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QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) Haha yea this. So my apartment is thinking of doing kind of a date night this Sunday. We (I) always grill every sunday, so we were going to have all the girls that each of us are seeing or want to see over and grill outside with them, then do something like bowling and finish up with smores outside again. Lame or good idea? Just invite over Soxtalk to be your wing man. Seriously though, with a decent sized group of people, that's just fine.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) Ahhh. I think I get it now. Ha. I decided to be a grammar nazi just to f*** with ya. Like I said, at this point, I'm very torn on whether I actually believe MB is coming back or not. I really don't have a clue.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) Jerry will bring him back. Mark my words. That went over your head, buddy. I'm certainly not counting out a Buehrle return. Either way, that was handled perfectly by Coop tonight. The last 2 nights, I've actually been proud to be a Sox fan for the first time in a while.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) Mark ain't goin' nowhere. So where's he going than?

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) Ozzie, made this Organization matter again... KW didn't. Sorry to lay cold hard facts on ya. You really make 0 sense. It's more laughable each and every time you post.

Rays win!

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 09:00 PM) Props to Coop for the way he handled that, just awesome. Most definitely. Think we can get a rain delay so Mark can go sliding on the tarp to send him off correctly?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) A play-in game is in Tampa, correct? Yes.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 08:35 PM) Matt Joyce with a 3-run HR!

Does anyone know where the hell Bart Man(in my best Wilbon voice) is now a days? Was so nuts that he was actually working with my step mom when everything occured.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) Which one of these sounds better...I need a running back, I have elite receivers and have an oppurtunity to pick up Chris Johnson well under his potential 1) I get Chris Johnson and Dwayne Bowe for DeAngelo Williams and Roddy White 2) I get Chris Johnson and Marques Colston for Hakeem Nicks and DeAngelo Williams I am definitely leaning to #1, just hoping Nicks has a year just like last for me 2.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) Top 15 picks are protected right? That could be huge. Yes and definitely.

I'm just taking a wait and see approach at this point. I'm absolutely thrilled that Ozzie is gone but I still need to see the direction that we're going in here. I would have preferred to see Kenny fired as well but I can actually deal with him being given another year where as I would have thrown a hissy fit if Ozzie was back. My biggest hope at this point is that JR stays away from anything to do with personnel decisions of this club and allows Kenny to 100 percent do his job.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 03:13 PM) I think you guys take what Ozzie says way too seriously. Of course he wanted the big big bucks from Florida but it never gets to this point if the White Sox want him. Never. KW won this battle fair and square (in my opinion by sucking up to the boss, Jerry whereas Ozzie would not do that) unfortunately for Ozzie lovers like me. Are you s***ting me?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:56 PM) Ozzie did say the one thing he's always been is honest. A minute later, he said there was no truth to him going to the Marlins anytime soon. And he's not taking any of his coaches with him either.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:34 PM) No one else enjoys the irony of getting a player back who can legitimately be called "Ozzie"? His numbers are quite Ozzie like as well.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) I am loving the Miami fan reactions (yes, I consider myself a "part-time" marlins fan). They are so happy he's coming and they think the new park is going to save the franchise and give them a $100+ million payroll. I dont think the park will save this team one bit. It might marginally increase attendance over 3-5 years after an initial year or two spike because of the "new factor", but that is about it Marlinsbaseball seems to be very torn on the issue. Some like having Ozzie, some already know that he's a terrible in game manager and some(probably the majority actually) are pissed that they gave him so much money AND traded away some talent in acquiring him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:01 PM) Agreed, and the one thought I keep having is "why does Robin look like an ugly 55 year old woman now". Ya, it's sad what has happened to her. Went from very cute to well the opposite of that now.

HIMYM was actually solid last night.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 12:51 PM) Marinez's peripherals are pretty damn extreme. He's either going to strike you out or walk you. Well when you're trading your manager that's pretty much the perfect guy to try and get back. Get a guy that has some talent here and see if you can make it work, if not...oh well.

Is this the most ironic thing ever written? cst_Cowley cst_Cowley Good to see the Trib's Vanilla Ice columnist wrote his column with KW's hand up his puppet ass.

OzzieGuillen Ozzie Guillen I love my people in chitown Thought I'd post that because it's a readable tweet from Ozzie. That by itself is newsworthy.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 12:08 AM) Completely hypothetical, but how would MLB handle a 3-way tie for the Wild Card? Best head to head record out of the 3 teams gets a bye if you will while the other 2 teams play a tiebreaker game with the winner playing the 3rd team for the right to go to the playoffs.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 10:41 PM) Exactly. At this point, the Sox need to have a mix of young guys and vets. Look at what happened with Arizona this year. We can still win next year in a new environment with some fresh blood under the right circumstances. It doesn't have to be a rebuild, it just has to be a year where we are conservative in free agency and let the younger players (De Aza, Viciedo, Flowers, Reed) play everyday to gain experience. Plus, if Rios and Dunn ever figure out how to swing a baseball bat again, this team can go somewhere. They still have a good enough pitching staff to win and they have enough talent to win what is a bad division. Anything can happen, but it all starts with who we hire as the manager. Well I can tell you one thing for sure...Addison Reed will not be playing every day. Sorry, had to.

QUOTE (kevo880 @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 10:42 PM) Just got off work and, must say, am pretty stunned to hear the news with 2 games remaining in the season. I don't have time to read this whole thread so can I get a quick update? Is he just being released and then signing with the Marlins or are they working out a trade? The Sox will indeed be getting compensated. Just have to wait a little bit for that to be official.