Bananarchy

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 6, 2017 -> 10:10 PM) Getting sick of the Hawks fans on their high horse about the Hawks being an awful franchise because of Kane or Hull while bragging about their 2016 WS Champions gear. I don't like Kane, Hull, or Chapman but I can't blame the Blackhawks for sticking by Kane. They already paid him and the case appears to have been dropped. I can neither condemn him nor exonerate him, but at least he has stayed out of trouble since. I wish the Hull thing would just kind of stop, but I won't blame you for liking him.

Tony Romo's goofy contract means moving him would save the Cowboys something like $5 million and they would still need a backup quarterback. Their asking price will be steep, for sure.

The Knicks are just so incompetent. I almost feel sorry for Derrick and Joakim.

QUOTE (RegionSox @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 06:18 PM) According to this story, he had cancer in his jaw and had bone from his fibula taken to replace it http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chica...0105-story.html Okay that makes sense. That would explain struggling to do a radio show.

Mike Greenberg is going to be on in the 4:00 hour. What a weird crossing of worlds for someone who was too young to listen when Greeny was at WSCR. Honestly, this show is incredible today. Must-listen stuff.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 03:39 PM) First return for the all star ballot and Jimmy is only 6th, behind Lebron, Giannis, Embiid, Love and Melo. Are Giannis and Embiid getting a lot of votes from their home countries like Zaza? Are you suggesting Giannis is undeserving?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 03:13 PM) We know where I stand on this, I think we should build around him. Guy is a superstar and that is the hardest thing to find. We need to find more stars to put around him, but he's also signed to a cheap deal, works hard, etc. I do agree with you, if you are doing it for picks, you need to wait until you know what pick you are getting (you don't want to get robbed in the lottery). That said, what if the Twolves have decided they need Butler (a more proven player to help take them to the next level) and offered a package surrounded around Wiggins, Dunn (or Lavine), and a picks? I think if you trade Butler now, you are doing it for a team who is tired of not having a star and has a lot of young talented assets now + a high pick. I haven't paid attention to Dunn so I don't know how bad he has looked (obviously his numbers have been brutal). I think you need two stars to have a legitimate shot at winning a title (not two stars and garbage, but without two stars, I don't think you have a chance) and Butler is a star...if you get rid of him, we go back to the drawing board where we need a lot of stars. You also need quality players obviously around those stars, but it is easier to find quality players then stars. In Boston's case, I really don't know what they can offer that makes it worthwhile, especially in-season. I agree with your "two star" argument, but Jimmy is the Pippen not the Jordan. It's harder to get that number 1 star on your team, and Jimmy is arguably too good to let the team really tank into a solid draft pick. Since we know Gar won't go out and draft a diamond in the rough (he can't even draft serviceable players), I feel like Jimmy needs to be traded to cause us to get younger and drop in the draft order.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 09:50 AM) I would guess that is why he chose to only do road games instead of home games. That way he can visit some of the better golf courses around the country. He lives in northwest Indiana and home games are quite a chore for him to get to. That's why he chose road games.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 09:25 PM) Yes. The whole snobby "a TRUE broadcaster does this..." attitude should get flushed down the toilet forever. Shame on anybody knocking what every local broadcaster does: call games for the team's fans. Absolutely self-righteous and annoying. Should they stop selling White Sox gear at the stadium too? Don't want to influence the visiting fans' kids. Don't want to ram such a life-altering bias down these kids' throats. #hawkling "You and your opinion and what the rest of the world thinks should be flushed down the toilets forever and here are some analogies that don't make any sense on the subject!" There are not enough padded walls in this world for people who are uncomfortable with the opinion of the majority

If the Patriots want the Bears' second rounder for JG, the Bears need to take it.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 03:20 PM) Hawk Harrelson is the greatest thing since sliced bread and anyone who disagrees with that statement is wrong. End of discussion. Statement says a lot more about you than it does about Hawk.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 03:13 PM) Yeah, you must not listen to much other Chicago sports because there are plenty of times that I have heard announcing crews get bitter with officiating. Are you arguing that Stacey King is a good broadcaster? I most certainly am not. He can go, too.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 02:58 PM) Get excited hen it's appropriate? I suppose it would be up to you to determine when it's appropriate, but it does contradict what you wrote. You just wrote we don't understand the broadcast is supposed to be impartial. If that is what you want, why even have the sound on? You can see if a pitch is a strike or the ball his hit to the SS. They flash the stats and the score and the pitch count and the pitch speed on the screen. You want a boring broadcast, it's easy to achieve. rea·son·a·bly ˈrēz(ə)nəblē/Submit adverb 1. in a fair and sensible way. Reasonably partial. Reasonably.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 02:49 PM) The only one who doesn't understand is you. There isn't a local broadcast in professional sports that is impartial. Even your boys Len and whoever his partner get excited when the Cubs are winning. Not as excited as you perhaps, but not exactly impartial. The only person who thinks having a passion for the White Sox is a negative is you. But they don't let it get in the way of the job at hand. They, like Benetti (and Stone, for that matter), get excited when it's appropriate, but they don't start yelling at umpires or whining about umpiring when the next guy is up to bat. Hawk shatters like a broken glass whenever anything unexpected happens and Stone has to do Hawks job to keep the broadcast coherent.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 02:45 PM) In your opinion. There are many others who respectfully disagree with this view. But when you really think about it, Hawk is the worst part of any broadcast in baseball. He's the signature piece of a perennial loser. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-broadc...ntro-and-31-32/

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 02:37 PM) So a local telecast being beamed out to White Sox fans trying to sell the White Sox is supposed to be impartial? That's pretty funny. Most great broadcasters limit their partiality in order to not lose sight of their jobs. A play-by-play person is meant to give play-by-play, not cheer along with the fans or curse umpires. Of course you don't understand. You want your announcer to be your best friend. The rest of us deserve a real broadcaster for both home and road games. QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 02:41 PM) ESPN announcers with no affiliation to either team should be impartial during a broadcast and have no obligation to "love" the team. A team's announcer broadcasting to the team's fan base has no reason to be impartial, none whatsoever, and ought not to be. 162 games of impartial broadcasting would be dreadfully boring. Give me the Hawk or Harry Caray any day over that kind of a snoozefest. Meanwhile, those in the know responsible for administering the Ford Fricke award seem to think the Hawk is a broadcaster, given that he's been nominated a couple of times now for that prestigious "broadcasting" award. That's a career-long award, but the Hawk they wish to honor no longer calls White Sox games. He's been horrible for a decade.

I don't know why people 1) Require their announcers to love the team 2) Don't understand that the broadcast team is meant to be professional and reasonably inpartial 3) Think Hawk is a broadcaster

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 10:02 AM) And some excitement. If there is one guy in the White Sox organization that is excited to show up at his job every single day, it is Harrelson. I have never gotten that vibe from Stone, and I don't get it from Benetti. Happy to be there? Sure? Hawk is as giddy as a school girl on show and tell day. I disagree. This is Benetti's dream job having grown up a White Sox fan. I don't need any faux excitement from Hawk. It's all completely phony.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 07:30 AM) Oh Hawk, you selfish old man. The rebuild won't be complete until he's removed completely from the booth. His voice is just a reminder of the staleness of the last 10 years. I couldn't have said it better myself.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 07:23 AM) Relax Luke Cage. Do you honestly enjoy Benetti? It reminds me of Ventura replacing Ozzie. He won't embarrass the team or organization, but he's about as interesting as listening to paint dry. Oh Caulfield, don't ever change. Unlike Ventura, Benetti is more than qualified to replace Hawk. Benetti is a young phenom broadcaster (You can literally hear him EVERYWHERE in the offseason) we're lucky to have.

I guess when you're winning 65 games, it's only appropriate you stick with the worst broadcaster in baseball. Too bad, too. Benetti/Stone is actually listenable. Of course, some of the meatheads would cry tears of joy if Hawk took a literal dump on television. "I have been in the baseball business for 75 years, Stoney, and I gotta tell you that was the best s*** I have ever scene"

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 3, 2017 -> 10:14 AM) After the Sox trade Q and Robertson and Frazier or Melky, it's going to be really hard to be a White Sox fan. The team will absolutely suck, and next offseason there will be very little action. They will not have much to trade. They won't be signing big names. Fickle. Should have known. I'm ready to draft talent and develop from within.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 3, 2017 -> 11:46 AM) JR needs to call Pax, tell him to fire Gar, fire Fred, and tell him he needs to coach the team the rest of the season. The result should show whether Pax should resume his current job, or seek employment elsewhere. I feel that way about the GM position. Put Pax back in as GM or fire him. The Bulls started a winning pedigree with Paxson as GM.

Jimmy Butler is making it really hard for the Bulls to trade him. 52 points tonight.

QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 1, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) Even in criticizing the NBA as the "worst it's ever been" Barkley is still legitimatizing an illegitimate league. There hasn't been an honest NBA season in my lifetime and anyone says otherwise is willfully ignoring the Ewing "lottery", Donaghy and Kings-Lakers (these are just the most egregious examples) because they are sentimental from growing up with the league or are just suspending disbelief the way wrestling fans do. lol. okay.