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Partied with Dave Bolland last night. He is a small person.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 10:42 AM) Even the opposing team said the trade worked for both teams. That's not good enough. SMH. You want to develop players, but fail to realize Beckham is a big fat bust. Morel is mediocre offensively and the last guy we ever developed in the field was Carlos Lee under a different hitting coach. The coaches are the problem. The GM got the team the horses to compete. I would actually love to hear an explanation how this trade worked out for both teams. For the record, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this thread, it's 100 percent accurate.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) I think this maybe one of our differences as well. Baseball is a past time and for fun. I treat it a whole lot different than life. I expect a whole lot more from my kids (B's are a disappointment for grades) and from my students in the classroom as well as patients in the clinic. Baseball is a diversion from life and for fun. Ouch.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 06:59 AM) Didn't read the post. Didn't care to. Firing Ozzie Guillen isn't going to win a division; nor is firing Kenny Williams. Can we put an end to these threads for a while? I know people want Ozzie fired, but not right now; that's an end of the season thing; an end of the regime thing. Honestly, even if you put "Discuss" at the beginning of it, and then quote an article - you are the dumbass that decided to quote the article. If the White Sox don't win the division this year, all of those in favor of a new manager will get one; all of those in favor of a new GM will get one. f***, just wait. f***ing NHL just ended. s***. GM I agree with. Firing a stupid ass manager mid season could actually spark a team.

Go Knights!

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) 04 was underachieving? 08? The great 83 win season of 04? With the division we're in and the money our management has at its disposal, winning 2 whole division titles in this time frame is a massive failure. I used to be a huge KW fan and I certainly don't hate him even now but if we fail to once again make the playoffs and continue to make horrendous roster decisions then it's time to blow this thing up.

I just really don't give a f*** about the 70's or 80's. Minus 05(and yes that counts for a lot but it doesn't give you a life time pass) this organization under Kenny and Ozzie has underachieved, it's that simple. The 70's and 80's don't mean a damn thing.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) 1) f***, no more hockey games to watch. Best 8 weeks of the year are over. Now what? Watch the Sox race into first in August only to blow it in September. Out of everyone, I feel like you have more important things to do now a days anyways.

If the Hawks and Bulls couldn't do it at least the Heat and Canucks didn't either. Thank you Timmy T!

The day I gave up on this team was literally the day they started to make their move last month, so you all are welcome. But yes, I also thought Lilli and Humber were terrible. And I think our biggest competition at this point is the Chicago White Sox. I really don't think anyone else in this division is worth a damn but Minny is always scary just cause...

Thank you Dirk. Haha LeBron. That is all.

Ya, his ceiling has always been that of a reliever but he's actually a guy I'd take a chance on bringing back to see if Coop can work some magic. Too similar to Matt Thornton for me to not throw out that comparison.

This is seriously a HUGE series against Minny. We can pretty much finish them off with a sweep or let them right back into this damn thing if we do what we usually do against them(and yes I know they'd still be way under .500 but they'd only be a couple games behind the Sox).

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 03:47 AM) I could compare J4L to Carlos Beltran too. He's almost certainly somewhat athletic, since he's black; considering the depth to which he follows White Sox baseball (and baseball alone), I'm sure he's played the game and is better than the average person; I'm sure he's hit a ball 350 feet in the air (hell, I've hit a couple), so he's got power; I bet he runs pretty quickly too. Did I cover enough of the comparisons, or is our very own J4L a legitimate White Sox prospect too? On second thought, don't answer that. What about his arm? Does J4L get good reads off the bat in the of? These are answers I must have.

QUOTE (hawkubes @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:32 AM) its hilarious b****in about KW trading away Gio a half decade ago when he'd be our 7th pitcher right now. OK 6th with peavy hurt. Um...we're talking about a guy who has the 6th best ERA in the AL right now. He'd be our ace.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 12:41 AM) GIO! Heard he's a bum.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 12:02 AM) I think people are being a little unfair to Lebron. Dallas won tonight because of the way they shot from beyond the arc. Miami shot over 50%, 25+ fts and I believe outrebounded Dallas by a significant margin. LeBron certainly didn't lose the game for Miami, that'd be absurd for anyone to say. That being said, this is a guy who all the sudden is being compared to the best player to ever play and after being absolutely fantastic against the Bulls, he's back to disappearing down the stretch in the finals. Every time I start to believe that he's turned the proverbial corner, he regresses back to being a little boy when it matters most. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 12:17 AM) All I know is this has been a fabulous series (like last year's finals) and it reminds you about why the NBA is so appealing, despite its obvious flaws, to begin with. Like Badger said, the Mavs won this game from behind the 3-point line. They more than likely don't shoot like this in Miami. So hopefully they have something else in reserve. I figure they need to finish it in game 6. If it goes 7 then Miami probably takes it. I don't think a road team has won a game 7 in the finals since 1969. To be honest man, who the hell knows with this Miami team. I literally have no f***in clue which team is going to show up. I wouldn't be shocked if they come back to win the next 2 and I wouldn't be surprised if they lose by 40 in game 6. With the talent they have, they're just so all over the place. Gun to my head, I'd still pick the Heat to win this series but I just have no idea. Oh, and all these historical stats really mean nothing in this series. Not a god damn thing.

So I'm definitely more of a cat person than a dog person but I can honestly say that once I get my own place I wont have pets for a long, long time. Once the two I had growing up died last year, I just became kind of meh about having animals. I do still like the 2 I got but they definitely drive me nuts more times than not.

Imagine my shock when I got back to my buddy's house from picking up a pizza and both Adam Dunn and Alex Rios had gotten on base in the same inning.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:58 PM) He no showed the 4th quarter of game 4 but he didn't tonight. His passing was exceptional in the 4th quarter as all of his assists lead directly to layups or dunks and the Heat were running everything through Wade not LeBron tonight so he wasn't going to score a ton. Cmon now...

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:50 PM) One more win and the Mavs are going to be my second favorite NBA team. I'm sure a lot of others will think the same. Anyone who can beat the Heat would automatically become a favorite of mine, that being said Dirk is so damn likeable anyways and very deserving of a ring.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 11:45 PM) Lebron James has 2 more points then me in the 4th quarter the last two games. Ya, you had an off shooting night though.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) I'm a people person. You have a pet person?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:59 PM) Don Taco or LaBambas? Many a night a burrito as big as my head fended off hangovers and put me to bed. Don Taco showed up the year before I left, but I took advantage of their cheap menu plenty of times Don Taco, I forgot you're old. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) Rowand, I hated Wise Guys while drunk and sober. But then again, i got Quatros for free whenever I wanted it, so it didnt matter Ya, well in general what I said was the consensus about Wise Guys. I had it a billion times when I was drunk, tried it once when I was sober and no thank you.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:56 PM) Do you have a La Bamba? They were open late in Normal. Not great food but my taste buds weren't great either when I went there at 3 am. Amazing how that works. There's a place in Carbondale called "Wise Guys" that was one of the more popular drunk food spots around but everyone HATED it when they were sober. Crazy stuff.