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Ball pulled his son out of UCLA. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketbal...ngelo-ball-ucla

Jim Bowden??‏ @Jim_BowdenSXM 42m42 minutes ago Digesting the Ohtani seven finalists: West Coast preference especially California, respect for Mariners & Rangers past successful experience with Japanese players & the Theo factor incl. how strong Cubs are built for next five years….Interesting only 3 AL Teams where he can DH

Patrick Finley‏Verified account @patrickfinley 9m9 minutes ago John Fox hasn't gotten assurances he'll finish the season. But he hasn't asked, either. "I control what I can control."

Jay Zawaski‏Verified account @JayZawaski670 3h3 hours ago Yesterday's Bears are the 1st team in NFL/AFL history to lose a game when: - Scoring a punt return TD - Winning the turnover battle - Not allowing a TD

I have to imagine the Sox having some interest in either or both of the Rondon's http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/26279...ayers-to-target

Jerry Crasnick‏Verified account @jcrasnick 29m29 minutes ago A Giancarlo Stanton trade isn't close to completion, despite the frenzy resulting from weekend meetings with the #SFGiants and #STLCardinals. It's a complicated transaction with a lot of moving pieces, and it appears it's going to drag on a while. Nothing imminent.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 12:51 PM) Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 14m14 minutes ago White Sox EVP Ken Williams on pursuit of Ohtani: "Our guys put together a great initial presentation. I was a little surprised we weren't afforded the opportunity to sit down with him..." Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 26m26 minutes ago More Williams: "I felt when we get in front of people, there’s a second presentation and there’s an opportunity to express the genuineness in dealings with our players throughout the years and the consistency as far as that’s concerned. It kind of resonates with people."

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/katohs-guid...7-rule-5-draft/

Jonathan Mayo‏Verified account @JonathanMayo 1m1 minute ago While @Yankees might be out on Ohtani, they are looking closely at Cuban OF Julio Pablo Martinez, who has big showcase planned Dec. 8, and former @Braves prospect Yunior Severino

If there is anything we have learned so far in this process is that almost everyone who has claimed to have knowledge of this situation is full of s***.

NBC Sports Chicago‏Verified account @NBCSChicago 5h5 hours ago Back with the Bulls, Nikola Mirotic in good spirits and on track to debut this week: http://bit.ly/2BztN9M

Patrick Daugherty‏Verified account @RotoPat 14h14 hours ago The 49ers have three road wins since Jim Harbaugh was fired. Two of them came in Chicago against John Fox.

Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 14m14 minutes ago White Sox EVP Ken Williams on pursuit of Ohtani: "Our guys put together a great initial presentation. I was a little surprised we weren’t afforded the opportunity to sit down with him..."

This is now official, including comments from Chris Getz. https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/937736780274642950

Dan Cahill‏ @dancahill_cst 3h3 hours ago He's back! Derrick Rose reportedly returns to Cavs. UPDATE: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/derrick-rose-return-cavs-nba/ …://https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports...urn-cavs-nba/ …

New York Post Sports‏Verified account @nypostsports 2h2 hours ago It took five weeks for Lakers to create the "LaVar Ball rule" https://nypost.com/2017/12/04/the-lakers-no...r_share=twitter

Jon Morosi‏Verified account @jonmorosi 2h2 hours ago In Giancarlo Stanton trade talks, #Marlins have shown interest in Michael Wacha and José Martínez, according to a report by the terrific Venezuelan baseball journalist @WilmerReina. @MLB

Potential Rule 5 target for the White Sox. Nick Burdi‏Verified account @NickyBurdi19 4h4 hours ago 45 ft , 60 ft , 75 ft throwing progression is moving in the right direction with no pain

Jim Bowden??‏ @Jim_BowdenSXM 3h3 hours ago #Giants are meeting with Shohei Ohtani and his representatives today in Los Angeles according to multiple sources involved in the process.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 11:05 AM) Couple things from here: Alshon Jeffery wasn't staying in Chicago. He didn't want to live or play here anymore. Garoppolo was not available around the draft. Had he been, I think the Bears would have considered trading their 2nd rounder for him but the price at the time was much bigger than that. John Lynch made a couple nice moves but he also traded draft picks to move up in the 3rd round so that he could waste a 3rd rounder on QB CJ Beathard. I'd rather have Trubisky and the tantalizing prospect of having your good QB on a rookie deal then Garoppolo and having to pay him $100 million with over $60 million guaranteed. I seem to remember the rumor was that the Pats wanted two first round picks for Jimmy G at the draft.

X-games are not popular with old people.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 10:49 AM) +1, its sickening. Yet we are still in line to continue to elect dirtbags. And even worse, after they are known, protecting the party becomes more important than ousting the offenders. Party over Country, hooray.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) This would be fun if it didn't involve the rape of 14 year olds. You have an odd definition of fun. Frankly I don't think have ever been more embarrassed by our political system than I am right now.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 09:54 AM) Right, this is the Bryant situation right? Assuming Ohtani is a top of the rotation fixture it probably is more likely he's escalated to that number (Whatever it grows to by then). But still, a freaking bargain. If everyone's right, a team will be getting a top of rotation starter for the signing bonus of like a compensatory pick in the amateur draft. We gave Gavin Sheets 2 million. Yeah, except someone pointed out early arb and control here. There is zero chance that the team that signs him sends him down to the minors for any amount of time, so he will definitely have only 6 years of control. He will also absolutely be a Super 2 player, which won't affect him much early, but will really pump him up late, assuming he is anywhere near as good as the hype is on him. And for references sake, a $300k bonus would slot at the 160th pick in this years draft, or at the tail end of the 5th round. Even a $3 million bonus would slot him at about the 20th pick slot value.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 09:18 AM) This is my interpretation would be interested to see if anyone has any corrections 300k - 2mill signing bonus 500k minimum salary for 3 years arbitration eligible starting year 4 Essentially, though years two and three could be a bit more depending on performance. On rare occasions players reach around a million by year three.