Dick Allen

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 02:21 PM) Doesn't mean the scouting report has changed. Apparently they are having a hard time executing "the book". He does chase pitches from time to time. But overall, besides the first couple of months last season, he hasn't been an easy out., so whatever the formula is, either it's very difficult to execute very often, or it is wrong.

I don't know if he's as biased anymore. When KW was in charge, there was no question. I do think he has some sort of grudge and there is at least a chance a guy like Tatis was thrown into his top prospects as a dig. As to Robert, he isn't a White Sox yet, so I don't see a connection. If he signs somewhere else and Law's position shifts, then you have a case.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 02:15 PM) The book on Jose is def out. Definitely. Only 3-6 so far this year, and hit a paltry .319/.384/.514 the second half of last year.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:54 PM) But he is currently struggling. I didn't say he was in a slump but to begin the year he is struggling. Might just be a lull, might be a sign of what's to come, or may be a guy trying to justify his new contract every AB. I think he will be alright. Everyone is going to have some bad streaks.

QUOTE (Moncada @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:27 PM) It was against Victor Martinez and it was on the 3-0 pitch Then gameday is all messed up. It says it was on the 2-0 pitch to Cabrera.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) What? Runner on 2nd Cabrera batting. Clearly pitching around him. Why bother? Just put him on. What is the best case scenerio of James Shields trying to give Miguel Cabrera nothing to hit? A walk IMO. So these days you don't have to actually throw pitches to walk someone.

So 2-0 on Cabrera, instead of just telling him to take his base, Shields throws a WP allowing the runner to 3rd. Not a good move from the manager.

Don Rickles, 90. He was pretty hysterical.

So jobs planned 2 years before he took office....credit Trump. Citizens get gassed 2 1/2 months into his presidency, 6 days after it was announced the Trump administration would not hold Assad responsible for the atrocities done to his citizens, and a few years after Trump said the "foolish" Obama should stay the hell out of Syria..blame Obama

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:04 PM) I don't live in the area and I thought Detroit got on a plane yesterday. I was just outside. It's breezy but not that bad. I've walked around in far worse, although they have several streets closed here due to debris falling from the sky. Plus it's sunny, something we haven't had much of in months.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 11:46 AM) Against division teams? Easy. I wouldn't be questioning this if it were against a team not coming back. And teams try to avoid DHs like the plague. Too taxing on a pitching staff these days.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 11:13 AM) First off, if they're setting a rotation with fans in mind, they're playing with fire. I haven't second guessed anything this week- I've first guessed. Today should have been called. The Twins series should have been Shields, Holland, and Gonzalez. Quintana on Tuesday for the Indians home opener. They aren't setting a rotation with fans in mind. Keeping him on a 5 day routine is probably good for him. If you ever listen to a pitcher talk about their routine, they have specific things they do each day. Obviously, they are going to have an extra day here and there, but he doesn't need one or probably want one yet.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 08:50 AM) Bannon threatened to quit over being ousted from the NSC https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/849937229921357824 I wonder if a lot of people referring to him as President Bannon worked on Trump like some thought it would.

Here's one reason JR. Is fair game. https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-...-162928866.html

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 11:00 AM) Homeland is excellent this year. I've always enjoyed it, but I'm liking this season more than the past few. The season finale of The Walking Dead was intense. A well-paced 90 minutes. Yes. homeland started out pretty slow, but the last 3 or 4 episodes have been as good as any other episode in any other season.

Trump currently has a lower handicap than Jack Nicklaus.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 01:49 PM) I don't know if this was your intention but this immediately came to mind for me. Yes. I have been binge watching that show.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) Why are you so defensive of Trump? Trump attacked people's families before, he insulted people's wives for their appearance. Limbaugh insulted Carter's daughter (called her unattractive), possibly insulted Chelsea (hard to tell but it appears he was trying to suggest the dog Millie was better looking.) But its always about "the left". Left are bullies, left are snowflakes, left are this, left are that. Maybe instead of making everything "left" and "right", you should look at the actual facts and think about why people are doing things. American's (both left and right) can scrutinize other people for any reason or no reason. If Trump wants to scrutinize Obama because Trump doesnt think hes American, he can do that. If Trump wants to scrutinize other candidates because of their parents, wives, children, he can do that. But their are consequences. And the consequences are that people do the same s*** back to you. Again your premise is faulty, people arent ripping Trump's children for no reason, they are ripping Trump and his family for reasons you dont personally agree with. And while most agree that Barron is off limits, their is a long history of children's presidents being insulted, and its not just the "left" who you seem to blame for everything. That's what I don't get. He is so concerned with bullying, yet he ignores or says Trump's constant bullying is irrelevant. In Washington DC, Trump can hire his daughter and his son in law, but Patrick Ewing can't hire his sons to be assistants on the basketball team because of a nepotism rule. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty silly.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 01:28 PM) His last 460 innings pitched, he's carrying a 4.97 ERA. Welcome to the team! s***, just bring back Danks. I dunno. The last time he was better than Danks was 2010. I think he will be Charlotte filler, but there are enough bad pitchers in the organization to keep this guy out of Chicago. It's going to be depressing enough as it is.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 01:17 PM) I don't remember saying anything like that for Quentin Snyder or Demetrius Jackson. The only high profile recruit i've blamed on money was Cliff Alexander and, well, there's proof of his mom accepting $200k so... Let's see...you are going to be a one and done, where do you go? Kentucky? Duke? North Carolina? Kansas? Illinois? They really never had much a shot at Cliff in reality. If your plan is one season, you need as much exposure as possible, going 9-9 in the Big Ten and playing in the NIT doesn't do it. Back in the Flying Illini days, you probably land this type of guy. Not now.

Does Big ERA James get skipped or does he go the next game?

If you look at the radar, they could probably have gotten this one in.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) I am not sure why you're bringing up past events to rationalize current bullying. Unless you get your morality from Rush Limbaugh it's not relevant. I don't think the right acts like the holier-than-though left. A good deal of the left acts like they're all for tolerance but you're only extended that as long as you're accepted by them as a group. I'm not. I'm just saying it isn't just the evil democrats doing this. And your buddies on the right didn't tell Rush to stop, they would hoot and howl and they kept listening and listening and called in and made even more fun of a 12 year old going through puberty's looks. But it was Bill and Hill's kid, so that's fair. But typical response. It doesn't matter if the right goes after a presidents kids or wife or family member. That doesn't mean a thing not relevant.. Ripping Trumps kids, one who has an office in the White House is just plain bullying. Why do you complain about the left when your own house is out of order? Again, I have a problem with anyone going after Barron. But his other offspring, except for maybe Tiffany who seems to be sitting out, is fair game, and I like that Ivanka is in the White House. Many here will disagree, but it may be our best shot at avoiding a huge disaster.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 12:28 PM) Trump's kids don't invite the attacks. Biden and Kaine have kids who do. I don't treat people like s*** because I don't agree with their parents. I believe in tolerance so I won't attack someone based off of things out of their own control. But other than Barron, at least they are adults. Barron shouldn't be in play, but the others fake run his company, were big parts of his campaign, spoke on his behalf at the convention. They are in the game.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 5, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) I get bullied in here so yeah I'll steep to point out the hypocrisy. Trump is a silly man who I don't like and never have but I have a real issue with the way the left has attacked his family and his daughter specifically. It's cheap. There are people reporting on his grandson but then when Biden's kids have some freaky love triangle and Kaine's kid gets arrested for being a thug no one even talks about it. Your teamplay makes you blind or at the least hypocritical. I've called out the Barron stuff. I have posted I have no problem with Ivanka, I think she is perhaps the only person who may be able to talk sense into her father. So you are totally wrong about me. But it isn't unprecedented. Amy Carter used to get teased. Rush Limbaugh used to give Chelsea Clinton a hard time about her looks. So it isn't as if the left invented the idiocy.