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QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 28, 2016 -> 08:30 AM) I heard on the radio that cub fans have come up with a new hash tag. #deportjoebuck. What a damned waste. The Cubs are in the World Series and they are wasting time on things like Joe Buck and what Sox fans aren't rooting for the Cubs.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 28, 2016 -> 08:05 AM) How does being white work in court? Do you like tell your defense attorney to bring it up or does the judge already know and they acquit you automatically? I'm curious. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/vid...e-like-me/n9308

Really the Bulls have the roster of a 90's team, in the 3 point shooting era. This is either going to work brilliantly as the Bulls have exploited something no one else is thinking about because they are too busy chasing what the last champions have done... or they are going to bomb miserably because of chemistry.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:55 PM) Yep. I'm waiting to see where they go with it. I presume at some point, they will turn more focus into the plot behind what happened and I'm looking forward to that (and presume somehow Kiefer will get looped in). That story is better then the Kiefer part (right now). Still, as a whole, I enjoy it (but I have a general bias towards positivity because of Kiefer). Yeah me too. I enjoy the show as a whole, but they really need to clean it up.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:54 PM) Exactly, so congress consists of 2 people and the FBI knows now that 1 is an issue but they are not going to tell the president? Also the over the top military guy that wanted to bomb everyone was a little hookie...that and finding the guy in basically 5 days. I have it on the DVR and will probably hang with it for a while. Then the President fired him, and there was zero blow back about that, compared to what he has gotten grief for. They would have buried him for firing the leader of the Joint Chiefs like that.

They should have charged these guys with treason. That would have fixed the jurisdiction problem.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Oct 28, 2016 -> 01:53 AM) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 26, 2016 -> 01:35 PM) * Realistically, less than half of that 116 years is even relevant anymore. If you want to make an honest assessment of the situation, you probably narrow your search and should consider the people who are actually alive today. That means you have an entire generation of people who are 30 and younger who have never seen the White Sox as the #1 team in this town. So while it looks imposing to quote the 1920's, 30's and 40's and even the 50's, as somehow important to today, it isn't. You have to be pushing the mid 60's years old to even remember a game played in the 1950's. Quoting the 1920's as relevant here is like saying that the Republicans voted for the repeal of slavery, as if it is relevant to 2016. It isn't. Chicago is a Cubs town, and pretty solidly has been since the 1950's and early 1960's. Thad, you might need to adjust your statement, to..."the fan base that witnessed 4 trips to the post season in 31 yrs" ..because nothing pre-1985 matters in relation to looking back at how the Cub vs Sox dynamic actually works In the future please disregard any reference to a period of two decades of winning baseball in the last half of the 20th century on the South Side, and how it lead to the Cubs being an afterthought in this town Also disregard 80% of the films and TV shows produced in the last century. Not important. Most people alive today don't care goes for music too. Beatles, Stones, Elvis, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Who, Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, James Brown. Most people alive today weren't around when these artists were in their heyday And while you're at it, disregard the majority of events, (and whether any lessons can be learned from them) centered around WWII, the Holocaust, Nuclear War, Space Exploration, Medical Advances, Civil Rights, Womens Rights, the environment, the judicial system, energy, and the economy, that occurred pre-1980, because most people that are alive today weren't around then... Do you see how that works? Wow, this might be the most impressive and irrelevant meltdown I have ever seen. You managed to invoke the holocaust into a discussion about baseball fans in Chicago. Nice exploitation.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 07:50 PM) Interesting. The white Sox out rated the Cubs in WS game 2 http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...1027-story.html I keep seeing this, but ratings for all pro sports are way down in the last decade.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 05:24 PM) I would say Avi has a much higher than a small chance at being non-tendered. I would say 80%. It depends. If they go for it, probably. If they don't, there isn't much of a reason to not bring him back.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 07:58 PM) Will Cespedes get a qualifying offer which would ultimately cost the Sox the #12 draft pick? He will absolutely get a QO.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:48 PM) I get it son, you're not that hard to figure out.. you have a pretty clear agenda.. We are talking about 3 full generations of Sox fans who haven't seen the Sox as the #1 team in this town. That's what you said.. as clear as day... and to that I say.. SO WHAT? It all comes down to you trying to bolster your argument that the Sox are a small market team in a big city, predisposed to not have the budget and resources to put a consistent winner on the field.. because of their "historical" legacy of being the #2 team behind the Cubs... But as I and others have pointed out, historically. that hasn't been the case. Well there you go. You finally acknowledged that you are just ignoring the facts here. At least I got that far. My work here is done.

QUOTE (juddling @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:44 PM) I am but I'm beginning to wonder how much longer. I will admit, the plot involving the bombing is much better than the president stuff I like it in general, but I swear there is at least one moment a week where the show leaves me moaning about how unrealistic it is. For example this week, the guy who is the President after the entire capitol is bombed and all of Congress dies, is apparently wandering around a military hangar alone, and meanwhile a solider walks in, doesn't salute either upon realizing he is talking to the President, or when he leaves. I am OK with the whole idea of his learning on the job, but some of the stuff is so common sense, I don't get how it gets missed.

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 59m59 minutes ago Since the last #WorldSeries game at Wrigley Field in 1945, there have been 405 World Series games at 45 different ballparks.

Bulls Talk ‏@CSNBulls 27m27 minutes ago Dwyane Wade ready to balance minutes, substitution patterns with Bulls - http://ift.tt/2dQkbeQ #BullsTalk

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 15m15 minutes ago Kyle Schwarber not cleared to play outfield, after doctors reviewed situation. "Just too much risk," Theo Epstein said.

CSN Chicago ‏@CSNChicago 1m1 minute ago John Fox: 'No truth' to reports he’s done with Jay Cutler -- http://bit.ly/2dQqWNx (@CSNMoonMullin) #BearsTalk

The question is how much better would Cespedes make the White Sox. I would venture to guess that most would feel, not good enough.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:04 PM) I presented facts that you conveniently ignored because it didn't quite fit your narrative.. The facts of the Sox record between 1951 and 1967.. Consecutive winning seasons and a run of being the #1 baseball team in Chicago which was in response to your unbelievably inaccurate set of "facts" Chicago is a Cubs town, and pretty solidly has been since the 1950's and early 1960's. That is three generations now. You're like a drowning man that keeps swimming further out to sea... The point of all of this, guy... is that yours and others contention that Chicago is was and always will be a Cubs town is just flat out incorrect... When Sox ownership put together CONSISTENT winning seasons, the Cubs had to fight for relevancy, rather than the other way around.. as it is now... Why would Einhorn and Reinsdorf have purchased the Sox in 1981 if it was a foregone conclusion that this is was and always will be a Cubs Town... ? The fatal flaw in your approach is that is absolves ownership of all accountably and puts the blame squarely on the "historically" disloyal Sox fan... You are honestly just making stuff up now. The only fatal flaw is not being able to get past your biases to actually understand and comprehend what I actually said. Until that point, there really isn't any point to your responding to my posts because you can't even do that accurately. Seeing as I tried to do it three times without your understanding it, there isn't any reason for me to keep wasting my time trying.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 04:06 PM) I don't think there's even a chance Lawrie gets non-tendered. If anything, they would tender him and deal him for whatever they can get from a team that could use a 2B or 3B for a season. Yeah, there is zero chance that Lawrie gets non-tendered. Garcia might have a small chance.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 03:28 PM) Going to be cold as hell as well. Tomorrow it is supposed to be in the mid 60's at game time.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 01:58 PM) I bet the Cubs trade Arrieta if they win it all. When they said he was looking for a 7/150 contract, I was surprised it wasn't a lot higher than that.

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QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 01:12 PM) Yeah, I agree. Just because he stunk up the joint this year doesn't mean the entire signing is a bust. Are we talking about James Shileds?

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 12:25 PM) One of those organizations is a lot better at talent evaluation and development than the other. Ironic that we are talking about a $184 million bust.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 12:21 PM) Agreed. It will be endless talk about dynasty and greatest team ever assembled. Jordan4Life will lead the charge. In all reality if the Cubs win, the talk will turn to their dynasty. If they lose it will be all about how they are going to win next year. It isn't going to go away. The Cubs fans are like an STD.