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Matt Spiegel ‏@MattSpiegel670 2h2 hours ago (1/2) Blackhawks Penalty kill % in Stanley Cup winning seasons: 2010: 4th (85.3), 2013: 3rd (87.2), 2015: 10th (83.4). (2/2) Blackhawks PK % in non-Stanley Cup seasons : '11: 25th (79.2), '12: 27th (78.1), '14: 19th (81.5). This season: 26th (78.3). Oof.

Brian Mull ‏@BGMull 2h2 hours ago Confirmed that Vegas event looking more like 8-team deal. Northern Illinois, Boise State, UCSB, Oakland, Towson, ODU, ETSU, La. Tech in mix.

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 2h2 hours ago The Bulls are 27-22 with Butler in the lineup this season and 5-10 without him. NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA Jimmy Butler's back. Coach Fred Hoiberg says he's a go tonight vs the Raptors.

Richard Justice ‏@richardjustice 1h1 hour ago Orioles GM Dan Duquette says C Matt Wieters will have MRI on right elbow today, additional test tomorrow and "a period of rest." @Orioles

Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 1h1 hour ago Sox catcher Dioner Navarro day to day after fouling ball off outside of left foot . " they told me to take the day . Nothing serious "

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 12:58 PM) Essentially the normalization of shutting down campaign rallies as protest. Yes. If this is acceptable, it is just as easy for another group to shutdown a Hillary event with the simple justification of "They did it to Trump". Remember they don't have to be right, and they don't have to have a common sense justification to now take this as an acceptable form of political action.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) Yes, this would be an energy consulting firm. Good point...especially considering the number of people from the mothership that would be a part of the founding team. The nice thing is, one of them is a lawyer. If it is something that your current employer could see as pulling dollars from their pockets, be prepared to be sued, even if there is only marginal merit to it. The simple act of dragging you guys into court early and often could achieve the goal of killing any potential competition as they bleed you guys dry. The bigger hit this would cause to their bottom line, the more likely they would be to come after you.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) Lots of good stuff in there. Hahn definitely says all the right things you would want to hear from the leader of your organization. As a FutureSox writer, glad to see the plan is to keep Anderson at AAA for the whole year as I believe he will need the development time. It is also nice that Rick found some SS depth to protect Anderson from being needed at the major league level too soon. It keeps him on a schedule for a Sept 16 debut, and a 2017 chance at starting.

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 43m43 minutes ago #Blackhawks' Michal Rozsival in, Christian Ehrhoff out vs. Kings http://bit.ly/1QSTI0D

Chicago White Sox ‏@whitesox 18m18 minutes ago Chris Sale is on the mound today for the B game vs. the Dodgers: Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 8m8 minutes ago Chris Sale through 4 IP: 4H, 2R, 1 BB, 4K.

Matt Eddy ‏@MattEddyBA 45m45 minutes ago Paradox of the day: #Royals MGR Ned Yost is 46 games under .500 in career yet has highest postseason win pct (.710) among active managers.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 09:34 AM) Considering starting a consulting firm with some colleagues...anyone here have their own firm? Work for one? Is this something to do with the business you are in now? If so be careful of any NDA's and anything that could be considered proprietary information belonging to your current employer. They will have a team of lawyers on retainer, who could easily bankrupt you before you get going.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 12:12 PM) Jerry simply made the wrong move. Thibs was doing his job the FO was not. Thibs blew it by having his dirty laundry aired in public. That never ends well. He was never going to return as Bulls coach after that.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) Or just watch basketball. The dude's a genius and innovator when it comes to defense, but his offensive philosophy/abilities were garbage. And frankly his substitution/roster management wasn't very good either. I don't know how many times he'd put in Hinrich over Moore in the 4th as the lead was slipping away. He was too loyal and/or afraid of change. I think the guy's a really good NBA coach. Maybe top 10-15. But with this roster and franchise, it just wasn't working anymore. I still have zero problem with the decision. It was the execution that deserves criticism. Yeah, while Hoiberg isn't proving to be a good hire, there was zero way to go into this season with Thibs as this teams coach. That bridge was burned in a manner that would make ISIS step back and go DAYUM!

That was a good interview. It was a mix of good questions, and a little bit of fun.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 11:49 AM) Totally forgot about that. I'm still not sold on Saladino at 2B, but at least they have Rollins as another option. I hope that both of those guys are getting reps at 2B. Watching Saladino play 3B and a little bit of SS, I am not worried about him at 2B.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 10:26 AM) Well, we did see the 2010 town halls. I would say that there is a reason you don't see the same level of activity against Cruz. But my bigger concern is 2020, where this may happen again and the next person will be considered "as bad as trump" due to policy, where what is making Trump so awful now is his wielding of his base like an army and undercutting populations as problems that need to be removed. The problem is that once this becomes acceptable behavior, it will be easily justifiable because "it was OK when it happened to Trump, why isn't it OK now"? In the meme generation of politics, as soon as something happens, half of the internet starts searching historical memory banks to find something to be able to justify their behavior by. It was OK when it happened to Bush... It was OK when it happened to Obama... It was OK when Clinton did it... It was OK when Reagan did it. I hate that part of politics today. It is unprincipled, and lacks common decency. If you can justify shutting down a Trump even because of the vile crap he spews, it is just as easy for his camp to justify shutting down an event on the other side, and it legitimizes the actions of intimidation, threats, and suppression because of the use of justification of the actions.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 10:10 AM) Chait makes the better argument against not "shutting down" campaign rally's here: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/...-democracy.html I don't think the protestors intended to shut it down as much as voice their opposition, but it is certain that around the country, for activists that was not seen as a negative outcome of the protest. Important line here: This is important in the article. I now truly believe Trump is dangerous in a way unprecedented in modern politics. If that is the case, political etiquette seems small compared to the bigger issue. But the point with the article is that no matter what he's killed a part of American democracy's stability for the last 100 or so years. Considering some of the 19th century shenanigans, not going to include that for optimal political climate. I said this on facebook the other day, but it seems applicable here. I get the idea that protest is a legal and rationale response to what is going on here, but there seems to be a crossing of a line at some point. While I despise Donald Trump and everything about his campaign, I can't help but think if roles were reversed we would be talking about things like suppression and intimidation of voters.

I am in.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 09:12 AM) If LaRoche is not ready at the start of the season my money would be on them keeping up another outfielder. This would allow Eaton to DH more while his arm returns to 100%. With Avi hitting like he is, it gives us internal options instead of spending more money. I see that as WAY more likely. That is also assuming that LaRoche is WAY worse than the team is letting on. We still have three weeks of spring training to go.

I might go over and see Valpo playing their opening NIT game. Should be fun.

I don't know how it will play out, but the Sox brought in a lot of guys who have been regulars in the playoffs.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Mar 13, 2016 -> 11:40 PM) With Morneau still looking for a suitor should the White Sox be considering his services in case LaRoche doesn't get healthy? I don't think we need to stress about finding another DH/back up 1B.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 13, 2016 -> 08:56 PM) But didn't they also give Turner something like $2.5 million? More "insurance" guys now. Which is better than the last couple of years at least when Carroll was one of the top options, along with Noesi. $1.5m

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 12, 2016 -> 02:54 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/p...0312-story.html There's a dude with some stones. Except that Rahm's Chicago is probably closer to Bernie's vision of America than Hillary's anyway.