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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 18, 2010 -> 07:35 AM) When they are paying you what they are paying Manny for 4 weeks, 2 weeks of no production is extremely significant. Normally, I'd agree with you it would be ridiculous, but in this case, ridiculous is saying the 2 weeks is a joke. You only are going to pay him that kind of money for a month if you believe he's going to contribute immediately if not sooner. I don't want to pin all the losses on Manny, that wouldn't be fair or correct, but in the first game of a series the Sox needed to sweep, he came up to the plate with RISP 3 times and struck out all 3 times, and the Sox went on to get blown out. He has been and no matter what he does the rest of the season, will be, a total waste of money. All the ticket sales he was supposed to generate were a mirage. I don't see any Manny jerseys (I still see a few Griffey jerseys), not one Manny wig. He gets booed when he comes to the plate. It may be 2 weeks, but it hasn't gone according to plan. You should look harder. On the game against the Twins the other day, there was a girl with a Manny wig they showed on tv right outside the Sox dugout and they showed a guy wearing a Manny wig along the 1B line. There were a couple of others, but those are the ones they zeroed in on.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 16, 2010 -> 11:26 AM) 2K8 sucks, it got some of the worst reviews and didn't sell at all, which is why 2K9 went back to Visual Concepts. 2K7 was alright, but the Show trumps all of them at this point. Agreed. And I bought 2k8. I did love the pitching though.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) Ozzie is far more clever than people give him credit for. He's orchestrated a classic "right where we want them" strategy. Having lulled the Twins into contentment, he will now unleash his FULL managerial skills, the ones he's been hiding for the last 6 years. Get ready to be dazzled! Correct for truth.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) What about acquiring Danks and Floyd? No wayyyyyy. We gave up the incomparable Brandon McCarthy and hard as heck to duplicate Freddy Garcia! Honestly, all these people keep saying we can't keep draining our minor leagues of talent to plug up holes, but when has it bit us in the butt?! Even the greatest pieces like Gio Gonzalez aren't near all-star level. And trust me, I was one of the biggest Gio fans ever. Chris Young will drive you into tantrums if Pierre upsets you.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 08:10 AM) Ya, for Arizona. That is going to be a really really tough game. Arizona is a strong team at home and has a pretty darn good offense. The game scares the hell out of me as a Hawkeye fan. It shouldn't. Iowa is going to mop the floor with Arizona.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 09:43 AM) ding ding ding. Lubbie was given the ball-less title when he does s*** like take a knee with 40 seconds left in a half and a play or 2 within FG range. Not by being an idiot and passing on a lead when the other team hasn't gotten a first down in 2 hours Did you see the Cowboys game when they ran a play with a few seconds left before the half? Yeah, Tashard Choice fumbled the ball and DeAngelo Hall scored a TD which ended up resulting a win. So don't give me that garbage. Stats show Lovie should've gone for it, he went for it, and he failed. It happens.

TIME TO GET HYPED!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) A few points to make in reply. First, the Giants average payroll from 2006-2008 was $93 million. It was $103 million for the White Sox. The Braves..$92 million. The Angels...$114 million. We consistently spend more money than the Mariners, Braves, or Giants. The only team that you mention that is close to the Sox in total payroll is St. Louis...and they've gotten by with some of the biggest bargains in the game for the last 5+ years. But...if they manage to resign Pujols...they're talking about a $10+ million boost in yearly salary, combined with potentially having guys like Wainright and Carpenter having their salaries go up as well (Carpenter has a $12 million 2012 option, Wainright's contract is backloaded and starts shooting up next year). St Louis though...has had plenty of stinkers when it comes to contracts (Mark Mulder is the first name that comes to mind). When we start getting down to the numbers...in terms of cost per win, the Sox have been in the middle of the pack for the last decade...but the only team that has spent less per win than us and still won a world series is the Marlins (The epic outlier team). This is a good read in terms of placing the Sox management in terms of overall effectiveness. Keep in mind though, the Cardinals play in a hell of a lot easier division than the White Sox almost every year. I'm a Cincy Reds fan(My favorite NL team, and yes, because of Griffey), but I know they don't have it to make it to the World Series. In a good division, they're a 3rd place team. When you get to face the Brewers and Pirates 35 times a year, it's not hard to win the division. The NL as a whole is alot easier. Sure, there are great teams there, but only about 2. From there, it goes downhill really fast. The Sox have a much harder road. They're not the Orioles, but overall, their schedule is a ton harder. Take away my DH and put the Sox in the NL, I guarantee they win any division but the NL East in which they'd have a great shot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) Well...to be fair...for the time he's been here, he's been a part of that team's performance...and he failed in the at bat that was perhaps our last chance to salvage the season last night. The Sox lost 9-3. Even if he hits a grand slam there, the Sox lose. He's part of the team's overall performance, but like Ozzie said, he's not a saviour. Even if he went on an LA Dodgers like rampage, this team would still not make the playoffs.

Oh please. The sky is falling. I agree the Sox need to draft better and put better resources in Latin America. At the same time, we have, but haven't given them time to pan out yet other than Alexei. I think Viciedo very easily could turn into a Kendry Morales type hitter. Honestly, it would be a super duper dark day if the Sox rolled out a starting lineup of: C Flowers 1B Viciedo 2B Beckham 3B Morel SS Ramirez RF Rios? CF Mitchell LF - Danks That's a pretty awful lineup. Seats would be completely empty, even for series against the Yankees. The team wouldn't recover and we would be strapped with a KC type payroll in a large market. That would be doom.

Eh, it was a move that didn't pay off. I'm happy for trying. I think alot of it has to do with getting re-acclimated with his swing and timing. JMO, but oh well.

True about Doyel. He will blame anything on Illinois. Honestly though, NCAA should come down hard on Pearl. They won't though. Jimmy Collins should come out with regards to him and ask how this is getting little pub considering what Pearl did to the Illini program.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 05:45 PM) I dont know why Ozzie didnt do it. Maybe he didnt want suspensions and such at the moment. I thought for sure he was gonna get drilled when the Sox won 11-0 Because Ozzie said he doesn't order hits anymore. He said he lets the players do it. As you can see, no one on this team minus AJ has any cajones. So no one is going to order a hit.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 05:30 PM) In the immortal words of Al Bundy "Let's rock " ! Beer pumps gas but the Sox kick ***. Let's rockkkkk!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 07:02 AM) If you root your phone like I did there are apps like SetCPU where you can set up profiles to underclock or overclock your cpu. For instance, when my phone is is sleep mode I set it up to underclock to 245 (lowest possible setting). My battery life has tripled. Care to give advice on how to root an adroid phone. I'm going to get the HTC Evo this weekend.

QUOTE (SnB @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 09:52 AM) finally breaking into the 21st century today and getting a smartphone. Droid X or Droid 2? I did a little research and the only thing I could really come up with was, Droid 2 has a smaller screen and a physical keyboard thoughts? Well I'm leaving Verizon, but if I had to choose between the phones myself, I would go with the Droid X. Bigger screen being the main reason. You can't go wrong with either one. Depends on if you need a physical keyboard or if you're okay with typing on the screen. Make sure you definitely get a screen protector though.

Good afternoon. In less than two hours, the Minnesotta Twins will be landing at US Cellular Field. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourthteenth of September, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourthteenth of September will no longer be known as a Chicagoan holiday, but as the day the Sox declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our NukeTheTwins Day!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 04:48 PM) I know a good way to offset all these season-ending injuries...add two more games! Brutal f***ing proposal from day 1. Smart move. So when someone is out for the season, instead they'll just be out 16 games and have a chance to comeback!!

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 03:54 PM) He makes Mike Brown look like Brett Favre and his games streak. Me and nite had no problem with the call, especially given Lovie was given the "no balls title" long ago, but Stafford out didn't help his decision at all. Next time though.. you do it with Chester Taylor at the goal line (especially in 3rd down) who is one of the best short yardage backs in the league. Just terrible evaluating, almost as bad as playing man to man on Calvin Johnson late in the game. I agree, if there is one criticism for Lovie on that play, it's perhaps not giving it to Chester Taylor who was your biggest offseason acquisition last year. Maybe put him in a two back set with Forte. That's nitpicky considering the day Forte had, but it's valid at the same time.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 11:09 PM) Garland has been almost exactly average, nothing to mourn especially considering the Sox replaced him with a better pitcher pretty quickly. While true, he would still make a very good 5th starter.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) I really hate the way people talk about how teams blitz/don't blitz. I never agree with everything he says but Easterbrook was right on today. The Bears have been one of, if not the, most heavy blitzing team the last few years. At least IMO...a big part of the reason everyone thinks that the Bears secondary stinks is that the Bears have been blitzing more and more and more...and as such left their Secondary without help more and more. Good work Balta. Very nice read.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 03:19 PM) Not possible. Oh it is.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Exactly. Overall...I think you might be right that going for it might be the right move...but the Bears did everything possible to make sure that the odds were against them. They left Forte in rather than swapping out backs. No one went in motion. There was no trickery at all; there was every reason to think you just had to stuff a straight ahead run one more time. The only attempt at any trickery was on a poorly set up 2nd down pass. Forte, furthermore, is I believe noted as one of the worst short yardage backs in the league in other statistics; his running style lends to him not getting through piles well. The percentages there are lying because the Bears did nothing to put them in their favor. What trickery could they have done on 4th down. When you go for it on 4th down, you go with your best engine. Forte was just that on Sunday. Would you have preferred a reverse? A QB sneak? A statue of liberty play? As they say on ESPN...CMONNNNNNNNNNNNN MANNNNNNNNNNNNN!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 01:45 PM) Do the statistics change at all in cases where you've already been stopped for 3 consecutive plays? Well it obviously has to. Think about this. If you have 1st and goal at the 5 and fail, then fail on 2nd and 3rd, but you got up to the one yard line, what makes you think you would be anymore successful getting it in than the first three tries? Most people in that situation would go for it. This is a large reason why I'm not a Bears fan, it's a combo of Cubs and Sox fans complaining in unison, regardless of what the decision is, they just want to see someone gone, whether for good or bad. Bears fans complain that Lovie is too conservative, but then he goes for it. Then he's playing it stupid. He made a good point as well yesterday. Defensively, people complained about the Bears never blitzing. Well the Lions were driving, and when Calvin made that catch, people complained about how could he have single coverage. Well maybe because he was blitzing on that play. Seriously, too many times people want to play both sides of the fence when it comes to Chicago teams in general, but Bears fans moreso since there's more of them.

Sanders is way too overrated and too injury prone to be counted on. He's more injury prone than Tracy McGrady.