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Olt KILLED that ball. That might have been 450.

Too bad there isn't a way to take the other side of those odds. No way the Hawks win this year. Too many changes off of the ice. It will take a year or two for guys to gel.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 08:10 PM) Update- now at 29/92 with 17 games left. He's been on a tear. That was a bomb.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) Wait, this actually f***ing happened? How many damn times does RV have to send a position player out to pitch. IT'S EXPANDED ROSTERS HOW THE f*** DO YOU NOT HAVE A PITCHER READY TO GO IN? 14 innings the night before, then your starter gets his ass kicked the next day. The pen pitched 13 innings in two days,. and 19 innings over three days when you add Sale getting his ass kicked by the Twins on Sunday.

QUOTE (harkness @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 09:12 PM) All three of these people should never see the field again this year... Good chance 2/3 won't. These are players you have to make decisions on in the next 1 to 6 months. Of course you should be playing them. You would be robbing yourself of analytic chances if you didn't. These are the types of players (well except for Samardjiza) that see the field when you have a disappointing season.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 09:26 PM) if you go back to the Scott Kazmir trade thread there's a large contingent of people who explained to me that Samardzija should be more valued than Kazmir because he's more reliable historically and you'd probably want Samardzija pitching if you had the choice for 1 game. And nothing has changed since then...

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 11:11 PM) If you are going to be an administrator of a professional sports team fan message board, and said professional sports team continues to fail as often as the team this board is dedicated to does, then you shouldn't be surprised at the amount of complaints that result. What do you expect from fans after this abysmal season, the three of four before this one, and almost the past entire decade? Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows everywhere? Complaining comes with the territory on a site like this when passionate fans are continually and rightfully disappointed with the product they support, particularly the one of this past decade. The insanity here is not recognizing that and constantly castigating those who communicate their disappointment over these less-than-desirable results which have come our way for an awful long time now. The irony is that you are basically preaching about the team doing the same thing over and over again, and here you are doing the exact same thing over and over again. I'd honestly think if something was so completely awful, and you knew it was going to be so bad, that you wouldn't get yourself all worked up and angry about it... maybe you'd find something that you actually got some positive utility from? To me, it just sounds like some people enjoy the misery. I'd hope people would see that and try something that actually made them happy.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 07:32 PM) It is September 15th, he is not going to improve his stock no matter what the rest of the way. He does not give a crap and it shows, he is the poster child for a guy going through the motions. You said it yourself it is between the ears. Your connection of "between the ears" and "going through the motions" isn't really a real thing. The guy is mentally blown up right now. That doesn't mean he isn't trying. Seriously, who would be stupid enough to not care when quite literally a hundred million dollars is on the line? Jeff Samardjiza is a lot of things, but a complete idiot isn't one of them.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 07:24 PM) It's no fluke he's giving up runs. His offspeed pitches are abysmal There is no doubt he's been awful. Something is wrong between the ears with him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 07:17 PM) Bigger idiot than we give him credit for. Losing an insane amount of money the last few months. He would have to be the biggest idiot ever to be going through the motions right now. Seriously, who would be stupid enough to be costing themselves tens of millions of dollars for no apparent reason?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) Why would he quit no matter how bad he is there is no pressure on him to improve? And yet everyone who "knows" this still spends their time to come and complain about it. It is the definition of insanity.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Yeah, the "Beckham was traded for a guy who may be decent" doesn't mean Albers would be traded for a guy who would be decent. If it was, the Sox then should get a serviceable pitcher and a starting SS for John Danks considering that's exactly what they got for Jaime Navarro. One month of Matt Albers gets you scraps. Maybe those scraps become a decent player. Odds are, in a year, you forget exactly what the Sox received for Matt Albers. The White Sox are paying the guy. You would think if there was something offered they were even remotely intrigued with, they would have sent him packing. Obviously, there was not. There is one key point being missed here. The odds of getting a good player for Albers are zero if you keep him. The odds of getting a good player for Albers are above zero if you trade him. It doesn't particularly matter how good the offer was, it was SOMETHING, which is better than NOTHING.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 12:09 PM) But why don't the media bring it up NOW? Cause it's no big deal! Let's face it, we NEVER got a big negative media push back on Ozzie because they loved the guy. He made their jobs easy, he gave them quotes, he talked to them. The fact that you have had more than one reporter writing "Ozzie should manage again" articles written in the span of this summer is just ridiculous. No other coach/manager in Chicago has ever gotten this kind of slobbering done to them. It is ridiculous that this part of the story never gets talked about in the media. The guy publicly challenged his bosses, lost the challenge, and then quit on his team. Yet, outside of the days that happened, it is never mentioned when we get these Ozzie wants a job articles. Blah.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) About the grammar police? I hate you.

This is one of the wilder stories I have heard in a long time.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 07:03 PM) Did some more research and think I'm jumping into the previously described job. Did lots on investigating and feel comfortable with it. Good luck B.

What kind of leader can't even keep his kids quiet long enough for him to find another job?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) It's so odd that only they light him up while every other team can't hit him to save their lives. Which is why having a tell makes a lot of sense.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 04:00 PM) Yes, with the slack that is still apparent I can see that. But I do think there are foreign policy considerations here, with what is asked of major allies of US in the area. Absolutely. I see no problem at all with it either.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) Right, because who the f*** wants to live in North Dakota?? In all seriousness, that part of the country is just begging people to come work there because of the oil industry.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 14, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) Well, just about anyone is better than Ventura Until Ventura quits on the team, no.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) BTW if we were talking about 1,000,000+ immigrants I do think planning and hesitation is warranted, but we are talkinga bout increasing our input from 10k to 50k. With planning, it wouldn't be an issue. If you think of it as 50,000 immigrants would be an average of 1000 per each state in the union. Realistically the distributions wouldn't be even, but we are talking about the population of Hoffman Estates being spread out across the entire USA. It shouldn't be a big burden if done right.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Yeah, this is a great point. For what it's worth, the US is taking less refugees than 30 years ago. I don't understand why, when our population growth is slowing, it is believed we cannot accept immigrants. Immigration seems to work best we economic conditions warrant it. With the general malaise of the economy, it doesn't fly politically, especially with the unsettled questions of immigrations from Mexico polluting the waters for everyone else.

Incidents like this are exactly why we need a more 21st century immigration policy. We have a situation where there is a level of true need, in some cases avoiding genocide and war. A policy that takes need and situation into account, and also looks to match better with existing work needs in the United States just makes sense. It shouldn't be based simply on things like geographical preference, race, and access. We can do much better.

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore 4h4 hours ago ICYMI Ozzie Guillen deserves a chance to manage again, writes @MLBBruceLevine: http://cbsloc.al/1VXTFkD