Harry Chappas

Toronto is what I think the White Sox would have been if their window was open and they spent wisely on free agents. An oddly constructed team that doesn't really get the results they should.

The Panthers are going to get the 1.1 and the Bears will then have one heck of a decision especially if they are sitting around 1.6. If Fields continues looking like the guy then the 1.1 haul could be epic but for or against.

Soler will injure himself standing up after signing the deal.

Wheeler f'd up the window as much as in ineptness behind Harper. I'm not sure Machado makes this situation any better and probably worse as he wasn't sitting watching Anderson make a fool of himself at SS in silence.

Wasn't last year's staff all his guys except Katz and Boston.

That was why I didn't want the cubs to get in with the 6th seed. I wanted a Brewer Oriole World Series.

If you like the bulls and hawks you are good....you get the marquee as well. I was going to cancel mine in August but I think I wanna see what this new Hawks guy is all about.

I meant more along the lines of criminal legality. I understand MLB can enforce a standard of conduct but if a person won't press charges they are consenting to the behavior.

I think that is becoming more and more common. Wouldn't be shocked if that is why Holocek and Kuska stepped down at LA and Rita. When you pay for high school and sports are the main driver, parents believe they have a greater say in things. greg, I think Brian's kids and work are taking up his time now.

Sure you can, you can refuse to press charges. The Dodgers had no issue at all with giving him that contract. Oddly that location and the contract led to this situation. The Athletic piece is exactly what I was talked about yesterday in this thread. The state of the media in America could be the greatest detriment to our society currently.

I really wanted the Brewers and Orioles. Sucks Woodruff is out but Burnes needed to pitch better. Brewer offense stinks.

There is also the whole conspiracy theory of owners dictating the policy on how this impacts their organization. Not sure where I saw this but the same policy has Marcel Ozuna playing and ending Bauer's career was an interesting comparative.

greg, I don't know the inner workings at BR but Q's lower levels are doing very well. The talent on varsity the last two years was down and may have been a reason Brian left. The arrow appears to be pointing up and I think Q sticks around. They should be in the last three games and have a chance to win and make the playoffs. Losing to Marist has to sting as they are 1-5 and out of the playoffs but can hang their hat on beating BR. As for QB, if you have 2 or 3 QBS, you don't have one and from what I heard that is the case. They also lost their D1 MLB who was vital in them beating Maine South.

WSCR had an exclusive interview with Eberflus yesterday afternoon per their social media account.....so exclusive, ESPN 1000 had one at 8:30 in the morning as they do every Monday. I really detest WSCR at this point. I feel like greg yelling at the clouds over this.

Based on the history of MLB handling this, I think either something has come out more recently or there are items out there that he is not addressing. My issue in all of this is the media handling. There is a reason why players are suspended with no back story into it like Jimmy Cordero. That came out of nowhere and was a major suspension. Then there is Clevenger and the media (mainly WSCR) that ran unsubstantiated proof and interviewed an alleged victim while station employees went on a witchhunt. He didn't even get a slap on the wrist. That punishment was barely a CYA by MLB. Yet here we are with some still wanting him to be gone, which he probably will. If you want him gone because of the COVID/Francona action fine but the Indians are still hanging on to that ring leader so I'm not certain there is stock in that as well.

Yet Pedro will remain. What a disgraceful operation.

Whole series was a joke and it would be nice for Manfred to give the Marlins the Mets first round pick next year as a penalty for the willful negligence that went on this whole series. It could cost the Marlins a playoff spot. First with the DH and then last night.

I wondered if they would have finished it this morning and then travelled to Pittsburgh or moved tonight's Pittsburgh game to a DH tomorrow.

If you need hall of famers to make the scheme work, it's not the defensive scheme that is making it work it is the hall of famers. Urlacher made Lovie's scheme work. Imagine him in a scheme that was more imaginative for him. Why invest if LB and DB if they needed a DL to make it work. They are historically bad and that is his specialty.

As the season is now ending, I missed him this season. Fully understand moving him but I now realized I missed his desire

Nuked the team and nobody has gone on to do anything after the nuclear meltdown. It was a great move by them as opposed to paying young talent to turn around and do nothing. They are playing meaningful baseball on September 28th. I would die for that. Regardless of what happens over the next two days, I envy them. The idiots running the White Sox trade away Tatis and Semien for middling pitchers.

I believe that is the signing that pushed JR to his decision. That is some serious wasted coin. If JR is a fraction of the fan that he thinks he is, Bellinger was the a no brainer pick up. Really is no legitimate reason to have not signed him. A short term lightning in the bottle specialty.

I meant that game was the same season as 163. No 163 without that play.

The defensive scheme is terrible and he is the coach in charge of that. His hand picked DC seems like a poor choice as well. If he was hired because dopey George and Ted liked him and forced him on Poles that could end his tenure sooner especially if Warren and Poles are on the same page. When do we get to hear how angry Virginia is?

Was that the 163 game v the Giants? Only team with solid pitching in the NL right now is the Brewers who do not matchup well with the cubs. Clevenger would have been a great get for any NL team.