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I think the Sox can handle Joey from FRIENDS

I think that if the Sox make him a 1B/DH, Collins could be up with the ML team sometime next year.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Their top draft picks under hahn from 2013-2015 are in the majors right now for the team. My point exactly. The team definitely drafts well.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) It was still bottom ten with them wasn't it? Weren't they like 22? Don't remember. I thought it was middle 15-20 range.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:30 PM) The farm system is bottom ten for sure Yes, currently because Anderson and Fulmer have graduated.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:23 PM) Hahn needs to get fired after this year. Just can't build a winning team or build up the farm system. I think Hahn has done his job really well given the constraints he has to work under and to say that he can't build a farm is a joke, the Sox have drafted consistently well since he took over and their LA program is starting to turn out players.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 08:55 PM) Is anyone wanting them to lose yet on here? Haven't seen that yet. Doesn't mean many on here don't think they can compete with the top AL teams the rest of the way and selling should be a legit option in two weeks. I definitely want them to test the market as sellers and start adding young pieces to the ML roster and see if they can shed some of their bigger salaries (Cabera and Robertson) for more flexibility going forward. And if the Sox are mathematically eliminated, I hope they lose as many games as possible for better draft position and a bigger INTL pool.

This is one of the better trades that I have seen recently. Preller basically traded a platoon player (in Alonso) for one of top 15 prospects in all of baseball. While San Diego has a long way to go to being respectable, they have injected some serious talent into their system the past 6 months.

Yes, imagine a line up leading off with Anderson and Eaton that was Burns in the 9 hole. That's a lot of speed, imagine being a pitcher and having to have off against Burns, Eaton and Anderson.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 09:53 PM) I'm sure some did but after he was a butcher in the WS, people may have got cold feet. He was certainly a liability with the glove in the WS. Something I don't understand, why does Ned Yost insist on cutting short Salvador Perez's career and offensive potential? He catches too many games and sooner than later his body is going to start breaking down

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) David Ortiz is supposedly really pushing for the Red Sox to sign Encarnacion as his replacement. Guess they're very good friends. MLB starting to follow some of the NBA player movement trends... They're going to have to start looking into tampering more like the NBA. Did anyone here want the Sox to sign Daniel Murphy?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 06:14 PM) Pre-Ziegler trade, it would actually have made some sense, but there's still no way we were getting Moncada back. The only way the Sox get Moncoda is if they are willing to part with Quintana. I would peg Frazier's value at one top 50 prospect and a lower lever guy.

I saw the Cure last month for the third or fourth time and it was one of the best shows of my entire life. I have some solid video on my phone that I'm going to put online.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 03:48 PM) Buster said that the White Sox should listen because Dombrowski will overpay with the pressure on Boston to win. He did say that he wouldn't necessarily trade him though. He mentioned Moncada and Benintendi. I would want back Moncoda for sure in addition to either Benintendi and Espinoza and a couple other low level guys.

I should be back from Detroit by then, so I plan on going

I think Quintana is worth one of Moncoda or Espinoza from Boston.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 06:24 AM) Agreed on the cinematography.... Maybe the history teacher part of me prefers The New World and The Thin Red Line...that second one was definitely his most accessible, mainstream type of movie. The New World is a beautiful movie to watch. Maybe Tree of Life would resonate with me more, had I grown up in the 1950's/60's, instead of of the 70's and 80's. To the Wonder had Affleck and two actresses I enjoy watching, McAdams and Olga Kurylenko, but it just didn't quite make it into that category of great move. It was a worthwhile watch, although I find some aspects I enjoy in almost every movie, no matter how terrible. I think his most accessible and conventional film is Badlands with Martin Sheen, ironically it's his first movie and he didn't become the Terrence Malick we know till his second film Days of Heaven. The New World is criminally underrated and I think The Thin Red Line is way better than Saving Private Ryan. I am excited about Voyage of Time, its been talked about since before Tree of Life.

On set today, putting away some stingers (extension cords). I'm exhausted and wearing a UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs shirt. I'm just trying to leave, not paying attention and I hear someone say 'royale with cheese'. I look up and it was Michael Bay, in full glory with backwards hat and sunglasses, walking past me. Pretty cool moment and now we're watching The Rock to commemorate what happened.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 10:31 PM) I read an article yesterday that said quite the opposite. Shuck said that the early April energy is back and players are as loose as they were then It's the Tim Anderson effect

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 07:30 PM) If you are rebuilding for two years, then you have to trade Sale/Abreu/Frazier also I was talking about this season when I mentioned Robertson, Melky and Quintana. And if I they play their cards right they might not have to trade Sale* and maybe Abreu but if are offered something ridiculous then they have to seriously consider it. *I imagine a Sale trade being hard to conceptualize.

What the actual f***?

The Sox have a nice easy patch in their schedule coming up but I think they should seriously be navigating the trade market as sellers and getting a feel of the trade value of guys like Robertson, Melky and even Quintana, who I would only move if I'm getting an elite prospect back in any package. If the Sox are smart and take their lumps for two seasons they can really improve the trajectory of the franchise for the better. But would Jerry want to do that?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 28, 2016 -> 04:48 AM) Let's just say, The Knight of Cups is really really out there. It's basically inaccessible to a mainstream audience. Depending on your opinion about the Brad Pitt/Jessica Chastain one from 2011 (the name's eluding me at the moment), this was...well, as a film watcher, I could at least understand where he was trying to go, but something about Christian Bale's character just irked me (as opposed to playing a loathsome character exceedingly well, like in The Big Short). It's hard to put a finger on it, just a feeling...it was just such an opaque and philosophical movie, but one which the depth comes from it's being so simplistic in the many ways that it's trying to trick you into believing it's both a complex and meaningful statement about man's existence, speaking directly to our psyches. LOL. At any rate, will never pass up a chance to watch Freida Pinto. I don't think Knight of Cups was trying to be complex at all and I don't think it was trying to trick anyone into thinking that it's complex. I think its beauty comes from its simplicity and I found it to be more accessible than The Tree of Life (the one with Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain), my favorite movie of all time. Everything you need to know about Knight of Cups is in the title: The Knight of Cups is someone who's a source of inspiration as they bring ideas with them wherever they go, in addition to opportunity (Rick's a successful screenwriter, writing is usually the first process in making a movie). The Knight of Cups is constantly in need of stimulation and excitement as they get bored easily (Rick's constant partying). He's artistic and is always creating and craving adventure (Him and each of the women, go somewhere together). He's also a man with big dreams (leaves his family to go to Hollywood), who can be easily discouraged. If the card is pointed up it represents change and new romance (the woman in his life) and if the card is pointed down it represents recklessness (drinking), unreliability (adultery) and false promises (failed marriage). Like The Tree of Life and To The Wonder, this movie is based on Malick's life and that's who Bale is playing. Rick is a man that after the suicide of his brother has gone to Hollywood, the city of dreams, in the hopes of creating art and adventure away from his broken family. While he's had a successful career, his life is empty and he's emotionally drained by the machine that's Hollywood. This is a direct mirror of Malick's life and his exit from Hollywood. My favorite sequence from the movie and maybe my favorite sequence from any movie this year, was the Judgement chapter with Cate Blanchett. When they're walking through the giant and empty sound-stages and they're talking about their marriage and what went wrong. She tells him that he grew bored of their marriage and that everyday they were together was a lie, they were each playing a part. She also talks about how full of life he was and how he wanted to make art and settled on being apart of the machine, presumably making 'empty studio fare'. The symbolism is great, the sound-stages represents the acting they did throughout their marriage and how empty Rick is and has become. I don't think Knight of Cups was ever trying to make some meaning statement about existence, its a story about a man at a crossroads in life, who's trying to feel a void in his life and because he's caught in the machine of Hollywood, he fills that void with excess. its clear that he is desperate for love but he's caught in a viscous cycle. I think Knight of Cups is a great achievement and I'm excited to see the next part, Weightless. While I am excited to see Malick return to WW2 for his next follow up to Knight of Cups/Weightless, I do admit that I'm sad that he's done making these autobiographical movies for the moment. Terrence Malick movies to me aren't just films, they're extensions of who he is a person. And no films better exemplify this than this series that began with The Tree Of Life and will conclude with Weightless. Not to mention this movie had some of the best cinematography I've seen in a long time, I like how they mixed footage that was shot on camcorders and GoPros with 35mm.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 07:02 PM) He's a DH/1B anyway, f*** his glove. He may be the most patient bat on the team if they brought him up right now. I agree with you, I think it's best for him a player and for the team if they take away his glove and make him a 1B/DH so he can just focus purely on the bat. But you would have to ask why the Sox would draft a 1B/DH 10th overall then and the only way to justify that is by ensuring his bat is as special as it can be.

I was never a fan of the inclusion of Tatis either, especially considering that the Sox are dealing with AJ Preller. I think the Sox should have held firm at Erik Johnson because you shouldn't have to give up a prospect when you're trading for a players whose owner wants him out of town and destroying all trade value.