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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 10:27 AM) Was there a starting bid or did I miss out on a $1 NFL autographed ball? At the very least, just play street football with or use the football to play with your kids (even if you didn't want the autograph).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 08:32 PM) Cutler donated a signed ball to the Anti Cruelty Society's fundraiser. There were no bids. Disgusting. I hope he wins 3 rings for us and shuts everyone up and goes down as one of the most loved Bears ever!!!

To be frank, that sounds like a stupid bet.

Rose needs to get back out there and more minutes but next year is the year that I expect Rose will take some major steps forward and ideally be closer to his MVP days than anything we have seen since. Rose was such a bad passer for most of this year, that I don't expect him to come back and be elite but I expect him to be focused and significantly improve our on the ball defense at the PG spot while also being able to help the overall pace of the offense. I would hope we get him back out on Friday against the Bucks and just ease him from a minutes perspective, although I presume it won't be until next week.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) Decent depth for the backfield. He can kind of do it all. Hopefully no more than our #3. Agreed; I like the bargain basement shopping Pace has done.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 03:47 PM) been so long since we had a healthy DROSE going into the playoffs. We deserve some run good. Lets not jinx it people. *Knock on Forest*

QUOTE (SnB @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 01:34 PM) It was a fine episode, but definitely not a good season finale. Nothing major really happened... I liked the episode quite a bit. Sets up a lot of good and interesting things for the next season and nice to know that there will be a spin-off this summer so I can get some Zombie coverage while waiting for TWD to return again in the fall.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 12:46 PM) Who woudn't blow off Rongey? Maybe Carlo and his ex listened to enough post-game shows last year to get their fill of his act. Cooper treats him with barely disguised disdain and nobody makes much of anything about it. What you say absolutely does not make it right to blow someone in the media off. I hope someone straightened the kid out if he did do this. It just isn't a professional way to handle things.

Oh man that is a fantastic tweet.

Awful.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 27, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) I always felt like that show would have been completely up my alley, but I found it pacing way too slow for me even in episode 1. Which is funny, because I'm in love with Mad Men and that show often take a half season to go anywhere. I'm the same way. Too many times in season 1 would American's put me to sleep from the Pace and it was the exact type of show that I normally would really like but after falling asleep so many times I decided it wasn't for me.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 27, 2015 -> 07:30 PM) Pitino really is great isnt he Izzo is too!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 27, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) Eh I guess you have somewhat of a point. You have to get through Cleveland one way or another, why not just do it earlier? But you also have to realize Rose needs time to adjust and get his game back. So barring injury, he's better off playing any team other than Cleveland before the CF. Because our team would still likely be in the process of geling. Tough part about 4 seed is you have a much tougher match-up in first round (6 / 7 / 8 seeds are much worse than 5 seed).

QUOTE (tpezz27 @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) Tommy John for Brady Aiken. http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/457...my-john-surgery If you are the White Sox, do you take your chances and draft Aiken in the first after agreeing to a well below slot signing and than from there have cushion to be a little extra aggressive in the later rounds (nabbing some guys who fell). I guess the question is how much less would Aiken take and what are the Sox view of his recovery / med's and overall upside. If we were picking later in the 1st round, I'd say it was an easier decision. I also am not sure if fact we don't have 2nd / 3rd round picks makes situation better or worse.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 01:27 PM) My scenerio is he makes the team, makes 2 starts, gets injured and winds up on the DL for the rest of the season. That would basically cost 2 years. I don't understand these writers, it is 2 weeks as a rookie vs. an entire season when you should be at the peak of your career. Not to mention, if Rodon comes up and is really good, you have a harder time saving him for the latter part of the season due to innings restrictions. Reality is we should have Rodon focusing on developmental pitches and aspects of his game in the minors and than give him a nice adjustment to the major league level while monitoring innings and almost having a built in "break" somewhere in the season to ensure that you can control his innings while building up his durability, etc.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 1h1 hour ago Heard it from scout today: #WhiteSox Carlos Rodon reminds him of "young Steve Carlton." Not too shabby. I love what I've seen of Rodon. I've liked everything I've seen from Rodon, however, I think when he goes to the minors he needs to really focus on throwing his fastball, change and cutter and go a handful of games without throwing more than X sliders (or even throwing the slider at all). It is the development of those other pitches (in addition to the obvious things like health) which will be the driver in whether he can reach his ceiling or not (and that ceiling is very high).

Great road win. Dominate 4th quarter!!! 4-0 against Raptors on the year. Team appears to be gelling a bit. Hopefully we get some good news about Rose this week and maybe late next week we have him back (and everybody else stays healthy...along with Derrick).

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) Yeah, luckily he's just a guy that left visible bruises on his pregnant girlfriend. I actually was really down on McDonald but from what I have read, his girlfriend beat him up and he basically put his hands on her to remove her from him. He supposedly did not strike her or anything of the sort, rather removed her from him and given his size vs. hers it left some minor bruising. It doesn't sound as if he struck her. In fact, I thought I had heard something about she had hit him or pointed a gun at him. Not saying the guy is a saint or anything but it appears that most people close to the investigation do not believe he did it. Hub had a good article referencing a close contact he had in the Niners organization who vouched for Ray and said he did not believe the allegations were true.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 10:03 AM) Apparently John Fox said that the team approached him about restructuring his contract. No word on whether he agreed to do it I tend to think that Jay without Marshall will be a good thing. I think Jay probably was in some extremely difficult positions given his friendship with B as to how to handle the whole B being a lockeroom cancer thing. We know Jay has his flaws as a leader but he works hard, etc, and I think being in that position where he isn't a "strong" leader was pretty difficult (in addition to not having someone else in the lockeroom that could control the situation).

Good news on the Rose front.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 07:05 AM) His assertion that Pace went about this in a psychotic way...actually, i'm struggling to even see in his debased mind what pace did wrong in the process of this signing. I don't like this signing, i hate the mindset of football organizations that don't care how the employees of their billion dollar product may bulldoze people and use their influence to get out of it, but getting internal buy-in for a move you know is not a run-of-the-mill signing, and getting everyone to stand behind it is a sign of a well-run organization, not a bad one. The idea that this could be a bad sign about pace, and not be referencing judgement in signing McDonald is ridiculous. I agree. I think the way the Bears have handled everything in regards to this was pretty solid. Smells like a well ran organization with strong lines of communication, etc. Plus it was important to be in front of this vs. being behind and I think they basically immediately handled the situation given the background of the player they brought in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Leury ought to work as an actual super-sub. Every one of those guys along with the OFs can sit one day a week. That's 5-6 games Leury could play a week, and that's assuming no one gets hurt which will happen at some poitn. You said it far more elegantly than I did.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) He is not even going to play every day in the minors. Between Saladino, Sanchez, and Leury there are plenty of at bats to go around (in addition to the DH position and having those guys play in the outfield). The reality is all of them are most likely utility candidates and all have their own unique skillsets. The position Leury was put in was an almost impossible position to succeed in last year but his defensive tools are far greater than Saladino or Sanchez, imo. His bat is behind the others and his speed is better than the others. I see no reason why anyone has a concern. Every guy could split time and there would still be plenty of developmental at bats and consistent play to go around (additionally, injuries happen). Plus Davidson could get his days off as well and open up some more at bats there too. Cutting Leury would be a mistake, imo. I think when it comes to people like this, you see who might be the hot hand at the time and they get the shot should the need at the big league level open up.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 11:11 AM) i dont want distractions(and i dont want McDonald), but I think that Marshall is in a different stratosphere than McDonald in that regard. From a checkered past, if McDonald truly has video evidence proving his innocence, than he isn't even in the same stratosphere as Brandon. Brandon has made significant changes in his life but the guy's rap sheet and his life prior to that was a complete an utter disaster. You think about the stuff people say about Dez and Marshall was probably worse.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 07:54 AM) Are you guys disliking a McDonald signing because of his off the field stuff or the on the field play? The real question to me is what is the true story behind his off the field stuff. From an on the field perspective, it is a great signing. Off the field, I think it comes down to what the real story was.