Harry Chappas

Yes 1&2 is better than 10&1 but I think getting the 1 in 26 looks much more beneficial than the 1 in 25 and 2 in 26. Similar to the Bears getting getting the #1 with a better QB class than the prior year. I am not certain how it will play out but the lottery didn't hurt them as much as I thought. I was unaware about the pool money benefit being a huge difference so that could debunk my our thought process further if I dug deeper.

I think Vargas hangs around and is a GG 3B (not sure why I think that but I do) and Colson's health is the reason I push him to 1B

Couple of things. In the end the lottery rules seemed to have favored the White Sox. They got #1 because they were #10 last year and Colorado was bumped. The year they would have had #1 (2025) was an average class and they look to have ended up with a decent enough guy that it did not matter that they moved to 10. C. Montgomery will be at 1B when Roch comes up. As for development Roch sliding in for 2027 (maybe) while Carlson's timeline is 2029 which by then the Meidroth's, Antonacci's and Bonemer will have been figured out. There is a path to not being embarrassing which is something. The brightest thing to me is the timing, if these guys pop will be about the time JR kind of leaves the building and maybe they don't need to be flipped.

MC is 8A. Marist I am not certain of as they didn't win a playoff game this year and that factors into things. Marist is rebuilding and your Crusader victory has them on edge.

A team looking to contend that needs a catcher will over pay a bit based on the cost control.

7A for next year

It's amazing what legitimate coaching can do for a team.

They should be better next year and if the players they have in the pipeline stay the future for them is bright. The portal in high school is real.

Bowl games should be CFP play in games if they want to keep them around or get rid of them all together. JMU and Tulane have no business being in the playoff. Miami made it over Virginia to give the ACC a bid. Bama made it over ND. They were not going to penalize Bama for playing in conference championship. ND needs to join a conference or risk this happening annually. They have no business making the CFP this year.

Did you happen to see the 4th quarter of the Bills and Bengals talk about a QB losing it. Caleb needs to be better but it was on the road in a hostile environment. The Packer defense was gassed at that end of the game and had the Bears focused on the run early the results may have been different. I think the Bears passed 5 of their first 6 plays. It was a clunky game but one they easily could have won.

It is still amazing to me that Indiana and Iowa play their HS playoffs indoors and the state of Illinois plays at ISU and/or NIU. Neither facility is much of anything. I do not mean this as a slight to Iowa or Indiana but shows how ass backward the state of Illinois is. The IHSA (athletic body of the high school sports) is the epitome of Illinois bloat, waste and incompetence.

Hanson is a CPS Stadium on the north side.

Not calling the hooking was bad and the UNS was just icing on the cake

I see your point but he is businessman not some guy spouting off on a fan forum. He knows the risk reward of what he is saying. My guess is he is more aggressive than Ricketts and there is something in the works either renovating New Comiskey or moving somewhere in the Loop area. If the Bears pay off the bonds a 40K seat venue to replace Soldier Field would be ideal. Some form of Chicago leadership to replace Soldier Field with something that could compete with the Bears venue in Arlington Heights while the Sox are main tenant.

That was a great game. Bedard seems to to be trending toward stardom if not superstardom.