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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:49 PM) This is perhaps the most illogical post I have ever read on this site. Davidson has proven he clearly isn't ready. Gillaspie has proven he has taken a step up. If you really think the reason Davidson is one of the worst hitters on the Charlotte Knights is because he feels sorry for himself, i want whatever you have been taking. If his psyche is that fragile, there is no way he could be successful in the major leagues. THAT was the most illogical post you've ever read on this site? Now I know your full of s***. Gillaspie hit .330 for a couple months, hes got a .671 OPS since the all star break. Hes just not that good, and the future of this club would have been better served getting Davidson MLB playing time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) If any move that the Sox made to start this season has been proven to be 100% correct it was having Conor Gillaspie at the starting 3B and sending Davidson to Charotte. Nope. This was a 99 loss team, there was no reason for a guy like Gillaspie to be starting at 3B for this team. Davidson was ready and played well in his call up with Arizona the season before. Just because it "worked out" doesn't make it the right move. Gillaspie is worthless to this team, and he will never be on a Sox playoff team. Davidson should have been up here from the get go. Instead, they shipped him to AAA when he shouldnt have been and that to me seems like the biggest reason for his struggles as most of his stats line up with what he did in the minors before.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) Davidson has had just a nightmare of a season. Outside of a week or two, he has been consistently terrible. To me, he's a long shot to become a MLB starter He should have been the starting 3B entering the year but instead the Sox dicked around with him and sent him to AAA when he had no business being there anymore

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) yeah, totally. Nobody has ever tried to get this name changed before. Certainly the first I've heard of it. As big of an issue as it is now? No. I wasn't saying that no one ever in the history of the world had a problem with it before recently. The size of the fight against it is what I was referring to.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) Because it's an insult, so most people don't. If you've heard the N word, it's because of two key differences. One is, as I noted earlier, there is a lot more current population AND more current tension between blacks and whites (and Hispanics) where such adversity can make that language come out of the woodwork. The other is that, for reasons I still don't really understand, some African Americans have co-opted the term into their own speech. I mean, how often do your friends have a reason to even be angry at an American Indian person? How often does that come up? A lot of words are insults, and people still use them. And I am not even talking about saying "Some redskin cut me off in the parking lot today" just typing that out sounds ridiculous as to why someone would use that as an insult or racist saying. That being said, for a football team that's been around since 1932 I find it a little "eye roll" if you will that its just NOW that people want to wage some big fight against it.

Ive still never heard anyone use the term Redskin when referring to an Indian outside of the Washington Redskins. And I am a pretty offensive and incentive person and hang out with such.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) I think the Central is going to be pretty up for grabs starting next season, Shields & Butler will likely be gone from the Royals, Scherzer will more than likely be leaving the Tigers, and I dont think Cleveland or Minnesota are anywhere close to playoff ready. That brings me to the Sox, who with a couple of tweeks, are very close to a playoff team. Would something along the lines of this lineup be a playoff team: CF Eaton 2B Semien/Johnson 3B Gillaspie 1B Abreu LF Garcia/Tomas RF Markakis/Tomas/Garcia SS Alexei DH Viciedo? C Flowers P Sale P Quintana P RHP P Rodon P Danks RP Petricka RP Gregerson RP Adams RP Janssen RP Webb RP LHP? Considering how the AL Central will most likely look, I would say that team would have a pretty decent shot at making the playoffs. The pitching is nice, lineup is a concern.

Disappointing new title reveal

WWE just trolled my kid so hard.. Daniel Bryans music hits and his eyes light up and hes going "Daniel Bryan! Daniel Bryan!" and then Steph comes out and he just sadly keeps saying "wheres Daniel Bryan?" On a side note, Steph is so damn hott

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 05:45 PM) So they have him win the WM battle royal than break him down? That's bad business. Was that WM battle royal suppose to mean anything? I kind of looked at it like a non important time filler

I think we can all agree if Reigns wins the belt at mania, it will prolly be about 2 months before its back on Cena and Reigns disappears into mid-card oblivion..

Literally shocked Cena didnt magically win after getting destroyed all match.. well done WWE.. now the real question is, how does this title reign go? Surely he wont be defending every PPV right?

QUOTE (Tmar @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 11:34 AM) Oh great now we get to hear bears fans talk about how Holmes is best 3rd receiver in the history of the nfl, amirite tru and witesoxfan Lolol Oh you mean like you and Dez Bryant lololol amirite FOP and witesoxfan

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) Someone slowed down and zoomed in on the race footage, and claims that Ward actually grabbed the wing of Stewart' car. Again, I can't tell what the heck is going on from the grainy video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAe9-JVCmek...eature=youtu.be It is hard to tell, but it sure looks like he is grabbing onto the wing..

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 02:27 AM) Since we have like 4 threads about Rodon, I guess I'll just reiterate here.... I hope Rodon does NOT make any appearances with the Sox this season. I want him in a Sox uni no earlier than April of next year, but I PREFER he get his chance in June of next year when Super 2 passes. He should finish the year in AA, and then start next year in either AA or AAA until June. If hes ready to start, I want to see him up. Ill worry about 2020 when its 2020. Flip side of that, if they are just going to have him throw 20 innings out of the bullpen then no id rather him continue to pitch in the minors. Hes most likely already our third, if not second best starter, in the organization so he needs to be in the rotation on opening day next year if the team is serious about competing. I think they are going to spend some money in the off season, and wouldn't be shocked to see this team compete for at least a wild card.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2014 -> 03:43 PM) Uh, not really. Just asking, better to be safe than sorry

Can I personally attack someone through PM?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 10:22 PM) That was a fun throw back there and he seemed clean which is great to see. I'm always worried anytime he's on screen. Man those guys are gray as f***, and they are the youngest ones out there too thats the best part

welp nevermind, Super Cena to the rescue

oh my god, I hope Lesnar demolish all of those old guys

For comparisons sake, here is my draft strategy this year (WR heavy) against a team who took 3 RBs to start the draft.. The round in which they were taken will be noted next to the player. My team is the first listed. The mock was 12 team PPR. QB: Nick Foles (8) / Tony Romo (8) RB: Shane Vereen (4) / Demarco Murray (1) RB: Pierre Thomas (5) / Gio Bernard (2) WR: AJ Green (1) / Larry Fitgerald (4) WR: Brandon Marshall (2) / Torrey Smith (6) TE: Jordan Cameron (6) / Ladarius Green (9) FLEX: Pierre Garcon (3) / Doug Martin (3) K: Stephen Gostkowski (13) / NONE D: Philadelphia (14) / Kansas City (14) BN: Darren Sproles (7) / Terrence Williams (7) BN: Darren McFadden (9) / Frank Gore (5) BN: Khiry Robinson (10) / Russel Wilson (10) BN: Kenny Stills (11) / Justin Hunter (11) BN: Charles Clay(12) / Eric Ebron (12) They took Legerete Blount in the 13th and skipped a kicker for some reason. My thought on Philadelphia is they have a nice home match up against Jacksonville in week 1 and I like those odds. I stream defenses anyways, so that or Pittsburgh is looking pretty nice for me with the last pick of the draft. I wanted to draft Tannehill with that 12th pick, but looking at my team I need a TE replacement week 4 and I have some time to need a QB replacement so I opted to cover that now and pick up a QB down the line.

Ok guys, so its almost that time. I think im a pretty good fantasy football player, god knows I do way more research and studying than my wife would like, however I am still very interested in hearing opinions and others strategies as well. I will always end up doing what I think is best, but I do enjoy the insight and I just love talking fantasy football. With that said, Id like to open up some discussions here and get some second opinions on things. My league is having its live draft on August 20th, its a 12 man PPR league. TD passes are worth six points, there is one flex and its W/R/T. We did a draft lottery, basically we put everyones names in a hat, drew the first name and whoever it was got to pick their draft spot. My name got pulled like 4th, and I chose 12. I picked 12 for a few reasons. First and foremost, I wanted my pick of 2 elite players back to back. Secondly, it also assures me of owning the #1 waiver priority to start the season. Here is what I am thinking. I am not taking a RB at all with either of those first two picks. The cream of the crop will be long off the board and if I am certainly not going to take a risky RB over an elite WR. Currently, I am almost 100% sure Jimmy Graham is going to make it to pick 12. I plan on taking Jimmy Graham and one of Demaryius/Dez/AJ Green to kick off my first two picks. My question to you is if you knew that Graham and one of those WRs are going to be on the board at your two picks, do you take that combo?

Just finished our third season, our record so far is 6-24 We went from giving up 20+ runs a game to about 13-15 now but we are only scoring like 6 runs a game and were not going to beat anyone hitting like that. Almost hit one out today, hit the base of the fence in the air but I slipped on first base and was held to a double.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 08:46 PM) When you say "ITT", it means "In This Thread". You say it right before you sum up the stupid theme of the comments in that thread. I was mocking those insensitive people for their extremely callous comments on what should happen to a driver who leaves his vehicle. Gimme a break, bottom line is if the guy doesn't get out of his car and walk almost to the middle of an ACTIVE RACE no one is dead right now.