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QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 2, 2017 -> 05:45 PM) 5 rides in...totally addicted. What an awesome workout. Good to hear. Biking has always been super difficult for me for whatever reason. I'm in pretty good cardio shape(I can run forever) but spinning will kill me right away.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 28, 2016 -> 03:33 PM) The Cubs wouldnt give up Schwarber for Q straight up let alone also give Baez and other prospects. Cmon guys. I'm not sure if that's true(it might be) but because it's the Cubs this board in general definitely either severely underrates or overrates all of their guys.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 28, 2016 -> 10:00 AM) You totally contradicted yourself in two sentences, Row. LOL Nah. I guess I could be clearer but ill never freak out about rushing someone to the majors because I'm worried about their development or they're not ready or whatever. If you don't want to start their service time then that's a different thing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 28, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Eh. I have no interest in wasting major league money on an intentionally bad product, nor do I feel like getting excited about knowing this is going to be the worst time to be a Sox fan in decades. Hoping what might happen in five years isn't really a reason to be excited today for me. It is the route we have chosen and all, but it is so depressing. It isn't like you can sim this time period to see if it works like OOTP. You have to live through the misery. Bleh. But you've enjoyed the last decade?

I'll never have a problem with "rushing" prospects because I'll always believe the best way to get better is to play against the best competition. That said, there's definitely no reason to start these guys in the majors this year, no need to start/add to their service time.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 28, 2016 -> 09:31 AM) Well, he did quit WWE and then tapped out in 2:14. And Orton is awesome so shut up. I'm glad the crowd kind of booed Dolph. I was definitely surprised he got booed. I'm completely over the guy but chicago usually loves him.

I had fun last night. Never thought I'd hear the Cubs get booed in Chicago. The CM Punk chants are dumb, chanting he's a quitter is just as silly. I'll also never understand why Orton gets cheered when Cena gets booed, that's just weird to me.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) How very Gagesque of you... Also could be the Yankees countering the White Sox leak with one of their own... Ha whoops. I'll just leave it so people can make fun of me.

So either nobody knows what's going on or Bob is leaking stuff for us. The ladder does indeed seem pretty likely.

I highly, highly, highly doubt we're getting Bregman but I'm not sure why people have to tell others to stop bringing him up. Things change and players are only untouchable until they're not. Like I said, I highly doubt he's on the table right now but nobody here knows what's going on in these negotiations.

Eat some of(hell eat the whole damn thing) and just bring back a serious haul.

Yanks back in it and talking about including Robertson if we eat some of the contract according to Nightengale.

Final line for me this season: 2 championships, a third place finish and a $90 profit in the league I didn't make the playoffs. I'll never have a year like this again.

I'm going to SD tomorrow now so yay. It'll be my 10th wrestling show of the year which is just sad but oh well. I think Wrestlemania might have been the worst of the bunch ha.

Got a Fitbit and a few frozen pizzas from Lou's to take back to St. Louis ha. Excited to mess around with the Fitbit tomorrow.

Finally gave Suicide Squad and BvS a watch. Suicide Squad wasn't great but I at least found it entertaining. BvS I thought was hot garbage though.

J4L, Q and Rabbit are just meanies. That's all I have to add.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) Man, I'm thoroughly learning the farm system of every team in baseball. Ha, seriously though. I follow and know the minor leagues a decent amount but I feel like I've dug deep into like every system in baseball these last few months.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 23, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) I am tired of the pitching headlined deals. Get the f***ing bat. We've made two trades, one was headlined by a bat.

The Sox haven't finished top 5 in the AL in era since 2009. They've had good but not elite pitching. A big problem with that has been the lack of depth in the rotation and bullpen which is one reason it's nice to add a lot of arms. At the same time, we're not trying to win next year and probably not in 2018 either, you get the best talent available and when you're ready to win then you can start to piece things together. You don't start to fill in holes when you're not going to put a winning team on the field until probably 2019, you just accumulate talent.

QUOTE (Mattchoo @ Dec 23, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) Sox: Frazier, Rutherford, Glasnow Pitt: Q Yanks: McCutchen Fair? What is wrong with it? That wont fly from a Yankees perspective.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 23, 2016 -> 10:47 AM) He was pick #18 in last year's draft. That is not the value of a second piece, no matter how much the WhiteSox liked him 6 months ago. What?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 23, 2016 -> 10:40 AM) So in five years we can be back to where we are now, with outstanding pitchers, but no offense or defense. What a waste. Good, we're back here.

Carmen running with the rumor saying it's "semi close" now too.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 23, 2016 -> 09:55 AM) Shields was a typical Sox move that a blind man from another dimension could have predicted. Anderson's call up was easy to predict because everyone knew the Sox signed Rollins to work with Tim on his defense as well as to hold SS so the Sox could wait on the callup to be the exgra year of control. Your examples further back up what I'm saying. Also not going to take trade rumors serious from a guy that loves to post the most random and meaninglsss nonsense. Pizza plug from his favorite spot down the street, how drunk he got last night or about the size of the dump he took this morning. Yep, he's a good source alright. He provided info on those moves way before anyone else even had an idea. No matter who your source is you're going to be wrong at times and that's why you should never completely take this stuff as gospel but Dave clearly has a source, that's not even debatable.