Dick Allen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) You never aswered Ventura question posed earlier. Or ever. Keep dodging away...but the issue won't disappear by itself. A non-decision by the front office is a form of decision, and this goes for Buddy Bell as well. It was answered. But thank God they didn't fire Robin and hire that dope you liked that Texas hired. 7-14 with a $132 million payroll. He is awful.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) Thanks for hyping Ubaldo Jimenez and saying Duffy sucks....oh well, it's never Ventura's fault, it's the "bad" fans who dont blindly support this team and manager for seven years and counting without the playoffs. Strange.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) The talent on the Sox this year has way more potential than those Twins teams did, especially on the mound. So you are saying Quintana and Samardjiza, and Sale tonight is because of the manager? You have stated Danks is one of the worst in the league, and I wouldn't think Noesi ranks too far ahead of him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) I still say this franchise can't afford another 65-73 win season this year, so they need to show some urgency these first few months. A manager doesn't make 20 games difference. Besides, you have mentioned Gardenhire, and his teams averaged about 95 losses the last 4 years.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) Dick Allen let me ask you a question: what does Robin need to do this year to get fired in your opinion? Fall 80 games under .500 for his career? Lose 100 games? Piss on a fan from a hotel balcony? I'm really curious. I would see how this year goes. Firing him now accomplishes nothing. Samardziaj and Sale gave up 17 runs combined their last starts. As much as you want to blame Robin for that, it doesn't make sense.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) BS Williams picked him and Williams had a huge say on the extension. You said thie Sox are the worst by far. How is a new manager goimg to make a difference? Would Sale not give up hits? Would SamArdjiza not give up runs in Baltimore because the manager is different?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:47 PM) I think Hahn wants to pick his own manager sooner than later. Hahn gave Robin an extension. He has his own manager.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:43 PM) Another anecdote about Robin and Eaton from spring...Robin was doing a pre game interview with the opposing team's color guy and they asked him about Eaton. Robin said "He's going to leadoff and play CF for us, hopefully in 150 plus games". He said it so matter of factly that I had to watch it again. He said it almost like Eaton was...a family member or something. I really think Robin is a nice guy but he's way, way, way too nice for this gig. Nobody fears the manager, it's obvious. And why should they. I refuse to believe that MLB players are this dumb on a nightly basis. We've seen it for the better part of 3 years now. Time to give him the hook. Wow! Robin said Eaton was the leadoff hitter and CF and hopefully will play in 150 or more games? You definitely have to fire him for that. That is just crazy. joe Maddon would never say something like that. The players just fear him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:28 PM) Again, ask the Red Sox just how desperate they are then. Sale is not a top 5 pitcher without his best pitch. This has been going on since last seasonand he has been really good. The guy had no spring training. I think it caught up with him. He will be OK.

Looks like Robin just let Sale know he is done.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) Still trying to figure out why flowers is not calling for a slider Limiting sliders. Trying to keep Sale off the operating table.

I don't know why he didn't just blow Escobar away.

Can't blame that one on the umpire. Eaton should have probably caught it. He has made tougher catches.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) I'd rather trade down, add a pick and take DeVante Parker instead of drafting White. Dan Pompei was on earlier and his sauces were telling him the Bears weren't getting offers to trade down.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) Sox are worst team in AL right now not even close. LOL.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 07:18 PM) Was it close? Not really.

This is bizarre. Stone is doing color, but there is no PBP. Hawk's mike must not be working and they don't know it.

Where is Hawk?

If the Bears drafted Mariota and traded Cutler the same day, I think the vast majority of Bears fans would be doing an Irish jig, calling it one of the greatest days in team history. And it could be that the Bears have no interest moving up. There is going to be a lot of BS out there now in an attempt to lower or raise prices.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) Shayne L. Marsaw @wasram · 50m 50 minutes ago According to @RapSheet the @ChicagoBears are in contact with Titans to move up to 2nd overall to draft Mariota. #Bears #2015NFLDraft I really hope this isn't true. If they think he's going to be a franchise QB, if he is, it probably is a great move. Obviously, the cost is the key. I don't think people realize how hard it is to get a good QB. Jay Cutler has been the best QB in his draft by far. Pretty much everyone else was either bad to begin with or a bust like Leinart and Vince Young.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 12:48 PM) You realize what you just set up to happen based on how this thread went yesterday, right? If Soxtalk posts were so powerful, the White Sox would be in first place, considering how many so and so sucks posts there are daily.

White Sox bullpen ERA since April 11..... 1.29.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 10:20 AM) Of course they should. But games you should win, in baseball, are like 60% events, not 99% or 100%. It also only represents about 0.7% of the season - this isn't football. You really don't see the huge leap from "we should win this game" to "I seriously question this team if they don't"? This team gets "seriously questioned" almost every AB of every game.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:39 AM) There's been a few others that were decent: Orton, Cassell, Fitzpatrick, Foles, Cousins. Maybe Mallett. But your point remains. The fact that Orton is on your list and rightfully so, shows the problem. Orton was the Bears QB when the Bears QB wasn't good enough to get the Bears where they needed to go.. The Bears made the Super Bowl with Grossman, so it isn't like they can't win games and be really good without an elite QB, but it is no lay up getting one. And it is probably only going to get harder getting to where they want to be without one. Have they really ever had one? If you look at it objectively, you could easily conclude Cutler is the best QB they have ever had.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:23 AM) Here is a list of good qb's taken outside the first two rounds of the draft over the past ten years. Russell Wilson. Maybe Matt Schaub. He was pretty good for a few years. Plus the list of crap the first 2 rounds probably outnumbers the good QBs by quite a bit. The Bears are going to have to get lucky. There's a chance they won't be able to find anyone who is as good as Cutler for many years.