Dick Allen

The woman accusing DRose of rape wants $21.5 million. That may explain why he needs another max contract to provide his family financial stability.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 01:37 AM) Lenny Dykstra claims that he used private investigators to get dirt on umps to blackmail them for favorable calls. Oh Lenny.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 12:56 PM) Given his struggles to end the season and injury flare ups I'm a bit worried about depending on him. I know he's been Mr. Consistency, but that's not gonna last forever. I'd hate to find out the hard way just to make JR and the fans happy. I agree. Plus, I am so sick about hearing about JR and the loyalty crap, if Buehrle or AJP or Uribe came back and sucked, which father time is making more likely by the hour, it would be in full force. I understand wanting Buerhle back based on his numbers, but 4 cortisone shots, left off the postseason roster, should speak volumes.

I hope he retires . I like him as much as anyone,but 4 cortisone injections into his shoulder tells you something is amiss. If he were totally healthy, Toronto would have had him on their roster. I don't want to see him on the mound for the White Sox a shell of his former self.

Making this much noise the day the World Series starts is not going to make the commissioner happy. This guy probably sucks but if he does he would look good in a Charlotte uniform.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 04:17 PM) Do you mean no team ever swept in the LCS? Because I know the Cubs got swept in 08 and 09. Yes

As a Sox fan, and a Cubs hater, I believe I owe the Mets my rooting interest. Sweeping the Cubs not only knocked the Cubs out this season, but may have an effect in the future. Since the LCS went to best of 7, no team ever swept made the playoffs the next season.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) With all of the affiliates each team has this would be a huge expenditure. Maybe the league should build them. Use the overage penalties to build and maintain.

I basically gutted my place several years ago, and re-did everything. Even changed the electrical outlets. Knocked out a couple of walls, opened up the kitchen, dropped an island in there. New lighting, new appliances, new floors, new toilets, new sinks, new cabinets, new furniture. It's nice now, (and really wasn't a dive before) but if you do something like that, I advise if you can stay somewhere else while it is going on, do so. It got to a point, my wife and I would priceline a room a few blocks away on weekends so we could stay out of the mess. I was so happy when it was done. Now I'm getting the this could be changed, that could be changed by her. I am trying my best to act like I can't hear her.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 12:37 PM) Because they are young and poor. Most would take the cash over the college. It's a sense of need and want over a possible future need. I'm not talking the foreign guys. A college scholarship is in most cases worth a lot more than $50k these days. In many cases, its worth 4 to 5 times that. If I was a broke dad and had a kid who was offered $50k or free college, he isn't signing for $50k. If he is good enough to make it, he can get drafted again in 3 or 4 years.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) How many foreign free agents might not even be equipped to go to a college? I don't think the foreign guys usually get one. But for the guys who do, I would imagine it is to a specific college or a specific dollar amount. I would imagine most getting them were getting a full ride anyway. With the cost of college, why would you give up a full ride for a $50k bonus? If you didn't make it, you would be in the hole getting educated.

What would be interesting to see is a college scholarship clause in a contract. Does it pay for 4 years of Yale or community college?

Remember Hee Seop Choi?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 06:48 PM) Wouldn't bench coach be considered a lateral move? If so, wouldn't the Indians have to give him permission to interview? Honestly, if I had to guess I would say the Indians simply denied the Sox's request for an interview. He definitely talked to the Sox about the job. There were some quotes from him a couple of weeks ago.

Merkin said he was no longer a candidate last week. We don't know if he turned down the job or the White Sox like someone else better. Or it could be the contract situation. Can they really give him a multiple year contract and say for certain he is the permanent replacement if they make a change? Would they? Renteria seems like the best choice left to me of the candidate named.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) Hamilton is a top 5 defensive CF in the game, the only guy definitively better than him with the glove is Kiermaier. Adding Hamilton and then surrounding him on the corners with Eaton and Trayce may give the Sox one of the best OF defenses in the league. That's also a group that's going to steal a lot of bases, not just Hamilton, but Eaton and Trayce have the ability to get a lot of steals as well. Yea I know the Sox will be insanely lucky to get 30 HR out of all of them combined., but that's not really the point of acquiring Hamilton. The point is to enable the rotation to give up even fewer runs than they would and buy a few small ball runs, which may come in handy if Sale/Quintana/Rodon are keeping opponent's scoring low. Since moving into USCF, if the Sox don't hit HR, they lose. I wouldn't mind the Sox getting Hamilton if they changed the rules and you could steal 1B.

Homeland's best episode maybe ever. That's saying something.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 09:52 AM) That's a possibility. I just think Sanchez would handle the position change better. In 10 seasons Zobrist has only started 5 games at 3B. Probably because of Longoria.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) If you have Zobrist at 2B, that makes up for Sanchez' weak bat at 3B. Why not just put Zobrist at 3B?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 09:20 AM) I worked for a single A team in concessions twenty years ago, and the visiting players would line up at the end of the games for leftover hot dogs, so they could eat something without having to spend their meal money on food. Pretty sad that pro baseball players get fed worse than college guys. Brings up another point. These guys are forced to eat leftover hot dogs. It's not going to max out their potential physically. If they do buy their own food, it probably is fast food. Maybe they should provide decent healthier meals. It would help them become better ballplayers.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 08:29 AM) I like the idea of trying avi out at 3b I think bringing Paulie back and having him play CF would give you better results. One guy who probably would never make a career OF a 3B is KW. The White Sox did exactly that with him, and he was a pretty decent OF IIRC. He was horrid at 3B and suddenly also couldn't hit.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 08:23 AM) I don't think Sanchez really has enough 3B experience to play there. I don't think his bat is good enough for him to play 3B. I think he would probably be fine there, but he's great at 2B, so moving him to 3B would be odd.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 08:12 AM) Personally I hope the Sox sign Zobrist and Sanchez and Saladino split time at 3B. Zobrist is a guy I would love the Sox to get, but there are going to be a ton of teams after him, and he'll probably cost a mint, although his play has been worth a mint for a long time. Since 2009 he has been under a 5 WAR twice. 3.8 one year and 2.1 this year. I think he was hurt for a while this year. He really is the Jose Quintana of position players. To me, this will be the most interesting contract this winter. Will he be paid for his sabermetric, one of the better players in baseball numbers, or will he be paid Ben Zobrist, not a name that comes to mind when you mention the top performers in baseball the last 6 or so years numbers. His age will definitely cost him some money.

I think they should be given a livable wage, and have it increase as you move up a level. As to college scholarships, this has been written into bonus contracts for a long time. Apparently the obligation is very rarely fulfilled. I think Shawon Dunston was suing the Cubs a couple of years ago to honor his contract and pay for him to go to college. I don't know how that turned out.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 07:50 AM) He will hit arb in two years. I'm also not sold on him being able to start healthy. I heard Bruce Levine on the score, and he actually thought soler was destined to be a DH, even more so that schwarber. This was due to a combination of awful defense and being very injury prone There have been a lot of media saying Schwarber isn't really a bad OF. From what I have seen, he makes Viciedo look pretty good with the glove.