Dick Allen

The Mooch saying Trump is the least racist person there is. Of course he did tell us Trump was better than Napoleon Dynamite's uncle Rico when it came to throwing a football, and could drain treys from way downtown even while wearing a long coat.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 01:34 PM) Maybe there is an extension in the works... Also I don't think Jose really cares much about projected contracts, considering where he's coming from. His agent does. I haven't seen the $13 million anywhere else. Maybe it is incorrect.

Now the hard part, better players.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 01:25 PM) Considering you told all of us before his last injury that it was nothing to worry about and you just assumed it wasn’t serious, this seems like a weird sword to die on. You'll see. He actually was throwing 98 with the injury. What Cooper said is right in line with what we all were told at the time of the injury. Now Rodon is screwed.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 01:17 PM) He also says, Clearly means him getting up to 88 again is a long shot. Read between the lines.

So basically if Cooper said anything other than Rodon is currently fine and throwing 98, this article shows he's pretty much done.

Welp. He did get everyone to stop talking about Russia.

Good thing he's a genius. My God, billions in taxpayer money would have been wasted. Praise to Trump: Kellyanne Conway says Trump has 'discovered' there are rivers and mountains on the border that make a physical wall unfeasible.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 10:02 AM) Presidents undergo annual physicals. It's not weird. Not weird for 44 presidents. Weird for 1.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 09:59 AM) Why on Earth does that seem odd to you? It's basically required of them. No it's not. It's kind of like releasing their taxes. This guy can not be healthy, and certainly not as healthy as was claimed by his doctor.

He's taking his physical today, which seems a bit odd to me. I am wondering if he wants to go back to his old life and will try to use this to bail, like his bone spurs. Make something up, he's got to go, Mike Pence, your turn, keep doing all the great things Trump has done.... Although that would contradict the healthiest person to ever be POTUS from 2016. I'm just wondering when they report he beat Kim Jong Un's record for 18 holes in golf.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 09:24 AM) I mean when we traded Miguel he had a pretty decent run of starts and he netted us DaQuan Forbes whom I didn't even remember until I googled it. These flip projects aren't that exciting to me. Seems better to catch lightning in a bottle for bullpen. That's why I think this really is more of an eat some innings than flip candidate. Like you said, he isn't going to be worth much more than he was when they traded him when he was on a roll, and he netted a 21 year old with a .588 OPS in high A. I would think if you wanted to just buy him from Texas, it wouldn't cost you anywhere near what Gonzalez will be paid. So he must be a good influence, and the probably hope he can eat some innings.

So apparently Trump thought the s***hole comment would play well. He made some calls last night to see how everyone liked it. When it was apparent it was a flop, he never said it. The world according to Trump.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 09:03 AM) Video of Durbin's statements: https://twitter.com/MPuccinelliCBS2/status/...820541488398336 Explicitly calls Trump's comments racist and says "you've seen the comments in the press, I've not read one of them that's inaccurate" I am not a fan of Durbin, but good for him for standing his ground and not covering even the slightest for the pig that is in the WH. He claimed yesterday he has a good relationship with Kim Jong Un but wouldn't comment when asked if he has every spoken to him. There's never been consequences in Trump's life. He doesn't want to pay someone, he either sues them to a point it's not worth fighting or declares bankruptcy. He gets sick of his wife, he finds another one. He lies through his teeth, it never f***ing matters. Make this baby start paying for what comes out of his Big Mac breath mouth.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 08:23 AM) Sen. Durbin now confirming, in response to Trump's denial (which was prompted by Fox News, who now controls the country apparently): Like when he debated Hillary, and Hillary mentioned how he had not paid taxes in years. His response was becasue he was smart. He later said he never said that. His base believes.

Trump denies he said s***hole, which lines up with what the guy from the National Review, a very conservative publication, said yesterday. He said s***house. How much more of this clown show with the republicans put up with? What a 24 hour period for the Stable Genius Liar in Chief. First the FISA tweet, which he got all wrong in so many ways, then his s***hole/s***house comment. Then blaming Obama, again, for something Obama had nothing to do with. But it gets his base in an uproar, so who cares.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 07:17 AM) Fangio is really dragging this on. I think had alot of his possible destinations not close up he'd be gone. I think he thinks his interview with the Bears to be a HC was a token, and he had no chance, and wants to exhaust every avenue before returning. The beat writers said all season, if he wasn't going to be the Bears HC, he would be somewhere else. It looked for a while they would be wrong, but now maybe not. I don't think it's that big of a deal. There are some really good candidates available, and if the Bears defenders can't stay healthy, I could be the DC with the same results.

P QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 09:56 AM) It's funny. I was just thinking about that. No matter what assistant coach/coordinator/HC is hired, the praise is always high, for any team. I remember the Trestman/Tucker/Kromer combo. I was PSYCHED for that trio. Lincecome has a column where he states every new Bears coach is better than the last one and not as good as the next one. It is true. There was a lot of excitement about Tressman. Even during the season. It did help they actually had some playmakers on offense, but when their welcome wore out, and Forte got a little longer in the tooth, all hell broke loose. Fox was a very popular hire, and then people couldn't wait to get rid of him. Hopefully, Nagy will buck a trend.

Sheriff Joe has proof Obama's birth certificate is a fake. These people are insane.

Trump is cancelling his trip to London, and according to him it is all Obama's fault. He was going to cut the ribbon on the new US embassy, but he said Obama sold the old one for peanuts and moved to a bad location. The very stable genius might be surprised to learn the decision to move was under the Bush administration.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 06:20 PM) I will say it’s rather entertaining at times to watch you try and navigate through back-and-forth arguments like this one, particularly when you don’t appear to have a leg to stand on with your reasoning. But I have to hand it to you, you give it the ‘ol college try, nonetheless! Fortunately, Jerry Reinsdorf hasn't ruined my life yet.

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 06:37 PM) He is good but a 390 babip is not sustainable. He always was a high babip guy but 350 would be great. That leaves him at a 115 wRC+ or so with average ish defense unless he improves his power or walk rate. That is a good player but not a 4 win player of course. More like 2.5 or so. When JD Martinez went from a DFA guy to breakout, he had a .389 BABIP. The next season it went down to about .340 but he added homers. I think Avi could do the same thing. He should hit a lot more than 18.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 04:52 PM) Kind of surprised by this. I always liked Miggy, but I thought the Sox would have taken a chance on bringing in a new face. I don't have any high expectations that he'll be as successful as last year. Still would like to see 1 more depth signing for Charlotte's rotation. Sox only have House, Covey, and Danish as depth, and they need someone to eat innings at the end of the year if they decide to shut Gio, Lopez, and/or Fulmer down. This is kind of how I feel. No big deal, but his upside isn't very high and the type of prospect they got for him last year is probably about the best you could hope for. I think you could probably save money and buy a prospect for less than they will pay him. But they know him. Maybe he is a guy who is really good around the young guys. And they do need so,done to eat innings.

s***hole countries is fake news from the dishonest media. He said s***house countries.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 08:51 AM) https://t.co/3goQfjM7vC Country’s top employer raises minimum wage and gives bonuses as a result of laying off workers. Fixed Amazing that news came out the very same day they closed a bunch of stores and layed off thousands. Probably just a coincidence. Walmart only made $124 billion profit in 2017. Good thing this tax cut freed up some cash to pay their lowest employees an extra $7 a day.