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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2016 -> 05:13 AM) Sigh. The usual Indiana early season inexplicable stinker. Not trying to defend Indiana or Crean here, but if college Top 20 teams went and played small small small schools on the road more often, they'd get beat more often than they'd win IMO (I do realize this game had more Indiana fans at it than Ft. Wayne). No major college in their right mind would go play at a Missouri State or Wichita State or Northern Iowa. They'd leave with an L more often than not because of the sellout and crazed fans. Just my take.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 22, 2016 -> 03:52 PM) The bigger thing on this is that PFN was not pressuring the QB and as such simply throwing the ball as he did is not intentional grounding. In the OSU game, the guy threw it into the stands. This QB threw the ball in the field of play and one could argue the receiver just did not run his route. This happens in games all of the time and if the QB is not under duress, it is not a call you make. That aspect is on the officials who before enforcing the penalty should have gotten together and waved off the flag. If none of the five could get it right wave it off and go home. You would think after the OSU game someone would have gotten it right. There are much better ways to kill two seconds than this and this is as much on the Fenwick coaching staff as the officials. Take four steps back and take a knee. Run out the back of the end zone. Do not take a knee on on the other downs. This does suck for Fenwick though. Harry, good post as usual. Thanks for explaining that "if the QB is not under duress, you don't call the grounding." I did not know that. At first I was thinking, "How stupid of Fenwick to not just have the QB run a few steps back or to the side and then take a knee." Just out of curiosity, why is the rule that the QB can heave the ball downfield if he's not under duress? That seems like a creepy way to assure victory with five seconds left or so. It sure looks like grounding even if it isn't. I saw a quote in the Trib where the Fenwick coach was driving home and assumed he'd cost his kids a victory. Even he figured the grounding call was correct, cause it LOOKS like grounding. This is one, unfortunate situation. My take is the courts can't get involved and change an outcome of a sporting event and they did the right thing, simply because games are lost by refs calls and all sorts of blunders all the time. I do understand the sentiment of the poster saying PN should refuse to play the final because it's good sportsmanship. they didn't even rush the passer. However, they did win fair and square in OT after the bad bad call. Very sad situation. Would Fenwick have been favored in the final or expected to get mauled by East St. Looie?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 25, 2016 -> 01:13 AM) Greg, this is the problem with being "against" someone or something. When that person is no longer relevant, you have to move on OR actually work to make things better. It's what YOUR party, the GOP, is going to learn quickly enough when they control the majority and name a Supreme Court seat as well, that people who were promised (just for one example) "repeal and replace" of Obamacare expect (maybe even demand) something better. People in the Rust Belt were promised a return of jobs, so that means, at the least, that the $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan has to get past the Democrats and the Tea Party/Balanced Budget side of the Republican Party. Otherwise, you're left with a whole lot of disillusioned voters (see 1994/2010) who will take it out on the party in charge of fixing things. That's true. Well, Trump is convinced he's going to bring a zillion good jobs to the USA. And he's going to cut taxes and get rid of Obamacare. Do you predict this is good news or bad for the USA first and Republicans second? It's pretty obvious those are things he's going to do. He appears set on building the wall with a "beautiful door" in it as well. Hmmmm ... I mean he's President unless Hillary somehow gets in. He's got to do some things. Will these things work?? Will they cause a Great Depression? I mean folks Trump has plans to lower taxes, get rid of Obamacare and he thinks he'll be a boon for jobs. These are on the table. Are u skeptical?? p.s. I'm not sure it classifies as "my party" since like I told you I didn't vote for Trump, I voted for Obama and the first Obama term I didn't vote at all. There are lapsed Catholics. I may be a lapsed Republican.

Cmon folks, get in the spirit! Happy Thanksgiving to all. I just completed my annual drive around Lawrence (it's a big square with four major streets and now extends a bit out of the square to the west, east and south) when I'm here for the holiday. I think it's cool to still be in a city/town that closes down on Thanksgiving. It's kind of neat to see almost all the coffee shops/restaurants/stores CLOSED and dark. On my drive I saw the grocery store chains are actually open. I saw a Perkins actually was open. But the McDonalds, Chipolte, the entire downtown stores, closed. Only other thing open were the Kwik trips. Yes I stopped in the biggest one and got a HUGE cup of hot java. I know many people despise me on here dating back to my unwavering support of OZZIE BABY, Dye, Jenks, Dwyane Wise and of course hatred of Hillary but on this great day, blessings to you and your families and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!! One and all. Chug a cold can of Old Style for me.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 24, 2016 -> 11:32 PM) How can anyone read this nonsense and actually believe Greg isn't a troll? She won the general vote by 2 million! I think there's a better than 50/50 chance recounts come up in her favor. She was the popular vote choice for President.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 24, 2016 -> 09:19 AM) Barring this year getting any more unexpectedly insane, no. But looks like Stein just raised enough to call for the recounts, so sit back, relax and strap it down. I would think with a 2 million vote lead and the corruption that exists, Hillary may win. I'd give her odds of 50/50 minimum maybe 60/40 she is our next President.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/23/politics/ele...rump/index.html If Hillary wins the election do you think Trump's more extreme crazies would start a violent civil war so to speak? Hillary won by almost 2 million votes now. Certainly if she asks for investigations in the four key states/recounts she'll likely be deemed the winner. At some point isn't Trump destined to lose and Hillary win? Can Obama demand the recount in key states? I'm just amazed every four years we have talk of corruption in the voting process. What the f*** is going on in our USA elections??? Sad stuff. At this point I would think it'd be funny seeing Hillary win it after all. Trump could claim it was rigged and he'd probably happily go back to being a millionaire business guy. Why can't our election people make sure this stuff does not happen? Why does it take so long to count the votes in some states???

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 23, 2016 -> 12:40 PM) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillar...5ed3a34?ref=yfp Hillary Clinton urged by experts to contest results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania Hmmmm. Hillary still has a shot at oval office?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 22, 2016 -> 04:18 PM) 1. The multi year campaign of lies insinuating that the first African American President could not possibly be from this country. 2. The long history of discrimination by his companies, which there is legal record of much of it. 3. Attacking a judge as unfit to rule on a case involving him because "he's a Mexican" 4. Insisting that the Central Park 5, a group of 5 black people charged with a beating and rape in the late 1980s, should have been put to death even though DNA evidence exonerated them. 5. Judging and testifying that a group of Native Americans wanting to open a casino that would compete with one of his didn't look enough like native americans. 6. Retweeting white supremacists at least 75 times during the campaign. The handle "@whitegenocide" would be a giveaway for anyone who cared. During 1 week in January, 62% of the people he retweeted were accounts that fit a description of white supremacist accounts. 7. Confronted with support from the klan in a debate, was unwilling to condemn it, blamed his failure to do so later on a faulty earpiece that only had issues with that question. 8. Appointed Steve Bannon to a special advisory position - equivalent in power to the chief of staff and making him one of the most powerful people in Washington. 9. Appointed Jeff Sessions, who was blocked from a judgeship by Republicans in the 1980s due to racism and noted that his main issue with the KKK was marijuana, Attorney General. 10. Falsely claiming that 80% of white people who are murdered are killed by blacks. 11. Lies about Muslims celebrating 9/11 in New Jersey. 12. Supports racial profiling to "prevent criminality". Endorsed stop and frisk, denied that it had been found unconstitutional when it clearly had been. 13. The entire Muslim ban. 14.“Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes… Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else…Besides that, I tell you something else. I think that’s guy’s lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks,” - Trump called these remarks in a book "probably true" when he was asked about them in 1997. Your own statements suggest that everything published in books must be true for your standards, he even is on record agreeing with that sentiment. 15. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators." - stereotyping Jews while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December. Thanks for the post. 1.) Haven't a lot of people wondered about the 'birth certificate' thing? I thought Trump finally said Obama is from USA. I thought I heard him say that actually. 2.) Really? I'm surprised he's not broke then. Cause if you discriminate on the basis of age or race or whatever as a business owner, you are in big trouble and can be sued. 3.) If he said that, shame on Trump. 4.) I'll trust you on it. I don't follow everything like I should. 5.) If he said that, again, shame on Donald. 6.) I dunno about that. He's probably twitter stupid if he retweeted that. Cmon, You don't really believe he's a white supremist supporter do you? Now the KKK loves Trump, but is he that evil that he actually loves them back and is a KKK guy? If he is, like I said, he'll probably be in danger and ultimately be assassinated. Lota people out there who would want to harm him (I'm not condoning anything obviously; I want him to live long life as well as Hillary, whom I dislike greatly). 7.) Weak. Again, you believe he likes the KKK? I think he took a good stance on that one, saying he did not want their support. 8.) I don't know of Bannon. My bad. 9.) Don't know of Sessions. Obviously horrifying if you are correct. I'll trust you. 10.) Bad statement by Trump if true. 11.) Bad if true. 12.) I don't like stop and frisk but some people do. You know ... it cannot be denied the military people and cops LOVE Trump and do not like Hillary. He has great support of both groups. 13.) Not famiiar with the Muslim ban. 14.) If he thinks blacks are lazy, that's a problem. I guess he could be like the old people who were on the south side when I was a kid, the ones who despise blacks. If it's true, he'll probably be assaulted. Racism doesn't cut it with people in high office. 15.) I doubt he hates Jewish people. Thanks for the examples. I think Trump is a 2 out of 10 on the character scale; Hillary probably tops him at 2.5 or 3. I do think you are a little hard on him. Again, why does the military love him and why do cops love him?? If Trump is as bad as you say personality wise, then I do the the Armageddon will begin. If he despises all non whites, look out. Thank u for your thorough response.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Nov 22, 2016 -> 07:00 PM) I would say so. I mean would you want a guy embarrassing the team by cutting up uniforms he doesn't want to wear or throwing temper tantrums when his buddies are traded? He didn't hurt anybody, did he? Those uniforms were a joke. The Sox should have consulted him since he was scheduled to pitch in those awful uniforms. It's his arm. If he's totally uncomfortable it does nobody any good. Didn't he already tell somebody he didn't want to pitch in them?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 22, 2016 -> 04:19 AM) The people that voted for Trump are responsible for their votes. If you voted for Trump, you were at least okay with the racism and bigotry and sexism. It wasn't disqualifying. Democrats aren't and really shouldn't be pursuing Trump voters. They need to drive their base an expand it to the tens of millions of non voters. I'm still waiting for an answer to this question. ... Why is Trump racist? For his stance on immigrants? Is it his fault that the KKK loves him and is adopting him as their leader? I mean he has no control over that. If he's racist, fine, tell me when he did racist things besides wanting the wall.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 07:12 PM) Taking away the for-profit aspect of healthcare would seriously impact medical advancements. I'm all for making the cost of medical care open and more reasonable, but you really shouldn't take away that incentive. Now, obviously on the other end, you shouldn't be able to monopolize a drug or device and charge an obscene amount either. In a perfect world the bag of ice treatment is 2 bucks, not 40. My cholesterol blood tests 550 bucks? Cmon. Like I said 50 bucks tops. How long does it even take the lab to test? Here's a good one of health care bulls***. Five or so years ago I got dehydrated or something and kept having dizzy attacks. They hooked up one of those heart monitors to me for 2 days where I couldn't even take it off to shower. So I turn the monitor in and gawd only knows what that cost my insurance company, but I never even got the results. The heart doc office never called me, nothing. I figured I must be OK. I never saw the results. The dizzyness went away after a bit. I don't even know what it was but they did a CAT scan as well. But cmon. Our health care is so bad I wear the monitor 2 days and the doc office doesn't even have the courtesy to tell me if I'm OK or dying.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 07:56 PM) To answer the question, I don't care the style as long as we play winning baseball. All I want to see on the southside is winning baseball, but if we are going to lose in the process, please let it be with young players who we see a future with, vs. because our veterans continue to let us down, etc. Give me losses with some hope vs. losses with little to no hope (which is what the last few years have been). Thing is, we don't know if we would have even had to rebuild if we had a real manager the past few years. Could a real manager have taken this team, which has 4-6 very good players, and won with it?

So how many years before we can finish .500 if we totally rebuild? It could be a long long time right?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 05:38 AM) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_pol...easons_why.html If he really said all those things then he is a bad man. Wait I already rated him a 2 on a scale of 1-10. Anyhow, if he truly has said all that stuff, I'd think his life is in danger. He'll be in public a lot and a lot of people will probably want to harm him. I'm not asking for that or condoning that, but read that list and I'm sure some people want to harm Trump after reading what he's said about them.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 04:06 AM) And he decided to make a difference in the way he cares about. Find the people with the strongest record of hate towards every racial group he can. I don't want to get into some thing where I'm trying to defend Trump, but what are u specifically talking about? Didn't he say he wanted to build a wall to keep out the illegal entrants into the USA? Now I'm all for immigrants, it's what makes our country great, letting people come here, but isn't that the only thing he's done that can be construed as racial? I know the KKK loves Trump but has Trump done anything specific to hate on African Americans and members of the gay and lesbian community? I know I haven't followed the election that closely but what are you exactly talking about? The fact the KKK endorsed him? Or has he said stuff like, "I hate African Americans and will make life hell on them." What has he done? Forgive me for not knowing. And again, please don't suggest I'm some Trump guy. I swear on a stack of Bibles and I am a practicing Catholic that I did not vote for him and I did not vote for Hillary either. I told you I think he's a 2 out of 10 as a person and I feel Hillary is a 2 as well. I might give her a 3. But you keep mentioning this hate toward races besides his own. What are you talking about?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 20, 2016 -> 11:04 PM) We just need to give this administration a chance. What could go wrong? /green Trump should do what no President has done. Hire the best and brightest people for all the jobs in his administration irregardless of party. He's not even a Republican anyway so it'd be easy for him. But nooooo ... he'll be like all of them. Hire buddies and cronies and those who will kiss his butt so to speak. He's 70 years old. He's not going to live all that long in all likelihood. He has 10 good years of productive work left, God willing with his health. Why not make a difference? Nah, nobody really tries in that job. p.s. My blasts of Trump continue to have nothing to do with Hillary. I still despise her.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 18, 2016 -> 05:35 PM) If you step back and check out how much you end up paying a year for health care its pretty crazy IMO. The entire system is broken. Health care lol. I should cry instead of laugh. So I get my statement today. I had the blood tests for cholesterol and all the things they check. The lab charged 550 bucks. Somehow my insurance covered all but 8 bucks. But cmon, folks. Checking blood is a 50 dollar job. Not 550. My gawd. It's all a scam.

I have a question: Why does everybody want to 'rebuild' when we already have a ton of good players? And a lot of awful players. But our front office could rectify the situation by adding a few in free agency. Look, do you trust our scouts to trade for the right young guys to rebuild?? I don't. You keep this amazing starting rotation intact and do these things... 1B - Keep Abreu. 2B - trade Frazier, play Saladino if his back is OK. SS - Keep Anderson 3B - Keep Frazier Infield prognosis: Very good infield offensively and defensively. LF - Trade Melky CF - Keep Eaton RF - Trade Avi. C - Pay one in free agency. DH - Pay one in free agency. Outfield prognosis: Admittedly not great. Bullpen: Sign some, trade for some. Look, a total rebuild is insane with this pitching staff. Our scouts suck. I don't trust a total revamping of the roster. You are looking at a 40 win team if we trade Sale, Q, Robertson, Frazier, Abreu.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 08:43 PM) Your own descriptions of what you consider their flaws to be is telling enough. Nothing about the whole "White Supremacist/antisemite" part, and you don't even count him as a liar. What do you want me to say? I don't really feeling like listing all the reasons Trump is not a good person. Let's just say as a person I'm thinking he's a 2 out of 10. That's to his accomplishments in his businesses and the way he's treated people (outside of his own family). He seems like a good family man. Lot of kids who seem to like him as a dad, etc. I'm not a fan of Trump, but I'd give Hillary a 2 as well. QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) Just poking a little fun at you, Greg, because you contradict yourself quite a bit. No harm intended. Thank u.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 08:15 PM) As long as they stand for the Anthem, I'm ok with them not voting. This was unprecedented in terms of both candidates being terrible. How can you blame me for writing in somebody? My vote also was worthless in many's minds. Had Bernie been the candidate I'd probably had voted for him. He'd have been the "best of two horrible choices." With Hillary and Trump there was no way in hell I could vote for either. Both are disasters and also IMO bad people. Trump a ruthless one percenter; Hillary a liar and selfish one percenter.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 07:04 PM) Dude isn't even president yet and is already a clown. good job america and I'm not talking about the trump voters, I'm talking about the millions who sat at home and didn't vote. How many times do we have to go through this? Millions of Americans had a right to sit at home when given choices as horrific as Trump and Hillary Clinton.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 03:41 PM) This team is like 15 wins out of first place. Where are those coming from? Their core is as good as the other teams' cores but the rest is s***. Rebuild time. Sox had a ton of close games. Our pathetic bullpen blew game after game in the Robin era. QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 05:52 PM) They have to spend the money. Money is only tight because front office says so. They can spend it if they want to win. I agree, if they don't want to spend any money, trade everybody and field a AAA team. Not a bad post. Sox should trade the busts and try to fill the holes again in free agency by spending a bit more. Starting pitching still looks pretty good.

Just think. If we hadn't had Robin and we actually had a RELIABLE bullpen and a guy like Salvy Perez, we might not be mourning all but one year of the Robin era. Our bullpen has SUCKED. Now we think we need a total rebuild when we truly COULD contend if Jerry spent MEGA dollars on free agents this offseason.

You know, even though I despise Hillary and didn't want her to win, I conceded on here and was looking ahead to impeachment hearings ASAP. Now that Trump is president (I didn't vote for either) I'm not against the same scrutiny and impeachment ASAP. I mean Drain the Swamp means Drain the Swamp. If Trump deserves impeachment for any reason, I'm not against a new era of impeaching every one of these people that become President.