Jose Abreu

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Good luck. You've got the difficult side because BS is 100 times harder to refute than to spew. I'd expect your opponents to cite obscure, badly performed studies showing autism-vaccine links and unless you're familiar with those studies, you won't know their particular methodological problems. Perhaps point out the Autism Omnibus Proceedings, where a huge group of people claiming their children got autism from MMR vaccine, were asked to provide their 3 best cases proving a causal link. They lost the trial, badly. Also, keep hammering vaccine success stories like smallpox eradication, the downfall of polio, and huge drops in incidence for HiB, pertussis, measles, etc. Thanks, that's a good tip. I'll use that

I'm doing a pro-con speech in my high school english class on vaccinations. Any suggestions? My stance will be pro-vaccinations and I have to refute all of the autism concerns

Bulls are actively shopping Taj Gibson

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) Of course. Just a mindless show It's really popular in my area, I've been watching since season four but suddenly it's everyone's favorite show. It is mindless, but entertaining

Maybe this is more of a younger-person show, but does anyone here watch The League?

I agree

Atlanta beating Washington by 11 with about 90 seconds left.

If Rose wasn't fouled, neither was Ariza...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 04:12 PM) ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 8m8 minutes ago If Derrick Rose plays tonight for Bulls, it will be his 12th straight game played; first streak of 12 games for him since 2010-11 season 3 minutes from tip-off, it looks like he'll play.

I can see him signing with Cleveland.

The Bulls have reportedly checked in on Tobias Harris.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 08:12 PM) I'm not certain what a plummer is but if he is like a plumber, I agree. With electrical there is a circuit breaker. Maybe he meant this guy.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...sox-versus-cubs Your thoughts?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 07:49 AM) Not sure how much snow Oak Brook got, but our office there was not closed today. Really? That's strange, I live near Oak Brook and they got just as much as the neighboring towns in which everything is closed.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 1, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) OT i know, is there a thread discussing PECOTA projections this year? I'm pretty sure 7-8 pages of the Beckham thread were about that.

I think he meant most important regular season game. However, even that might not even be true.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 30, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) the pinning of this thread confuses me As does the title.

Carlos Pena calls them "Shallowmetrics"

I'll take 3 for Abreu. Goldy and Cabrera have an edge.

And John Smoltz had Sale at #2.

It was this: 10. Jordan Zimmerman 9. Madison Bumgarner 8. David Price 7. Corey Kluber 6. Johnny Cueto 5. Max Scherzer 4. Adam Wainwright 3. Chris Sale 2. Felix Hernandez 1. Clayton Kershaw

Surprised with the Kluber ranking.

Butler has recovered from his illness and will start tonight

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 29, 2015 -> 12:15 PM) If any of you see that I have viewed your profile its because I am on my iphone on soxtalk and my fingers are just clicking away at everything that I don't want to touch. or I am stalking you. Probably the latter.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 29, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) I am not a big fan of the Marlins offseason acquisitions, but they may not be terrible. They were 77-85 last year, yes, but they have a nice, young, talented lineup (similar to ours) and some decent pitching pieces. I have them pegged as an 84-88 game winner.