Harry Chappas

That site was incredible for local news. The Ricketts family are terrible people.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:02 AM) I don't really carea bout financial flexibility anymore. As soon as you decide to add you are going to be paying players the max. And so you have to hope to be getting the players actually worth a max deal. And so that's the same predicament we've been in for 10?20? years Since Benny and Penny hooked up at the airport.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:07 AM) McNair might have painted himself into a deep enough corner with his prisoners statement that it takes something like signing Kap to save him from his own players. That's what i'm thinking especially after the trade.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 04:33 PM) McNair would hire me before Kaepernick. He could quite down the storm around him by giving him a contract for this season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 03:57 PM) Plus we got screwed on the medicals, which totally changes the face of that deal. The White Sox thought that 2015 James Shields was there because they had no reason not to. Now all of the sudden the guy can't even throw 90 and needs a new arm slot. My point was not to bring up Tatis ability just that he was part of the deal because the Padres paid $30M of the salary.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 02:15 PM) It isnt' about the contract, it is for the player you get for the contract. It really isn't different than the Robert signing, except instead of the money going directly to the prospect, it goes to the bad contract player. But essentially you are still buying another prospect. I am guessing the Sox gave the Padres Tatis because the Padres covered $30M of salary.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 02:04 PM) I would hope that the ratings for a sport's championship would be much greater than a regular season game in a different sport. With 2 of the top 3 television markets in the country playing. If this was Kansas City and Florida it is a different story.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 10:33 AM) Tom Brady won 3 Super Bowls with a bunch of trash receivers. He was so good he could make it work anyway. Don't tell me that the likes of Deion Branch, Jabar Gaffney and Troy Brown were good receivers. They are probably comparable to Kendall Wright in quality. I think we can all agree that he is not going to be one of the best QB's in the history for professional football.

Whitehair and Long were both out for the Bears at the end of the game. You really can't judge Trubs on anything this year as there are zero receivers. Bears/review gave away 11 points yesterday. That's the difference in the game.

I don't see how this deal makes sense for the Giants. All three contracts are bad but the Giants contracts you could eat some salary and move both guys for $0.50 on the dollar. The Heyward deal is an albatross. The Giants in total also take on about $30M in extra salary. This assumes nobody opts out and the cubs don't send money the Giants way.

Maybe this is why Illinois basketball is in shambles every year. They need to recruit Chicago and Chicago seems to be a cesspool in every facet of society.

I think he sits out a year or two and replaces Maddon.

Jones could start the season by retiring the first 60 men he faced and you would still not be able to move him for anything of any worth.

Firing bosio seemed odd

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 09:44 AM) It's the combo of Culberson and Granderson though as Taylor went back and forth between outfield and infield when with Seager, both aren't starting. Will be interesting to see who Seagar replaces.

Aaron Judge may hit an Alex Wood fastball out of Dodger Stadium

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:50 AM) Best? The Ops team that just ran through cases of champagne at Wrigley begs to differ As does Houston, Cleveland, Boston and the Yankees. The cubs are right there with them. The cubs were gifted Rizzo in a collusion deal, Bryant is there because of Houston's misstep (him in that lineup would be disgusting), Baez and Contrearas were Hendry finds. Arrieta, Russell and Hendricks were nice additions as will Happ. I think Schwarber is a detriment to that team. They made the world series without him. Going to be interesting off season for them. Quintana needs to be able to go deeper into games on a consistent basis.

Let's all just agree that Gar Forman is a joke and move on. He makes the Bears decision making look like the New England Patriots.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) Mitchell Armentrout‏Verified account @mitchtrout 12h12 hours ago Bears, Bulls, Hawks and Sox slam Emanuel's tax hike for large concerts http://bit.ly/2xLZYR7 via @suntimes How does this even impact the White Sox and Bears?

While the cub pen without Davis is not pretty, the guys out there have experience so you roll with it and hope for the best. Also every one of the Dodgers pitchers can be hit hard. While Kershaw is an ace, the playoffs do not reflect this as much as you would think. Hill and Darvish are nice pitchers but by no means do they have a history of dominating a team. The cubs need to hit, if they do not it's over tonight. They have pieces to plug in and roll with, the Dodgers do not. You are relying on Bryant and Rizzo to hit not Granderson and Utley. I like Quintana/Lester/Hendricks over Kershaw/Hill/Darvish in a best of three. Problem is, cubs need a sweep. They have shown resiliency in the past. The issue tonight, Quintana can be pitching well and still not get out of the 6th inning......they can go to Lester for a couple tonight and even to close the game then he can still go Saturday. A cub win tonight and all bets are off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 10:29 AM) The catch is the player that comes off of the roster can't be on the WS roster either. What does Utley bring to the table?

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 06:14 AM) That may be the case here, but even before the trade Robertson was having a very good year with a ridiculous K% and only a single BS. He was definitely a top 10 closer at that point. Based on how much dominant relievers have gone for the past few years, most thought he himself would command a T100 prospect in return. If Yanks or Dodgers is able to win this year with their great bullpen, we should only expect shut down reliever prices to go up in free agency and especially trade market. I would have thought after last year that would have been the case this year.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 01:26 AM) I believe if they take someone else off the roster with an injury, Seager can be added back. Earlier in this thread it said he could replace an injured player but then said replaced player would not be allowed on to a world series roster. Utley, Granderson and 3 catchers makes for an poorly constructed roster. Granderson is terrible.

Hopefully Seager replaces one of them as early as tomorrow.

0-7 with 6 strikeouts brutal