Jose Abreu

Are you implying that you're no longer excited because of today's game, or am I reading too much into your use of past tense?

I agree that he's been good overall. Hell, he's been great overall as a playcaller. But late against Green Bay and in OT against Miami, he throws it all away and plays how "conventional" coaches would. I want to see him break out of that.

https://theathletic.com/589251/2018/10/14/with-a-win-in-his-sights-matt-nagy-opts-to-play-it-safe-and-the-bears-wind-up-losing/ This perfectly encapsulates my thoughts on today's game

Of course there's no guarantee, but there's a higher probability that it works given we had run the same exact play twice in a row and the defense was completely expecting another one. It's not about what's guaranteed or isn't but what gives us a higher chance of winning, to me. I want to see more aggression from this supposedly aggressive coach

But the bottom line is, despite all the poor play, the coach had a chance to put us in position to win the game in overtime and he failed to even try.

This is rapidly approaching “is parkman the new Greg” territory

Lots of blame that can be thrown around today, and that PI on Burton that nullified the 4th TD pass was questionable at best... But despite all the miscues, the Bears had every chance in the world to win in overtime. Unfortunately, "super aggressive" Nagy decided to become ultra-conservative. His defense was, "if we passed [on 3rd and 5 in OT] I'd be standing here responding to you asking why we took a sack". So, in essence, he's coaching based on media criticism and not winning games. Obviously passing could've resulted in a sack. Or a touchdown. And running it could've resulted in a fumble. The hypothetical game is great, but there is a higher probability of a 1st down on 3rd and 5 when you pass while the defense is expecting run, instead of running right into them. Playing conservatively for 54 yard field goals is what has caused all these ties and overtime losses in the NFL this year, and this style of playcalling is what cost Nagy in KC and against Green Bay last month. If he really trusts his quarterback so much (who has been very good now for two straight games), he needs to let him throw the ball and increase the odds of a shorter field goal.

I could actually see a case for Lopez having it because he always says in interviews that his issue in starts is his focus, which would easily correctable for a pro athlete

Not even reading this article because "emotion" being showed in baseball is at an all-time high right now. Seems like another "old man yells at cloud" type of title

The world passed Levine by a decade ago. How he's employed anywhere is beyond me. Putting stock into anything he says is unwise

DeBrincat and Schamltz are two really nice young players to build around.

Yup, grew up on the south side. Even threw out a first pitch at a game a few years back.

The actor in that gif is actually a pretty big White Sox fan

I know that Apple computers have apps available that can record screens like that. The risk you're taking is your computer going to sleep in the 3 hour span, or the app automatically stopping the recording during the game due to the file size being too big.

Unlike last year I expect faster movement too. No big names signing in February. Teams know that this free agency is different and I expect Machado/Harper to receive their best offers by mid-December at the latest.

But why would we do it, aside from getting the prospect? Would we be flipping Gregorius?

The Yankees might sign him, that wasn’t my point. My point is that this injury has no effect on whether or not they sign him.

Bob Nightengale, who “reported” in April that Machado will sign with the Yankees, is doubling down: A few months of Gregorious won’t impact the Yankees’ ~10 year offer to Machado, and it’s incredibly shortsighted to think otherwise. Not to mention Gleyber Torres is a shortstop.

For a reason. The time for them to draft a QB was probably the 2017 or 2018 drafts.

Difference there is LaVine is at least our best option to be starting at SG for the next 4 years. Portis was our 3rd best power forward last year (including Mirotic) and we just drafted Wendell to play center. I'm all for Bobby Portis playing 24 minutes a night off the bench for the next 5 years as our primary backup 4/5, but not at the price he'll likely require.

I guess I don't have as much evidence as I remembered but here is a recent article that supports my post. edit: not sure why all that is crossed out and it won't let me change it, but it's all in the link

Because they're better basketball players.

I was under the impression that Eloy isn't good enough defensively to stick in right as a starter. And even if he is, he's very likely a worse defender than Robert, Basabe, Adolfo, Gonzalez, and Rutherford, so we might as well put him in left from the start since that's where he figures to be for a while.

I personally believe Arenado will re-sign with Colorado and Rendon will either re-sign with Washington or retire, as he doesn't seem to like playing baseball at all. That's why it's crucial to me that we go hard after Machado.

Me too but if there was any offer worth trading him for, he would be long gone