Bananarchy

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 6, 2017 -> 05:41 PM) Only one division in baseball with 4 out 5 teams above .500.......the toughest division in the game top to bottom is the AL Central. Good. I don't want any delusions of grandeur.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:12 AM) Also, keep in mind that brett isn't interested in discussion. He just likes to troll.

People are so stupid. Here's what happens if you don't provide the poor with insurance. A poor, uninsured person gets a cut and can't afford to go to a physician (no health care). The cut becomes infected, but the uninsured person can't do anything about it because an infected cut is that much more expensive to treat than a regular cut. The untreated infection becomes septic shock. Guess what happens? The patient goes to the ER with a life threatening emergency and EMTALA requires the hospital to treat this person. Who pays when this happens? At a public hospital, we all do (including idiot Joe Walsh). So we could have helped the patient afford a tetanus shot but instead we're paying a boatload more for the treatment and hospital stay for a person on the brink of dying.

QUOTE (brett05 @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:05 AM) So still at safe levels. Good to know. "Safe" if you can live with the collateral damage.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ May 7, 2017 -> 02:06 PM) Sale looks like the best pitcher in baseball and Moncada is hitting .350 with walks and power. There's a *long* way to go, but this trade looks like a win-win for both sides right now. Agreed. Even if you're not a rebuild guy, the fact that the Sox still have Q and a solid pitching coach with a long history of building strong pitching staffs should be enough for this trade to go through.

Cutler going to be in a three man booth at Fox. This could be good for him. He'll be on ESPN 1000 at 3PM

I want to trade him, but yeah, this post is silly.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 3, 2017 -> 09:23 PM) Paxson has been here for 14 years, Gar was hired around Tim Floyd Era but came into power in 2007/2008ish. If anyone thinks the Bulls will eventually get it right while Jerry (and now especially Michael who is best friends with Gar) is running the team, they're out of their damn mind. I give Paxson credit for when he was GM. He rebuilt the franchise when it was bargain basement and fired all the right people and built this thing in the mid 2000s. That was a decade plus ago. The Derrick Rose pick (which was pure luck) caused us to tolerate the current regime for longer, but Derrick's fall, the tension between Thibs and the FO, and the subsequent failure of Fred Hoiberg has doomed this organization. QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 4, 2017 -> 07:58 AM) Paxson took over as GM in 2003. He has hired 5 coaches and they have won 5 playoff series. They've actually only won 5 playoff series since 98. Their drafting has also fallen off the cliff since Matt Lloyd left the organization. The Bulls have fewer scouts than most teams and a semblance of an analytics department. Paxson basically took the reigns back yesterday and I'd rather have him in power than Gar but it's still just meh. I do think there's a solid chance that Pax trades Butler at the draft though and restarts the franchise. Agreed on this. Paxson was a solid GM for some time. Problem is he doesn't want to do it anymore and his responses to yesterday's press conference indicate that he really has no idea what the modern NBA is.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2017 -> 04:14 PM) Call up a Golden State fan and find out. Ain't that the truth? QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 3, 2017 -> 04:14 PM) No need to do that. Just marvel at the current NBA as a whole for the time being. We're about 5-6 weeks away from what is shaping up to be the greatest nba finals of all-time. The Bulls, at some point, will get with the times. Can't be this inept forever. Ugh, I don't know, man. The fact that those two guys are still in charge is infuriating. I have been a Paxson defender in the past, but this is all too much for me.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ May 3, 2017 -> 01:48 PM) Appendices are directly correlated to TWTW. Probably ptac can confirm. Grammar victory

What is the process for changing fanbases? Is it complicated?

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:11 PM) ESPN takes the most fees per cable subscriber...more than HBO, Showtime, etc. $7 per subscriber. That's a TON! My guess is the cable companies are starting to squeeze them a bit. Just an FYI. I wonder how much an ESPN streaming service could net.

This organization is so bad. I can't cheer for this anymore. It's heartbreaking

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 3, 2017 -> 03:00 AM) This could possibly be the worst thread in Soxtalk history At least the title was a fact. Otherwise, it would be the worst post I have ever seen

At this point, I'll take a cost controlled Moncada.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 2, 2017 -> 09:54 AM) Also there was one original article that had the "felt like he was cheated on" line, and now 1000 articles all saying "Glennon felt cheated on, bears are so stupid" that are just based off of the original article. Kind of amplifying something dumb. Agreed. It's quite the echo chamber. Add to that people are writing stories about Pace getting swindled and you get a very Bears heavy draft cycle. It's a little ridiculous, though IMHO

QUOTE (aryzner @ May 1, 2017 -> 09:39 PM) Give it time. The bullpen started the year lights out last season as well. I have faith that this team will start to suck at a high level soon. Even with the team overperforming as it is, we're not that far above .500 and we're just leading the Wild Card race. I'm as confident as ever that the rebuild will continue.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 1, 2017 -> 10:27 PM) Makes you wonder. Its his last year and nobody cares. Its possible he feels a little jaded and I can't say I blame him. Now that might not be the case but he does sound different this year. I will be sad when hes done even though im ready to move on. I hope he gets the farewell he deserves. Guy made me a Sox fan when he was with Wimpy. I get the feeling he'll be around next year on a further trimmed schedule.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 1, 2017 -> 04:12 PM) On one hand I understand why Glennon is mad, but on the other how could he look at his contract and not think that there was gonna be another quarterback drafted. He basically got a one year prove it deal He clearly saw it as a one year prove it contract when in reality it's a one year stopgap contract.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 1, 2017 -> 04:00 PM) He really lit up talking about Cohen, compared him to Sproles (no surprise). Envision using him as a dynamic 3rd down back putting him in space to do his thing. I am still confused to how they handled bringing in Glennon. When they brought him in it doesn't seem like they envisioned taking a QB in the draft. Yet, when the draft came around they were willing to bend over backwards to get one no matter what it took. When did they realize that they would have a shot a one? Why did it take them so long to think they had a shot at him? From the start they should have known it was a possibility that they could get Trubisky and by the time they signed Glennon that should have already came to a conclusion on what QB they would want in the draft. Glennon's contract says he's a stopgap guy. I admit (even as a guy who isn't that big of a Bears fan), I really want to like Ryan Pace.

Pace on the Score right now

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ May 1, 2017 -> 01:38 PM) Terminate a bunch of people so that you can hire the highest priced FA writer out there. But unlike most of the onair talent, Woj is a proven commodity who makes their other "insiders" look like a joke in comparison. They could layoff their entire NBA staff and keep Woj and be a better company.

Woj to ESPN per the Score. That is a big hire for the four letter network. Woj has basically been owning ESPN for a long time in the realm of NBA player transactions

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 1, 2017 -> 11:35 AM) Ah yeah you're right. Dammit haha it was a quick glance while I was working. Either interpretation is generally correct. It's clear a broadcaster is more invigorated by a good product on the field. The really good teams can make both interesting, but after a decade leaning towards non-contention, you can understand why anyone (including Hawk) would be struggling to want to be at the park calling these games. However, that's still not an excuse for some of these really bad broadcasts.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 1, 2017 -> 11:12 AM) The Mets have dead brained heavers that get hurt, and the Cubs have pitchers that are less likely to break down. Not even that, but when you have a team with hitters at every position, the biggest weakness you have is a team with multiple stud pitchers. The Mets should be a concern for the Cubs every year, but they perennially lose one of their pitchers for whatever reason. You just know they're not going to be in it.