Bananarchy

Imagine this team with a real manager. I'm sorry, it's still not Robin (loved him as a player, btw). He has improved, but he's still mediocre.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ May 6, 2016 -> 09:53 AM) The positive thing is, pretty much their whole team is due for a ton of regression. The entire pitching staff specifically. They can be .500 the rest of the season and win 89 games. That won't happen. They'll win over 100. And yeah, this is a long term deal. The Cubs aren't the Sox. The Cubs TV network will literally print money and they'll re-sign everybody. Think Blackhawks with no Salary Cap.

This type of stuff just makes me hate college football. The crimes of Sandusky and the criminal negligence of the men around him is atrocious. Second to that, what disturbs me is the fact that this could happen anywhere in college football culture. The blind hero worship of the rampant college football fanbases across the country are the perfect opportunity for these kinds of things to happen.

St. Louis continues to play a brutal brand of hockey. The Blackhawks (and now the Stars) had some success "out-skilling" the Blues, but in both series so many infractions are committed and not called. I hate the Blues.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ May 5, 2016 -> 09:50 PM) Barring an injury to a key pitcher or something, it is hard not seeing them getting to the WS and then possibly winning it. It seems like EVERYTHING is just kind of going their way. Over a 162 game season, you would think they would have some "downs," but who knows? Hell, it even seems like every "challenge" goes their way, it really does. Pretty amazing, really. And as I write this, old man Zobrist with a two run HR to Center. See what I mean? Crazy for a team with such a young core, too. Ownership has to get Epstein re-signed.

QUOTE (lord chas @ May 5, 2016 -> 08:52 PM) I hear rumbles his producer Matt Abbatacola has gotten himself into some trouble. Caught sleeping around with a former Blackhawks ice girl and wrecking two marriages. Sad! Not sure that qualifies as "getting yourself in trouble".

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ May 3, 2016 -> 09:56 PM) Jim Nill put together an offensive powerhouse, forgetting about the other 2 phases of hockey. The Stars started with absolutely nothing three years ago. Jim Nill rightly understood offensive depth was a way to win games quickly. That being said, the Blues just have a better rounded team, and Dallas' second best scorer is out. The good news for Dallas is Klingberg and Johns are the top line of the future and they actually have draft picks and prospects.

Danks will get to retire to his Nashville mansion and live like a king. Looking forward to see what becomes of our fifth starter position.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 1, 2016 -> 11:09 PM) Fair enough, but that's obviously not his point. No matter the experience he gets he'll never have played pro ball, he'll never understand the mental or physical side of the game, or anything relating to the human side of the game. To Benetti, the players aren't men, they're just amusing little mice with statistics. To Hawk, the players are living breathing men in the trenches of a war, with injuries, differing levels of intellect, different strategies, different levels of nervousness, different backgrounds etc. things Benetti will never be able to comment on. Thanks for telling me the guy's batting average benetti. I get it. He gets on base 34% of the time. That's what the number means. Oh, you want to use advanced statistics? How dare you act like you're teaching any of us baseball- you've never played. I'm sure he's a nice guy and he'll be great. This is just my hazing period for him. And rightfully so. No Sox fan should just hand over the keys without him earning it. It'll be hazing season for a while, hopefully a long while. He's trying to replace one of the most unique and iconic broadcasting figures this world has and will ever see. A true master and a true legend. This is baseball, THE statistics sport. A player today is much closer to a mouse with statistics than he is to Fasty McWiggington who played half a season in 1956. No one wants to be told about "levels of nervousness" or "trenches of war" because in a good game, the feeling is tangible. You know the players are nervous because you're nervous. You don't need some bumbling idiot to tell you about it. Hawk has been unlistenable for at least 5 years.

Jamie Benn might be the best all around player in hockey.

Bears take IU RB Jordan Howard

Cardale Jones to Buffalo

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 12:54 PM) Cowboys take Dak Prescott I swear they're drunk

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 12:40 PM) Bears Twitter pic of Hall has him listed as a CB, I wonder what their plans are with him I would assume Safety with a fourth round pick. Maybe not?

Deiondre Hall. Okay.

Really liking this Bears fourth round. Pace clearly had a mission. He clearly thought he would overspend for a need in earlier rounds.

Elliot had 40 saves. Blues lost 2-1 in Dallas

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 07:12 AM) Nashville and St.Louis escaped the 1st round. Weird playoffs already. One of Dallas, San Jose, Nashville, or St. Louis will be in the Cup Finals. That's so bad. DFW is a huge market, but not for hockey.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 10:51 AM) This Hastart sentencing testimony is so sad. Important to remember it isn't just the initial assault on these victims, but how it can scar and destroy their lives (and families). Such a devastating situation. He should go away forever.

No way Elliot reaches the Bears. I'm reasonably sure that Dallas or a team trading up to 3 will draft him.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 09:11 PM) Sign cheap foreign free agents and draft well and it's sustainable. However at some point maybe 2018 or 19 you are going to have to start chipping away at the core. The next piece to have a contract end (assuming not Panarin, who needs to be extended or Teuvo, who is super inexpensive) is Bickell in 2018 and Hjalmarsson in 2019. I would expect both of them to come off the books when their time comes.

Stan Bowman has nailed the model as best he can. Don't get attached to anyone outside the core. And the core has reached peak expansion at this point, so don't get too attached to anyone no longer under contract, as the core can only swap out pieces with contracts expiring.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 10:11 AM) Bingo. He's an elite 3rd liner right now. Vision and speed still there. I still believe if Keith didn't get suspended game 1, we won this series in 6. But it is what it is. Who is your new first line? Kane-Toews-Panarin?

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) That list is too long. No time for that. The shorter list is trying to name one better. Everyone in Chicago less the Bulls broadcast team is better than Hawk. He took over for Santo. And yeah, Jason Benetti asks Stone a lot of questions. He should, because Stone is the best single asset to the White Sox media program, with Benetti a close second now.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 08:06 AM) 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. I agree with you, heck, in the regular season we can get away with Hossa on the top two lines, but when it all comes down to it, it might be time to run Kane-Toews together regularly given how much better they look together.