Dick Allen

They put him in some category I had no idea existed where he is ineligible to sign a minor league contract during the lockout if he wanted.

And even though Eaton was released, he technically can't even sign a minor league contract. I think at one time he was a player rep. I bet that has something to do with messing with him.

He's also the best player or at least 2nd best, on a really bad team and gets a lot more defensive attention than he would on the Bulls. I have no idea what they do, but I'm starting to think the new guys in charge seem to know what they are doing. Give him 54 and some goggles. Uncle Horace would be thrilled.

Technically, his contract ended and they didn't try to bring him back, so he really wasn't fired, but it just shows how ridiculous and petty MLB can be. It actually hurts the guys who remain because it gives the impression they are all owners/Manfred ass kissers. And the criticism was so mild no one ever made a big deal about it except for the powers that be.

I don't see tanking gong away. It isn't all about the draft pick, and it also isn't like owners lose their shirts not trying to win. Some actually make more money. They could do it where they have mini lotteries say 1-8. 9-16...and a formula could be developed where the ranking isn't by record only. You could add an element based on where a team's payroll is vs. where it had been the previous 5 seasons. If it's much lower, they move down. If it's higher, you move up. But until there is total revenue sharing, the Pirates, Marlins, A;s, are never going to be in for the big name free agents, and they are at a total disadvantage. Theo Epstein is no doubt a future HOF executive. But could you imagine if he ran the Pirates? He would just be a guy. He always had money to throw at his mistakes. He's probably has agreed to more bad money than any other executive during his time.

Jerry Reinsdorf, by all accounts is a bright guy. The last work stoppage cost him who knows how much, but as much or more than anyone in the game. The team had a spell after winning the WS where it was back to that level, but it was brief. They really have never been the same. Yet he was the lone guy to vote against Manfred believing he was too soft towards the union. Will history repeat itself?

Not for 5 years. I think owners know replacements won't work, and the players aren't going to be able to start up another league even if the anti-trust exemption were removed. It would cost way too much money. Where are they going to play? This will be resolved one way or another before June, and the owners will win just like the rest of life where the people with more money usually win.

Up to $995k.

It would be really hard for anyone to take 5 years off and be any good.

Yeah, that seems accurate. Might as well halt your income and get a real job, because employers everywhere are nothing but fair to all their employees.

The guy said there was no communication between the teams and the fans, and that is absolutely true. I'm a small time season ticketholder, and it's as if baseball doesn't exist anymore, and will probably be like that for a while. I hope they aren't stupid enough to let this linger to where it will cost games.

Over $758k now. Keep it coming. What a horrible situation, but humanity isn't dead yet.

34 years old, $103 million in career earnings. He should have a lot of fun the rest of his life.

Coaches don't win without great players. Some lose with them.

They are 9-6, so using your previous post, mediocre. Lovie got fired after going 10-6. That didn't make the playoffs, so, again, using your standard, the NFC must have been stacked with great teams that year if 10-6 doesn't get you to the postseason.

One good sign the Bears haven't fired Nagy yet even if it means perhaps falling behind the Jacksonville pursuit, if not eventually a few others, is if they are keeping Pace in his current role, there is no reason not to fire Nagy now and get moving on the future. But if Pace isn't going to be here, it makes no sense other than showing the fans he is unacceptable to fire him now if the guy who is hiring the new coach isn't in the building. Now you could argue there is no reason that person isn't in the building.

Lovie took a team QBd by Rex Grossman to the Super Bowl. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Belicheck wasn't much without great players. He got fired in Cleveland. Until the Bears have a consistently good QB, they will not be consistent winners, no matter who is coaching them.

I heard one of the problems is they love the renovation of Halas Hall, and Pace had a lot to do with that. So they ignore all his missteps with the football team, and just love him.

Keep in mind they fired Lovie after going 10-6. It was playoffs and the Packers. They "made" the playoffs last year, but haven't won a playoff game since Pace has been here and Nagy as well. And have been dominanted by the Packers. They both need to go. George needs to hire a football guy and he and Ted need to get out of the way.

When the Sox traded Escobar to Minnesota, he was so upset, he cried. Maybe he is buddies with someone on the Mets, or doesn't want anything to do with LaRussa, which would be odd since the Mets had no manager at the time, but other than that, if the money was the same, I would think the Sox would have landed him.

Lux is another guy I find to be a bit overrated. He put up huge numbers in leagues everyone puts up huge numbers. He is young though, but it wouldn't surprise me if he put up a sub .700 OPS in 2022.

Despite missing most of the season, Madrigal put up an fWAR higher than McNeil and McCann combined. It's amazing how much love these players get.

I’m sure they had interest in him, but when they had an idea of the cost, they walked away, They were out quickly with Harper but did meet with him. The way Boras operates drives JR nuts. I really doubt the Sox will ever sign a huge FA represented by Boras until JR is out of the picture.

I'm pretty sure Caruso is the only Bulls player who hasn't had Covid. If the natural antibodies stay around for several months plus the vaccine, you would think the Bulls are in pretty good shape the rest of the season. Of course, outbreaks on other teams causing re-scheduling could make it difficult. Stacey King is back on Wednesday. He had it bad. In bed for 16 days, and that's fully vaxxed. Probably would have killed him if no vaccine. He lost his brother to it. He's a big guy, and that is one of the worst things for this.

You can say RH is a bad GM, but the one thing you can't say is he is a mouthbreather. Mouthbreathers don't graduate from Michigan, get a law degree at Harvard and an MBA at NU.