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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 02:31 PM) boy it just keeps getting better with that guy It may the mental break he needs. It wouldn't surprise me if the "strain" heals rather quickly.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 09:44 PM) Emery removed with 6 minutes left in 1st period most likely tweaking his lower body injury. 2-1 Hawks on goal by Toews and Kane after one. I hope it's not his surgically repaired hip. How still don't know how he plays on it. He should have been out of the league a few years ago. With the ambiguous "lower body injury" there is no telling if it's his hip or not.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) Courtney Hawkins not in the starting line-up two consecutive days. Have they sent him to Kanny or extended spring? On a side note, kind of sad to see Freddy Garcia pitching in AAA...wonder why he's still hanging on. Guess an athlete at that age hasn't figured what else to do with his life and future, so you keep playing until you don't have that option anymore. Maybe he just really enjoys the game?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) I really hope they don't rush him. Just put a plan in place for him to return in August, and go from there. If he is healthy and throwing well, what purpose does it serve to keep him in the minors?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 04:16 PM) All I can do is break out Star Wars: http://vimeo.com/25741586 So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause. I don't always agree with you but anytime someone makes avalid point with Star Wars (even if it from the new ones) they earn credit from me.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 01:56 PM) If he can be a solid 3-4 starter for the next five years, I'll take it. Maybe they get even a little more from him. But you got to like his frame. Hopefully he's Floyd with a brain. I think Floyd's problem is he uses his brain too much. He over thinks, second guesses and loses confidence.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) Jason Dellaero's another one. He got a cup of coffee one year. I went to the game. I'm not sure how many he played but I know he made it to the Sox.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 12:43 AM) If it's serious, it's can easily take a year or years to get over...I know Harrelson's documented this before on numerous occasions. Coming back too quickly is the worst thing you can do, because of the fragility of that part of that area of the body, and the impossibility of protecting it. (This injury, a soft tissue heel contusion/bruise and kidney stones, far and away the three worst physical problems you can go through short of cancer/leukemia/life-threatening ones). It is the kind of injury, unless you've experienced it yourself, you can't possibly imagine how sensitive and how easy it is to reinjure with just the slightest twinge or violent movement that comes from swinging a bat/racquet/club, or just a quick movement, like jumping upwards to catch a ball. Hopefully with Dayan is was more of a "twinge" and not a full tear or pull, so to speak. It won't be that long. Even with severe ones he'll be ready to play in 8 weeks. He'll need to do a rehab stint in the minors but it won't be one that will last past the All Star break unless he re-injures it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:21 AM) http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/22001242...former-governor More detailed version of the story. In her 32-page federal complaint filed Monday in Chicago, Perri Irmer allege s that after her 2004 arrival at the Illinoi s S port s Facilitie s Authority , s ome of her effort s at rai s ing new revenue and reforming the agency were rebuffed by Rein s dorf and Thomp s on, two longtime friend s , and that they wielded their influence to get her fired in April 2011. S he allege s that s he s ucce s s fully pu s hed for the S ox to begin paying rent in 2008 to I S FA, and that afterward, Rein s dorf began lobbying then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich — now in pri s on — to have her fired. "Under former Gov. Thomp s on' s leader s hip, the I S FA Board had become ineffective to protect taxpayer intere s t s , and wa s acting a s nothing more than a ca s h cow puppet for Jerry Rein s dorf," the complaint s tate s . S he i s s ee k ing un s pecified damage s for " s ub s tantial economic lo s s e s ," according to the law s uit. A s k ed to comment on the s uit Tue s day, Thomp s on s aid: "The allegation s of the complaint are fal s e." . . . Thomp s on ha s long been tied to the S ox. In 1987, with Rein s dorf threatening to move hi s team to Florida — where a s tadium wa s built to lure a team — then-Gov. Thomp s on wor k ed the floor s of the General A s s embly to pa s s the law creating the authority and allowing a new par k to be built for the S ox. The cloc k on the Hou s e floor wa s turned off in order to meet a midnight deadline. The authority over s aw con s truction of the s tadium and the financing for it. The S ox began paying $1.2 million in rent in 2008, a change Irmer allege s s he pu s hed for. That s ame year s he hired con s ultant s to s tudy developing s tate-owned land around the Cell, and the analy s i s s howed building s tore s and re s taurant s would lead to profit s for taxpayer s , the s uit s ay s . S he allege s that in December 2008, Rein s dorf lobbied Blagojevich not to renew her contract and that Blagojevich' s former chief of s taff, John Harri s , called board member s — five day s before Blagojevich' s arre s t. A board meeting ended without a deci s ion regarding her contract. Two day s later s he wa s told by "a private citizen" enli s ted by Harri s that there were s till plan s to remove her at the reque s t of Rein s dorf, who wa s up s et over paying rent, according to the s uit. "Thi s private citizen informed Perri Irmer of the s e s tatement s by Rein s dorf and al s o that if s he left I S FA quietly, s he would be offered a job in the private s ector," the law s uit s tate s . Blagojevich wa s arre s ted, however, "before any threat to her employment ... wa s carried out," the law s uit note s . Irmer allege s that s he prote s ted the board' s deci s ion to build Bacardi at the Par k , an up s cale re s taurant acro s s from the Cell, on s tate-owned land while allowing the S ox to k eep all the profit s . The authority inve s ted nearly $7 million, the Tribune and WGN-TV found in a 2011 inve s tigation. In February 2011, a month after the board extended Irmer' s contract on a month-to-month ba s i s , Irmer reduced a funding reque s t of about $10 million for "enhancement s " to the Cell from the S ox by about $7 million, according to the law s uit. Around the s ame time, s he al s o un s ucce s s fully tried meeting with Gov. Pat Quinn, but s he did meet with Mayor Rahm Emanuel' s s taff and other political player s who could "impo s e reform," the s uit s ay s . But Rein s dorf and Thomp s on "were determined to s top her," the s uit claim s . S he allege s that on April 25, 2011, s he wa s loc k ed out of her office, and Thomp s on told her that if s he refu s ed to re s ign two day s later at a s pecial board meeting, "they 'had to' fire her, that her reputation would be ruined," the law s uit s ay s . After s he wa s fired, $7 million reque s ted by the S ox wa s re s tored, according to the law s uit. http://advanceindiana.blog s pot.com/2013/04...-authority.html I was tempted to include the last two paragraphs of personal comments from a blog writer, but that would definitely put this into the Filibuster.... In other words JR stopped her from changing the original agreement. I don't think that is a crime. He was only following the agreement, which is bad for the taxpayers but not illegal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 07:59 PM) Why yes, I do generally hope that prospects get better at all aspects of their game. Especially 19 year old ones.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 07:57 AM) How long will a broken collarbone keep Grienke out? Non-throwing side, but still that's gotta take a while. Around the 6-8 weeks mark. It's standard for fractures. The clavicle though has a higher incidenece of non-union fractures since it's a long thin bone. Thisis where it doesn't healand surgeries and other complications arise. This doesn't usually happen in healthy individuals but it is a possibility.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 07:05 PM) How would you like to have a $130 million payroll with no closer? But anyone can close. There is nothing special about it. The bigger outs are usually earlier in the game anyway.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) Keon Barnum had his right hamate bone removed earlier this year. Here was ptatc's analysis regarding that Beckham's sounds different. It's doesn't sound like it displaced like Barnum's. If it took this long to diagnose it was probably a hairline type fracture. They won't do surgery and are probably just going to cast or splint it. The standard healing time for a fracture is 6-8 weeks. He will need some time to make sure he has full range of motion then go to a rehab assignment

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 11:36 AM) It's mostly Bears fans who are 40 and older (especially the older ones) who always do that. In the past few years every time one of these Bears teams would have an elite defense, inevitably some old guy would call the Score or get on Sun-Times or Tribune articles and start rambling about how this team doesn't hold a candle to the '85 team, blah blah blah. STFU Grandpa I agree with the others. That team was so dominate that it will go down in history as one of the best. It is like the steel curtain, it will always be talked about as one of the best teams of all time, due to the defense and Payton. It deserves to be talked about.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 11:22 AM) Bryce and Strasburg Over-hyped. This isn't basketball where two stars will win. They may win but it will be because there are good players around them as well. Ask the Cubs of the late 60's who had multiple hall of famers on a team but still couldn't win.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Apr 8, 2013 -> 11:59 PM) Knights won 21-4 Lots of big offensive days and a nice start from Zaleski. Barons lost 5-1 Walker 4 K, Thompson 2 K Intimidators lost 6-4 Olacio rocked Braulio Oritz 2 IP, 5 K, BB, H How do you give up 5 runs on only 3 hits and 2 walks with only 1 double and no homeruns? That must have been a really weird inning.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 23, 2012 -> 10:41 AM) To tell you the truth, I wouldn't care if the home announcer didn't live and die with each game. If he's bringing me the game professionally with interesting content, I don't care if his blood isn't boiling when things go wrong. Chance are, when they're calling 150 games a year, they're going to lean toward the team paying the salary. It's when they go over the line, and think they're part of the team on the field that I have a problem with. To give you an example of somebody that straddled the line, but didn't cross it...John Rooney. He was never a "Sox fan", but he did a great job for the Sox and most people really liked how he called the game. I disagree. Learning about the history of the game is fun. I enjoy when people are fans of the game and enjoy the good things and get mad about bad things. That's the fun of sports. It's not life and death it's meant to be enjoyed. This isn't a broadcast about the serial killers and the deficit, it's sports.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 09:03 PM) LMAO. Upset with a student newspaper giving out grades. If that effects your players, you need some new players. I can't blame Bernstein for not liking Coach K. You don't have to like him but you also don't need to relentlessly attack every college coach at every opportunity and beat it to death. He takes it overboard to vindictiveness and he comes of petty and jealous.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Apr 4, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) Clay pigeon shooting. Nothing but slaying those poor clay bastards all day long. Have you ever gotten the shards from one of those in your eye? It really stings!

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 06:45 PM) What exactly did Coach K do to him when he was at Duke? I've heard Bernstein rip him before, but I've never heard the details. Was not very cooperative and arrogant with student press and such. Also the whole situation with preferential treatment of the basketball team.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 11:40 AM) You're right. Bernstein has a problem with coaches. But he doesn't go around making up stories to hurt their reputations. He's simply reporting something that Steve Alford did that is reprehensible. Not coaches. Only college coaches. There were Chicago area high school coaches with scandals recently. He doesn't mention it. But take a college coach and he's all over it. I'm not excusing any of the behavior. He is not wrong. But he has an agenda and he rides ad nauseum. I don't listen often but it's the same thing over and over again.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 10:31 AM) Part of it stems from the interview that was on his show when the whole thing happened, so there's a stronger connection there. All of stems from the way Coach K treated HIM at Duke. HE absolutely has hated college coaches since then. HE believes they all have too much power and will do evil things with it. HE was taking shots at NU for hiring Collins because Collins picked Duke over NU. HE will always attack college coaches as much as possible and will not consider any other side.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 11:50 AM) Verlander extended for 7 years $180 million, with an option year that could make it 8/202. This is one of those deals that will look really bad the last couple of years. I know he is one of the best but almost 26 million for a 37 year old pitcher? Unless it's really front loaded, it will be hard to work with.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 09:23 AM) No I'm satisfied with the explanation, I am even less of an expert than you! It would definitely be interesting to hear from an actual pitching coach about the mechanics of it. Or even ptatc might know, with his rehab history. The basic reason is that while the theory is to keep the arm at the exact same speed, that is really hard to do. Most of the drop in velocity comes from the different grip. However the arm speed does slow as well, hopefully not enough to tip the pitch. As long as the arm slot and mechanics stays the same the hitter doesn't have enough time to gauge the arm speed if it's only off a little. This is why the FB is slower in relation to the changeup and the difference isn't enough to fool hitters.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 09:25 AM) So tell me... When does John Danks take the bump for the White Sox for the first time this season? Early May.