Dick Allen

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 08:44 AM) Like clockwork... Look at the Tigers between 1994 and 2005 and tell me how much better he was than JR again. 346 games below .500 in a 12 year stretch. Awesome. It only took 15 seasons under his ownership to win more than 85 games. If JR did that, he would have been proclaimed the worst owner in the history of people owning anything. The Tigers were over 200 games below .500 under his ownership. His first 19 seasons they make the playoffs 1 time, getting swept in the World Series. The White Sox are over 100 games over .500 under JR's ownership.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 07:15 AM) Well kind of. Some of the voters just wanted something different to help them out in some miraculous way like that town in Wisconsin. The base you are referring to think the most incompetent executive branch, maybe in history, is the best ever. Mostly because they've wanted someone in that position who is as racist as they are. Or who are as scared as they are. But they are slowly finding out that their desires financially aren't quite as aligned with the administration as was promised during the campaign. And that part is going to suck for them. Yes. No need to worry about his voters in the red states. Just in the states Kellyanne can't stop mentioning. Once the coal miners and factory workers realize Trump can't turn back time, they won't tolerate the rest of his crap.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 07:16 AM) The team is not going to sign anybody for any type of big money. The objective seems to have one of the lowest if not lowest payroll in MLB entering the 2018 season. I'm still hoping that this is JRs way of selling the team. It's alot easier to sell a team that has a low payroll with no long term big contracts on the books. That was the exact situation JR had when he bought the team from Veeck. They aren't going to sign anyone because of where they are, not a possible sale. The Marlins might get sold for $1.6 billion and the owe Stanton more money than the Sox will pay almost their entire team the next 3 years.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 12:49 AM) A super rich owner who spent every dollar to win a World Series, but people will still think JR was better because of one lucky year. One lucky year of never not being in first place and going 11-1 in the postseason. Close to unprecedented.

30+ year old catcher Rep is Scott Boras White Sox in rebuild Not going to happen

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 05:43 PM) Mike Ilitch died. Too bad. The rumor was he had colon cancer and had been in ill health for over a year. A lot of talk that his family will sell.

I didn't realize outright waivers are irrevocable.so if another team claimed Smith, the Sox couldn't have pulled him back. Either something is cooking or they were pretty certain he would make it through, or they didn't really care if another team claimed him.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 03:08 PM) Yeah obviously with Bourjos and Soto we'll need the space and not sure I've paid enough attention before if they preemptively make space for probable major leaguers on minor league deals... but hope it means something more exciting than that. Exactly. Probably nothing, but except for a couple days in early December, this offseason has been brutal.

Could be a sign they need the space, or it could be convenience. They saw an opportunity to get him through, so they did. Maybe later in the spring someone needs a catcher and claims him. Eventually Soto will need a spot, assuming he makes the team.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 02:43 PM) https://twitter.com/andrewmarchand/status/830150963226873856 @andrewmarchand Michael Kay just reported Charles Oakley is banned for life from the Garden. Doing him a favor now. If the Knicks are ever good again, the return of Oak to the Garden will be the feel good story.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) White House admits to Flynn lying. Pence is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you were a member of the Trump administration and got caught telling the truth, you would be a freak.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 12:15 PM) Nothing. My view is the Bears have kicked the can on QB for forever (really until they made the strong play for Jay...which didn't work out for a variety of reasons, but it is still a play I would make). My view is we need to stop kicking the QB can down the road. Tyrod is a solid stop-gap, but we don't need stop-gap, we need an above average franchise QB and we need to keep drafting (or trading for) QB's until we get one. All that said, Tyrod is a solid QB and he can help the Bears be a playoff team sooner, but I don't see us winning a superbowl with him at the helm and we need to find a QB who can help us be that type of team. I'm still annoyed we didn't draft a QB last year. This is true. When Cutler arrived, he was the savior. The QB position has been so bad, I don't know why anyone would think they aren't going to have any problem finding one that will lead them to where they want to go. But you might as well pick one every year in case you get lucky. Not picking one hasn't helped.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 08:11 AM) 1) The Us Protects minority groups with refugees in general 2) You don't bring in minors without their parents 3) The list comes from President Obama 4) It's not unconstitutional, the 9th district did not rule on it's constitutionality 5) The nuclear option won't happen in time nor will it be necessary. As you all were wrong with the election you are all wrong thinking that this will be anything but in favor of the President. I have more faith in the liberals on the Courts than you liberals here. 6) The 11,000,000 are all criminals. Not just 800,000. You tell that it's ok to those families that have lost loved ones thanks to the crime of illegals. So far, greatest President ever. He made promises and he's keeping them at lightning speed including fixing our healthcare not just dismantling it like every single liberal though he'd do. Candidate Trump called for a total ban of Muslims. Couldn't live up to his promise because the damn liberal judicial system knows how to read the Constitution. DeVos will take care of that with the next generation. Healthcare is fixed?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 08:41 AM) Has Q been on the DL even once in the past 4 years ? I tend to think not. I don't think so. I just mentioned it because teams will be looking to upgrade their rotations. I'm not worried about Q getting injured, but it's always a possibility, not just with his arm. Fluke stuff happens all the time.

The number seems high to me but I started reading Passan's book, and he claims 52% of pitchers wind up on the DL every year.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 07:16 PM) What does Hahn do every day? Shines JR's shoes, picks up KW's dry cleaning.

My wife contacted both Duckworth's and Durbin's office yesterday in regards to the Elizabeth Warren stifling which she took as both sexist and racist . She spoke to someone at both offices for quite a while, and Durbin's office asked her to draft a letter and email it to them. She's a lawyer who has argued in front of the Supreme Court so her letter was well thought out and written. Nothing will obviously come of it, but it is action nonetheless from someone who never acted before. If this picks up, things will eventually change. Who knows, maybe this BS going on now was the kick in the ass we all needed. Unfortunately, at minimum, there is going to be a lot of collateral damage that can't be repaired. And that is far sadder than Ivanka's clothes made in China not being sold at Nordstrom's anymore.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) Maybe the tweet meant to say "Sox trying work out a deal with the Twins for Park." Like a Park for cash considerations or PTBNL" type of deal. Teams do that when a player is in DFA status and can reject an assignment to the minors knowing that another team can claim or sign him (after he's released). Park doesn't have the status to reject the assignment. That's why it made no sense Minnesota would release him if he cleared. They have to pay him anyway.

One giveaway when wondering if guys on twitter are legit or not is when they have no idea about the rules. I'm pretty sure Jimmy knew this guy was full of it from the get go.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 01:05 PM) Can the Sox claim him and work out a deal with the Twins to pay Park a portion of the $9 million or whatever the Twins owe him? He was DFAed, so the Twins are on the hook for his contract even if he clears waivers. Maybe the Sox claimed him and are trying to figure out the financials. If they claim him, they get the contract. Maybe they will, but it doesn't really make sense for the Twins to release him if they have to pay him. They can put him in the minor leagues and see what happens.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 01:00 PM) So I looked up his tweet, and just out of fairness, this is what his actual tweet was... Sean Sears ‏@sean_sears6 39m39 minutes ago I'm hearing from a source that the #WhiteSox are working on a deal with recently DFA'd Byung Ho Park He didn't say "close". How can they be "working on a deal with" him? It makes no sense. They can either claim him or wait until he is released, if he would even be released to speak with him. If Minnesota has to pay him, I see no reason why they wouldn't keep him around.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) Sears is saying that the Sox are close to a deal with recently DFA'd Byung Ho Park even though he has to clear waivers first. Lets see if he gets lucky again. Considering he is still a member of the Twins organization, working something out before he clears waivers and is released, is clearly tampering. And if he cleared waivers the Twins would outright him, or release him and owe him all the money. There is nothing to "work out". The guy apparently takes others tweets as his own inside scoop.

I am stunned at the lack of activity with the White Sox. I am glad they aren't settling, but I highly doubt the offseason rebuild plan was trade Sale and Eaton for some prospects, get a couple of guys off waivers, sign Geo Soto, call it an offseason. That's pretty much it. I thought they at least would have made another trade or two , even minor, and would have signed some more intriguing Spring Training invites.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) I think this is very common. Ari Fleischer (Press Sec for GWB) said that they did the same thing at Bush's ranch. They rented some land and set up a base of operations. Since Trump is all about America, I'm sure he'll cut the taxpayers on nice deal on the rent, especially considering the bill being rung up because he wife doesn't want to live with him.

You have to give him some credit. He ran for President not to serve but to make money for himself and his family. It seems like it is working.