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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 01:47 PM) Who exactly is preventing people from saying Merry Christmas? Big holiday.

Two things I can always count on when I click on the comments below any article I read online: 1) No matter the subject, race will immediately be injected into the conversation; 2) Someone will type "your" stupid, a moron, an idiot, etc. Gotta love the internet.

I know Sale has an unlikeable quality, but I really don't understand why Sox fans are rooting against him. He was great here. He tended to run out of gas, but I don't think it's lack of effort or preparation. It could be that he's tired. More likely that he gets too hyped up. He's pitched one game and wasn't good. Clemens, Maddox, Glavine - all 300 game winners who struggled in the post season. Barry Bonds was bad in the playoffs. There's a sample size issue here. I'd love to see Sale dominate his next start. But, I would like to see the BoSox lose the game in extra innings.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 8, 2017 -> 01:27 PM) IPhone just stopped charging on me. Would plug in the cord, just wouldn't pick up the charge unless I really played with the cord, and then it would go out right away. Figured I needed to make a trip to the Apple Store tomorrow. Before I did that, stuck a small paper clip into the charging hole of the phone, dug it around for a bit, ended up pulling out a fairly large piece of lint that had gotten lodged in there. Phone charges fine now, ha. Same thing happens with my belly button.

I didn't get the memo this year. Are Sox fans still obligated to root for the Cubs?

QUOTE (gosoxtim8 @ Oct 7, 2017 -> 06:41 PM) watch the cubs fan we going to win so waht here the idea you just the ither team hope they can win morons the you shouldn't think about winning as you should think about winning the series No doubt. Couldn't have said it better myself.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Oct 2, 2017 -> 01:38 PM) will always associate Learning to Fly with the Bulls what a legend R.I.P. That's the song I heard, and I immediately thought of the Bulls.

This is crazy. I was driving yesterday and heard a Petty song. I started thinking about this thread and had the idea of starting a thread which would be in advance of a celebrity death. The idea being to pay tribute to them before they die, rather than the usual response to their death. I was going to start it with Tom Petty. He spans my memories from late grammar school through my early 20s. Some great music. Unique voice and sound. Then, I thought it was a little morbid. There are more obvious names that people would name, but I thought Petty was a good one because he flies a little under the radar. I'm seriously bummed seeing that he died.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 2, 2017 -> 05:26 AM) WHy is it so hard for us to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people? The Constitution.

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Sep 24, 2017 -> 06:25 PM) I've heard mixed reviews. I don't podcast, but maybe I should start... I need my Mac fix. For me, the worst part is the first segment of every show. It's basically Mac reading something he wrote. I'm not sure if it's his delivery or the subject material, but it is a really awkward reading. Very stiff. When he interviews people - old friends like North, Jurko and Boers - it's way looser and pretty entertaining. I could do without the music stuff because it's Mac at his most pretentious. Which is saying something. A good example is one of the early shows he was talking about Neil Peart from Rush. He makes sure to inform the audience that his last name is pronounced "Peer-t." Not "Purt" as is almost always said. Literally, the next time he says it, he pronounces it Purt. Oh well, I've been a fan of Mac since the early Heavy Fuel Crew days, and it's nice to hear him here. It's not great, but for an out of towner, it's a bite sized piece of Chicago sports radio that's worth checking out.

My 2nd Generation iPod Nano finally died. I've had it since shortly after it was released (I think I got it in '06 or '07). It didn't hold much (4GB), but it was a great device for a long time. I can't even begin to estimate how many miles I walked and ran or how many hours I played songs and podcasts on the thing, but I definitely got plenty of return on my investment.

A fumble and two INTs - one a pick 6. At least he has good body language.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 08:56 PM) Thursday night football sucks the most Thursday night football blows. It's almost always a bad game. MNF isn't much better in terms of game quality, either. For me, though, the worst part of the Thursday games is managing my confidence pools and fantasy team. I don't like that I have to think about this stuff as early as Tuesday. It's non-stop, and gambling/fantasy is one of the things that makes the NFL so popular. The Thursday games are making the NFL season miserable for me. I'm about ready to quit both picks and fantasy pools. And that, combined with the Bears generally sucking, will make the NFL pretty much irrelevant for me. Pretty cool Lawrence Taylor insight from Bill Belichick https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bill-belichick...-143206500.html

20 in a row for the Indians. Amazing. Yet, all I care about is their inability to win 1 in a row last fall.

Rollie Massimino - 82 Hard to believe he was only 50 when he coached Villanova to the title in 1985.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 28, 2017 -> 08:45 PM) IMO, your post describes a complete ass kicking, just like the assessment you claim to disagree with. Mayweather dictated the fight exactly how he wanted it to go and never once was in danger. McGregor seemed to do better than people thought, but that's only because Floyd let him. Mayweather, with 50 undefeated professional fights, took ten rounds to beat an amateur boxer. I don't even think he would say he kicked McGregor's ass.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 26, 2017 -> 09:54 PM) Well as everyone in the world expected that was a complete ass kicking. Not a single competitive round after the first 3 when it didn't even seem like Mayweather was trying. I'm not sure I agree with this assessment of the fight. Mayweather had a plan. He wanted to take the fight deep. Why? Because he didn't think he could beat McGregor with an early knockout. I'm sure if he thought he could come out and overpower McGregor and knock him out in 2 or 3 rounds, he would have. There was never a doubt that Mayweather would win on points if it went the distance. That's pretty much any fight he fights. The first 3 rounds were all McGregor. He landed some decent shots, and he didn't expose himself to shots from Mayweather. Of course, Mayweather wasn't really throwing much. Part of that is strategy. Let the less conditioned guy punch himself out. Part of that was McGregor's awkward style. He fought from an MMA distance - meaning the spacing between the two was the distance he is used to having so he can deliver strikes with his legs. In rounds 4-6, Mayweather closed the distance and started moving forward. McGregor didn't really have an effective plan for this - not sure if he really expected it as Mayweather hasn't fought that way in any recent fights. I'm not sure McGregor's corner really helped him here either. He should have been working the body more and trying to land some uppercuts because Mayweather kept ducking his head. This is where McGregor's muscle memory really hurt him. He kept resorting to hammer punches and locking up with Mayweather when he turned his back rather than pounding the body. Mayweather won rounds 4-6, but he didn't exactly dominate them. The tide turned in rounds 7 and 8. McGregor didn't have much on his punches anymore, and Mayweather could see that McGregor was tiring. In the 9th round, it became obvious to me that the fight wasn't going the distance, as McGregor was in constant retreat. I'm not sure why they didn't tell him to go to the ropes. Even with his back to them, I'm not sure Mayweather could have knocked him out, and McGregor would have saved some energy. I'm surprised McGregor did as well as he did. This is in large part to Mayweather making the decision to engage in the fight. I'm sure he could have fought the defensive fight and won 12 rounds to zero had he wanted. But, he wanted the knockout, and as someone who was disappointed by the Canelo and Pacquiao fights, I'm glad he did that.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 06:51 AM) This episode was so bad. I absolutely love this show, but I can't get over how bad that episode was. 1) First of all, the plan to capture a wight was dumb from the start 2) So it took the group a couple days to find the wights, correct? But then Gendry ran back to the wall in what, hours? 3) Random wight walking party just out scouting? Then they kill the white walker and the wights day except, conveniently, just one of them? 4) How convenient was that raised elevation rock in the middle of that frozen lake? 5) So the wights just surrounded the group for what, 2-3 days? Or was it just hours? But then when they had rocks thrown at them (with ridiculously incredible aim) they decided "oh s*** son, no they're asking for it, ATTACK!" 6) Fastest raven ever. That raven made record time from the wall to dragonstone 7) Props to the dragons for their speed in getting to the North as well 8) Random baddies pop up out of the water just at the right time only when Tormund happens to be right at the edge. 9) Jon fell into water in freezing temperatures. That should kill you in minutes, if not hours. But thankfully to the fastest horse ever he makes it back to the wall. Phew. 10) Oh, hi Benjen! Oh, bye Benjen! Came here to post this myself. Seven seasons in, and I still have trouble remembering people's names. The only thing I'll add is that I don't understand why Benjen didn't hop on the horse and ride away with Jon. Does he turn into a WW now? If so, will he (and th dragon) still have a bit of good in them and turn on the Night King at a key point and save Jon/Dany?

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Aug 19, 2017 -> 06:55 PM) Anyone ever listen to Dan Hampton and actually understand what he's saying? "When you are the lead horse the scenery never changes" On what the Bears need to do today: "get out of the gate" On the secondary last year: "Hideous!" On Kevin White: "he needs to watch every game Larry Fitzgerald has played" On the young guys playing better than the old guys in week 1: "when young pups bite you know they'll be good dogs" I don't think Tanimal is exactly a wordsmith, but other than the first one, it all makes sense to me.

Dig deep enough, and the list of people who are truly worthy of a statue or monument would be pretty short.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 08:28 AM) Is it just me or does Joe Maddon b**** about as often as Ozzie Guillen used to? Joe Maddon is Pete Carroll. Great coach. Nobody knows it more than him.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 02:08 PM) It wasn't meant to be a dig. I just meant there is a group of posters who lean very far to the left who also happen to be vocal on this board. I wasn't trying to be offensive when I grouped them all together as "hardcore liberals", although I can see why someone might interpret it that way. No problem. I appreciate both you and StrangeSox conceding a little bit. I think I'm done arguing this point. The good news is that Trump will most assuredly do something dumb soon enough to redirect our attention.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 01:09 PM) StrangeSox accused everyone who voted for Trump to be racist or racist enablers and implied they were bad people and yet not one of the hardcore liberals on this board called him out for it. In fact, most of them came in and defended his ridiculous statement. I would identify as a Democrat for sure - not sure what qualifies one as a hardcore liberal. I guess I would resist that label because I think it is loaded and meant to be derogatory. I called out StrangeSox for his ridiculous idea that everyone who voted for Trump is a racist.

StrangeSox, It seems like you are presenting two different arguments. On one hand, you are implying that the GOP is unequivocally racist. On the other, you're saying racism a significant problem. I think most people arguing with the first statement wouldn't necessarily disagree with the second. But, it's not exclusive to the GOP. Racism is alive and well on both sides. Don't kid yourself.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 13, 2017 -> 08:23 AM) It doesn't mean you completely support everything he's done, but it means you're okay with it and he never crossed a personal line that meant he went too far to lose your support. By this rationale, all of the people who voted for Obama are "okay with" (whatever that means) every decision he made and every stance he took on issues. Good and bad. They are "okay with" 100% of what Obama did/said because Obama did/said it. That's idiotic.