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QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 19, 2016 -> 08:58 PM) The way the Red Sox are surging since the AS break, Hahn can forget about getting a "haul" from them this offseason. Their starting pitching has been great despite the fact that I don't think they really have an "ace" when the playoffs roll around. But Porcello may end up winning the Cy Young the way he is pitching. I think you're forgetting how aggressive Dombrowski is?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 19, 2016 -> 11:14 PM) Just wondering. Does anybody know the last pitcher to lose 20 games in a season and when? Not saying Shields will even get the chance. The Sox will shut him down when he hits 19 losses saying that he's "injured" (nudge, nudge, wink, wink SAY no more...) and save him the embarrassment (and of course save the front office the embarrassment too...) Mark There have been a total of 499, 20 game losers. The last 20 game loser was Mike Maroth in 2003, he pitched for the Tigers and went 9-21: 5.73 ERA, 1 CG, 193.1 IP, 87 Ks, 50 BBs, 1.453 WHIP, 5.32 FIP, 34 HRA and 0.2 WAR. The best 20 game loser of all time is 1910 Ed Walsh, who pitched for the Sox of course and went 18-20: 1.27 ERA, 33 CG, 7 SO, 369.2 IP, 258 Ks, 61 BBs, 0.820 WHIP, 1.63 FIP, 5 HRA, and 10.9 WAR

A ten game losing streak would be great right now

Is this really news to anyone? #FireKennyWilliams

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 12, 2016 -> 08:20 AM) If I copy painted a Van Gogh painting, would that make me a good artist? No, it would make me a copy cat. The original was good, the remake was unnecessary and offered nothing new except the english language. If it was good, they would have made the rest of the movies. Good movies don't guarantee sequels, money does. That film went up against some good competition during the holiday season that year and was R Rated, so it had a hard time at the BO. If Finher makes WWZ2 and it's a hit, he'll be able to make the sequel to GWTDT. The American version is not a shot for shot remake of the Swedish film, like Gus Van Sant's Psycho. It's just another (faithful) adaptation of the book but it's different from the Swedish version. This is where auteur theory comes into play, you give two directors the same book to adapt, you're going to get two different movies, it's only human nature. I know everyone likes Rotten Tomatoes, it's got an 86% there and is certified fresh and I think metacritic has it labeled universally acclaimed. Not to mention, all the accolades the film got. If you didnt like it that's cool but it wasn't a bad movie.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 06:14 PM) Girl with a Dragon Tattoo was a mirror copy of the original in English, that isn't a good movie If the original of Dragon Tattoo is a good movie and the Fincher version is a mirror copy, wouldn't that be a good movie too? QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 06:20 PM) I love DF but Dragon tattoo was not good and Benjamin Button was dull. Panic Room needs more love. I still think Alien 3 was fine. I like Benjamin Button a lot, not among my favorite of his films but I appreciate how different it is in context to everything else that he's done. To each their own.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 06:26 PM) Think it's just online Well that sucks.

Is the new Star Trek show coming to CBS cable channel. It's always mentioned with CBS All Access, is that their streaming app?

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 04:57 PM) I got 5 on it. Let's actually make one. We can make a video, it would be hilarious.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 12:57 PM) Fincher deserves better than that. If you've been following his career lately, you'd know two things: He's been flirting with doing a blockbuster recently for a very long time and came very close with an adaptation of 20,000 Leauges Under The Sea, the plug was pulled because he and Disbey couldn't come to an agreement on casting. He wanted Brad Pitt, Dinsey wanted Channing Tatum. Secondly, he was developing a few shows at HBO and the plug was pulled on those over financial reasons. This might be a career move to get traction on those projects again. If he has a hit blockbuster l, he would be able to do whatever he wants. He's had a really great career but he's doesn't have the hit tentpoles movie. Alien 3 was a disaster and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was a great movie but lost a lot of money.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 04:34 PM) They can't stop Cuban from bidding on a team. They can not vote for him to own a team. I know that the fact that it's something they won't even seriously consider is ridiculous. Just going off his NBA, he turned a laughing stock franchise and turned them into a perennial contender. And if you want to say he's a loose canon, the guy has mellowed a lot over the course of the past few years.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 03:41 PM) Not supposed to make sense for the fans, it's supposed to make cents for the owners. If someone has the financial ability to bankroll a sports franchise and that money is clean, isn't that all matters? And I think he can be an owner of a team he just can't have a controlling interest. Because he was allowed to bid on that Rangers when they were in bankruptcy court, where he was partnered with Jim Crane. Maybe Cuban isn't enough of an old white man and maybe that scares the MLB owners. f***, Jeffery Loria can own a team but not Mark Cuban.

I think having the owner's committee approve a new owner is ridiculous. It never made any sense to me.

Cuban would be an ideal owner, he's tried to buy a MLB team a couple times.

I was of the understanding that once JR passes on that his son would take control of both the Bulls and Sox, but he would most likely sell the Sox because he has no interest in running the team.

Link to the tweet?

David Fincher is in talks to direct the World War Z sequel.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 01:42 AM) Calling up Hansen seems completely absurd. Even if the team was in contention I'd be against it. He was *broken* in college less than 4 months ago. The Chris Sale schedule doesn't work for everyone. I was talking in the sense of the absolute earliest. I think we'll see hin on the southside in 2018

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 08:58 PM) i hope we dont rush these guys too much. september callup for hansen is too soon IMO, let him continue to develop in the minors fisher also 2/2 with a 2b and a BB tonight I think the soonest Hansen is called up is after the break next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 10:53 PM) Such a streaky pen. Once it blows a game in a series, it seems they blow another one. if you want to blame the performance of the bullpen (post ASB), look no further than Sale

I dont think Robertson is declining in talent, I think he's been over used.

Man, the pen is taxed.

Would like to see him get s*** down at the conclusion of the MILB season he can get some time to rest and start prepping to be a starter. Maybe him being called up, pushes Fulmer to the rotation.

QUOTE (Nixon @ Aug 8, 2016 -> 07:29 PM) I don't think Remains of the Day is an obscure reference at all. Just pointing at a performance in a film that had an actor turned in even an ounce less of an effort the whole thing would have been loss. Yes, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are both pretty much living legends. Sorry, I guess that point wasn't clearly articulated. John Boyega was great in Attack the Block before he was in The Force Awakens. Him and Oscar Isaac were the only reason I was even in the theater for that. I haven't seen The Prestige in a long time, I was just all right with it. Didn't stick with me like his take on Dieter Dengler in Rescue Dawn (maybe it's because I'd seen the documentary), or Empire of the Sun (again maybe due to familiarity with subject). Maybe time for a revisit. That other WW2 flick looks pretty good too. Hacksaw Ridge. So we'll have a new Pacific WW2 movie to go with Dunkirk. I love Rescue Dawn, Im a giant fan of Herzog. I haven't seen Empire of the Sun in a long, long time Hacksaw Ridges looks awesome. Check out this movie called, Allied. It stars Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt and they play spies in WW2. It's more of a romance film but it looks great.