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Greg, just so we are clear here: If a man with a penis identifies himself as a woman and is dressed as a woman, technically he/she should piss next to you at the urinal, correct? Or would you hold it and use a different bathroom?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 11, 2016 -> 09:12 AM) It's just a reminder this team still has its mental midgets and I wonder how long it will take for the new players to settle in that same role. Sure it was bad game but even when the team is behind there are people in the pen who will give up a run. Who exactly is a mental midget?

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 11, 2016 -> 08:11 AM) I really think Markakis/Teheran is the combo that best fits what the Sox are trying to do right now. CarGo would be nice, but he'll be too expensive IMO. What about Reddick and Doolittle from Oakland? What power LH relievers will be available because the Sox could use one.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 11, 2016 -> 07:54 AM) Sox absence on international front in the year when clearly should go all-in is consistent with the way they've viewed their minor-leagues for most of Williams' tenure. Very little interest or patience in building an organization, despite Hahn's words to the contrary. Watch for mature, but low ceiling, reaches in the draft this year. I don't agree with the part about mature, low ceiling reaches in this year's draft. I agree with the first part though. There really is no excuse not to go way over the international bonus pool this year. The Sox still have an owner that doesn't take that avenue of acquiring talent seriously though.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 10, 2016 -> 06:11 PM) You mean that clickbait trash tossed out out like viral chum into the shark-infested waters of the Blogging Industrial Complex? I couldn't even make it through the first 30 seconds of that cringe inducing schlock. DiCaro will hammer anyone who so much as gives a woman the side-eye, except for the overly influencial lead host of the afternoon show at her own station who's been put on blast gawking at CSN hosts tits numerous times (he's been on Deadspin twice! for it). Julie has nothing to say about that though, I'm sure if pressed she'd tell you Bernstein never meant what he said and that he's "on the right side of things." A level of forgiveness I've never seen her afford to any of her other targets, but hey she knows the path to her own show on that dying station is paved by clickbait Cubs tweets and kissing Bernstein's ass. The last update that I have to hear her stumble through will be her best. I don't wish upon anyone the nonsense that people say to her but she's not good at her job by any means. She searches her name on twitter all day and then stumbles and mumbles through updates and she has a law degree supposedly.

Kawhi got more MVPO votes than LeBron. Leonard is awesome but that's some dumbass s***.

My twitter timeline is talking about Mike Trout to the Cubs because of a dumbass Julie DiCaro tweet. She said they'd be interested. The same way i'd be interested in having sex with Scarlett Johansson.

The fact that he's the first ever unanimous choice is ridiculous. How Jordan and Lebron were never unanimous is crazy.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 10, 2016 -> 11:41 AM) Agree...although technically the Bears could have blocked the Eagles from hiring away from us (and others) as the only real protection they have would be if they were leaving for a GM job. That said, Pace (and Fox) for that matter both seem to be huge proponents of letting guys take promotions elsewhere (even if it hurts the Bears in the short-term, I think they view it as if guys go elsewhere and have success it only makes the Bears jobs more attractive...plus probably something about fresh minds always can bring in new viewpoints, etc). They did block Douglas from interviewing with the Browns earlier this offseason but that was probably done as a favor to him.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 10, 2016 -> 11:30 AM) I really liked the guy we lost...just because he came from the Ravens, haha. Bears will continue to lose guys with the way their front office is structured though. They have Ryan Pace as General Manager and Josh Lucas as Director of Player Personnel. Then they have Champ Kelly as Director of Pro Scouting and Douglas as Director of College Scouting. The Lucas position is a spot that many teams don't even have. For example, when Angelo was GM, Gabriel was College Scouting Director and Bobby DePaul was Pro Scouting Director. Those guys could only leave to take GM jobs. Heading up a personnel department will always be a promotion for Bears guys because Lucas will be above them.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:10 PM) About all that I think he can improve on is showing a bit more about what he knows about baseball. He's very deferential towards Stone, and I understand why, but I think most of us are simply curious to know what Jason knows about baseball himself. He's the play by play guy though....

What would Jeremy Hellickson cost? He doesn't have great numbers but does have an xFIP of 3.78 and plays on a horrible team.

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 9, 2016 -> 10:07 AM) If Avi keeps hitting, the only things I want addressed are a #3 RHP and SS They still need a LH run producer regardless of what Garcia does.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:48 AM) Petricka is not garbage. He's not very good. Definitely the weakest link in the pen. His K to BB/Hit rate is bad. I hate relievers that don't strike people out though. I'd rather have him than Carroll. I don't believe he's good though.

I think 7 years and $175 is a great deal for the Nationals. Strasburg is very good and that's what those guys cost. He could have gotten more on the open market. Should have a front 3 of Scherzer, Strasburg, and Giolito for years to come. I'd love to pry Tanner Roark away from them.

Greg, this whole thing would be much easier if you just said " I think transgendered people are weird, I hate them, am uncomfortable about them being near me, and I don't feel like changing".

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ May 10, 2016 -> 08:17 AM) I listen to The Score interviews podcast, and at least they seem to make an effort to bring on some Sox guests. I'm sure the main body of the shows is mostly Cubs talk, though. I used to listen to ESPN 1000, and they didn't even try. They had Doug Padilla following the Sox, and Jesse Rogers following the Cubs. Rogers had to be on ten times more frequently than Padilla. Now they don't have anyone following the Sox at all. Keep in mind, I live out of town, so I have to go somewhere for Chicago-centric sports news, and SoxTalk is my first stop. Looking at the 670 lineup: Mully and Hanley: Mully and 1 of the producers are huge Sox fans. They talk Sox a ton. Speigel and Goff: Goff is a Sox fan and Spiegel loves baseball and talks both. They talk a ton of Sox. Boers and Bernstein: Bernstein and their lead producer are both Sox fans, the team is good, and they talk Sox. Laurence Holmes: Is a Sox fan and talks a ton of Sox as well. Levine and Bernfield: Talk mostly Cubs on Saturday mornings but Sox tough to ignore now. Hit and Run: They talk the whole time about both times. Joe O is a Cubs fan but writes about Sox in Daily Herald.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2016 -> 01:49 AM) Why would you be fine with that. There's no telling if he has male body parts but let's say he has not had the surgery and does have a male body part. You would let a 10 year old walk right behind this guy into the bathroom without even telling her to scream loudly if he approaches her in any way? If he's gone through the surgery and now is a woman it might be a different issue for me. Might. But we are supposed to let males in female bathrooms because they feel they identify with being a woman??? You know how many potential murderers there are out there in this day and age? Nutjobs who would indeed put on a dress and heels and still have male body parts and want to stalk. I don't get it. In this society parents now won't let their kids do anything without parental supervision yet because of P.C. they'll let the abovementioned scenario take place?????? Why would that person approach her though? This doesn't make any sense.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 10, 2016 -> 08:08 AM) With The Score turning Cubs, ESPN Chicago is about the only non-Cubs connected station left. 670 talks plenty of White Sox though. We've been over this on the site.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ May 9, 2016 -> 11:51 PM) 1st place Sox win in extra innings with a Grand Slam (not a walk-off, I know), and on ESPN Chicago, 18 of the first 21 baseball stories/videos feature the 1st place Cubs - who were rained out. I guess that's a fairly even split. They don't even have a White Sox beat writer.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ May 9, 2016 -> 03:33 PM) These all-city teams get put together each year. Do we want to speculate a little early? Preseason the joke was that the all-city team would be all Cubs. I'm seeing us with six spots: LF: melky CF: fowler RF: eaton 3B: bryant SS: russell 2B: zobrist (tough luck for lawrie, career year type start for him) 1B: rizzo C: navarro (factoring in the great work with latos) SP: sale arrieta quintana lester lackey closer: robertson I'll go against the sabr perspective to put robertson in there. but latos cant go over lackey. every indication is that latos has been a beneficiary of outside forces, whereas lackey has been hurt by them. lester makes it but it should be noted he's been fortunate to be leaving so many on base avisail wins the DH battle as he is running unopposed (though last year his WAR lost when compared to 0.0, so this is progress) Alright tear me apart!! I'd go Eaton RF Zobrist 2B Rizzo 1B Abreu DH Bryant LF Heyward CF Frazier 3B Russell SS Navarro C

The Angels aren't trading Mike Trout

Ballpark atmosphere was awesome. I was in attendance. Nice crowd.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ May 6, 2016 -> 02:20 PM) This certainly won't be popular but I concur. I would also add that although he might not quite be khaki pants talking, he certainly is in the mold of the stereotypical "broadcasting school" voice. In fairness to Jason, I have the MLB package and I find most modern day baseball announcers very forgettable. He was an intern with Boers and Bernstein. Dan mentioned the other day that people told him that Jason needs to stop doing the announcer voice. Dan says that it's his voice. That's how he sounds all the time, even during regular conversations.

So Carroll stays in the pen for long-man duties. When they need a 5th starter again, they can send Kahnle or Carroll to Charlotte and bring up Miguel Gonzalez.