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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 04:02 PM) Thanks. Presumably this sets the standard for Seager next year and Moncada/Bellinger in a few years as being around $11 mil. If Moncada plays well enough to earn $11 million, that would be outstanding.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 01:02 PM) Right, but for how many years does he carry that designation? Do the Hawks control him for only 2 more years, or could it be 4 more years? I don't know all the nuances of RFA. I have no idea either, but looking it up it looks like players can't be unrestricted until age 27 or 7 years in the league, so he has 3 or 4 more seasons until then. While the Hawks would have control, they still would have to fit his salary under the cap, so no guarantees that he stays if he does well. At this point in his career, his salary isn't as limited like they do in baseball.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 07:20 AM) Oh I see, sorry for the mistake. They don't name sources and arguably rely on unnamed sources too much in reporting, but that goes back years if not decades. Even when their sources burn them by feeding deliberately misleading or outright false information, they'll still protect them. On the good side, journalists are even willing to go to jail for refusing to give up sources, which can protect really important and justified leaks/whistleblowers. So it takes some understanding of that to read reporting critically. Often, sources are authorized to provide information "on background," meaning they'll be unnamed but have approval or have been directed by leadership to provide information. More common in this administration are just straight-up leaks. In that case, you've got to take a look at how many sources are claimed for this, whether or not there's a quick and strong denial from someone, whether other news orgs confirm the reporting independently, etc. So in this specific case, the White House didn't deny until Trump tweets this morning, CNN verified independently, and none of the Republicans present in the meeting denied the allegations. some of Wolff's reporting in that book, on the other hand, didn't have multiple independent confirmations, so some of the specifics there should be taken with a grain of salt (or read as that particular source's viewpoint, not objective truth). Nyt still has sources, they do some bad editorializing too just as every org does sometimes. Twitter overreacts to everything in the moment. That makes sense, and I guess it's something I never paid attention to earlier. It just seems dangerous in today's Facebook news cycle because people are so quick to react to a headline without even trying to determine the legitimacy of it. Then if it does turn out to be false, there's a tiny blurb on the bottom right of a news website that no one even notices anyway, but the damage is done. And that's as much on the sources giving false info like you mentioned, not just calling out reporters. You are smart enough to realize that some of Wolff's book might be shades of the truth, but there's a lot of people that will take it 100% facts. A greater than zero portion of our population still thinks there is a gorilla TV channel.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 08:21 AM) Rumor is Fangio follows Shurmur to Arizona and Bettcher leaves Az for the Bears DC job, basically trading them People seem to think that would be an upgrade for the Bears.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 08:39 PM) Not great when the White House didn’t deny any of it... QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 08:44 PM) CNN confirmed and the White House didn't deny, nor did any of the people present at the meeting. Trump is a deeply racist man and has been openly so for years. This shouldn't surprise anyone. It was a general question, I wasn't doubting these comments. Every scoop for the past year has been sources or insiders, do those ever have to be proven?. A few months ago the NYT was saving democracy, now my Twitter feed treats them like Fox News. What happened to all the sources and.scoops they had?

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 02:52 PM) Sorry the late notice but I had some overnight bets I have not had the time to update yet. WKBL - Women's Korean Basketball Winnus @ S-Birds - S-Birds -7.5 -115 ~ $115 to win $100 Kerber and del Potro parlay $165.50 to win $199.98 Both were wins. 36-27-2 YTD +$1866.98 Two thoughts: 1. I find the tennis betting intriguing and would like to join in during the Aussie Open. 2. Where the f*** do you research Womens Korean basketball?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 07:46 PM) Wapo updated with more “Why do we need more Haitians?” Trump said, according to people familiar with the meeting. “Take them out.” Has WaPo ever had to confirm that these sources or "people" are legit?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 11:29 AM) I read where Shields was in line to start on Opening Day. Probably the worst opening day starter the White Sox have thrown out their since Jaime Navarro. Don't sell Samardzija short!

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 09:54 AM) IIRC Albert Wilson and De'Anthony Thomas are both UFA's, albeit not very good players, just mediocre-solid. One of those two are likely given the familiarity with Nagy, I think Wilson is a good bet

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 10, 2018 -> 11:33 PM) Love that this kid is a real speedster. Although I'm confused about how many years of team control we have on him. He's a RFA after this season

Clendenning? Kenny always got his guy and Stan always gets back one of his own.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 10, 2018 -> 12:43 PM) A lot of people reporting the Bears are close to hiring a homerun name for position coach that Bears fans will be excited to hear. Who do you guys guess this might be? Aaron Leming saying that it's an offensive line coach

It's the Astros world and we are all just living in it. Meanwhile, the Pirates continue to be one of the worst run franchises in baseball

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 10, 2018 -> 08:47 AM) Better conferences helps with recruiting, better conferences means more tv money, better conferences means more exposure. For the Illinois reference, let's be real, Illinois isn't sucking because OSU won a national title. Illinois sucks because of terrible coaches. But, because we are in an incredibly financially healthy conference, we were able to spend $8mm+ on our coaching staff and raise money to build a new practice/team facility. So wanting the conference to succeed, gain in reputation, earn larger tv deals, fan bases, etc seems pretty straight forward to me. Of course, there are teams I will never root for still I'd understand that for a mid-tier conference, but the B1G isn't going anywhere whether or not OSU wins it all or finishes 5th. Zero playoff teams this year and I'm sure the conference will feel zero ill effect given how strong they are. And as I said earlier, the other SEC teams are less successful on the field because Alabama is so good. Any financial windfall is going to pay old coach's contracts because they couldnt beat Nick Saban.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 10, 2018 -> 07:23 AM) And SEC fans will pretend like they won a national title regardless of their team. Bama did have a soft schedule. Playing one less conference game is easier. Both of those are facts. I never understand the whole conference pride thing. If you hate a team 364 days a year, how are you going to root for them that one day of the year? I hope OSU loses every playoff game they play. The B1G winning a national title does nothing to make Illinois stop sucking. Not to mention, the reason all of these SEC teams have to fire coaches every 3 years is because Alabama is so much better than everyone else. If they keep winning and keep recruiting, it just hurts the other SEC teams in the long run, it's harder and harder to make the playoffs.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 02:30 PM) Right, he's getting flack for not guaranteeing a super bowl next year, or like, detailing exactly the offenses he'll run. Glad he was vague. He's supposed to be a guy that fits the talent to his personnel. Let him figure out what that is. Didn't they teach him to just say 'I will beat Green Bay" multiple times? Welcome to Chicago...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 01:04 PM) You should read the whole post. I said Trump is bad first of all. But you can't admit he knows ENOUGH about the world and politics to not completely embarass himself?? He knows enough to be in the game. I'm saying a lot of people (not sure of Oprah's background) have little knowledge of world leaders and the global geographical map even and they might get torn apart in debates. Why was my post wrong? Trump embarrasses himself A LOT but not to an extreme over simple world leaders/geography. Oprah may be the smartest woman alive in all areas. If so my bad. People have a "thing" about starting threads on a message board. Puzzles me. I fear starting threads. Gee thanks. It's in the news big time and I wanted a discussion. Instead ... wham! OMG. This is why I can't win a debate. All of a sudden I'm anti Oprah?? I like her and said so in the post. Yes I wondered if Oprah can handle debate issues or not. Again, I'm not into the world scene and I'd get torched. Trump is OK enough that he can talk about world leaders, countries, issues, etc. My "wonderment" was if Oprah would be great on social issues and need a running mate like Gore to take care of the normal political stuff. Thanks everybody for hating me some more. Wait, what? Under what circumstances and accomplishments would someone consider Oprah the smartest woman alive???

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 12:21 PM) im shocked about vizquel. guess 11 gold gloves dont mean as much as i thought?? Jones won 10 straight Gold Gloves, 434 home runs and might get kicked off the ballot. He is far more deserving than Vizquel and is in far worse shape.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 11:51 AM) Mark Lazerus‏Verified account @MarkLazerus 19m19 minutes ago Brent Seabrook is indeed a healthy scratch tonight. He said Q didn't offer specifics why. "I've just got to be better," he told me. 18 replies 56 retweets 74 likes Poor guy is gonna be a whipping boy for the fans over the next several years. It's not his fault Bowman offered him the long, soon to be very bad contract.

Fangio's contract is up today, still no update. I heard he had already been a top 5 paid DC, so I'm sure they will pony up, but the Packers are coming hard after him too. Hopefully Nagy can convince him. Given Nagy's inexperience as a coach, it would be good to have an established ready DC like Fangio to run the D.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 09:23 AM) Another mod, another personal attack. More made up s***. I really don't know why "I like the trade but Soria sucks " offends so many people. Paulino, Felipe.

There's probably a lot of Georgia and Falcons fans that have had a roller coaster 11 months. I guess having your heart ripped out in the championship twice is better than winning 7 total games combined like us fans in the Orange and blue.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2018 -> 12:40 PM) The Chiefs Kingdom (Ver 2.0) @1_ChiefsKingdom Bombshell! Nagy to Bears was a done deal before Chiefs playoff game. Reid took back play scheming and calling to allow Nagy time to prep for his interview. Nagy helped script first 15 plays with Reid, who then took over play calling. Wow. I'd be pissed as a Chiefs fan. They potentially blew the playoff game to help Nagy move on somewhere else.

Seems to be a good hire. I'll let you know if I agree in 3 years.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 6, 2018 -> 11:35 PM) Also..... Rams lost. Very excited about the future though. Woods and Goff might be deadly for a while. Aren't you the world's biggest Cowboys fan?