Harry Chappas

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 09:51 PM) Micah Johnson is a G. Not to shabby for the worst farm system in baseball most of those years. Kind of goes to show how those rankings go.

It made business sense when it was a sellout now that it is not the draw it once was, a weekend series would sellout, a weekday game is a nice crowd. I do not think the weekday business model of these games is a good thing while they both suck.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 10:28 AM) What the hey? One game and now we are on the Beckham can't play kick again Not saying he can't play but maybe he is not the best defensive second baseman in baseball as the Hawkeroo will tell us. Although a good part of this is Beckham's ability to turn the double play at second.

QUOTE (juddling @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 07:17 AM) I think I'd go on a shooting spree too if my mom was banging Dave Navarro....... Watched SOA last night. I forgot all about Happy. While it was solid, I told my wife at some point they will not be an MC any longer as there are no new members. Still not certain what the Chibs beat down on Juice served and I assume the former US Marshall will eventually OD before causing any real damage.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 10:44 PM) Did anyone hear Jamie Dukes on Mully & Hanley? He said that watching the Bears it looked exactly like Lovie was coaching and absolutely nothing was different. Then he insinuated not only was Lovie fired for a racist reason, but that is also the reason why he isn't employed. Today Laurence Holmes got into a little twitter war with him over it, he was sincerely pissed off about it. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/jam...nt-than-lovies/ I heard that and was astounded that M&H actually let him talk without questioning him. It was one of the worst pieces of coverage I had ever heard. I actually thought it was a caller that they just let ramble on. He was going on about all of the new players and how now they have all of these weapons. Never once did they ask him why Lovie was unable to get offensive minded people into the organization or grow any talent. The Bengals are a good team and would have beaten the Bears by 20 last year, yet there was Dukes talking about how much better the Philly win over Washington was what a f***ing moron.

Boardwalk on the DVR. After watching the Wire this summer just realized in the promo why I liked Omar In regard to Breaking Bad I guess the cell conversation and Walt giving away everything just goes to re-verify that Hank never thought Jessie would give him up. Why he never thought that, who knows but the frantic race to the money and then admitting everything to Jessie just seems odd and too neat. The only proof Hank had on Walt was the cell phone admission so I am assuming it was taped. The killing of Hank in the desert will further show that Walt while he thinks he is in control, was never really in control as killing Hank would ruin everything he was trying to do in the end game. My guess is the "war" is with the Nazis and Hank meets his maker.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 6, 2013 -> 08:14 AM) Guess who hit it? Off Bob Wickman none the less.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 5, 2013 -> 12:03 PM) Avisail is unfortunately deep in the territory of "unsustainable performance" based on his Pitch F/x and component stats. Ugh, I really hope his approach improves -- those shank singles aren't going to keep finding places to fall forever. Frank Thomas says, bite me

Starting Saturday you have Hell on Wheels, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy all new. Yep, that is good four of weeks there of television. Glad I am not using this thread to decide if I want to watch The League or Sunny. I watch AGT with the family. It has some cool stuff on it but people voting for s***ty singers really has killed the show for the entire family.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 11:30 AM) Speaking of cute, I got trapped watching Shipping Wars this afternoon. Jennifer, I'd marry her. She is a piece of ass the other chick ain't half bad either

So last year's third and fourth round picks are no longer part of the organization

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 29, 2013 -> 11:42 AM) Im quietly optimistic about Wisconsin this year. I think people are going to find out real quick about Gary Andersen. The old Steelers kicker? He was pretty good, small and doughy but pretty good.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 04:46 PM) So, the concensus is that Hillary is unqualified to be president because "I wouldn't want to bone her." ? Margaret Thatcher was a real looker

I had an HTC for two years that I dropped plenty of times and it was fine, no case either. Bought a Samsung "Rugby" because it was supposed to be "tougher" than any other AT& T phone it fell about three feet and the screen shattered. Salesperson sold me on the idea that I did not need a case for it, bulls***.

I would love to see how he would do in the player development aspect of the organization

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Aug 29, 2013 -> 12:16 AM) That's cool. Sometimes it amazes me the statistics people come up with. They showed the highlight of it earlier in the game.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 11:51 AM) There probably isn't a successful Division 1 coach who hasn't covered up some things. I'm not an Urban Meyer fan, but really, the thing that would make him unique is never covering things up. Ya but other than OJ's coach at USC most cover ups do not lead to the insanity that ensued when Hernandez was with the Pats. The pats are more at fault but Meyer is part of the enabling that resulted in a potential mass murderer.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 03:44 PM) Bryant and Baez will almost definitely be in the majors by 2015. Personally, I'll be shocked if they don't trade a few of their guys to try and get a top-tiered MLB pitcher. I think McDaniel has Almora way too high and Baez way too low. Being in the majors and producing at a level that makes your team contenders are vastly different. The 2015 idea is with no learning curve for the younger players. They have no young pitching in the pipeline therefore they need to acquire it. Also minor league rankings are worthless.

There was conversation on the radio Sunday morning talking about the great cub rebuild and the consensus was that they are still four to five years away from contending.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 03:39 PM) Somebody has waaay too much free time: https://twitter.com/sincecubsws Isn't there a rooftop with that has that posted on it in roman numerals or something. Choo is going to be the difference in that rebuild... I watched the 13th inning yesterday and there was a little kid with a Junior Lake t-shirt jersey.....I hope the kid was Steve Lake's son.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 10:51 PM) Personally, I think it's nuts to pitch Reed again tonight. No reason to risk injury. I hope the front office steps in and they pull back on the usage of certain pitchers the rest of the way.

ESPN Radio this morning was discussing the fact that LeBron is now shaving his head, why do I still even care a little about ESPN.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 09:18 AM) Reed now with saves in 5 straight games. Any idea what the record is? 53 is my guess

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 01:16 AM) I went with the Cubs cause I believe the Sox remain a mess. There's a very bizarre mental mindset on our team (yes, it started with the play of the Sox in Ozzie's final year and a half). Robin has continued that mindset - weird way of losing games; very bizarre style of play; inability to win consistently at home for some reason; lift and pull mentality remaining with no bases on balls, even though we have ONE home run hitter on the roster. Very weird team and I don't see the mindset changing enough to get us in the playoffs anytime soon. We're going to need a special manager to work with these players; don't know who that manager would be. I might try a very old baseball lifer next time. His name?? Tony LaRussa. Beg him to take over the team. The cubs are paying $60M to a player that they bench every other week.

I was at the game when garcia played center, he seemed to not track the ball off the bat really well. Kind of like Rios where he should be good out there but did not look comfortable.