Dick Allen

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 3, 2017 -> 05:11 PM) Thanks white sox for downgrading my premium game seats to a non premium game seat. Technically your ticket is still good tomorrow and another free game, but I would imagine most of the people who took off work today won't be taking off tomorrow.

QUOTE (SexiAlexei @ Apr 3, 2017 -> 04:57 PM) So the biggest fans who took a day off work are who they're gonna piss off? Good luck getting fans in. I would imagine many of the people there today have been through this before. From my experience, as I have probably been to over 1000 White Sox games, and stay for the whole game even if it is 15-1 in the 3rd inning, rain delays are one thing Where I just leave unless they give some sort of time frame. No time frame means they are just trying to sell some concessions, ponchos, and sweatshirts.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 3, 2017 -> 04:54 PM) sox brass in midseason form! Way to f*** over the fans. They have been making this move for years. But only when it is going to be a big crowd. If they were expecting 11k, this game would have been called by noon.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 3, 2017 -> 04:25 PM) This game could be official by now. Real bad organizational decision at this point stunningly bad actually. REO Speedwagon sang the national anthem ....that's the state of this piss poor organization right now. Wasted $110 a seat for this. They will call it about the time they would have been done with the 7th inniing when beer sales end.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Apr 3, 2017 -> 04:23 PM) Yeah because I can predict the future when buying tickets in early march. The white sox however knew they were not willing to play in this weather and still didn't call it this morning. And now they're dicking me around when I still showed up and tailgated even with this forecast. First pitch should've been 70 minutes ago. A light drizzle is the most weve seen since then. So no this isn't on me. It's on this worthless organization, and if I don't get a full refund for today plus a voucher for a free game I won't be spending my money here anymore, and I attend 15+ games a year. It isn't anything new. This is one of the largest crowds they will have all year. They wanted to sell so,e concessions and parking. If they called it at 5 AM, they wouldn't have gotten nearly the crowd they have today, tomorrow.

I hate rain delays. I was at USCF a few years ago vs. the Yankees they didn't start the game because rain was supposed to be in the area. For the next 2.5 we waited for it to rain. Finally it did and then they cancelled it. Sold a lot of beer. Bu for 2.5 hours there was a rain delay featuring no rain.

ESPN just said that MLB is calculating velocity differently this season, and to expect an uptick in velocity readings because of this.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 12:38 PM) This. BPA always. Can trade pitching for bats later. Then how come all these position player prospects are off the table for Q?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 03:46 PM) He has a .488 OBP and his OPS is 1.070. Which isn't top 100 in the NCAA.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 06:33 PM) I don't think we're gonna suck enough for beer I don't think when it is all said and done, Beer is a 1-1 guy. Still top of the draft, but corner OF/1B defensively mediocre guys haven't been going that high in recent years.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 12:36 PM) The mandate is what he's referring to. The penalty for not being insured wouldn't even cover one emergency room visit. Theoretically not being insured and still getting sick or hit by a bus raised costs for all, so it's really not that different from mandatory car insurance, which no one ever says boo about.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) American's should also have the right to NOT have health care. They do.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 07:01 PM) If Ivanka instead looked like Amy/Billy Carter, Chelsea Clinton or Michelle Obama...the tolerance level would be about zero. Still waiting on the kick off for Melanie's anti-bullying campaign. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/melania-trum...WQDBHNlYwNzcg-- Melanie needs some PR help It's not about looks for me. I find her attractive but annoying. When they interviewed the entire family she was doing that whisper speaking I cannot stand. I really think she is the best chance of keeping Trump from reacting to something really poorly.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 06:59 PM) Right, but they'd still have to take him off the DL when he's ready, and call his minor league games a rehab assignment. We just don't know what they're thinking right now. Buys time. Maybe some guy you might lose now changes your mind, or there are more injuries.

The first daughter/wife will be a government employee after all. Can they get Barron a gig, maybe he would move to Washington. It would more than pay for itself. I actually don't have a problem with Ivanka, and her position is unpaid.I think she has a bit more sense than her father.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 06:41 PM) Not sure if they know if Tilson is going to be out that long. If so, yes, they could put him on the 60-day. If he is going to be in a boot for 3 weeks, he isn't going to be ready to play for at least 3 or 4 weeks after that, if everything goes well, which would be a change for him. Let him take his time and add a week or 2 to the process. It isn't like he is Mike Trout and the Sox need him ASAP.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 06:33 PM) I don't believe so. Rodon, Minaya, Tilson dl They would have to go on the 60 day not to be counted against the 40 man. Telson should be. I don't know what the deal with Minaya is but it wouldn't bother me. But no way on Rodon.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) 1.) Obamacare also sucks. It's a disaster as well. We still need a new plan. I'd listen to Bernie on this one. 2.) He's doing what he said he'd do, build a wall. he got elected on that. 3.) Dunno. 4.) He points fingers and the Demos point fingers. That's what they do. Nobody cares about America just their own party. 5.) I wouldn't call him a fraud. He is who he is. A rich, selfish one percenter who was the best option of the two so he won. 6.) I'm sure a lot of deals have gotten done in his life on or around the golf course. It's what rich people do. Golf, bond and deal. I'm sure he'll put in the time it takes to be Pres. so let him golf. What kind of deal did he make for America when he went golfing with Tiger Woods? He went with a world leader once. I wouldn't have a problem with him golfing, maybe not every weekend, but look at what he said when he was campaigning, ripping his predecessor for golfing. He said he would have no time to golf, he'd be working for us in the White House making great deals. And he isn't doing what he said he would do. He said he would get Mexico to pay for the stupid, not needed wall. And people who claim they themselves can fix things take any fingerpointing out of the equation. He takes credit for things he ha nothing to do with, and refuses to take blame for poor decisions. At some point, even to you, the truth will matter. It doesn't right now obviously, but he certainly isn't doing what he said. Obamacare was going to be repealed. Not so fast. Muslims were going to be banned. Not so fast. Mexico was going to buy the US a wall. Not never. ISIS was going to be destroyed quickly. No, just Iraqi civilians and a Navy Seal. And all those all about 'Merica seems to not care that his campaign in all likelihood colluded with Russia. I doubt if Hillary won and the same crap came out, you wouldn't care. Let him destroy the environment and ignore science. He knows ISIS better than any General, I'm sure he knows more about climate change and clean air than any scientist who has spent his entire life on the subject. Fox news or the National Enquirer say its phony, its phony. He's a total disaster. An embarrassment really. I just don't understand those that say he is doing exactly what he said he would do. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 29, 2017 -> 12:13 PM) I feel like you are closed minded on this. Q: Would you ever ever praise Trump if he did something in your eyes that was good? Or would you bash him? I agree he's very unlikeable and I tend to disagree philosophically with the very rich who run the country, but I also defer to the zillions of Americans who thought he was the best choice. It seems to me you don't want him to do anything deemed as productive. The two party system IMO has become a detriment to America. More and more (I realize it's been this way for decades) one side hates the other and will not cooperate at all for a better America. He had a health care plan, first, it wasn't his, that would have raised costs for the elderly on fixed incomes and the poor, and lessened their coverage, all the while providing a giant tax cut for the weathy. Just like he said, cheaper, more coverage for everyone. He said over and over again, Mexico is paying for the wall. Mexico isn't paying for the wall. So let's spend $50 billion on an unnecessary wall, cutting other needed things. He said he had a secret plan to swiftly knock ISIS out. Where is it? He said he alone could fix things. For someone who doesn't need any help, he sure does point a lot of fingers. The guy is a fraud. The majority of the country knew that before the election. The faster the rest figures it out, the better. We don't even have to go into Russia. He looked into a camera and asked Russia to hack into Hillary's emails. Go back a few years and look at his tweets ripping Obama for golfing, and saying while Obama is golfing Putin is up to something. Funny how that has changed on both ends.

It is funny Trump takes full credit for companies creating jobs that have been planned for years, and job reports gathered from before he was President. But backs away when military operations go awry, saying the plan was being put into place before he took office, ignoring the previous adminstration's decision not to do it .

I alone can fix this. DJT The Convention roared with approval.

I feel bad for Gary Sanchez. Everything I watch and read have so many thinking he's a hybrid of Bench, Rodriquez, Piazza. He can't live up to that hype, and he won't be able to live up to last year's numbers.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Mar 28, 2017 -> 08:55 AM) I think most people just want another interesting player to follow this year on the big league club. The point being, take away games that don't count, he's been far less interesting. Maybe he figured something out, or maybe he will be back in Charlotte quickly, but it isn't like they have a ton of better options. Maybe one of May, Engel and perhaps Leury will step up and show they belong in Chicago. They probably all will be flying a lot between the cities this summer.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 28, 2017 -> 08:31 AM) Man there is a lot of indignation in this thread. Glad Bourjos is gone. I had a feeling he would be my least favorite rebuilding player after talking to my philly fan friends. He makes Darrin Erstad look useful.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 28, 2017 -> 08:22 AM) Jacob May = Jerry Owens Good call, although I think he is a bit better with the glove. September 2007, Jerry Owens and Josh Fields both looked like stars. Then came reality.