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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:31 AM) Sorry, Ranger. You're lying your ass off if you dispute that you're not a colossal homer. I don't think he's a colossal homer. Think about it. If you were paid to host the call in show, you have to have both sides of the issue. You can't agree with most of these blanket statements from angry fans. For instance, if I called today (and I wouldn't) I would rip on Dunn. The host can't blindly agree with me that Dunn sucks. Dunn has a track record, etc. Rongey is not a blatant homer. He is the voice of reason, both sides.

Not a bad gut feeling, Yasny. I think this homestand was a disaster. Tampa figures to win 3-of-4 minimum which would guarantee us a horrid start.

Adam Dunn ... please wake up and start hitting some home runs. Thank you.

I can get all games on mlb.com today except the sox; wtf

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:02 PM) Haren has 2 walks coming into today in 3 starts and 1 relief appearance. He's gone to a full count 15 times in his first 4 games. I thought we had the dominant staff.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 07:53 PM) One thing I love about Buerhle is how focused he remains even when giving up a lot of hits. In the 7th he comes back against a good hitter and induces the GIDP Yeah, he is truly a professional. I wish all players were like he and Paulie.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:38 PM) When the alternative is Buddy Bell, I hope this team starts winning to save Guillen's job. I know some people hate Ned Yost, but the diehard Royals fans out here love him. Ozzie's days are numbered if we keep dropping games. Like somebody said, the team has tanked since the bullpen implosions. It's still early but you can't go getting swept at home by teams like the Angels with the salaries we have. Sox remain Team Dysfunction.

I hate when the Sox are in these modes where they just drop game after game and you start to get numb to it.

Happy Palm Sunday. Was watching scenes from The Passion last night. My gosh. I grew up attending church at queen of martyrs. Where did/do you guys go?

The Sox may never lead in the late innings again so the bullpen may be fine.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) It's ironic because I always considered Thornton a great trade chip if they went into a rebuilding period. Now his value as a set-up man at for $5.5 million is pretty much just a salary dump unless he turns it around somehow....even then, only 5-7 teams, at best, would be able to afford that luxury. You have to hold on to Ramirez, Beckham, Santos and Sale...and many would argue now's the time to trade Alexei if you rebuild. I still think that new contract's favorable enough that you could go into rebuilding with the middle infield set for the next half decade. That's a good starting point. What does rebuilding mode even mean?? Get rid of all your players for youth? DO you want to wait 25 years like the Royals did to have a good decade coming up?

Yes, but tonight Ostrowski (sp) and the other guy played the call and said they would have hung up on the guy way earlier than Rongey did. They said the caller was way out of line and praised Rongey. I hope he doesn't get reprimanded. The callers had no reason to call except scream at Chris like it was his fault the Sox got killed again. No matter how bad the Sox have been, and the Sox have been horrid, like many of you have said, what has happend in these 14 will not decide the season. We can vent on here, but to call the show and go after Rongey was stupid and the caller got what he deserved. He was actually screaming and Rongey called him on it early, 'Why are you screaming? Quit screaming.'

If Humber looks serviceable as a No. 5, why don't we make Jackson the closer? He has nasty nasty stuff.

This is a weird thread, now morphing into how dumb/gullible some of us are. This is a Hall of Fame thread.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 04:24 AM) You need another idol. Then again, Barry Bonds is my idol. Good line, but seriously the call was classic. How many radio hosts have the balls to call a customer an idiot? A caller is a customer of sorts. This was godlike radio.

Did anyone catch some dumbass name Bob calling Rongey's post game show? Miffed at our losing ways, he went after Rongey for some reason. Personal rant of things Rongey allegedly said about not blaming Walker last year, blah blah. Rongey ended the call by saying, 'You are the worst kind of fan and you are an idiot." If Rongey still checks this board, let you know you are my idol. If you guys/girls missed the call, wow, you missed a doozy. That last sentence before hanging up on the guy is as good as it gets.

Bulls are going to be dominant a long, long time if Rose stays healthy. Will it be Chicago and Miami trading titles the next 10 years?

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 10:54 PM) Holy crap, I leave for 3 days and I come back to panic mode? That's... Okay so if you want to panic, do so because our talented bullpen has failed us. There's no room to complain about the offense or rotation, where most of the payroll is invested, because they've been good. Is this thread meant to suggest that they wish we'd spent more money on bullpen arms? If so, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY disagree. Signing bullpen arms to large money is risky business and is not as likely to give us a return as an expensive Rios or Dunn or even Peavy is. Seriously, just because people are justifiably upset with bullpen blowups does not give them carte blanche to rewrite history or bash whatever the he'll they please. There is sooo much freaking time left. We were well below .500 last year, yet led the division in July last year. So wtf are people sh**ing their pants over? Call me back in a month if the issues are the same, Christ. Ending it with "Christ" suggests you are amazed and/or perturbed. I think a lot of us are not in panic mode, we're just kind of pissed that the team is .500 through 14 games with some horrendously long road trips coming up. As you and everybody else knows, winning six of 10 games on the road is good so until the stretch of road games is over, the Sox really are not going to have much of a record to speak of, which means a s***ty start to the season. No panic, just annoyance here.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 01:55 AM) Sure glad I've got the Bulls to last me a little while longer. The Bulls are this year's Blackhawks. Man, Chicago has been on a pretty good roll of World Championship contenders. Much different from decades ago when all Chicago had was heartbreak in sports.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 09:44 PM) yeah, but doing it for the sole purpose of bating other posters is just stupid, immature, and really shouldn't be tolerated... maybe that's just me tho. I do agree with Reddy. Waste of time to open a thread that is a sarcastic joke, but maybe that's just me, as well.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 11:49 PM) Oh yeah there is no doubt. Those guys have played a s*** load of hockey (competitive, 110% effort) in the past year. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Toews really hasn't showed, but everyone else certainly has taken a step back. And remember, too, they went to the Conference Finals the year before the Stanley Cup. It does add up and the Hawks had no depth this year to give these guys a break. I was thinking about that. Do you think that is a factor? I couldn't believe how short the offseason was after the Hawks won it all. Man, it was back on the ice in September, right? That's crazy.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 12:28 AM) Thank goodness you guys aren't in charge of the roster. Steve, you've got to be frustrated by this homestand as well, aren't you?

I probably should take a break from this board til we start winning. This team is really really bad right now. Losing all these home games is a terrible thing. Even when you get off to a rotten start, you should win series at home when you are a team that is "all in." The Royals should have our record; we should have their record. I bet after today's game comes Oz's "we suck" rant. He's got to rant before we get swept Sunday.

I assume the fans are booing again today. Has there been more booing this year than all of the last 2 years combined? Games I've watched on mlb.com there have been boos this week. This team is playing horrendous baseball.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Yet they are above .500. Go back to the benchmark season of 2005. How did late August early September go? You don't want to go there about Bobby for obvious reasons, but blimpie got lit up last night, so I doubt he would have been the answer. The Sox, even with some problems that probably won't be problems the entire season are still right there. Panicking before taxes are due is beyond silly. Yes, panicking is dumb because I think this offense will be amazing during June, July and August. I just don't understand the blah start and some of the s***ty play again against mediocre competition. The dropped fly balls, the overall bad D and the horrible relief pitching has been annoying. Sox starting pitching combined with fierce offense should make for a good summer provided the relief corps and defense gets its head out of its ass.