How long until Rozner does one of his stupid bits? I'm out the second he does McGowan, old sport reporter, etc.

I'm patiently awaiting W&S to start, Philly. I'll go to and fro between that and Shade 45, yo.

W&S are too Bulls-y.

Silvy actually takes Bulls' brass to task, unlike the constant dick-throating from B&B. It's a refreshing take.

Silvy actually takes Bulls' brass to task, unlike the constant dick-throating from B&B. It's a refreshing take.

Bernstein & Rozner declared open Season on White Sox fans...

GREETINGS PROFESSOR REDSKINGREG

HELLO

A STRANGE GAME,
THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS
NOT TO PLAY.

HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF CHESS?

GREETINGS PROFESSOR REDSKINGREG

HELLO

A STRANGE GAME,
THE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS
NOT TO PLAY.

HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF CHESS?

Bernstein & Rozner declared open Season on White Sox fans...

That was a depressing piece of info, though--last All-Star starter position player was Big Frank....

I actually like Rozner--until he does his whiny fan schtick. He's an acquired taste, no doubt, but he's not without intelligence. Can be very funny, too, but sometimes his humor falls flat.

Rozner tends to get worse the more you consume. What you soon realize is that he has a very narrow set of jokes with a rinse repeat philosophy on using them. It is the exact same way in his print column. What's worse is that he plays the same themes in his columns and spins any issue to his own bias.

For instance, he hates Gary Bettman with a passion, and I think most NHL fans have the same view. But he just wrote a poor Blackhawks salary cap column, and of course the spin is that the entire thing is Bettman's fault. Yes, Bettman is the reason the Canadian dollar fell so much or that players want to suck up a huge portion of one team's cap.

He has it out for the Bears. He loves the Cubs regime and will chide anyone who doesn't believe in the Plan (lots of straw men).

He hated Lovie Smith, and so he could never objectively assess his performance. Any time the Bears won a game, it was because the of other team making mistakes. If the Bears lost, it was all Lovie's fault.

I am ok with having a strong opinion. But it clouds every column he writes. And he brings the same bad lines day in day out.

For instance, he hates Gary Bettman with a passion, and I think most NHL fans have the same view. But he just wrote a poor Blackhawks salary cap column, and of course the spin is that the entire thing is Bettman's fault. Yes, Bettman is the reason the Canadian dollar fell so much or that players want to suck up a huge portion of one team's cap.

That was a depressing piece of info, though--last All-Star starter position player was Big Frank....

I actually like Rozner--until he does his whiny fan schtick. He's an acquired taste, no doubt, but he's not without intelligence. Can be very funny, too, but sometimes his humor falls flat.

Of course it's not Bettman's fault the Canadian dollar dropped, but it is the fault of the owners, as represented by Bettman and the firm of Proskauer Rose, that the players' share dropped from 57% to 50% after the 2012 lockout, which drastically reduced the salary range. And though it's several degrees of separation away, you can always argue that ill-advised franchise placement suppresses revenue (I still suspect this is by design: with Florida and Phoenix there to drop the average, that's revenue that Toronto/Montreal/Boston can bank without having to worry about spending).

I heard that. I think it's time to give the Selig thing a rest like forever.

I didn't hear it. He wrote it today in the DH. It gets old. It's tired.

Rozner tends to get worse the more you consume. What you soon realize is that he has a very narrow set of jokes with a rinse repeat philosophy on using them. It is the exact same way in his print column. What's worse is that he plays the same themes in his columns and spins any issue to his own bias.

For instance, he hates Gary Bettman with a passion, and I think most NHL fans have the same view. But he just wrote a poor Blackhawks salary cap column, and of course the spin is that the entire thing is Bettman's fault. Yes, Bettman is the reason the Canadian dollar fell so much or that players want to suck up a huge portion of one team's cap.

He has it out for the Bears. He loves the Cubs regime and will chide anyone who doesn't believe in the Plan (lots of straw men).

He hated Lovie Smith, and so he could never objectively assess his performance. Any time the Bears won a game, it was because the of other team making mistakes. If the Bears lost, it was all Lovie's fault.

I am ok with having a strong opinion. But it clouds every column he writes. And he brings the same bad lines day in day out.

That was a depressing piece of info, though--last All-Star starter position player was Big Frank....

I actually like Rozner--until he does his whiny fan schtick. He's an acquired taste, no doubt, but he's not without intelligence. Can be very funny, too, but sometimes his humor falls flat.