Dick Allen

sims being the target is a problem. Trubisky's numbers after the first quarter were horrid. They looked so good in the first quarter. The defense looked so good in the first half, then awfulness. Maybe it was the lack of preseason play. They did look gassed, although I doubt playing an extra half here or there would have solved that. I think they will be better as long as the total collapse doesn't destroy them.

Joe Maddon does no wrong. When Lester was struggling and Rizzo was struggling, they had a talk with Maddon, and struggled no more. It does make you wonder why they didn't speak to him sooner.

All while watching Muslims celebrating all over New Jersey. He's pretty dope.

I don't agree. Yes, I am very happy when my teams win, but life doesn't change all that much if the Sox win the WS or are competing for the worst record in baseball. Don't get me wrong, I still care about the results. I still go to more games than most people, but it's not as big of a deal as it once was. The guy I had season tickets with had an accident, hit his head and died. The company I worked for went bankrupt. I was lucky and got a job without missing a paycheck. I know others that almost 7 years later make a fraction of what they made and are really struggling. Those things are far worse than White Sox or Bulls or Bears or Hawkeyes losses. I'd like to think I have gained some perspective. Not a lot in reality, but some.

The team supposedly won't be in rebuilding mode when he should be ready to return. The only way he is sent down is if he isn't one of their better pitchers at the time, which can either mean something really good or really bad.

So the White Sox would have been wrong to not call up Kopech this year, but in 2020 when they expect to be good, sending him down because of service time is a pretty good idea? WTF?

As my wife once told me when she became a bit irritated how much time I was spending with baseball games, it's just a bunch of uneducated men in silly costumes, running around in dirt trying to hit a ball with a stick. I was actually thinking more about this after the Bears game last night. as I do from time to time, and listening to how pissed off OB and Hampton were after the game. Yeah it's great when they win. It's great when the Sox win, but in the end, it really isn't that important. If your overall happiness depends on these teams being successful, you're screwed.

So Nagy's team blew a 21-3 lead his last game as OC at KC, and a 20-0 lead last night. Considering the offense only put 13 points on the board, maybe he should have played people in some of the 5 preseason games. . They also looked gassed in the 4th quarter, but that could have just been things going south. It's only one game, and most figured they would lose anyways, but this was a tough one. Hopefully it won't have a lingering effect, and hopefully the offense looks more like it did the first quarter than the rest of the game.

Jon Gruden is a moron.

Right now, the Bears look like a lock to win the Super Bowl.

The issue I had with him was Trouts next time up. After homering against the wind twice, Shields pitches to him, allows a shot to center and then is yanked. If he was going to be pulled, why wait until after he faces someone who is owning him? I know the answer is going to be lefty for Ohtani, but Sheilds wasn’t fooling Trout. It was batting practice. Silly IMO.

Next road trip is vs. KC and Baltimore. I am guessing no team has ever had afraid trip vs. teams collectively under .500 more then them it may be the easiest road trip of all time.

So Ricky left Shields out there to face Trout after he homered twice. My God.

I can't believe a couple of people were hoping that the Sox brought back Shields next season. Haven't you seen enough yet?

As sure as the sun rises every morning, Iowa State still sucks at football.

I do agree, there isn’t another organization in baseball that would have let RH do a rebuild after seeing his previous results. It makes me very skeptical. As for the other stuff, all true, but....that is part of development. If you are all in on a rebuild, you have to expect things like this, not everyone will work out. Some will get hurt, some will suck, some will improve and be what they were projected to be. It takes a little while and a lot of luck. We just have to hope Ricks previous results are no indication as to how this will work out, or we all are going to be pretty upset.

On the bright side, he was consistently 93/94 with it torn.

Seding him to the minors in 2020 for any significant time probably means the rehab hasn't gone well.

Who knows how it will go. Just hope he recovers better than Nate Jones. Gio and Cease have already had it. Dunning is a possibility. Hansen. Rodon and his shoulder. Building with young starters is walking a tightrope.

He isn't dead yet, and this creates an opportunity. Maybe someone steps up.

The Angels remind me of the post WS pre rebuild White Sox. They draw more fans, but both had some big names and some other really good players, but for the most part, except for diehards, no one really cares.

And he would be on the DL right now and people would be saying if only their medical staff were more like the Red Sox..... I don't know how anyone pins this on the White Sox. No team avoids these, and Kopech seemed like a top candidate to have this occur.

We all wanted to see the freak show. See someone throw the ball harder than anyone. Then when that inevitably breaks, trying to place blame, seems kind of weak.

I would think he had this OKd by the Sox. My problem with Kopech is he always seemed to be a guy who wanted to throw 110 when 98-100 in more than enough. I just thought his approach, at least prior to this season was just asking for trouble.

There are definitely more guys throwing 95 plus than years ago. But the max doesn’t appear to move much if at all. they say throwing a baseball isn’t a natural movement, so it figures at max or close to max effort each time you throw, humans would have a limited amount of bullets before something goes haywire.