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QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) The more I watch the big club, the more I realize we need bats more than anything else, by far. And they will need to be the smart, advanced approach type of hitters, that can finish developing pretty much on their own - because development rarely ever happens on Buddy's Farm. If there's one that fits the bill and has some power (Happ?), that's what they need to do. If I read the word raw in the scouting report, it's a fail. I could not agree more, the Sox need bats in the system desperately. I like that since the new CBA came into effect, they have gone after toolsy, high ceiling players (Hawkins, Anderson, Trey M, Rodon, etc). I hope that continues because I think that it is the best philosophy to go about building a team, but a lot of the position players that they have drafted recently, have had trouble making consistent contact, they need to start going after guys who can put the bat on the ball consistently and start putting more of an emphasis on contact as opposed to power. Its critical that the Sox start developing their own position players because free agency is not what it used to be with teams locking their young players up to long term extensions (Longoria, Rizzo, Yelich, etc), impact positions are not on the market as frequently as they used to. The Sox need to start putting together the core group of position players. How many guys (bats) on the ML team do you think are long term pieces? I would say Abreu (there's four years left on his deal after this season), Eaton, Avi and Micah, maybe? Thats not a really exciting list and nor does it really excite me about the team's future going forward. I think the Sox have holes at C, 3B, 1B (I think that Abreu is going to DH after the LaRoche contract, he'll be 30), and in the outfield going forward. These are positions that should all be addressed in the future. I know this article is about the Cubs, but it is a great read: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/chicago-...t-jake-arrieta/

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:14 PM) Thompson was hitting over .300 this time last year. He probably finished .230ish. He's always been a streaky hitter. I think that he can be a very good and athletic, fourth outfielder.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) You're okay? Its the tablet

Anyone here watch Silicon Valley?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 07:58 AM) LaRoche will be fine. Funny no one was complaining when he hit 3 homers in a week and drove in some big runs. There aren't many left handed hitters who handle left handed pitchers well. Thank you. I think that signing him was one of the better moves that Rick Hahn made during the winter. I think that he is going to hit at least 30 homers for the team this year.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) here is something to read, came out yesterday. also read up on Scott Kingery (spelling) who bats #1 and ahead of newman. their is another player i am starting to really like. i mean i can see him rise fast, Don Dewees he has some exciting stats lately. on btw, he is north fl. ~~~~ edit. oops i forgot this one as well. http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/colle...power-profiles/ Start paying attention to Zach Collins at Miami, and Cavan Biggio at ND. Both those guys are going to lead the college class next year.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) jeeze.... r u serious newman at #2???? i know that Happ and Newman have the best hit tools for college players entering the draft, but to rise and be selected at #2?? Yeah, thats the Keith Law top 50 I have not heard of Newman until recently, that was not my region to cover. I am going to start looking into him this weekend and gather an opinion on him.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Here is Keith Law's top 50 for the draft. You need insider to read it: http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/...er/post?id=3876 He also has another piece where he mentions White Sox linked to Buehler, Funkhouser, and Nikorak. Heres the list: Brendan Rogers Kevin Newman Dansby Swanson Dillon Tate Kolby Allard Ian Happ Alex Bregman Walker Buehler Kyle Funkhouser Mike Nikorak Daz Cameron Nick Plummer Trenton Clark Kyle Tucker Michael Matuella Kep Brown Donnie Everett Nate Kirby Garret Whitley Cody Ponce Drew Finley Jon Harris Ke’Bryan Hayes Brady Aiken James Kaprielian Juan Hillman Jalen Miller Kyler Murray Jacob Nix Tristan Beck Mitchell Hansen Cornelius Randolph Phil Bickford Chad Smith Alonzo Jones Ashe Russell Joe McCarthy Tyler Jay Jacob Woodford Richie Martin Chris Betts Carson Fulmer Triston McKenzie Nick Neidert Beau Burrows Justin Hooper Scott Kingery Blake Trahan Jahami Jones

Great catch

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 06:41 AM) Why do you keep saying "you should look deeper" "look into this thesis" and act like these directors are good at what they do? Just because someone wrote a thesis or broke down a movie doesnt make the movie good. Just because you think Snyder is an auteur doesnt make me think that his directing style is anything other that a dark lens and a lot of shaky camera for affect and long gloomy shots and booms. I tried to like Man of Steel. The more i watch that movie the worse it gets(which is unfortunate because it is on cable a lot). Watchmen is terrible, he changed too many plots points and it was far too long and terribly acted. Maybe you should stop reading thesis about movies and watch them. First of all, I never said that Zack Snyder was an auteur level filmmaker, he's not Terrence Malick. I said that he was embracing his inner auteur as in 'auteur theory'. You probably don't know what that is, so here is the definition: "Auteur Theory—as it was dubbed by the American film critic Andrew Sarris—was an outgrowth of the cinematic theories of André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc. A foundation stone of the French cinematic movement known as the nouvelle vague, or New Wave, the theory of director-as-author was principally advanced in Bazin’s periodical Cahiers du cinéma (founded in 1951). Two of its theoreticians—François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard—later became major directors of the French New Wave. The auteur theory, which was derived largely from Astruc’s elucidation of the concept of caméra-stylo (“camera-pen”), holds that the director, who oversees all audio and visual elements of the motion picture, is more to be considered the “author” of the movie than is the writer of the screenplay. In other words, such fundamental visual elements as camera placement, blocking, lighting, and scene length, rather than plot line, convey the message of the film. Supporters of the auteur theory further contend that the most cinematically successful films will bear the unmistakable personal stamp of the director." And they are good at they do. Someone said that Man of Steel was an empty movie, so I shared that link to thesis to show them otherwise. That movie is full of allegories and is wonderfully shot and it looks great. There's more to Zack Snyder movies you just have to look deeper into his movies and you'll find it. The same way people deep-read books and poems. In regards to Watchmen, I wouldn't be so quick to say that he changed to many plot points. The film is almost a panel to panel adaptation of the comic. He did change some things, but he had to because it wouldn't have work in the context of a movie. Just because somethings works well in one medium (in this case a comic book) or dosen't mean that is going to work well in another. Alan More the creator of the Watchmen comic said, "There are things that we did with Watchmen that could only work in a comic, and were indeed designed to show off things that other media can't." While he had not seen the film, he did read the script and said that it is as close to humanly possible to the source material. Again as I said before you may hate his movies but Michael Bay is one of the best technical directors in all of Hollywood. He's more influential than people give him credit for, directors such as Christopher Nolan and Refn are just a few to have said that Bay is a influence on them and how they shoot. Bay also shoots on 35mm and earns him a few extra points in my book. He also likes to keep CGI to a minimum and use practical effects as much as possible. Yes, he is behind the Transformer franchise, but with the exception of the robots, alot of the VFX are done in camera practically. And I have probably seen more movie than you have. If you want to talk about movies from any era, and international films just message me anytime

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) i am a huge movie goer. i enjoy watching movies even some of the so called weak movies. now on the flip side, some of the great movies, i don't get into. saying that, all of the Zack Snyder films, i didn't like. i didn't get into it, the story line was, at least for me not strong. then again i wouldn't know what strong is. now for Micheal Bay, most of his movies i enjoyed. i wouldn't know if any had substance, but it was a brain dead movie for entertainment value. his movies is right there for me with Michael Mann movies. people will have opinions and i know my taste in movies is on a very broad spectrum. here is a question, no one like the Transformer first movie??? why?? Michael Mann is a great filmmaker too in my opinion. I love that he doesn't use soundstages and shoots everything on location, when you watch a movie like Heat or Collateral, you can feel how visceral the action scenes are. Love the editing in his movies too.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) You can judge Snyder by his other works including MoS, which looked like garbage and was. He is about as much of an auteur as Brett Ratner is. None of the DC movies have been good nor memorable. If you think so, you're probably in the extreme minority. Yeah, Michael Bay is a good filmmaker. Thats a first. Thesis on Man of Steel https://vimeo.com/109950825 Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?: And no DC movies had been good? I can name 5 ones that came out recently: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Watchmen, and Man of Steel (Watch the thesis). You're so right, everyone hated The Dark Knight Trilogy.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Lmao, pot meet kettle. Bay and Snyder are garbage, all style no substance QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 10:32 PM) There is nothing wrong with Michael Bay, the profit center...but not to be confused with cinematic artist/auteur/groundbreaking or pretty much any complimentary phrase. If you enjoy Bay so much, though...Furious 7 would be considered the greatest movie added to the cinematic canon, with Bad Boys 2 closely following it. These two videos disprove that: https://vimeo.com/109950825 You should look deeper into at before you write it off. While he's not a big director to me personally, I would die to shoot like Michael Bay. His movies might not be Citizen Kane, but they are throughly entertaining. As a filmmaker from a technical standpoint, nobody does what Michael Bay does better than Michael Bay.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) I feel the same way. Frustrates me. I feel like there's never any urgency to stay in the pennant race with this bunch (Robin, KW, Hahn post 2005). Agreed. Exactly. Also way to throw away any momentum from last night. Buzzkill tonight. Thanks for the DP as well, Melky. It was 1-1 and it was time to smoke a double for the money you are making.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:14 PM) It is his major league debut, he is jacked up. Bryant fanned 3 times during his debut. The most intelligent thing said in this whole thread

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:07 PM) You sure about that? Dunn walked a ton. Positive and he doesn't strike out as much

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) That is Sucker Punch with Superman and Batman. Snyder is about to Michael Bay the DC universe 1. That's kind of an ignorant comment but I will say that based on the 1 minute of footage that we were shown, that it more like a Zack Snyder film, he's embracing his auteur a little more here. (Look up auteur theory) Again we only saw not even a minute of footage and all of it was out of context. Never judge a movie by its trailer, especially its teaser trailer 2. There is nothing wrong with Micheal Bay the filmmaker.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 02:07 PM) The new Star Wars movie looks awesome. Then they also released a teaser for the OTHER new Star Wars movie called "Rogue One", which is an anthology movie set between Episodes III and IV, and is about a band of rebel fighters who work to steal the plans of the Death Star. Apparently there will be no Jedis in the movie, because they want it as realistic a Star Wars movie as they can make. It's going to be a hardcore war movie in the vein of Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, etc. I think that's an interesting take that may bring in viewers who aren't big Star Wars fans, but do enjoy war movies. Wouldn't say that they making it realistic but that the Jedi were basically extinct during that time frame so it makes sense not to have them in it.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) Left handed batter who strikes out way too much. Where have we seen that before? You know LaRoche walks more and Im guessing he has a higher contact rate than Dunn.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:21 PM) Buddy Bell has one more conference call to pitch Jared Mitchell's potential. Im really rotfling

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) I'm already tired of LaRoche, he's going to be Adam Dunn Jr. ?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) Can't dwell on that inning, offense needs to come out and score some f***ing runs. Thank you.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) This coaching staff is f***ing stupid. I can't support them. They're clueless. You're grounded

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) Haha Robin struck again. You stupid f***ing bastard Leave, you're grounded

Would have kept Hector in the game, he was pitching pretty well.