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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) It's a weird combination of a rookie QB, zero wide receivers, and the most conservative coach in the league. Today was rough to watch, but they got the early lead and it worked out, no reason to force anything extra on Trubisky yet. But that is not gonna work next weekend in NOLA. Most likely not. But today it was all they needed. It was an awful offensive performance (like the double meaning) but it was all they needed.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:21 PM) The Bears need wide recievers, period. The opposing defenses don’t even worry about them and still stack the box, they don’t give Trubisky much of a chance to do anything. When he does get a chance you see what he can do, which is pretty good. But the Fox method of getting any lead and salting off the clock is just terrible. No doubt but since they can't acquire one during the season, what you see is what you get. I said before they put Trubiskey in that the offense has not WRs so the play calls won't change. The game plan today is the only chance they have to win.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 06:11 PM) The Bears don't have an NFL offense. If you can't see that, I am not sure what to say here. They didn't need one today. Why take a chance on turning the ball over. The team did everything they needed to for the win.

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:16 AM) the cubs traded josh donaldson. those things happen. it is not ideal but everyone makes mistakes. that is not an exact science you sometimes pick the wrong guy. now it is possible that that move costs the sox a ws but they still have a great farm and a chance to build a really good team. The cubs also got rid of Rich Hill and the lack of pitching for them really showed this year. Did that move cost the cubs this WS?

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 03:52 AM) I don't think its unreasonable to say that trade may end up costing us a world series. One less hole we'd need to fill with a cost controlled star. Time will tell. Never liked that trade from the day it was announced. could also go the other way. If the Sox didn't trade for Shields and got a good pitcher they may have been a better team and not gone ahead with the full re-build. So you could say that the trade had the biggest impact on the team going for the re-build and possibly leading to a world Series. There is also the possibility that he wouldn't have made any progress in the sox system because many posters believe the system can't develop hitters. The results so far back this up. In actuality, i don't think any single deal would make or break this team. The FO has done a really good job of gathering a good amount of talent, some of which will make it to the MLB, some won't.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 21, 2017 -> 11:31 AM) I just heard on the score that Chris bosio got fired. I guess he's taking the sword for the genius Maddon. That may be part of it but Maddon's boy Hickey just left the Rays. Don't be surprised if Hickey is the new pitching coach.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 10:14 PM) Nothing really riles up the 3rd worst attendance in the league like s***ty ticket packages and higher priced games. Business 101 The more I look at it, I think I like these options better. It was tough to get anything done when I went to games on both Saturday and Sunday. It killed the weekend. with the games being Friday night and Saturday, it leaves time Sunday. we'll see how it works in practice but in theory, I think I like it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 09:19 PM) Post 5. 5 Fridays and a Thursday. It's not too bad because it's Fridays mostly. Removing Sundays does add some price to the tickets.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 09:19 PM) Post 5. 5 Fridays and a Thursday. Thanks. i only looked at the pricing one not the schedule. hopefully, i'll get a notice soon.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 07:30 PM) Long time season ticket holders get the short stick. I have a full season so that stays the same, but my two other packages get the short stick. The weekday package get hosed the most....losing multiple prime games that go to the "Rivals". Weekend package now has 6 weekday games. Value package does look the best, but you lose all seniority privileges so you'll be sitting further back to change packages. Thanks Jerry Really? Where did you find this? I'm not sure if I can do that now.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 05:05 PM) 7 fewer games $15 less. 22% price increase per game for me. Yeah. My average ticket price went up 2.30 per ticket. If we got more "premium" games I guess it would even out but more likely it's an increase in season ticket prices.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 04:40 PM) I don't have "Rivals Package" cost details..... Thanks.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) How does this even impact the White Sox and Bears? Because the city may use it to justify raising the tax on sporting events again. Since the sports tax is already higher, the longer it takes for the concert tax to go up, the longer it will be before the sports tax goes up again.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 03:07 PM) Just received noticed that season ticket packages are changing for 2018. I haven't see the games, but the two 27 game packages are gone. They'll still offer the weekend and weekday packages, but they'll be 20 games and they haven't released which 20 games. They are going to offer: 7 game package 2-40 game packages Full Season And the mentioned 2-20 game packages that will replace the old weekend/weekday packages. I didn't get that notice yet.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 09:13 AM) Move on. Some people will only focus on the negative and not acknowledge the positive. The organization must be 100% on all decisions otherwise they are useless. i'm surprised people aren't still complaining about Gio being in the post-season and the screw up there.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 02:46 PM) It's possible he got knocked out and the fall to the ground caused the fracture. Seems more likely IMO. I bet if Portis hit him hard enough to break Mirotic's face, he'd have a broken hand/fingers. It's possible if he was out cold from the punch.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:06 AM) They didn't go to the hospital, and Michael Jordan made the Bulls money. If he broke some bones in someone's face and they missed 6 weeks, something would have happened to him. I was watching Kaplan's show last night and Bob Nightengale was on when they started talking about this. Fights in practice and clubhouses according to Nightengale are pretty common. They just usually don't get reported. And this one wouldn't have been reported if Niko didn't get severely injured. Kermit Washington got a 60 day suspension when he almost killed Rudy Tomjanovich back when the NBA had fights pretty often. Earlier that year, in a game between the same teams, Kareem Abdul Jabbar broke Kevin Kunnert's jaw with a punch, he also broke his hand, and got no suspension. Yes, they are in all pro sports. But the key factor here was the extent of the injury. Hitting someone hard enough to fracture the upper jaw is crazy. That's a great deal of force. He either had to hit him when he wasn't looking or when he was on the floor.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 09:38 AM) Do you really think Dowell Loggains, who has been criticized for being too pass happy with Barkley and Hoyer, is the one deciding to have an 80/20 pass ratio? I think the quality (or lack thereof) of wide receivers is dictating more than anything.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 11, 2017 -> 09:24 AM) Didn't it also come across as so tenuous? Like he could come back for spring training, it would beome worse and then he's gone for another year. With stress reactions/fractures that won't go away, the internal fixation (screws,plates, mesh) are the last resorts. See Kevin White.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2017 -> 09:08 AM) Anyone know what the recovery for the surgery mentioned would be? 8-12 weeks.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 10:35 PM) Things can change being the mantra... if we do go pitching - I sure hope it's a prep. Otherwise, give me the best available bat up the middle. The draft is such a crapshoot. They should take the player they think is going to be the best regardless of position or level.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 03:51 PM) Thanks for the reminder. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/desert-dogs-vs-...ab=,game=527272 Pitchers playing "Marco Polo" with the ball against Tito Polo. 3K in for ABs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 03:51 PM) They haven't given up a lot of yards, but the bears right now are the 8th worst scoring defense in the NFL. Interestingly, their numbers are within 1 yard of identical to Cleveland. I would also bet that the yards given up has something to do with the inept offense - you don't need to drive 80 yards against the Bears down the stretch when you're up 14 and if the Bears punt from the 10 you don't have to drive 80 yards to put points on the board, but no obvious signs in the stats of this being a "good" defense to me. Low turnovers, giving up a lot of points, opposing teams score on 40% of their drives (7th worst). Ouch. Hard to win that way. but like you said when the offense gives the ball away so often, it gives the other offense a very short field. Is there a place to find the 5 of touchdowns? Seems to me they hold pretty well against giving up touchdowns even when the other team gets the ball on the bears side of the field so often.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 03:50 PM) It wont. Soccer has a ton of concussions as well, no one even talks about it. Not to mention most of the money is in lawsuits for players from the past. Any new lawsuit would have to show that the team/Dr let someone play while they had a concussion. Exactly. If the players are treated properly it won't be an issue. The issue with the NFL is that they neglected to treat the players properly. Which by the way still occurs. There are lawsuits against teams and team physician's from players about pushing them to play every year. The professional sports is a totally different animal than then others.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 03:47 PM) The fact that we are even talking about young men dying on the field is reason enough to, you know, entertain the thought that maybe humans shouldn't play football? Who is dying on the field? The ones I've seen were from some type of congenital anomaly (the one's I've seen were cardiac issues) that probably would have show up during another physical activity. It had nothing to do with the actual game. There were lawsuits and no consequence because there was no negligence. I could be using the wrong legal terms but you get the idea.