Dick Allen

Didn't Ivanka resign from her company? Why the outrage if she is no longer there? Hmm. The failing Ivanka Trump line is dying a slow death. Sad. She has no one to blame but dear old dad.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) People often talk about that 11-5 season. It's impressive, although they didn't make the playoffs, but what is overlooked is that they went 16-0 with Brady the previous season. That's a decrease of 5 wins, which is a lot of wins. He also went 3-1 without Brady this year, not 4-0. It brought him up to 19-19 overall with the Patriots when Brady hasn't started. Would Belichick have been the GOAT with another QB? I don't think so. Most teams with really good QBs have quite the dropoff in wins when they are relegated to their back up. When they went 11-5 it's not like they had the offseason to prepare for Brady not being around. If they knew he would miss the year, the back up would have probably been a better or at least more prepared QB.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 10:19 AM) Against Seattle? I was there. Buehrle gave up 2 hits I think (both to Ichiro). Yeah. Ichiro was the only Mariner who got a hit, and Buerhle actually struck out a lot of guys or it might have been even shorter.

A guy I worked with knows a Reinsdorf and got some freebies in 2005 front row behind the Sox dugout. He invited me. Buerhle pitched. It went 1 hour 39 minutes. Sox won 2-1. Paulie hit 2 homers. The vendors were not happy.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 09:34 AM) I think he is a genius. Just because you have a hall of fame QB doesn't mean you are always going to the Super Bowl. Packers have Aaron Rodgers and have been to one Super Bowl. Same with Drew Brees, hell he can't even get back to the playoffs. Payton Manning only went to three and the last one almost had nothing to do with him. The fact that the Patriots have made it to 7 Super Bowls with him as coach in this free agent era is maybe the greatest accomplishment in the history of the NFL. 7 Super Bowls!!! That is just crazy. I will die happy if the Packers can just get back one more time with Rodgers. I couldn't imagine going 7 times. Yes. He's either a genius, or Brady is the GOAT and it isn't even close. I'm sick of the Patriots, but it's amazing what they do, and again, they have more productive 4th round and lower picks, and other teams' castoffs than anyone.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 07:22 AM) Kristaps Porzingis is a generational talent? That might be a bit of a stretch. If he was the exact same player but played for the Bulls, J4L would have a totally different take.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 08:26 AM) I don't mind this for minor league games. Really doesn't matter if a minor league team wins or loses. It's not really needed at the MLB level. The only way I may accept it is if maybe having the rule go into effect after the 12th inning? Those long games aren't fun when you run out of pitchers and use the next day's starters or bench players. If anything, they should expand active rosters by 2-3 spots. When I was a little kid, most teams had 10 pitchers on the roster and sometimes were down to 9. Now they have 12 or 13. I understand what you are saying, and it really is not fair to hang it on a manager for not playing the 9th, 10th, or 11th inning like it might be possible the game goes 13 or 14 innings, but it's the same for both sides. I am against changing the rules because of inning number.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 08:20 AM) The pace of play problem needs to be addressed with AL East teams. Playing them is unbearable. It is the style of play everyone wants the White Sox to play. Work counts, yank the starter quickly. Use the bullpen like crazy. It makes for a long game. They do need to make guys stay in the box, make pitchers be more like Mark Buerhle with their pace, eliminate the catcher going out to the mound every hitter, and eliminate the pitches on the intentional walk. I don't know why more pitchers aren't adapting the Buerhle pace. It works pretty well for most who use it.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 07:40 AM) He doesn't have actual sources though. He makes things up and happens to be right sometimes. It's not the same thing. Is he brother? Your buddy? What's the deal? Do you get a cut somehow? That's the problem with all these guys. There are too many of them and the phonies give the guys with real sources bad names. You aren't going to be correct all the time, but some things are pretty easy to see, or you can hear sports radio in another town on the internet talking about a possibility you haven't heard before, throw it out there, it happens, suddenly you are sourced. It is unfair IMO to the sourced. Last year with no sources, I said the Sox would sign Alex Avila it was pretty obvious. A week later they signed him. I should have put it on Twitter, I would have been a star.

That isn't baseball. If they are worried about time and pitcher usage, why not go farther, eliminate the inevitable bunt the first batter will perform, give teams a runner on 3rd with 1 out. The game isn't broken. No need to fix it. Speed up the rest of the game. No one complains about extra innings or overtimes in other sports causing the game to be too long. It's the time wasting during regulation that needs to be addressed.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 03:24 PM) Not sure I believe that. Since when have the Yankees decided they weren't going to be competitive ? The Yankees are the greatest franchise in baseball history with very small periods of not attempting to compete.They have a boatload of cash albeit more when they get rid of some contracts, but still I say the Yanks are all in it next year so even getting Q now would still be prudent. The idea that Q isn't worth Rutherford and Frazier is utterly preposterous . Prospects = suspects. Just because Sanchez played great for a half season doesn't mean all Yankee prospects are golden. Odds are one of those 2 end up never being a starter on a regular basis . Q is a proven commodity over and over and over and over again. I'm not against the rebuild but some of you are in for a shock when some of these guys we traded for have major injuries or just never pan out. That's part of the problem with acquiring top prospects. The love only has 2 ways to go. Either they are stars and it's level or it goes down. I know it has to be done sometimes (I didn't agree with the Eaton trade) but expecting all or even most of these guys to be top players is probably hoping for a little too much.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 03:06 PM) What did he say that make you think this? He mentioned all their cap space and how they would be adding a lot of talent. And 3-13 will never happen again. Ted Phillips talking football.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 02:21 PM) I try not to compare anything the Patriots do to what other teams are doing. They may have the best coach in the history of the game. Everything they do is unique to them. Obviously he's a great coach, but he was 41-55 his first 6 seasons as a HC. So there is something he either figured out coaching-wise or personnel-wise that no one else seems to grasp.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 01:58 PM) I was listening to the radio today and they were vehemently against the Bears trading for Jimmy G. I'd tend to agree. I think it'd be better if they drafted a QB instead of paying a premium for a 1 year rental (unless they tag/extend him). There is no way the Bears are meeting the Jimmy G price and he is a one year rental. That said, it really would make me wonder why a team that seems to know what it is doing better than any other team would trade a franchise QB when they are always in win now mode and have a QB that will be 40 years old. It is amazing when you look at NE's roster how many castoffs and later round picks make up their roster. If they are Bears they are probably 6-10.

What if the Bulls had signed Carmelo a couple of years ago? Would they be the Knicks now? I would imagine Rose and Noah would probably still be here, just swap out KP for Jimmy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) To be fair, if the Heat don't open with 1 year/$10 million, Wade never leaves Miami. And if Wade grew up in Kentucky he doesn't sign with the Bulls. All the stars aligned for that one, but that is what the Bulls can do in free agency. Sign 35 year olds who grew up Bulls fans who get lowballed by their current team. Until or unless they get a Michael or Lebron or put together what Golden State put together, big time free agents aren't coming to freeze their ass off to be a 7th or 8th seed. A

I don't think Wade will leave. No other team will match what the Bulls will pay him next season. He isn't giving up more money.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 01:21 PM) 70s were the leanest years of the NBA though. Jordan certainly established a solid fan base, but I don't think Bulls would have seen such poor attendance after STern's changes in the 80s. Even after Michael had left and they went through the worst 3 or 4 year stretch any team had in NBA history, they led the league in total attendance. They were drawing almost full houses to watch Cornell David play basketball.

The path doesn't mean anything until the proper development occurs. If the goal is to suck to be better, the Pirates and Royals took 30 years. The Jags have been in the top 10 of the NFL draft for how long? What about the Browns? Jimmy Butler could retire in 10 years with the Bulls hovering around the .500 mark each of those seasons, and they still might be closer. One guy in the NBA can make all the difference. In the next 20 years, the Bulls may have a shot or two at one of them.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 11:27 AM) You think they are the closest? How? We have different tv's man. Technically, the Bulls are one player away from being a legit title contender. It isn't realistic to think that player can be acquired, but it is true.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 11:24 AM) I am with you...I can not see how one can argue that any of these franchises is closer to a championship and I still think the Bulls are probably the closet by nature, albeit it is a sport where I think it is hardest to win a championship (I think the other sports are easier in some sense because it is less likely at times that the best team actually wins). In basketball, I typically think the NBA champion is truly the best team (we could argue Golden State last year due to Curry's injury...but that is a rare exception, imo). In football, there are definitely years where the best team had a bad game and didn't even make the superbowl (baseball same thing...run into a hot team and the best team can fizzle out quickly). Yes. The problem with the NBA is that there are only about 3 or 4 teams with a legit shot at the title any particular year, if that. But OTOH, there are several teams one player off if that player is Lebron or Durant. If the Bulls somehow got one of them, suddenly they are legit contenders.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 11:21 AM) A FA coup with what $$ though? That's not the plan. The plan is marketing. That building is full every night because people are idiots. I think they have $29 million in cap space if Wade stays, over $50 million if he flees. But I agree, the top free agents aren't coming here.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 11:13 AM) I tend to agree with Jimmy here. What exactly do the Bulls have going for them other than Butler? For me to count them as a threat in the East moving forward they would have to miss the playoffs, get lucky in the lottery and then still hit on a few trades (Lopez/Gibson) or free agent signings. It's pretty amazing the Bulls don't even really have supporting guys in a core. Wade/Gibson/Lopez are decent players but they're all older and they're nothing to write home about. McDermott, Portis, Niko are all pretty much garbage and that's coming from a Niko fan. Valentine can't even get himself into the game. Grant never took the step forward that was hoped for. MCW/Cannon/Rondo are all fodder. There is absolutely nothing going for the Bulls away from Jimmy. They are no threat, and most likely will be no threat for quite a while, but to say the other teams are closer to a championship? 2 teams had worse records than the Bears in 2016. The White Sox weren't .500 and traded their 2 best players. These teams are years and years away. Maybe something happens this year that closes their gaps, but for me, if I can't see legit shot at title for any of them, I can't say one is clearly farther away than the other 2. If everything goes right for the Sox and/or Bears, then yes.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) Bears and White Sox have a path to a title. Draft, trades, free agent signings. The nature of the NBA puts the Bulls in an impossible situation. Barring like 5-6 teams getting in a plane crash, there really is no path to a title for the Bulls. They all still need players. The Bulls eventually get a Lebron or MJ or Magic, someone of that ilk, their "path" is a lot shorter. There is still a long way to go for all 3 teams.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 10:44 AM) Bulls are clearly the furthest away from winning a championship. And that's what I care about. I don't know how you can say clearly. There isn't one of the 3 where a championship is anywhere in sight. For all we know, they may all be another 50+ years away.