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    Grade the Cease trade

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    4 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

    Read my post again please.  Do you have a problem with reading comprehension?  I said IF he can build from 92 to 94.  And you’re a teacher?  I hope you don’t teach English.

    He teaches philosophy. He's a philosopher. 

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    Cease To Padres per Passan

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    34 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

    Some guys do spike in their velocity but it isn’t all that common at this level, usually velocity goes the other way as they get older. If he’s in the high 80s this does seem down even from the scouting reports on him last year, that could be something he recovers during the year, unless there’s a health issue?

    Preller wouldn't do that to us

    Cease To Padres per Passan

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    3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

    I mean, it does suck but I don’t really think anyone who lives in the Chicago area, run by some of the dumbest people on the planet, really should be talking about other cities. 

    Please. Chicago is a world class city with problems. Baltimore is simply a city with problems. They aren't in the same stratosphere. 

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    Cease To Padres per Passan

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    22 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

    No top 25 guys?  I’m shocked!

    Quantity over quality deal?  I’m shocked!

    Received a ML player in the deal?  I’m shocked!

    Didn’t get 2 top 100 guys(well FG has 2 of them, no one else I believe)?  I’m shocked!  

    This deal is absolutely not close to anything any of you wanted or said you would get. 

    You all jumped on me when I said you weren’t getting Mayo or Basallo. “how do you know”.  You jumped on me when I said you weren’t getting that level of prospect.

    Reports were the Os offered the WS the Burnes deal plus another player. Who knows who that player was. I felt Beavers was possible but it was a guess. I can you guys preferring this deal because of youth and some upside. No issues with that but this deal isn’t really better. It’s just different.

    Either way, i am glad you guys got to trade him and didn’t get stuck with an injury or something like that.   Zavala is the key to the deal imo. Thorpe should be a solid but likely unspectacular starter but Zavala has real upside.  Os have 4-5 similar offensive lottery tickets.  I do wish the Os had stepped up and challenged this offer but Thorpe is higher profile, at least for now, than McDermott and Povich and they may have needed that guy in the deal.

    @Chicago White Sox I’m sure you aren’t happy but appreciate the conversation over on our board. 

    Enjoy the gigantic dump that is Baltimore! It's probably even dumpier without Omar and Daniels. 

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

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    1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

    Pritzker will be in office as long as he wants.  Dude will be able to out-spend every opponent, just like his first term.  I voted for Biss, who obviously had no chance in hell.

    The guy could be looking at a presidential run in 2028 if he wants. 

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

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    I said this earlier, but I'm assuming he won't get everything he asks for. Even if he gets some of what he is asking for and gets the ball rolling, that will likely be VERY attractive for a prospective buyer. I hope this is all a play to increase the sale price of the team and add to his legacy. Sell the team off right when it gets the green light. There are much richer people put there that can cover more.thsb what Jerry is willing to cover. 

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    Sox looking at building in South Loop

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    Jerry's ability to take this on at the age of 87 is really impressive. He likely won't be alive when the park gets completed. Is this a plan to increase the value of his team before selling? If he gets everything approved, a team with a future new ballpark/baseball village in a great area would be extremely attractive to a potential buyer. 

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    Update: 3 (2) fans injured by bullet in Guaranteed Rate field (split from game thread, police investigation underway)

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    2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

    And I'm wrong. Reading another article, they only come down with about 10% of the velocity they went up with, but 300 feet per second (330 km/hr) is still enough to pierce a skull. 

    https://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/homework/s95523.htm#:~:text=A bullet is fired at,the downward suck of gravity.

     

    That's only if it is shot literally DIRECTLY up into the air, without any angle. In that scenario you only have gravity pushing down and then the drag of the air pushing up and limiting it to terminal velocity. Basically impossible to shoot it directly up, and if you didn't would land close to where it was fired. If it is shot on an angle, it still keeps the horizontal velocity and would be much faster, depending on the angle. 

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    Cease To Padres per Passan

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    3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

    You are panicking over a bullpen in February, a week before pitchers and catchers have even reported to camp.

    Call the folks at Guinness, as I think we have a new world's record.

    Are you sure about this? I'm not even sure if it is the Soxtalk record. Not going to name names~

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