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I love seeing Anderson and Moncada go 1-2 in the lineup that should happen like.... every game

I expect the Sox to have a similar record next year but they'll be a more exciting team.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 09:47 AM) So is he just going to copy the story format from one of the original films again? JJ can make whatever movie he wants, I doubt he comes back to do a remake of Return of the Jedi. I don't think The Force Awakens is a remake of A New Hope but it definitely does play with familiar Star Wars tropes and formula to tell its story. Now that he did the reboot already, I expect that he's going to do something original.

I'm going to say it again but Anderson and Moncada should bat 1-2 every game.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Sep 11, 2017 -> 03:18 PM) I've read where the Orioles will offer Manny Machado a big contract this off season. Baltimore has indicated that if he turns down their offer they will probably trade him. That being said, I hope the White Sox offer Garcia a long term contract. If he turns it down, trade him. I hope Garcia remains a member of the White Sox. After the White Sox sign Garcia I'm hoping they sign Addison Reed and JD Martinez to long term contracts. This doesn't seem like the Orioles MO.

Anderson and Moncada are huge disappointments. Ship them off while their value is still high.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 6, 2017 -> 12:54 PM) I'm in a 14 man PPR that is very competitive. It's a short bench league too. My running backs are Jordan Howard, Jay Ajayi, Doug Martin and Jacquizz Rodgers. So the latter three just went on bye with the hurricane. The free agents are Robert Turbin, Branden Oliver, Jerrick McKinnon, Kyle Juszyck, JR Richard & DeAndre Washington. Wtf do I do? You should look into trading Doug Martin, people are saying that Rodgers has a good chance to hold on to that job, plus he has a prior relationship with the coach there from their days in Atlanta. In that group, I would take Oliver or McKinnon

Would love to see TA finish the year strong.

I'm curious to see how Fulmer takes this experience, being around Cooper and Hasler everyday, and brings it into ST.

TANK

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 5, 2017 -> 05:59 PM) I wondering if they want Rian Johnson to finish it That would make the most sense because he did write the original story for 9 and he's already in the building. The Last Jedi looks to be the only Star Wars movie since Lucasfilm was bought by Disney to have a solid, complete script and a normal production. TFA's script changed and rewritten everyday on set, R1 was constantly being revamped and was totally revamped and rewritten in reshoots, and Han Solo looks like a mess.

Another Star Wars movie, another director is shown the door... http://www.starwars.com/news/a-statement-r...wars-episode-ix

I am in a few leauges but my main leauge had it's draft last friday. Its a 12 team, 2 QB leauge thats .5 PPR. Every draft is an auction with a $200 budget and we always do it live... except this year because a couple of guys just had babies and they weren't able to leave the house so we had our auction through ESPN, for the first time in seven years. Some of us met up, ordered some food and drafted in the same room. Never have an online auction in the same room as the other guys from your leauge because every auction turned into an espensive game of chicken. Someone spent $75 on AP a few years ago and that was the highest price for a player that we've ever had. This year we had six players go for $70+ (AB, Brady, D. Johnson, Rodgers, Bell, and Jones). My strategy is throw out all the guys that I don't want so that other people can waste their budget on them but this year once the auction started I threw my strategy out the window and lost my grasp on the concept of money. I spent $190 players on 4 players (Hunt, Howard, AB and Pryor) and filled my reamining roster spots with $1 players. I f***ed up.

Wade Boggs and a plate of fried chicken.

Big Notre Dame family. Having a party for the opener. I think they win 7 games games this year and Kelly is fired after the season.

I liked what I read about Forbes when he headed to the draft. Solid pickup.

True Detective season three is officially a go. http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/true-detec...1202544718/amp/ "The next installment tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods. Mahershala Ali will play the lead role of Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas." Nic Pizzolatto will be directing the show too

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 29, 2017 -> 03:17 PM) 4 losses per week for five weeks. That is my wish. And the young guys play well

So far in the rebuild, Coop has more than proven his worth, you can even say that he is the most important person in the rebuild so far. Coop has netted the Sox: Moncada, Kopech, Jiemenez, Cease, Rutherford, Basabe, Diaz, Rose, Flete, Gillapsie, and Cordell. Give him some more guys to slip and let's keep the ball rolling.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 25, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) Fangraphs projection: 1. Phillies 62-100 2. White Sox 64-98 3. Giants 68-94 4. Reds 69-93 I agree with 64-98 for the Sox. They've played a lot better recently. Final 11 series: vs Det 1-2 at Min 1-2 vs TB 1-2 vs Cle 1-3 vs SF 2-1 at KC 1-2 at Det 2-2 at Hou 1-2 vs KC 1-2 vs LAA 2-2 at Cle 1-2 They're playing some teams in the hunt, so the loses could pile up.

It's been said by myself and others here but Anderson's routine at the plate is too loud, it could be causing him to be late to stuff. I'd like to see him tone it down.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 10:14 PM) I have no issue with losses due to being young players. Last night was a good example. I can't tolerate when anyone on the pitching staff goes into batting practice mode. I have no problem with the Sox losing due to the young guys either, they're young, still developing and learning the ML game.

I'm all on the Tank Train but it's great to see Anderson (who I am admittedly big on) and Moncada come up huge for the team.

Who would you rather have on the field, Davidson or Delmonico?

Wind River is fantastic. I am a big fan of Taylor Sheridan, he was an actor at the end of his rope and decided to pursue his passion of writing. He wrote Sicario, Hell or High Water and now Wind River, which he directed. The movie is pretty riveting from start to finish and really captures the tough landscape of the reservation. It's really poetic too, reminded me of a Cormac McCarthy novel. I loved how Elizabeth Olsen's character wasn't a cliche and how the film avoided tropes whenever it could. The movie does two things in the last 25 minutes that still has me on the edge of my seat, both of which could've easily derailed and ruined the entire movie but it added to the moment. I think Dunkirk is the best Nolan flick, hands down and the best movie of the year so far, I can see it going head to head with Call Me By Your Name for Best Picture. With Dunkirk, Nolan took a lesson he learned or a device he employed on all of his previous films and brought them all to the table here. It's easily his most radical movie since Memento in terms of the movie's structure. Dunkirk is the third act of a bigger film, which is something that Nolan said himself. During the third act of all of films since Batman Begins, Nolan cross cuts on parallel action between multiple perspectives to build suspense. And all of his films since Inception feature a snowball effect where seemingly insignificant things or events early in the film gain importance as the film goes on. He combined both of those approaches on Dunkirk and was able to hold both for 100 minutes. The shorter run time worked well here. I loved the lack of characters and backstory in the film, I hate in movies (especially war movies) where the characters are all sitting down, telling each other about themselves and their lives away from the situation at hand. While the characters in Dunkirk don't verbally speak a lot, they spoke through their actions. Look at Tommy and Alex, both were willing to do anything to get off the beach but unlike Alex, Tommy wasn't willing to do so at the expense of being a bad person. It was a great idea to pair them up on the train because once they get on the train Tommy instantly fell asleep while Alex stayed awake and contemplated what he did on the beach because he was ashamed of himself and how he acted. And the ending shot of Tommy's face looking up in disappointment after reading Churchill's speech while everyone around him celebrates was heartbreaking because he's realizing that he's going back to war. I liked how intimate the film was with the different timelines and how they all played at different tempos. Cinematography was insane, they were able to use 200lb IMAX camera like a GoPro. Editing and sound design were huge too. Tom Hardy was my favorite character, I loved the stuff on the boat. I've seen Girls Trip three times, the best comedy since the first Hangover. Hopefully a sequel is announced.