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QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 08:34 PM) Save Cody Allen. Use Shaw instead. Or Otero.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 08:33 PM) That's the meatiest pitch I've seen in a while. Since the first one he hit tonight.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 08:23 PM) Can someone explain to me why Maddon didn't pinch hit for Schwarber? I think he got lucky that schwarber got the walk the first at bat. He's got a career OPS of 481 against lefties. And this is Andrew Miller. Pretty clearly hoping for the home run.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 08:18 PM) That was on Miller, not the Cubs. Yeah, I don't think Miller was particularly sharp, but the Cubs also did a nice job of laying off. I'd like to see another outing before I could say whether that was on the Cubs, on Miller, or both.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 08:13 PM) Eh Miller is wild, not really giving up hard hits. Schwarber bailed pretty hard on that first slider. Yeah, I would not give him another fastball. Keep throwing sliders.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 07:06 AM) The people at McDonald's aren't making very much either. Why doesn't anyone tip them? Because their food sucks.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) Heck, we could build a brand new stadium and have someone else pay for it. Mexico would pay for it!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) And think of all the women who would quickly make the jump to Sox fandom! Nobody respects women more than Trump does! And just imagine the wall he would build in the outfield!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 01:09 PM) That's actually a decent idea. He can appoint Trump as our GM since our trade deals are a disaster right now and no one knows more than he does about trade deals.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 01:00 PM) Yes, he still sits at the top of the bleachers. I hate that guy. He ranks up there with the guy who used to sing opera while selling hot dogs in Detroit of people I despise. I haven't heard the drum this year I don't think, and I watched a reasonable number of Indians home games this year.

So the trees came down today...it's a blank slate now.

I would be afraid Jimmy G would leave the Patriots and revert to a piece of crap. In other news, Charles Woodson is a pimp.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:17 PM) I don't even know who the tip would go to. AFAIK, the cooks make regular hourly wages and don't rely on tips as part of their salary. I don't think handing someone a bag and taking their money is tip-worthy either. Otherwise we should be tipping McDonald's workers too. I'm pretty sure the tips get split up amongst all the folks behind the counter at most places. I don't mind tipping because these people typically aren't making a whole lot of money. 10% is typically not a whole lot of money on a normal carry out order, to be honest. Usually no more than $3, unless I order 2 pizzas or something, in which case, I'll keep up the tipping as long as they keep making me good pizzas. When I get some sloppy ones, I usually don't tip next time.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 07:27 AM) I'm in the market to buy a leaf blower, and I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations. I'd prefer to not pay more than $150. Consumer Reports seems to rate a few electric models with the best overall ratings, but I was thinking going more with gas powered. Are battery operated ones worth looking into? Anyone make a purchase that they really like? Thanks! I purchased a Kobalt battery powered leaf blower for $150 or so. However, I don't use to to blow leaves off of grass, since my mower has a mulching function. I use it to clear my patio and driveway. It does the job, although I do feel it is a bit underpowered. If you need the power, go with the gas. If you don't, the battery option is definitely easy and convenient.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) This is going to send thread in a crazy direction. but my response is the fact that I knew Peter Gammons was a red sox fan didn't ruin my enjoyment of him when he was good. Marc Stein is a mavs fan, still enjoy him. Is giving a fist pump annoying in a media room? yeah I'm sure people want to do their jobs. but I don't find it commendable or interesting or professional to act like someone covering sports doesn't have a team they root for. Certain writers are so good and knowledgable that you can look past the lack of objectivity. Others, you just don't feel like you are getting the whole story.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 02:45 PM) I guess that's part of my point. Maybe it's not a huge percentage of people who attend the games, but out of town visitors make it a point to go check out a game at Wrigley. It's literally a top tourist destination and a fun place to knock down a few cold ones. It'd be like going to check out the Golden Gate Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, etc. Checking out a game at Wrigley and hanging out in that neighborhood is just something people do when they visit Chicago. Exactly. The baseball isn't necessarily the focal point during much of the regular season.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:57 PM) I think the point is Depth can be flipped fairly quickly, and in the NFL teams frequently go from worst to playoffs. We knew they had no depth and we knew this was a rebuild, but this isnt nearly as long as a rebuild as many think it will be Or to say another way, the margin between good and bad in the NFL isn't nearly as wide as one might think.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:21 PM) I don't see why not. The stars have aligned. No one gives a s*** about the Bears with the Cubs so close to a World Series. And you know what, if I'm Bears management, I'm honest with people. We need to lose, we need to get as much new, young talent as we can get. We're not winning the SB anytime soon. We're not even playoff bound any time soon. Look up north to see what happens if you take a patient approach to rebuilding vs. a haphazard, rebuild on the fly, one. It drives me nuts when everyone can see the Bears are an awful football team but the coaches/players/FO have to pretend like they are close. Or that they're trying. Who cares? They need to assure him he won't be fired for losing then.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:22 PM) You've got about 8 positions of need and chief among them is a QB. It'll all be for naught if they can't find anyone decent to throw the ball. That's what sucks about the NFL. Either you have a really good one and you're in contention, or you don't and you suck for the 3 to 4 years it takes to "make sure." I think if you find a talented quarterback you're 75% there. Look at the turnarounds made by the Cowboys, the Eagles, etc. A LOT of warts can get covered up by a decent quarterback and a few playmakers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:03 PM) Oh no, the Bears have years of this to come. They have a huge talent gap to make up to catch up to the good teams in the NFL. I think you guys overestimate how large the talent gap is. I think the results on the scoreboard make us look further away than we really are.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 12:15 PM) I would not have. Cutler's the better option to win some games you have no business winning (gunslinger v. game manager) and I want this team to lose, lose, lose. Yeah, but you know Fox isn't going to deliberately try to lose.

Even if this was truly a competition, and Hoyer wasn't injured, would you guys have not brought back Cutler anyways? What Hoyer has done at times has been nice, but at the end of the day the offense hasn't been scoring touchdowns. I don't really think Hoyer has proven anything other than he can accumulate meaningless statistics between the 20's.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) I'm just pointing out that Fox is transparently full of s*** here. He is from the school of NFL coaching that believes actually copping to anything for any reason ever is a vulnerability, so they lie about nonsense for no reason. Well he's been in a bit of a rough position, tbh. He's going to get criticized no matter what he says in regards to the qb position.

Not sure what else you guys would like them to do, honestly.

QUOTE (shipps @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 08:39 AM) Its the losing and us getting older. You are way more forgiving when you are younger and not a care in the world. As an adult you have many more elements that come into play that make you question whether or not you should give a s*** about your team. You have to make time to watch now putting off other things that you should/could be doing that are probably more important( not the case 10-15 years ago). You think about the costs involved and all the other things you can do with your money (not really the case 10-15 years ago). The more you observe and the wiser you become you begin to realize a whole lot easier when a teams FO doesnt really care about you and thinks you are pretty stupid (not the case when we were young and dumb). This is a big turn off when deciding if you really identify with a team especially after factoring in those other elements. Yeah, I agree with Shipps. A lot of it is simply you getting older and wiser about the world. Additionally, part of it is you are interacting on a daily basis with a subset of White Sox fans that are devoted to their team, but also intelligent and fanatical about them. Just listen to sports talk radio and you'll hear how a White Sox fan might sound if he isn't spending time reading and debating the merits of ALMOST EVERYTHING the organization does on Soxtalk. Your opinions about the team are generally going to be the result of things that have been vetted and tested and formed by some of the brightest fans the organization has. You simply don't really allow for yourself to drink the cool-aid, because to be honest, Soxtalk won't let you. More on that later... To piggyback off that, the world as a whole has changed. I am a little older than you, so my fandom started with the '83 team (I'm 39, almost a man!). I followed the team on sportsvision and then sportschannel, and there really wasn't much else in terms of coverage. You read the papers, sure, but that didn't offer much, at least not for a young kid. You could talk to your friends, but they were usually as ignorant as you (even if they were older), and you read the back of baseball cards to keep yourself informed. Now there is sabermetrics, and the internet, and social media, and everyone has more clear lines in the sand and measuring sticks to point to. Debates are much less about opinions you could argue til the cows came home and now all about data, facts, and being "owned." And now back to Soxtalk and the Sox sucking...I won't go through all the nonsense that's happened in the last 10 years, but things haven't been pretty, and that's resulted in a bit of a groupthink pessimism amongst educated Sox fans that seems to persist almost at all costs. We expect failure out of this ownership group. We expect poor decisions out of this FO. And then we all remind one another of it ad nauseum. It's tough to really have a childlike enthusiasm and wonder for an team and an organization when everyone tells you your nuts for thinking that way (just ask El Rockin). Time for a meeting...perhaps more ramblings later on...