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QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 3, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) Colin said to USA Today: "The media painted this as I’m anti-American, anti-men-and-women of the military and that’s not the case at all,’’ Kaepernick said after playing the first half of the 49ers’ 31-21 victory over the Chargers. “I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put themselves in harm’s way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee so I have the utmost respect for them. “I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way.’’ That's cause in Colin's initial statement he said NOTHING positive at all about anybody, just about the cops killing minorities. He said nothing about the military for a long time. At any rate, sports teams should stop playing the anthem at games. Our country is so divided now, we ought to just make the Anthem as P.C. as everything else and stop playing it. Colin has kind of ruined the experience so just play the theme song from Benny Hill show instead. No more anthem. Or to be really P.C., just have a haters group of the week come out and complain about the USA for a few minutes, then play ball. OK Kap. Blame the media, because it's not like The Media™ is made up of thousands with views across the political spectrum.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Sep 3, 2016 -> 12:18 AM) Sorry, 9/2 games. Damn computer rolled over the date and I didn't notice. Gotcha.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 2, 2016 -> 04:37 PM) There's been both. All depends on which echo chamber FB gives you.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 2, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) I'm a lifelong Republican and I gladly voted for Obama last time. I vote for the best candidate and Romney to me was a clown. I could never vote for Hillary Clinton, though I do still like Bill. For the life of me I don't understand how she has 90-95 percent of the African American vote. It's not like she is going to help ANY particular cause of anybody. Is there some kind of false hope going on here? p.s. Just for clarification those who are calling African Americans a "minority" now are grossly incorrect, right? African Americans outnumber whites by a significant amount in the census now, isn't that correct? Whites should be considered a minority now. White people make up 61.6% of the country, Hispanic 17.6%, African American 13.3%, Asian 5.6%

Everyone else is down for taco trucks on every corner, right?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 2, 2016 -> 07:15 AM) This is ignorant. The right to free speech is so much more important than pretending to honor the military with a national anthem which isn't really a tradition. Do you really want to honor the military? Call your Congressmen and tell them to fix that deathtrap they call the VA. I promise you that will honor them much more than standing for the national anthem, as it would actually save lives. If you want to talk about slaps in the face to the military, that is #1. Shhhh, it's easier to pretend like we care and not actually do anything.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 1, 2016 -> 12:21 AM) Coulter had a good piece today. When Hillary wins, that's it for the Republican party. Eight more years of Democratic reign buries the Republicans forever. And you all get mad at me, but after Hillary, it's Chelsea for eight more. I sure hope the Clintons have the magic button to fixing our world. Cause America is in trouble right now especially economically. The little guy is eventually going to revolt. The one percenters are sickening.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Nightengale says Sox did put a claim on him but didn't get him. Dang.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Nightengale says Sox did put a claim on him but didn't get him. Dang.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) A Venezuelan winter league team has offered Tebow a contract. I'm actually curious to see how he does. Odds are against him and I realize he's probably doing this for publicity (as is the winter league team), but he clearly is a talented athlete. I still find it odd that he is going this route vs. just trying to become a TE / RB, which would have seemed to be a more natural move. I always find it interesting when top notch athletes try other sports. I think due to arrogance. If he can't be a star QB, why not make it as a multi-sport star in the sport Michael Jordan failed at? QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 03:29 PM) Learning how to hit a 90+ mph pitch has to be one of the hardest things to learn on the fly, no matter how good of an athlete you are. It amuses me greatly that people don't realize that hitting a 90+ mph pitch is one of, if not the, most difficult things in sports. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 03:36 PM) If the reports about the Sox not sending a scout are true, good for them. What a complete waste of time. Thank god. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 04:34 PM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 1h1 hour ago Kudos to Tim Tebow for effort,but in words of 1 scout:He looked like an actor trying to portray a baseball player.' Could be worse.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 10:23 PM) I guarantee you would not hate me in real life. I'm not a dick yet I am not beloved on here. Eh, I'd buy you a beer.

1) What gets people talking more Kap writing in to his Congressman (which as we all know would do nothing in this country) or not standing during the anthem? 2) Here's the third verse of the national anthem. We tend to only sing the first verse, so people don't know the third. "And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion A home and a Country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Yup, that verse is flat out celebrating the death of slaves and was penned by an anti-abolitionist. He's taking a stand for people that don't have a voice and for an issue much larger than football and anyone mad at him for that is drastically missing the point.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 10:29 PM) ?? he's 25. He isn't in the minors because of his personality. He's in the minors because he hasn't been a good player the last 2 years. Note the words "steep discount." You certainly don't pay for his 2014 production. He's a positive WAR player the past two seasons. He was worth what Trayce was in 2015 and more than Trayce this year. Or is Trayce someone that you don't want on an MLB roster?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 04:49 PM) That wasn't anything close to a choke. All I remember is friends who were Cubs fans saying they HAD WAITED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE FOR THAT SERIES. Like...guys...2003 happened. You've been there in your lifetime unless you're 13 or younger.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 04:20 PM) No thanks. I don't bet on baseball. You wanna do nba? I got the Warriors winning fairly easily. lol. Just bet Greg's house.

That was a pretty double play.

Rodon is dialed in right now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 02:08 PM) But didn't his platform of pointing out injustice in this country serve as a slap in the face to our military and those who do GOOD in this country? It's not like he went to a military event and told people to go f*** themselves. His employer provides him with the right to not stand during the anthem. It's his American right. It'd be more a slap in the face to American liberties to tell him to stand up for something he doesn't personally believe in.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) Two responses: 1. Do a google on him. Crickets. Silence. Nothing much criticizing him. 2. Why does he have a right to do what he believes? This is a team sport isn't it? I seem to remember Sox fans throwing a hissy fit anytime Ozzie did something about Ozzie. The second Colin K sat down the whole game was about him. It'll be about him all week. Are team sports fans in favor of stuff like this happening? 1. Go on Twitter. Plenty criticizing him. 2. Ozzie's oftentimes selfish actions are not in the same stratosphere as Kapernick using his platform to point out injustice in this country.

If you think Kapernick is avoiding criticism for this, then you're incredibly tone deaf. It's his right to do what he believes. Let's not pretend that our country has treated people of color well throughout history.

Man, I really would trade Sale before Q.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 02:47 PM) Don't forget DJ LeMahieu as well...with Bryant, Rizzo and Russell, that's four Top 40 guys in terms of WAR. They traded him...why are we bringing this up? Because he's only similar to Bryant in that the Cubs drafted him.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 10:05 PM) I wanted nothing. Where did I say I expected anything? I didn't. Honestly.... Very happy getting him off the 25. At the risk of more wrath from the hahn fan-boys, if he does want to trade more players, may I suggest that he get on with it? As each day passes, value falls (for those that have any value). Then what does "whiffed again" mean?

GreenSox, please tell me what you wanted for Dioner Navarro via trade.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 06:55 PM) Is this the same ranking system I found here from last year, where Fulmer was listed 9th? That's ninth amongst RHP prospects.