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QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 01:34 PM) Theo wouldn't care it's Christmas Lol

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 12:19 AM) They are targeting an impact OF but the outcome is not only up to them. Do they have an order of preference, given salary projections?

Any serious talks abo it Cespedes or Upton?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 24, 2015 -> 11:56 PM) It's Christmas. I'm here taking questions for the next 2 mins... Whats gonna happen with Alex gordon and the sox

Christmas Story is the one true GOAT

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 11:06 AM) It is pretty unlikely that they will keep Avi on the Major League club, just to face LHP, as a platoon with La Roche. Management would more likely send him to AAA, where he can get playing time. If they only acquire one of the big 3 outfielders, Shuck probably stays, as the 4TH. There's no reason to develop Avi. He is what he is. Take advantage of the few strengths he has and get whatever value you can out of him. Have him on as 5th of and platoon partner does that, and he still gets plenty of at bats.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) Which is why I don't think they'll keep 2 OF'ers, especially someone like Avi who can't play all 3 positions. Seems more likely to go Shuck, Sanchez, C, & L. Garcia/Utility type player. I think it's safe to say that if they add an OF'er, one of Avi/LaRoche won't be on the roster opening day. Avi still has an option, which makes me think he's the one who won't be there. When Lawrie, Frazier and Saladino can all play a good 3b, there's no real reason for another utility player. A platoon with Laroche and PH off the bench for saladino/catcher would be way more valuable.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 21, 2015 -> 10:59 AM) Rey isnt developed enough to know for sure that she hasnt received *any* training. It's possible Rey was trained at a very early age. That being said they are clearly setting her up to be a powerful force user. On the other hand I think they are also trying to show that Kylo is not fully developed. He is not a Darth. My guess is that in the next episode he will become one. But I think that as of now Kylo would be the weakest dark force user in any of the Episodes. I think there's a lot more to the flashbacks she had. They had to be in there for a reason. I've read some good to ridiculous theories on them. Such as it was her who killed everyone in Luke's school, not Kylo. Kylo seems to know who she is, so it makes some sense. Kylo isn't all powerful himself, so how he couldn't take on a jedi school alone. But I can't see them making the first major female jedi into a killer herself.

Film reportedly had 45 cut minutes. I think it definitely needed another 10, but it was still good. Sure we'll see the extended edition in 5 years. @LDF, episode 8 comes out in spring 2017. They're filming now. The first spin off movie comes out next Winter, Rogue One. Then in 2018 another spinoff, Young Han Solo. Then in 2019, episode 9. Then in 2020, a Boba Fett spinoff. Be prepared for Star Wars overload.

Sox have to be good for this to work. If not, it'll be a complete disaster for us.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Dec 20, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) This is the right take on Kylo Ren. I thought he was great, not every villain has to be an invincible robotic killing machine, and Ren's instability served to make him more frightening anyway, because you weren't quite sure what he'd do. Like the cold-blooded murder of Han. And someone remarked that Ren could barely fight off Finn, but he'd been shot by Chewy and actually took Finn out with ease. Snoke, OTOH, was pretty dumb. Look, a 40-foot-tall hologram with a messed-up face. I almost laughed when they revealed him. I don't think Rey is Luke's daughter, it's just too obvious. Unless we're supposed to think it's so obvious that it throws us off the scent that way, and she's Luke's daughter. Yeah the demasking was great. If he's another emotionless killing robot, Han goes out there to approach him and just looks like an idiot. He dies, well what did you expect? Instead seeing his face helps give him some humanity. It creates just enough doubt that maybe he will join up with his dad. Makes Hans death all the more shocking. As for Kylo being serverly injured, I did acknowledge that. There's a really out of place scene where Han basically says, hey chewie, your blaster looks cool, let me try it. And he uses it to show off its power. Really served no purpose until Han dies and Chewie shoots Kylo with the same extremely powerful blaster. So you are supposed to get just how injured he is. I get that. I would have just left it up to Rey and Rey alone to save the day. I think Finn put up a better fight then you give him credit for.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 20, 2015 -> 03:50 PM) You say Finn isn't force sensitive and had no sword training yet you're cool with Rey handling a lightsaber like a pro because you assume Luke trained her when she was 6 years old? You're making an awful lot of assumptions here, we know next to nothing about these characters. Finn could easily be force sensitive or have sword training, we see him go toe to toe with another stormtrooper in melee combat, why assume that Finn, over the course of the past 15 years hasn't undergone any melee combat training? I'm definitely making assumptions. It's fun to speculate. It seems obvious Rae has some sort of connection to Luke. Her family or someone left her. It wasn't just some one line throwaway backstory but instead is made a big deal throughout the film. That certainly seems like they're going to address it down the line, no? The only thing that makes any remote sense to me is it Luke, but as the above said, it's almost too obvious. If she is part of that bloodline I'm okay with it. That would make her one of the strongest force users ever. I have an easier time believing she could fend off another (severely injured) strong force user, even with limited training. She also carried around a melee weapon. That was obviously intentional, to show she had some sort of melee skill. To what extent, we're left in the dark. As for finn, it was a comment he made at the Battle of Takodana that lead me to believe he didn't have much melee training. I'd have to go back and watch it again though. Regardless, one thing we know is that storm troopers are absolute jokes when in comparison to force users. I didn't see any hint Finn himself was force sensitive so I'm assuming he's not. Well see I guess.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 11:23 PM) It's really hard watching your basketball program disintegrate so quickly before your eyes. QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) Sigh, yes it is. Wednesday should be a real barn burner

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) Absolutely not, he's more of a Han Solo replacement than anything. He's absolutely nothing like Han, other than screen time. You need to rewatch the originals if you honestly think that. Han had incredible screen presence from the start with extreme overconfidence and ability to talk himself out of anything. He thinks he's the galaxy's hottest thing due to the Millennium Falcon whereas Finn can't fly a thing. Finn is the opposite. He screws up A LOT through out. Then at the end his big reveal is he worked in sanitation, totally inserted in there to make a joke yet again. As people have said, this episode was a lot funnier then anyone expected. That's almost all due to Finn. He's a great character. Not saying he's not, hes there for comic relief. I'm sure his story will progress further (not unlike how Jar Jar was originally written until the extreme negativity towards him) so he won't be a joke, but for now that's what he is. Poe is closest to Han. Cool, fast talking and the best pilot around. Ultimately they're all their own characters who aren't gonna fit in directly to the saga's archtype.

Frazier had a baby few days after getting traded.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 07:34 PM) Uh no. Just no. Definitely. Well I mean jar jar was horribly written, but aside from that. Dude is there for comic relief.

The demasking of Kylo Ren was great. Yes, it humanized him and made him look incredibly weaker, but that was the point. Dude was supposed to be a two-bit, wannabe version of Vader and that proved to be true. Now he goes for more training and we'll see from there. Didn't have a problem with Ray beating him since he took a blast from the most powerful hand blaster we've seen in Star Wars plus a few lightsaber hits at that point. He basically shouldn't have been alive by then. Makes more sense when you consider she likely had some sword training from Luke before. What I did have a problem was with was Finn holding his own vs him. Not force sensitive, no sword training and was mostly used for comic relief. Dude was this movie's version of Jar Jar Binks so that seemed out of place, even with Ren so injured.

Rose for Lawson, Jones, and Dekker. Not that the Rockets would do that, but I can dream.

Big buyout for that kind of contract, but otherwise good deal.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) No. The only thing were actually basing all of this off of is Phillips tweet last night about switching area codes and a plane next to it. That's not true. He happens to be in DC for charity. But that's not where the reports are coming from.

Has a NTC and it's the sticking point for getting this deal done. 27 million owed to him the next 2 years.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:46 AM) I understand your rationale in using Avi as La Roche's platoon partner, and I think that he would perform adequately. My preference for sending him to Charlotte is for his benefit. He would get much more playing time there, than he would just facing LH pitching, and DH'ing. He really needs to develop both his hitting and fielding, which he can better do playing every day. Avi isn't worth developing any more than we have. He's just an extremely flawed player. Lets get the most of his value while we xan, while hiding his flaws. He'd still get plenty of AB's up here.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:10 AM) If we acquire another outfielder, with Thompson gone, I'd prefer Shuck to Avi, as the 4TH outfielder. Sending Garcia to AAA to work on his game makes sense. When facing a left handed starter, the Sox could move Melky to DH, sit La Roche and put Shuck in LF. Although he didn't hit LH pitching well last season, in his very limited at bats, Shuck normally hits LHP just fine. In fact, his career numbers are actually better vs LHP, than vs. RHP, which is unusual. Of course, he doesn't have much pop, but if the Sox acquire a power bat for the outfield, they won't need a power hitter to platoon with La Roche. Shuck is also a decent outfielder. They have room for another bench player and it should be Avi. He'd make for a good platoon with Laroche and a nice late PH option which we'll need with Saladino and catcher spot at the bottom of the order.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) Absolutely. He's around it all. Breaks a lot of it and I guess he's KW go to? He was "leaking" that other teams had interest in KW. Pretty sure he has a direct line from KW.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:16 PM) Bob Nightengale said White Sox are Uptons perfect landing spot on MLBN. Talking about it now. Said they've had dialogue The White Sox' go to media leak. Nice.