Dick Allen

QUOTE (brett05 @ Oct 13, 2016 -> 01:11 PM) Another poll out post Debate with Trump leading the election by two points. (Rasmussen) He still will lose. It's rigged.

He shows us every minute he could never handle be POTUS.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 12, 2016 -> 03:08 PM) Mayor 9/11 suggesting that Clinton didn't care about 9/11, wasn't there http://www.nydailynews.com/news/hillary-cl...Slide=1.2183706 Facts and pictures don't matter to the Trump supporters. If Guilani said she didn't care and wasn't there, they buy it. I really think this guy has lost his mind. On the bright side, at least he remembers these attacks happened now. He forgot a month or so ago, thought nothing happened until Obama.

Bar is lower, but I'm not buying what she is selling. Not a fan of DRose, but I don't think he's a rapist. A couple of lawyers told her to go scratch when she was shopping this case. She found a bottom of the barrel attorney, who was just looking for a settlement and some quick money, who more than likely withheld things on purpose when he or she realized they actually would have to show some proof.

So Harold Reynolds said Kerahaw isn't getting the high K total today. Yep, only 9 in 5 innings.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:18 PM) And they do, at least as far as I'm aware, but I'm not the BABIP police. I don't think they are. What if you hit a ball over the wall and missed 3B rounding the bases and you were called out on appeal? Technically it's a double. Would that be considered a ball in play. Pretty rare. Carlos May once missed home plate hitting a ball over the wall. He got a triple. The ball that bounced off Canseco's head over the wall for a HR, was technically in play for a bit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) lol, apparently the Boston front office was up early this morning writing propaganda. If they had no interest in these guys because of their six starters, they wouldn't have been sniffing around them three months ago. GMAB. Add to that a first round sweep, and the pressure goes UP on them to make a move, not down. Yeah, a team that came up short as it was doesn't pretty much stand pat and stay in house when it is losing it's biggest run producer. Even with a free agent, chances are their DH production is going down. They need to make up for it some way, and on the mound is the answer.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) Why wouldn't we think he was serious? Who falsely brags about sexual assault? Trump already admitted on Howard Stern that he would barge into the dressing rooms of Miss USA contestants to see them naked. This isn't a guy who gives a s*** about what women want. They're sexual objects. He does whatever he wants and knows he has enough power/money to get away with it. And in 1997 he was sued by a former business partner for doing exactly what he said he could do to Billy Bush. Whether it actually happened, who knows. The lady has done some things that would break out red flags, like date him later after they both were divorced. The comment was awful, and if he was a younger guy, it could have blown over. But a 59 year old? He is what he is.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) Not really. By definition, a home run is not "in play", as the defense can neither catch the ball for an out, nor can they throw to a base timely to get the hitter out. A home run is one of the three true outcomes (HR, K, BB), none of which effect BABIP. What about an inside the park homer?

No sense paying it now. Wait a couple of weeks.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 02:50 PM) The large loss carryforwards from the casino business not withstanding, Trump wouldn't have paid a dime in person income taxes anyway. That's not because he doesn't make a ton of money, its because his accountants follow basic accounting laws. There are a bunch of reasons to hate and/or dislike Trump - the lack of paying income taxes isn't one of them. The whole thing is stupid. Trump is also on record as saying he pays substaintial federal tax.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) Sure, but that's not really the way Hilary portrays it. She moreso portrays it that he didn't help the country for all those years (last night she even listed off all the things tax dollars are used for - schools, military, infrastructure, etc.) because he didn't pay taxes. Loss carryforwards are a basic accounting practice; basically all real estate developers that have any significant holdings don't pay personal income tax. It's not exactly rocket science. Amortization and depreciation are non-cash expenses that lower the taxable net income of individual real estate holdings. When you own as many real estate assets as Trump owns, these numbers are quite significant. The fact that he took advantage of those tax laws (as all wealthy Americans should do), isn't exactly damning. It's sort of bewildering that Hilary keep focusing on it - its almost like she doesn't get it. What I don The fact that Trump ventured into the casino business and failed, which is the source of the ~$1B in loss carryforwards in 1995 should definitely be viewed as a negative, but the fact that he took that failure and used a basic tax law to shelter income for the foreseeable future is something that any person in that situation would do. Right, but that is part of the game. Trump can either take what Hillary is saying, or admit he was such a genius businessman, and under his direction making deals, all the US will ever do is win, and win so much we all will be sick of winning, he didn't have to pay federal taxes for almost 20 years because he lost so much money making great deals.

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Since Trump had no idea he disagreed with Pence on Syria, could this mean he didn't watch the VP debate?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 08:46 AM) Rubbing the mic against his pants while Hillary was speaking was weird as hell It's just so bizarre. I guess the good news for anyone who doesn't want him elected is he couldn't have appealed to anyone who wasn't going to vote for him anyways last night. And all the fact check sights indicate for all the lying he accuses others of doing, no one lies more than he does.

Trump couldn't even appoint a special prosecutor to go after Hillary if he happened to be elected. Must be some more locker room talk. What was with all his sniffling? Was he crying beforehand? Is he sick? He can't be sick, he has a note from some doctor that basically says he is the healthiest person who has ever run for office. It is too bad there is always a chance he wins, because all this stuff could actually be funny. That pacing and hovering last night was just weird.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 01:02 AM) Business 101 says it's never wise to rip on the people paying the freight. Mark In your estimation, how many people have not attended a White Sox game because Don Cooper complained about the amount of people who attend? I am not a big Coop guy BTW. But his comments, while I am sure the team would probably wish he would keep to himself, really don't do any harm. In fact, he does praise the people who do attend games. But at least up to this point, while I have seen many excuses why people don't attend games, and IMO if you don't want to go, that's fine, you just don't get $200 million free agents, unlimited international spending, etc., I have yet to see one person say they aren't going because Don Cooper ripped people not supporting the team.

Every team could use Sale. To pin one start or so as the reason they would "need" him at virtuously any cost I just don't think is going to happen. Porcello and Price were awful. Hamels was awful. It does happen. To me the real question with Boston is Porcello really a top of the rotation guy, or did he just have everything go right for a career year? It is possible if Sale started for these teams in the postseason, everything still would have gone bad. He wasn't exactly lights out against Minnesota the last game of the year. It will be interesting to see if any team is willing to pay the White Sox price, and at what level the White Sox are willing to go to get a deal done. I still think most of these proposals are overstated. I know Shelby Miller cost a huge price, and Sale is a lot better and will cost a huge price. But everyone knew the Miller price was ridiculous, and it not working out for Arizona doesn't help the White Sox cause here. Whether it is correct or not, similar things effect each other. If Abreu sucked, the Cuban players behind him would have received a lot less money. If Kaz Matsui was as good as advertised, Iguchi would never have been available to the White Sox at a bargain rate. Trading Sale with his contract situation is pretty close to unprecedented. It's one reason why I think there is a cap on what teams would be willing to give up, and while the package would be huge, not as huge as using previous trades and adding Sale's increased value would make it.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 07:03 PM) But..but...but...he was a private citizen then, he wasn't running for president then..listen, he wrote that book when he was in his 50's, he was a younger man then, things have changed.....?!?!?! It's OK to call his daughter a piece of ass.

Trump wrote in a book that people don't care about politicians private lives, just that they do the job. He was very sympathetic to Bill Climton.

The Ruth's Chris in Ann Abor gives a discount based on the margin of victory. It probably was hard to get a table last night at 78% off.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 10:45 AM) By the way, can't Jason Groome be traded this offseason? What about Benintendi/Kopech/Groome/Devers/Vasquez for Sale? (If they're adamant on no-Moncada). Of course, if our dumb FO still insists on Jackie Bradley as the centerpiece, then this is all irrelevant anyway. If that package was available for Sale, the trade would have been made in July. It wouldn't have killed their line up. As much as it makes sense Sale is worth all those pieces, the Sox aren't going to get all those pieces. It is too much for one guy who pitches once every 5 days. To replace that, it would more than offset the deal In which Sale is signed.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Oct 8, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) He also called them "country cocksuckers". I could never figure out what a "country cocksucker" was... Maybe lower in rank than your standard "cocksucker"..? Elia made it about 3 more months before he was canned.. On other note, there was about 9,000 at the Elia Rant game against the Dodgers at Wrigley.... the game before there were 3.000 so much for superior Cub fan loyalty , I guess.. That was in 1983, Harry's second season on the superstation. As I stated before, then 1984 happened.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 8, 2016 -> 12:01 PM) He did wonders with the pen. He's overrated for sure. He also has the blame the fans mentality. In the Sox organization you can speak against the fan base and still keep your job. Lee Elia didn't get fired for calling Cubs fans unemployed cocksuckers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 7, 2016 -> 08:18 PM) Well that would explain a lot of his last couple years if that were starting to go. Not really. He was the IL pitcher of the year in 2015. Might explain why he was worse than ever this year.He just sucks. IMO he became a robot and that is fine when you are going well, when thing don't he didn't really have another plan.