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The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 46m46 minutes ago Breaking News: Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving GOP senator, plans to retire. His exit leaves an opening in Utah for Mitt Romney, a top Trump critic.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 01:38 PM) I like DeFillipo, Reich, the Arizona DC, Shurmur, and as you all know I'm intrigued with McDaniels. Bill O'Brien would top my list if Houston did part ways with him. I also am accepting of Toub. Bill O'Brien would have lost a power play in Houston if he is out. That would pretty much rule him out in Chicago's rigid structure in my mind.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201...retire-jby0fbip Orrin Hatch isn't running again.

I mean all we need to do is go back to Belichecks time in Cleveland to show what can change.

https://www.mlb.com/news/how-will-white-sox...8?tid=151437456

Jon Morosi‏Verified account @jonmorosi 2h2 hours ago Source: #STLCards remain involved in pursuit of Eric Hosmer, among other options to upgrade lineup. Cardinals also interested in third basemen, including Josh Donaldson in trade. Matt Carpenter’s versatility means Cardinals could add a 1B as easily as a 3B. @MLB @MLBNetwork

A live cheap arm is a perfect target at this point of the rebuild.

670 The Score‏Verified account @670TheScore 42m42 minutes ago #Bears have reportedly requested interviews for coaching vacancy with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur http://cbsloc.al/2DPNKKE via @CEmma670

Chris Emma‏Verified account @CEmma670 14h14 hours ago Josh McDaniels has good intel to the Bears' opportunity. His brother, Ben, has worked as an offensive analyst with the team the last two seasons. He can speak well to their situation.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 09:44 AM) There are a few quirks about that show that they are gonna play around with. The final season "dream", Dans death, both Becky's, Jerry Garcia Connor. I bet it is a fun short season Wasn't Johnny Galecki in it too?

Hopefully he can keep the results up as he hits the higher levels.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 02:02 PM) While I usually agree with that, it seems like the tide has changed a little recently. Did Jared Goff become a franchise QB overnight or is he getting coached up so well? The Vikings have had Sam Bradford and Case Keenum all year and are the 2 seed. None of the 4 AFC quarterbacks playing this weekend are franchise QBs by any means. The Vikings also have one of the best defenses in the league, plus actual weapons on offense.

This wasn't the first time...

I want Janet Davies dead squirrel broach.

QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 31, 2017 -> 08:23 PM) Ok, everyone acting like the FO is terrible because the players took off and two of the Butler pieces are killing it is reaching. That or everyone here knew Dunn and Lauri would be playing like they are, Portis would play well and Niko would go MVP mode. The same Portis and Niko that fought each other in practice and the organization did nothing to fix? Yeah, that is a symptom of their awfulness right there.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 12:23 PM) They should have just fired fox last year, it was clear he wasn't what was need d. I don't buy he didn't have a chance, he was just bad. Doesn't mean he could have won a super bowl, but in 3 years pretty much any coach should be able to cobble an 8 win season, unless they are bad or a browns coach. This team had zero chance at 8 wins. This offense was mediocre if every single starter stayed healthy. With any injuries they were terrible. The defense also completely lacks depth, though the starters are at least decent. This was a 5 or 6 win team in terms of talent, and that is what they played to. They need depth and more offensive weapons really badly.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 30, 2017 -> 01:47 PM) https://twitter.com/DanClarkSports/status/947191866721681408 With a package like that no wonder Sox were early favorites. Chavis and Groome...blech. And the Orioles are looking for more? For a RENTAL? What idiots. That is one hell of a return.

Chris Cotillo‏Verified account @ChrisCotillo 18m18 minutes ago RHP Chris Young gets $1M guaranteed on Padres deal and can get $6M in incentives. Incentives begin at 5 GS and 30 IP, can max out at roughly 30 GS and 120 IP. $7M max. @jcrasnick 1st.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 30, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) And that's why the bulk of the talent acquisition of the rebuild should be over now. Dunn/Markkanen/Mirotic/Lavine have proven that they can produce at the NBA level, so trading any of them when we're already assembling a solid core would be counterintuitive. With our current roster (when healthy), this team is a big FA signing away from being a top-4 team in the East. Uh, god no. This team has zero superstar potential players on it. You aren't winning a damned thing in the NBA without at least two of those guys on your team. This team would be the very definition of NBA hell just like the last decade. 2nd round playoff team at best. Free agents don't come to Chicago anyway, they sure aren't coming here for this trash, when they have other way better options.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 11:37 PM) What the Bulls are doing this month is really incredible. 10-2 with Niko, and with Lavine, this team (barring trades) could actually slip into the playoffs. After a 3-20 start, who could've predicted that? And I hate that so many people can't wait to trade Mirotic. I know he's only signed for 2 years, but do you really want to trade someone who's playing this well? The odds we get someone as good as him with the pick we'd get are extremely low, IMO. That is quite literally the definition of rebuilding.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 03:46 PM) What happens if you raise the minimum rookie scale from $500K to $1 mill? Seems like that's the biggest exploit from the owner's perspective. It wouldn't put an end to extreme spending for high end talent, but the value of WAR seemingly goes up (and thus, teams and analysts justify costs) because a team like the Yankees just paid $500K for 8 WAR for Aaron Judge, or $62,500K/WAR. If rookies begin taking on a larger share, it seems to me, at least, that the costs would be spread out a bit more and we might not be discussing $25 million for a player in Darvish who has had Tommy John surgery and is coming off a 3.5 WAR season. Could be interesting. It would be one that hits at the salary floor teams, and not the cap teams, so that alone would be interesting.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 03:09 PM) Even though the fraction of $ going to the players is going down - the players have seen a payroll boost of a factor of 4 over 20 years. Salaries are doubling every 10 years. Are you willing to risk that so that you can get salaries to double every 8 years instead of 10? Frankly, I wouldn't be. That's what I mean by killing the golden goose. The other side of the question is if players decide to rise up, how much damage are the owners willing to risk to their golden goose to keep the players from getting a bigger share?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 03:22 PM) The player comparison for Reynaldo Lopez is perfect. lol, what?