Dick Allen

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 07:35 PM) One thing I'm not sure I've seen anyone point out is that back in September or early October, Hahn had a line saying "You'll know our direction after the second trade" - something very close to that, specifically stating 2 trades. I have to admit, I find that line more interesting as of now, waiting for any movement other than the 2 trades he basically said would happen. He said you would know the direction after the first couple of moves. There actually were a couple of moves before the trades, and he clearly has said time and time again they are closer to the beginning than the end of the rebuild, would like to make 4 more of these trades, and has said other teams ownership has nixed 2 deals. The LaRoche connection conspiracy is crazy. It just worked out that the first 2 were Sale and Eaton, could have been Frazier and Q.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 06:42 PM) I'd say Melky over Jones. Honestly, I don't they are very motivated to move Jones right now, they probably figure he can greatly improve his value with some closing experience. I agree.

Bulls are dangling McBuckets and Lopez looking for first round picks.

The list of Mike Rizzo bad trades is pretty short, if there even is one.

Apparently according to Kellyanne, Trump is still on board with Flynn. Makes sense. Bouncing him for lying would be sort of hypocritical at this point.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 02:45 PM) It was on yahoo but I guess FOX News wrote it http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/02/13/goodw...e-lost-election The one place you would find a "fair and balanced" article about Hillary Clinton is on the Fox News website. Everyone knows that.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 02:42 PM) Shouldn't we all? "Reality" TV game shows are a little better.

Hopefully, 8 months from now, we will feel the same way about these guys.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 01:45 PM) Jethro Tull on the list at #96. I will never forget watching a game with Harry Caray announcing. He used to mention many names of people at the park. One day he said "Jethro Tull here with a group."

QUOTE (brett05 @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) You failed remedial math, didn't you. Be brave and admit it. With his 53% approval rating, most people are coal miners if I am wrong. LMAO. Brett must work in the WH. His "reality" is the same. Today, according to Gallop: The daily tracking poll found that just 40% of Americans approve of President Trump's job as president so far, compared to 55% who say the disapprove. The negative 15-point spread is the highest recorded in the poll since Trump took office January 20. He might have a 53% approval rating if you polled his offspring.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 12:01 PM) the guy walking around with the "nuclear football" was identified and took pics with people at that dinner. Thats wonderful. Hey everyone, this guy right here holds the remote keys to our nuclear arsenal. This is what he looks like. check it out, put it on your twitter But emails.

QUOTE (Soha @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) They were eating that money whether he stayed here and continued losing games or was released. They minimized the damage by releasing him. Technically they would be eating the money whether they sent some money with a player or kept them around. So there really is no significant difference. If they can get something they really like by eating some salary, I doubt they say no. But why do it for a prospect you don't think will succeed?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 11:19 AM) Stephen Miller’s authoritarian declaration: Trump’s national security actions ‘will not be questioned’ "Will not be questioned." That is an incredible claim to executive authority -- and one we can expect to hear plenty more about. Trump has beaten around this bush plenty, yes. But Miller just came out and said it: that the White House doesn't recognize judges' authority to review things such as his travel ban. The guy looked and sounded absolutely nuts yesterday. The fight between Trump and McCain is pretty good as well. All I know is the mission McCain said was a failure would have been Benghazi II had Hillary been elected and the same thing happened. If Trump thinks McCain was a loser for getting captured, I wonder what he thinks about troops who get killed.

Stephen Miller did say yesterday Trump has accomplished more in 3 weeks that many Presidents have accomplished their entire term. They are nuts in the WH.

Trump settled his Trump U fraud case for $25 million. Something he said he would never do. Of course he said he doesn't have time now to engage in a long court case in which he clearly would win. A POTUS settling a fraud case. Crooked Donald. Are we sick of winning yet?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 10:59 AM) They ate majority of Danks' $15 mill salary last season to release him so I assume they are open to eating salary to make a trade. They have eaten a lot of money lately. Keppinger, and a lot of $2 million to $3 million guys have been getting released the past several years. Nothing too major, but I don't think that is much of a concern. I don't think they want to eat $10 million for an average prospect. If the best deal on the table for Robertson is eating most of his money for an average prospect, you might as well roll the dice and see if there is a need during the season. At worst you get no prospect and eat the money, the odds on close to equal to not getting a good prospect and eating it anyway.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 13, 2017 -> 10:48 AM) The White Sox do not eat money in order to get better prospects but are more then willing to deal prospects in return for other teams eating salary. Yet another serious flaw in the White Sox business model. What top prospect have the White Sox ever traded in exchange for eating salary?

For a guy who was popping off how much losing should hurt, DWade sure seemed to be having a good time watching yesterday's blowout. There is absolutely no reason for the lack of hustle back on defense. Even if you suck you can do that. Hoi ball sucks.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Feb 12, 2017 -> 12:58 PM) I disagree with this comment. Ilitch did everything he could to get the Tigers into position to get to and win the World Series. They had a very nice run for five or six years under him. Paid top dollar to get the best players and was aggressive in many facets of trying to get the best talent. Mark So you use spending money on Floyd Bannister against JR and praise Illitch for spending money and falling short, What did you think about Illitch between 1994-2005 when his teams were over 340 games under .500? BTW your guy Roland Hemond was at Soxfest looking and sounding well. I looked it up and he is 87 years old. You would never know it looking at him.

Stephen miller is scary. All these Trump people speak like they are programmed zombies.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 11:46 PM) That was his son. The sale to the father was turned down for some reasons that were a little nebulous at best. The owners and commissioner Bowie Kuhn felt that DeBartolo had "connections" to underworld characters, had gambling /interests, wasn't actually living in Chicago and couldn't be relied upon in their opinions. In fact the Galbraith family who owned the Pirates and George Steinbrenner had horse racing interests and owned race tracks. DeBartolo said he would move 20% of his business interests to Chicago and promised he would spend a certain amount of time in the city. That fell on deaf ears. Later after the Sox signed Floyd Bannister to what was considered a huge contract for it's time, Steinbrenner publicly said that he "regretted" not voting for DeBartolo. So the dad then used his resources to buy the 49'ers...and win a bunch of Super Bowls. Mark He already owned the 49ers. I know it is fun to think if he owned the Sox they would have about 20 titles by now, but that isn't necessarily true. He bought the 49ers, he didn't run the 49ers. His son did, and there was no indication his son would have run the White Sox or have any idea about baseball. The family was forced to sell the Penguins in 1991 due to financial issues. He died in 1994. The family still owns the 49ers. I don't think they are considered all that well run anymore. I guess I don't know why the 49ers run in the 80s would be all the proof you need the same thing would have happened to the White Sox if he owned the team, while the Bulls run in the 90s under JR ownership gets totally ignored. Overall titles, Debartolo 6, JR 7.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 10:06 AM) I presume you're kidding, right? Jerry Reinsdorf didn't save anything. He is the one who nearly destroyed a charter American League franchise with his blackmail threats to move the team to Florida in the 80s if the taxpayers of Illinois didn't build him a new stadium. Ever remember Bill Veeck indulging in anything remotely resembling such shameful behavior? No, because he WAS busy saving the franchise, saving it from moving to Seattle in 1976. Big difference, character-wise, at least publicly, between the two owners, and not in Reinsdorf's favor. The same Bill Veeck that wanted to sell to Marvin Davis and move the team to Denver?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 09:36 AM) Could still be considered a lucky year if you see that the master plans of the front office didn't work particularly well for most of the years Reinsdorf owned the team. But for one brief shining year everything came together. Blind squirrel/acorn theory. I think ownership did its job that year providing the means for a winning roster. Anytime a team wins a WS or gets to a WS, you need some luck, but to call aseason lucky when the team was in first place every single day is crazy. That was a great team that only trailed when it was down 1-0 in the ALCS. Luck goes both ways. 2003 and 2004, 2006, I don't think you could say it was an ownership failure the team didn't make the playoffs.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 09:11 AM) If Wieters goes back to baltimore in a weird signing, I wonder if we could get Caleb Joseph. The guy who set a record for plate appearances and having 0 RBI. How do you make 141 plate appearances in a season and not get 1 RBI?

What has Gar Forman ever done even before coming to the Bulls that would make someone think he would be a really great GM? He must really ass kiss the people with power who love to be ass kissed. I have worked with a few of those over the years,