considering SAS called the Heatles, I'm trusting him.

After watching Aiken... Gimme Rodon, Beede, Aiken, or Kolek. Not sold on Hoffman at this point. I trust the Sox with pitchers, so here's hoping.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) If there is anyway this is real, this makes me feel really sad for Dunn.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 12:25 AM) Jesus, the Rockets getting Melo would be insane. Just the sheer amount of jostling they've done to get Harden and Howard is astounding. It involves them either S&T Lin and Asik to NY for Melo or they have to trade them for pure cap space, but both of them have a $15M hit.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports Carmelo Anthony has the Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets as the two options above all others he would consider if he decides to leave the New York Knicks. The Bulls have an easier path to sign Anthony to a contract, but the Rockets believe they can also shed enough contracts to offer Anthony a third near-max deal alongside Dwight Howard and James Harden. "He'll give New York every option," one source with knowledge of Anthony's plans told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday. "But he has options – and he's going to explore them all." After SAS saying Melo is gone from NYK, I'd say Bulls have a good shot.

Stephen A. Smith said Melo is out, Woj said Bulls more in play than Lakers. MAKE IT HAPPEN GARPAX.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 12:09 PM) Izzy Idonije meeting with the Bears. http://www.csnchicago.com/bears/could-isra...come-back-bears Can we sign Izzy and Allen? Man, I really missed Izzy this year.

With Corbin out... Danks + Cash + one of our MI prospects (Sanchez or Johnson?) for Chris Owings? Go into the season and try to build Danks value to do this. I mean, Hahn loves trading with Towers, so...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 1h Nothing official yet, but Tommy John surgery continues to be the most likely course for Patrick Corbin. Crushing news for DBacks. Danks + Cash + one of our MI prospects (Sanchez or Johnson?) for Owings.

Last three-team trade with them worked. Let's do that again.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 03:27 PM) So I got me a PS4, I picked up Tomb Raider, pre-ordered Infamous and will wait patiently for MLB The Show. What else is a must have? AC4 is really fun if you haven't played it yet.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 04:02 PM) Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 42m Hear it in the press box: #WhiteSox Jose Abreu brings back memories of a young Frank Thomas. That's some praise. Nothing too wild. Well damn. Here's hoping.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 10:01 PM) Highly doubtful. Still projects as the best pitcher in the draft. Hoffman projects over Rodon?

I'm placing money on Putin having stolen it. The USA will send CIA Agent Dennis Rodman to retrieve it.

I love that Optimus Peanut returns.