Harry Chappas

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 12:45 PM) Frustrated is the wrong word. I prefer stupid in this case. If you are a Cubs and want Kris Bryant in the majors to start the year, that is a really stupid opinion. There really isn't another side in this argument. 7 years from now is the payday, everyone gets it. Two weeks in the minors will not impact anyone other than Kris Bryant. That is not the point of either of our posts. In 7 years he will go to the highest bidder whether that is the cubs red sox or royals, although he could be out of baseball by then as well. The best part would be if he made the cubs pay an extra $25M on top of the highest bidder if that is what this little stint in the minors cost him at the end of the day. My point was that as a fan I look at my team for today's entertainment, not how entertaining they may be in 7 years. What happens tomorrow and what happened last year do not impact me so long term stability, while great for my IRA, does nothing for me as a sports fan.

Sports are really starting to piss me off. Tanking for years is acceptable, yes as a fan I want my team to suck for a number of years. When a team wins a championship, I gain nothing in the grand scheme of things, nothing. Mylife is no better or worse because of the 2005 White Sox. Yes it was fun but then that is it. It is over. Each day and each game is its own entity of enjoyment to me. It benefits me in my life for that time I am watching/attending it and that is it. There is no reason why Bryant should start the season in the minors. Any work he needs he can get in the MLB. If the cubs believe they are a better team without him fine but they are not.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 11:36 PM) This team has held it's own very nicely without Kaner. Would be huge if they could stay alive in the playoffs long enough for his return. Target return still the Cup Finals? Defense has been much better. Not certian if it is an unintended consequence or just a coincidence.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 09:30 AM) Under no circumstances will my kids be playing football. They can play flag amongst friends but that is the extent. I personally believe soccer and hockey are more dangerous in regard to concussions at the grammar school/pop warner level.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) They just said someone in the Cubs organization compared Schwarber to Babe Rutg on the Score. The Cubs hype train is real folks. I heard that as well.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) Baez 0-8 with 4 Ks so far this spring. He is just working on things.

The service was great.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) Doug McDermott sucks. Threekola does not. Maybe it was rust but man did he look overmatched. Moore is going to get ole Doug's minutes

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 07:41 AM) House of Cards is awesome. Enough said. Watched S3E1, curious as to how it plays out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 03:27 PM) I am two episodes in, and I am hooked. The first scene of the show was enough for me. E4 was pretty good a little far fetched but it is a good watch and the twists get ya.

Joe Maddon is the second coming of Jesus Christ and I am only half joking.

The hawks trade sounds about as good as the Regin trade from last year. I may be hockey stupid but the fact he Blackhawks have gone five years now without a second line center continues to mystify me.

Got four upper deck behind firstbase, pretty high up for opening day. When I went in there were 65 tickets available for opening day.

So the decision to treat the injury by sitting out last year did nothing but waste six months of basketball for the Bulls.

I hope Farmersonly.com is now sponsoring the bachelor

The One Dog Lance Johnson. Made the folks remember the GO GO White Sox in the closing of the Baseball Palace of the world in bar none the greatest season in White Sox history. One Dog ran, Thiggy closed 57 winners, the Big Man joined the band and the rest is, as we like to say, history.

I still do not get that this is such a media topic in football but in hockey it does not seem to be that big of a deal.

Harrelson picked him up in a Rule 5 draft so obviously every other GM was well aware of the the outstanding potential he had was going to produce. I like Hawk but that interview on the radio was painful he added nothing to the conversation and the reception was bad. I am not certain if in 100 years we will be talking about Abreu or Garcia as the person who changed the course of White Sox history.

Their experiences and joy cannot be removed because LLB says so.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) Where did you get this information from? Playing against them. EP has two leagues EPAA and EPBC. Demographics of each are vastly different.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 10:37 AM) Wasn't KW supposed to issue a statement about the situation sometime this week? What happened? Perhaps the team is gathering more evidence...and there might be some legal repercussions as well, vis a vis the White Sox, the RBI program, etc. He did yesterday it was as stupid and pointless as anyone. At least Rahm's dumb comments come because he is running for mayor and it is election season.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) It's not so cut and dry. The kids themselves did not cheat. The purpose of LLB is a neighborhood league with neighborhood teams. The kids on true LLB teams play in a league and know one anther. There were kids on this team that never played a single game for JRW little league except for the state tourneys. I am not naive to think every team bends these rules but as Mark Mulder from South Holland pointed out, JRW has been doing this for years, finally some folks said enough is enough. This was not one or two kids a majority of that team lived outside her boundary and the city of Chicago.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) EP's program is largely white kids. I'm not sure where the misinformation is coming that these allegations came from a black team. I am not surprised one bit that EPA is the program that shed light on it. EPAA, his league is 50% black if not more. BTW he is married to a black woman so I am not certain that he could be called a racist toward the black community nor could EPAA The adjoining leagues who confirmed the mapping are all black as well.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) I am sure it is up on the CBS/Score website podcast. I mean, it was stunning how poorly informed the both of them were. It was like they saw "JRW has title taken away" and just said OMG LITTLE LEAGUE HATES BLACK PEOPLE And the kids are being used as props. Just terrible Business as usual with those two, you expect anything different? The more this goes on the worse they will look.....if that is even possible. The leagues that threw them under the bus are all black. This was the last thing LLB wanted to do but when the three other leagues took issue, it was game over.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 11:31 AM) http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/2/11/8018...e-title-vacated And it might not have even happened (getting reported) if not for that 43-2 disgraceful beating they (meaning their coaches) put on another team in their own area. What comes around goes around. Feel sorry for that LV team more than anything. Also, it seems they're still selling the t-shirts/merchandise online. Feel sorry or the district team, the sectional team, the state team, and the regaionl team they beat. JRW has been doing this for years and will continue to do so. The parents of the actual in-house JRW players that are screwed over by this do not seem to care which is the really sad part. The boundary map was not the real issue although it was what did them it, the problem was the parades in the suburbs where the kids actually lived who used phony addresses in the JRW boundary that LLB did not look into. 3 players actually lived in the JRW league.