Dick Allen

if you followed any of the Lucas Museum troubles, you will realize a ballpark isn't going to be built on the lakefront. And unless JR wants to foot the bill, not in Illinois either.

They just fired their president a week or so ago

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 10:04 AM) Kellyanne did, after she took her own poll of "people around her" I hope for her sake Kellyanne is getting paid a ton of money and really doesn't want to ever manage a campaign again. Would any future candidate have the nerve to hire Donald Trump's campaign manager as their own?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 05:50 PM) Taking pictures with jurors and the judge afterwards. Love our justice system Wow. That is pretty bad. The case against him was pretty weak though.

Blew Donalson away on 3 fastballs. Fans EE with 3 breaking balls. Impressive

Blew Donaldson away.

Through his age 26 season, the only season Miller had a ERA below 5.54, it was 4.84 in an NL pitchers park. Now he is unreal

DRose off the hook.

I am putting it my living room. My wife is pissed.

QUOTE (beautox @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) Yes, Even though Maybin and Miller didn't quite work out for the Marlins doesn't prove they weren't talented pieces to be given up for Miggy. If a Sale or Q trade worked out the same way the Miggy trade worked out for the Marlins, there would be a lot of unhappiness.

Under Armor is going to be the new MLB uniform maker in 2020 replacing Majestic. They will also replace Nike with the under the uniform stuff.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 01:37 PM) "And the white sox have won the world series" Buck is awful But being a homer is also awful. The thing about announcers is almost no matter what, a pretty good chunk of people will not like them at all. There are very few who are universally loved. Pat Foley is probably the closest thing in Chicago to no critics, although several years ago I used to play basketball with him and he wasn't very good and was a ball hog.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 12:39 PM) why do people have beef with Joe Buck? I've always wondered why. I think it's because he has a cool job of describing the best games, and gets paid a lot to do it. I've always thought he was pretty good. When he does that dark stubble deal, it does remind me of Hulk Hogan when he used to draw a beard on his face. It was interesting that losing his voice a couple years ago almost permanently was a result of his addiction to hair plugs.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 19, 2016 -> 12:34 PM) The GOP has a page soliciting write-in recommendations from the public for Trump's cabinet appointments. I'm sure this will be taken very seriously. Nobody Online would use this for comedic purposes. https://gop.com/survey/cabinet-survey/?utm_...tm_source=e_t-t The least he could do is find something for Billy Bush.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 06:50 PM) Doesn't the agreement start in 2017? I would think any changes to compensation would start next offseason due to free agents potentially signing , accepting/rejecting QOs before then. Manfred said it would be natural to wrap u the negotiations on the new agreement before free agency begins so everyone knows what the rules will be. There most likely will be something done with the QO system.

Cleveland still in good shape, but if Toronto's offense gets in gear, they can make it really interesting. Cleveland hasn't lost 4 in a row all year, so them not making the WS would be on par or maybe even a bigger gag than the 2003 Cubs.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 06:00 PM) Why wouldn't it be? CBA changes? I am thinking free agent comp will be an issue.

I wonder if this pick will still be unprotected at the time of the draft. To be fair, why should the White Sox have to surrender the 12th pick to sign someone, when the Cubs would have to surrender the 30th to sign the same player? At the very least all non playoff teams should have their 1st pick protected IMO.

Trump is probably the smartest man in America, and clearly the smartest ever to run for President. Just ask him "I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me." — Nov. 12, 2015 "Nobody knows jobs like I do." — Jan. 8, 2016 "I know more about foreign policy than anybody running." — Feb. 9, 2016 "Nobody reads the Bible more than me." — Feb. 24, 2016 "Nobody knows more about trade than me." — March 3, 2016 "Nobody knows the (visa) system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. Nobody knows it better than me." — March 10, 2016 "I've studied (the Iran deal) in great detail, I would say actually greater by far than anyone else." — March 21, 2016 "I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth." — April 13, 2016 "Nobody knows more about taxes than I do — maybe in the history of the world." — May 11, 2016 "There is nobody who understands the horror of nuclear more than me." — June 15, 2016 "I understand money better than anybody," — June 21, 2016 "Nobody knows debt better than me." — June 22, 2016 "Nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump." — July 16, 2016

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) The title of this thread is "Chris Getz to take over player development", not "Hey, how do you y'all think Nick Capra has done the past five years?". Why can't people simply share their opinions on Getz and his qualifications for this position without also having to conduct a post mortem on Capra? Like I said yesterday, if you want a discussion on how he did in the role, start up a thread on that. Meanwhile, it's really not germane to this discussion. Take your own advise and put me on ignore. Do yourself a bigger favor and put the White Sox on ignore.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) The title of this thread is "Chris Getz to take over player development", not "Hey, how do you y'all think Nick Capra has done the past five years?". Why can't people simply share their opinions on Getz and his qualifications for this position without also having to conduct a post mortem on Capra? Like I said yesterday, if you want a discussion on how he did in the role, start up a thread on that. Meanwhile, it's really not germane to this discussion. He didn't take over player development. He is Buddy Bell's lackey. Just like the guy with the Cubs works under McLeoad who works under Hoyer who works under Theo. BTW, the Cubs front office, all loyalty hires.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) LOL - you are funny. Colonel Complaint Officer Dick Allen, who spends 90% of his time around here whining and complaining about others when he feels they are whining and complaining about things, is now whining and complaining that nobody has whined or complained about Nick Capra in the past. Unbelievable! There's just no winning with this guy!! No, but the argument we complained plenty about him before, we just didn't mention him is you would have to agree laughable. 5 years of apparent failure, never a mention. A new hire, 0 days on the job, a total failure, White Sox loyalty hire. There is no realistic hire for this job that wouldn't have been looked at negatively. And it is a position those up in arms over this hire, didn't give a rat's ass about before Getz was hired. I wonder if the White Sox ever hired Terry Francona as a manager how the loyalty police would get around that one. 5 years in the Sox system, only left to join Buddy Bell's staff in Detroit.

Yeah, you need 7 years to perform brain surgery. You need 8 years to be Buddy Bell's assistant. LMAO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 09:13 AM) Awesome. Then quit trolling people for doing so. Thanks! Good one. For a mod you sure do start a lot of arguments. You really should resign or be fired from that position so at least people could ignore you. Why aren't you fighting rabbit and Joshua Strong who said the same thing I did? Just remember, this is the post that sent you in a tizzy. There is nothing inaccurate about it. How many times has Nick Capra's job performance been discussed on this board? Getz has already received more play and he hasn't even started yet. This post has been edited by Dick Allen: Yesterday, 12:37 PM

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2016 -> 08:58 AM) Your argument is that because no one said "Nick Capra" that now it can't be talked about, is just being argumentative. Player development has been a central theme of Soxtalk for years, and you know that. This fake SAY MY NAME argument isn't really a thing. It is "rigged election" in terms of reality. Every Sox fan knows that player development has been a central theme of discussions for years, well except apparently you. I never said now it can't be talked about. Show me one post where I wrote that. I just said it was funny Getz is discussed more before he even started and anyone knows what he's about than Capra got in 5 years, when there was plenty of complaining that could have been directed his way. Even in the new coaches thread, not a peep about Capra's job performance. Quit making things up.