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Bears sign WR Benny Fowler

Trump has a soft spot for leakers *rimshot*

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 02:33 PM) when soxtalk was down I went to WSI and saw about half the front page was filled with threads like this one and noped the f*** out as fast as I could. Lol, NOTHING AT ALL IS BETTER THAN THIS

QUOTE (insiderinfo @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 12:14 PM) He is a a leader of the team and just needs time relearn some of the skils he had. Venturia needs to move him back to shortstop too. Robin is on it, I assure you

Well this is a thing

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 11:24 AM) Have you noticed that JR has disappeared from the scene? He use to appear on TV and radio and would grant interviews with the papers. No more. He has been MIA for a long time. 2 months ago http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/15/jerry-reins...s-a-radio-game/ 4 months ago http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/video/ins...jerry-reinsdorf http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baske...2019-story.html 8 months ago https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/sox-cha...n-it-to-win-it/ not hard

Dez Bryant gonna be released today

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 10:32 AM) But why offer $2M??? If you're not comfortable with the knee, fine whatever let him go. But you think the knee's worth $2M but not $3M, which would get you either Meredith or a potential 2nd round pick? There's no obvious logic or strategy behind it. e: I think Meredith was the leading receiver during Fox's time with the Bears thanks to Alshon's injuries. Letting Alshon go for nothing and then letting Meredith go for nothing at a position you're already lacking in just isn't very confidence-building. It's not like Pace is above handing out expensive contracts to garbage/past-their-prime players, e.g. Victor Cruz or Glennon. Why not tender the extra million? Again, according to Bernstein Pace thought other team doctors would feel the same about the medicals and they could bring him back on a much cheaper deal. It was also mentioned that he may miss this upcoming season

TIFWIW, Bernstein opened the show saying that his Bears source said that the decision was completely medical. He said Meredith didn’t get his procedure done by Bears team doctors, and when they evaluated the knee, they were not comfortable giving Pace the OK. And concerning the depth of WRs, there will be additions. This isn’t the final depth chart, players will be added. Fretting about it now is worthless.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 09:29 AM) Did Bryant struggle and get sent down? Rizzo? Most of their young players like Russell, Baez, Happ, Almora and Schwarber have contributed something along the way. They also signed Gleyber Torres and Eloy Jimenez. Not a bad track record, other than Soler/Heyward. More importantly, Willson Contreras might be the biggest overall contributor of all after Bryant, but their rebuild was never marketed around him being a core contributor in the early stages. Uh yea, Rizzo did get sent down. So did Schwarber, and I think Baez was up and down before Maddon became manager

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 09:19 AM) I mean he got that great new modern facility built in San Francisco. Yea, they built it right on the Oceanside looking at the bridge in San Francis.....*squints at wiki*....Santa Clara with his own mon....*refers to wiki again*.....taxpayer money

Believe me WBWSF, i know your opinion on Reinsdorf. You whine about him incessantly, the space he occupies in your head is immense

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 08:25 AM) I don't doubt it for a minute that DeBartolo would have built his own stadium. He made his fortune building shopping centers. I heard one of the writers from the Tribune on radio say that the new stadium would have been built next to a shopping center somewhere in the western suburbs. Of course you dont doubt it, you believe anyone if they tell you they are great and reinsdorf is terrible. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 08:27 AM) If DeBartolo bought the team, he would have built the best stadium, would have have the highest payroll, the cheapest prices, and the best team, and it would have gone on for eternity. The 49ers prove it. season tickets would be free for the fans that loved Eddie the most

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 07:59 AM) There's a new book out published by the Chicago Tribune called A Decade by Decade History of the Chicago White Sox. Lots of interesting photos of past White Sox players and teams. I think one of the most interesting items in the book is how it tells that Edward DeBartolo wanted to buy the White Sox from Bill Veeck. The AL owners thought he might move the team out of state and he agreed to put in writing that he would keep the team in the Chicagoland area AND build a new stadium WITH HIS OWN MONEY. The AL owners still rejected his bid to buy the team. They then wound up approving JR as the owner, who in a few years threatened and almost moved the team to Florida. Having JR acquire the White Sox instead of DeBartolo has to be one of the worse things to ever happen to the White Sox franchise. Yea I’m sure Debartolo would have totally built a stadium with his own money

QUOTE (glangon @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 07:05 AM) True but that is not the point of the move. The reason he is up is to eat innings. If we get anything for him, then it's a bonus. Volstad eating innings saves arms for the more valuable members of the pen, the ones that we can get something for. We have a young rotation, many of them won't go past 6 innings, that is a lot of innings for a bullpen to eat up, especially if No-Game James and Gonzalez go through a stretch of sucking ass. tbh, Im worried about Shields and Gonzalez burning up the pen far more than i am Lopez, Fulmer and Giolito. However, Fulmer is toeing the line

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 10:03 PM) it's early but ricky is on the clock. team looks absolutely lifeless and sloppy and is not ready to play on a nightly basis. that's a manager issue. Lol Ricky is not on the clock

Im reading that Pompeo's confirmation hearings are pretty bonkers so far

glangon wins

He is gonna be known as a coward who never took the lead, never challenged anyone on any side, who spoke about reducing debt and exploded it, then stepped out the side door

f*** Paul Ryan. It’s not a tragedy, he made the decisions, he made the choices. Nothing tragic happened to him

During the game today DJ said that they checked Castillo out and he was fine, and he told them he was fine. Of course that means next to nothing ha

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 04:27 PM) Well I would counter that now we definitely need a WR in draft, with 4 of our 7 picks coming in 4th round or later. It means Kevin White is now relied upon. The conclusion we have to draw is this: - The Bears deemed Cam Meredith was worth an unprotected 2 million dollar tender but NOT worth a protected $3 mill tender - They left themselves open to losing him then for any contract over whatever idiotic middle difference between 2 and 3 million was Just don't tender him if you think he wasn't healthy, don't do this idiotic move. I felt a WR was happening in this draft regardless of Cam staying or going, so that doesnt concern me. Should they have tendered him? Probably not, but whats done is done. But again, its a guy who probably wasnt going to be counted on for a lot. And thats assuming full health. They still have the draft and post draft cuts to round out the WR depth

Tbh I’m not really concerned about a 4th possibly 3rd WR signing elsewhere. Especially not one coming off such a terrible injury

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 02:12 PM) What a really dumb move by Pace imo, we need depth at WR, the cash was available. This move makes no sense. @BradBiggs More Brad Biggs Retweeted Adam Schefter #Bears opt to not match contract that guarantees WR Cameron Meredith $5.4M with the #SaintsBrad Biggs added, Adam Schefter Verified account @AdamSchefter Bears are not matching two-year, $10 million offer sheet that RFA WR Cameron Meredith signed last week with the New Orleans Saints, per league source. Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy met with Meredith to inform him of decision. 12:08 PM - 11 Apr 2018 Apparently they are concerned about the medicals. Probably dont want 2 WRs coming off of ACL surgeries at the same time

Bears will not match offer sheet from the Saints to Cameron Meredith