Quin

I mean...Schilling's opinions that definitely doomed him are Islamophobia, transphobia, and saying lynching journalists is awesome (doesn't sit well with the BBWAA, I imagine). We don't even need to delve into his political views after those three. As for shit people in the Hall, yeah, Cap Anson would probably have a hard time getting in now, but he didn't while baseball was still segregated. Him being in is a bigger insult than Pete Rose or Shoeless Joe would be.

Does anyone have any grades for Uribe Jr?

I mean, Ortiz getting in on HOF #1 just kind of blows up the argument that this was ever about steroids. The same test that nabbed Sosa nabbed him...so, might as well let in A-Rod, Manny, Bonds, Sosa and Clemens if steroids are the reason their being held out. If they want to hold them out due to character, whatever, fine. But stop lying to fans and saying its steroids when Minnesota Twins first baseman David Ortiz Scott Rolen should just be in, but you have voters like Nick Canepa who should clearly have their voting rights revoked: The reason it's so vitriolic and politicized is because MLB and the BBWAA have made it such, especially with all of the rules and hoops they've made to deny (or allow) players. The Basketball Hall of Fame "lets" voters look at players' entire careers, but it took Manfred recognizing the Negro Leagues as major leagues for baseball voters to be "allowed" to do that for some players.

Can't wait for Boras to announce that they either agreed to a deal or are done with the Sox by saying they have ceased negotiations.

Alright, sign Tim Anderson

I feel like the equivalent is the Sox retiring Jermaine Dye's number.

He had a hamstring injury that he seemed to rush back from when they were the first team hit by COVID, then he had a foot injury, then COVID while tending to his foot. The calls for Harden last night were so fucking bad.

When healthy the Bulls are a defensive nightmare for teams. But it depends on high energy coming from Lonzo and Caruso, then to a lesser extent Ayo, Javonte Green and Derrick Jones. Caruso especially brings a TON of defensive presence without needing the ball on offense.

I keep wondering where the burst of energy is that staves off big runs, then I remember there's no Caruso, Javonte, or Jones. I miss them.

I'm not expecting him to come be a 30 minute contributor. I just want a big body the Bulls can throw at opponents as needed.

White Sox Twitter knew what it was doing.

You can have all three because they're in different conferences + there are three forward spots. Right now Ibaka looks like he might be the best buyout option if the Clippers ship him out to somewhere like OKC. He has decent defensive and rebounding numbers on the season, so I wouldn't hate that. Other than that, you can try and get Covington / Nance from the Trail Blazers in a 3-team deal (Jones is the salary filler, so he needs to go to someone else). Really hoping Pat comes back in time to get regular season games in. *This isn't counting the pricier options, fwiw.

Still not great that they break the law.

Think of the poor administrators.

Oy. My apologies.

I'm gonna preface this by saying that I don't mean this mockingly in any way whatsoever: TLTR commonly means "too long to read." Considering you highlighted and underlined a passage in the post, I'm not sure this is the abbreviation you meant.

Buckle up buckaroos 2021 turned out to be wildly on the dot

These are objectively hilarious

The Bulls miss Javonte and Caruso in this game.

Leaving out the Bulls to build a narrative ?

Time for the Yolbert Sanchez special.

LaVine might be finally getting respect now that the Bulls are winning, but Booker's 70 point game and finals run combined with LaVine's getting (wrongfully) accused of empty stats has made people view Booker as better. Perennial All-NBA / MVP are the only tangible things I could say.

If LaVine had the 70 point game that Booker had, he'd be viewed as a star the same way Booker is.

If the team makes a trade, the one thing they'll need to nail is someone fitting in with the culture they've built.