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I do think it is funny how these polls are now meaningless.

QUOTE (woods of ypres @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 06:30 PM) Chicago has no income tax? I am completely surprised by that. I believe Cook County has an income tax though, right? Plus Chicago has by far the highest sales taxes.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 05:34 PM) There's gonna be alot of disappointed fans here when Melo announces he's staying in NY. Duh.

David Lennon ‏@DPLennon 4m Girardi just said on WFAN that Sabathia woke up today with fluid in knee and prob headed for MRI. Unsure what's next for him. #yankees

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 04:13 PM) There is no causation, but there is most certainly correlation between the no-hitter and the number of pitches with his terrible pitching thereafter. Again, I think the biggest red flag is the differential between the 134 pitch outing and his next highest work load. John Danks at 120 pitches the other night wasn't even his highest workload of this season.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) It isn't...but Mike, that is because we empower ourselves and don't think we are "entitled" to things no matter what. We also understand that we, more then anyone else, control our destinies. There is always luck in things (could we die tomorrow or get sick and be unable to work or in an accident, sure) but in general, we have a lot of control. God forbid a place where I had to sit around and rely on a bunch of other people. Anyone can take care of what they have control of.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 04:09 PM) The White Sox don't represent you and you're not a member of the organization. The government is comprised of fellow citizens with public jobs which makes the comparison omparison, well... Stupid. As a citizen, you are the "we." As a fan of a private organization, you're not. That is an awful parsing. Honestly, I can't understand why the we thing bothers people so much. It is like the old guy complaining about kids on his grass.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) They'll be announced July 18 or 19 at the Convention. That makes a ton of sense actually. Good call.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 03:43 PM) So you hit HR's and shag flyballs for the White Sox? Tremendous logic being displayed here. I pay for games with the Sox, just like I pay taxes to the US.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:58 PM) Knowing very little about international talent, are there ever premiere guys that pop up between now and next July that are free to sign? If the Sox are holding on to the $1.6M until a guy they expect to "defect" or whatever the process is to becomes available, then that's perfectly fine. I just have no idea how the process works and when players become available to sign. Judging by how much the draft can change in six months to a years time, I see no reason that kids wouldn't change a lot between 16 and 17.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) I worded it poorly but the point is that you don't treat Danks and Sale the same, for example. Danks isn't a part of the next Sox playoff team most likely so if he goes 122 pitches and it somehow leads to him going on the DL again it's really not the end of the world. If the guy is conditioned to go 120, he isn't going on the DL because he threw 122. For example the year Santana threw 134 pitches, the highest total he threw besides that was 108. That is a pretty big difference.

Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 1h Source says contract extensions for Jonathan Toews & Patrick Kane not expected to be done until some time after holiday weekend. #Blackhawks

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 17m Free agent Luol Deng intrigued with Clippers sign-and-trade possibilities, sources tell Yahoo. He's expected to speak with Doc Rivers today.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:40 PM) You know...I should have kids that someone else should pay for. I mean really, do some of these posters think that is how we should run this country. Once they have the kids, we are stuck providing for the kids (and should), cause the kids shouldn't get hosed because they came from dumb parents. They already have to deal with overcoming their genetics they inherited from those "dumb" parents. But come on....its a right so therefor we need to pay for it. Is having an Iphone a right too? I see enough freaking poor people with phones that blow my mine out of the water (technically I have an S4 that I got for free so maybe not...but for years this would have been the case cause I refuse to pay 200 bucks for a phone). For my two cents, I got fixed after two kids. I had a certain standard I wanted to provide for my kids. Until we were able to meet that standard, we didn't have kids. Once we having more kids would hurt the rest, we stopped. Why is that such a horrible or difficult thing?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) Again..makes total sense and means a lot of those rumors about Melo being turned off by Bulls making 16M offer being total crap. It was reported that the Bulls prepped multiple fiscal scenarios mapping out if they were to get rid of certain players what it would mean for what they could pay Carmelo. It sounded to me like the put it up to him as to which salary and players combo he wanted to roll with.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:08 PM) "children should be a privilege only the wealthy can enjoy!" is one of my favorite jenks arguments. As opposed to "raising children on someone else's dime"?

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:21 PM) Honestly who really gives a crap about John Danks at this point? Squeeze every damn thing you can out of him. No offense to John but he got his money so even if the Sox blow out his shoulder again he's set for life. Uh, as a Sox fan, I care.

Pitch counts matter when they greatly from that pitchers normal. Again, it is just like running a race. Just because a guy is a pitcher, doesn't mean he is ready to go 100 pitches. You have to be conditioned to go that far into a game. If you are a guy that comes out at 95-100 pitches, you won't be effective at 120 because you will fatigue and not keep your form. It is why you don't ask Usain Bolt to run the marathon, despite being the worlds "fastest man". The White Sox do condition their pitchers to go 120 pitches, which is why it isn't as big of a worry for me, except in exceptional situations. John Danks has gotten deep into many games this year. He has highs of 115, 116, and 123 pitches this year. While on the higher end, it isn't out of his range of acceptable.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 12:03 PM) I think LA is above Dallas / Houston to be honest. Its LA. That is worth a lot and they will have tons of cap room to add stars after Kobe leaves too. LA can also offer more money then everyone but the Knicks. If he wanted the down the road plan, he could stay in NYC.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 3m Alfredo Aceves won't be back with the #Yankees anytime soon. He was suspended for 50 games for 2nd second positive test for recreation drug.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 25m White Sox also place OF prospect Courtney Hawkins on the disabled list in Class A Winston-Salem because of a concussion.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 11:49 AM) LA is a place I would not sleep on (if Jerry Buss were there, I'd have given the Bulls zero shot but thankfully Jim Buss is a buffoon). I don't think they will be a contender but Melo and Kobe are good friends and the organization has a crapton of banners to hoast and a hollywood marketplace for LaLa. But as a whole I agree with you. Glad you are back just in time to celebrate Melo coming to the Bulls!!! I was proud about what Pax / Gar and more importantly Thibbs and Noah put together. I still wouldn't be surprised if the Bulls quietly put out feelers to Lebron's agent. I don't know how you couldn't at least ask. Kobe has a year, maybe two left. I'd put LA under everyone else.

I know you are new here, and I would hate to label you as a spammer, so I took the hyperlink out of your post.