The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Maybe that dumb old bastard should just read the blog

Why?

Had a chance to get out of the office for lunch today, and listened for a bit.
a) i was surprised to hear CHARCH! I thought Dan hated fantasy football, and I assumed Charch went to the afternoon show instead. The things he's had to do to keep a show.....
b) interview with Madden. Yikes! He kept poking the bear with Addison Russell questions. Dan asked him if he read the blog post, and when he said "no", he followed up with "why didn't you?". You could tell Joe was getting ticked and was like "we have a game tonight - why aren't you asking me about that?". I assumed that maybe this was hashed out prior to the call as in "no addison russell questions", so I was surprised/not surprised he went there right away.

During transition Parkins said "All Maddon has to say is [insert non-answer answer here]." and they all agreed. If you expect him to give an answer that is a verbose way of saying "No comment.", why ask him about it at all?

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Because they want everyone to carry the torch against social injustice. They said the victim must believed lest victims feel afraid to come forward.

I just don't know how we balance this stuff. If my daughter alleged such stuff, I would believe her. If my son was accused of such stuff, I would believe him. And vice versa. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

Maybe Dan is carrying more water for Theo and senses Joe is vulnerable.

Only these clowns can take a weekly talk with the manager during the playoff push and turn it into very important domestic violence talk. I used to look forward to this weekly conversation when spiegel and parkins used to have him on because it was always talk about that nights game and Maddon sounded like he enjoyed it. Even before today's train wreck interview you could tell that Maddon doesn't enjoy talking to these guys and says the bare minimum he is contracted to say to these ass-wipes. And after the break firing on him for not wanting to get involved and talk about it because it keeps others from "coming forward". STFU already. McKnight is awful, so self-righteous.

I think Joe probably read it, too, but doesn't want to comment.

Only these clowns can take a weekly talk with the manager during the playoff push and turn it into very important domestic violence talk. I used to look forward to this weekly conversation when spiegel and parkins used to have him on because it was always talk about that nights game and Maddon sounded like he enjoyed it. Even before today's train wreck interview you could tell that Maddon doesn't enjoy talking to these guys and says the bare minimum he is contracted to say to these ass-wipes. And after the break firing on him for not wanting to get involved and talk about it because it keeps others from "coming forward". STFU already. McKnight is awful, so self-righteous.

Parkins loves to call people bigots and seems very eager to talk about a fight at Wrigley last night that I haven't heard about until now. Maybe he'll name his three Hispanic friends the way he named his three black friends a while back to prove how not racist he is.

Parkins is a good host. He has lots of thoughts. But his underlying SJW tendencies bubble to the surface often. I wonder if it is a generational thing where guys his age care about the environment, social issues, and stuff like that much more than a host of his skill would have 30 years ago. It makes sense that a guy like Goff or Julie would care about those things because they are on the receiving end of slights, but why is a privileged Danny Parkins so concerned?

Maybe Dan is carrying more water for Theo and senses Joe is vulnerable.

Epstein did his best to defer to the league's jurisdiction in his comments to reporters, but there were some notable aspects to his press conference alongside owner Tom Ricketts. It was as troubled as the usually unflappable Epstein has appeared publicly, for one, with more self-editing of his words than usual as he navigated difficult rhetorical territory. He undid the word "encouraged" when he answered a question about the Cubs' role in cooperating with the MLB investigation, not wanting to make it seem as if they actively invited the examination of Russell. Later, he similarly retracted the term "balanced" regarding whom to believe, so as not to appear dismissive of the accuser's veracity. He rarely shows us the wires like this.

Another telling response came when he was given the opportunity to vouch for Russell's character, and replied only with "I would say that I know him in a baseball context." That left a great deal of space for obvious reasons and did so in dramatic fashion.

But he fared far better than manager Joe Maddon, who gave lip-service to the disciplinary process but claimed to have not read Reidy-Russell's description of events that's the reason for all of this. Yet multiple times he said that he wanted to "hear everything before I draw a conclusion" and wanted all available information to evaluate both sides. It would seem that the actual post by the woman who says she was victimized would be the single most important source of information available to him, but he seems to disagree for some reason, content to snap back to the reporter asking him if he thought he should read it with a flippant "Should I?"

Yes, Joe. You should.

It was a rough turn for Maddon on a rough day for the Cubs, as a team that has enjoyed its fair share of party time was forced into difficult conversations about something disturbing and deeply serious.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I think it is a generational thing where people in that age group broadcast everything about themselves, from what they had for lunch to their political and social views, to the world via social media.

It is kind of funny that three privileged white men in Bernstein, Parkins, and McKnight are so vocal about certain voices being heard while working at a station with precious little diversity in its lineup. Kind of like Julie taking other media outlets to task for various things but never saying anything about WSCR. I understand self-preservation, but insisting you will not be silenced and will call people out...unless it inconveniences yourself...seems disingenuous.

Only these clowns can take a weekly talk with the manager during the playoff push and turn it into very important domestic violence talk.

Only these clowns can take a weekly talk with the manager during the playoff push and turn it into very important domestic violence talk. I used to look forward to this weekly conversation when spiegel and parkins used to have him on because it was always talk about that nights game and Maddon sounded like he enjoyed it. Even before today's train wreck interview you could tell that Maddon doesn't enjoy talking to these guys and says the bare minimum he is contracted to say to these ass-wipes. And after the break firing on him for not wanting to get involved and talk about it because it keeps others from "coming forward". STFU already. McKnight is awful, so self-righteous.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

This board is constantly railing on The Score lineup saying they are soft on management. Now that someone is challenging management, the same people are telling them to stop.

Who ya crappin'?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I thought it was almost good radio when Maddon got audibly irritated with them but they de-escalated before it got out of hand.