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QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 09:11 PM) Yes, seriously. Stone hasn't said squat. The vibe being thrown out there is coming from Cowley... and echoed by sportswriters who know nothing about what's going on and are simply reacting to his stories. Somewhere Joe Cowley is sitting back and laughing that he can yell 'fire' and watch all the little people run around in panic. Yawn. Stone was talking about Hahn on Friday and said that he wouldn't be surprised if he took over as GM sooner rather than later. He said that there was definite tension, and that he hoped the current winning ways would help that. You really need to give guys like Heyman and B. Olney more credit.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 09:06 PM) June 17, 1994 airs Wednesday. Remember that day like it was yesterday. Things just kept happening. agreed, and it's crazy that the patriarch of the Kardashian's was the one who read the "suicide" note.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:06 PM) The article doesn't even get Ozzie's sons right, so I am still skeptical. That said, more and more of this noise has been hitting the wires. Its certainly possible there is fire there. Ozzie needs to go. Heyman's just about the best baseball reporter there is.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:04 PM) I still don't believe there's much substance to any of this. We'll see. Seriously? Even with guys like Steve Stone saying their relationship is horrible right now? Just look at the tweets from Ozzie's family, and you can tell there is some bad blood between the families.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) does he want to fire Ozzie for trading for Teahen? For trading for Peavy? For trading for Pierre? Or for choosing not to bring back Thome? Well, the Pierre and Thome decisions were Ozzie's.

This information has been leaking out for over a month now. Sadly, the organization is totally setting it up for Ozzie to stay and KW to take an executive position within the company. Hahn will likely be the GM, but don't forget that Ozzie and Hahn didn't get along earlier in the year. I believe it was Cowley who said that Ozzie complained to JR about KW after KW mentioned at Soxfest that it was up to Ozzie if Thome would be offered a deal to return.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 06:42 PM) There's no way in hell this team is capable of sweeping a three-game series against Pitt. Your what hurts? Down playing the potential and ability of this team seems like an easy way to take any pressure off of Ozzie.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:36 PM) I think Heyward, Stras and Ubaldo would be my top 3 at the moment, can't really put an order on those 3 though. For some reason, I love watching Dodgers closers. Maybe it's cause their home games are on at 12 at night and Vin Scully is announcing, but watching Gagne, Saito, and now Broxton have always entertained the heck out of me.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) I see what you did there. No Ubaldo? Yeah, I should have included him on there. Most of those guys are carry overs from last year...you can replace one all star with another and put Jimenez at #5.

Since there's no Sox game today, I was thinking about which performers in baseball do I keep the channel on when I'm flipping back and forth thanks to the Extra Innings Package. I would have to say that my top 10 are: 10. J. Heyward 9. P. Fielder 8. J. Hamilton 7. S. Santos 6. T. Lincecum 5. C. Blackwood 4. M. Cabrera 3. A. Pujols 2. J. Broxton 1. S. Strasburg What about you guys?

Please put Chase Blackwood in the banner, thanks

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) Q is a pop up machine. His new stance and swing suck terribly. He used to be a line drive machine too

I don't care Beckham tried to bunt. What I do care about is that he has so little confidence in himself to get a base hit without having to bunt. Hit a f***ing line drive Gordon!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) But in general, this year was absolutely set up perfectly for the Hawks to win it all, especially with the way things played out in the playoffs after the Nashville series. Even if the Hawks win another Cup in the near future (which they certainly could), I doubt they'll have things setup for them as well as they did this year all things considered. That's why (beyond the obvious factors) it was so important they get it done THIS YEAR, and to their credit they did. Reminds me of another team

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Jerry isn't going to get publicly involved in this. It isn't his style. Many think he already has taken over the situation behind the scenes, but like you said, those expecting public decries from him are going to be disappointed.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) Wouldnt that mean that Kenny is on his way out then? yes

QUOTE (T R U @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 08:17 AM) He hits the ball hard though.. Nevermind the Cubs didn't want him and the A's didn't want him either, but he would fit perfect starting somewhere for us.. The Cubs wanted him, but they had to give him up in order to shed Miles' contract.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 03:34 AM) Well if we are paying all of the remaining contract perhaps with just giving up Hudson and Viciedo would suffice? Granite its likely not going to happen as Milwaukee is going to ask for a hole hell of a lot more and KW does not want to give up on this starting rotation. . well at least not yet. First things first- get to .500 and then we can reavaluate. There is 99 games remaining. How can you give up Hudson with the hole in the rotation looming with Garcia and possibly Danks/Buehrle in a year or two?

Reinsdorf has an amazing bond with Ozzie. If Reinsdorf calls the shots, Ozzie will be here for as long as he wants.

Amazing game going on between Arkansas and Arizona St. Arkansas was one strike away from being eliminated, but Eibner hit a bomb off of Jordan Swaggerty. Az St. has a set-up man, freshman Jake Barrett, that reached 97 mph.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:58 AM) Gavin Floyd did not swallow his gum in the first when Herm ran out to the mound. The real reason: Gavin's cup was pinching his balls. Is this true?

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:00 AM) I know that every one that could have an influence on this has said that it won't happen, but I STILL think it'd be an improvement defensively and stir the pot offensively if Alexei and Gordon swapped positions. I know it's been discussed here ad nauseum, but I couldn't stand to go through this thread without at least mentioning it. Beckham has 7 errors at 2b. He'd probably have 12-13 if he played SS.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 03:32 AM) It's been over 200 PA since Beckham last homered. He has 8 extra-base hits in about 230 PA this season, through 230 PA last season he had 25 XBH (19 2B, 6 HR) and was hitting .308/.376/.493/.868. Wow, that's depressing. Good stuff kalapse!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 03:31 AM) Strasburg should get a kick out of watching video of our offense as he prepares for Friday. We can't hit mediocre pitchers. We need the return of Brian Anderson for that game.

I can't thank Juan Pierre enough for making this just another loss.