Dick Allen

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) I used to think that too, but given how few GM jobs there are, I don't think it's that simple. It's not like he can pick and choose any other GM job wants, he'd be lucky to end up in the right opening at the right time. Here he has the perfect connection to get the job, so even if it's not ideal power structure, it's better than possibly starting from the bottom somewhere else. It doesn't matter. What many claim his job is would not be considered a GM job. If he has no say or very little say, how can he call himself a GM? Maybe there were some things he disagreed with KW on, and maybe KW won, and maybe those things blew up in their faces, but not all the White Sox bad choices are KW's, and not all the White Sox good choices are RH's. I am sure if we knew exactly how every move since Rick became GM went down, this fantasy that he has all the answers but has to bow down to idiots would come to an end. Even on here last winter, Hahn was a genius. He filled so many holes. No need for a long rebuild. Then it didn't work out, and suddenly it was all KW's doing. I guess that isn't a bad thing. A guy with no track record can do no wrong. A group of people who constantly complain about loyalty thinks the guy who has never worked for any organization except the White Sox would be a perfect GM if really given the opportunity to be a GM. It flies in the face of all the loyalty complaining. If KW is still making all the calls like some believe, there is nothing anywhere to suggest Rick Hahn knows what he is doing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 11:12 AM) I don't remember many articles about the Sox going to the WS after we swept the ALDS in 2005. Hell, World Series talk didn't really start until after game 4 of the ALCS, when it was pretty evident the Sox had the series in the bag. I actually think the media has been pretty similar. The little things that bother me now, probably bothered die hard Cubs fans 10 years ago. But there is still hope for a Cubs loss.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) I choose to believe it goes right to the top with Reinsdorf. I think Hahn would have cleaned house if he could have. What do you base this on? I think Rick Hahn is a smart guy, but if he took a job to be a puppet for KW and JR, that would make him not so smart. I don't understand how so many conclude Hahn wants to always do the right thing but is constantly overruled. That type of thinking is very naïve and Greensox would correctly classify it as hero worshipping. There is no doubt in my mind Parent's contract expiration made him the fall guy.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 10:41 AM) Apparently the Kardashian crew showed up to the hospital with a camera crew. Such dumpster people. If true, that is beyond sad.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 18h18 hours ago Cards fans complaining about the K zone: Don't. The TBS box is misleading. Mark Carlson has been very good today. Passan is full of it. Disregard the box, and look at the dots. His calls were all over the place during the same ABs.

When the Cubs last made the playoffs, 2 years in a row, "sustained success", they won exactly 0 playoff games.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) God, they're like Blackhawk fans. I think it will be worse than the Blackhawks. Although I bet at least half the people that went to the Blackhawks parade couldn't name 5 players on the team.

QUOTE (Coach @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) I don't know whether TBS's zone is accurate or not. From what I saw, the calls were bad. Not really bad though. Just to mention when Lackey was pitching and the K-Zone showed 2 pitches in the exact same spot and one called a ball and one a strike, you know the ump stinks. At least last night, I agree. Forget the box, just look at the dots, and a lot of his calls don't make sense.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) Sox are very comparable to the Royals. A stadium amidst a parking lot. Strong fanbase that wont' come out unless they win. Also KC was a very successful franchise in the 70s and 80s under a great owner Kauffman. When he died it all went to hell for a long stretch. The game changed a lot. I think as late as 1990, the Royals had the highest payroll in baseball. At one time, the Twins had the highest paid player, Kirby Puckett, and the Royals the highest payroll. Those days are ova.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 08:59 AM) Cub attendance took a big hit the past few years remember which led to the drive to bring in Theo, completely gut the franchise and get to where they are today. Their were a lot, ALOT of empty seats being shown on TV at Wrigley Field. Cub fans were getting fed up and pissed off. Columns were written about it in both the Sun-Times and Tribune. Just trying to be accurate. And just last year the Royals manager called out his fan base for not showing up with the Royals winning. Three decades of losing will do that to a fan base who has to be convinced the season isn't a mirage. Sounds a lot like things on the South Side no? (example is 2000 after four losing seasons in five years time...) Mark Since you are trying so hard to be accurate, the Cubs brought Theo in after the 2011 season, when they finished 71-91, and when they drew 3,017,966 fans. That would be an all time high for the White Sox., For accuracy's sake, you also might want to know that despite 5 consecutive seasons of not even winning as many games as the 2015 White Sox, the Cubs attendance never dipped below what would be top 5 in White Sox history.

What many people are missing is the teams they want the Sox to be like, the Cubs, the Pirates, the Royals, the Astros, were consistently awful for a very, very, very long time.

According to the Tribune, the Cubs are now the favorites to win the WS.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 08:26 AM) http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/playoff...ls-and-strikes/ I'd love to know the stats of the Cubs/Cards guy from last night. He was awful. I didn't see most of the Cubs ABs, but I would imagine he was just as bad for them. And it's not just accuracy, it's consistency. If you are giving everyone 2 inches off the plate, that's fine, just don't be "accurate" and then call the pitch 1 inch off the plate a strike sometimes. I mentioned the Cruz AB. He correctly according to their zone called a pitch high, and then later called a pitch that was even higher, a strike.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 08:10 AM) i just dont think people can trust the K Zone like they want to. You are looking at an imaginary box set up by the tv station at an angle, it is not an infallible judgement of the strikezone. That doesnt mean the umpires havent had their moments, but I think people freak out more because of what the K zone shows them IMO, the k-zone is far more accurate than most umpires, if not every one of them, and as been stated in the past, no one will complain if they call pitches outside or inside or high or low an inch or 2 strikes, as long as they will always call them strikes. I am not blaming the Cubs winning on the umpires at all, but there are pitches in the same AB that were called high, and then a pitch that was even higher called a ball, same with the corners. You can't have that. Some guys are better at calling balls and strikes. There is no reason MLB shouldn't have their best balls and strikes umpires behind the plate during all playoff games.

Some have said TBS's zone is off a bit, but I don't think so. I agree, there were some bad calls. Unless where they have the ball in those zones are off, there were pitches in the zone called balls and way out of the zone called strikes. There were pitches called balls in an AB correctly because they were high, and then a strike called on a pitch that was even higher. They used to assign umpires playoff series based on merit. I do not think that is the case anymore, and while umpiring a MLB game is a lot different than other levels, if you miss by an inch you are a fool for everyone to see, they need to have their most consistent umpiring playoff games. In fact, I would go one further, I think the guys that grade the best behind the plate, IMO especially with replay the most important, should umpire every game behind the plate. No rotation in the playoffs. The WS should have the best balls and strikes umpire calling each game.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) Not that concerned long season. Yeah, he probably will have another injury or 3 that will make him miss multiple games.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:54 AM) I don't know, not really enough counter space in that kitchen. That's true, Also, the tub in the bathroom also could use some expansion. I think you could probably only fit about 12 people in it, but overall, with it's location, there aren't many updates that must be done.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:51 AM) I think that one is the most realistic of any of the trade proposals on this site so far 2 years ago, everyone would do it in a heartbeat. Now, I would probably do it if the Dodgers were also willing to eat a bad contract or 2. That doesn't seem to have been a problem in the past.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:42 AM) His plan is to play one more season if possible. According to Spiegel. That would make sense. Maybe he winds up on radio. Both Farmer and DJ signed one year deals. Maybe DJ goes back to TV.

AJ probably could still make a couple million playing next year, but he is pretty good despite his claims that Kendres Morales is a threat to steal.

It's a sweet house. White Sox pennant in one of the bedrooms http://www.movoto.com/chicago-il/48-e-ceda...1-461_09061752/

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:29 AM) I was told that, yes. Mark Yet the articles said Ventura was fighting for Parent not to be fired. I think your source is full of it. It really makes no sense to purposely do your job poorly in order to get a promotion. This was a "firing" of convenience. Parent's contract was up, the other coaches all have another year to go.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 10:02 AM) Well then, I guess there is little hope of turning this team into a contender. Yeah, it's over. This team can't be good until 2030 at the earliest.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:06 PM) The Ole Ball Coach is retiring per twitter. No idea effective when. That program certainly declined last 2 years, but man, college football is not going to be as fun without Spurrier. His press conferences were hilarious performance art. Sorry to see what happens to the hatin ass spurrier columns. ESPN showed the one when there was a fire at a library at Auburn, in which 20 books were destroyed. He said the tragedy was 15 of them hadn't been colored in yet.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) What? Bonds hit 8 homers in 17 games in the 2002 playoffs. His OPS was somewhere in the range north of 1.500 Josh Hamilton is something like 0 for his last 32 in the postseason.