Dick Allen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2018 -> 08:12 AM) If they are losing money on the radio deal, that isn't a very good sign for the TV deal that comes up next year. That's how it goes on the radio. The reason the Cubs aren't on WGN anymore was because WGN was willing to lose some money on their broadcasts as they had been doing for years, just not as much as others. What they hope for is the people tuning in for the game, tune into other crap on their station.

The White Sox and Bulls may be looking for a new radio home. Cumulus Media, which owns WLS, is trying to get out of their contract with the White Sox and Bulls. It will be heard in bankruptcy court on Feb. 1. The Sox don't get much from radio anyway, so I don't think it will kill future payrolls, but it will be interesting to see where they land.

"I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," DJT doing a swell job.

QUOTE (Quin @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 02:43 PM) Gorka has an arrest warrant for gun charges in Hungary and did during his entire White House tenure. Extreme vetting. Trump only hires the best.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 01:41 PM) Sure, its been defined by many of their own members, including Bannon who called Breitbart the platform of the alt right. The alt right is generally inclusive of groups that have nationalistic ideologies sometimes rooted in hatred towards other ethnic or racial groups. Neo nazis, white supremacists,neo fascists and even far right evangelical groups. The AP defined the alt right as such: Here is a link to alt right leader Richard Spencer's definition of their ideology: https://altright.com/2017/08/11/what-it-mea...o-be-alt-right/ The term was originally coined in 2008 by Paul Gottfried, not the media. So trying to blame the media for its creation is inaccurate. He is a paleoconservative member of the alt right which is defined as: You did well on your test.

The players wouldn't want a floor, because a floor comes with a ceiling. But a ceiling would be good for the game. Pittsburgh and KC each had short runs after about 25-30 years of totally sucking, now they are done. The only difference is in the playoffs, KC made 2 improbable comebacks and played in 2 WS and won 1, and the Pirates just lost all the time in the postseason. The current model isn't sustainable for most of the league.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 12:50 PM) Trump personally directed White House to have bannon clam up during his House questioning. https://t.co/Vafk52CqP1 Did Trump say Sloppy Steve didn't have a very big role in the WH? I wonder why he is so worried.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 11:53 AM) It’s not as if the border was not discussed during the Clinton admin. Also its been explained over and over the funds will not be coming directly as cash from Mexico. It will me in form of the trade deficit. "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall." Then have them pay for the wall. Why is he holding Dreamers hostage for wall funding? He has been in office over a year, surely he has addressed this trade deficit funding with Mexico. He's all about making deals. No one makes better deals, believe me. There should be enough to start his build. Why is it now, America, give me money for my wall or the DACAs have to go? And why isn't he concerned about drugs coming from the north? I doubt it has anything to do with white. Thankfully, it will be even cheaper to build as Kellyanne has pointed out just a couple of days ago, Trump has "discovered" there are many areas where a wall wouldn't be feasable, so it won't be almost 2000 miles long like he first had planned. It just amazes me that what seem like perfectly normal, educated people, will defend this guy no matter what, just because of the letter after his name. Many republicans do see him as the fraud he is, but there is his base who never will, and then those who will, but not until the next republican is in the WH.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 11:36 AM) Nobody seems to get the point. As long as the media is s*** and people feel they are being lied to Trump will thrive. I mean come on folks. If Trump is as bad as we think he is why not play it straight above the fence? Why use photo shops, edit videos, peer pressure, shaming etc etc Nobody can answer this, specifically the tragedy that is CNN. I think they only help trumps popularity. “But FOX news” yeah they are s*** too. But I can tell you from an independent point of view CNN takes the cake. Stick with the issues guys. I was more inclined to vote liberal 20 years ago but all the white shaming, media deception, gang mentality, violence (yes I do think the violence from antifa is severaly underreported), I see them as communists. Say what you will about Trump, but until these things get fixed y’all don’t have much leg to stand on. Also a new trend I noticed with the left side is lack of compromise. You won’t admit being 1% wrong. It would be refreshing to hear if trump ever does something good because he has done good. I don’t agree with all the bullet points under the fake news awards but a more than a few items stick out in my mind as unquestionably true. The shame with networks like cnn though is even if he does lie, how can I believe it? New trend, lack of compromise? They must have learned that from the right when Obama was President. Did you sleep through those 8 years? Because you can see it. Why is he so worried about funding the wall? How many times did he say Mexico will pay for the way, believe me? Well, get the funds from them if you need a wall so badly. Now the Dreamers are pawns, and the military won't be paid, although they will have been paid until Feb 1, if the government shuts down over Dreamers, who need to get out of the country because they are evil, unless a wall is built, which makes them OK. Do you know over 900 Dreamers actually serve in the military. I'm surprised Trump didn't go after them first.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 10:06 AM) The original report came from Olney, not Heyman. And the offers might be higher but I'm skeptical that they're way higher, Boras isn't exactly an unbiased source. We still don't even know who else would put in a big offer for him besides Boston, there aren't any other obvious fits. It is what I am saying. Olney reports it, then Boras uses Heyman to say hey they actually are quite a bit higher.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 09:58 AM) Jon Heyman‏Verified account @JonHeyman 14h14 hours ago scott boras generally doesn't discuss offers or non offers, but he did say the report of a $100M five-year offer by boston for jd martinez is "not accurate." (me: that does seem off/improbable as an offer since cespedes got $27.5M per year) Heyman is known to be used and abused by Boras. Of course the offers are way higher.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 02:11 AM) I don’t care if you’re independent, right or left. The media is a deceptive disgrace. CNN the worst. My only objective with the fake news awards is fox is not much better. (See 2008 2012 Ron Paul election coverage) But what we have here is a gold mine for the independent thinker not inside an echo chamber. I present the archive link instead of gop because GOP are scumbuckets and Trump broke the site. Hate him or love him but these are accurate awards given for the #fakenewsawards . This calling out of irresponsible reporting is the right thing to do. Of course the storylines will be attack on freedom of press. Well you know what? When our press is being funded by a handful of mega corps I think we need some checks and balances. Shame on anyone here who thinks intentionally deceptive reporting is good reporting. 1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover. 2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report. The rest https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010005/...ke-news-awards/ You do realize Trump uses this "fake news" dishonest media to distract from his own lies, don't you? Tax cuts won't help the rich. Mexico will pay for his stupid wall. He won't have time to golf. When Obama was President, the stock market and employment rate were doing the exact same thing they are doing today because of the almighty Trump, then they were a "bubble", and hoax numbers respectedly. Speaking of hoaxes and shams, what about Russia? the list goes on and on. He averages over five lies a day.

Trump now bragging about scoring a 30 on his cognitive test. The actual test is all over the Internet, if he is bragging about getting a 30....

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 08:02 PM) Tried to warn you guys that Hoiberg wasn't the worst coach in history Nah, that would be Tim Floyd.

So let me get this straight, Dreamers are a danger and need to get out if money for a wall isn't made available, but they are just fine in America if the wall is built. What shame Trump is using these people as pawns for his ego .

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 03:01 PM) Too many people having the same opinion? DICK ALLEN TO THE RESCUE! I said I like the player. I just don't take scouting reports from BP seriously. But keep up with your agenda. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...686003-132.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 03:17 PM) How do you know what was being thrown to him if you weren't there for the BP session? You're right. He was hitting bombs all over the field vs. nasty stuff.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 02:46 PM) You have to remember a lot of people haven’t seen this guy play in person before. The fact that the batting practice results are living up to the hype is only a good thing. So we know he can hit 75 MPH fastballs right down the middle. It's batting practice. And depending how these guys have spent their winters, some will be ahead of others even in BP at this point. I don't want to take away from him as a prospect, and don't want to sound skeptical, because I am not. But this is batting practice. When Dylan Covey gets lit up, he is called batting practice. Where's Allen Iverson when you need him?

I really like Robert, but batting practice results have really taken spring fluff to a new level.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 11:10 AM) I'm fine with you doing that, but he wouldn't accept circumstantial evidence in another thread so he doesn't get to speculate here. That was his standard - He has to have personally been in the room when the measurement happened to be able to tell me what the actual height is. Speculation based on photos isn't allowed. LMAO. You act the same age Trump acts.

QUOTE (zisk @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 11:19 AM) AE is 26 already. fine glove,great speed. 25th man at best. Why such a deep discussion about a very mediocre talent? He doesn't have to hit a lot to be valuable. The problem is, he has a long way to go to only be a very mediocre hitter. He has had flashes.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 10:40 AM) Based on photos he's shorter than Obama who is 6'1" and shorter than Trudeau who is 6"2" So Hawk wouldn't want to buy any lumber from the guy measuring Trump.

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 10:23 AM) I really hope that they give Adam Engel a full season of starting, or at least considerable at-bats. While his offense may not have been where we wanted it to be, the defense was oustanding, and he has great speed. 2018 is one of those years where I would really like guys like Engel, as well as Delmonico and Davidson, to get considerable at-bats because I think they all have that potential to be apart of the teams passed 2019. He received a decent amount of ABs in 2017. I'm sure he will get some more in 2018, but he is going to have to hit a lot better, and hopefully the White Sox have a couple of other guys who can push him for playing time. Not many guys get as many ABs as he has received with his results.

QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 09:34 AM) Nope I don't drink coffee and I also don't want to pay $60 a year to read a few articles.. So you wanna quit being a dick or what? No, you want someone who does pay to give it to you just because for free. And you are the one calling people names.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 09:15 AM) Got an alert that said something to the effect that Yelich said his relationship with the team is irreparable His best chance of getting out of there is to shut up, and play really well so some team will meet the Marlins price . Pouting and playing the game he is playing is doing no one any good. There is zero chance the Marlins dump him for a discounted package right now.