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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 03:05 AM) Greg, looks like you'll have to pick someone other than Jesse Ventura. http://www.businessinsider.com/jesse-ventu...epernick-2016-9 I still love Jesse after watching that. I mean I think Colin is being disrespectful to the military with his stance of kneeling during the anthem when everybody else pretty much is being respectful. Jesse says he fought to give guys like Colin the right to protest. That's fine. I can accept that. I still think the way he's protesting is bulls*** but I can accept Jesse's points. Jesse did say, "Whether I agree with what he did is irrelevant." Yeah, I guess so. Like I said, Colin pretty much made a mockery of doing the anthem at sporting events. And the Gabby Douglas thing was so silly that people were mad at her. So as of today I think we should get rid of the anthem at sporting events. Because of Colin, it's kinda finally jumped the shark. Our country is way too divided to play a "National Anthem" at sporting events. Just kill it now and let us all continue to hate each other. That's what we seem to do best as a country.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 03:35 PM) I'm with you Greg. It's really an amazing time to be a live and in the great city of Chicago. I, for one, moved near Wrigley field (within a walk 0.5 mi away) to get to enjoy this wonderful moment coming. But I don't want them to win it. I don't even want them in the WS. I can't suggest betting the house on the Cubs cause they are such prohibitive favorites. I can't recommend betting so much money that you get a tidy profit. It's like betting the heavy heavy favorite at Arlington. It's not worth it. But in terms of locks ... this is the biggest lock in a long long time. The AL team might as well be the Indians for the heck of it, cause the Cubs will roll through the postseason as our Sox did in 05. Cubs over cleveland 4 games to none.

When I say Fred Hoiberg, you say ....

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 08:36 PM) Jose, as of right now, is hitting .300 with 24 HR and 95 RBI. There is an outside chance that he gets .300 30 HR 100 RBI again. Considering where he was at the all star break, thats just crazy We have to accept the fact he's one of the better hitters in the game of baseball.

This probably isn't the right thread but I didn't want to open a Black Lives Matter thread. I had a question. I was watching the video today of the Yale students ganging up on some professor who was upset that the administration sent out a memo warning students to not dress up inappropriately for Halloween. Like have a costume that might offend. They ganged up on him and were screaming at him. One woman was crying and said she expected a "safe space" at Yale where she could be protected from offensive people/language. Is that the purpose of Yale?? To be a safe space?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) With Trump drawing higher ratings and much more coverage, why would they want Clinton? Bigger point, there's a much higher likelihood of war or some random conflict escalating with Trump, and that will play for even higher ratings. I guess cause the ratings blip you speak of is not important in this case. You are a smart person. You must see what greg sees. Total love of Hillary/Bill in the media. Why else would they censor a SCOOP? They got Bill to say Hillary faints often and they edit it out?? The media just has to have a Democrat in the oval office. I don't know why they aren't more like Limbaugh. Yes he wants a Republican in there, but he knows a Demo makes for better shows cause he hates Demos. Now if a tradiitional Republican gets in there (Trump is a different story; he's not really a Republican) Rush's show is affected cause he can't blast the Republican. If it's a Democrat however, like Bill or Obama or Hillary ... look out. He can rip away and it's much better talk radio. Why do the networks want Hillary so much? This incident is appalling.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 06:10 AM) I wonder how many people have greg blocked now Did you see Charles Barkley's comments? I can link if you don't wanna google it.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 12:57 AM) I so would've been banned for this Not in the filibuster. It was a passionate post. That's all.

How dare CBS protect Hillary by editing comments. https://radio.foxnews.com/2016/09/13/video-...rotect-hillary/ So now the networks get a scoop yet they want Hillary as President so badly they censor their own interview. For the life of me, I don't know why CBS wants Hillary as president so badly. CBS has some explaining to do!

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) They have Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook, Panarin, Hossa, and Crawford. With those guys they will be in contention for a cup every year. So yes, they'll be good. The West is very good though and Hawks have a lot of new guys and young players that will play this year. Nice. I would guess the young guys will be the key to whether we can make a run for the Cup.

Can you believe the Chicago Cubs are going to win the 2016 World Series? It's here and it's happening, folks. And if they win it, the Sox are irrelevant forever. It actually probably would be good for the Sox. To get our front office moving. Chicago is a championship city right now. The Hawks always win the Cup; the Sox won it in 05; the Bulls had the Jordan dynasty. it's crazy. Now the Cubs -- WS champs. It's going to be tough to stomach.

Look, it's very simple, University presidents, athletic directors, coaches. If a student comes forward with rape allegations against an athlete you just have to hold the athlete out of competition and work with police to expedite charges/formal proceedings for expulsion. How many cases have there been where the alleged victim just makes this stuff up? My guess is not too many. Why would a woman go to police, show her bruises on her neck, go through rape kit if it weren't true? I agree innocent til proven guilty but folks if an athlete gets caught up in a situation where there are allegations, it's sad if he's innocent but he has to be held out of competition at the bare minimum til the law sorts everything out. This is horrifying to me Watch the woman's press conference http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/unc-rape-...ions/index.html

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:27 AM) See all the multiple options Lincoln looked at first for dealing with the slavery issue, including sending slaves back to Africa... I read about it after your post. Amazing that Mr. Lincoln did indeed meet with former slaves asking if they'd move to Africa saying the two races will never get along.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 06:31 AM) That particular email has Google hits back to July, not really seeing any Google news links with anything all that negative right now? I think by now most Americans believe Hillary is a liar and crooked. I just think most poor to lower middle class for some reason believe the Democrats will help put some money in their pockets (which I kinda think is a fallacy), and women overwhemingly hate Trump, thus you've got a lot of people overwhelmingly picking Hillary as the best of two evils. That's it in a nutshell, right? No hate on greg here, just tell me I'm right in my assessment. Thanx.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) The military fights to protect his right to protest and lots of military personnel have said they supported Kaepernick. To try and assign offense to the military as a civilian is the most offensive part of your post. I said I heard some military on the radio pissed off.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 08:14 PM) It's amazing the amount of people that in here clamoring for a .750 .OPS player. He's fine. Not special by any means though and would be best suited in a utility role. The guy was hitting .280 before tonight. Limited at bats. How many players nowadays can hit? Saladino can hit. Name five second basemen who are or would be better hitters than Saladino over 550 at bats? QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 08:42 PM) 1) Super-utility implies he's essentially playing as frequently as the starters, but rotating. This keeps everyone fresh and get's Saladino at-bats while also keeping him as a defensive sub or pinch runner when he sits. 2) You just immediately throw people that follow the draft and advanced metrics as being anti-Saladino. That's hogwash. "Draftniks" would probably be FutureSox people, who would likely be the most bullish on Saladino and have followed him for years. Advanced metrics last year showed us that Saladino has value, especially with the glove. 1. The Sox never have a super utility guy that plays as much as the regulars. Saladino was completely buried on the bench by Robin earlier on, before the injury. He was the forgotten man, in fact. 2. I haven't seen the metrics people speaking up for Saladino much. I'm pretty much reading from everybody that he's a sub at best.

I can't believe we're not at least a .500 team the last few seasons having Sale and Q as a 1-2 punch. And generally our No. 3 hasn't been too awful a pitcher.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 03:37 AM) They eat a lot. We go through at least six big bags of dog food a month plus canned food. And they are horses. But they are gentle giants Cool. I imagine it's fun giving a 6-foot tall Great Dane a big hug.

For a playoff only fan ... will the Hawks be good this year? What happened to them in the offseason?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 02:18 AM) Dogs are special people. We have six including four Great Danes. I saw some Danes at the game so we were excited Is having a Great Dane like having a horse? How do you feed them? Could they rip apart a steak in three gulps?

Has Robin saved his job?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 06:49 PM) I posted their career PA's to show that one is a finished product and the other is not despite their similar age. And I would have expected a lot more from you than simply comparing career wRC+ of a guy who has played 4+ full seasons vs. a guy with less one full season. One guy is improving and the other guy is arguably regressing. And take out Lawrie's ridiculous cup of coffee, which clearly has been an abberation, and he's closer to a 96 wRC+ hitter for his career (or basically where Saladino is right now). Factor in 2B defense, where Saladino has been the superior player this season (SSS) and I'm not sure what the argument is. Seems like you're expecting Saladino to regress for some reason and I can't understand why. I just hope we get rid of Lawrie. Saladino is ready.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 9, 2016 -> 01:04 AM) bWAR doesn't hate his defense as much as Fangraphs. by fWAR he's 5.3, 3, 1.4. That thing that's alarming is his wRC+ 161 129 118 and his iso: .264 .212 .185 his power is declining big time. I am still of the opinion that he is older then advertised. He moves and play like a 31-34 year old. Not someone still in his late 20s. Thanks for a reasoned reply tho, those seem rare when talking WAR around here. That's sad if he's really 34.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 07:32 PM) Hillary's IT person pleads the 5th, refuses to testify before Congress re: the email scandal. http://thehill.com/policy/national-securit...LHgZiiI.twitter Allows her supporters to continue to claim "no evidence!" Trump isn't lying when he calls her "Crooked Hillary." She's nobody for the U.S. to be proud of as our President. Problem is Trump and his insane takes on issues like immigration and love of Putin make him putrid as well.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 03:45 PM) This is your worst post in a while. I just get mad when people can't see what I see: In Saladino I see a regular, everyday player. He's more than some once a week utility guy.