Whitewashed in '05

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but is Rose ever going to be healthy? After losing all of last season I said he'd have to regain the confidence of all the fans that he can be healthy for a full season again, but this is just unbelievable. I didn't expect for ankle sprains and hamstrings to be holding him back THIS early.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 23, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) I had trouble enjoying the celebration for different reasons. My view was great but Nick Swisher, who celebrated more than anyone else, clouded it. The way he was celebrating you would have never guessed that he batted .219 and and got replaced by DeWayne Wise down the stretch. This is a game I will always remember for the rest of my life. Never been to a playoff game, but have been told the stadium was even better than some playoff games and I was there. Not trying to be disrespectful, but if you couldn't enjoy that game, I don't know what game would. One player shouldn't cloud your judgement on such a special game in Sox history. The pitching duel, Jr's catch, Thome's homer, Anderson's catch, there were so many great moments in that game. Swisher who???

I interviewed for a position yesterday. Went really well. I ended up finding out that one of the interviewers knows a former co worker. The interviewer contacted my friend after she was finished before my interview was even over. He gave glowing reviews about me and she wants me on board. However, apparently I make more than the rest of the others in that position and can't match my salary. Knowing this, I'd like to try to negotiate. I'd take less as this is a great opportunity. Any advice on negotiating with this in mind? There was no advertised salary on the job posting. I hope they're not looking to pay me 10k less.

When submitting resume's online and the position requires you to fill out forms with questions (how are you the ideal fit for this position), how detailed should you be with your answers? Should you fill out the entire x number of characters or keep it short and save it for the interview?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 6, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) Kershaw threw a no hitter, the Dodgers are leading the NL West by 1/2 game, he's in the 2nd biggest media market in the U.S. and he has 5X the name recognition of Sale. His not being included is even more of a surprise. Doesn't mean Sale didn't get robbed, but I see your point.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 08:34 AM) It's at least a bit unique in flavor comparatively. Plus the cheese sticks and garlic sauce, man. It's not all that bad. As Chicagoans we are super spoiled. Just travel to another city and try their best pizza, it's probably trash. I can co-sign this. Not probably, it is. Originally from Chicago and in California now and the pizza is terrible. LUCKILY there's a Chicago pizza place I've found in Orange County that would survive even downtown.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 08:01 AM) Spirit Airlines is very cheap if you give up all rights as a human being. I had no idea what you meant about this. Unfortunately now I do. Flying Spirit tomorrow and already I will never ever fly with them again. Checking in and have discovered: 1. Have to pay $45 for a carry on bag that is stored in the overhead bins if you wait 24 hours before of your flight's departure. 2. Have to pay $40 for each bag checked in if you wait 24 hours before your flight's departure. 3. If you purchased more than one seat, pay to sit together (or your sits will be assigned after everyone else has been assigned). I fly 2-3 times a year and have flown with various airlines, this is the first time I've experienced bad service and nickel and diming like this. I have yet to see what happens when I arrive at the gate. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) Absolute gold. Make that 3 of us. Not a critically acclaimed role by any means, but he was just hilarious in it. RIP...

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 07:04 PM) I just ordered the freedom card Remember you need to opt-in for the rotating bonus categories every category.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 03:28 PM) Well the theory that the director actually wanted us all to realize is Bullock's "rebirth" towards the end of the movie. The scene where she is floating in the fetal position with the tether acting as her umbilical cord, her crawling out of the mud (primordial soup), walking on 4 legs, then 2 legs, then bent over, then erect, ala Darwin's theory of evolution. Those are the clues that were meant to happen. But others have thought maybe she died up in space, and the paradise island she happened to land next to was actually "Heaven", like in the show LOST. I REALLY wanted her to find a red shoe on the beach, so we'd know for sure that it was heaven and she'd be reunited with her daughter again. There are some other theories too if you google "Gravity ending explained" or something. I seem to be one of the few that didn't think Gravity was all everyone has made it to be. Good, but not great as people say. Though I didn't catch everything you mentioned above. I'll watch it again and give it another chance. I wasn't particularly struck by Bullock being able to carry that movie basically by herself.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I ended up getting the Chase Sapphire Preferred. It gets good rewards on the things I spend my money on. If I don't like it in the first year, annual fee is waived the first year, I'll downgrade to the Freedom or might go Amex. I thought there was a finance thread in SLAM?

Congrats Frank!!!!! After hearing it was official, memories of his 2005 parade speech came to mind as well as the day they retired #35. This is so awesome. First ballot! Hell yes!!!

I've had a very low interest credit card for years. Got it while I was in school and have been meaning to switch since I'm out of school and know myself that I won't go crazy with one and pay in full every month. With that said, what are some good credit cards out there that you guys have good experiences with? I'm even willing to pay an annual fee if the rewards are good enough. I know there are restrictions with a lot of them so I'm just looking for the one with the best rewards or miles and low restrictions. I plan on researching this a little more within the next few days, but thought I could get some ideas from here.

Anyone have a Slingbox? Any advice?

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 01:49 AM) This is exactly who Frank Thomas was to the fans who followed him closest. I'm sure many of you can attest as well with similar stories. Frank was the reason I became a Sox fan. Being a born and raised Southern Californian, there really was no other reason for a 7 year old boy to latch onto the Chicago White Sox. All it took was one ESPN highlight of him mashing a Mike Mussina meatball out to the left field concourse. And so a childhood obsession began. Whenever the Sox were in town playing the Angels, my dad took work off... Bringing me with him for a series long indulgence of modern day Cracker Jack glory. My pops was a pretty smart guy - the first thing he taught me about the spectator side of Baseball was, "get to the park early." Real early. Four hours early. We would wait for players to arrive and get their signatures with a black felt tip Sharpie pen. It was a crap shoot I'd soon learn. Some players would quickly sign for a couple of people without breaking stride or taking their sun glasses off. Others would treat fans as if they where air and walk right by. The first time I saw Frank Thomas walk up with his six foot five frame holding two hundred and something pounds of muscle - I figured it would be a tough autograph to pull off. He always was dressed as a consummate professional. A full suit with a coat. Nice slacks and a fleece sweater. Not flashy or arrogant but rather, as a man who was there to do a job. Being that he was one of the most talented players on the planet - I expected him to just blow by all the fans. They swarmed up quickly... Clearly everyone had really been waiting for him. It was a shock seeing what happened: Frank walked up to the entrance door. Removed his glasses. Turned around and smiled. He said two words, "Line up!" and then resumed back to smiling. About fifty or a hundred people would stand in a single file line. We all fell into formation. The Big Hurt stood there and signed every autograph. He shook any outstretched hand. He posed for any picture requested. He treated everyone as if they where equals. The respect we had for him as a baseball player was returned to us tenfold as fans. The first time I saw this system - I figured we just came on the right day. Got lucky. It was a priceless moment. I've no clue who won or lost the actual game but I'll never forget that moment. After the stadium emptied, my dad turned to me and asked if I wanted to wait for the players again - this time catching them as they exited. To a seven year old, "sure!" is the only possible response. And so we waited. About two hours later, Frank appeared at the player door, yet again in his professional attire. Everyone saw him and lined up. The man signed autographs for at least another hour. Amazing. And so began a family tradition. For nearly the next decade - we always saw the Sox play in Anaheim. More often than not, Frank would sign for hours before or after a game... Sometimes both. Unbelievable. Consistent. Humble. Amazing. Powerful. One of a kind. Those are words that not only define his career on the field but they also are appropriate descriptions of his character. Two years ago, right before getting married and starting a family of my own - I had a chance to save up some cash and surprise my dad with a trip to Chicago. It was our first trip to The Homeland after all of those years on enemy grounds. I wrote to Brooks Boyer and told him a little about my Dad and his selfless dedication to me during all of those Sox away games. After so many years waiting around for autographs and seeing the Angles beat our Sox - my pops was finally treated to a surprise on a new level. Brooks instructed me to meet him at the field on our last game of a 7 game set. We arrived an hour before gates opened to the public. He greeted us - shook my dads hand... And walked us into the executive offices. He walked us down under the stadium, by the players locker rooms, and up through the umpire tunnel. We arrived behind home plate. The look on my Dads face was priceless. He had no clue any of this would happen. Standing behind home plate, on the dirt of US Cellular Field... My old man cracked a smile like Frank Thomas always showed and teared up a bit. Bad. Ass. Thanks Frank Thomas for introducing me to the White Sox. Thanks for absolutely crushing baseballs. For inspiring me to play the game. For showing me how to handle success with grace. For affording me the opportunity to know gratitude and show appreciation on a Big Hurt scale. Thanks for leading me to the best organization in all of sports. An organization where everyone from the top down treats each other like a family. Thanks for being a legend of mythic proportion that can now be passed down to a son of my own once he's born this March. He'll be three weeks old when the 2014 season opens this year. He'll be wrapped in his first Sox jersey - watching his first game with Daddy. Here's to hoping that by 2021 - when I go wait around with my boy at first first ball game - that some now unknown player will treat us with so much dignity. I doubt there will ever again be a player of such a Big Hurt magnitude. But hey, here's to hoping... Right. Frank Thomas is already in the Hall of Fame to me. Period. Fantastic post.

I used to use cases all types of screen covers, cases, etc. Now I just have a very very thin case and the only reason I use that is because I don't want to scratch my camera by simply putting it on its back (did that before). It really comes down to how you treat your devices. I don't put it near drinks on the table, I don't put it on my lap while I drive because I used to forget I put my phones there and drop them getting out of the car. Just doing things to decrease the likelihood that something will happen to it. My next decision is whether I should stop getting the monthly warranty...

Definitely a surprise to hear about Walker. Only 40, wow.

If a consumer cannot write a negative review for their negative experience, this opens the doors for people getting ripped off left and right online. I guess the only thing people can do is refrain from shopping on web sites that are known to do these types of things.

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 25, 2013 -> 11:53 PM) It's troublesome and bad -- but these things can be forgiven. I don't expect Prince and Avisail to be buddies, but a lot of guys (especially athletes) are pretty sympathetic to infidelity. Even if guys really don't like what he did to Prince, there's no reason he shouldn't fit in in this locker room. One assumes he has probably learned a lesson. Sounds like he did a s***ty thing to his wife, but that's his and her problem. A lot of pro athlete couples have an understanding about these things and others don't...they can figure that out. Avisail is just a kid and if this is his big youthful mistake, I'll deal with it. Obviously we don't know if the story is actually true or not, but I wouldn't as far as "letting him get away with it" for doing that (not that you're saying that). If they were teammates on their high school baseball team it would be more understandable, but Avisail is not necessarily a kid. He's twenty something year old man. Should know that's not something you do.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2013 -> 08:33 AM) Halladay doesn't improve the White Sox nearly as much as many other moves that could be made. Especially because the odds are pretty good he isn't "Roy Halladay" anymore. This could make sense if we sign him to a very low 1 year deal and deal him at the deadline if he does well. We aren't expected to compete anyway.

What's a good app to enable ringtones/toggle vibration based on GPS location for iOS? Cydia or App Store... The only thing I've found is this and it doesn't look so promising: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/auto-mute-b...d650303758?mt=8

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 24, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) so does anyone here know a decent amount about virtual machines/HyperV? I could use some basic help. What's the purpose? Home or business? For home, Windows 8 Pro client Hyper-V could be an option. For business, I would only recommend Hyper-V on Server 2012. Hyper-V on 2008 R2 is just not good. Also, I'd recommend using "Hyper-V Server". Difference is you can install Hyper-V as a role on top of Server OS or as a standalone (more stable). I'll take it a step further and recommend VMware ESXi over Hyper-V for business. It's free too. It's not as user friendly, but if reliability is your main goal, ESXi is the way to go. Again, depends on your purpose.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 01:59 PM) Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 18m Former 1st-rounder Aaron Poreda signs minor league deal with Texas. Now healthy after Tommy John, Poreda fastball was up to 97 in a workout. He was said to have that before he came up to the Sox only to top out at 93...

QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 06:44 PM) I agree. I don't want to trade Sale, but we'd get quite the haul for him if we ever did. And how many of those "can't miss" prospects live up to their potential?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 11, 2013 -> 07:49 PM) This is what happens when you "outsource" to save a few bucks. What you said is exactly correct. It all depends on the size of the business. The difference between hiring a full time IT staff internally and outsourcing is big difference. In addition, a lot of small businesses just don't budget properly and invest just enough to keep the business running. As far as Cryptolocker, the bad part about paying the ransom is that you can just as quickly get infected again (if they don't harden their network). AV vendors have yet to crack the encryption.