Dick Allen

If you want to feel like an insider tweet your sources say it's down to the Dodgers, Yankees and Cubs. Pretty good chance you will be correct, and then you will be able to post BS for years, and people will believe you. Someone will always point out you had the Tanaka stuff spot on.

QUOTE (dayan024 @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 01:26 PM) David Schuster ‏@Schumouse 4m The YES Network in NY is reporting that it's down to the Yankees and the Cubs for Tanaka While it may be accurate, the source is a Yankee blogger.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 12:02 PM) As an Illinois fan, that Cliff Alexander move was so classless. I don't know.........It is a move that is done over and over again. I don't think it was meant to be a dig at Illinois, just something that creates more suspense.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) Why is MLB radio saying it's down to LA, Cubs, D-backs and Yankees? They asked Bruce Levine.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) WFAN Sports Radio ‏@WFAN660 20sec Report: Masahiro Tanaka has also confirmed to his agent Casey Close he will "seikou his wife" on the mound with the media at hand after signing to his preferred club. If that means turn her into an ice sculpture, the Sox are in good shape.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) So, if you opt for a 2 point conversion, do you get 9 points or still 8? You get 8, but if you fail, your 7 becomes 6.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 09:35 AM) Well at least now we know what The Score's sources are... twitter. It's better than the Cubs blogger or Bruce Levine who said in the same breath the Cubs were the lead team and no one knows what each others offers are.

So the Score can't even get Tanaka's tweet right, unless Bernstein's source told them he made a decision.

He was losing weight during the season last year. The Yankees suspected it may have contributed to his bad season. We will see, but he looks like a different guy.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 08:14 AM) I wonder if we could have gotten Castro for Addison Reed? Just wondering. Does anyone here know if Hahn shopped Reed at all, or did he quickly close on the deal when Davidson was made available? I'm guessing the Astros weren't in the market of trading their breakout catcher for a closer.

Kaplan just said the NFL might force the Bears to be the next Hard Knocks team.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:46 PM) Who WOULDN'T want to live in LA?! I moved out here from Chicago 2 years ago, and I love it. I totally see why she'd want to live here. BTW I'm wearing flip flops and shorts today, and it's actually hot in my office. How's the weather in Chi-town? They would be spending the winter in Japan. It is really hard to beat Chicago in the summer with all it has to offer. Even Charles Barkley refers to Chicago as the greatest summer city in the US, and Chicago usually wins favorite city when they ask MLB players. As a resident, I agree, Chicago sucks in the winter.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:24 PM) FWIW, Sherman apologized for the comments. I like that. He isn't the first to say something stupid in the heat of the moment.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:26 PM) The thing about Quintana is that is very likely at his absolute peak. He's already gained velocity and his control is his best attribute, so if he's going to regress at all, its' almost certainly going to be downward. Best case scenario for him is maintain. The good news is generally when you regress, it is downward.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:16 PM) It was never said that she wants to live in L.A. because she's a Japanese pop star. Yes it was. And the flight is only 1.5 hours longer. In first class, that is nothing.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:10 PM) LA is arguably the entertainment capital of the world, so if she cares about her career shell probably have way more opportunities living in LA than Chicago. Not many aspiring musicians/movie stars move to Chicago, thats just a fact. Again, how many Japanese pop stars are currently working in LA? As far as I can tell when looking through my Directv, there aren't any Japanese programs produced in the USA. She is going to do her work in Japan. If she supposedly prefers LA for her career, she is fooling herself.

What is the need for Japanese pop stars are ther in LA? I am guessing none.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) Pleading ignorance on all of this, but at this stage, is there any possibility of a stealth candidate? Is there any chance we will wake up in the next few days and read that the Red Sox or Angels or Rangers swooped in and signed this guy? How do we know for certain no other team than who has been reported all along didn't also make a "real" offer? Definitely.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 04:49 PM) Being first is more important than being right. The biggest problem in journalism today. And you are only known for being the person who broke the story now. Not exactly for having a track record of being accurate. It is sad actually.

Chances are we are going to be disappointed, but if he doesn't pick the Cubs or Yankees, how is the blogger going to explain his BS?

The only prospect that has really bit KW in the ass by sending away is Gio. Gio had a ton of critics on this board.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 09:01 AM) Robin Ventura hit left handed but threw right handed. That's why he could play 3B. Rickey Henderson batted right handed but threw left handed. Tim Lincecum throws right handed but bats left handed. Randy Johnson threw left handed but batted right handed. I mean, how many 3B/SS/2B can you think of that bat left handed? I do almost everything with my right hand, but find that I have slightly better dexterity with my left handed. In all, it's not an uncommon practice at all. Righty thrower lefty batter is common. Lefty thrower, righty batter is pretty rare.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:10 AM) I dunno, his interview in season 3 was with an MIT rep and his character wiki says he enrolled at MIT http://shameless.wikia.com/wiki/Phillip_Gallagher_(US) Seems kind of silly that he would never be around the family if he is going to a Chicago based school They don't really mention the school now and have a fake school in the background. I'm guessing with some of the scenes, it is probably for legal purposes. Act like he is at MIT. Don't mention another school, but show references to a fake school in the background.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 06:33 AM) I didn't like the way Sherman went halfway across the field to talk more s*** to Crabtree and offer a fake handshake. You are going to the Super Bowl, go celebrate with your teammates. On the other hand, the interview was half emotion, half his schtick, but god forbid an NFLer has some fun. He's the best in the world at what he does, if he wants to be cocky, good for him. For all this talk about his education, I'd be willing to bet that his Stanford communications degree was much more difficult to obtain than Manning's Tennessee communications degree, why isn't that being discussed at length. Manning doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed outside of football. Manning graduated in 3 years with a 3.61. While they all probably take lay up summer school classes, playing a major sport and graduating in 3 or 4 years with GPAs that high, is quite an accomplishment. If these guys aren't very bright, they still are excellent students.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 11:05 PM) Getting into Stanford is though. Allen iverson "got into" Georgetown. But if Sherman really graduated with a 3.7, if he isn't very bright, he worked pretty hard on his academics.