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Nice to see Thompson taking advantage of the PT to get his first homer.

Rodon just ate Trout for lunch.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) Stay there until September (don't think that is possible, but do it anyway). They actually can be out up to 20 days for a position player rehab stint.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 3m3 minutes ago No team has been more active claiming players on waiver wire than #Padres this month, execs say

Jayson Stark ‏@jaysonst 2m2 minutes ago #Dodgers put Yasiel Puig on waivers last week, sources say. But he was claimed & pulled back. So he won't be traded this month.

FWIW, he has said he would block any deal with his NTC through 10/5 rights. Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 4m4 minutes ago Sources: Utley cleared waivers. Can be traded to any club. Has right to veto any deal as player with 10 years service, five with same team.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 6m6 minutes ago J.B. Shuck (on the DL with a bad hamstring) shagging fly balls right now.

Of note for all of the CERA debate. South Side Sox ‏@SouthSideSox 15m15 minutes ago Flowers catching Rodon tonight, whose rough starts of late have come with Soto behind the plate. More data if nothing else.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) If they don't fire him I expect he will get at least 1 more year. If you're not firing him you have to - don't want to have him become a "free agent manager" if the team overperforms next year. I really don't see Robin Ventura going the Ozzie Guillen route of needing to campaign for a contract a year year.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:27 PM) Also, 33% of our lineup was in AAA in April. Its too bad we can't produce any position players.

Charlotte Knights ‏@KnightsBaseball 57m57 minutes ago .@whitesox Emilio Bonifacio to begin a #MLB Rehab assignment with #CLTKnights tonight. Cleuluis Rondon assigned back to @WSDashBaseball.

Crazy thing I just noticed. Thompson is actually about 3 months older than Avi Garcia.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) I'm not outraged at all. I'd simply prefer to not be insulted for caring about how this affects Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks. I also find it ironic how those feigning the outrage also tend to be the ones passing the most judgment upon everyone. Apparently continuously judging others is one of the few actions that does not deserve their own condemnation. Feel free to continue judging.

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QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) And I don't care if you have interest. However, it's not as if some posters have disinterest and simply ignore the discussion. Rather, they feign outrage and pass judgment. Because you aren't passing judgement or anything... Outrage at outrage, is still outrage. And yes, I think if we as a society have gotten to the point where a sports teams standing is more important than a rape case, we should all be outraged. If you feel the need to judge me for that, please do. I am perfectly comfortable with that as well.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:27 PM) again, all i asked, if i remember >>> if you want to quote me, at least try to use the exact piece. That was your exact quote. You were speculating about a suspension, salary cap relief, and resigning Kruger... along with maybe someone else, all for an incident the police aren't even done investigating.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) And no one said it must be your first thought. But let's face it, we are discussing this in an NHL thread on a sports message board, not on a rape victim's forum or something. I think it's perfectly within reason to think about the effects this might have on the Blackhawks - something much more pertinent and relevant to all of us in this thread than discussing the impacts to a woman none of us will ever know. Have at it. I have no interest in it right now. Maybe if/once Kane sees a punishment, but not when we don't even know what exactly happened. The best thing that can come out of this isn't salary cap relief, it would be for some people to see this and learn a lesson.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) I would have taken Masterson at the beginning of the year as a reclamation project/ placeholder for Rodon but he has gotten worse in Boston so no thanks. I would have brought him to camp on a minor league deal, or on a deal worth a million or two. When Boston signed him to $9.5 million deal, I lost interest.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:06 PM) i am just stating a fact. it is his own personal business.... how am i violating his privacy act.... do you even know what you are talking about??? b/c you are digging up 2 different situation and definition to justify your comment. and ref to the bold, no you are not, you have been doing the one sentence comment You are speculating about a potential suspension in a case we don't even have a fraction of the details in, and that is respecting Kane's privacy? Please.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:18 PM) No, I'm just more honest than you guys. If we are really going to talk about how this might impact us all, however it impacts Kane's career and the Blackhawks is *the only* impact it will have upon us. No one ever said different. But the day that my first thought in a rape case is "how will this impact the salary cap" is a day I never want to get to. But then again this is a strawman because no one said it effected them personally.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) yeah you are prob right in this. i am trying to go that extra mile not to form any opinion. on a side note, do you think he will be put on administrative leave pending legal investigation? if the hawks doesn't fix the salary cap now, they can use the AL as a temp fix, sign kuger and trade whom ever. QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) show me where i said resign??? does the hawks as an org have some problems now concerning salary cap issues??? the next step of the law and kane can affect how the hawks needs to go forward. like he can't leave the state. so again, the business of hockey still needs to go on, the hawks still has holes and now a major hole to possibly look at, worst case scenario. i have a idea of what i am saying and talking about now, this all affect with the running of the 2015-2016 nhl season, and with as fans i like to know how the hawks are going to fix the salary cap issue and i am not talking about his personal lifem, except you. unless you are trying to get people to post.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 01:52 PM) and what can you do about the rape case??? what about a thing called privacy??? how bout let the police and the legal teams tell what is happening in due time??? there is nothing that can come from this from a FAN pov. You've gone off of the deep end as well. What in the world is in your head right now? Where in the world are you getting the idea that anyone but you is violating privacy by speculating about Kane's salary cap status and potential suspension. I am the one saying I won't speculate, aka letting the process work. You are the one making up scenarios and posting about them, aka speculating.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 01:50 PM) get real, the running of the team is important. things that neither the fans nor the hawks org can control is what matters. again, as i stated several times, the world goes on. the legal matters is Kane personal business. being callous, just to acknowledge there is a incident and respecting the due process of the law??? do you really know what you are talking about How is trying if Patrick Kane will be suspended, and what the salary cap implications are (including who the Hawks could resign if so) "respecting the due process of the law" and staying out of Kane's "personal business"? You have no idea what you are talking about here.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) Bulls***. I'm sure you spend your evenings concerning yourself with all the other rapes occurring in NY on a daily basis. You've gone off of the deep end.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) Which I call BS on, to be frank. The impact on the salary cap of a sports team will have a much larger impact on his life than the impact of the rape of this woman will have on his life. Who cares. For myself, if I ever get to the point where I care about salary cap implications more than a rape, I have failed myself. The allegations are what they are, but I have no interest in taking that and trying to turn it into how does this hurt/benefit my team.