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Grant Gelon from Crown Point IN has been offered and accepted by IU. CP plays in the same conference as my home town school, so I see this kid 2 to 3 times a year. Honestly, I am kind of surprised. Unless he got a LOT better on the summer circuit, I don't see him as a big time player.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) Well, that would presume anyone could take anything he says or writes seriously. The guy is a complete douche. Two very good points, and spot on.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 06:47 PM) Why? Because sexual harassment is something even close to rape? Please. You're trying to defend an alleged rapist because you want to have another parade in your city. You don't know Patrick Kane and he doesn't know you. I'm embarrassed for the city of Chicago and their despicable victim blaming of a young woman. I suppose a bandwagon fanbase would be a second rate one at that. Honestly I am embarrassed by the fact you would jump into a thread and start accusing people of things when you haven't read a damned thing. With all due respect, you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. The last thing I would ever do is defend Patrick Kane. If you read any of this thread for the last few days, you would understand that. If you want to actually take a minute and read, you would discover that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) Following Alvarez kind of reminds me of following Aaron Miles. The subject of one of all time favorite long running Soxtalk debates. Aaron Miles versus Juan Uribe.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 06:25 PM) I'm not even really sure what the point of his article was. My take is he was simply saying that this act should be considered in isolation as indicative of other behavioral issues that cannot simply be chalked up to abuse of alcohol. I don't know if that is incorrect. But I would say that someone who binge drinks certainly opens him or herself up to a variety of potential behaviors which he or she might never consider doing if not in an extremely intoxicated state. If he has indeed sexually harassed women before, I suppose it does seem a bit hypocritical. However, I'm not sure that precludes him from commenting on the issue. If someone else had written this, I could take it seriously. With Dan Bernstein's history, no way.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 05:22 PM) Why does that matter at all? Unless DB raped someone, this is a non story relative to what Patrick Kane has done. I know you feel hurt because you're a Blackhawks fan. Get over it. Your hero may be a complete monster. Luckily for you, he likely gets away with it. People who engage in sexual harrassment are pretty bad people to be speaking down to people on how to react to allegations of sexual assault. It like like having the Klan speak to racial equality.

I like Thompson getting in the OF, while giving the OF's a run at a DH day.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) To live in the world of Greg must be fascinating. I imagine it something like Cloud Cuckoo Land in the Lego Movie.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 02:45 PM) Is this guy a star? This could cure a lot of ills if he's a good hitter/outfielder. Sign him and trade Melky and one of Eaton/Avi perhaps? Supposedly if he was draft eligible this year, he probably would have been the #1 pick in the MLB draft.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 02:25 PM) Next year and they'll probably get two despite the fact the CBA is going to expire after next year. Mlb will honor their punishment I would imagine if they go to an INTL draft, they think up a penalty, such as no first round pick, no first and second round pick, etc, which is commisserate with how far over the cap they went, remembering that there are few different levels of being over. The first level is a just a fine.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 2m2 minutes ago Source: Dipoto’s deal with #RedSox, as first reported by @pgammo, does not preclude him from pursuing a GM opening at any time.

Kane is out as the cover guy for NHL16 https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNHL/status/631533307013017600

We have reached the bottom of the barrel when the sexual harasser Dan Bernstein is lecturing people on how to handle the Kane story. 670 The Score ‏@670TheScore 2h2 hours ago Regarding Patrick Kane discussion, it's important to avoid confusion, writes @dan_bernstein: http://cbsloc.al/1HGKnj1

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 17m17 minutes ago Red Sox Hire Jerry Dipoto For Interim Front Office Position http://mlb.traderumors.com/2015/08/red-sox...e-position.html …

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 14m14 minutes ago Manhattan, NY utley has cleared waivers & phils motivated to move him (hernandez thriving). he has veto power but says hes open to move

QUOTE (kevo880 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) Lol why do you think Hawks fans are more thoughtful and educated than most fans? Don't get me wrong, I'm a Chicago sports everything fan, but that a very homer comment. In the old days, sure. But as the bandwagon has expanded, not as much so.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:03 AM) the sox FO is giving the impression of appearing to do things for the fans, to make the fans believe they are giving value input without letting the fans know the truth. it is a fluff piece based on what they, the sox, hope the fans believe that there ideas is being taken to the highest authority in the sox org. in addition that the sox thrive on the collective wisdom of the fans valued thoughts. You figured it out. The White Sox front office decided to put a bunch of work into conducting an elaborate hoax (complete with what look like third party survey's from an independent marketing firm) into tricking stupid White Sox fans into thinking the franchise actually cared what they thought about the team and the game day experience. The reality is that Jerry and the board just sit around reading these things at board meetings for a laugh then lighting them on fire with the hundred dollar bills they got from fans.

Even better clip http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0811-story.html

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 22s22 seconds ago The #Dodgers payroll has officially gone past $300 million, and is now sitting at $305 million, making the #Yankees look like paupers.

The home run celebration is worth watching if you did not see it. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/631474197634617344

QUOTE (juddling @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 03:15 AM) Haven't seen it on tv in quite a while (after seemingly on ALL the time), but introduced my kid to Scrubs and she is loving it. I still miss thst show QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:18 AM) Probably my favorite show ever. It perfectly fit my sense of humor and had a good bit of drama as well QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:23 AM) One of my favorites as well despite the jackasses on this site that introduced me to it. But ya, it's not on tv at all anymore. I actually netflixed the whole series again a few months back. Still awesome. I really miss Scrubs. I haven 't seen anything like it since either.

Jesse Sanchez ‏@JesseSanchezMLB Aug 10 Cuban OF Eddy Julio Martinez held an open showcase for teams in DR. LAD, ATL, SF, CWS, CIN, SEA, Cubs among teams. http://atmlb.com/1IQX6Rt

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 11:12 PM) Just thinking ahead - can Alvarez play OF? He has years before you have to worry about that.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 08:15 AM) This was a poorly designed survey in general. But specifically, the question about fan input impacting team decisions. I sure hope they're talking about team decisions in the areas of ticket/parking pricing, marketing and promotions. If they're talking about fan input affecting team personnel decisions, then I want no part of that. No team should be catering to fans that way. They have done survey's on this stuff in the past.

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