Dick Allen

Bulls attendance amazes me. Before MJ, they would routinely draw less than 10k a night. Even his first couple of years, most nights, unless they were playing LA, Boston or Philadelphia, you could easily buy tickets at the box office the night of the game. But even when they were awful afterwards, and mediocre now, and ticket prices are really a joke, they have no problem filling the place up.

If security and not letting people in was so damn important to Trump, why did he spend the 2 days after he was inaugurated at parties and not enforce this ban immediately? Or was this just like the fraudulent voting? 3 million-5 million fraudulent votes, all democrat. The only bad people get in when his ban was lifted.

Back when Obama signed 19 EOs his first 12 days in office, Trump tweeted he was on a power trip. Trump signed 18 in 12 days. Everything this guy criticizes other for, he is guilty of. You can go right down the line. From Romney's reluctance to releasing his taxes to Obama's EOs, to people being fat, to giving people advice about leaving cheating partners, to lying. He has them all beat.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 08:05 AM) Pretty random, bold claim by Mr. Allen haha that doesn't usually happen. I just think with spring training getting close, and most of the teams supposedly in on Q training in Florida, getting this done asap should be a priority now. If it were a bunch of AZ teams, as silly as it may seem, I think there would be more time. I would think the team acquiring him would want him as comfortable as can be, and getting traded can't be so comfortable.

I have no information, but I do think today is a day something happens.

The DHS says the riskier boarder is the Canadian border. Trump may have to have Canada build us another wall.

Trump has sheriffs in the White House, brags about how he is the first President to have them there. Talks about the sad situation in Chicago mentioning those sheriffs would clean it up immediately, then lies about the murder rate being the highest in 45-47 years. If that were true, aren't these sheriffs he is commending and saying would stop all the killing in Chicago, not able to stop the killing in their neck of the woods? Obviously any murder rate should be considered too high, but if you really think about it, praising these law enforcement people then talking about murder rates being sky high is contradicting yourself.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 7, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) Donald Trump lies yet again about the country's crime rate. Just about everything that comes out of his mouth or anyone from his team's mouth is false. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/don...ate-fact-check/ Just about everything he rips other people for supposedly doing or being, he is guilty doing or being, only he takes it a lot farther. It would be a fascinating study if he were still just "firing" people from a fake boardroom, but he has scary power now, and it looks like he is surrounded by enablers.

Considering the hard caps on international spending, the way the draft works, and given the White Sox current payroll, Robertson's paycheck isn't going to cause any strain on JR's wallet or cause the team to spend less on prospects. There is absolutely no reason for a salary dump unless you just think he is going to be awful. Either get something interesting back now or wait. No pressure at all on RH to rid himself of Robertson.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 7, 2017 -> 11:48 AM) I wasn't aware that you were privy to the negotiations. What is the latest Rick and Mike have been kicking around? None of us are, but logic says he's correct. If you want to believe Robles can be had for Robertson, go ahead, but it would be an alternative fact.

He was diagnosed with epilepsy many years ago. Maybe it's worse or has led to something else. There was some story months ago that he might have CTE. The teaser for the interview mentioned paranoia, but that could be several things.

Kanye is dumping Trump. He cleaned his twitter of all his pro-Trump tweets. Too bad, they seem to be made for each other. Maybe they can make up.

Any poll negative towards Trump is fake news per the Donald.

The White Sox aren't going to trade anyone with Q that would or at least could lessen his return. Hahn said as much at Soxfest when some shmuck thought adding Shields to a Q trade would be a good idea.

How does he not know if he would get along with Putin? He has already said they have met and get "along great". http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trum...ms-he-met-putin

Arthur Blanks should never have gone down to the sideline. It all went wrong when that happened. Biggest choke in NFL history.

So the Nats are interested if it doesn't cost them money or players. I suspect every team would be in under those circumstances.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Feb 5, 2017 -> 08:41 AM) I didn't see any superstar Royal position players in 14-15 nor Indians in 2016. The Sox had a superstar pitcher and couldn't do a thing with him. Just get solid at every position and above average on at least half of them. The Sox won 78 games with solid at about 1/2 (or less) of the positions and above average at 3 or 4. Might want to check again.

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Feb 4, 2017 -> 05:52 AM) MLB salaries are actually dropping dramatically. Teams have realized that paying mediocre veterans is stupid and you can get almost the same production out of a minimum salary guy. The union made a bignore mistake of only caring about vets (no salary cap, guaranteed contracts...) and ignoring the young players that they are so underpaid now that they take away jobs from the mediocre veterans. The union needs to fight for the costs controlled players getting more expensive or having less control years so that vets become more attractive again. And of course bautista could have gotten a longer contract but not a decently paid one. Of course those contracts are more reasonable from the owners perspective but overall the owners are robbing the players. Owners should make a profit, as they carry the risk but the players share of the revenue has dropped more than 10 percent in the last decade. The average major league salary was a recorded high $4.4 million last year with a record 127 players making at least $10 million. Salaries aren't dropping, they are being re-distributed. Napoli is a 35 year old who put up a 1.0 WAR. Carter is 30 and put up a 0.9. Added together they didn't equal Todd Frazier and we have posts here that claim Frazier was terrible last year. They aren't getting paid because the information says they shouldn't.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 02:19 PM) The foreign minister of UAE supports Trump's ban and he says it's not Islamophobic because the majority of Muslims and Muslim countries can still travel freely. Those countries under the ban need to straighten some things out. And he said this at a press conference with his Russian counterpart. Interesting. Funny thing is, if there was no Trump business in the UAE, they would be ban as well. I wonder what he would think of that.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 02:21 PM) Teams draft multiple guys in the top 10 picks for $100,000 or less and save $$ for after all the time, White Sox included. If a player drafted in the top 10 rounds doesn't sign, then the team loses the ability to spend that bonus money. It's a big reason why college seniors start getting drafted in rounds 8-10 and players drafted in rounds 11-19 make more than $100,000 to sign. Chances of that player being any good are pretty slim. That's why I say, take one of their lesser prospects who you like. You really are lucky if you get 2 or 3 guys who contribute in a draft. People are really excited about the White Sox 2016 draft and they should be. The guys looked great. But when it's all said and done, a couple or more of the guys people are high on will wonder how high they were when they like the player. Courtney Hawkins was going to be a star. Then he hit .178 striking out at a ridiculous rate and still, "he's young for the level". Finally, he sucks. The same thing happens year after year to every team. I think a guy who has been playing against professional competition is easier to project. That's why, even though it really won't happen anyway, I wouldn't take the draft pick if I could if I was making the deal. Give me the player someone already spent $800k or more on, and spent more developing.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 01:56 PM) Exactly. Sox pick at #11 ($3, 998,900), #49 ($1,325, 800), #87 ($606, 100). If the Sox got the 75th pick ($730,800) and went over their bonus pool to the maximum allowed, they could sign a $2 million player at #49 if they want. And that would be basically #30 draft slot money. Big deal. It's not like a top of the line guy is dropping. And then your pool is depleted for the 75th on down.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 01:41 PM) It doesn't necessitate "deals" with their first and second round picks. If a team needs/chooses to overspend on pick 11, 49, or 75, savings can be gained by drafting the college seniors later. I think you are significantly underselling the flexibility that comes with a larger draft pool. Especially when the draft is absolutely where a rebuilding team needs to knock it out of the park. If you took the entire value of the 75th pick and added it to the 49th pick, you basically have the bonus pool of pick #27. And then you are behind the 8 ball for anything later. I just think the guy who already has some development is far easier to project, and a much surer thing. For one thing you don't know how the draft will go. In 2016 Hostetler said he basically hit on all his targets and then some. 2017 might not go that way. Pick #75 isn't so valuable and $800k isn't going to be the number that is going to get you an extra first round talent. If they want to throw some international money the Sox way, that might be good. One thing Hostetler said at Soxfest, and sure it can be fluff, was that the international guys are coming and they are going to be really good. It obviously takes a while, but they seem very happy with the guys Paddy has signed.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 01:10 PM) If the 4th piece is a Victor Diaz type, I'd rather give my scouting director the extra 800K and the 75th pick. That's something that allows you to potentially throw $1 million at a guy overslot during the draft. That would be if you underpay someone. The White Sox currently aren't in the position to look for "deals" with their first round and second round pick. They need to take the best player available. Those guys usually don't give discounts. The $800k would be used on that 75th pick. Screw that. Get someone who has some professional history. The way the draft is anymore, there is very little sliding due to signability. The $800k wouldn't make much of a difference. I just looked back to 2012 as a five year thing. The White Sox took Chris Beck at 76 and they thought he was a steal. I don't think you could have traded Beck for Diaz straight up.

Regarless of if it could be traded or not, why would the 75th pick in the draft interest anyone? Get a player that has been developed and can be projected far more accurately. And I am all for Reed. His stock has fallen, he isn't even expected to make their team, but last year he would have been a headliner. He might bust, but the payoff could be as huge as he is.