Dick Allen

Will you be the guy in the Abreu jersey?

Partisan politics has trumped( pun intended, although it was heading this way long before him, he just took it to the finish line) common sense. And a vaccine to protect people during a pandemic is controversial. Good thing they haven't come up with a cure for cancer yet. People might be pissed off they can't just get chemo and die. But this is even worse. You only kill yourself with that. Covid, you can wipe out several.

What I don't understand is the selective outrage. Why aren't people outraged they have to wear a seat belt driving their own car? Why are they not outraged people next to them in a crowded bar cannot smoke? Why are they outraged you are expected to wear pants in public? It's a serious question. What is the line? Is it where you favorite politicians or media figures want to draw it?

It's great. Old school German. Probably over 100 years old.

There is also a shuttle bus on Wisconsin Ave. i believe that goes to the park. I used to be able to priceline rooms at the Hilton for $40 a night. Between going to see the Sox vs Brewers, and Summerfest, good times.

Yes. I think Monday at the earliest. Makes no sense to throw him out there now with an off day and no DH coming up. Let him get some more ABs and he'll be good to go.

This thread is racist.

Whatever the price is for Escobar, it isn't going to be much.

Baseball isn't like other sports where the better team wins 95% of the time, and it's been said on here, and really, if it isn't necessarily true , it should be true, even going to games when the Sox are bad should be enjoyable. But when they are good, it's so much better.

Sheets picked up Leury. That. Would have been a DP.

Leury isn't a bad bench player, but he is baseball stupid.

I don't believe it until Not Cishek reports it.

Most likely defensively over Collins, doubt it over Zavala. But again, he is being released for some reason, and if he provides a nicely called game and plus defense, you wonder why he can't stick somewhere. Something is up there.

My point being, there must be something wrong there. He actually has hit OK in his brief time, but this is at least the 3rd team that has got rid of him this year.

How average can Lucroy be? Nobody wants him.

Yes. Not many teams lose 4 staring players for an extended period and not pay the price. That said, the Sox just have a problem with Houston right now. A win today and tomorrow may calm the nerves a bit.

price tags come down when teams don't want to pay, and they realize no one will meet their demands. I do agree with you about the potential moves, Escobar and a reliever for a couple of middling minor leaguers.

He needed innings, plus didn't he have some sort of eye procedure that knocked him out a few weeks? He probably can't be worse than Foster for the most part, and is coming off his best effort.

Those rat bastards. We should protest and picket.

I don't see anything on his Twitter about Lopez. My point is, the guy who knows how trade conversations are going should know that, since it's been in the works for days.

Yes, a source we all have.. Jimmy. James Fox, who posted it here and on twitter.

How come he didn't know that when Lopez was scratched a couple of days ago? He claims to know all the trade conversations. Jimmy had it first anyway. Jimmy is one of his sources. Maybe his only source.

He was always serviceable as a Cub and probably a little better than that, but they paid a gigantic price. Teams get burned occasionally trading prospects who develop into great players, but these 2 were expected to do that.

He wouldn't be the first guy awful as a starter who became nails in the bullpen.

Yes, but Q wasn't as good the year he was traded. The slip had begun. He was still was pretty good with the Cubs, but certainly not an ace. And they really paid an ace price.