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QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:46 AM) AJ is Steve Stone's replacement. AJ would be good in this role.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:11 AM) I still remember when Bevington walked to the mound to pull a starter, motioned for a reliever but he had forgotten to get a guy warmed up first. Good ole Terry. It was Robin who suggested that Foulke should go to the mound to warmup, while the real reliever quickly warmed up in the pen to come in the game.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) The Tribune writers took the death blow to Piazza. I'm still saying Biggio is going under 75%. I also think Sosa, Palmeiro, and maybe McGwire go under 5%, which would be great. Updated: Jan.4 - 1:45 ~ 123 Full Ballots ~ (21.6% of vote ~ based on last year) 100 - Maddux 97.6 - Glavine 91.1 - F. Thomas 81.3 - Biggio ——————————— 71.5 - Piazza 64.2 - Bagwell 61.8 - Morris 60.2 - Raines 41.5 - Bonds 40.7 - Clemens 39.0 - Schilling 31.7 - Mussina 25.2 - Trammell 24.4 - E. Martinez 22.8 - L. Smith 15.4 - Kent 13.0 - McGriff 11.4 - L. Walker 9.8 - McGwire 7.3 - S. Sosa 6.5 - R. Palmeiro The votes on the PED group is interesting. You can almost see the thought process. McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro were considered HOF only because of the PEDs. While Bonds and Clemens were HOF caliber prior to the PED use but because of the use many won't vote for them.

Phil Everly, 74, one of the most influential and greastest in rock. RIP

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 07:58 PM) I think the Lyle Mouton/Mike Bertotti ticket looks stronger Marc Hill manager with Ron kittle as the bench coach, Jerry Dybzinski as the 1B/ base running coach, Ron LeFlore as the hitting coach and Salome Barojas as pitching coach.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 01:33 PM) Very likely that would have worked better as a reply to Kyle. Wait a minute. I'm not the only one who screws it up?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) I assume Konerko also speaks fluent spanish for this to make sense, right? I'm sure there will be a translator around, if not one of the other players. All clubs will employ them, if needed. PK has always been willing to help younger players and I think he will be available to Abreu.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 01:04 PM) Which is why you also advocated shutting down Danks after 25 starts last year and Peavy after his arm clearly tired out in 2011, right? It's different for pitchers and hitters. Pitchers need to pitch regularly to maintain the endurance and muscle strength since they get time off between starts anyway. For hitters the breaks are usually mental breaks especially for rookies who struggle or foreign players who are adjusting to many variables in life not just slumps in baseball. I think have PK as a resource for Abreu is a great idea. Pk went through many struggles as a similar player to Abreu.

The rotation is always the most important part of the team. Each team needs to have 7 starters to have agood season. Over the course of a season things happen and the depth is needed. Hitting feasts o poor toaverage pitching. Good pitching will beat good hitting. Over the course of a season, hitting will beat the vast amount of bad pitching out there. A deep pitching staff will beat this.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 09:50 AM) I'd rather see Paul Konerko than Jake Elmore, no matter how bad Konerko is. Keppinger is still the more obvious choice. He has the MLB experience as a utility IF.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) I have a very bad feeling about these Olympics. Those black widow bombers have already started. I really hope I am wrong As bad as it could be, the USOC is much more worried about the Next Summer ones in Rio. They are already allocating extra resources for future security.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 09:42 AM) Pre-2011, Morel was the BA #85 prospect. Davidson has never been that high. Fields was #95 in 2005, and #45 in 2007. Borchard was top 20 at one time. Brian Anderson was top 50. Simon Castro was top 60. Prospects are still suspects until they actually succeed. Yes. This is the danger with trading established MLB players for prospects. It's always a better bet to trade the prospects. However, with as bad as the offense was last year, Hahn needed to take some chances. Hopefully, the scouting is sound.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 07:41 AM) Really don't feel like being at work today, but money is important. Screwed up again by being too slow. I quit.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 07:33 AM) Quite slow at work today. I leave at lunch time, but it's going to feel like I've been here 10 hours. Rats, I knew I shouldn't have tried after drinking. I did screw up again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 30, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) Might depend on the chemistry Let me cogitate on the one.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 30, 2013 -> 04:30 PM) I'm not saying he's a bust yet, but he was horrific all season. Easily one of the worst starting LB's in the NFL last year. There is no f***ing way I'm giving Tucker another year to show that he can't develop players. But unlike others, I'm not about to talk like Emery is some god. I think he's done some pretty good things and also some pretty bad things in the draft. I hope Bostic / Greene learn a lot from this season and grow into good players but Bostic regressed during the course of the season. Reading between the lines, a lot of people think Cutler is going to sign an extension with the Bears pretty quickly. I am hoping that is the case and the Bears have already had some solid talks and the QB situation can get addressed quickly. Emery has a lot to work on as this will be an extremely busy off-season given how many guys are free agents. Bears are reportedly in talks to sign Slauson to an extension, which would be great. Tucker had his hands tied having to use someone else's defense and terminology. I wouldn't go off on him yet. He gets a year to do it his way.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 28, 2013 -> 11:08 AM) Exceptional weather in Chicago today Fine here in Mississippi. 70 degrees.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 10:41 PM) I have one question for you guys who think it's determined the team will stink in 2014 ... why do we have this playoff-ready pitching staff for a team going nowhere? Why didn't we spend some cash like the Yankees to upgrade maybe two more positions go with these dandy trades and win our s*** division right now?? With Leyland gone, the Tigers will be nothing to fear anymore. If this team is going nowhere FOR CERTAIN, then why not shut down Sale until we're ready to contend. Just don't even pitch him. I mean he's developed. Why waste one pitch out of that arm if it's 100 percent certain we're not winning anything next season?? Before you blast me, I think it's a legitimate question. Maybe even leave Danks on the shelf all year, too. And Quintana. He's also been stretched out enough that he's major league ready for contention. Physically, you cannot sit a pitcher for a year. It would be like taking a year off of running then deciding to run an ultra marathon. It would be impossible. You could however run a 6 or 7 man rotation or put the pitchers on an innings limit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 02:08 PM) The "Why not" is that I think he'd still be a quality MLB contributor if he could stay healthy and I don't think he can stay healthy. I don't think going to Japan will somehow keep him healthy. If he is about ready to retire the life experience thing makes alot of sense. What more can he really do in MLB and spending a season in Japan would be fun.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 09:29 AM) HELL NO! Indefinitely!

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 11:56 AM) I realize that only a small sample size of votes has been made available, but I just don't understand how Glavine can get that much more support than Frank. I always thought he was a bit overrated and Frank was clearly the more dominant of the two players. I think some of it is the DH issue. Some voters still are biased against it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 25, 2013 -> 12:23 PM) Wesolych Swiat! Dziękuję!

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) I'm about a week in to the job search. Applied to 4 sports organizations so far I think. Everything seems to be either internships or 3-7 years experience needed. Where the hell are all the entry level jobs? Would have been willing to take an internship with Fort Wayne TinCaps or South Bend Silverhawks, but they pay between $500-$600 a month and expect up to 80 hours a week. That sounds awful. Welcome to the world of professional sports. I did the same thing working my way up the minor league baseball medical staff chain. Although the Mexican league was a lot of fun. The nice thing is the organization tend to be very loyal so if you stick with it, you do get opportunities fairly quickly. If it's really what you want to do go for it and it will be worth it.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 12:05 PM) Just applied for a job that will double my current pay and I'd be doing pretty much the same thing I do now but actually less work overall. My close friend has a very good relationship with the hiring manager so hoping that goes a long way in getting me an interview and eventually the job. Only downfall is I live in Schaumburg and the job is in Minooka while my current job is 10 minutes away. Probably won't hear anything till after holidays but given how much I hate my current job really hoping this ends up happening. It's not a bad commute. My wife does Manhattan to Schaumburg and has for 12 years. 355 makes it very doable.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 11:04 AM) Good. Because right now I'm expecting him to be replaced by a rookie before the end of this season. That should be the way it is. He has had more than enough opportunities. There just hadn't really been a legitimate challenge for his position. ?