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hogan873

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  1. Luposlipophobia is the fear of wearing wool socks and being chased around a linoleum floor by wolves.
  2. 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!".
  3. 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.
  4. Buehrle for Pujols straight up...and the Cards take on a big chunk of Pujols' contract.
  5. 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.
  6. 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!
  7. 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...
  8. I feel it. It'll be low scoring after yesterday, but the Sox will score a few and Danks will shut down the kittens.
  9. 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.
  10. What's the word on Salty besides the fact that he can't throw the ball back to the pitcher? How's his hitting?
  11. 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!
  12. Gone to Texas? The only other team I heard about was Milwaukee, but I doubt they would take on the salary.
  13. If and when some trades are made and some young 'uns are brought up, I will have more interest. Right now it's depressing.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 06:57 AM) So the decision to go with a flexible, speedy offense this year....success or failure?
  18. Is it a bad thing when the thread following Strasburg's debut has more posts than many game threads?
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. So, looking at who could possibly get traded, who makes sense to trade, and who will not get traded, what does this team look like next year? I don't think the outfield changes, unless Quentin ends up being a DH...and in that case who takes over the outfield position? The infield will most likely have two changes, that being 1B and C. Of course we could be surprised, and Konerko re-signs for less money here. The starting pitching staff could look quite a bit different, depending on whether or not Buehrle and/or Floyd gets traded (I don't think Peavy is going anywhere). So, here's my guess: 1B - Viciedo or a FA 2B - Beckham 3B - Teahen SS - Alexei C - Flowers or Lucy LF - Pierre CF - Rios RF - Quentin or Danks2 or FA DH - Quentin or FA Pitching Peavy Danks ? ? ? I'll admit to not knowing much at all about our minor league system and absolutely nothing about the minors of some of the teams we will be making trades with. I honestly don't see a big change in the lineup, save for 1B and C, and that's iffy depending on Konerko. I hear different things about Viciedo, but I'm hoping we see him soon. I don't want to see Rios go anywhere, and I think Pierre is here to stay, too (and I don't really mind now as he seems to be trending back to his norm). The pitching to me is the biggest question mark. If Buehrle and/or Floyd get traded I imagine Hudson comes up. I'm not sure about Garcia...I'd be surprised if he finishes the year here and very surprised if he's here next year.
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