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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 01:42 PM) What are the proposed lifetime caps for brain cancer treatment in the proposed legislation (House and Senate)? Hard to imagine gutting healthcare with McCain ending up the poster child for the consequence/s to real people of that actually happening...since Congress conveniently exempted themselves. This was up to the individual plans and it would be returned to that. Estimates say that something like 60% of plans had lifetime limits, but McCain is rich so if he had to purchase a private market plan it's likely that they'd have no reason to accept one with that. He also qualifies for Medicare.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 09:59 AM) So I talked my wife into a road trip through South Dakota in August. I'm thinking we'll take a few days to get out to Rapid City (stopping in Badlands on the way) and then do day trips to places like Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, Deadwood, etc. Anyone ever done a trip like this? Any recommendations? I think my 5 year old son will dig all the western/cowboy stuff and the wild animals at the parks. Basically some version of that as part of geology trips, but not a family version.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 04:43 PM) The want to skip the CBO and have the HHS grade it next time. I'm sure Price will be fair and honest like he always is The HHS report on the Cruz amendment came back and they were touting how it showed a decrease of premiums today. They had assumed, for the high risk pool, deductibles of $12,000 a year to make it happen.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 10:49 AM) My biggest issue with all of this is how overt he is that his people should serve in Trump's best interests. Sessions recuses himself on Russia? Trump wouldn't have tapped him for AG if he'd known that (ie, the AG should be protecting the President). The FBI Director should report directly to the President. Governing this nation is not about ego and it's not about the best interest of the President. It's about doing what's best for the country. They were pretty clear it would be about serving this guy rather than the country when he was running and that's what the United States voted for. It says an equal amount that Jeff Sessions accepted this job and has yet to resign. He doesn't care how much he's berated as long as he gets to target his real enemies.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 10:38 AM) Sox I'm sure will be interested, but I think the $ gets to an insane level for Harper/Machado. They might be better served to spread the money around to get several pieces. With the number of top flight prospects that the White Sox now have...basically all of whom are going to be getting a look in the big leagues at some point (we'll probably push them there just to see if they're going to flop, even if they have a .750 OPS in the minors), I disagree with this. I think that targeting 1 or 2 key positions where we know we are weak and swinging for the fences at those spots makes more sense.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:47 PM) He looks very composed at the plate He looked focused. I liked. Anywho, let's see where this goes.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:42 PM) Robertson was pretty dominant in save situations. And most teams that were whispered for him other than Washington would have used him as a setup man.

3 good at bats today for Moncada. One long AB walk, one barely missed a double, line drive right at CF.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:32 PM) Hope the rain moves in soon. Not yet, we're 4 White Sox hitters away from a Moncada at bat.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:27 PM) This has been an ugly inning Jesus there isn't an out yet is there.

Can this inning end so #10 has one more shot to get up please?

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:22 PM) Most insider types felt Robertson could fetch a backend top 100 type. Add Florial or Sheffield to the deal (Sox kick in a few million as well) and it is much more palatable. Again, I would never have done that and can't figure out why some "Insiders" would think that makes sense. Maybe if it was from a team where the White Sox were picking up a lot of his contract.

I swear when Seager walked up I saw the "Home Run" thing pop up on gameday. Bizarre.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:01 PM) Bregman SS, Gurriel 3B, Abreu 1B Correa is not out for long enough to make that reasonable, especially when their replacement SS, Marwin Gonzalez, has massively outhit Abreu.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 08:38 PM) Eat the majority of the ~6M he is due and see what the best offer is. This will probably happen after the waiver wire deadline.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 08:46 PM) I'd definitely move him if there are strong offers. A little difficult to imagine there being a market that would pay the price, however. Would certainly improve the 17 and 18 tanking efforts. I'd love to get Reed from the Stros as the second piece. But can't even think who else we'd want with him. We aren't getting Tucker or Martes and don't have a ton of interest in other guys. Not sure I'd love a Fischer + Reed package, but that might be a realistic offer. Rockies are interesting. Gurriel has not been as good as Abreu this season at 1b for the Stros, but he hasn't been bad. 0.8 fWAR for Gurriel versus 1.6 fWAR for Abreu. And they have no DH spot open as Beltran is being paid for that job. Abreu would be an upgrade there, but they're not benching their expensive DH. They aren't giving up Tucker or Martes for those upgrades. They need starting pitching help, but they'll convince themselves they don't once Keuchel gets back. Then someone else will get hurt in a few weeks and they'll convince themselves they can get through that, and it'll bite them in the a** come playoff time.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 08:46 PM) Rodon, if he figures it out, will take a while. He will be in the 26-28 age range if he ever does. He might make a journeyman career with pitching coaches thinking they can get the most out of his stuff if he never figures it out. Unfortunately, if he figures it out, it will be too late for the Sox. He will have either been traded or it will be year or two of good pitching before he walks. If only we could have taken our time developing him, but we had to save that 2015 season.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 07:56 PM) Send his ass down to AAA. Anderson that is. Renteria. That was a AA move.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) My god stop it Renteria Jesus Christ.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 07:52 PM) Currently at the game, loved the crowd's reaction to Moncada. Good work on the standing O welcome, that was solid.

Not bad work at all. Would have struck out if a computer was calling pitches, but 9 pitch walk after going 0-2? Rock & Roll.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 03:16 PM) Those trades will be far less interesting. Its just about over for the non hockey Sox, Bears, Bulls fans for quite a while. Except for tuning in to actually, you know, see the guys. Like Moncada.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 03:20 PM) Here's the main point. It's not a personal indictment of Kahnle. It may be a message board groupthinky strategy, but the crux of the issue is that relievers in baseball as a group have had similar issues to running backs in the nfl. THere are a few amazing exceptions of year over year consistency and excellence, but tons of variability year to year in performance. ANd because they are a group purchased for win-now purposes, it is riskier to bet on their future performance being the same or better than a hitter/SP with track record. That is why people are saying to trade him, not because he is kahnle, but because Kahnle is a reliever, and relievers are valuable but risky assets. I like Kahnle. He was awesome to watch. We could ahve held on and seen him become a top 5 closer. But when we are in rebuild modes like this, I'd much rather trade our successful relievers for future assets because unless their performance is immediately important to our team I don't want to hold onto them. Would it be safe to summarize this by saying, if you want to compare Kopech and Kahnle, that relievers seem more likely to lose all their value fairly suddenly than starters?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:56 AM) Of course, and hopefully they will be held accountable. Using Americans and their health as pawns for political gain is beyond disgusting. It really should be criminal. It was the Mexicans fault.