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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) Even that though has been questionable of late. Eaton was good last year, and stinks this year (and of course, Hector Santiago is now pitching superb). Avi looks like a question mark as well going forward. Santiago hasn't pitched near as well as his ERA suggests and I'd expect some regression to come soon.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) i don't. we lost on that trade. plain and simple. we got nothing for a rtn of reed and 1 yr in the majors. the sox really could've used Reed last yr. in addition, i don't care if he was good for q yr. just put it up as a bad trade. Reed isn't good and the Sox still would have sucked with him last year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 12:36 PM) Personally, I'd ask for Grandal, Seager and Urias for Sale and Danks. Wouldn't mind getting a quality starting catcher and 2 of the top 5 prospects in all of baseball while freeing up money with Danks gone. Yeah, a package based around Seager and Urias would at least be tempting. I don't see many other fits around baseball that would make a whole lot of sense but if you start with those two and add a few other pieces to the deal it is something the Sox would have to consider.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) True Detective was kinda boring and just an onslaught of characters, so far it seems like they felt like they couldn't create a replacement for McConaughey so they decided to just create a bunch of characters with flaws to make up for it. I'm still intrigued but disappointed with the start, hopefully the plot starts to move forward and is more intriguing. I didn't care for the first episode at all. I loved the first half of the first season of True Detective but didn't care for the second half so the premier put me on the fence for continuing to watch the show but since there is nothing on in the summers anyways I'll stick with it.

Jordan Spieth is having quite the year.

More great defense behind Quintana.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) And drops a ball in RF. What a disaster of an outfielder. Absolutely brutal. That ball was hit pretty hard but that is an easy play by a competent outfielder. No idea how that wasn't scored an error.

How is that not an error?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) The sox dont. I was surprised. Sale was cruising and had no high stress innings tonight. I really don't get pulling him with the way he was throwing.

There was no reason to pull Sale tonight. Blow this team up including the coaching staff.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 07:25 AM) Searched the net and came up empty. Is Fulmer pitching for Vandy tonight? I cannot find the starting pitchers for tonight's Vandy/TCU game. Buehler is supposed to be the starter for Vandy tonight.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 11:02 PM) 2-2-2 His two losses with the Cavs shouldn't be held against him. Yeah and the Heat weren't good enough defensively last year to beat that Spurs team with the way they were playing. The Mavericks series is the big black mark on LeBron's finals resume. The other 3 losses his team clearly wasn't as good as the team that beat them and the 2 Cavs teams had no chance of winning it all (although this would have been an amazing series if Love and Irving were healthy).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) I have to imagine that STL forfeiting picks to HOU has to be on the table as some point since it was their information that was splashed everywhere. That is pretty unfair to the rest of the league though. But if it turns out that higher ups in the Cardinals organization knew about this the $2 million dollar fine doesn't come close to cutting it and there has to be severe penalties that impact the Cardinals organization from a competitive standpoint.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) Sony presenting a game and trying to fund it via their conference seemed shady as f***. Was really turned off by that. Sony probably had the best conference overall though. I didn't see it and that is shady but I'm just really happy the game is finally being made.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 05:59 PM) So with all of the top 10 slot figures in except for Fulmer and Hinchley, the Sox sit at $33,300 over their draft allotment. Keep in mind that Hinchley will result in a very large savings. If he gets $10,000, the Sox pick up$152,200 in savings, meaning they would have about $120k underslot built up to use elsewhere before we know anything about Fulmer's deal. Would love to be able to make a run at Hickman but that probably only happens if Fulmer is underslot.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/b...s-fbi.html?_r=0 oh snap I wonder what the punishment from MLB will be for this if proven. Loss of an entire draft? Obviously a different sport but the Patriots lost a first round pick as a result of spygate and this is a way worse offense than anything the Patriots have done (well at least that they have been found guilty of). You have to think the punishment here is going to be incredibly harsh.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) they smashed their goal, and have already eclipsed 2 million Saw that. Projected release date of December 2017 right now so still a long ways off but considering Shenmue 2 came out in like 2001 what is another 2 and a half years to wait.

I'm probably the only person excited by this news but Shenmue 3 was announced at E3 and is being funded by Kickstarter. I might have to contribute to one of those for the first time ever.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) Unfortunately, it's been a disappointing year so far on the farm. There's no one that I can say with confidence will be a starting infielder/outfielder/catcher/pitcher down the road at the big league level. Montas and Danish still have a lot of doubters in terms of their ability to start. I don't think it has been particularly disappointing on the pitching side. For a 20 year old in AA Danish has pitched pretty well and Montas has been very good lately. There are a ton of intriguing arms at the lower levels as well and Erik Johnson has rebounded this year to the point where he might be able to be a back of the rotation starter or at least a bullpen arm in the future. The position players in the farm system are a complete disaster though. Guys aren't developing particularly well and we don't have much talent on that side to begin with.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 11:59 AM) The last thing the Sox need is the future Adam Dunn. I would take prime Adam Dunn's bat in a heartbeat. If Gallo is capable of playing an average 3b and hits like Dunn did from ages 21-30 you have an incredibly valuable player.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) Didn't they go to 7 games in the finals against that same Celtics team? Or am I confusing a year? That was the following year. In 08-09 Garnett got hurt and the Magic eliminated the Celtics (after the Bulls and Celtics went 7 games). Orlando also knocked out Cleveland. The Lakers really didn't face a championship caliber team their entire postseason run that year.

It is unbelievable how bad Quintana's luck is. If that doesn't hit the bag its an out.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) Its possible, but that was the rumor floating around Sunday/Monday. He put a $5M price tag out there and the Astros were trying to go underslot at #2 to pay him in the comp round, which is why 29 other teams passed on a top 10 guy. He could certainly be lying but Mike Cameron said that the $5 mil rumor was false.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Well, Cameron is getting $5M of that and Tucker is likely to be near that as well, so really they have $7.5 to sign the #2 pick and everyone else they have drafted from the second round on. I would bet that Cameron signs for quite a bit less than $5M.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:00 PM) They have like 17.5 million draft pool plus another 5% on top of that. compare that to our paltry 5.5 million, and yeah. I think they'll sign most everyone. I'm sure they will sign everyone from days 1 and 2. I'm more referring to a guy like Cole Sands who they took in Round 22 who I imagine will be a really tough sign even for them.