Dick Allen

If he isn't charged with anything, I don't see how they can suspend him. Ozuna got suspended for beating the crap out of his wife, including doing it while the cops were there. His wife ultimately refused to press charges. I think he just got reinstated. Bauer isn't on his level IMO, but he's a bit creepy, and probably crossed a line, but I don't think the league or the Dodgers have a legal leg to stand on if he isn't charged. It isn't like the accuser backed down.

yes, but he did pitch for them for a while. $45 million not to pitch? Highly unlikely IMO, and I don't see, without being charged with anything, how they get out of it.

I think he will play because eventually the Dodgers are going to be forced to pay him and I think he is over $40 million in 2022.

The Sox of the mid 90s used to play rent a RF really well. Ellis Burks, DJ, Mike Devereaux, Danny Tartabull, Dave Matinez were all better than average, then came Maggs, then Dye. I guess the odds were bound to catch up with them. It looks like with Story not willing to change positions, the high priced 2B are probably all spoken for. I would rather they spend the cash on a 2B than RF, but would rather they spend it on a RF than pocket it.

Because of who gets the rest of the pie. Owners are the ones who gave players 40 million contracts. So apparently they have the money.

The NFL also shares their revenue. Most of the teams are near the cap. Unless you are going to make the money teams are playing with more equal like the NFL, the number is totally unreasonable. I also saw where the NFL cap is expected to be 256 million in 2024.

When you are that far apart there is nothing to negotiate. The thresholds tell you all you need to know. The owners don’t care if they blow up the sport. It’s their way or the Highway. It’s pretty sad.

If time is of the essence, and the owners had these proposals for days, why wait until Saturday to deliver them? Seems to me they know the response, and the closer they get to the Super Bowl, the news that spring training and therefore the beginning of the season will be delayed, will be buried by the big game.

I was watching MLB Network yesterday and Dan O'Dowd was talking about spring training. It's not only all the people who plan trips around it, it's the municipalities that built these teams these complexes. They expect revenue. It's really the only sport that could piss people off by shortening the pre-season.

Is there really any reason to be even slightly optimistic after Manfred's talk? Of course he is going to say it is a great deal, so much owner concession, etc. I just hope there is something there that keeps them talking. On the other hand, there was no reason to ever believe this deal wasn't going to come down to the last second if missing games was going to be avoided once the lockout occurred. But I just think we are going to be dismayed tomorrow when we get the players' response.

You do get a bit of a pass if you attempt to murder someone and aren't successful vs. succeeding. If you have 2 DUIs, either you are the most unlucky person in the world or you have driven when you shouldn't have many times. It is hard to believe, but DUI wasn't that big of a deal until the last 20 or 30 years. I know someone who had DUIs on consecutive days in the 80s. He was out in AZ for spring break. He got a plane ride home, his friends drove back in his car.

Of course it isn’t true. People pick the wrong stock all the time. Some highly paid experts recs haven’t matched the overall market and you have to pay them. What exactly is the huge risk owning a baseball team? Who ever went belly up? There is always a couple of billion waiting for you when you can’t handle the pressure anymore.

Theis probably hates deadline day.

Caruso, Ball, Vuc, Lavine and DeRozan have played 95 minutes together.

I know Harden is great....but there is something about him to me that makes me think he is a tad overrated. Of course Simmons wasn't playing, but i'm not sure they are a ton better than they were. I really like the trade for Brooklyn. Harden was going to leave and/or start causing problems. Simmons is a nice match since he doesn't have to score, and Curry has been really good. Plus some first rounders. I get if you ae a Sixers fan being excited about it, but they only play with one ball.

So your better off playing the stock market than owning a baseball team. How dumb does Manfred think we are?

The reason Manfred is using this is because it was in some article a month or two ago. They didn't bother to check the math. In today's world accuracy doesn't matter.

This was no surprise. Every team is behind the 8 ball anyway.

Yes and before she was married to Finley she was married to David Cover(band)dale.

Every game lost is overall lost revenue or they wouldn't schedule them. Cold weather bad teams have a big problem drawing in April and much of Ma, but a lot of teams do not, and not playing the games means no TV revenue.

The Sox fired their DJ after he played some Whitesnake songs for Chuck Finley.

C'mon man.

If the threads are still available, you will see what I thought about Brett Myers. It was disgusting he was on the team. I still watched, still went to games, but wouldn't anymore. I know the players are not all angels, but I tend to draw the line at wife beaters and child abusers. As far as Bauer, I guess it's possible he is totally innocent and was set up, but....There have been others that claimed he was a rough sex guy, and in the USA, Trevor Bauer and his wealth have a big advantage in the legal system.

I know all players have their faults, but if the White Sox ever wanted to look the other way on this guy, they will lose me until he is off the roster, and who knows, I may find something more interesting in the meantime.

Bet that the opening kickoff will be returned. 18 of the last 20 were even though most kicks aren’t anymore. Apparently they use a brand new ball for the opening kickoff and take it out of the game and send it to the HoF immediately. It’s hard so it’s hard to kick.