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This kills my ability to see games with any regularity. I could usually count on seeing the Sox a few times a month. Now I have to rely on ESPN and mlb network, and they're virtually nonexistent on both channels. Actually, this probably does more damage to the Cubs since they have a larger national following that depended on Wgn games. Bad timing for Cubs fans out of market.

QUOTE (SnB @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 09:36 AM) I'm starting to lean toward ditching my driver and hitting something smaller and more controllable off the tee. I only play with my irons. I tee off with my 3 iron. Now, I'm a pretty bad player (never had a lesson), but I feel like using irons exclusively helps me avoid the big errors I make with the woods. I can hit the ball really far, but it never goes straight with my driver. By the way, I had a hole in one Sunday. In typical fashion, I followed it with a 7.

These early retirements will probably help the owners to fight lawsuits in the future. They'll be able to argue that the info was available about concussions/injuries, so players played at their own risk. That would put the burden on the union to negotiate long term health care into future contracts. Of course, that means giving up money in now in return for care later.

The Marvin Gaye and PWilliams/RThicke songs don't sound so much alike to me that I would have agreed that Williams & Thicke ripped Gaye off. I would think that an appeal is in order.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 28, 2015 -> 11:41 AM) Any details on the accident Tripped over Carlos Boozer's gym bag.

I thought Birdman was just ok. I liked the acting, but it was a little long. Dragged a little.

Just make it up. Every paper I ever wrote had quotes and "facts" that I made up in it. My own personal Easter eggs. Say this guy had a "cup of coffee" with the St. Louis Browns after the war. Which war? Who cares? Done and done. You're welcome.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jan 25, 2015 -> 09:26 PM) Switch over to the pro bowl to see Andy Dalton...Dafuc? Cutlers numbers were better pretty much across the board. Cutler has bad body language and doesn't look at the previous drive's plays on the bench. He just sits by himself and frowns. Didn't you hear?

QUOTE (Joe B. @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:43 PM) Cannot believe how crowded it is here today. It's a blessing for the fans, but a curse for those who are only interested in getting memorabilia signed. Great to see this much hype for the White Sox, haven't seen this in years. Registered in Nov2013 and just got around to posting? Slow typer or writer's block?

$$$$ fine for Ol' Billy B $$$$ fine for Kraft Take 1st & 2nd round picks from them for next three years. Might seem harsh, but at this point they're repeat offenders and its institutional. They're not showing respect for "the Shield." Poor guy whose job it is to take the air out of the balls is probably getting his a$$ chewed for missing one. 11 of 12 is unacceptable.

mlb.com has some videos of Ryan Dempster at the Cubs convention doing impressions, etc. I guess he's funny (for a baseball player), but I find him unbearable.

The chord for my iron is 12 feet long. I can't think of a situation where I'd be ironing 12 feet from the outlet.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 15, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) Does sports radio ever make you feel differently? I finally quit listening to it. I've been able to listen all day to various shows (Monsters, Heavy Fuel Crew, MJH, Waddle & Silvy, a local AZ show , etc) for twenty years while I work, but recently I realized I couldn't take every day recently being a referendum on the merits of Cutler as a QB. The hosts never say anything different. The callers never really say anything different, and since most shows just have the same schedule of guests weekly, that never changes. It's amazing. Regardless of the facts or arguments presented, people never seem to be willing to change their opinions about anything. It really hasn't been that hard to move on from sports talk. I'm sure I'll go back from time to time, but I think I'm done as an everyday listener. I'll tune back in for info about the drafts or any major news, but as a daily thing I think I'm done.

All Dez had to do was catch he ball. He did not need to stretch for a TD. In stretching for a TD, the ball was jarred loose by the ground. Good call. I'll add that I was rooting for Dallas, but Dez routinely acts like an idiot, so I'm not surprised he isn't smart enough to know that the situation called for a catch, not a TD.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 12:55 PM) Bottom line, the most successful coaches, manage everyone the same damn way (not necessarily same message, but the ego's and dollars are checked at the door and the best players win and everyone is disciplined and held to the same standards). Jimmy Johnson cut a guy for falling asleep in a meeting (John Roper?). He was asked what he would have done if it was Troy Aikman, and Johnson said he would have woken Troy up. Not everyone is treated the same, nor should they be. http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/55409...-legend/page/23

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) disingenuous Sure thing.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Dec 29, 2014 -> 03:15 PM) I know a lot of people that my parents live near that would freak out the second a black person moves in, and that is completely wrong. Not replying specifically to address your parents or their neighbors, but the "white flight" isn't always as simple as racism or prejudice. Plenty of people are motivated by their largest personal investment rapidly being devalued as their neighbors dump their houses and run to the next town. And, this flight happens within racial groups, too. Black people move out of black neighborhoods. Hispanic people move out of Hispanic neighborhoods. The reasons are usually a little more nuanced than race alone as a factor. Gentrification is a cycle tha reoccurs in all large cities. A big factor that leads to it is access to transportation. It's how big cities got big. People with more money wanted bigger houses and more land, so they move out of the city. Roads were built to support that. People with less money try to live close to their jobs. They don't have they money to maintain their houses. Property values drop. Taxes drop. Services drop. People see opportunity to buy fixer uppers. Neighborhood slowly changes for the positive. Rinse. Repeat. It's not only black or Hispanic neighborhoods that undergo gentrification, either. See the neighborhoods right around the Cell for an example.

Derisively chanting the goalie's name is among my least favorite trends in sports.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 31, 2014 -> 07:03 AM) A quarter to a third of Cutlers good stats came at the end of blowout games That's probably not accurate (just anecdotal), and I could just as easily say that Rodgers put up the bulk of his statistics in blowouts where the defense very likely quit against him. Were Rivers' stats put up at the end of games? Point is, statistically, Cutler measures up with most non-elite qbs. He's paid as elite, but some of that was cap maneuvering. I'm pretty sure his salary goes down pretty drastically the nex two seasons.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tab...;seasonType=REG So, statistically, Cutler's season was virtually identical to Phil Rivers. Rivers threw for 17yds/game more, but the rest is pretty similar (including tying for most INTs). Rivers choked away a playoff birth against a Chiefs team that was completely beat up. Yet, Rivers is a media darling. He's a great leader, teammate, husband, father,.... So much of the analysis of these players is based on media perception of their personalities. I'm not making excuses for Cutler. I don't have much confidence in him, but I wouldn't have much confidence in anyone not named Brady or Rodgers.

It seems like the in thing for receivers is to try to make one hand catches and its leading to drops

The Cutler piling on continues. Last two plays were Forte's fault. 1st play Forte was set up outside and cutler called him into the backfield to block. Forte whiffed on the blitzer. Next play is a screen and Forte gets lost behind the defensive lineman. There was nowhere to throw. There's no way cutler could avoid that sack. Nonsense by Gruden.

Any chance they can move cutler around a little?

I've listened to all, I think. I might be one behind. It's pretty good, and I can't figure out if Adnan is guilty. It seems to me that the friend is pretty heavily involved or may have done it, but I'm not sure of the motive.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Dec 2, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) "Runaround Sue" by Dion. I don't know about any more but Nancy Faust used to play it a lot and the whole crowd would sing. Those were the days. That is something the sox need to bring back. I don't remember when or why it was sung, but I remember the whole crowd sing the "whoa oh oh..." part.