Dick Allen

Seems to be a lot more lat injuries for pitchers this year, and a lot more groin tweaks for position players. It is weird that certain injuries seem to occur all at once. Maybe it is the way training has changed over the years.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 4, 2017 -> 03:02 PM) Premiums were always rising, and insurance companies are making record profits. Something has to change and its more than just the ACA, which probably could have been implemented much better if the GOP wasnt so dedicated to blocking it. Now we have something that is imperfect and is being replaced by absolute crap, lowering the bar even further. The drug and insurance companies really are going to like this. They will make even more money. What really pissed off republicans is the rich basically funded Obamacare. Now their tax breaks will all good to go, and they will be able to put more money in storage making America great again. Hey, Ivanka's childcare thing is for everyone. Even those making under $30k a year will save themselves $10.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 4, 2017 -> 02:49 PM) Amazing how a government mandated system can increase premiums 25% (maybe more) year-over-year and the takeaway is that it isn't "perfect." s***, I'll say so. If only there was another option for the people on Obamacare that you're so concerned about. Until then their money is hostage to the government that is supposedly saving millions of lives by forcing s***ty, increasingly more cost prohibitive coverage on people. How was health insurance rising before Obamacare? And when you get millions off the insurance, do you think they will stop getting sick? If, like you say, they will never be turned away, who pays?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 4, 2017 -> 02:23 PM) I linked you to a 2009 study that estimated 45,000 people died due to lack of health care access in the country. People are given emergency stabilizing care at ER's, but that does not account for chronic conditions or conditions that would have been treatable/preventable but deteriorate before emergency care can be administered. They have videos of a hospital in LA,CA taking uninsured and dropping them off close to other hospitals. But Trump promised better care, cheaper premiums, and everyone insured. Hold him to it.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 4, 2017 -> 02:08 PM) Kodiashii with the 2 run double ! Give him 10 minutes and 72 hot dogs.

Another homer for Abreu. What happened to Ron?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 4, 2017 -> 01:14 PM) To be fair, Id say that their best comparison is frat brothers, and while you may not trust them with your money or to accomplish tasks like addition or subtraction, they always come through with beer for the party. When I was in college, a guy who was social chairman ran for president of our house. His platform was he never ran out of beer at a party. He won.

Back stiffness.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 4, 2017 -> 11:09 AM) Trump just passed an executive order to allow christians to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. But yeah, sucks to be a christian. remember when Trump railed on Obama for signing executive orders instead of passing laws. That was awesome.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2017 -> 11:39 AM) Don't worry, Ivanka will fix this. No. All the good stuff happens in phase 4 or phase 5 of the bill. That will take many years so you will have to make sure the GOP keeps getting re-elected to see this through. Right now it looks bad, but in 8 or 10 years, once these rich guys get their tax breaks, everyone will have cheap health insurance, it will cost next to nothing, it won't matter what is wrong with you, you are approved, and only the finest care. The one problem could be if somehow you let democrats have some power in this, then it will all fall apart.

Since Obamacare, personal bankruptcy is down 50%. So maybe they can get that to go higher. Even "rich" people like Trump like to screw over people by declaring bankruptcy. Let the poor do it as well. If Obamacare was exactly the same but named Romneycare, these fools would not be doing anything but praising it. Joe Walsh slamming Jimmy Kimmel was impressive. The guy with the if you can't afford it, don't have a kid, who just happens to fall being his child support payments from time to time. Republicans don't care about deficits and the like when they are in charge. The credit card is wide open. Once a dem takes over, suddenly we can't afford anything except giving the richest a tax break so they can increase their wealth. They aren't spending all their money now. Why would they spend it if you gave them more?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2017 -> 09:59 AM) The one thing that randomly popped into my head is a disconnect between the parties, If the Sox are getting all of this data that show Rodon is OK, and Rodon still feels like he is hurting maybe that is the what the disconnect is about? Honestly I have no idea. I mean I would imagine if something were seriously wrong, they would just shut him down and look at surgery. You gain nothing from making him throw through a serious injury, and the Sox have never struck me as that sort of organization. KW literally called Lorenzo Barcelo, the guy who was supposed to be the crown jewel in the white flag trade a p**** for complaining about pain, and they played the dance with him for a while. In the end, he required both elbow and shoulder surgery. There seems to be more wrong than the Sox had hoped here. I don't think the 60 day DL is a big deal because he wasn't going to be back before that was up anyway. But this has gone on way too long with what seems like a ton of super secrecy.

This reminds me of Mark Prior. Nothing was wrong until it was. If we ever hear about towel drills, look out.

I think actually hitting him or something by the head should be a requirement for a suspension. Fine him all you want, but this was low and behind him.

Let Moncada work on cutting down on Ks. No need to rush him except for our viewing enjoyment. Offensive numbers really don't mean a ton in Charlotte. Leury Garcia put up big numbers. So did Andy Wilkins, and the immortal Jason Coats.

Kahnle needs to be locked up ASAP as well. Buyout a couple of free agent years with him and Leury and Avi, and Narvaez. Who knew we were watching perennial all stars last year? Holland and Gonzo have shown they both are worthy of a 5 year deal. They are trade bait once Giolitto, Lopez, and Kopech come up to dominate. I was thinking extend Shields, but now it would be prudent to wait. Davidson has probably cost himself a few million the last week or so, but if he's willing to sign a team friendly deal along the lines Eaton signed for, wow. Hahn will have unreal talent, and a mountain of money to play with.

They actually threw out Isiaah Thomas when discussing Cam Payne. Other than the shooting and the passing, and the scoring, they may have a point. All Cam needs is to get into a little better shape. He's hardly played in 2 years.

Paxson: "Our young guys need a consistent role. That is what we are focused on moving forward." LMAO. So bring back Fred. You suck, sit out a week. So you have haven't played the last 5 games? You're starting tonight. And in Fred's defense, maybe if one of these young players took their opportunity and ran with it, it wouldn't be so inconsistent. But, no one did, and it was because they aren't good enough.

Paxson: "You can't underscore the impact Rajon had with our young guys." I saw young guys benched in the playoffs, or playing minimal, very inconsistent minutes. Plus his next quote is they don't seem to know what they have in their young guys. C'mon Pax, you at least used to be better than that. It's status quo at the UC. You want something to really happen, it will take about 10k cancellations of season tickets. Then Gar adds how they are setting their cap space up. Same s***, different year. Are Gar and Pax the only people not aware their young players aren't a championship quality group?

Looks like they love their roster. Just need some development. For the love of God, get rid of these clowns.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) Sneaky Pete is real, real solid. Only thing I watch on Amazon. On Amazon, Goliath is good. Billy Bob Thornton won a Golden Globe. I also get into Bosch on a rainy day.

Dioner Navarro was pretty bad too. I may start a thread.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 2, 2017 -> 01:04 PM) I am by no means making a direct comparison here, but Johan Santana was a Rule 5 pick who put up an ERA of 6.49 in 2000. Yeah, that was during the steroid era and runs were up like crazy (for comparison's sake, Santana bookended his career with an ERA- of 129, but that was 6.49 in 2000 and 4.85 in 2012). All the same, this logic is correct. If you feel that Covey can contribute to your team in 2018 and beyond, you absolutely let him stick on the roster in some capacity moving forward. Exactly. The reason guys are even available in the rule 5 is because they need more minor league work. To think Covey could be league average this year would be crazy talk. If that were remotely probable, Oakland would have been foolish to expose him. As you said, he was drafted with 2018, or even later in mind.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 2, 2017 -> 01:55 PM) I think this is the best way to approach it. Cost controlled pitching is the prime asset in MLB. As stated before it's how they coach them to pitch that is key. Young pitching as a group will have less injury issues than old pitchers. I don't think I've ever heard anyone in baseball say having to much young MLB pitching is an issue. You don't but you also don't have too much young hitting. It seems every team that wants Q won't give up their best position prospect, and that is for an established pretty cheap guy signed for a while. The Sox have to get some hitters. I think the draft pitchers, trade for pitchers, you can trade for hitters later, doesn't work. At this moment, they have plenty of pitching prospects. They have to work on run scoring.

Spicer says Trump stands by his claim that Obama is evil. That should endear him to his base, and pretty much every republican. How can a republican not be concerned when reading these transcripts? There is obviously something wrong. He's all over the place, makes no sense, and seems to have a hard time putting a sentence together.