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Our electric company does not offer an incentive, however, I qualified for a $10k corporate discount because my company is a subsidiary of a company (Berkshire Hathaway) that has a partnership with BMW. The dealership offered a $6k discount, and so with the corporate discount of $10k, factoring in the tax incentive, the effective purchase price after tax and fees would have been less than $36k on a $55k MSRP vehicle. With that said, they wanted to screw me on the interest rate for a purchase, so I leased instead. For the lease, they kept the $6k discount and passed through the $7,500 tax credit via a rebate. Not as great of a deal as had I purchased, but I didn’t want to assume the risk of depreciation, particularly with the depreciation on EVs as well as potentially a larger battery coming for this particular vehicle later this year. I really don’t need any more range, as my wife and I work at the utility company here in Nevada, which has all kinds of chargers we can access for free. So basically, I can trickle charge at home over the weekend if need be, but can’t imagine we’ll even do that much. Between the price of the car and the almost zero fuel costs, it was a prettty simple proposition. Friday I have Tesla coming to do a solar site assessment. Pretty amped about that.

Joe, it definitely has a boxy look to it, and it’s definitely not as roomy as a Model 3. That being said, it has a lot more room than you’d think. Plenty of room for our son in his car seat in the back, and the rear doors opening suicide style combined with the lack of a middle pillar make it really easy to get him in and out of the car. I did a lot of research on this car, and it has a lot of things going for it. I’m not going to lie, it’s like driving around a tricked out go kart, but it’s one hell of a go kart. Built from the ground-up to be an electric vehicle with a plastic reinforced carbon fiber chassis, all kinds of sustainable materials, and built in a factory in Leipzig powered by wind turbines. I’m a big Tesla fan, but this is one hell of a vehicle for the price. Got it at a pretty insane discount. For our needs, it made a lot of sense.

Leased a 2018 BMW i3s tonight. Been looking at them for a month or so. First electric vehicle! Works perfect for our commute (11 miles each way), fun little car to drive, and I really love the way BMW built this car.

Not sure Hahn needs to be worried about his job right now...

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 06:45 PM) Yep I actually didn't mind Oakland series in terms of development. Yoan looked great, as did Lopez. Basically everyone that sucked in Oakland won't be around in two years. I agree. While I do think it is important that we start winning at some point, as these are human beings and not robots, from the perspective of development, the series in Oakland was much more favorable than the games against Detroit, for instance. This team basically needs to be evaluated similarly to a minor league club. You are looking for development more so than win-loss results.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 01:32 PM) Rick C? @_RickC 4m4 minutes ago Moncada's last 3 base hits: 110.5 mph double 110.6 mph home run 109.4 mph grand slam I am almost as excited about Moncada stealing bases as I am him crushing baseballs (almost).

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 03:20 PM) What did they say on the broadcast last night, they gave out like 200k in free tickets? Is it like GA tonight? Yep.

I’d take Roquan Smith if he?€™s there. No need to make this so difficult. You may be able to even trade down a few spots and get him.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 11:44 AM) Also he tends to get behind in the count a lot because he's taking good pitches to hit for strikes early as well. Hopefully a lightbulb comes on in his head and he puts it all together, but he looks completely lost currently. That was the entire point of my first post. He needs to adjust to the League grooving pitches in first pitch and instead pounce on those.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 11:33 AM) I'm not sure that we're confusing a good eye for complete lack of pitch recognition. He might be a patient hitter, but he looks at strike 3 way too much for me to believe that. If he was taking them and they were borderline calls that were going against him, I'd tend to agree. He's taking hangers and fastballs that are excellent pitches to hit for strike 3; pitches that cross in the heart of the strike zone. That’s fair, he does take his fair share of strike 3’s. I honestly don’t know if he’s looking for one pitch and not getting it, or if he does have poor pitch recognition, as opposed to strike zone recognition. He has had his fair share of lousy calls, IMHO, but the goal is to get some more hits before he even gets to two strike counts. A lot of hitters are going to be less effective in two strike counts. First step is to start doing more damage before he gets in those counts.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 11:17 AM) I'm actually not trying to be horribly fatalistic about Moncada. He just looks so bad. Like worse than other Sox prospects who flopped. I mean, he looks worse than Beckham ever did. That is what is scary. It seems almost like the proverbial blind squirrel/nut analogy when he gets a hit. It seems he's slightly better than Engel, who everyone agrees isn't a major league hitter. I'm not saying he can't turn it around, but wow he looks awful currently. I couldn’t disagree more. Yoan has a the hard part down: he understands the strike zone. Many prospects, and many current Sox players, for that matter, do not understand the strike zone/see pitches nearly as well. Secondly, when he does make contact, he’s crushing balls. Clearly he has some swing and miss to his game, and that is always going to be the case. However, I think the funk he’s in is just one where he’s trying to stay true to his approach a bit too much, in the face of the League making adjustments to that approach. He’s getting behind in the count far too often, because he has a tendency to look at the first pitch. From there, he just struggles because he’s so often 0-2, 1-2. I think yesterday’s first PA was perfect. He needs to be ready to jump on that first pitch if its grooved right in the zone until the League stops doing that. Just that adjustment alone I think would have major positive consequences.

Blake has awoken. Let’s go get Kahnle back

QUOTE (daggins @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 03:54 PM) Probably has to do with our owner never dishing out rich contracts, combined with the general invisibility of the White Sox Schoenfield kind of sucks, and generally doesn't know anything about anything, so I wouldn't read much into this. Yeah, I am sure, but that doesn’t follow that we would be a player for Machado then. Harper is actually a much better fit for us.

Not sure why we are never linked to Harper.

For me, I’ll just take an arm since none of these bats really seems to be unquestionably elite. I still have some interest in DeSedas or Kelenic, and maybe there is an opportunity to save some money there, but if we really believe in one of the arms that available, sign me up.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 08:46 PM) Trump and Hawk are pretty similar to be honest Hawk has much larger hands.

Yoan is going to be fine. The league knows he has an elite eye and so they are going to make him swing the bat. He recognizes this, and so he’s trying to be a bit more aggressive. I’m not going to lie, I wish he didn’t have so much swing and miss in his game, but I think he’s largely just in between right now. You could also tell he was uncomfortable in the cold today. All in all, Yoan’s going to be just fine. And it’s good that he’s learning now, while the games mean nothing.

I think it’s time we try to extend Avi.

Considering the fact that these seasons are likely to not result in us really winning much of anything, I think they just try to keep everything light and fun. I like Stone a lot. I don’t really get the issues folks take with him. Benetti does try a bit too hard, but generally I think he’s pleasant to listen to and has improved over the course of time. The real test will come when we are in competitive, tense games. Many of us are accustomed to Hawk’s “my booty is so tight” kind of competitive nature, and obviously Jason doesn’t really feature that live or die with this game type of attititude yet. But what will he be like when we are in a pennant race? I guess time will tell. All in all, I suspect that this pairing is not going anywhere until Stone decides to step down, at which point, they will replace him with someone else. I would be absolutely shocked, however, if Jason is ever replaced, unless it is his choice. I do think it’s possible that Jason could be offered a more prominent national radio gig, vis-a-vis Chris Singleton. He does have the voice, he is talented, and he is very bright. He does a fine job calling basketball games, and I wouldn’t doubt he continues to improve as he continues to cover the Sox.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 03:37 PM) It's too early to deem anything final regarding success or failure of the rebuild. Players must now be developed; more must be done with the roster. You are correct.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 04:14 PM) Christ Happ is nailing the corners. So that’s what J.A. Stands for?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 03:44 PM) I would absolutely include a middle reliever to get a top positional prospect. Even the best middle relievers are worth no where near what a starting CF is worth, let alone a potential star one. Swarzak brought back his own potential starting OF in Cordell, so that would under two trades there. When it comes to middle relief, the Sox can trade it away all day as far as I am concerned for those sorts of returns. I think you are underselling Kahnle there. He doesn’t profile as a “middle reliever” in any bullpen other than perhaps the one he currently finds himself. He was starting to show the ability to be an elite high-leverage reliever when we moved him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 03:35 PM) But second is for guys who advance the runner not guys who drive the ball like Avi. It’s actually optimal to put one of your best hitters in the second spot. If you have guys that really drive the baseball coming up 3-5, you shouldn’t really need to advance the runner.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 03:16 PM) We gotta wait and see how Rutherford performs this year. At the time of the trade, I felt Rutherford was a solid centerpiece if the Sox felt he was still a top 50 caliber prospect, but that Clarkin as the second piece was incredibly weak given how much we gave up. The early returns have obviously been ugly with Blake and I think it’s perfectly fine to be a bit concerned about the trade. However, I think we have to wait and see what the Sox saw in the kid before saying they undersold on Kahnle. If Rutherford shows no improvement this year then I’m prepared to call the trade a bust, but he if regains some helium it’s the possible the Sox made a shrewd move and bought low on a very talented kid. We’ll know more come September. Let me ask you this...what are the odds he turns into a better player than Avi?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 03:06 PM) At the time, the projected future surplus value for Rutherford was certainly higher than Kahnle. That said, you need to be right on these things more often that not. Rutherford, Tatis, Fulmer, Collins and Burger are all going to be used as prima facie evidence if things do not go as well as expected. (Of course, the Astros made mistakes with JD Martinez, Chris Johnson, Grossman, Singleton, Appel...maybe trading Domingo Santana but he was surplus to Luhnow...and overcame in through fromtline quality/depth. And they had an MVP in Altuve to build their team around, adding Correa and Springer, eventually Tucker.) I’m not sure projected surplus values really mean much when a kid is in low-A ball?