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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) Reminds me of the same stuff that came out last year at this time about Samardzija Samadjiza never said it though.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 08:37 AM) Heard a conversation with Todd Frazier on the Score this morning and he mentioned that he would very much like to be in Chicago for the rest of his career. He said he really likes the guys in the Sox clubhouse and wants to stay in one place for the rest of his career. Obviously would like to see how he fares against the AL first, but I wouldnt mind the FO starting discussions with Frazier about locking him up long term. Would be great to have the 3rd base situation taken care of for the next 5 years or so. The longer you wait to get a deal done, the less likely it is it can happen.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 12:12 PM) The first amendment gives us all the right to post insensitive things on social media and then get torched by SJWs and get fired from our jobs, yet not get imprisoned. yay! Freedom of Speech is a two way street. Just because you have the right to say something stupid, doesn't negate somebody else's freedom of speech to respond as to exactly how stupid it was.

QUOTE (Doc Edwards Shot @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:34 AM) The First Amendment applies to professional athletes as well as those of us in this message board. No one has to shut up, this isn't North Korea or Cuba. Congrats for completely misunderstanding what the amendment right to free speech actually means.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 07:36 PM) this just dawn on me, we got Tim Jackman. i always liked him. he has this never say die or never back down kind of a player. he was like behn wilson who players kept on hitting and it never faze him, .... i like the move. for my own personal opinion of bowman, i gots to give him many kudos for getting this team ready. It is for Rockford, not Chicago.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 06:25 PM) Im not a huge Trump fan but the David Duke stuff is beyond ridiculous. Now you have Rubio saying things like "Look how small his hands are, and you know what they say about guys with small hands..." Ted Cruz saying hes involved with the mafia. Its funny (and kind of sad) watching these guys sinking to Trumps level out of desperation. Every media outlet and good old boy republican has been attacking him nonstop for days and he just keeps climbing in the polls. It might not help him with the base republicans but some of the stuff he said in the last debate will likely help him with undecideds. He was defending planned parenthood and saying they do great things to help women, and then was getting attacked by Cruz for saying if he was President nobody would die in the streets because they couldnt afford health insurance . Cruz then accused him of "wanting free healthcare for everyone." Its just mind blowing how dumb Rubio and Cruz are. This is the stupid crap that has worked for Trump all along. I am kind of surprised HIllary hasn't tried it yet too.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 05:06 PM) First of all, I don't think many white people saw The Artist, Carol, The Room or Brooklyn, either...to respond to an earlier comment. I also doubt many white people saw Beasts of No Nation or the documentary about honor killings in Pakistan. That's not the point. When they constantly make movies and "whitewash" the characters like in Aloha or Gods of Egypt, there's a real issue. As far as Asia goes, what Jimmy said is largely true. Denzel Washington action movies like Man on Fire or the Equalizer don't sell well here at all. Now if you throw Chris Pine and a train into the story, great. Same thing with stories involving interracial romance unless it's mostly white men with Asian women. The only way you can be embraced is as a martial arts crossover star. And, in general, comedies don't translate...so you'll never have a Kevin Hart movie. About the only exception was the Rush Hour series with Tucker and Chan and Zhang Ziyi, but, even then it got banned by the third movie for negative stereotypes about Chinese triads/criminal activity. On the other hand, Kobe Bryant and Stephon Marbury (plays in Chinese league still) are wildly popular, as well as some of the African footballrs in the Euro leagues...but, once again, not in the context of movies and tv shows. In general, I typically hear comments like "black people are dirty/meaning not white or pale skin as well" and the worst one, that lots of black people (students here from Africa mostly) all have disease/s. Most Chinese parents and grandparents won't allow their children to date men of color as well. While I do see quite a few college or university interracial couples...the eventual marriage rate is infinitesimal.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 2m2 minutes ago Team Abreu topped Team Frazier 5-4 at White Sox camp today. OF Daniel Fields hit a three-run, game-winning homer in B5 off Colin Kleven.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 02:28 PM) You can't say "Why does it have to be about race?", when the Academy made the ceremony about race months ago. Everyone knows why it's important. And the response to the Academy made it about race.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 11:08 AM) From what everyone is saying about Gods of Egypt, far worse than San Andreas...epic failure. San Andreas was so awful. Everything about it was bad. My personal favorites were how the tallest skyscrapers were all falling, but the brick buildings that are the most vulnerable to collapse were still standing... or maybe it was the fact that the San Andres is a slip fault, and yet there was this gigantic gap along it after the earthquake. And that is nothing compared to the plot and acting and writing. Gag.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 01:54 PM) An activist is on TV speaking You say 'why does everything have to be about race' Then by definition you're saying 'get off my TV' That's exactly how it came off. We can root for these guys and not blindly defend them 100% of the time. He messed up and his apology is warranted, and I'm glad he apologized in a direct way too, leaving no doubt. The situation called for it. He is saying why does everything have to be divisive, which is exactly what taking the "get off my tv" position is doing back. Eaton said nothing more than "can't we all just get along".

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 01:44 PM) If you read his tweet on its own it seems innocuous. But he was tweeting during the opening monologue, which implies that he was saying 'i cant be bothered with this' and that is not a good look. It doesn't imply anything that people aren't looking to infer from it.

Nick Friedell added, Again, Bulls front office believes this is a major reason why free agents will want to sign in Chicago. Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine The NBA's three longest active playoff streaks: San Antonio at 18 seasons in a row, Atlanta at eight in a row and Chicago at seven in a row

Brian Hedger ‏@BrianHedger 5m5 minutes ago Bickell's agent has permission to seek trade scenarios, which he's doing. He's hopeful but knows cap situation is a tough one. #Blackhawks 5 retweets 2 likes

I just want to go on record to say that San Andreas was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It made my head hurt.

Eaton said the equivalent of "can't we all just get along".

It is pretty bad when Trump takes a stronger stand against Chris Christie than he does David Duke.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 06:38 AM) I don't see Olt at all. He plays one position (and Saladino have Sanchez can play that position as well) and hasn't hit very well. I could see Sanchez as he showed improvement with the stick. But it would help to see him play other positions. I wonder if you can play the outfield some. I know he doesn't have the arm but he's reasonably athletic . The greatest need for that spot is someone who can hit a little bit as insurance/cover for Abby, Laroche, or Melky. In fact it looks to be like charlotte's going to have a logjam at third. Olt might as well get to apartment shopping in Charlotte.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 09:52 PM) So someone uses his status as "celebrity" to try and promote a message about peace and love among all human beings and that is considered racist? Am I missing something here. And this is exactly why we never get anywhere on race relations in this country.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 06:42 PM) "SOME mistakes"? Lol - "understatement" called and said you just made a MAJOR one. Good lord, Reinsdorf & Einhorn have been a disaster over the last 35 years. There is NO arguing that. Look at their record: their many organizational missteps have had the cumulative effect of the organization being in the shape it is today. And here we are today, with our Chairman admittedly continuing to be the dominant voice in the day-to-day decision making, continuing to contribute to the make-up of our team's composition. As a result, look at this roster. Look at the missed opportunities this offseason to enable it to compete this season. I mean, W-O-W!! Who among you feel confident in this management team's ability to put together a roster now and going forward capable of reversing this team's fortunes of recent years to compete for something meaningful? Can you at least do us the solid of not trashing a dead guy in his RIP thread?

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 08:00 PM) 'Quinarvy' date='Feb 29, How many times have we PM'd? quite a few times in after that infamous post of "we will pm poster etc...." by a Admin type of person. LDF, I can tell you the mods don't have it out for people with differing opinions. We are entitled to our opinions as well. consciously i will agree, but if a person does have a difference of opinion with a admin / mod, there 3 Admin kind of person who keeps up the arguments, even getting off the subject to argue other posts, like pent up anger. i know, b/c i have been on the receiving and i can name the post and thread to prove my point. remember one thing, i react to posters, yeah even to admin and mods, and my main defense is and will always be, everyone has the right to have a different opinions. People don't get banned/suspended for their opinions. then why have i been give this so called statement from the same admin 3 times. i was done with the subject, why bring it up again. Then why do you throw a temper tantrum anytime someone disagrees with you? If you really believe it is OK for people to have different opinions, then quit getting mad that people have different opinions than you do. It does work both ways.

QUOTE (BigFinn @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 03:05 PM) The end of the Veeck era was a turbulent time for the Sox. If you google "Marvin Davis to buy the White Sox," you can read about oilman Davis' attempt to buy the White Sox and Comiskey Park, move the Sox to Denver, and lease Comiskey Park to the Oakland A's (probably after Charley Finley sold the A's to a new ownership group). Next came the DeBartolo fiasco—and I apologize that I got the city wrong, it was New Orleans—and finally Veeck sold the club to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn. You can google "Ed DeBartolo to buy the White Sox" and read articles about that non-sale as well. While Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn have made some mistakes and stepped on some toes over the past 35+ years, they did bring us the 2005 World Series Champions. Charlie O would have kept the team. He is from LaPorte IN, and wanted his team close to him.

Again, he said he wouldn't move them, but no one believed him. http://www.classicchicagomagazine.com/stor...rtolo-white-sox

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 11:06 AM) HUH?!?!? That is not true at all. There was absolutely ZERO discussion at that time of DeBartolo moving the team to Florida. None whatsoever, unless I missed something, in which case it would be helpful if you could produce a reliable source supporting this claim. What we do know is one party that did threaten such a move, and that of course was from the Jerry Reinsdorf/Eddie Einhorn regime back in the mid-to-late '80s. Half right/wrong. It wasn't Florida, it was New Orleans http://www.southsidesox.com/2012/11/23/368...t-the-white-sox

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) i pretty much has or had that impression right before soxfest. Mat Latos and Jimmy Rollins say hi.