shysocks

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 06:41 PM) I wonder which teams the Sox beat out for the services of Getz for a position of similar significance. This is a good point, and it's something you could wonder about a lot of our hires. Also agree with Balta that this has a lazy feel. Also agree with DA that it would've been tough to make us happy on this one. But s***, we've been bad for four years and this FEELS - fairly or not - like same old same old.

Jenifer Langosch ‏@LangoschMLB 12 minutes ago LHP Zach Duke underwent Tommy John surgery and had his flexor muscle repaired last week. He's expected to miss the 2017 season. #stlcards That trade is cursed.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 13, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) Talent wise they were loaded but apparently something just didn't mesh right. It was frustrating because if they snuck into the playoffs they would have been able to throw a cy young caliber Loaiza, Colon, Buehrle and Garland at people with 2 of the best relievers in baseball at the back end of the pen, not to mention all the big bats. Frustrating team. I'd be remiss not to mention Billy Koch. The team had good hitters and a pitching top 6 that could probably have matched up with anyone. The rest of the pitching staff was basically dead weight.

good post brett

Stayed up til about 3 AM playing Gears of War 4, just stuck to multiplayer so far. It is classic Gears and I highly recommend it if you're a fan.

Trump going with the slavery imagery. Bold strategy, let's see if it pays off for him.

I'm still shaking my head about what could have been in 2003.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 05:40 AM) In further researching this question, I can't seem to find the answer. WAR is calculated over an entire season. If a pitcher only appears in approximately 20% of the games, yet is able to produce the same wins over replacement as a position player, that would seem to indicate that he is much more valuable, in any given single game. That is consistent with everything else, which we know about the game, i.e.; "pitching is 80% of the game" and "Good pitching will always stop good hitting". Therefore, as I said in my previous post; A starter like Sale is much more valuable and critical, in a single post season game, than a player like Jackie Bradley Jr., even though they have approximately the same WAR. Could someone please clarify this for me? First paragraph is basically right. Pitchers don't play in every game but when they do, they have control over 25-30 plate appearances, while position players only get 4-5 plus whatever defensive opportunities they see. The starting pitcher is usually the team's most important player in a given game. An ace also has greater influence in October relative to the regular season because while he can usually pitch only 2 out of every 10 games, with the extra off days in the playoffs he can go 2 or even 3 out of 7. The only thing your previous post (which I've copied below for reference) didn't touch on is that while you get Sale instead of another SP in game 1, you'd also have to replace JB Jr. with the lesser center fielder for every other game in the series that Sale doesn't pitch. QUOTE (Lillian @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 07:40 PM) I don't quite understand how similar WAR numbers, compiled during a full season, can be compared when it comes down to the Post Season. If you had to choose between substituting one of Boston's starters for Sale, versus replacing JB Jr., with some lesser centerfielder, in game one of the Post season, would it really be a difficult choice? My mind is open, but that doesn't make sense to me.

LMAO

http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-sid...-sputnik-508635 Why is Russia trying so hard to get Trump elected? This is an outrage.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 08:12 AM) Trading Sale with his contract situation is pretty close to unprecedented. It's one reason why I think there is a cap on what teams would be willing to give up, and while the package would be huge, not as huge as using previous trades and adding Sale's increased value would make it. This has been true for a good long time now, and it's the main reason I kept saying a Sale trade would never happen as each deadline popped up. It would be the type of thing that would get a GM fired if it didn't work. Now that he only has three years left on his deal, I think all that is slightly less true. There's a fair trade to be made here. We'll see.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) Online polls of the viewers of Local4 Detroit are historically pretty close to final election outcomes.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) There are plenty of other things to rag on him about - but the fact that Hilary keeps going back to this, to me, seems like she doesn't understand it. It's definitely not that she doesn't understand it. As others have said, it's part of the Democrats' message on taxes. When combined with stories of him stiffing contractors, it also helps paint him as a cheater whose wealth has come at the expense of people less fortunate. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:11 PM) Trump is also on record as saying he pays substaintial federal tax. This is true, and he has also been hypocritical on this issue, complaining in tweets and on Fox & Friends about people not paying federal taxes.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 10:38 AM) Paul Ryan just threw up the dueces and said "I'm out". Such a brave guy to do this only now and yet also not take back his endorsement.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 07:49 AM) Has anyone played Halo: The Master Chief Collection? I read that it had such big errors and was a disaster. All I really want to do is play a little here and there with my gf in coop, nothing to serious. I'm sure that's playable, right? Got it when it came out and yes, the matchmaking was broken to the point that you basically could not play online with people. Haven't played it since the first couple weeks or so that it was out, so I have no idea if they've fixed that stuff, but I know it was still a problem for months after I quit. The campaigns worked fine for me and I'm sure it would be a lot of fun to play through them all co-op. I did make it halfway through a level and when I came back to play it the next day, my checkpoint was nowhere to be found. That was kind of the last straw for me, but just don't quit in the middle of levels and you'll be fine I guess?

This evening was a low point.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 09:00 PM) He actually makes me sick to my stomach. Same.

Also Billy Bush's sparkling reputation is now tarnished.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...eed4_story.html Nail. Coffin.

RIP Duke. Losing a dog you love is incredibly sad. I empathize with you completely.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 6, 2016 -> 09:22 AM) At least not yet. This reminds me of Nintendo's Virtual Boy from years ago. Oh sweet, you can look around in 3d and pick s*** up. Cool? Wake me when you can play a game like Skyrim or GTA in VR. Then i'll invest in one of the machines. Just to play devil's advocate, this tech is way way way cooler than Virtual Boy. But I agree with you guys, I'm totally disinterested.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 6, 2016 -> 11:17 AM) Not even Jeff Samardzija shutting out the Cubs in the next week in a game that eliminates them from the playoffs? I mean first and foremost I just want the Cubs to lose. But I still have some fondness for Conor - unlike Samardzija - so I'd rather see him be the one killing them the most.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Oct 6, 2016 -> 11:02 AM) I also do not think the vote totals for the scientific polls approached the non, but I digress. Cool digression. Either you're making a bad-faith argument just to troll, or you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how polling works. It's one or the other.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Oct 6, 2016 -> 08:33 AM) Very happy for Gillaspie- glad to see him do well. Hope he sprays 4 or 5 more at the bleacher bums or people walking on Waveland over the next few days. There is nothing that could happen in this postseason that would make me happier than this.