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As one of the people who was really beating the drum for Jason Heyward getting paid like a top player, even I can't deny that he has been an epic failure for the Cubs. I think that it is right up there with Pujols for being the worst contract in the sport.

I just got back from seeing Black Panther... It’s pretty hard for me to watch movies like an average person, it’s takes me two or sometimes three viewings of a movie to really enjoy myself and not think about why or how they did this or that. The entire lead up to this movie has been pretty emotional because, I wish that I was 20 years younger and 5 years old again to experience this moment. As a black kid, who grew up obsessed with nerd culture all of my favorite characters were 97% white men. I was able to latch on to the ideas that they represented but they still felt unattainable because of my skin color. I can only imagine how empowered and inspired black kids are going to feel watching this movie and seeing an African King at the center of a superhero movie. There are no words that can do justice to the impact that this could have on the entire community. Instead of seeing themselves portrayed in the media as thugs, unintelligent and lesser they’re going to be seeing themselves as royalty, geniuses and as equals who are deserving of as much respect and opportunity their white counter parts get. I loved how the movie was at times structured as a conversation with the audience as it talked about a lot of issues facing black people today. Kids can hear these messages about lifting each other up from another black person and really take it with them. I really enjoyed the movie and I won’t go into specifics about what I liked and didn’t but everything happening around it makes me wish I’m 5 years old again, just so can this all in and take it with into adulthood. I can even picture my mom driving me to Tower Records to pick up the soundtrack, what a time to be alive.

I am calling it... 2018, the year of Mickey Moniak

It's definitely time for new blood on the radio.

QUOTE (Quin @ Jan 19, 2018 -> 06:18 PM) Thirded. Fourthed

According to BA, De Sedas is not a strong hitter from the left side of the plate, while he has been switch-hitting for two years and is committed to being a switch-hitter, some scouts wish that he would only bat righthanded. And Kelenic is very much a grinder but super intense and scouts think he may not handle failure well as a professional.

What ML teams still remain, asking for a friend

This is an awful trade for the Pirates. It's like you're playing as the Astros in OOTP and you force the Pirates to accept a s*** trade but in real life

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/if-were-...t-billy-wagner/

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 7, 2018 -> 04:34 PM) To be fair, Chris Berman did a piece today on the Bills being in the playoffs and all that has happened since their last appearance. The White Sox winning the WS made his list. No one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills

Both Andruw Jones and Bill Wagner deserve to be in the hall

QUOTE (Moncada @ Jan 6, 2018 -> 06:05 PM) Yeah I'll send you a pm now. I never got the PM

I'm in. Give me the Dodgers, please.

I think the Sox will be in the hunt for the first overall pick. This year is all about development. Look at how many young guys that will be on the ML roster: Anderson, Moncada, Lopez, Fulmer, Giolito, Delmonic, and I'm sure forgetting someone. Plus the pitching staff, while having all the potential in the world, is not as good as it was when the season opened last year. Same goes for the bullpen. Next year is going to be very rough for the Sox and it will be the hardest year of this process but getting another top five pick will be huge for this process because hopefully it's their last for a while.

How much money did the Sox get?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 28, 2017 -> 02:09 PM) Probably because the information provided was third hand and his wife never filed a police report nor would she speak to MLB investigators Chapman had his charges dropped and still was punished by MLB

That woman is truly blessed that the situation ended it where it did and that she wasn't raped. Not too many women can say that. It's still a gross shame that she had to endure that. Like Jeff Passan said, I hope MLB takes this seriously but I am very curious to see how they handle this because as she said in the post, she wasn't raped. If Chapman can get 30 games for being involved in a DV case then Sano is looking at something more severe than that. On another note, why wasn't Addison Russell ever suspended?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 27, 2017 -> 02:01 PM) I really feel for their fans. The giants are in about the same shape as the cubs were when Theo took over. I think SF might even have more bad contracts than the cubs did. I'd call SF desperate but I think it's beyond that now. Look at these contracts. their length and the ages of their highest-paid players. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SF...contracts.shtml

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 27, 2017 -> 01:33 PM) Nothing overly exciting, but it's baseball. https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-talking-to-...ton/c-264029368 When the time comes for the Giants to rebuild, and it will be soon, that will be one long rebuild. Seriously, that team should be selling, not buying. Reality is going to bite them like a b****. So many bloated contracts on that team. It's almost a blessing that they didn't get Stanton.

This was a great interview and credit to Dan Le Batard for asking Manfred, direct questions and pursuing answers like he did. This whole situation with the Marlins stinks and Manfred had to be aware

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 20, 2017 -> 12:04 PM) Yelich = Giolito, Robert, Hansen, + ( no thanks ) We just need to keep stock piling and developing. Any trades for established controlled stars is gonna cost way too much. Yes, the price for Yelich is going to be higher than Machado because of the very team friendly contract that he has going forward but I think his trade value might be damaged because of the team that he is currently on and the fact that it is widely known that he wants to be traded too.

Maybe the Sox can take whatever they offered for Machado and use it towards Yelich

Great article by Jeff Passan https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-even-bette...-164801560.html

https://twitter.com/Jim_BowdenSXM/status/941673663316754432

Hope they sign Chris Tillman