Kalapse

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) He should have been replaced a long time ago He deserves a substantial raise, should be earning hazard pay at this point.

I enjoyed part of my time with No Man's Sky, finding new worlds, naming s*** and ..... Well, that's about it, in the first 6 systems I ventured into, 4 had already been discovered by ONE f***ing player -- Wizardnebula69 -- how is that even possible? A game where the developers believed it would take so long for players to find each other that they didn't even bother to include player to player interaction in the game's initial release, I came across another asshole in my second system. I grinded from plant to plant like a dope, spending ridiculous amounts of time firing upon rocks to collect ultimately meaningless resources because I'm a sucker for hoarding-centric gameplay (thank Fallout for this character flaw), there was no real point to any of this, no truly fantasticle monsters to discover or epic space dogfights, just slight variations upon the same pig-demon I met on the last previously discovered planet I visited and clumsy, broken hold-x-at-this-reticule and slowly pivot space battles. The UI is bad, the trading is bad, the ground combat is bad, the leveling system is bad, the story is bad, the inventory system is horrific and the payoff is non-existent. I've foolishly played more hours than I care to admit and I've yet to see an ROI, just more mindless grinding and the same f***ing animations over and over again. I'm bored and in reality I've been bored since the very beginning, hopelessly waiting for a payoff that does not exist. This game may be playable in the future, once the developers get their s*** together via DLC but it's sadly broken and vapid right now and I can't help but feel like I was sold a bill of goods by a small studio who didn't know how to handle their insane hype so they just rode the wave, telling fib after fib because they didn't know better. And what we're left with is basically a procedurally generated Rebel Galaxy ($20 title), sans the solid space combat and Firefly inspired asthetic, oh and 100000x more grinding, so much grinding. tl;dr: f***, I believed the hype and unfortunately so did the developer, knowing all along that they couldn't back it up.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Aug 12, 2016 -> 04:07 AM) I would suggest Documentary Now and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. Also Comedy Bang Bang. You have impeccable taste, sir. Unfortunately some things are just too damn weird to appeal to most (and I don't blame them) CBB especially. The podcast is my all-time favorite (tied with DLM). The Bill Hader episode (tv) is my go to, Jimmy Pardo is fantastic. (the fact that he's a Sox fan from Hometown is gravy)

This is an unexpectedly smart move.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 16, 2016 -> 09:06 PM) I'm no fan of Kaplan, but he does have sources. Some may call me them tremendous, others phenomenal, regardless they're not to be questioned.

I really have little problem with him being called up this year, those who talk about "starting his clock" I'm not sure know what that means.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2016 -> 08:27 PM) I don't have much respect for Kaplan, but this should have never been a question. Kaplan is a million times better than Bernstein. I think Kaplan is right here and the Sox are in disarray but in fairness to Bernstein his "Sox for sale" scoop does seem to have some legs. He's been a s*** source in the past but his latest appears solid.

And of course the f***ing PC version is busted at launch. Boots (if you can even get it to boot) with a 30 FPS cap which is a terrible sign and is plagued by persistent hitching, stuttering and crashes. Don't know what I expected, this happens with pretty much every cross platform release these days but still disappointing. Guess I'll be taking the plunge on the PS4.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 9, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) Clock doesn't start with September call up I believe. Why the clock on Fullmer is running is beyond me that was a really dumb move It does count but accruing 30 days of service isn't really a big deal. Of course it also necessitates adding the player to the 40 man roster and options would start being used beginning in 2017, so Burdi would be out of options by the 2020 season if he spends parts of the next 3 years in the minors. Of course that would be his age 25 season and if he's not in the majors full time by then something has probably gone wrong.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 2, 2016 -> 05:56 PM) Also that line of thinking about winning only serves one benefit, immediate gratification. But does it matter past that day? Or month? Do we really care now how their record was in 2013, 2014? Hell, 2015 we only care to serve as an immediate comparison to now. Just think, two more losses in 2014 and we could have drafted Benintendi. But thank god we had those two extra wins!! That's the other thing: top 10 draft picks tend to begin their careers on top prospect lists and hold tremendous trade value, that value can skyrocket with a fast start in pro ball and they tend to hold that value longer partly due to how high they were drafted (a guy like Mark Appel.)

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 2, 2016 -> 03:44 PM) Doesn't make a difference when you put them on. Once they're cleared, you can negotiate with anyone. And if you can always take guys back and put them back through if they're claimed anyway. You only get one shot with revokable waivers, if the player is claimed and you revoke the waiver then that's it. You can put him on waivers again but that's non-revokable so the claiming team would get the player with no compensation necessary.

The higher the draft pick the larger the bonus pool, that's reason enough for me, having more money to spend is HUGELY important.

Regardless of everything that transpired "mired in mediocrity" was a misstep.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 04:03 PM) They shouldn't even pretend that they're going to be sellers...ever. 2017 offseason is going to be a lot like this last one. Quick, identify all position players not attached to QO's who may sign a 1 year deal!

The Charlie Tilson era begins. Get excited, ya'll!

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 03:54 PM) Good news for the team though. They get to stay together as a unit and keep playing garbage baseball until the end of the year. Clubhouse continuity is essential when building a winning culture.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) I feel like I'm experiencing an alternate reality or something. You guys are acting like this team is 20 games under .500 and has a bunch of pending free agents. Again, I understand the opinion that the team should rebuild, but I don't understand why everyone is acting like it's unbelievable that they aren't selling. It's very believable. They didn't "blow" anything, they just made a different decision than you wanted. Not surprising, more confusing. They can make a decision that goes against the collective vision of the fanbase but what exactly is thier vision? Because I have no idea. Good luck trying to turn around a perpetually .500 team with zero minor league or financial resources without selling off ML assets. I'm f***ing bored.

It's just disappointing, aside from a few brief moments of competence over the past several years (decade?) there's been little reason to believe in this club or its future beyond blind loyalty. I'm indifferent and more waiting isn't really gonna change that. Add a few more placeholders this offseason and go for it again next year with a solid core and no material reinforcements, sounds fun.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 04:04 PM) Kaplan brought up something on the radio this afternoon I laughed at, but I'm still thinking about it 2 hours later, which I'm not sure what that means.. Tom Ricketts calls up Reinsdorf and says "Listen, a World Series is vital to us this year, and we think Sale is the final piece. We just signed Theo to an 8 year deal, but we'll trade you the contract of Theo and his staff for Chris Sale." I honestly didn't know what to think. This is unfathomably stupid and you should feel bad for even giving it a second of thought.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 07:11 PM) I don't know what I find more funny. Kal's troll posts or the fact that people here actually believe he was serious. I prefer "intentionally obtuse" and it's meant to prove a larger point, though this one is a bit of a deep cut. 1.) These are the kind of bulls*** arguments I was fighting 10 years ago, Thome was incredibly productive during his time here but people refused to see it, good to know his time in a Sox uniform has aged gracefully. Though, shame on you guys for not mentioning the pinch hit homer at PNC, they may have lost the game but that s*** was amazing. 2.) Hatchetman is a pitiful troll, up your f***ing game, you're embarrassing yourself.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 06:50 PM) So big hits early in the game don't count? You're really trying hard to not give the guy any credit. Also, you're still wrong. Innings 7-9: 2006: .246/.422/.566 2007: .285/.418/.520 2008: .211/.349/.458 2009: .234/.321/.427 2008 and 2009 are a step down but it's far from "couldn't do a s***" territory (and 2008 his OPS was still over .800 in those innings). Also, RISP with 2 outs in the late innings are not the only times you can get a big hit. Those batting averages just further prove my point, guy was paid $15M a year to jog to 1B. And RISP with 2 outs in the final 3 innings may not be the "only" clutch situations (debatable) but I think we can all agree they're the most important. Thanks again for proving my point.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 06:45 PM) I may be in the minority here but 2008 is only a step below 2005 for me. Game 163 was easily a top 3 sports moment for me, and it helps that I hated the Twins far more than any other team in sports during those years, so ruining their season was extra special. Yeah they didn't go far in the playoffs but I will still remember that year very fondly. That homerun is immediately mitigated by the fact that he went 2 for 16 against Tampa in the ALDS, he pretty much single-handedly sunk their season with his playoff performance. Or do playoff at bats not count as clutch situations?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 06:45 PM) Just like Frank Thomas. Why is he in the HOF? Frank Thomas was a tight end at Auburn, hell of an athlete, Jim Thome could barely walk without tripping over his own feet. And at least Frank could hit for average and avoid strikeouts, that's what got him into the hall, where's Thome's plaque?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 06:39 PM) Just checked his splits and he hit far better with runners on base than with the bases empty every single season he was here. These are his numbers with runners on: 2006: .329/.453/.658 2007: .322/.488/.650 2008: .292/.411/.571 2009: .259/.406/.551 Yeah you're wrong. And that game won them the division. So every game is meaningless if the team doesn't win it all? The vast majority of that production came early in games, guy couldn't do s*** with RISP and 2 outs in the final 3 innings of a game.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 06:34 PM) Off the top of my head I can remember a couple that were pretty clutch. One in particular got them in the playoffs. His 500th was a walk off. Kris Bryant's OPS...927 Jim Thimes OPS in his 4 years with the White Sox.....933 And what an incredible playoff run it was, odd how both of you mention the same "clutch" moment, perhaps because that was about it? At least Kris Bryant plays the field, Thome was too busy clogging the bases to pick up a glove. Really hard to believe that guy came up as a thirdbaseman.