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He's not going anywhere, so there's no point in extending his contract. Let it expire and deal with him then. He's not a guy who other teams covet.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 2, 2016 -> 10:23 AM) That would be crazy if Heyward played poorly enough that he didn't opt out and actually played out the full 8 seasons in Chicago. Just always expected him to be gone in 3, still assuming that happens. Look, this team is so loose, it's not possible that any of them have any prolonged struggles. They were wearing wacky suits yesterday. Heyward will be fine.

So, I'm in the process of moving, and I don't have HBO right now. I saw the first episode of GOT, but might not be able to catch up with the others for a little while. It's going to be hard to avoid knowing what's going on. I open up my homepage, and it seems like every other headline has to do with GOT.

ESPN.com has what I'm guessing are each team's beat writer (based on Jeff Dickerson for the Bears) giving a thumbs up or down to each team's draft. Only the guys for SF and Oakland went thumbs down. I guess 30 teams had good drafts.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 05:54 AM) Callers on local radio saying Hossa needs to retire. Hossa is going to be with the Hawks for years in some fashion. That recapture is nasty. He's fine if he's not on the top two lines. St. Louis was the better team for much of the series, although they had really shaky goaltending last night. Hawks failed to convert a few real nice chances. It's officially baseball season now.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 04:08 AM) You're gonna win 54 games. You're gonna lose 54 games. That was one of the other 54 lol Oh, no. I hope you're wrong. I was counting this as one of the 54 losses. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure we haven't won any of our guaranteed 54 wins, we've lost 6 of our guaranteed 54 losses, and we're 14-0 in the other 54. I'll double check with Hawk.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 22, 2016 -> 12:18 PM) Yeah, F the guy that made the Blackhawks a megabrand If this is true, the White Sox should spare no expense to take him from the Blackhawks. Attendance problem solved. One fewer thread on SoxTalk.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 21, 2016 -> 07:09 PM) Best stretch of our lifetime by far I believe He's unbelievable right now. Count me among the PED suspicious, but who knows? I'm jealous. It's probably Pilates and diet. Closest thing I remember (and not nearly as dominant) was Jose Contreras going 17-0 over a 24 game stretch in 2005-06.

My guess is that Elliott thought he was interfered with because his stick was pinned to the ice. But, it was under the skate of one of the Blues. Hawks were outplayed in this one. It seems like the Blues are on a power play when it's even strength. And, any chance they can stop passing right to the Blues when we're trying to clear the puck? Even in the Cup years, the Hawks are so sloppy with the puck around our goal.

WWE wrestler, Chyna, found dead. No cause released. 45 years old. Another wrestler dying too young.

I think the fine, suspension and sensitivity training are all fair and just punishments. Shaw acted like an idiot and lost his composure. To me, what he said is really bad if it was directed at someone who is gay or is thought to be gay. I suspect, though, that it's his ignorant way of emasculating someone. Also bad, but different. Growing up, f** was something kids called each other as a put down. Same as retard. It's not acceptable now, nor should it be. I hope Shaw understands that the player or ref he was yelling at probably doesn't care about what he was yelling (assuming he is not gay). But, a kid at home watching who is gay might be hugely impacted by what he or she was seeing. Back to hockey, I hope the rest of the Hawks can raise their level of effort to that which Shaw brings every time he's on the ice. He never seems to take a shift off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) Interesting interview with Rafael Palmiero http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rafael-...moves-on-041816 Good stuff. I've always wondered why he isn't brought up as much as the rest of the steroid guys. Based on his pure numbers, he'd have to be a first ballot guy. Pretty well rounded career. Looking at the photos - man, I loved Will Clark.

Every time the discussion of allowing steroid users into the HOF comes up, people argue that there's already known cheaters (Gaylord Perry) and bad guys (Ty Cobb) in the Hall. I heard an interesting interview on the Score (Rozner & Ostrowski - I think) with the author of a book that refutes almost everything we think we know about Ty Cobb. Link to the author's website http://www.charlesleerhsen.com.

He has CDXX and a marijuana leaf tattooed on his hand. CDXX = 420. Subtle. Probably common knowledge, but I don't follow anything Manziel very closely. I'm sad for the guy not being able to control himself, but he seems like a real dickhead.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 06:54 AM) The only actor I thought didn't do a good job was John Travolta. Everyone else did out of the park jobs at their roles. It was either terrible or great. I can't decide. It kind of grew on me.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 07:36 AM) So the People vs OJ Simpson was worth a watch. It got a little corny at times, but there was so much of the personal interaction stuff I knew nothing about. I did everything I could NOT to follow the trial when it was going on. I started a new job the day before the murders took place. My office was 90% black, and the portrayal of the racial divisiveness in this trial was spot on. It was so uncomfortable at work when people would start talking about the trial that I actively avoided it as much as possible just so I could stay out of the conversations. My work environment during the trial was just like the jury room portrayed at the end of the series. I think they did a great job with the show. It was at once corny and masterful. Cochrane, Darden and Clark were great. And Cuba Gooding was really good, especially the scenes where he did nothing but look sad and tired.

Keeping my list to guys I remember playing, and only players I actually liked. 3 - Harold Baines 5 - Juan Uribe 7 - Steve Sax 8 - Bo Jackson 10 - Alexei Ramirez 11 - Rudy Law 12 - A.J. Pierzynski 13 - Ozzie Guillen 14 - Paul Konerko 15 - Tadahito Iguchi 16 - Julio Cruz 19 - Greg Luzinski 20 - Jon Garland 22 - Scott Podsednik 23 - Robin Ventura 24 -'Floyd Bannister 25 - Jim Thome (serious consideration to Sammy Sosa here -I was not happy when he was traded) 26 - Orlando Hernandez 27 - Greg Hibbard 29 - Jack McDowell (Greg Walker is a distant second - two of my all time favorites) 30 - Magglio Ordonez 31 - La Marr Hoyt 32 - Alex Fernandez 33 - Aaron Rowand 34 - Richard Dotson 35 - Frank Thomas 37 - Bobby Thigpen 40 - Britt Burns 42 - Ron Kittle 44 - Tom Paciorek (slight nod over Chet Lemon & I'll always appreciate Jake Peavy) 45 - Bobby Jenks 46 - Jason Bere 49 - Chris Sale 50 - John Danks (makes it on the basis of one game) 52 - Jose Contreras 53 - Dennis Lamp 55 - Carlos Rodon 56 - Mark Buehrle 62 - Jose Quintana 72 - Carlton Fisk 79'- Jose Abreu

This might take a little work. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/base...mbers.php?t=CHA I'll start with Fisk being my favorite #72.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 08:37 AM) Nope. It sounds like he will still be in a platoon, just with La Stella instead. Bryant can play the OF with La Stella at 3rd. I'm sure Bryant can't wait to get out there after seeing what happened to Schwarber.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 08:37 PM) I was in the 4th row directly in front of where Keith slashed Coyle. I was looking right at Keith's face when he was on his back, and he was f***ing PISSED. You could see the whole thing happening in slow motion, it was weird. To me it looked like Coyle took Keith down clean (left hand straight to the chest) On the video, it looks like Coyle had his stick behind Keith's legs and pushed his chest and pulled up the stick at the same time. Cheap, dirty move by Keith, though.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 05:01 AM) He's really let himself go. Manny being Manny.

He also avoids being in the same class with Adam LaRoche. Crafty veteran indeed.

Just like I doubt all the Sox players were ok with LaRoche having his son in the clubhouse every day, there has to be Cubs who just roll their eyes when Maddon brings in a clown or mime for everyone to pet.

Nobody has posted in the Cubs catch-all since this story broke.

It wouldn't be the worst thing if this all ended with LaRoche retired, KW sent packing, and $13M for Hahn & Co. to spend on someone else.