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QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 09:53 AM) Make sure you get enough fats -- I know you are into nut butters, which is a good thing. I'd hate to see you have too low a fat take due to your low intake of oils. You do need fats of all kinds (minus trans fat, more or less) for a fully functioning body. Saturated fat in particular plays a crucial role in testosterone production. Some steak here and there will help you with that, though there are other ways. The MCTs in coconut oil, while AWESOME, do not serve this role btw despite being classified as saturated fats. I get my fats from Avacado's and Nuts. Not gonna be having any steak anytime soon I'm approaching a year since having any chicken, pork, or red meat and I feel awesome about it. The craving for it is completely gone. I was surprised about that one in particular haha

I stay away from Meat and Dairy (sans the occasional Pizza and Fish -- I'm not a hardcore Vegan by any stretch haha) No refined sugars (or HFCS obviously) No GMO's I try to stay away from Oil's and only cook with Coconut Oil if It's needed for a recipe Cut out bread and pasta... bread is the worst one for me haha Try and make all my meals at home and on rare occasions dine out -- It saves $$$ and you know exactly what is going into your food. I do eat lots of greens, and fruits. Fresh nut butters (Almond and Cashew in particular). Make lots of hearty vegetable based soups/chili. Whole grains and brown rice. And most importantly LOTS of Water...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 02:21 PM) The fact that he was resigned ought to tell you a lot about the quality of "prospects" that were being offered for him. Well Kenny was supposedly asking "the moon"... If he had just lowered his standards a little maybe they'd have more to spend on a left handed hitter. It's not like Danks missing the season really hurt the team last year.

I still wish they'd have traded Danks instead of resigned him last offseason. They'd have a little more payroll flexibility now if he was traded for prospects...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 12:43 PM) Especially with Sanchez knocking on the door, as well as guys like Saladino and DiMichele (who I don't think is going to be strong defensively, but who might be able to rise quickly due to his bat). Pressure's on him. He has by far the highest ceiling of any 2B in the system, but using the same floor to ceiling analogy, he's basically at chair level right now. I'm very excited to see what DiMichele does in a full season either in Kanny or W-S this year...

I think he's been on the same frustratingly average to below average level at the plate for years now. Maybe he's talking about facial hair.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 11:57 AM) I've a feeling Beckham will have a huge year - Said everyone in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012....

His LAST year in Chicago

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 16, 2013 -> 05:59 PM) That's a clown question bro. Man, if I could have gotten him to say that to me, it would have been AMAZING.

Saw Bryce Harper at a local Sandwich Shop in Hollywood.... He's not as big as I would expect an athlete to be. Should have grilled him about Stras haha

Pitchers & Catcher report in 40 days.... When do we start worrying that this is the team we're gonna have? I wasn't. I thought for sure Thornton or Floyd would be moved by now, but s***... Looking like they might be with the team in Arizona

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jan 10, 2013 -> 10:07 AM) What did they win? Well you can only win a division title on ONE DAY.

It's really at a stalemate. Fans says put a good team on the field and we'll come, ownership says come and we can afford to put a competitive team on the field.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 09:21 PM) Tom Glavine has 305 wins, but he also has a career 3.95 FIP, which would put him in the following group (3.85-to-3.99 range) Tom Candiotti Mark Langston Danny Darwin Mike Flanagan Dennis Martinez Jimmy Key Chuck Finley David Wells Jack McDowell Kevin Millwood Derek Lowe Javier Vazquez John Lackey I only looked at starters with a career WAR of 30 or better. Glavine does not impress me. He might be the most overrated SP of the past quarter century. Those wins throw people off, and then some. And you think that white haired old writer who still types his stories on a typewriter is gonna be looking at Glavine's FIP? Haha

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 05:55 PM) For every team that took years to rebuild and now is enjoying a level of success, there are the teams still stuck in last place. It's all about execution, and the environment the team finds itself in. Flat out, the Sox are not the right team to rebuild and don't have the fanbase to support it. Well honesty that's their f***ing fault.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 05:39 PM) The Rangers sorta made it work. The Giants got a couple high picks after tetrahydrogestrinone retires that became Cain and Lincecum. The Marlins made it work well in 97 and got back over .500 with their 2003 rebuild. And not that these teams went into rebuild mode, but a few teams that were a non-factor-to-terrible for years in the Rangers, Rays, Reds, and Nationals, now are perennial contenders....

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 05:21 PM) You can wish for it all you want. It doesn't mean it is realistic or the smartest move. Again, I am still waiting for some proof that the rebuild theory actually works. Well I don't think hoping everyone hits to their potential is very realistic either. Neither option is preferable really haha

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 04:33 PM) I don't WANT to be .500. I WANT everyone to hit up to their full potential and win the division. So I can't wish for the potential of a rebuild, but you can for the average team they have now? haha Can't we all be dreamers? Haha

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) We are doing it now. Revitalize the system, move the veterans out, try to pick up prospects when you get a good deal. For a bit of history, 1997 the Sox drew 1.865 million fans. White Flag happened at the deadline of July 31. The Sox drew 1.39 and 1.35 million over the next two years. That's .500-ville though, I thought you didn't want that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 04:11 PM) Neither does 3 years of losing 90+ So what route do you want? .500 does nothing for attendance, 90+ losses kills attendance... So winning = attendance, but how do they put a competitive team out there (that wasn't like last years first place for 100+ days team that wasn't sexy enough to boost attendance I guess) without increasing payroll, which only happens if attendance goes up? (I just had a stroke haha)

Maddux should get 100% of the vote. Who doesn't think he's a HOF? It's insanity to think he wouldn't...

I used to think it was a lock, but in recent years not anymore. I'd give him a 5% chance of making it on the first ballot. Too many factors working against him: - DH - Old BWAA codgers who think NO ONE is first ballot material - The "story" of Maddux and Glavine going in together as teammates - Frank just being a part of the era in general (even though he was never suspected) He'll go in on the second ballot for sure.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 11:21 AM) It is easy to sit up and take shots like that when you aren't the one managing the budget. Fortunately Kenny, Rick, Jerry and company do consider the effects on the fan base. Sox fans are notorious fickle. Their history proves that. Well if they're not going to spend money like the Tigers, I'd want them to try something different. This finishing just above or at .500 isn't doing it for me. The "fickle fans" shouldn't be satisfied with finishing in the middle of the pack if anything... And yes, I KNOW it could fail miserably, but there's equal chance it'll work in a few years too. I'd gladly sit on a couple of s*** seasons if it meant building up a great base of young cost controlled talent that can compete instead of signing mid-tear nobody free agents and sitting in neutral, just hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.

The White Sox have made the playoffs 9 times out of 112 seasons. NINE. If losing 100 games makes fans run away, then their standards were waaay too high.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 10:49 AM) And yet you can miss october in ways that set you up for the next season or in ways that destroy your franchise's revenue base for a decade. They seem to keep setting up to finish just above .500 every time. That's cool with you?