Dick Allen

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 12:06 AM) Not trying to start a fight and I'll stifle if I'm wrong but Sox fans undervalued Robertson as they tend to do their own IMO at least. What happened was Rutherford was really overvalued. But he's young. Right now, he looks like a poor man's Ryan Sweeney to me. If the Yankees make it to the WS, Cashman deserves Exec of the year for this trade. Without it, I don't think they have a chance. The Sox got salary relief this year and next which could be huge when they need to add players, so that can't be discounted. But by pure talent, it was a one sided trade.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) How does this even impact the White Sox and Bears? JR owns part of the United Center. The Bears? Who knows, maybe they get some sort of benefit from Soldier Field events. I guess it's like being part of a union.

The White Sox are changing their season ticket plans this year. They used to have 3 27 game plans and a full season. Then it dropped to 2 27 game plans and full season option. Now they will offer 10,20,40 and full season packages.

I am like Soxbadger, I have rarely used the health insurance. I am a huge total net loss when it comes to payout vs. service, but a couple of years ago, our HR department actually sent an email complaining that the employees were using the insurance too much and that rates were going to skyrocket.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) “26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?” -Trump https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...907383771148288 Can’t wait to hear the spin on this. (It is from 2013, but was retweeted today by someone I follow) Well Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump Follow Follow @realDonaldTrump More Many people have said I’m the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences

The game cast on ESPN is about 1 pitch ahead of TBS on Direct TV. It was last night as well. I can amazed my friend with my clairvoyance.

This start might be be worth $15-20 million for Jake.

According to his aides, it was disgusting thing the press did shaming Trump to do what he said he would do. It's funny the fake news had to get him to donate to charity during the campaign. Had to point out things his people forgot on their security clearance forms, and had to remind him about this check. I am still amazed anyone sticks up for this guy. Also the WH says John Kelly hates how his son's death has been politicized. I think they are forgetting who politicized it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 06:56 PM) The Raqqa campaign began shortly before the election last year so it definitely isn't a Trump era plan from the man who claimed to be smarter than all of the generals. Yes I read it was basically the same as when Obama was in office except a little less micromanaged which caused more civilian casualties. He didn't want anyone to know his plan. They would steal it and get full credit for its genius.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 05:59 PM) You realize they liberated Raqqa this week right? Yeah, he's great.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 05:14 PM) Via CNN, he sent the check today, after media pressure. It would be hilarious if it bounced.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 04:44 PM) Ten months into his Presidency and I'm still waiting to see Trump's 30-day plan to defeat ISIS. Did I somehow miss the big reveal? Or the name of the Chicago motorcycle cop who can stop the shooting in a month, week or day depending on who Trump was telling the story. He said he sent the name to Rahm but Rahm doesn't have it yet. It probably is in the same batch of mail the condolence letters to the families of the soldiers in Niger, and his $25k check are being sent. Fake news fake news. Every damn day the right tries to come up with a gotcha against the press. Yet they take no issue with the lies and other garbage coming out of their boy's mouth at record pace. The guy spoke at an anti gay convention. It barely even registered.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 03:04 PM) Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t follow through Trump thought of it as charity. Can pledge a lot, just doesn't have the time to follow it up. eta: shockingly, it turns out that "only President to do this" isn't even true: Obama Has Written Personal Checks To Struggling Americans.

In fake Trump news, he owns a Renior copy, thinks it's real, the only problem is the original has been in the Art Institute of Chicago since 1933.

8 game suspension. So he will be back before Niko.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a86f229efe900f Non-white Gold Star families just shouldn't expect s*** from President Tiki Torch You mean he didn't do what he said he did? Shocking.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:00 AM) then again if he were Michael Jordan, no one would say anything for decades. They didn't go to the hospital, and Michael Jordan made the Bulls money. If he broke some bones in someone's face and they missed 6 weeks, something would have happened to him. I was watching Kaplan's show last night and Bob Nightengale was on when they started talking about this. Fights in practice and clubhouses according to Nightengale are pretty common. They just usually don't get reported. And this one wouldn't have been reported if Niko didn't get severely injured. Kermit Washington got a 60 day suspension when he almost killed Rudy Tomjanovich back when the NBA had fights pretty often. Earlier that year, in a game between the same teams, Kareem Abdul Jabbar broke Kevin Kunnert's jaw with a punch, he also broke his hand, and got no suspension.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 09:47 AM) See if you can get anything for Portis, if not, cut him or send him to Windy City if you can. Yeah, if Portis was truly a building block, you suspend him for a couple of months but keep him around and maybe find a new home for Niko. He might turn into a decent player, but he's pretty replaceable. He'll fill rosters of the garbage teams for 10 years. Both are pretty replaceable. Losing either one or both will never cost the Bulls a championship.

Frankly, I don't see how you can have Niko and Portis on the same team anymore. Fights happen, but this one went a bit too far. If Portis did this on the street, he would be in jail. If this happened with someone from another team during a game, they would be gone a long, long time. Portis needs to get at least 20 games IMO.

2 games ago, Cubs fans on TV were saying all they have to do is win game 2 in LA and they can clinch in Chicago. I hope they get swept so much. I do know that Maddon will be considered a genius if somehow they come back. Although they made it an additional round, they do remind me of the 2005 Red Sox. If you comeback from a 3-0 or 3-1 deficit in a series, even media keeps mentioning it if they are down like that again almost saying they have them just where they want them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 06:40 AM) Trump, the only President to ever call the family of a dead soldier, to widow: "he knew what he was signing up for." I wonder why he doesn't brag that Obama never tried to belittle a Gold Star family. It is amazing how many people who seem sane otherwise, just let all his crap go because of the R after his name.

Cubs jacked up beer prices this round. &11 for a Budweiser.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 08:12 AM) Rep Tom Marino withdraws from consideration as Drug Czar after it’s revealed that he pushed for the bill that flooded communities with opiates He's a fine man. He's not like those animals who were protesting Nazis.

So the Liar in Chief says other Presidents didn't call families of soldiers killed in battle, but he not only calls them, he writes them letters. When pressed he says that is what his generals told him. BTW, he hasn't had time yet to call the families of the soldiers killed in Niger. He has written the letters, but hasn't had time to send them yet. But he has been able to get 5 rounds in since the ambush.

During the campaign he moaned about the Christmas tree in DC being called the holiday tree. Laura bush had it called the holiday tree for a couple years but it had been back to a,Christmas tree for several years. Just more BS he keeps repeating people start believing. Its almost cult like.