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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:28 AM) I didn't notice, but Season 2 of Sirens started a couple weeks ago. It's a comedy on USA about a paramedic team in Chicago. It's written by Denis Leary, so anyone who loved Rescue Me will appreciate the humor in this show. I highly recommend it for someone looking for a goofy comedy with a healthy dose of Chicago references and sports jokes. Didn't realize the first season of Criminal Minds way back in 2005-2006 had references by Mandy Pantinkin (Saul from Homeland, Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope) to the White Sox winning the World Series and also one of the episodes had a key plot point revolve around a 1963 Nellie Fox card. Is Shameless getting any better? I've departed from 2014-15 tv world for one week (we just started Chinese New Year's holidays) to binge watch the first 35 episodes of Game of Thrones. When you binge watch that show, you become very frustrated with the slow pace, but I'm still addicted and just ordered the first four books (3500 pages) as well. For a long time, I didn't really have a favorite character, but it has slowly developed into Jamie Lannister and Peter Dinklage, the Lannister bros. Robb Stark never did much for me, as Jon Snow was always a more compelling presence. At various points during the 3rd and 4th season, I've simply wished for those dragons to grow up a lot faster and wipe out all the kings and see what would/will happen eventually with a more compelling ruler. The Stannis/Red Woman plotline drives me crazy, as well as anything to do with Eyrie or Lord Baelish (I know, I know, that's the sign of a good actor, if he makes you hate him) and Lena Headey/Cersei. How many books are there? 5? 6? 7? Is it worth going back to the start with the books or should I pick up where the show's leaving off before Season 5? And didn't Guardians of the Galaxy rip off Groot from Hodor?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:29 PM) I wouldn't have minded Peavy's attitude at all if he'd been able to back up his talk. He talked a huge game, seemed like he'd never shut up, and then didn't do that much when given the ball. I got sick of reading quotes about how he'd be better and they'd be a strong team because Peavy wouldn't be contributing. JFP became "Just f***ing Pitch" with that. Like that scene from Indiana Jones when that swordsman is going through all those machinations and showing off...and Indy just shoots him and shrugs. Go away. Couldn't beat DET to save your life. But thanks for Garcia, Montas and Rondon. In the end, I'm sure his teammates with Boston and SF felt nearly the same way the past two off-seasons. Granted, he was important to the Giants in the regular season last year and gave them a huge lift down the stretch, but MEHHHH ever since the injuries and the FB velocity went down to 89-91. And he did sign a "very fair" (I'm not going to say bargain) make good contract with the Sox that made the trade possible.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:25 PM) I don't know if that ever was a detriment to Peavy. Obviously Peavy was more expressive on a regular basis but I don't know how you'd be able to quantify any effect that had. Sale on the other hand had his moments where he'd blow up but they were just more memorable than Peavy's day-to-day antics. I remember Sale going ape on the water cooler against the Rangers in August 2013, I remember him freaking out in Detroit last year and then just throwing big fists pumps after big outs. Either way, I don't understand your parallel here or how Peavy's attitude became in issue. Seems like more a comparison of convenience than anything. I am biased because I played with a lot fire and like watching animated guys. Welcome Daenerys Targaryen to SoxTalk.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:16 AM) There's some Nelson Cruz to Viciedo's game, so maybe he puts it together some day, but it wasn't going to be with the Sox. Had this offseason not come together the way it has, he would have gotten another shot here, but he didn't and now he'll try it somewhere else. He has the talent to put it together. I don't think he ever will. Guys with peak hit tools of a 40 or so (and it's probably a 30 right now, meaning well below average) don't usually make it except as a bench player. I'll still gladly take Viciedo over Beckham to have more homers from 2015 until the end of their respective careers.

Double-A will present a greater challenge for the 21-year-old outfielder — at that level, “you better know your swing,” Capra said — but if he’s able to pass the tests in Birmingham, it’ll be at that point he can finally start thinking about making his major league debut. “They have a plan,” Hawkins said. “Whatever their plan is, we gotta go along with it. We gotta buy into it. We gotta trust into it and go with it.” Not sure we should be in love with that quote...but being optimistic/hopeful. www.csnchicago.com

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:16 AM) Makes too much sense. If that's his home why wouldn't he sign there? He's got all the money he'll ever need. Sign his 4 year 60 million dollar deal and be done with it. It won't be that low.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 01:09 AM) Damn. Feel bad for the guy. Once again this shows the danger of signing these guys as they age to mega buck deals. Lot of Sox fans wanted him. This injury could start a rapid decline. Rapid. Now I have a feeling you reverse-jinxed MVP numbers out of him, haha. Will be interesting to see how much time in the regular season he misses, if any. Viciedo would make sense as a stop-gap solution...plus, he always gets compared to former Tiger Delmon Young in terms of plate discipline, line drive swings and unfulfilled potential.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) They would surprise the hell out of me. It's a team that stresses strong defense and real athleticism. They have Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Alex Rios, Jarrod Dyson, Terrance Gore, and Reymond Fuentes as their top 6 outfielders, and Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales at 1B. There's absolutely no room whatsoever for Dayan Viciedo unless he wants to live in Omaha for the year. And how many homers did all of those names combine for in 2014? Dyson and Gore have almost no pop. Rios had 4 homers last season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 08:37 PM) I hope he doesn't sign with AL Central team, as he always looked dangerous vs LHP in my eyes The Royals wouldn't surprise me, either. Of course, now they have Rios, but they can't be 100% confident in Kendrys Morales. He's familiar with the AL Central already, and they can cover for him defensively with Gordon/Rios/Cain/Dyson much more easily than the White Sox could with their limitations outside of Eaton.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 09:22 AM) Why would you trade great prospects when you can just sign him In the Cubs' financial position, like the Sox, waiting for 2019 for the broadcasting rights windfall....they simply can't afford to pay for Shields and Price simultaneously, along with Lester. Between Russell, Baez and Castro, they can definitely afford to let one of those guys go. Then they have a second group like McKinney, Alcantara, Almora, Edwards, etc. As things stand now, one would argue that Schwarber's being overvalued and that another half-season from him could give them the ability to acquire pretty much any starter on the market. That would be probably be their best move. To wait on Bryant, see how Soler/Russell/Baez/Castro do and go from there depending on their positioning. There's obviously a risk that/if Baez, Russell, and Schwarber all struggle. And that's assuming Soler and Bryant continue to be as good as expected.

Why would the Cubs need to sign Shields when they can just package some of their superfluous prospects for Tanner Roark, Gio, etc.?

And it basically cost Elizabeth Berkeley her career. Demi Moore was in a similarly terrible movie, Striptease. One of those previous flicks was also somewhat famous for the Gina Gershon lesbian scenes (can't remember off the top of my head), which would later be surpassed by Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in Wild Things.

Has anyone seen Two Days, One Night with Marion Cotillard? Worth checking out? I'm also trying to find a way to watch Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, have heard good things about it. And A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, an Iranian "horror" movie...which is quite ironic in a way if you think about it long enough.

Jim Thome doesn't strike me as someone who would be naturally arrogant enough to think he would be well-prepared to manage without any minor league experience. The thing is, if Ventura "fails" this year, you can't turn around and do the same exact thing...hiring another totally inexperienced guy, that would be borderline insane for Hahn after the work he's put into building this team.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 1, 2015 -> 05:49 PM) and that is why he wants more than 100 mil. look at shields, i bet he would have signed that contract that he was offered earlier. Shields is still going to get $80-90 million from SOMEONE. Eventually. Not the $144 million Greinke deal he and his agent were seeking going into last offseason. But he won't be hurting. It's not going to be one of those situations like Juan Gonzalez and DET.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/baseball/7/71/...ation-difficult Article with more quotes....doesn't look as optimistic as the Rock posts, but we'll see...posturing, perhaps.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 1, 2015 -> 06:10 AM) i agree, i was really hoping that michael keaton would win the oscars, but steve carell, and eddie redmayne should be favorites to win. There's no way Carell's going to win. Keaton, Cumberbatch, Cooper after Redmayne right now...Carell's at 125/1 and falling like a rock.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 1, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) Yeah his OPS was over 800 with us. Of course the defense slipped due to injuries and old age most likely. And weight gain.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 1, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) I think he meant most important regular season game. However, even that might not even be true. Crede heroics off Riske would definitely trump that one...maybe not at that time, but definitely after seeing how everything played out afterwards.

No more Basset hounds, either.

So the best in the AL, with only the Cards, Dodgers and Nationals ahead (for the top 3)

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 31, 2015 -> 11:15 PM) With the state our system was in at the time, the sox top pitching prospects weren't much. However, I'm usually against any trade where the Sox give up more than 1 pitcher. It's just too valuable of a commodity. That's one reason I really hated Wells, Fogg and Lowe for Ritchie.

Well, that and there was apparently a falling out between Hudson and Cooper of some sort.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 31, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) lets take all things into contents. lets not use the performance of last yr, 2014 as the basis to judge all offseason additions. there was many things that went wrong. i do hope you can at least think that is right, right? after a majority of the fa's signing, there were rpt that season tickets sale did go up, this according the the FO statement some weeks ago. second, does anyone have those numbers. while that may be a decent question, do you think the sox will actually present those number to the fans??? yes i still do think that the sox can make the wild card and thus being in the playoff. how are you basing that the sox will not make the playoff. b/c vegas doesn't have them listed in making the playoff?? i am reposting my questions as a point of reference. There were reports that at least additional 1000 season tickets were sold after Samardzija/Robertson...which gave them enough confidence to go to JR and ask for the Cabrera money as well.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 31, 2015 -> 10:34 AM) In hindsight, the Swisher crap looks real bad. In real time, not that bad. He was a switch hitter signed to a team friendly contract, who took his walks, and got on base, hit with power and was coming into his prime years. Gio was a high price, but he wasn't loved here at Soxtalk. People want to be like the Cardinals. They traded Shelby Miller for a one year rental who hits lefties worse than Adam LaRoche, and people here seem to freak out about how LaRoche can't hit lefties. Swisher obviously didn't work out. He refused to work with the coaches, performed poorly, and his act got old fast. They were getting rid of him no matter what. They got garbage in return without a doubt, but that was the going rate. With the Edwin Jackson, I still don't understand how that is a franchise killer. Hudson was impressive for a while. Jackson was really good with the White Sox. Hudson now has had 2 TJ surgeries, and the Sox still have Daniel Webb to show from the EJax trade. At this point, I would rather have Webb than Hudson. Carlos Quentin wasn't netting the Sox anything. He spends most of the baseball season on the DL. Santos, Reed, Floyd and Crain. Those hurt, too.