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QUOTE (raBBit @ May 11, 2016 -> 10:26 AM) I got Sierra Nevada's Double IPA, I forget what it's called, but I've had it a few times and it's good. I think Torpedo. Gringolandia's Magnifico Wheat. Stone's West Coast IPA. Then the one Ale with the silky, thread label. The name escapes me. Might be a New Glarus beer. Palos Park Jewel. Came home to mow my Mom's lawn and it was a pleasant surprise. Shame on you. Don't forget...I'm from the paradise state when it comes to craft brews. PS: I couldn't tell you the last time I had a bud, miller or coors...actually I can...would be whenever I went to Milwaukee last and was at the Miller tour (probably 5 years ago now....Shipps can confirm since he was there).

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 11, 2016 -> 01:36 PM) This was 3rd/4th grade, and we had 2 leagues so the better kids played up and the kids who weren't as good or didn't want to compete too hard played down. While the coach definitely wanted to win he was never unpleasant to the kids, he would just always mess with opposing coaches/umps. Never in a mean way, he never called them names or swore (well loudly haha), he would argue the little things when they didn't really matter. But, at the same time, he connected with kids at that age when few can, and the entire team was focused on winning (again, no small feat for that age). We won the championship both years which I don't think any other team had done in quite some time in repeating. And while we were all competitive those were also some of the most fun years I've ever had, great introduction into pitch baseball. Here is the problem..you as kids see him ripping on the umps and now you think that is an acceptable approach. It can snowball from there. I even think of my softball leagues where people would flip out at the umps and how I'd laugh (although I will admit, once or twice, only on total hosejobs, did I voice my displeasure with a loud "realllly" or "noooooo way" that was it. When it is the big leagues, I understand. And people will say, its okay, no it really isn't. In high school and college it isn't tolerated, like at all. Yes with the coaches to an extent, but certainly not with players. Focus on the fundamentals and what you can control. Blaming the umps is an excuse and just starts the tradition of blaming others vs. taking responsibility.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 11, 2016 -> 12:58 PM) I've always wanted to coach but the politics in it seem like a drain I don't need, my favorite and best coach growing up was forced to quit by parents. He was fantastic with kids and really knew how to coach them up, which is a lot harder than one would think. But his one flaw was that he was relentless on the umps and other coaches (but never got on the opposing players), you could be up by 10 runs and he'll still argue balls/strikes with the ump. I guess his act got old, which is too bad because every kid wanted to be on his team (and no other team wanted to play against his). I have no respect for a coach who rails the umps for freaking kid games. None. The umps are typically volunteering their time (yes some get paid) but growing up in our league an off-duty cop was our ump and he'd ump practically every game in our league except for when his son's team played (made me think of it cause I bumped into him today when dropping my daughter off at preschool). The message being sent to kids at that point is wrong, imo.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 12, 2016 -> 12:48 AM) Tesla changed their projection of 500,000 Model 3's by the end of 2020, to the end of 2018. :o This probably pushed my expected arrival date on my Model 3 from Mid 2018 to Dec. '17 or so. About 6 months less to save for. While it will help almost certainly solidify me for the $7500 tax credit, having less time to save worries me. To account for this, I just bumped up my auto-paid savings "Tesla Fund" account and extra $100 a month. My goal is to be able to take about $20,000 off the price with savings + tax credit. Plan to configure my car for about $42,000 or so. So I'm an ahole (or as I tell myself...a truth teller) when it comes to personal finances, so I'm just going to make this comment, but unless I'm mistaken, you work as a server at a Chili's. Now I have no idea what your longer term plans are and maybe you have lined up some wall street job with a big signing bonus (or already have a ton of money through inheritance or something...either way, I don't need to know), but unless one of my predefined scenarios fits, in no way shape or form is dropping $42K on a car a solid financial decision for someone just starting out. You don't need to take my advice and I'm not here to get into a big discussion about it, but seeing that you are buying one I find it in my internet heart that I need to give you what I feel is the advice I'd tell my kids (and the advice I'd want someone to tell me in that situation).

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 12, 2016 -> 12:48 AM) Tesla changed their projection of 500,000 Model 3's by the end of 2020, to the end of 2018. :o This probably pushed my expected arrival date on my Model 3 from Mid 2018 to Dec. '17 or so. About 6 months less to save for. While it will help almost certainly solidify me for the $7500 tax credit, having less time to save worries me. To account for this, I just bumped up my auto-paid savings "Tesla Fund" account and extra $100 a month. My goal is to be able to take about $20,000 off the price with savings + tax credit. Plan to configure my car for about $42,000 or so. Musk lies lies lies. His projections are a joke. Any other person made comments and spewed BS projections like he did, and they'd never be in there role. Not to say he isn't really good at what he does (he's brilliant), just saying when it comes public comments, Musk's comments are overly aggressive vs. what a typical CEO would make. He just has a different way of motivation but I don't know that I'd buy his projections (that said I'm not following it in detail).

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ May 12, 2016 -> 07:28 AM) My own personal feeling is that attending NFL games in person is overrated. It costs a metric f***ton of money first of all, and you have a harder time following everything that's going on than you do on TV. I am amused by people debating what did or didn't happen during a game and someone chimes in saying "well, I was at that game and..." as though it validates their experience. lol, no, the rest of us saw that play in HD in multiple angles with slow motion replays, you were sitting 350 feet away, stop it. Ditto. I'll go to one every few years when the Bears are in the vicinity. That is it. Have no real desire to see them in person. Have a hard time figuring out what the hell is even going on.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 11, 2016 -> 08:33 AM) Just awful not using a guy on the DL. He needs to be fired immediately. To think this poster thinks ROBIN is clueless. Bottom line...not a player on a big league roster should not be expected to hand a 5 run lead in the 8th (especially when you add in the fact that the pen was taxed). On a normal day, okay Carrol probably doesn't get the job, but there were so many things outside of the one matter that I would argue Robin was off on (he left Carrol in for one batter too many). Grand scheme, that wasn't why we lost the game. Defense didn't make plays that it could have and our pen (including Albers) let us down big time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 11, 2016 -> 07:40 AM) It would be nice if he could be a force. I don't think anyone can be sold yet, but hopeful. He seems like a good kid who really works hard and wants to be good. Hopefully this works. His work ethic (to go along with his tools) is one of the big reasons I never could 100% write him off. If he had a lazier work ethic, I'd put the odds far less of him turning things around. Still, very small sample size but clearly reasons to be potentially optimistic.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 11, 2016 -> 05:51 AM) What craft beer did you end up getting? Bud, Miller, and Coors.

http://www.chicagonow.com/soxnet/2016/05/r...avisail-garcia/ Really good piece by a new writer at SoxNet, Bill Cowhey

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 11, 2016 -> 06:22 AM) Hamels is tough, but the Sox bats seem to be heating up. Hopefully Latos will bounce back after a couple of mediocre outings. I hope our bats come out. I think if we get the mediocre Latos that would be a good thing and about as much as I could have expected when we signed him. He's doing a good job of pitching, but his stuff isn't good enough to continue to pitch like he did early in the season. Stay healthy and give us quality innings which keep us in the game is what I hope Latos can do. Anything more is gravy. Come on Sox...pick up the pen from last night.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 11, 2016 -> 06:36 AM) That is a good point. The one that was on Fox or TBS last year in the playoffs was either way off, or the umpires had the same issues every game. The problem is, we are talking inches. One or 2 inches makes all the difference in the world, and if you aren't working the edges of the plate, you wind up being an ex pitcher. Almost impossible to get them all right, but obviously some are much better and consistent than others. That's why I think if they aren't going to go robotic, they should make the best balls and strikes umpires just balls and strikes umpires. I think the problem the notion of making the balls and strikes umps, just the balls and strikes umps is the physical toll it would take to be behind the plate every single game umping (hard enough for a professional athlete like a catcher, let alone an ump).

Yes...the first batter should have been out...doesn't justify giving up 5 runs. Last night the Sox played 2014 baseball. They were sloppy and whenever they had a chance to make a play defensively or pitch passed an issue, they failed. Bottom line, there were countless times with Rodon on the bump where the defense could have made a play and didn't and it led to runs and than in the 8th again that was the case (with Jackson...although it was still a rocket of Desmond's bat). I still like umps and I actually hate replay in regular season baseball.

Omg you all are terrible. Never seen more overacting in my life. Feel sorry for you all. It's a 162 game regular season...s*** happens and you move on.

Alright offense...lets get some more.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:36 PM) f***ing rv had no business treating this game so casually. Yes a five run lead in the eighth after we went twelve the night before...for Pete sake if you can't trust Carroll for that than he shouldn't be on the roster. Their isn't a pitcher in the bigs (or shouldn't be) who couldn't be expected to handle a five run lead in the ninth. s*** happens...need to overcomes.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:26 PM) All started on a blown strike 3 to Andrus Yep. Similarly a ton of rodons runs given up were due to sox not making the necessary plays. Hope I wrong but this just seems like a script of some sort of crazy ending. Come on Albers...get us out of this jam!!!

Time for a kick ass Rodon start and another White Sox winner!!!

SCS, not ignoring you, I just don't know enough to give an educated advice. When I worked in real estate and what I've gained via osmosis from a father whose been in the business for 40 years, when it comes to foreclosures, I was always told stay away. Doesn't mean you can't make money or do things, just that there are a lot of potential pitfalls / complications that go with foreclosures. Things that can really bite you in the ass. What all of those things are, I don't know.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 10, 2016 -> 10:16 AM) I know some hate him, but Rosenbloom was hilarious this morning http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosen...510-column.html Good piece. What I'd give to see Forman go.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 10, 2016 -> 06:36 AM) I hope it's real, but Avi has been hot before. He hit .349 his first 23 games with the White Sox. Last year on May 17, his splits were .346/.380/.492. He is ripping the ball right now, but has gone on insane hot streaks before. He has a lot of talent. Even his biggest critics will admit that. But it still is wait and see, but at least enjoy it while he is locked in. He was a machine last year early (first two months he had good production as you've highlighted). The tools are clearly there from an offensive perspective. The real question is can he consistently swing at the right pitches. Guys have made adjustments in there careers and taken off. I always said I liked Avi in a platoon role this year where he still got some chance to get AB's (because while I certainly didn't want to give him a starting job, I wasn't ready to just sit him either given his tools, which I think are pretty legit from an offensive perspective) and really another opportunity to potential create more playing time for himself. The LaRoche situation clearly pushed him into more playing time, but thankfully we made the move to address outfield defense. Hopefully we can see him continue to have more focused at bats and improved patience.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:34 AM) Bears will continue to lose guys with the way their front office is structured though. They have Ryan Pace as General Manager and Josh Lucas as Director of Player Personnel. Then they have Champ Kelly as Director of Pro Scouting and Douglas as Director of College Scouting. The Lucas position is a spot that many teams don't even have. For example, when Angelo was GM, Gabriel was College Scouting Director and Bobby DePaul was Pro Scouting Director. Those guys could only leave to take GM jobs. Heading up a personnel department will always be a promotion for Bears guys because Lucas will be above them. Agree...although technically the Bears could have blocked the Eagles from hiring away from us (and others) as the only real protection they have would be if they were leaving for a GM job. That said, Pace (and Fox) for that matter both seem to be huge proponents of letting guys take promotions elsewhere (even if it hurts the Bears in the short-term, I think they view it as if guys go elsewhere and have success it only makes the Bears jobs more attractive...plus probably something about fresh minds always can bring in new viewpoints, etc).

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 10, 2016 -> 06:55 AM) It needs to have longer episodes. I don't know if the longer episodes would ruin it or not. Love the show though. So damn hillarious.

That was the most impressive OT performance in the playoffs I can ever remember an individual player having. Wow.

I really liked the guy we lost...just because he came from the Ravens, haha.