Dick Allen

He has always said everyone is available if the price is right, but he specifically questioned whether the timing with Abreu and Avi and their contracts fit the White Sox schedule. In the meeting I was at he talked about diminished returns in 1B/DH types Abreu's age and specifically mentioned that leadership is big, but it doesn't trump production. He made it seem an extension would have to be really team friendly. With Avi, he questioned whether selling him off now wasn't the most prudent. He either stays a really good player which would make him expensive and a risk to sign elsewhere, or he goes back to being what he was and it would be an opportunity lost. The thing is, trading these guys doesn't mean you can't bring them back when they become free agents if you want. You just miss their production when you really aren't playing to win. And it opens up opportunities for younger players.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 08:59 AM) There's a reason I asked what you actually heard, it's still unclear. It is very shocking to me that it would be an open secret that Spacey was predatory toward children. And look at Rapp in 86...he was not a "younger guy" he was a kid. And I just doubt if he did that it was an isolated incident. People shrugging shoulders at stuff like that is how situations like Penn St. happen. I mean seriously what would people's reaction be if at a party they went upstairs and caught a family friend on top of a 14 year old boy at midnight after the friend had been drinking. It would be taken seriously I'm sure. If it were isolated, Spacey would have just denied it. He knows there are more out there. I tend to believe Jeremy Piven did what his accuser said, but he probably doesn't have the other skeletons in the closet so he can get away with a denial.

Terrorist attack in NYC is Chuck Schumer's fault. Trump's boys are too busy following 10 year old undocumented immigrants with cerebral palsy who need their gallbladders removed around a hospital so they can send her back to where she belongs once she has recovered enough. Biggest mass shooting in US history, and another terrorist attack under Trump's watch. He needs to take some credit.

Does Jimmy G have the IT factor?

Trump, who lies more than anyone, also accuses others of lying more than anyone. I hope his shtick catches up to him.

Trump is melting like the Wicked Witch of the West. Love the tweet with the low level volunteer coffee boy at the table with Trump and Sessions.

Freeman suspended 10 games for PEDs. I must say Hampton nailed that one. He said anyone tears a pec, they are using steroids.

Fox News already trying to discredit Manafort's judge. Black woman donated to Bill Clinton. Son was arrested for heroin dealing. Alrighty then. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/30/paul-...h-robinson.html

A New Gingrich tweet from last year: “Nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to really help get this campaign to where it is right now.”

Fox News is getting nervous. Now they are just flat out lying: Rosen claimed indictment charges were "all focused on the period 2006 to 2015," but the indictment states "2006 through at least 2016" From the October 30 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom: Loading the player reg... JAMES ROSEN

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 12:50 PM) via Fun with alternative facts. The Trump bubble people will buy every word.

I could see neck fatigue after watching so many rockets go past him. But arm fatigue? He missed a lot of time. He sucks so bad.

No one is bringing up when Trump looked into the camera and told Russia to hack Hillary's emails. What a great place to hide, right in the open. “I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” the Republican nominee said at a news conference in Florida. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

I wonder how many of the people at the RNC who were chanting lock her up when Christy was going through his BS, will actually wind up locked up themselves.

NO COLLUSION! FAKE NEWS! In a footnote, the FBI statement notes that the email was forwarded between campaign officials and who wrote they should discuss: “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips. It should be someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal.”

Trubisky also left for the draft early so he could have been starting this season, and a lot of guys have had 2 years under their belts. Although not a first round pick, Kurt Warner was a 3rd team QB at Northern Iowa until his senior year. Everyone is different. It's pretty easy to see Trubisky's talent. Whether he will reach his potential is a good question, but one that won't be answered for years, let alone 3 or 4 games.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 10:00 AM) I was listening to Rush on the way in this morning. He seems really convinced that Hillary did a bunch of shady stuff that should get her thrown in jail. This could be the biggest news story we have ever seen. A lot of callers seemed very concerned. Could you imagine if this were Hillary's campaign people being indicted? It certainly wouldn't have been "years ago" and nothing to do with the campaign.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 09:46 AM) Manning still threw 26 TDs that year. Talk to me when Trubisky a) has a multi-TD game and b) completes more than 50% of his passes, when 62% is the minimum acceptable level for modern NFL QBs. My argument is this: If this guy needs so much time, then maybe you shouldn't have wasted the 2nd overall pick on a guy who isn't going to be able to contribute until 2019. IMO, Deshaun Watson has the "it" factor. Trubisky doesn't. Watson has had a 5 TD game in his 3rd NFL start. (And, IIRC, he had a rushing TD in that game too) My complaint is that Trubisky was a blatant severe overdraft due to position. Watson was the only QB who was a 1st round talent and he probably shouldn't have been taken top 20. Trubisky and Mahomes were 2nd or 3rd rounders. They got overdrafted because of a need at a position. I hate drafting QBs who have only started one season since HS, because they almost always are epic busts. As a matter of fact, I challenge anybody to give me the name of a QB who started one season since HS, was drafted in the 1st round and wasn't an epic bust. They didn't draft him to win this year. Watson would have been a much better choice if it was about 2017. It's about 2018 and beyond. We will see what happens, but Watson wouldn't have the same numbers he has now if he was drafted by the Bears.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 09:37 AM) It really seems like some real change might be happening. I hope it continues. When Anita Hill came forward many years ago, there was some push, but it died down. Maybe because of social media these days, it will be different, and at least a few more bad actors will be exposed, but I think business as usual will return for most of these predators eventually. The assholes exposed are just the tip of the iceberg of offenders.

There is a pretty decent divide in the Republican Party. 80% support Trump, so 1 in 5 don't. One thing that does unite them is Hillary. They all hate her. So when the heat is on, Trump tweets Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. It's like clockwork.

Is it still "commonly agreed" Trump's campaign didn't collude with Russia?

Trading for guys owed a ton of money after a career year usually leads to regret.

I'm sure they are both very fine people who didn't do anything wrong, much like Gen. Flynn. No reason to put "crooked" in front of their names.

Conspiracy against the US. That's Trump's campaign manager.

It's commonly agreed Trump's campaign had nothing to do with colluding with Russia. Now, perhaps they should go after crooked Hillary's campaign chief's brother, you know she had to know what he was up to, even though perhaps the greatest mind of the past 10 generations had no clue what his campaign manager was up to. It's like health care being complicated. Who knew?