Rowand44

Ya, the blackout rules are horrendous. Sox games blacked out in Carbondale, are you kidding me?

We just don't have a cute little story to go along with us. We were never cursed, we're not lovable when we lose, we're usually in contention but we're not consistently great. It's that simple really, we're just an above average franchise who apparently isn't too fun to talk about, just wait until Ozzie is gone, we'll really never get mentioned unless we're winning championships.

Boo all these teams.

Seriously, f*** you, Andy Roddick.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 02:06 AM) Who is this guy ? Antonio Osuna.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 11:41 PM) I really do. Who in your opinion would be better? It's the generic answer but you really can't beat Pac and Biggie imo. Put them 1-2 in either order and go from there.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) Are you suggesting we sign Jarod? I hear he's in the best shape of his life. Trips over his pants a lot though while on the mound.

Kanter is definitely going top 10. Perry Jones has a lot higher of an upside than Tristan imo. Thompson is solid but there's definitely guys I'd take above him even in this weak class.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) There's a lot of things worth replying to here. 1. Won't the Cardinals be crippled for 5-ish years if they don't sign Albert? 2. If he were to leave...I have difficulty thinking that the response would be a Lebron-like response, barring a TV special of some sort. Leaving for more money is one thing; people would be just as angry at management for not offering him the deal that he got elsewhere as they would be at him for taking it. 3. (A question I can't answer)...how much does team revenue drop if that team falls back to the back of the division for 3-4 years while they rebuild, loses LaRussa, and has to deal with Holliday's contract being their big mistake? They don't have the pieces to do a rapid reload if they lose Albert unless they sell Wainright, Carpenter, and Rasmus. They wouldn't have to rebuild at all though. They'd still have a very nice rotation in place and have a lot of extra money to work with to fill Albert's void and still be able to fill whatever else they need to at the time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) We have no sixth starter. Our fifth starter is hurt. Not many teams have six major league ready pitchers in their system. Ya no s***, someone is still mad about the Adam Dunn signing for some reason. Anyways, the more and more we hear, it sounds like the Sox are counting on Peavy to be out for about a month to start the season here.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 12:36 PM) Top 4 teams Eastern Conference Boston: 24-5 Home, 15-9 Road Miami: 20-5 Home, 19-10 Road Chicago: 23-4 Home, 13-12 Road Orlando: 20-8 Home, 15-13 Road The Hawks have a better winning percentage than the Magic.

94 Wins, AL Central Champs, lose in the ALCS to the Red Sox Sale dominant closer Alex Rios bad That's all I got for now, more to come when I'm not so damn tired.

The Nuggets now supposedly want Felton, Gallinari, Curry and a 1st round pick for Melo and Chauncey. I hope that goes through.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) Eh. KU only had 1 loss and Texas had 3. Nothing wrong with Kansas being bumped up to #1 IMO. Kinda like how when the UConn women lost they fell and Baylor hopped up to #1 even though Baylor lost to UConn earlier in the year. Difference being that Baylor lost by 1 at UCONN(makes me sad that I know that) where as Texas won at KU. Like I said though, you could have really made a fair argument for any of the top 3 to be number 1 as of yesterday, but it obviously doesn't matter so not sure why I keep discussing it, ha.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 08:39 AM) If we get off to the same start we did last year, then we're going to be thinking about it by May. I should have added "barring a collapse by this team," I don't think it's going to happen so I'm not too worried about it at the moment. Danks isn't going anywhere unless the team does indeed fall out of playoff contention by July, Kenny certainly isn't going to throw in the towel in May.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 09:35 PM) Anyone who wants to, or thinks we will, trade Danks during the season is insane. Yeup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) Am I a bad person for loving the Rock out there? Crazy it's been 7 years, but if you didn't know better, Rock made it sound like he'll be a little more involved with WWE even after WM. I just youtubed it after reading this. That was good stuff. Sounded like a freakin bomb went off in that arena when his music hit, that place exploded. Oh and why would you feel bad about it? The guy has never ever had a bad thing to say about the WWE, he just moved on with his career, he did nothing wrong.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 01:15 AM) Ohio State should have remained the #1 team in the country. I mean, you really could have made a fair argument for any of them, and as Dan said it really doesn't matter. Texas is playing the best basketball in the country by far right now but the rankings are meaningless.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 10:58 PM) Garbage because you've never heard of them? So you mean the best white rapper to ever do it then? I agree. Man, you honestly think Jay Z is the best? He's damn good, don't get me wrong but he's not the best ever.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 03:13 PM) Sigh... Estimated time until this begets a Tribune article and a full thread here? I laughed.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) I don't always care for his scowl and attitude, I just think he's one of the best hip hop MCs thats ever been around. This.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) I guess a lot of that depends on how well he would have played. Really not a bad looking list for an MLB.com list. Not sure I like Ackley so high, but overall it's pretty fair. The Sox system is awful, and has been for a while, so it's not surprising that they only have one in the top 50. That's definitely all we deserve. At least he's a blue chipper though(gotta look for a positive somewhere).

I watched a bit of the grammy's and the performances for the most part were pretty damn solid. Eminem's was A-mazing.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 12, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) Yeah, I'm avoiding any sausagefests even if I always have thought it was a lame "holiday". I mean there's bound to be good looking, single girls at a Bucks-Clippers game on valentines day, right?