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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 02:17 PM) And to whoever brought up Tyler Flowers, there you go. It was me but it was just a question to those who wanted to run Flowers out of town, not that I preferred one or the other

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 01:44 PM) Better off if Avila just doesn't swing. I truly can't believe how bad he is now. Do people ( not necessarily you) still think Flowers had to go and anybody would better better than him?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 12:33 PM) White Sox don't hit but win, dark clouds. Cubs don't hit but win. They are going to be unstoppable. Welcome to Soxtalk!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 10:33 AM) All year we have talked about how the team is completely dependent on the 2nd line scoring and Crawford standing on his head. Well, Crawford has been outplayed, and Tarasenko is outscoring the 2nd line 3-1. Case closed. I'm blaming the Cubs. They are using all of Chicago's luck for beating St. Louis teams the last few days.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) It's just because Abreu needs a break from fielding for a day and Sands can play first. There's no accountability here so it's not disciplinary reasons What did he do that would get him benched for disciplinary reason? I must have missed it.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 19, 2016 -> 12:30 PM) That could change if Danks clanks another outing. I think it will take more than that. Danks has a record in the MLB of being servicable. Johnson hasn't shown he's even capable of pitching in the MLB. I would guess they will give Danks at least 6-8 starts.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 05:11 PM) More likely Belt Strain. Strained his shoulder by having to hold up his pants after the belt broke.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 01:54 PM) KW admitted he told him zero access, then backed off. Right, he backed off. Adam either forgot that KW backed off or intentionally omits it.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) To be honest the 1,000 people who are following his meat company on Twitter are searching out that negative news. Also who really knows who's running that Twitter handle. It's probably a family member or friend. Him trashing the organization? Where? This franchise threatening to move, getting a stadium that is funded thru tax payers, etc. is a whole lot worse than Adam LaRoche saying anything. It's really a stretch to throw him under the bus and to me, is bad taste. There are a whole lot of MLB players with less integrity. I'd rather have had a guy who want his son around than a guy cheating on his wife. He trashed the organization by saying the organization made me choose, and I pick my son over all of my teammates." The big point in the story is the he says KW asked him to dial back the kid's presence and he said no. He then states that KW told him that his son wasn't allowed at all. KW insisted that there was no comment that he wasn't allowed. You can believe who you want but considering others children have been allowed into the clubhouse since the incident, I'll go with KW's side. If that is the case Adam lied about the situation to make the organization look bad.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 11:48 AM) Yeah this seems to be the first year where I have zero clue what they're going to do in the first round. All the experts are saying OLB, but it's possible with Houston and Young being productive they just stick with that. Safety appears to be a need, but Rolle was pretty solid when healthy and after giving him a 3 year deal I wouldn't be shocked to see him start with a mid rounder behind him. Outside of Ramsey there are no 1st round safety prospects anyway. I kinda thought Porter played well, but advanced stats disagree with that. A corner appears to be high priority. Hargreaves might be there in the first but is this whole "Fangio only wants big corners" thing true or is it moreso he wants aggressive press corners which is what Hargreaves is. Do they consider "Reaching" for Jackson or Apple who fit more of the narrative? Leno is another guy I thought played well but advanced stats hated. Could they look to see if he can improve? If Stanley and Tunsil are gone, do they view Conklin or Decker as LT's?? What do they think of Ego Ferguson? Did Unrein play well enough to consider him for a bigger role? What is Cornellous Washington? Sutton looked good in preseason but barely noticeable in season. With this drafts depth at high end DL talent I would prefer they erase all those questions and draft a go like Vernon Butler or Chris Jones in the 2nd. With them looking to sign CJ Anderson, do they take Zeke if he's there at 11? Is this the year they take a QB in the 1st to groom for the future?( kind of hope not) Can they find a trade down partner?( I prefer this route) Gonna be interesting. Can't wait. I don't think trading down should really be an option. They need impact players. They can find good players in FA as they have done. Impact players are too expensive for FA and hurt the team in the long term. But to be a championship caliber team, they need to draft the impact players.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 10:21 AM) 2 weeks away from the most boring 12 hours that I am absolutely captivated by. Seems incredibly difficult to pinpoint the Bears on this one, which is fun. That's because they have so many needs, they can truly wait to see what everyone else does and select the best player available. I don't think there is any position where they can't justify drafting.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 11:09 PM) I wonder if that parent bought the Lily cam. That thing is sweet. Was supposed to retail for $500 I think. That was a year or two ago that I saw the YT video. Wonder if it ever "took off". EDIT: Holy s***, $34M in PREORDER sales. Sells for $800 right now, $1000 when it's launched. Still some amazing tech though. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2497681,00.asp This guy said his cost 3500 (which is why I don't have one). It was really advanced.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 10:15 AM) Who would have thought so many were right all last year when it was said on here that "LaRoche just doesn't seem to care". Deadspin just went bonkers over this article +1

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) He claimed he shut if off well before it would hit the scoreboard. Then how did it clear the fan deck? If it is one of the really advanced ones, it will automatically return to its take off spot if the remote is turned off. These arent necessarily small items. A parent of one of the cross country runners has one that follows a GPS transponder. His daughter runs with it and you can watch the whole race from above.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 11:01 AM) Isn't Zavala 0-16 with 11 Ks? Straight outta the Tyler Flowers' playbook. Flowers was a pretty good hitter in the minors, nearly 900 OPS.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 10:36 AM) I'm not sure anyone is panicking. But it was around this time last year it was pretty clear Beckham was reserve infielder of choice and Bonifacio was behind both him and shuck for time...and he barely played. Granted he later sucked but Robin just doesn't seem to need that 2nd reserve player. Especially with LaRoche out, our team has so much more flexibility with LF/RF that Sands just has no place, especially with not being a RHP masher or speedy or defensively gifted. The issue with another pitcher is that he MUST be used. They can't sit a pitcher for 10 games and not use him. If they don't think the last pitcher is worth a spot on the MLB, then there shouldn't be one. I can see the posts now" why put in X pitcher he's terrible, just because he is on the roster doesn't mean they need to put him in X situation." A position player can be buried on the bench. I agree that a base stealer/pinch runner should be the last guy on the bench. A latter day Herb Washington, if you will.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Apr 11, 2016 -> 03:46 PM) Hahn does. I think it's more to protect Sale and keep him on normal rest than it does confidence in Danks.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 10, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) I would say prelude to Tommy John. Although he was kind of acting like Peavy did when he tore that back muscle http://mlb.mlb.com/r/video?content_id=582905683 What in the heck is with these serious injuries this year? These are injuries that I've seen maybe 2-3 times in 30 years. Shaping up to be a nasty year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 10, 2016 -> 10:33 AM) Peter Gammons ‏@pgammo 6h6 hours ago Surgeon: Pollock (elbow) out at least 3 months http://espn.go.com/ So Pollock played 6 years w/out bone healed, this spring screw broken That is unbelievable. You would think that someone would have felt the screw or bony malformation in the area. I hate to say it, but between this and the Schwarber incident, i'm starting to wonder about the AT's nowadays. Man, i sound like an old man. "back in my day......."

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Apr 1, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) But it's my understanding that the state/city aren't asking the teachers to give up their pensions, they're asking teachers to contribute a little more to help cover the costs, like 3-4% more. I agree that it sucks that the state/city is poorly run (insert "it's your fault for continuing to elect the same democratic machine into office for the last 40 years"), but it is what it is. Other people are also losing out on money, are being taxed/fee'd more, and/or have to contribute more of their paycheck for their retirement. Teachers, especially the CPS union, seems to think they're the only ones. Also, this is a few years old, but CPS teachers get paid a lot, even before you take into consideration the benefits. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/12/how...-teachers-make/ And who cares if they don't get SS? If I even get SS it's going to be way less than the 80% or whatever of your last salary for life. The issues with CPS is that the city is responsible for the city's payment into the pension AND the teacher's payment into the pension. The teacher's in CPS do not pay into the pension system. The city wants them to pay their portion. This makes sense except it will essentially be an 8% cut to their pay. This is tough for anyone. Being part of the state system the idea of the union is a dilemma. On one hand the pension system is out dated compared to the public sector retirement system. However, in the public sector raises were commonplace and there is no cap on your retirement if invested well. I have been in the system for 20 years. In 9 of those years I did not receive a raise and most of the ones I received were either 1 or 1.5%. The pension somewhat makes up for that.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 9, 2016 -> 05:40 AM) Fitting it was the guy who screwed over the Orioles who took him out. The baseball gods were not happy. Feel for Schwarber. Hope he's back stronger than ever next year. If he wasn't a DH, he certainly is now. With a typical ACL/MCL I would say he would most likely be back as good as new and there would be no issues with him returning o thr field 0. However with the LCL involved this will not be a typical surgery and the outcome is uncertain. Hopefully, the fact that they tried to have him walk off the field at first didn't cause any furthrr issues. That's lawsuit material if he doesn't fully recover.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 06:49 PM) If this was 20-25 years ago, his career as anything but a DH might be in question, but I think he will be OK. I hate the Cubs, but this is not happy news for me. I hope he recovers fully. I want the Cubs to lose every game they play, and really wouldn't mind if Schwarber sucked. But I am anti injury. I'm pro injury. Keeps me in business. (Just kidding . Kind of.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 06:03 PM) It's not like his game is based on speed... He'll still hit, but they're going to have a really hard time finding a position for him. He was already bad in left field, but he probably can't play outfield ever again. It's hard to put a guy who just had a devastating knee injury back at catcher anytime soon. He might have to convert to 1B or 3B. He should be fine to play the OF. If he is fine to hit, he can play the OF.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 05:18 PM) He most likely won't ever be the same again. Bummer. I hate the Cubs, but it sucks to see him get injured. The ACL is no big deal. The problem is the LCL and that area.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 05:19 PM) Schwarber out for the season http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/04/08/cub...h-acl-lcl-tear/ LCL makes a difference. If the posterior-lateral corner of the knee is involved it make for a much more involved surgery. There are nerves and other ligaments and even tendons involved, similar to the kid from notre dame. This is not a routine surgery.