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Jeeze, you guys need to chill out. The only thing I'm upset about is the continued marginalization of Q.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) Guys, remember, the Bears don't need to restructure his contract, they have the right to convert money to a bonus at any time if they choose to do so. They already did so they could sign Allen before Cutler even played a game under that contract. This is why these comments are incredibly confusing.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 01:37 PM) I never tried to explain the bruises on his fiancee's neck. I don't care who they sign. I've always said this. I compartmentalize things like this. I want to be entertained on Sunday. I don't really care what these guys do on their time. The majority of people have jumped to the conclusion that he's guilty already though when he may not be. From what I read, there is no case. Especially if the defense attorney has the surveillance video that he claims to have. I can't speak on the domestic assault case. Charges weren't filed and that doesn't mean he's innocent but should the man never be able to work again? I think he should be able to work, just why should he be able to work in the NFL?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 01:11 PM) White Sox are valued at $975 million (up from $695m last year), had revenues of $227 million, and a profit of $31.9 million in 2014. Revenues were actually up $17 million in 2014, from $210m in 2013. Reading between the lines, if you take out the new $25 million from MLB's TV contract, revenues were down again last year. Using the numbers provided, it also means the White Sox cut expenses from about $213 million in 2013, to about $195 million in 2014, accounting for a small majority of the profits from 2014. (~56%). Other interesting notes is that on top of attendance being down, they also had the 3rd lowest TV ratings in all of baseball. http://www.forbes.com/teams/chicago-white-sox/ Looks like Forbes is trying to adjust after being off so miserably the last few sales.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 01:03 PM) 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. You know, I have a hard time giving benefit of the doubt here, when the person he called was the director of security who called an off-duty cop, who arrived before the police. Maybe that's what happened...but it certainly smells like b.s. to me.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) The narrative on Hawkins has always been that he expected to just breeze into AA and the Sox aggressive promotions certainly didn't do anything to disabuse him of that notion. When he struggled the scuttlebutt at the time was yea, "he was humbled" so it makes sense. And props for actually using the word properly and not Lebron James style. But save me some time: why exactly did they keep Hawkins in spring camp so long? Just based on his performance or did they mention something else? They want to keep hawkins in camp with Steverson because they have a great relationship, and they are rewarding him for his great play.

Yeah, luckily he's just a guy that left visible bruises on his pregnant girlfriend.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) For the record I am not equating DUI or possession with rape, I don't believe it is or should be treated the same. This league is full of violent people who do violent things, and sometimes that leaks into their personal life. I bet if we looked up and down the Bears roster we would find some issues that go beyond dui and possession Kadeem Carey, whom if we cut, I would not shed a tear.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 05:50 AM) The cap is going to take a huge leap in a couple of years. How is the timing between Rose's contract expiring , and Anthony Davis being available to the highest bidder? Bring unibrow home. this is where I'm at. Rose's contract will be coming off the books when the cap will explode. Bulls just need to keep core together until then to make decisions. Might catch lightning in a bottle like 11 mavs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 10:46 AM) Ticket-wise, you are better off having Penny or Danks pitch the home opener. People are gonna go no matter who is pitching, maybe you sell a few extra tickets later if Shark or Sale pitch on a much less desirable day. I don't really care about ticket-wise. You could also say that putting on a show with a great pitcher with a packed house may lead to future ticket sales. edit: i'm just whining because i'm so pumped for 4/10. I know this just reflects our lack of depth after Q.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) A couple of really interesting things in there. First was Hawkins "needing to be humbled" The second is using Anderson as a lead off hitter, which to me means they are trying to get him to take more pitches, and not that they see him as a leadoff hitter. Yes, forgot about that. I hated the "humbled" line. Loved the stuff on Steverson and Hawkins.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 09:51 AM) But this is a league of questionable people, you cannot avoid them. You want them to be good people, but sometimes they are not. I disagree on this, I don't mind giving second chances to people, but domestic abuse charges and sexual assault charges are a not the same as possession or dui charges. There are so, so many players that do not have anything like that, and they could have survived a year without mcdonald easily.

This was an excellent read. Loved the info on EJ and why Hawkins has stayed up.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 08:42 AM) Its funny how Bernstein has gone from not really liking but understanding the McDonald move at the beginning of his show yesterday, and now has gone full b**** on twitter about it now. 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.

Well as long as his parents gave us their blessing

Looks like mason foster is finally a done deal.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 04:03 PM) At this point in the season I cant help but be happy with the development and maturation of everyone other than Rose. We really had no idea that we had a max contract all-star in Butler or a bonafide all-star in Mirotic. If we thought it was a possibility we wouldnt have said it was a strong one. This basically alters the way we will think of this team for years to come. If these two didnt play out of their minds this year imagine how down we would be on this team. We would want the whole thing blown up no matter what happens in the playoffs. well not everyone. Hinrich went from funny to hate, to being legitimately god awful. Taj really stepped back and has been injured, and Noah took way longer to get good this year than normal.

note on jenkins - he signed for vet min, so really nothing to worry about if he sucks.

What an home opener weekend for the sox. Who wouldn't want to see brad penny and john danks?

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) This is actually a pretty good draft for 5T type guys. Leonard Williams - USC Arik Armstead - Oregon Henry Anderson - Stanford Corey Crawford - Clemson Xavier Cooper - Washington St. Also signing these guys for 1 year deals. You are in the same boat next year. I mean, no way leonard williams drops to bears, and you have no idea when the next ones will go in relation to bears. Jenkins is a signing I like. No real financial ramifications, not good, but young, and if he pans out you found a player. Tim Jennings was basically that. I don't have much respect for the defensive coaching the skins have used last decade.

I think "off the field issues" is my least favorite euphemism in sports. People throw all kinds of minor stuff (late for practice) with rape and include it in one big bag.

hate the mcdonald signing. I actively hope he gets injured, not even great consolation knowing he'll get paid.

So Mirotic is basically the Bulls offense.

I still can't believe how old Hawkins looks physically though.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) Hold on, I thought it was something about his back and not his arm? I have no idea, I was just responding to the link where suddenly his velocity fell off a cliff. I have not seen follow-up reports.