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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2014 -> 05:42 PM) Both of these are on my bucket list. It's just so awesome to all of a sudden show up where it's 20-30 degrees warmer and get seats to baseball games ALL weekend that would normally be way out of your price range. I saw the Rockies play the Blue Jays last year from literally row two behind home plate and it cost like $30. Sox and Angels from row 5 for the same price. It's like a playground, you can just go see teams on a whim. You rent a car and you have access to like 7 stadiums. And Phoenix has great food and stuff too. It was maybe my favorite vacation, no joke. Also managed to catch the Grand Canyon AND took a hot air balloon ride, all in a week.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:45 PM) Fat Squirrel is definitely my favorite New Glarus beer, but I do really like their Coffee Stout and Uff-Da as well. I would put New Glarus's beers up against anybodies and I'm glad I live in Wisconsin and can get it without having to make a trip out of it. I like the lager, too. It's got 'woman' in the name, I think.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:43 PM) When you drink as much as they do in some south side neighborhoods, I defy anyone over the age of 35 to go beer-for-beer, drinking non-Lite and still make it to work the next morning. The first time I've ever agreed 100% with Marty!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:43 PM) That is a colloquialism for a young professional and taken at it's literal definition, I assume this post was meant as a compliment, so I thank you dearly. I assume THIS post was another excuse to use 'colloquialism,' which I support and will continue to support in the coming election.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:34 PM) I guess I understand. Miller High Life Light to me is basically water. I'd bathe in it & feed it to my plants if it were as cheap as water. And if it *did* become as cheap as water is I wouldn't hold that fact against it, I would embrace it. BTW I was just now thinking, anyone (like me) who has ever at any point in his/her life owned a bullfrog or turtle as a pet knows that these animals seem to do very well - even thrive - in disgusting muck full of animal waste products and so on. So I wonder if you were to say, take your common Red Ear Slider and introduce him to a tank with Miller High Life Light as the substrate, if the animal would thrive in those conditions as well? I had a girlfriend who had red ear sliders, and if you listened to her, it seemed anything short of 20 gallons of elbow room in a temperature controlled clean room would make them instantly decompose into malaria-carrying mosquitos with opposable thumbs. I'm glad I broke that off. She didn't like beer, either.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:29 PM) I like Newcastle but Moose Drool is head and shoulders above it I think. If you like brown ales, New Glarus's Fat Squirrel is great (although they don't distribute outside of WI) and if you don't mind spending a little dough, Samuel Smith's Nut Brown is one of the better beers I've ever had. I'm not a fan of the SS, but I agree on Fat Squirrel. Everyone should take an annual trip up to the Mars Cheese Castle anyway and you can always grab a sixer of that. I think it's the best New Glarus beer.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) No. He signed with San Fran. 1 year, $5 mill. Oh. Meh, west coast teams...

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:01 PM) Gold. This coming from the guy who says you don't buy things you don't need. You can get smashed, tipsy, feeling good, slightly buzzed, etc. off an inexpensive beer that still breaks down into the same states of matter and still comes out the same holes, but you'd rather spend 3-4 times what you have to? And I AM CRAZY for buying meat at value (sale) prices and freezing it? I think here my good friend is our main source of disagreement with both Dunn and Santana (get prepped for that back tattoo) and it's that you don't understand values. I drink beer every day of my life. If I were to spend more on it then I would be forced to make sacrifices elsewhere. Sometimes you want to drink something that tastes awesome. There are nights when I'm actually annoyed that beer is alcoholic because I want more but I have to work the next day. It's just GOOD. And even if you want to drink it just for the alcohol, you offset cost because the average craft is like 6-7% ABV compared to the 3-4% of your low calorie "Lights," meaning you drink way fewer for the same buzz. The only advantage to the low end is if you want to piss more frequently. Or if you're gaming. I love beer gaming.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 05:04 PM) Red meat every day???? Try tilapia over fresh asparagus or spinach, cheaper & better. Salmon steaks too OMG f*** yeah. I think you just proved our point

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:59 PM) Founder's doesn't distribute this far west I plan on making a Twin Cities trip in the next couple months, so I'll end up looking for some of it then. I also doubt it gets out your way, but Big Sky Brewery makes some amazing stuff too. Moose Drool is one of the best beers I've had. Thick, creamy, great texture, and great flavor. I love Moose Drool! It has been in Chicago for a while, but I'm not sure if it's in NY. I always tell Newcastle fans they have to try Moose Drool.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 02:34 PM) Seattle may be the match. Or any other all-in, piece-missing team. Don't need to root for injuries, but they'll happen anyway. Would rather get something more unknown than Montero, though. Problem with Montero is that he's a DH that really needs ABs this year. And we are the worst possible landing spot for a DH who needs ABs this year.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 03:00 PM) Seattle has a really strange roster. Michael Saunders wil play CF for them. I believe that they sign Cruz and he plays RF. That leaves Montero, Smoak, Logan Morrison, and Corey Hart for LF, 1B, and DH. They obviously have Cano at 2B and Zunino at C. Ackley and Nick Franklin are wildcards in all of this. It seems like they definitely have a logjam somewhere though. Don't they have Morse, too?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) Killed the second half of a Pipeworks Simcoe Ninja bomber last night, so so good. Still have a sixer of Ale Asylum Bedlam (Belgian IPA) in the fridge I'm excited to try. We're in a golden age of beer right now and living in the midwest we have unlimited, super fresh options at our disposal, best take advantage of it. TROOF

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) They had it at the candy store up here but it was $18 a 6 pack, so I picked up Kalamazoo Stout instead. That was a good choice. May have to pony up if they still have it. Summit's Saga is awesome too. Speaking of Bell's, I don't think I've had anything from them that I didn't like, and Oberon is like my favorite Spring/Summer beer. I can't wait until the NFL Draft and Stanley Cup because I am going to get a 12 pack of Oberon and drink the whole damn thing. Michigan is a mecca for beer in general. Agreed 100% on Oberon. Bell's has a Stout called BLACK NOTE that comes out every couple years. It's half Kalamazoo and half Double Cream Stout that's then bourbon barreled. It might be the best beer in the world. Bell's might be my favorite brewery other than Founder's, also in Michigan. Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout is my other candidate for best beer on planet Earth. If you dig IPAs though, look at west coast stuff. That's sort of their style. Firestone Walker, Alesmith, Ballast Point all have some killer IPAs.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:26 PM) I know you like your quality craft beers but TBH if I was going to hang out with you & your buddies at a poker game I'd bring Miller HIgh Life Light to get me started & a sixer of Guinness to keep me going. And I'd probably lose my chips rather quickly but I can assure you the farts would keep coming. Especially after the cupcakes. Poker isn't poker without f***ing cupcakes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:25 PM) For me; Icehouse. Tried and true. Icehouse seems to give me a significantly worse hangover though. I don;t know why, it's like an extra punch in the nuts.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:24 PM) I'm not big into brandy and cognac, but I can and will drink pretty much anything else. I think the only beer I've ever actually turned down was Hamm's. If I'm drinking up, I'm hitting an IPA or a Stout. God I love IPAs. They say your tongue can get hops burnt, and it's true, but if it's a good IPA, I couldn't give a f***. Hopslam is the finest! Three Floyd's Apocalypse Cow is a close second, IMO. But yeah, I'm a stout guy if I had to choose. I think the best beers in the world are American stouts. English stouts are boring.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:01 PM) Ah, it's the common Beer Snob, Homo Confusialis. I could s*** in a bucket and hit it with a blender, throw some hops in that, and as long as I charge $4 a bottle and put a label on it to make you feel nice and German you'd sip it with your pinky finger up and mutter at all satisfactorily at your s***ty little sweater-wearing poodle "Ahhh good show old chap" etc. etc. etc. High Life & High Life Light, Miller Lite too, are all good, honest beers at tasty prices. Go drink your s***ty turd beer & me a& wite will be outside in the bushes at 3 in the morning pelting your house with eggs & s***-filled paper bags. Good honest behavior at a tasty price. I don't think you've tasted good beer. Don't get me wrong, there are perfectly good times and perfectly good places for the standard budget mop-water you are championing (all beer is to be enjoyed, other than Summer Shandy), but there is absolutely no question that better beer is unquestionably superior in every way, shy of the coveted "number of cans that can be consumed before unconsciousness" category of quality. It's even higher ABV. You don't have to be into Quadruppels and Lambics to appreciate a good American lager, for example. Next time you're bringing beer to a poker game, throw ten bucks at a sixer of Chicago's finest Metropolitan Dynamo lager, and tell me that's s*** in a bucket. Or if you want to stick with Pilsners, try a North Coast Scrimshaw side by side with a Miller Light, and you'll find it's just an obviously better version of the same thing.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 02:45 PM) Progress? We can't have such things. Ervin Santana is the worst pitcher on the planet. And I didn't want coffee anyways. I'd rather have a beer. God I love beer. Let's compromise at Founder's Breakfast Stout.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) COFFEE IS FOR CLOSERS! I just exclaimed that at our VP of Ticket Sales yesterday, haha. What a great scene followed by an extremely, extremely depressing movie.

I think they're going to sign Cruz and make Ackley earn it as a 4th OF. Not a horrible idea since Saunders might regress.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) No. If you don't want to sign Santana, fine. If you think the draft pick and slot $$$ is too good to pass up then I understand. What I don't understand is how Santana is too old to sign but Dunn, much older at 34, needs to play. Can't have both. BTW EMinor, have you ever thought about how much better this roster would function without Dunn around? Have you taken time to truly consider what kind of player Viciedo could become this year if given every opportunity? Have you considered DeAza's offensive value over the years, and specifically how valuable he could be if only asked to play LF and given a full season of ABs? Also, did you know that Connor Gillaspie has a little upside to offer? Why don't you cross the gravel line, come on over to this side of the field for a while. It's nice over here. Have a cup of coffee. Umm, coffee. Great. Oh gee, looky here what I found! Why don't you sit down and have a slice? So tell me EMinor, have you ever considered a White Sox world without Adam Dunn? Haha. You have a future as a political campaign advisor. Yeah I mean I think the best solution would have been to insist on only carrying one DH. The easiest way to do that was to not sign sign Konerko. But they did. Signing Konerko was not the end of the world, but then they pretty much HAD to move someone else, ideally Keppinger, to make room for a reasonable bench. But they didn't. Instead, they made the logjam worse by adding Eaton. Fine! Great move, assuming now you have to move De Aza. But they didn't. So I don't disagree at all with your assessment of the problems. I would have done things a bit differently, I think. But given what we have now, my solution is move De Aza because he has some small amount of surplus value at his price and should, theoretically, bring some return of significance, even if it's small. Dunn bring NOTHING back at this point, but might bring something back in the summer. The cost is sunk. I would NOT be advocating signing Dunn to a one year deal, but that's not the situation. He's already signed. That's what wite was trying to explain -- Ervin/Dunn are not comparable because we've already paid for one and would still have to buy the other. The argument to use what we've bought in Dunn is not the same as supporting 34 year old FA in general. You could make an argument that Dunn blocks Viciedo, but I don't think that's the case. Actually, Konerko blocks Viciedo, because it makes NO sense to have either of them only hit righties. So the real problem is that Dunn blocks De Aza or De Aza blocks Dunn. Given that Dunn can only be released at a loss but De Aza can be released at some return, and that we won;t win jack s*** either way, the best answer is to move De Aza and keep Dunn to move at the deadline. EDIT: Can I still have the coffee?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) The Sox are obligated to *PAY* one. They are not obligated to *PLAY* either. Is there something in Dunn's contract that says he needs a roster spot and PA otherwise the Sox have to pay him more or something? No. No there's not. No. Here's something else to chew on: Let's say Dunn gets hurt in ST, blows out his knee or something and is out for the season. The Sox would recoup a good amount of that $15M in insurance, they'd gain a 25-man roster spot *AND* a 40-man roster spot also since they could put him on the 60-DL all year. That *ALONE* represents better than anything Dunn can bring back in trade. Go ahead and even try to dispute that. When the best thing that can happen for one of your players is a season-ending injury that frees up roster spots and allows you take get back cash through your insurance company then you're looking at a pretty s***ty, worthless player doesn't deserve PA at the expense of any other position player we have on this team who is reasonably young and is controllable for at least 2 more seasons. So since the last time we signed an expensive mid-30's FA, it turned out so bad you want him to get hurt, the answer is we should do it again with Ervin Santana, even though the team is in a much worse position to compete?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) I am jealous of anyone going to Spring Training. If you haven't gone, make it happen one year. I went last year for the first time, and it was somehow even more fun than I expected it to be. You can easily hit the Grand Canyon for a night or two while you're there, too.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/02/dere...after-2014.html The guys at the office just started flipping out. Looks real