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  1. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 01:46 AM) Exactly. Many of you just f***ing ignore him when he gets the job done in victories and that pisses me off. Why no credit? Bobby rocks! Just like Oz getting fired I hope we trade Bobby so many of you get your wish. It'll be fun to see somebody else get ripped after blowing tie games. Oh wait, it'll be Oz getting the blame for using the wrong closer. I don't understand the cliche where fans get sick of guys who have been around a long time. Bobby is still an effective closer whether you believe it or not. First of all, the Sox just took two in a row from a division rival, including a great 3-0 victory yesterday, and arguments are still breaking out. Stop taking your frustrations out on each other!! But, to my two cents in, I see where you are coming from Greg about giving Bobby credit. However, he did what he was supposed to do. That's awesome, and he's been solid in June. But he's supposed to be solid...all the time. He's the closer and has one job to do and gets paid well to do it. I think his June numbers look even better because of how bad he's looked before that. Bobby is an effective closer, you're right. But when he's bad, he's really bad. And when a player in such a high profile position is bad, it's really noticeable. Yes, Bobby has only blown one save, but he's blown other opportunities (and blown them badly). Obviously in those situations he wasn't being used as a closer, and I have a problem with that. I like Bobby, and what he did for this team in 2005 will never be forgotten (remember the 100 mph fastballs that brought Bagwell to his knees in fear!?). I'm glad when he does well. I hope he continues his ways of June for the rest of the season. But he saved a game yesterday when the team had a three run lead, and he did it pretty convincingly. Great job, Bobby. Now go out and do that every time, and I'll stop cringing and looking away from the TV when you come into the game.
  2. Luposlipophobia is the fear of wearing wool socks and being chased around a linoleum floor by wolves.
  3. At first I was going to say yes, yes, yes! But, the more I thought about it, it really doesn't matter. When you see s***, you know they actually typed the naughty version of poop. And I agree with someone else's post that said having the filter forces more intelligent posts...or at least posts with more thought. What I find strange is that b**** is censored but not piss or asshole. Anyhoo, I like the idea of substituting words. But it would have to be random to keep it fresh. So you'd see posts like "Those darn tootin' White Sox can't win a cottonpicking game it they were given a fudgin' 10 run lead!" or "Pants dammit!".
  4. Lillibridge kept a straight face until he got into the dugout then he was grinning like a 7-year old. Nice to see the excitement.
  5. Buehrle for Pujols straight up...and the Cards take on a big chunk of Pujols' contract.
  6. QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 10:08 AM) Cover of SI this coming week should say "Lillibomb", and show his pose. I just hope the SI jinx doesn't cause him to go into a funk. What's the chances he can keep up is .500 batting average? As long as he doesn't get another at bat, he'll keep his .500 BA.
  7. Being originally from Pittsburgh, I'm still a fan of the Steelers and Penguins, but the Bears and Blackhawks are my adopted home teams now. Since 2005, I've seen the Sox win the WS, the Steelers win the Superbowl (twice), the Penguins win the Cup, and now the Hawks win the Cup. What else could I ask for? Just the Bears now. Way to go Hawks!
  8. I heard about a second baseball club in or near the city that hasn't won a title in a while. I think it's something like the Shlubs or Scrubs? No wait, that's a TV show...
  9. I feel it. It'll be low scoring after yesterday, but the Sox will score a few and Danks will shut down the kittens.
  10. QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 03:41 AM) Jesus Christ Lillibridge..... Love the crowds reaction to it too. I laughed out loud when he hit that HR. That was an absolute bomb. He'll never do that again...maybe not even in BP.
  11. What's the word on Salty besides the fact that he can't throw the ball back to the pitcher? How's his hitting?
  12. What a day for Chicago sports. The Hawks win the Cup and Brent Lillibridge hit a ball farther than he'll ever hit a ball again!
  13. Gone to Texas? The only other team I heard about was Milwaukee, but I doubt they would take on the salary.
  14. If and when some trades are made and some young 'uns are brought up, I will have more interest. Right now it's depressing.
  15. QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:32 AM) No, because it is not true anyway. Well, maybe I was exaggerating, but there were 150 posts following Strasburg's debut, and some of our game threads were less than that. My point was that many of us are losing interest.
  16. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 08:13 AM) It's actually outperformed last year's offense. The problem continues to be Beckham, Quentin, Pierzynski. Yes. If those three guys were having better years the offense would be in better shape. The team would still be having issues due to the lackluster pitching, however. Pierre is getting on base more often, and when he does he's usually swiping extra bags. But how many times does his 160 pound frame end up blowing away like a tumbleweed because no one can get him in? I'm comfortable with Pierre, Rios, and Konerko at the dish. The #5 spot is a joke behind Konerko, then things really go downhill with the inconsistent Alexei and the rest of the atrocious bottom part of the order.
  17. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 08:06 AM) www.broken_sarcasm_detector.net I figured as much, but I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning.
  18. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 06:57 AM) So the decision to go with a flexible, speedy offense this year....success or failure?
  19. Is it a bad thing when the thread following Strasburg's debut has more posts than many game threads?
  20. QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:04 AM) I'd actually like to shop Santos around. Santos has been a revelation for us and may end up a top closer for the next 6 years for all we know, but he still is an out-of-options player who needs to continue developing at the Major League level, and if someone came along offering an extremely talented prospect who is close and has option years remaining, especially a position player or SP, I'd make that deal ASAP. And this is why none of us are GMs. I'm not saying I disagree with you at all. I didn't know Santos was out of options...but of course our GM does, and if he finds the right prospect out there he may very well make a deal. Without having all of the info, many of us would probably vomit and curse and throw things if we heard that Santos was traded for a prospect. KW may have learned something this season about signing and acquiring a bunch of hopes and dreams and old guys. If he's still around next year (which I think he will be), I wouldn't be surprised if his philosophy is a bit different.
  21. The Sox are finding new ways to lose. Last night it was a very rare implosion by Matt Thornton...although scratching out only 2 runs on a Kotsay (!) HR didn't help. Call it, ring the bell, throw in the towel. Make some trades and get us excited about the future.
  22. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:31 AM) If you really feel Peavy is this bad and has no value, I'm assuming you are in the fire KW camp as well as fire Oz camp. Because if Peavy is at the point scouts would be dumb to want him, then we can assume that was the worst trade in White Sox history. I still can't imagine one of the wealthy teams not thinking he could help them, just because he's Peavy. Has his value dropped that far because of his horrendous season? To us his value dropped dramatically. But, our team is the one having to deal with what is most likely an off year for an historically good pitcher. I wouldn't be surprised if a rich NL team would want him, but I'm not sure they'd give up enough for KW to consider a trade.
  23. Let's see Freddy Garcia (FG)...Gavin Floyd (GF). Okay, let's refer to Gavin as Floyd, Gavin. Maybe reversing his initials will inspire a good start.
  24. QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 08:37 AM) Which is an even worse team than we have now. I am not sure why people think we can trade off the scraps and turn this around, but that is what has happened the last few years and gotten the team to this point. The only way to get a good value for some of these players is to take back a bad contract in return. If you are going to sell off pieces you might as well sell the pieces that have value rather than getting a return of pennies on the dollar. As I was typing my post, I realized that it does make for a bad team (depending on what happens over the offseason). I've alluded to this before: KW doesn't seem like the type of GM that wants to spend a year or two rebuilding. I could be wrong, but I could see him clearing payroll with trades and getting only moderate returns in way of prospects. Then he could take the $ saved and go after some free agents.
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