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QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 02:08 AM) Liked the Ventura hire from the beginning, but I refuse to pile on Guillen. His time was clearly up, but he was the right hire at the right time. He won a World Series. Yay! I approve this post. QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 02:22 AM) Glad to see someone gets it. Ozzie-He gone. No need to bring him up constantly. Yay! I approve this post.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 02:05 AM) Liriano needs to redeem himself tomorrow after his last start & let's take 3 of 4 from these guys. Didn't Laffey shut us down the last time we faced him? A little payback is in store for him. Great job winning 2 of 3 in this series. I didn't think Sox would get more than one. Laffey's lines of late have been horrid. I can't see how this stiff could shut us down, at the same time we've seen it before.

Geez, Oldmar can still hit. I still think he could play til he's 55. He should stay in the game til they rip the jersey off his back.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 08:54 PM) Buehrle beat Halladay. True story. Sure he did. Mark Buehrle, arguably one of the top 3 starting pitchers in White Sox history, undoubtedly the BEST in modern Sox history (since the 1970s.).

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) I'm glad you cried Joe, but you cried for only personal reasons which is bulls*** you selfish prick. Well said. I mean unless JoePa had senility, he had to know this Sandusky thing always had the possibility of being revealed in the future. Why did Sandusky "resign" in his 50s when he was healthy and an icon and still hanging around the football offices? To me, it's pretty obvious they told him he was out cause of all this stuff brewing. You are right, Joe cried for selfish reasons. These power hungry college icons who reach the top only have yes men around them telling them how great they are. Joe used his powerful name to hang onto that job into his 80s for gosh sakes. That school was a laughingstock for not getting Paterno to retire at a reasonable age. Selfish selfish man. He was stripped of all those victories which was probably the best decision in NCAA history.

I just read USA Today at lunch. It said that the selection of Ryan drew the biggest yawns of any Veep selection since Quayle. It said nobody cares and it will be a landslide election for Obama cause he's the consummate politician.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) Exactly my point. Not in the Trib, not in the ST (lol), not in the Herald or Southtown, Not AM 1000 or the Score, or any of the sports media in Chicago but the New York f***ing Times. And even after it got published, no one at all talked about it. No one. Sports media in this town should be embarrassed. No, Jerry should be embarrassed for not giving the hometown media the good stuff. He probably would never have said that to Chicago writers. You can't blame them for not wanting to play up something he said to the New York media.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 08:41 AM) The reason Robin won't have 25 years with same club as manager is the fact that it RARELY HAPPENS, maybe never happens unless you own the club like Connie Mack did. Step and look at what you are saying. It's simply illogical and unreasonable. So what you are saying is there's a chance. QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 05:57 PM) There have been 674 managers in MLB history. At the end of this year Dusty Baker will become the 23rd manager to have managed 20 or more years. Only 10 have managed 25 or more. Only 5 have manged the same team for 20 or more. Only 3 have managed the same team for 25 or more. Of the currently active managers the one with the most years as a manager is Jim Leyland with 21. Of the currently active managers the one with the most years with the same team is Mike Scioscia with 12. Simply put, history is not on your side. So what you are saying is there's a chance. I've said over and over IF ROBIN WANTS TO, he'll be our manager the next couple decades. I concede he may not want to.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 06:00 AM) Oh Greg... Yeah, I couldn't help it after all the mentions of being hungover. I've noticed some women don't like it if it happens too often.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 01:41 AM) You post nothing but nonsense Ignore button. Works magically cause nobody ever quotes his stuff.

Milk is a cop, so he would know about the mind of the criminal. It's good to know after all the crime in Chicago he still thinks humanity is good. Hey Milk, do you know a lot of Mt. Greenwood cops and firemen? My old neighborhood? Are they tough MFs?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) You are so out of touch with sports today. Tell me why Robin won't be manager the next 25 years. I said HE MAY TIRE of it, but if he wants the job, he'll have it. You think the White Sox are going to fire a legend like Ventura w/out him pulling an Ozzie? He'll never pull an Ozzie. He'll never say stupid things that get him in hot water with management or the league commish. The man can manage; case closed IMO. Now regarding your statement. No way I'm out of touch and I'll prove it with these following assertions about sports today. -- The top dollar teams still win. You might catch lightning in a bottle a while with teams like the Twins a few years ago, but you have to spend tons of money and be major players in free agency yearly to field WS contending teams. -- Teams should not sign pitchers to deals of more than 3 years unless they have money to burn cause pitchers nowadays are totally brittle. Even Sabathia is finally hurt. -- College sports are a joke. The Penn State scandal could happen at ANY huge program where the first thing in a crisis situation that is discussed is, "Is this something we can make go away?" -- Money rules EVERYTHING in life and sports. -- Fans that holler for the second string quarterback to play over the current starter are morons. You think the head coach doesn't have a feel for whom his best quarterback is?? I love when the second stringer finally gets his chance and fails and there's a murmur about giving the third-team quarterback a chance. Nowadays the third teamer is such a scrub that even the dumbest of fans doesn't go there. -- Prices at NFL games and MLB games have forced the casual fan to simply watch on HD TV. Chiefs parking is 40 bucks a game. My god. What idiot would pay that? Now how out of touch am I? Ask me any question and I assure you my answer will not be prima donnaish or 1950sish. I am as modern as the iphone. -- QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 05:20 PM) Playing 3rd is easy? I wish I was as good of an athlete as you are if you consider it easy. I wondered if anybody would catch my rip of the 3B position. I played 3B all the way through high school and was told more than once I was at third cause it's the easiest position. And it was easy. That play to your left where you cut off the shortstop is so easy. Charging in for a roller is not that difficult; you either can do it or you can't. I could with no problem. The shot right at you is very easy to snatch as hard hit as it might be. The toughest plays for me were the bloops to left field where you might kill yourself running into the ss or leftfielder and I was not great on the bullet to my right, down the line. It's a long throw after you snag the ball. I think 3B is easier than second cause second you have the stolen base to worry about and the DP pivot, et. all. At third, it's easy to step on the bag and fire for the DP or throw to second and on to first for the DP. Yes third is easy.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 13, 2012 -> 11:02 PM) Wait until you start getting hungover for real, being able to spend a night in with someone you care about seems way more awesome than it did a few years ago. But how many times can you get hung over before she accuses you of being a drunk or a bum? Sorry to rain on the romance parade. Just kidding. Forgive me but I couldn't resist. Some women tend to nag after a while.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 07:05 PM) ozzie guillen can actually make a team worse than it actually is with his antics. Dusty is just an ok manager whose team is on one hell of a hot streak Ozzie has been as placid as Lake Elizabeth and Marie at 6 a.m. on a to-be-hot summer day since the Castro thing.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 04:26 AM) IIRC, the Sox are now 4-17 in their last 21 in Toronto. Man that is bad. That's why a four-game series is really scary. You figure one of the four will be a blowout loss. Tonight's game would have been huge to get one out of the way. A split now would be the best the Sox could hope for.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 04:16 AM) So because he's 62-52 this year SO FAR, he'll be "assured" a 20 year tenure? I think so, because the only question with Robin (at least to me) was the question of whether being a color announcer at the Little League World Series would translate into being a big-league manager. He had absolutely no experience at all, aside from playing an easy, reaction position, third base for a long time and hitting at a high level for a long time. There was always the chance he could be a Bevington, a total clown in the dugout. However, he has proven he is no clown, he in fact is as good as any other manager in baseball. Let's face it, most of them make the same decisions over and over. You can second guess his use of certain relievers, but that goes with the territory. In most 3-to-5 run losses you can point to "mishandling" of the bullpen. Since he knows what he's doing, the only way he could get fired is to rub people the wrong way and there's been no evidence of any of that. The fact NO VETERANS on our team have had any hints of trouble with Robin prove he's a players' manager as well. I see him managing 20-25 years on the south side unless he decides it's too much travel and he wants to count his money for a few years and golf. If he does decide to quit at some point, I could see AJP getting the nod.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:47 AM) At least Detroit has proven to be 100% as inconsistent if not more so than the Sox this season. True. The problem is they appear to have the Sox number. They mowed us down pretty efficiently that recent sweep in Detroit. Tonight was a tough loss. It's not easy for the Sox to win road games against East teams (except Boston for some reason before this season) and we get a stellar start from Peavy but can't muster 3 runs. Tomorrow's game is key. We need to even this series up before Toronto gets that sweep look in its eye.

Good discussion. I also feel I'm at the point in life I wouldn't go to a game unless I had good lower level seats, but I can see why you like sitting in the upper tank. Your arguments are good ones. It always is nice to be able to spread out and watch a game, too. I'd sit up there if it was guaranteed that we had the whole area basically to ourselves.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:20 AM) Doesn't help tonight we squandered the only contact he'll make this month. That was the hot streak folks, that was it. Sure hit the anal s*** outa that one. Why would youthink that's his only hot streak of the month? I think you shoulda put that in green. He'll hit more home runs this road trip. KC's pitching still sucks. He'll hit more home runs this road trip alone.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:09 AM) This one is on Ventura. You could say that after any loss this season where the team loses by 3 runs or less. Give me a break. QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:14 AM) Nate Jones hasn't been good for a really, really long time. He needs a new pitching motion. The funky positioning of his hand is a joke. I don't like him despite the heat. QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:17 AM) I predicted it before the game started, so yeah, I would say so and so would my wallet. You seem to pat yourself on the back a lot. Here's some good gambling advice for you. Pick the three games the Sox lose this series and bet against the Sox on those and pick the 2 they lose in KC and bet against the Sox in those. You will win a lot of cash if you do so. QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:19 AM) He f***ed himself over today. That 3rd inning was completely his fault. I know he shouldn't need to be flawless, but mistakes are mistakes. Cmon. The bottom line is Peavy gave up two runs in eight innings. That's a GREAT performance. Who cares how the 2 scored? He gets a A tonight, not an A-plus but an A. QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 03:26 AM) It's going to be a long series though if this offense looks like they did tonight. Dunn looked great, but with Konerko out, they absolutely cannot afford ADA not getting on base. At least we probably won't have to suffer from watching Flowers face another righty tomorrow. Does anybody really think we can win more than one this series? A split would be very very good.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:22 AM) 124 so far 124 is right on the cusp. Since he'd be starting the inning, he's done for the night. No way Robin would have taken him out if the inning was still going on at 124.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:21 AM) What are you talking about? You're the same person that says managers shouldn't be intimidated by him. Yeah, I have the same stance. Managers shouldn't be, but they are. So he goes 125 or so.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:20 AM) Awful call by Hawk on AJ's routine fly ball I agree. Only time I won't like Hawk is if he pulls that more often. I love his rooting but not on easy outs.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 01:19 AM) So, does Ventura send Jake back out for the 9th? [only half joking, sadly] How many pitches did he throw? If he's under 125 I'd say he'd pitch the ninth. The Peavy factor. Don't mess with him.

Nice home run to tie it. I'm surprised power hitters don't just go with the pitch more often for homers. Adam is so powerful he could hit a ton that way. 2-2 Sox.