Paulie4Pres

Let's fucking go!

The hospital staff listened to the recommendations of the Bulls medical staff... That's why they checked for meningitis. You don't just default to a meningitis diagnosis and a spinal tap without reason. It's not like there was a meningitis outbreak happening at the time. You know what there was at the time? A flu outbreak in the Bulls locker room.... The Bulls staff is the reason he didn't get a simple fucking flu test. The fact that the anesthesiologist fucked up the spinal tap is a pretty big red flag, as well. That's the hospital system the Bulls choose to work with(Rush). Yeah, meningitis can lay dormant for a while before being symptomatic. But it being dormant for almost a year? Come on. What an absurd stretch. The Bulls publicly apologized for the situation. Do you think a sports organization does that if they aren't at least partially to blame for what happened? Whatever. I'm done rehashing history from a decade ago. Reinsdorf owned teams have a long history of incompetence when it comes to medical and training staff, and deserve absolutely no benefit of the doubt.

I didn't realize that NBA players were returning to their home countries in the middle of the playoffs.... Weird. Why does where he's from matter at all in this conversation? He had been in the country THE ENTIRE SEASON. Lmao. Also, way to conveniently ignore how easy it was in 2013 to get a fucking flu test. Which the Bulls medical staff failed to do, before RECOMMENDING A SPINAL TAP. You're out to lunch on this topic, but it's not surprising, with how you have continually defended this medical and training staff over the years.

Sure man. Whatever you say. It's totally normal for a professional athlete, who wasn't exposed to anyone with meningitis, to be diagnosed with meningitis and given a spinal tap. Especially before ruling out less serious illnesses. Give me a fucking break. P.S. We had the results of a flu test back in 2013, for my son, in 24 hours. From a pediatric office. You're telling me the Chicago fucking Bulls couldn't administer said test and get the results? lol... Just a further indictment on their staff, if true.

The entire fucking situation was bush league medical care. There was zero reason to believe the guy had fucking spinal meningitis. Defending any aspect of the diagnosis or follow-up is just insane to me. Reinsdorf run organizations have a proven track record of questionable and borderline negligent medical care, and it's pretty undeniable. The number of incompetent idiots that work in the medical field is honestly just terrifying. Myself and other family members have sought second opinions on a number of "diagnoses" that just made absolutely no sense, and were proven to be abject stupidity upon immediate scrutiny by competent medical professionals. There's actually an entire hospital system that I avoid at this point, because of their track record of incompetence. This was 2013, my friend. RIDTs have been available since the fucking 90's. What do you mean "back then no one had the ability to do the testing for flu or anything else except the medical facilities"? ANY doctor had access to these tests. I would assume a billion dollar sports organization would perhaps have one real doctor on their payroll? RIDTs were way, way more readily available after the 2009 influenza pandemic.

THEIR medical staff diagnosed him with meningitis. They didn't even bother to test him for flu. Which is why he was given a spinal tap. The story has been told a hundred times already, and this detail is always the same.

Ok, I take it back. You don't work for the Sox. Because no Sox employee would actually tell fans to stop following the team. Especially when they're getting a couple thousand fans a game most games. Next season is going to be fucking hilarious. I wonder if they can set MLB records for lowest attendance?

For what it costs you to go to the park and indulge in whatever food you're desiring, you could go out for a great steak dinner....

Anyone who has paid attention to the history of the medical/training staff of the Bulls and Sox over the last twenty years knows they can't be trusted. Imagine a medical staff that orders a spinal tap before....a fucking flu test.

So, keeping with the theme of worst of all time, the Sox are going to deploy the worst DH combo of all time? Might as well.

Top 5 most idiotic thread on Soxtalk ever.

Let's also not forget that "medical professionals" are almost entirely responsible for the opioid epidemic in this country.

Exactly my point. The White Sox can't even hire competent baseball people. What the f*** makes people believe any other department is different? Especially when you're not willing to pay market value for any employees??

There are medical professionals that legitimately thought Ivermectin should be used to treat COVID. There are medical professionals who pushed the vaccines causing autism bullshit for decades. I had a "medical professional" I went to see once, who didn't understand that 16 Oz. of coffee per day was not 16 cups.... These are the kinds of medical professionals the White Sox employ. Medical professionals can be imbeciles just like any other profession.

Just for the record, what are you a doctor of? Because, no offense meant, but my physical therapists for sports related injuries always left s%*# like this to the experts. Like, orthopedic surgeons and such.

I remember thinking to myself, and perhaps even posting, be careful what you wish for, when people were clamoring for Hahn and KW to get fired. Sometimes it's painful to be right.

When I made this thread a few days into the season, I honestly never imagined we would see the worst team in Major League history. But here we are.

Seriously. What did they see in him? An awful swing, and he can't defend AT ALL. There's literally nothing there.

I just don't know how anyone with a clue about baseball could look at any aspect of Vargas' game and think....that's the guy we need back in a trade. He's a zero tool player.

You work for the Sox, don't you? I don't see any other way an objective observer can be this optimistic.

And let's not forget, this is HIS farm system and player development. It was literally his fucking job before being gifted the GM role.

I've made no such claim at any point in this thread. Also, thinking school shooters are simply kids who think they can get away with anything without repercussions is an absolutely insane perspective, considering most of them are suicidal. There's a lot more wrong with someone that is willing to shoot up a school than not being disciplined as a kid. Maybe if parents were better at dealing with their children having severe emotional, social, or behavioral issues, and getting them the help they need, half the country wouldn't need to hit their children, and kids wouldn't shoot up schools...? Educate yourself, please. Perhaps talk to a couple child psychologists in the process.

Who knew we could prevent all these school shootings if we were just MORE violent with our kids. Man. What a revelation.

Imagine believing that hitting your kids is still a good parenting technique in the year of our lord, 2024. Pretty much every psychological study out there tells us it is harmful, and yet, ignorant parents continue to stand by it.

Legality and morality are two completely separate things.