Dick Allen

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) Have you been away all summer and missed DeAza's escapades in the field and running the bases? He's actually been pretty decent with both for the most part the last couple of months. Apparently you were the one away and missed the Jordan Danks Experience earlier this season. But overall he is hitting a solid .176. It is funny you mentioned opening day as well. Didn't De Aza go deep twice that day?

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 07:48 AM) Danks should have been on the roster from 2014 opening day with DeAza shown the door. We might have won a couple of more games from his defense alone not to mention better base running than DeAza who doesn't have a clue on the base paths. That's pretty funny. And false.

Another lucky homer for Abreu.LMAO.

Speaking of sticking with it, José Contreras is 10-3 with Tijuana of the Mexican League.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) This is being old, not racist. This change happened a long time ago, granted, but it's tough for folks to change old habits and does not indicate anything racist, imo. "Colored" became "black" for our parents' generation, but you may still hear an elderly (non-racist) person use the term. "Hispanic" has been mostly replaced by the preferred term, "Latino", but you still hear the former a lot. Yes, Hawk should probably no better, being in the public spotlight, just that this part of it seems rather innocent to me. I agree. In the UK, the term is widely used and not considered offensive. They know Hawk isn't using it in a derogatory way, but still call him racist. Anything to take a shot at Hawk. LMAO, if Hawk tries to fight back, they get upset he has a platform to do so. Abattocla is also the guy on the White Sox flagship who several years ago was giving away Sox tickets if sox fans would sing the Go Cubs Go song. His personal agenda, he is a Cubs fan.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) I still think it's worth a shot in September to see if he gains a few mph on the heater He needs to be able to throw strikes. I am at the game and watched him throw 3 WP in a row warming up in the bullpen.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) I still think it's worth a shot in September to see if he gains a few mph on the heater He needs to be able to throw strikes. I am at the game and watched him throw 3 WP in a row warming up in the bullpen.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 03:00 PM) It's all about getting on base and driving in runs. That's what Big Hurt was great at before the steroid era made everything about the HR. The point being there is no need to panic about Abreu. He will start finding the seats again on a frequent basis before long.

RV is so stupid. Webb needs to be closing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) The "lucky" home run thing is stupid. The only "luck" he has is being strong and skilled enough to turn deep flyballs into outs. I also think 18 of his HR have gone over 400 feet.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 02:45 PM) How long has it been since he homered? Like July 15th or something? Frank Thomas took 25 games to hit his first HR.

Mascot day. Mascots on the field. No sign of Paulie.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:30 PM) Blue Jays message board is saying that the Sox lucked out on BABIP last night and tonight it is evening out. Fangraphs is a helluva drug.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 10:44 AM) The first to crucify people for sexism, are the first to exploit it for ratings. Just like many of the same people slamming Hawk for being an old school sexist, are exploiting the idea that females have to all come in some sexually optimal form, otherwise they are inferior to the rest of their sex and aren't desirable for the opposite sex. Yes. All you have to do is go read the Hot Babe thread and you will find a couple hypocrites. BTW, has anybody yet asked any women if they were offended by Hawk's comments? For the record, I have no problem with the Hot Babes thread.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:15 AM) Good God of course that's not what he said but for some unknown reason a poster put a comment that a man's baseball team would beat a women's baseball team. Perhaps they felt that was productive. And if you don't think what hawk said was wrong you should go to your niece or daughter or nearby young girl, show her the clip and explain to her why it's not wrong. The reason anyone became so offended by this, and again, no women as of yet,is because they are card carrying Hawk haters. 4 years ago the Tribune published a poster during the Stanley Cup Final of Chris Pronger in a skirt calling him Chrissy Pronger. There was no big deal. On this site someone posted it and said they couldn't believe it wasn't being talked about. Illini did say it was stupid but did not go on about why. Others who are saying what Hawk said is just wrong said nothing although they were posting. Then there was the Chrissy Pronger is gay in the Blackhawk locker room. No outrage. . Besides if you think about it Hawks usage is not sexist. What do women generally put skirts on to do? Not getting dirty and physical. The Pronger thing had looks like Tarzan plays like Jane. Far more sexist if you want to be PC and not just admit males are just better at these games than females or there would be female participation.

Does the 70 year old Boers still do the sexual stuff all show? He is also the guy who basically owes his radio career to Chet Coppock but has no problem s***ting all over him. He is a really creepy guy. .

People would be very happy with the draft pick position, and there would be no need cheering for losses as those would come by the dozens naturally. If this is supposed to be White Sox draft picks, Davidson, Santos and Cotts don't belong.

Adam Dunn needs to be suspended. Look what he said about Alexei: “He plays every single inning every day,” Adam Dunn said. “When you look at him, he’s built like a 12-year-old girl. It’s amazing. He’s very surprisingly durable, and the kid just loves playing.” 12 year old girls need to protest.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 07:15 PM) Melo is getting 1/2 his money upfront.....Didn't even know teams could do that. http://online.wsj.com/articles/knicks-carm...ance-1408146976 It was never about the money.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 07:45 PM) Owners don't like to buy stadiums. They are a terrible investment. Owners are always threatening to leave if they don't get a stadium. It's time governments pull their bluff. I agree. The Sox aren't going anywhere. They were in the middle of the pack last year in revenue during a 99 loss season. There is no open market out there that could give them that except maybe Vegas, and that is an entirely different issue, or some teams would have moved by now.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 05:15 PM) Fine but Hawk's criticism isn't that women aren't the equivalent athletes to men in baseball he's saying women would be scared of contact and aren't tough, dainty, not meant to get dirty, etc. What did you think of the Chrissy Pronger stuff 4 years ago?

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 01:50 PM) If new ownership took over in the next 10 years and wanted a new publicly funded stadium, would you support it? No. Enough with stadiums. They have plenty of money to build their own. Fix the schools and the pot holes. I had jury duty Monday at 26th and California. At lunch I walked a couple of blocks west on 26th to a taqueria. One pothole on my way there gave one car a flat. On my way back, 2 cars got a flat from the same pot hole. Obviously, I am simplifying things, but there are far more important things public funds need to be used for than building billionaires stadiums to make more money.

They did almost double the ratings yesterday than a typical Cubs or White Sox game.

I was all set to become a Brewers fan in 1986 or 1987 when they were going to leave. But now that they are in the NL, I would have to at least consider the Twins, but probably stick with the Brewers. It would be far less invested.

QUOTE (OsweGo-Go Sox @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) I literally haven't said things like that since middle school, when I stopped, thought about it for a second, and realized how awful those things were to say. So you haven't said anything around your friends or just thought of things that if you actually said it to a woman, or if you are not heterosexual, a man, they wouldn't be at least as offended as they apparently are (although not one has stepped forward with the complaint as far as I can see) with Hawk's comments?