Dick Allen

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 12:11 PM) So Asik + first for Mirotic + a second?? I think the Bulls will also get another stiff or two to make some room to sign Monroe.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 11:20 AM) It's a bit disingenuous for Rabbit to be asking everybody to pump the brakes on the memo when he posted this on January 19 about the very same memo... "The House Intelligence Committee, the group that had their Twitter suspended yesterday, is said to be possessing the memo that would expose corruption that would lead to the end of careers for lifer politicians." LMAO.

Russia, good. FBI, CIA, bad. 'Merica.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 31, 2018 -> 05:09 PM) Sitting him only shows they are extra motivated to move him, moreso than before, reducing leverage they have. They don't want him getting hurt and killing a trade. It helps the tank. 3 on the road without Dunn, Laurie, and Niko are most likely losses. It isn't like these games will raise his worth in the market. It can only go down, so he sits.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Jan 31, 2018 -> 01:17 PM) Then you have the Sox from 2008-2012. Not good enough to make the playoffs, just good enough to come in 2nd or 3rd. Except the Sox did make the playoffs in 2008, which was actually the year Detroit got Cabrera and KW said that just made them more competitive with the White Sox.

Pretty soon the only immigrants allowed will be those willing to work for minimum wage at Trump properties, or help Jared pay down some of his debt on his genius building purchase in NYC. Apparently the tax cuts haven't spurred Donny to increase wages.

Sad. He hit a lot of homers, hardly ever struck out, and had awesome hair.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 31, 2018 -> 09:16 AM) CDC director Brenda Fitzgerald resigns after it is revealed she has bought a lot of stock in tobacco companies since taking over. Captain Picard facepalm meme in perpetuity He only hires the best.

Greg, Every day in office for 8 years, Obama was disrespected by republicans, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh...all of the places you go for a few minutes to see what's up. Did you miss it? He's out of office now, but they still give him crap. Maybe not every day anymore. Trump has blatantly lied more than any other president. Why is it bad to call him out on it? Why do they still give Obama crap for saying "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan". Why is that OK, and Trump's big beautiful wall will only cost $8 billion because that is what he does, and oh by the way, Mexico is going to pay for the wall, and now he needs $25 billion for said wall, which he now admits wouldn't be nearly as long or bold as it was when it was $8 billion, since he went on an expedition and discovered there are places on the border a wall could not be built?

I wonder if Niko refused. I didn't like the deal anyway. The Bulls are under the salary floor. I am not sure what happens if they stay under it. I think they might have to disperse the difference to their roster.

President Donald Trump says the Trump National Golf Club in Florida is worth more than $50 million. Palm Beach County Property Tax Appraiser Dorothy Jacks disagrees, saying the Jupiter course, where Trump plays when he visits nearby Mar-a-Lago, is actually worth much less — $19 million. But in a twist, Trump's lawyers are now suing Jacks, saying her estimate and the nearly $400,000 property tax bill it generates are too high, even if her appraisal is only 40 percent of what the president listed in his 2017 financial disclosure form.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 26, 2018 -> 03:21 PM) I think Rock nailed it: the dude seems like a huge asshole. His tantrums are ridiculous. Some coaches get ripped for not having tantrums. He's a bit intense, but he's a good guy. Not only that but he's like, really smart. He went to Wharton you know.

Feder reporting Bulls most likely to the Score, Sox most likely to WGN or ESPN 1000.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 30, 2018 -> 12:10 AM) Lol - complete and utter nonsense! What the devil are you talking about now! Rooney never said any such thing of the sort. Rooney began his career with the Sox in 1988 (on the television side, succeeding Don Drysdale before giving way to Gary Thorne on the TV side in 1989), and he only presided over Redus’ final 77 games with the Sox before Redus was traded to the Pirates that year for...the mighty Mike Diaz! Remember Diaz’? No? There’s a reason for that - he was terrible! Diaz’ career didn’t last past the ‘88 season, for crying out loud. Look at Diaz’ career stats. Does he look like a guy for whom a player better than Rickey Henderson IN HIS PRIME would be traded for? Of course not! Which is why the amazingly astute John Rooney would have never said such an absurd thing as asserted by Our Very Own Dick Allen here. It never happened! Rooney may have favorably compared Redus’ skill set to that of Henderson, but he never came close to suggesting Redus was better than Henderson. Dick, unless you have video/audio to prove otherwise, strongly suggest you back off of this obvious misstatement of yours that the great John Rooney made any suggestion EVER that Gary Redus was better than one of the greatest players of all time in Rickey Henderson. Very much a disservice to Rooney’s great career on the South Side. you can strongly suggest anything you want. I heard it with my own two ears. He said it.

Why does he need $25 billion? The wall is probably $8 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the money that we lose with Mexico. We lose a tremendous amount of trade deficits. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that is astronomical, much bigger than that. We will get -- and I say it also is also part of my plan -- Mexico is going to pay for the wall," he said.

Being the first of many, Matt Kemp is reportedly in the best shape of his life.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 12:07 PM) I've got liberal friends who gobble his s*** up, I try to talk sense into them but it's like talking to Hannity/Fox personalities, reason won't prevail. I watch his show. I don't agree with everything, but he does have some interesting guests. I didn't agree with the Trump book author insinuating a Trump/Nikki Haley affair. If he didn't want to actually put it in his book, his hint wasn't necessary. But that one wasn't on Maher. He had another guy on who made an interesting point about the republicans who say the Russians interfered for Hillary. His point being, if they really thought that, wouldn't they want to sanction the s*** out of them instead of the exact opposite?

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 11:45 AM) ESPN had a fake trade idea between the Cavs and the Bulls: Bulls give up Mirotic and Lopez Cavs give up Love, Shumpert and the Nets pick. It's actually a compelling trade idea for both teams. Cavs would get out of Love's expensive contract (50 million over the next 2 seasons). Lopez gives them a decent rim protector. Niko obviously gives them more shooting. The Bulls get a good player in Love, a bench guy in Shumpert they can drop after next year and another lottery pick. This will never happen because Love is the fall back franchise player when Lebron leaves and that Nets pick is overvalued, but it's an idea. It's a no brainer for the Bulls. I don't know why Cleveland makes this deal.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 11:25 AM) Anything can happen playing head to head. True, but you aren't going to have 3 near 100 loss teams in the same division. Maybe they will all cancel each other out and be better record-wise than anticipated, but at least one of these teams is going to have a surprisingly good record IMO and not because of talent level.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 11:21 AM) Again, would not be shocked if the Sox lost more this year than last year. Not having guys like Q, Frazier, Melky and company for the first three/four months of the season is going to be a blow to this group. No question, but Detroit and KC are awful, and they play a lot of games against them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 11:01 AM) Every One of the World’s Big Economies Is Now Growing I give all the credit to a certain orange very stable genius.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 09:07 AM) lol that is a long ass grudge No grudge, but it was a most ridiculous statement. He does do some college basketball games for anyone who needs a Rooney fix.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 08:37 AM) He's a very smart person, who clearly has a good grasp on the science behind it. The ice caps are setting records . He can't be this dumb. He knows whatever he says, the followers in his cult will buy it.

John Rooney is OK, but he lost me in the 80s when he argued Gary Redus was better than Rickey Henderson.

Here's Bill Maher's list Colin Kaepernick, LaVar Ball, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, “the war widow from the failed raid in Niger” and “the war widow’s congresswoman,” the Central Park Five, Steph Curry, “the UCLA basketball players arrested in China,” Whoopi Goldberg, April Ryan, “the entire NFL,” the cast of Hamilton, the cities of Atlanta and Chicago, Nigeria, Haiti, “and the entire continent of Africa.” Now add Jay Z.