Bananarchy

QUOTE (35thstreetswarm @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 08:18 AM) I have to say, I just don't get some Sox fans' impulse to defend Jose Quintana's honor endlessly -- on these boards, to their Cub fan friends, etc. I don't begrudge anyone their attachment to certain players, but it's just not how I look at the sports world, so I find it fascinating. I root for teams, not players. Maybe I'd make an exception for a true White Sox legend who plays a short stint for another team at the end of his career (ala Frank Thomas), but when a player's not on the Sox anymore, they're gone to me. Especially when they go to a team I don't like. Q plays for the Cubs now. I can't stand the Cubs. I hope the world looks back on the trade as an absolute fleecing by Hahn. Admit it. You cheer for the laundry.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 10:21 PM) Are Cubs fans booing? Classy. I'm partial to the traditional "cheering for all fly balls". Nothing is more Cub than cheering for popouts.

well, that didn't take long. Apparently, Kiké Hernandez has saved Puerto Rico or some crap.

Good. I'm done with the Cubs humpfest.

I thought saying Dallas Keuchel was bad... but Kiké Hernandez....

Jesus Christ. What a way to go

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 08:12 PM) It's not over yet but it's a damn good start. This thing is donezo

Some have projected that the Austin-San Antonio corridor would be a top 10 market by 2050. Problem is, if you built a stadium between Austin and San Antonio, the north of Austin (where the money is made) and the south of San Antonio would struggle to get to the games. And count me as AGAINST any alignment that puts the Cubs in our division. The Cubs bring out the stupid among Sox fans.

This thing looks donezo. Good. it's football season. Maybe now the Score won't be Cubs pre and post for days on end

This bullpen is going to be the end of the Cubs this season.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 14, 2017 -> 12:21 AM) lol

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 14, 2017 -> 06:20 PM) Astros are a very, very good baseball team. So glad we're rebuilding in their mold. We would have to be very fortunate to have the players develop the way Houston has succeeded, but it feels so much better to have a direction similar to teams that have achieved success.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 15, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) This is a short look into Kaplan’s thoughts about baseball: When the cubs were losing 100 games a year, and fans(especially him) were questioning the patience that Theo was advocating and saying “spend spend spend” In the off-season, with Rizzo ALREADY ON THE TEAM, this is what Kaplan advocated Think about how different the cubs would have been if they gave Pujols the contract that the Angels did He's like sportscaster greg

John Greenberg was asking for suggestions for Chicago based rap artists to play for Cubs' closer entrances. Too bad the White Sox own the Chicago hip hop market. All these Chance the Rapper posts. Nope.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 15, 2017 -> 10:19 AM) I'm so happy for Q proving morons like Kaplan wrong. Not to derail this thread, but Kaplan makes me so mad with that crap. Between the Q nonsense and the "If the Sox had all these assets to trade, why didn't they win anything?", he has few redeeming sports thoughts.

As if there were any doubt of the superior team. Give me an Astros/Dodgers World Series.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 03:35 PM) That's pretty much what happened to East when North closed, right? It's more to do with the feeder programs. The two best youth football programs in the area are in Mokena/Frankfort. It translate to East always being good. That's not even considering how much more affluent Frankfort is than the other towns in the district. Since the schools split in 2001, LWC has won once (2001). East has won 16+ meetings (there is at least one playoff meeting in there). What might change that is the fact that Mokena now attends LWC.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 09:18 PM) Yeah I'm sure DiCaro would have stopped tweeting 100 times a day if it was someone on the Hawks and not Russell. So what? QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 09:18 PM) How Ovechkin is still ringless is beyond me. The Penguins

That Pixel 2 ad might be the best part of this game

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 09:15 PM) Someone told her to shut up, it's a poorly kept secret. The fact the Score is their broadcast partner has caused a few stories to be underplayed. There just hasn't been a lot to report

Complete meltdown

whoops

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 10, 2017 -> 09:52 AM) In summation, Trubisky looks decent, the Bears are still crap. I'm quite pleased with Trubisky seeing as he has no offensive weapons and was playing that Vikings defense. His accuracy is as advertised. The rookie mistakes can be cleared up. So far, so good.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 9, 2017 -> 07:12 PM) The Sox have been that way for quite some time. They just seem to miss on position players. Maybe position players are more valued now than pitchers. Good to see the Sox going more for position players. I think the Sox are thought of that way, but if they really had system pitching depth we would be in the position we are now. The fact is, Kenny Williams drafted a guy in Sale who didn't need to be on the farm at all (He was in relief that same year IIRC). If this org were ever loaded with pitching depth, we would have moved some of it for MLB talent. That never materialized. Good on Hahn et al for replenishing the pitching in the minors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2017 -> 04:31 PM) It tells you something, and you don't have to be that smart to understand what and how it can be used. We're all waiting for you to tell us what is evident to you yet the rest of baseball has long discarded. What does it tell you about a pitcher that isn't better explained by advanced value statistics? QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2017 -> 04:47 PM) In the information age, I highly doubt any teams are eliminating bits of information. You're really trying to save pitching wins when it is clear no one uses them any longer. You aren't even justifying W-L existence anymore. They have no justification. It's pretty ridiculous that someone as intelligent as you who has watched Quintana's entire career would put any credence into pitching wins and losses. I genuinely think you're a smart guy, but you're better than this.