Jake

There's one of the outs we needed.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 01:59 PM) looks like we are having issues scoring runs again. Also, another no name a$$hole killing us. Never heard of Canzler until last night. Jesus Christ, we've batted three times. Relax.

That Canzler is something, big time power

The Packer players are being completely classless. I hope the Bears would not present themselves like this in a similar situation. Sherman handled himself well. The Seahawks aren't dealing with it well either.

Not much luck running against this combo.

I still like this new Gordon.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) save is a made up stat no reason to base decisions off it Sure a closer maybe benefits from knowing their role each time out...but I can no longer defend that thinking when I see lefty hitters just regularly come in and bash in a RHP closer time and time again. or at least hit the ball hard. baseball is a made up game

He is a better broadcaster than us, he's actually very talented at having something to say, knowing when to speak and not to speak, not stumbling over his own words, etc. People have a misconception of what a homer means. A homer is a fan but not necessarily an idiot. Hawk cheers for us but he isn't trying to portray some false reality where the White Sox are always the best team or something ridiculous. He calls it like it is. He has been very critical of us because we've been playing badly lately. I'm pretty sure he might be the biggest critic of Quintana's fielding on the planet. He just conveys these thoughts in a way that doesn't hide the fact that he hopes the White Sox win. I love that. Also, I think Steve Stone has an enormous ego and it bothers him that Hawk steals the show. Not so much that Steve wants to be like Hawk, but he doesn't like that Hawk gets the praise and he doesn't like that his name has to be associated with Hawk's style. I really don't enjoy their interactions at all, though Stoney isn't a terrible broadcaster and he adds some great dry humor to the broadcast.

It's possible that 2 million dollars basically ruins his already low value.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 08:12 AM) Yeah, I don't see the green checkmark next to the name. I don't think Facebook does that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 07:53 AM) Apparently Clay Mathews posted Godells number last night on-line. https://twitter.com/NickHietpas/status/2504...2385664/photo/1 That seems like a good way to get suspended

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 06:12 AM) I didn't jump up or yell when Dunn hit that second homer. I was literally stunned, and I just sat there saying "I don't believe what I just saw." I loved the crowd's reaction. Even watching it on TV, it had a playoff feel to it. I wonder what was going through Dunn's head as he hit that bomb. Relief? He did his slow walk from the batters box as he gently dropped the bat, but he must have had great emotions running through him. That ballpark REALLY came to life there, it was really cool to see. I wish I had been there. Dunn is the player I'd most like to see get hot again. If he wants to have games like this now and then, I don't care if he goes on those little 4 game slumps here and there. This was a win that you can place squarely on his shoulders. Awesome.

Again...Ozzie can't f***ing speak English. Who really wants him doing a serious broadcasting job?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 11:23 PM) TJ Lang ‏@TJLang70 Got f***ed by the refs.. Embarrassing. Thanks nfl suspended suspended

Also, why the hell didn't Jennings swat that ball down?

Looking at it again, Tate's hand was on that ball virtually the entire time.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 10:52 PM) I don't think Thornton woulda got the save had Robin left him in. That's kind of scary ... again. I'd go with Reed unless there are TONS of lefties like tonight. I'm not sure about Thornton. They didn't actually hit him hard tonight, so I don't know. I wouldn't anoint him as full time closer for sure, but I'm not too angry about him being the guy to start an inning with L-R-L or something like that.

This is the best way for the replacement refs s*** to come to a head

lol like lol how do you treat a catch that has two potential recipients like that? clearly the GB defender had control first but it was at one point fairly neutral when they contacted the ground

Don't lump Q in with Humber. They've had completely different career trajectories. Q has more or less flourished at every level (albeit low until this season). Humber struggled at several levels including the MLB before last season.

Keep Reed at top of totem pole, but prioritize matchups. Do what is possible to prevent Reed from facing lefties in a 1 run ballgame.

He gave up the homer and a couple other hard hit balls, but there were an obscene amount of soft hits in this game. He was hitting 94 on a fairly regular basis. I'm not worried about his health. We've got a pennant to win.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 10:06 PM) Joe f***ing.........Adam f***ing Dunn Gotta say Thorton looked fine dinked to death That was some late game early season magic. Cue the Living on a Prayer ^^^ this I said it had to be Dunn or Konerko to bust us out and, well, Dunn did his part. Now the contagious hitting part has to happen. And more Dunn will be needed

My take: he may not be done. However, we don't need him. We're already bringing back Sale, Q, Danks, Hector, Axelrod at the least. Gavin can be had for a non-exorbitant amount. Peavy wants to work out a way to return. Liriano could probably be had cheaply. Humber is near double digits on the starting pitcher priority list at this point.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) That is awesome. Is Bell the one who gave up the home run walkoff they are talking about in the thread? If so, bad timing. I won't stand up for Ozzie here, but I would suspect Bell will not have the sympathy of many, not after that episode on the TV show where he seemed like a goof talking to Ozzie in the office. s***, Bell is lying cause in that episode Ozzie talked to him about his closer's role. Heath Bell sounds like he has as big an ego as Ozz. I just saw the story. I doubt Heath Bell is going to get Ozzie fired. Remember, Loria wanted Bell replaced before Ozzie replaced him as closer. This might make it easier to keep Ozzie. Loria will look like he's caving in to Heath Bell of all people if he cans Ozzie. Now if Buehrle goes after Oz, I guess Oz is finished. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8420672/...r-ozzie-guillen The conversation you are referring to was very odd but the thing that stuck out to me was that Bell felt it was way overdue. You could tell he had been in the dark for quite a while. What happened to the Ozzie that would just go up to you and tell you what he's thinking? They had to stage a god damned interview for him to tell Bell that he trusted him. You say that to his face everytime you take the ball from him or give the ball to him.