Princess Dye

Even if that hook call is wrong, we need to prioritize winning a game over macho bull s***. There's a reason I keep my fingers out of the garbage disposal, even when it's not running.

Not fit for a game thread, but going to a live baseball game is just not in line with the current trends on what people want to do with their free time. Sadly. Of course teams still draw, but I wonder where we'll be at one day with the ever diminishing attention span. Although being in front of a computer is of course extremely popular, and in that sense baseball has other ways of growing, perhaps in ways that other sports don't.

"Check that," a Hawk and Stacey King team would set some mic clipping records, now that I think about it. But I'd stab my ears out by the all-star break.

Hawk and Wimpy have been a lot of fun these few days, but kind of light on the analysis. I don't know if that fun would last over a whole season...I think it's more just an example of how much history they have and it's basically flowing out during a short-term (winning) situation Stone is so informative. Anyone who says he's boring is looking for bells & whistles, I guess. Are these people also fans of Stacey King? I can't see how two half-crazed noisemakers in one Sox booth would be bearable.

I never got the hatred for Magglio. Sure things got ugly at the end, but a lot more has been forgiven over time in other situations. If he didn't want to be here, I as a fan don't have to hate him for it. I don't want guys who no longer want to be here - I don't believe in imprisoning anyone. Plus, if we're all kind of in agreement that Ozzie wore out his welcome with the organization last year, why is it crazy to consider he and Magglio just wore out their welcome...with each other. To me, the guy here who hates Ozzie and Magglio at the same time is not being logically consistent. This is one of the great Sox players of all time...pretty much, and to me the one question mark is whether or not he was clean. Unproven but a valid concern. I think Bernstein confronted KW about this topic on the air and from then on was basically taken completely out of the circle of KW access.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 27, 2012 -> 07:07 PM) True. Save this thread for when the Sox hitters start going bad. As of today, Manto deserves all the credit he's getting, just as he won't deserve the full blame for when the hitters suck. The best thing right now is a lot of hitters are following Paulie's example and spraying it all over and pulling the ball for home runs when the pitcher comes inside. How do we know they are not merely following Paulie's lead more than Manto's? Regardless Manto deserves credit right now cause all that matters are results. I don't know that Manto deserves any credit or any blame, ever. He's an advisor. These players are pros. They make the changes necessary, and adapt, or their careers end.

This thread is the perfect example of bad logic: looking at an outcome, and assuming you know its root causes. What if I say Manto is failing horribly with Alexei? What if I say Greg Walker was a genius with De Aza last year, causing him to be more impressive than he ever was in the minors? It'd be using the same faulty logic as this thread is using.

Phew, back to the comfortable symmetry of disliking Jake Peavy the Personality and Jake Peavy the Player.

Hawk please run for office

"lift and pull" was created here, and it is absolutely adorable

Hector is scarier than Freddy Krueger

Can we bring Juan Pierre back?

If AJ and Tank walk in the same inning, An Angel Gets Its Wings!

The D.A. is great.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 25, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) At the risk of sounding critical, doesn't Viciedo just have to start taking some walks? I mean I do love the guy and realize he's hot, but he hacks at almost every single pitch. Once in a blue moon he lets a high fastball be. But not often. I think over time, our best hope is that he just take a few more walks per month. To require a total overhaul of him is probably asking a lot. If he slugs, he's worth it. If he doesn't, he's not.

Can someone describe Quintana's last out? I left the room for a sec and missed it

But isn't the larger fear this: We chase something that won't happen right now, when we likely have a golden opportunity to totally restart an organization that totally got depleted over the last ten years. The extra wild card will make people willing to deal like never before. Which side of that do we want to be on?

my "edit" disclaimer went in late, my apologies.

I am not a Kenny hater, but I have to say this-- the unwillingness to sell high on AJP right now (as far as trades) characterize Kenny as a GM. He's "Trader Ken" with guys who don't matter in the present, but when you have a real asset to move.....he becomes clench-fisted EDIT: Not to say he should've traded him already, but just knowing he won't. Flowers being there should matter, but I fear it doesn't.

Robin Ventura commercials absolutely highlight why Snoop Dogg would be a big fan.

You can tell which people don't follow anything but Chicago teams. These people: 1) thought there was no way Adam Dunn could hit HRs in 2012 2) thought Carlos Boozer couldn't get a decent FG% as a midrange guy over the course of a season. ever.

It's gotta be so hard just coming into a team cold and getting a start out of the blue. I'm sure everyone here will sigh/swear/pant if Quintana melts down, but nonetheless I'll make that point.

Obama has said in the past that the 90s Chicago teams are "his" teams, kind of noting that he isn't as quick to follow as of late. Hey, he's busy. To say the least.

Ozzie is Iron Sheik steel chair to Jeff Samardzjia on the weekends Starlin Castro thinks he's Ravishing Rick Rude

"eat s*** cubbies" for some reason really rolls off the tongue