Dick Allen

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 22, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) Look, we have no evidence that the Russians literally hacked the voting machines, which is the only charge anyone has made and definitely zero people have brought up all of the weird Russian connections, praise for Putin/Russia, softening the GOP platform against Russia, blowing off NATO to go visit Russia, stacking the admin with Russia-friendly guys, constantly lying about contacts with Russians, having paid Russian stooges embedded deep within both the campaign and admin, etc. etc. Exactly, nothing to see here. Fake news. Trying to take the focus off all Trump has accomplished since he took over, slashing a couple of strokes off his handicap. .

Screw this Russian crap. Investigations need to focus on Benghazi. Take another look into Hillary's emails. She's the one that needs to be behind bars, not these criminals.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 08:45 PM) That would be the point though, they wouldn't need to set up different networks because they could just set up in whichever state has the worst regulations and then sell policies in all fifty states from there. Same reason pretty much all credit card are from South Dakota or Delaware: they have the most favorable usury laws. They have to set up their networks of doctors and make deals with them. If it would help anyone, it would help the young and healthy, anyone else, no way. The mechanism is in place right now for companies to do this at least on a small scale, and not one has shown any motivation It's the next trickle down economics. Just a bunch of BS..

Insurance across state lines is a BS talking point. It won't freaking matter. They would have to set up networks in every state. How long that would take and how much it would cost would certainly eat into any of the "competitive savings" the right tries to mention. I think there is actually a provision in Obamacare for companies to cross state lines and not one company has done so.I also think some states have made it legal and yet no takers.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 06:31 PM) I think I heard some reporters saying they wanted Rodon to be the 5th day starter. If that's the case and I heard right, then i think Rodon would go to the bottom and it will be Q, MiGo, Shields, Holland, Rodon. Really, does it matter the order they put the rotation in after Q? lol. Probably switch Shields and Holland so they go L,R, L,R,L

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 02:20 PM) I read this as Jerry Reinsdorf and almost s*** myself. Sad news. He had been in questionable health for a while IIRC. Amazing that he made it as long as he did. I don't think there will ever be a consensus on what kinda GM Krause was. But the Pippen/Grant additions in the summer of '87 to this day is one of the great heists in NBA history. I saw him in an elevator at USCF about 2010. He was scouting for someone, I think the Mets. He was breathing like he had just climbed the John Hancock.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 01:39 PM) Jerry Krause has passed away. 77 years old. Shocking. He had been in ill health. People can say what they will about him, and maybe a lot is legit, but 6 titles as a GM makes him a HOFer in my book. Too bad it will be too late for him to enjoy. RIP Crumbs. The Bulls reached the highest highs and the lowest lows under his watch. A lot of controversy, a lot of pettiness it appeared, but a dynasty.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 12:41 PM) It's released that there's no evidence of Russia fixing the election but the talk is still impeach Trump. This Muslim ban is scary though. I'm worried my friends from Indonesia aren't ever going to be able to come visit. As far as I can tell they are still investigating Russia's involvement with interfering with the election. People forget, Trump actually asked the Russians to hack into Hillary's emails. That's on record. He claims he was being sarcastic. Was he? He seemed to love wikileaks getting hacked email info. You sarcastically yell fire in a movie theater, you may go to jail.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 12:23 PM) How else is a man in his position supposed to get information??? That's true. At least he knows the only reputable source for news is Fox News. Fair and balanced. The funny thing is the guy really isn't even a republican. They know he can be manipulated to get what they want. My theory as to why he does these rallies is for all the cheering. His people IMO are playing him because he is so dumb and really just interested in being popular. His supporters don't care what he does, so they send him out, they all cheer for him, he comes back and they tell him, see, the people really love the Muslim ban. They don't care if you colluded with Russia, they love Putin. They really love the new health care idea. All the women want you to grab them by the *****, and he turns on Fox and Hannity has his tongue up his ass, and Trump feels the love. It's sick. I think if they get Obamacare replaced and get a tax cut, the republicans will then cut bait on all this lunacy. His tweets alone show something is wrong. If he really took the testimony yesterday like he took it on twitter, the man isn't capable of comprehending anything. And if he didn't, he's obviously trying to hide something. He shows every day he isn't fit to be POTUS.

If it's true the Sox have no agreement in place for any of the better players, it seems obvious they are positioning themselves for a shot at this guy no matter when he is declared. If they aren't going to spend more than $300k or just slightly more the next period, if he's declared early, the 2 period penalty, in reality is just one. And if they are saving all their bonus if he is declared after 6/15, not being tied to anyone gives them more to throw at him. Obviously they would prefer after 6/15, but if it before, unless they have some unknown commitments, I can't see them not going after him. Obviously price still matters. If he goes for Moncada money, there is no chance.

Trump mentions Arnold's ratings on the Apprentice, and he mentions the failing NYT, and Snoop's failing career. I wonder why he doesn't boast about his approval ratings. Sad.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 09:53 AM) This. I don't know how this isn't a bigger deal. Any time the President says anything incorrect, he just says, "well, it was reported in the news! Don't blame me for not knowing it wasn't true! Blame them!" The fact that the President cares so little about whether what he says is true or not is just staggering... It's just words. Whether republicans actually truly believe it's just words or not, at some point the POTUS words are going to have to mean something, and his have no credibility with most US citizens and abroad.

So I guess Trump said last night that he likes news stories. If he repeats them as fact, and they are wrong, he isn't wrong, they are wrong. I guess that is how he will eventually roll with the wiretapping.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 09:46 AM) So you can bring an iphone but not an ipad? What does that even accomplish? It messes with non white people. President Bannon is very happy.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 09:27 AM) I seriously wonder how agents let Rick Hahn walk all over their guys. Hahn basically says "Don't bet on yourself, take money" It's 6 years. For every guy that makes it look like the Sox walked all over them, there's 15 Gordon Beckhams or Brett Lawries. Anderson has a young family. He is no lock. Now he's set for life. Pretty easy to see why they would take it. Besides, it isn't like it is that much more he is leaving on the table. He's not even eligible for arb yet. The option years are where he really loses money if he's a star, and he still would get 8 figures a year.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 09:15 AM) It's not really comparable to James Shields. 2.5 years isn't the same as 6. Honestly, if he plays great d at short, it still may not even be bad. With interest rates where they are, although they are rising slightly, money over 4 years doesn't appreciate that much. It's not much different especially now when the Sox payroll isn't going to be anywhere near maxed. And while if he plays good defense is a valid point, he will have to hit some. I do like his chances, but there are some red flags. The thing is he hasn't really played all that much baseball relative to other MLB players his age.

It might have cost a little bit more, but I personally would have waited until June to try to lock him with this. See where he's at.

It depends on how he does. It's still $25 million, same as what they will pay James Shields, and supposedly that was devastating. If he's good it's great. If he's hitting .240 with a .250 OBP, it won't be good. I like his chances, but there is always the chance he could regress especially if he doesn't become a bit more selective.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 08:12 AM) US bans larger electronic devices on some flights from Middle East So they have 96 hours to comply. Didn't Trump say giving deadlines like this is stupid? The electronics based bombs are going to be going off for 4 days now. They found one way around their crap. Make up intel.

"I'm going to be working for you; I'm not going to have time to go play golf," Trump said during a 2016 event in Virginia. The dishonest media must have quoted him incorrectly. They say he watches TV about 6 hours a day. Slacker. Sad.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 09:12 AM) Orange Twitler is having an epic twitter meltdown right before Comey speaks Ironic CNN is fake news when he got all his false info on being wiretapped from Fox and their great ratings. He will never let it go. He's probably never admitted he was wrong once in his life. It's really hard to believe a POTUS would say and tweet what he says and tweets. He's a 70 year old spoiled little brat. Can't wait for him to be impeached.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 07:52 AM) How about this source? There are others as well: http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/...-rooted-reality All that really says is Alford believed his player.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 08:27 AM) I like analytics and modern baseball analysis coming from my team's booth in 2017. You may not. That's fine too. What's funny is analytics takes a decent sample size to really be accurate. I don't know how WAR and the like come into play on a daily basis. Hawk actually did use some advanced stats last year, and Stone throws them in occassionally too. What I don't understand is how you can like Steve Stone if modern baseball analysis and analytics are so important. He mentions wins for pitchers every day.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 08:00 AM) He's a professional broadcaster that is well versed in multiple sports and went to school for his craft. He is inherently more qualified than the current version of Hawk. Now if Hawk were the analyst, that'd be different. I grew up with Hawk like everyone else did. He takes over broadcasts though and minimizes Steve Stone. The Hawk schtick has run its course as far as the broadcast is concerned. The home games sound like a modern baseball broadcast. The road games are two guys doing separate games because of their dislike for working with the other on most nights. I don't know how being "well versed" in say basketball, makes him a better baseball announcer. I like Jason, but there is no question Hawk knows a bit more baseball than he does. Jason is fine, and will only get better, but you mentioned modern baseball broadcast. What is so appealing about every broadcast from every team or network sounding the same? One thing I really like about Hawk's broadcast is it's uniqueness. The broadcast school, cookie cutter telecast is taking over. It's nice to have something different, and how it's set up now, you get some of both. Believe me, I am pro education, but there are things you really don't need a college degree. PBP for baseball games is one of them.

Amazing how quickly he went from bust who needs to go back to AA to future HOFer. Some posters take spring training games way too seriously for the good and bad.