The Critic

I'll go Old Testament. I hate sequels.

I thought Berman and Stuart Scott were gonna start making out at the end of last Sunday's SportsCenter. They were shaking hands and looking lovingly at each other for what seemed like 10 minutes. Hilarious. Berman is absolutely f***ing useless. A self-promoting windbag. The forced nicknames are REALLY horrible.

I didn't hear that - that's very funny. Wood seems like a good guy, and is definitely the kind of hard-nosed guy I'd like on the Sox. He accepts responsibility when he f***s up, and doesn't blame goats or fans. I can't bring myself to hope for an extended absence for him, no matter how much it would destroy the Cubbie Cult. It's reported that he had tightness in his right tricep, and the removal from last night's game was precautionary.

Seriously, they've just about sold out EVERY game for the entire season....except for the tickets they reserve for their in-house scalping outfit. You'd honestly have to get tickets from a broker (scalper) for any game. Your only other hope would be to check either online or by calling the box office a few days before the game you want to see, just in case a previous buyer's credit turned out to be crap. Good luck getting tickets...............and good luck getting away from the Deadly Confines afterwards.

Yeah? Was her jockey in the picture too? Not going to the game tonight - softball season begins for me! ....weather permitting, of course...

Max is a good boxing analyst, but as a host......................he's a good boxing analyst. I, Critic won't be watching I, Max.

I have a new nickname for the Urinal/Shrine/Chewing Gum Park to use on the more annoying mindless Cub trolls: ( I can't believe it took me so long to think of this ) The Deadly Confines Feel free to use this, as well as my favorite new thing to say to the trolls: "I ain't taking my family to that place - it's in a DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD! I'm going to US Cellular Field, where I can feel SAFE!!!"

WOW. Sorry to hear about all that! What an awful weekend. Mine was uneventful, but sometimes uneventful is great! My wife had to work this weekend, so Mother's Day was kinda blah. Got her some Godiva chocolates ( her favorite ) and cooked dinner for her. My Mom came over later last night, and we took her out for an ice cream, and gave her a card with some $$$ so she can buy herself what she wants ( she's IMPOSSIBLE to buy for ).

It won't be a great day when any of the Junior Wirtzes take over, because they KNOW how Daddy got rich and they're NOT gonna do anything differently. The kids are playing "good cop" right now in a pathetic attempt to inspire false hope in the dwindling fanbase that somehow MAYBE things will be different when Billy Bucks goes to that great distillery in the sky. It's a REAL shame that the minor-league team in town has major-league ownership and the major-league team has minor-league ( or worse ) ownership.

I don't know about that, but they DID lose 3 in a row at the worst possible time. Games 5 through 7 of the NLCS. Isn't that worse than what just happened to the Sox?

Ahhh, that's cuz he has no life! Witness the 10,000 posts here! Kidding, Vince, congrats on the milestone!

Yeah, I remember how meaningless those 8 losses to Detroit were last year. Didn't cost the Sox a thing.

Hamilton's Alexander Perezhokin ( forgive the spelling ) was suspended for the entire 2004/5 season by the AHL for that NASTY two-handed swing to the face of a Cleveland defenseman recently in their playoff series. Don't know if anyone saw the video of this, but it was SICK. The poor kid was spasming on the ice after taking a baseball swing right to the face. Ugly ugly s***, I'm glad the AHL put the hammer down on that idiot.

"Matt LeCroy - poetry in slow motion" "Was that a replay, or LeCroy at full speed?" "Hurry up, LeCroy, curfew is 1 AM!"

They USED to, but now MLB decides for them which hat they wear when they enter prison....

I passed on freebies from someone at work today. Told them "no, thanks, that place is too dangerous - I'll go to USCF where I feel safe". I don't think I'll be offered those tickets again - maybe I should've saved my smart-aleck remark until after the Sox series at The Shrine, just in case? HA.

Oh, and just for the record, I'm not looking to dump Rowand just yet. He plays a good CF and if moving infielders out of position ( regardless whether they've done it before ) is the alternative, I'd just as soon keep #33 out there. I think Uribe will get his at-bats when JosE6 returns from his STELLAR stint in the minors.

Math major?

One of these days, if Sutter keeps "motivating" Arnason by drunkenly shoving him against a wall, Arnason just might finally retaliate and "motivate" Sutter right in the mouth with a well-placed right hand. Sutter is an okay coach, and he did a halfway decent job for half a season with a young and injured team. Does he inspire great confidence in me as a fan ( or as a sorta-still a fan clinging onto the last shreds of interest )? No. He, Pulford and Tallon all strike me as Wirtz family housepets.

That's where I'd stop that quote. Lists like these are just sportswriters jerking off. Useless meaningless nothingness.

Personally, I'm bummed out. Congrats to the Flames, they played a GREAT series, but for me it's now all about the Eastern Conference. The Western Conf. Finals are completely uninteresting to me now from a cheering standpoint. Now I'm hoping for JR, Amonte and the Flyers to win the Cup if they get past the Leaf series, and I want the Lightning to raise the Cup aloft if Toronto beats Philly to advance. Looks like the "window of opportunity" for this Wings team just slammed shut. It'll be interesting to see what they look like after the work stoppage, because a significant number of the current Wings are probably too long in the tooth to return after a full season off.

She's country, she's not Johnny Cash, so "me no likey". Johnny Cash is the only country performer I've ever been able to listen to without wanting to puke. ...and I've heard a LOT of it, since my Dad was into it back in the 70s and my wife lived in Wisconsin when I met her, which meant that I heard WAY more of that s*** than I ever wanted to when we went out to bars.

I agree with you in theory, but doesn't it seem like a big 1st inning is the worst thing that happens to the Sox so far this year? Seems like after a big early inning, they immediately let the opposition back into the game. If there's one thing I haven't seen from the Sox so far, it's the ability to step on the other team's necks and keep them down.

The calf implant guy reminded me of Kyle Farnsworth. What a self-absorbed jackass he was. ( The calf guy, I mean, although I'm sure Farnsworthless is an arrogant prick as well... )

White Stripes + Loretta Lynn = my own personal nightmare Not even the fireworks after a three-run Magglio home run could wash that junk out of my ears. ( That's how you get Pale Hose content into it, Vince... )