Dick Allen

ESPN forgot the 2005 White Sox existed again.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 10:34 PM) http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/fus...aign/index.html Clinton Campaign, DNC paid helped fund (Trump) Dossier Research Meeting with Russians, telling the Russians to hack Hillary's emails...fine. Hiring a British spy to get some goods in Trump...horrible, FYI, fake news CNN mentioned Hillary's campaign was linked to this months ago. This Trump as the victim card you keep playing is really sickening.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 04:29 PM) It sure looks to me like the Republican party is basically purging itself of anyone who doesn't wholeheartedly endorse Trumpism in word, thought, and deed. Just voting with them isn't enough. I probably should have clarified I meant current republican politicians. I think most of them have the same thoughts these 3 have, but are afraid of what they may lose if they say. There are obviously a few screwballs that bow to his every word,but the juvenile way he works can't go on. At some point more will break. They have to. It isn't like he is suddenly going to behave like an adult. And if they get their tax cuts, Trump will take full credit like he is the stock market.

McCain who has nothing to lose, Corker who is retiring and Flake who is retiring all bashing Trump. I really wonder if he really has more than 10% actual support in the republican party if honesty actually ever meant anything.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 10:35 AM) WGN isn't broadcasting games nationally anymore. They are out of the sports business for the superstation. Those games only go locally into the Chicago market. That's why purely local was in my post.

Paul Ryan basically telling everyone to ignore Trump's Twitter. This would be really fun to watch if innocent people weren't going to be collaterally damaged by it all. As soon as the rich get more money they will never spend, guaranteeing the republicans their donations for life,and they appease the middle class with their extra $600 a year to buy a car or remodel their kitchen, Trump's incompetence is going to be attacked from all sides. Meanwhile, bump stock bans? Maybe after tax cuts.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) It is extremely easy to sell the tickets through the sox-ticketmaster process. I have never had a problem selling the tickets, even the morning of a game, especially if you sell them for face value. The season ticket price is slightly discounted so if you sell them for face value you actuality make a little money. I put the back into the account so my cost the next year is even less. Plus the perks are decent. The pre season party at the ChiSox Bar and Grill. The Grinder Bash, and the free game with patio party near the end of the year are nice. Yeah you can buy $6 tickets or $10 after fees from stubhub, but if you are going to go to more than 10 games, the package is the way to go. Access to playoff tickets will be nice when it finally happens again.

What will be interesting is how many games the White Sox keep on the terrestrial station like WGN. If the Cubs start a network, I would imagine they will have all their games possible on it. The White Sox on WGN might actually work a little bit like the Cubs on WGN worked back in the 70s and 80s. It would be to a lesser extent obviously, and purely local, but with cord cutting, etc, not everyone will have the Cubs channel. White Sox games on free TV could build up the base a little bit.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 09:02 AM) Congrats to WaPo for shaming Trump into fulfilling his promise of sending that gold star family the $25k check. They just received it, and, shockingly, it's dated the day the WaPo story was published. https://twitter.com/KaplanABC11/status/922603452487946241 What a coincidence. His legal counsel was finally able to approve it on the same day the story came out. It's amazing what all these fake news outlets are getting this adminstration to do. Write checks, edit security clearance forms...all over fake news.

If the Cubs go out alone, it should be announced pretty soon because they will need time to put their channel together. I don't think the Sox situation will change much. They do own part of the station and will apparently get a bigger piece. Paying yourself is a zero sum game. It does seem Rocky and JR are joined at the hip so I don't see the Sox/Bulls/Hawks partnership breaking up.

Joc Pederson is another guy. The Sox need LH hitting (hi Lillian). The Dodgers seem to always have too many players but they usually use them. He's about to make some more money. I don't know it the Sox have anything that would interest them that isn't a prospect, but you never know.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) The other part of that quote leads me to believe that despite Bobby punching and injuring Niko the locker room is backing Portis. I'm not buying that. Every player I see asked about it said they were both at fault but the punch crossed the line. I think they are going to support Portis because he is still a teammate and they must to get passed it. But they all know what he did was not right, and I don't think some sort of popularity contest is going on either. I'm sure when Niko comes back, they will be saying how happy they are to have him back as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 10:35 AM) So I'm not saying any of this means Trubisky will suck, but I keep seeing people say he looks good, blah blah blah. He's looked really really bad. He's a rookie, but you can see why the Bears were trying to be patient. The Bears certainly haven't "let him loose" and our receivers stink, etc, but he's been extremely indecisive with the football and taken a lot of "bad sacks". His receivers haven't helped him with some drops (I would have liked to see Cohen pick him up on that throw on the 1st drive of the game), but I don't even know what to think about our offense (other than the fact that despite tons of guys in the box, Howard is a beast). It looks historically inept. Again, not making any hottake on Trubisky but I certainly haven't seen a QB who has shown any ability to read defenses too well (as he has seemed extremely "tentative" out there). Inexperience is definitely showing. I hope we see some serious progress during the second half of the season. Defense was studly. Hampton and OB were ready to call Trubisky a bust, wondering why he hasn't "improved". He doesn't have receivers who can get open, and the line hasn't exactly given him all day to throw, and he needs some experience. Like you wrote, we are seeing why the Bears are being patient and didn't want to throw him to the wolves based on a couple of exhiibtion performances, which, at least one of them wouldn't have been so highly thought of except for some bad defense.

The Bears are boring without a doubt, but is it just me, or is the entire NFL getting pretty boring? Most games are pretty one-sided.

Deonte Thompson, 4 catches 107 yards in his Bills debut.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 07:26 AM) Winning games in an absolutely unsustainable fashion isn't progress. So you see no progress in the Bears defense? Offense sucks and will suck the rest of the season, but since 1979, 7 times an NFL team has completed 4 or less passes in a game. They are 6-1 in those games.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) It's a weird combination of a rookie QB, zero wide receivers, and the most conservative coach in the league. Today was rough to watch, but they got the early lead and it worked out, no reason to force anything extra on Trubisky yet. But that is not gonna work next weekend in NOLA. I agree. It's as boring as can be, but it's a win. I would think if Fox was fired and replaced with Ron Rivera, most would be happy. I think if Cam Newton was the Bears QB, most would be happy. Yet the Bears beat them with pretty much zero offense. 3 first downs until garbage time.

QUOTE (Da_Goob @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 07:22 PM) How you can look at this team and not see progress over last year is beyond me. The Bears have no weapons on the outside. They got hurt. It sucks, but it is what it is. They're starting a rookie QB. They've had the lead the last two weeks so there was no reason for them to go air the ball out and risk turnovers when they didn't need to.They have already equaled their wins from last year where most people had the Bears penciled in at 0-7 or 1-6. Yes, the defense has been much better. Good enough to win some games. That is something you can hang your hat on. The offense is going to struggle. A rookie QB with 13 starts before this year since high school, with no receivers that require a double team isn't exactly a recipe to score many points. If they can get that side of the ball fixed, they will be a fun team to watch.

Kozlowski, Hampton and OB currently ripping Trubisky and the coaching staff. Another game you would have thought they lost by at least 40 listening to their show. Now they are complaining about "all the money " they gave to Rueben Randle and wondering why the Bears didn't play their regulars the 4th exhibition game. This stuff is hilarious.

There is a new report that later the same day Trump boasted about calling all the Gold Star families, and other Presidents did not, his staff contacted the Pentagon to get the names and family member numbers of those killed so he could contact some more that he had apparently "missed." They know he lies and lies and lies, but do nothing about it, but spin it, or act like it doesn't happen. I hope they all eventually pay for their actions or non actions.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Oct 21, 2017 -> 02:24 AM) Just get rid of him. Why? People said the same thing about Avi for years and Leury Garcia. If he can overcome his injuries, and that is a big if, he could be a pretty decent asset. It isn't like giving him a roster spot next year is going to cost the team a pennant. One good thing about rebuilding is it gives guys who were hurt or struggling who wouldn't normally get second or third chances, those chances. We have seen guys who went overseas and came back much different players because they had more chances. Odds are against it, but he doesn't cost much, there is plenty of room for him, and trying to trade him would get you nothing. Keep

I wouldn't be too worried about pop times. SB are becoming extinct. If he can frame, call a decent game and block pitches, with his walks and power, it will more than make up for a slow time to 2nd.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 05:47 PM) Listen, buddy, the White House made it very clear today that you can never question somebody who is a four star general, or used to be one anyway, even if they're blatantly lying. And I promise you there's not multiple Trump tweets doing exactly that in the past, either, because this White House would never just straight-up lie constantly. More seriously, I hope Kelly thinks it was worth it to drag his son's memory through the mud to defend Donald J. Trump. And they've now moved on to blaming the family of a fallen soldier for being offended by Trump's words. They dug up a few old tweets of Trumpripping 4 star Generals.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:23 PM) In the basement of a pizza shop. You groupthinkers better be careful. One day one of these stories may be legit.

Fox News must be fearing something is near in the Russian investigation. They are now calling for the Hillary email "scandal" to be re-opened.