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[HeisenBaez]

Not surprise or angry. Bulls have not had any luck in the lottery since Rose. The only time they've moved up was in the Pat Williams.

Bulls are on the highway to nowhere with no exits.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Guess Pope Leo was too busy to help out with the draft lottery.

And sheesh, a crappy organization gets rewarded. Oh well, he'll probably bust as a Dukie anyway.

 

[clydesdale line]

Jayson Tatum likely tore his Achilles. That is absolutely brutal for him. Prayers to him. Celtics are done.

 

[ahmedou]

D-Rose and a D-Rose fan

 

[clydesdale line]

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Guess MLB is too financially beholden to degeneracy to have a moral stand against it anymore when it actually does impact the on-field aspect of the game.

Jackson was involved in a fix that screwed over his teammates not on the take. What he did during the series or playing up how much of an idiot he was doesn't excuse that. And Rose is such a pathological liar, I don't get how anyone remotely believes his claims that he a) never bet against his team or b) didn't let his gambling impact his managerial decisions in any way.

 

[Mrfenn92]

 

[HeisenBaez]

Guess MLB is too financially beholden to degeneracy to have a moral stand against it anymore when it actually does impact the one-field aspect of the game.

That ended the moment the Hall put Ty Cobb in the HOF. Or Cap Anson. Or Bobby Cox. Tom Yawkey. So MLB and the HOF has never had any morals when it comes who gets into Cooperstown.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

MLB has had plenty of dirtbags, but at the very least they had a hard line drawn on not tolerating it when it impacted the product on the field.

Who was a worse human being, Cobb vs Rose is up for debate (and Rose has a couple major skeletons in his closet that make me think I'd personally never vote for him for that alone). Who did something that more structurally threatened the game of baseball, though? Absolutely Rose, so screw him.

 

[HeisenBaez]

MLB has had plenty of dirtbags, but at the very least they had a hard line drawn on not tolerating it when it impacted the product on the field.

Who was a worse human being, Cobb vs Rose is up for debate (and Rose has a couple major skeletons in his closet that make me think I'd personally never vote for him for that alone). Who did something that more structurally threatened the game of baseball, though? Absolutely Rose, so screw him.

I get the betting on the field being a no-no but my line was drawn at racism (Anson, Cobb, etc) wife beaters (Cox, etc). I would feel better about the HOF if these people were not in it.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I get the betting on the field being a no-no but my line was drawn at racism (Anson, Cobb, etc) wife beaters (Cox, etc). I would feel better about the HOF if these people were not in it.

Sure, but Rose also has certain fifteen year-old skeletons, too.

 

[Crow]

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What excludes Shoeless Joe from this?

 

[Crow]

I get the betting on the field being a no-no but my line was drawn at racism (Anson, Cobb, etc) wife beaters (Cox, etc). I would feel better about the HOF if these people were not in it.

I suggest you look into cobbs history regarding his biography author if you arent aware. I don’t think he was very racist at all.

 

[Mrfenn92]

What excludes Shoeless Joe from this?

He has been unbanned also

 

[Crow]

He has been unbanned also

Yeah but was he not on the permanently ineligible list and long dead before rose died?

 

[Mrfenn92]

Yeah but was he not on the permanently ineligible list and long dead before rose died?

Yes he was banned in 1918 or whatever

 

[HeisenBaez]

I suggest you look into cobbs history regarding his biography author if you arent aware. I don’t think he was very racist at all.

I won't go that far (I think he was more of a product of the time instead of the prejudiced views being ingrained) but I do think he's complicated to say the least. He was definitely a dirty player.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

That's a big way to win for the Cubs.

 

[Kurtosis]

That's a big way to win for the Cubs.

Justin Turner making his money.

 

[Crow]

I won't go that far (I think he was more of a product of the time instead of the prejudiced views being ingrained) but I do think he's complicated to say the least. He was definitely a dirty player.

I guess what I meant is, his racism was very much overstated by a writer with a vendetta. He was probably as racist as everyone else was back then which is pretty racist

 

[Bourque]

Cubs @ Sox starting today. A 3-day weekend of 1:20 starts. Day baseball is the best.

 

[Pez68]

Cubs @ Sox starting today. A 3-day weekend of 1:20 starts. Day baseball is the best.

Three free wins for the Cubs.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Good start.

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

PCA is so awesome. I honestly didn’t think the hitting was ever going to click for him.

I love speedy baseball players.

 

[bwanajamba]

PCA is so awesome. I honestly didn’t think the hitting was ever going to click for him.

I love speedy baseball players.

I don't know how long we will have this version of him but we need to treasure it as long as we do. I don't think the Cubs have had a true five-tool talent like him in my lifetime. If he can develop a more selective approach at the plate he could actually be this dude long-term.