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QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 01:41 PM) Update from nightengale, kindA: BNightengale #mlb #dodgers Intriguing to see if Manny is in the lineup tonight against the Rockies. If not, Dodgers may be saying he's no longer wanted. 13 minutes ago BNightengale #mlb #dodgers #whitesox Manny Ramirez has told friends that he will NOT require the White Sox to extend his contract if he's traded., 21 minutes ago To answer the question...no, Manny is not in the lineup tonight, for the 3rd day in a row. Joe Torre's using the large OF in Coors as an excuse. If they don't let him go, basically, they're holding onto a $4 million pinch hitter, they clearly don't want him in the field. Buster Olney thinks they're just flat out trying to keep him from being hurt.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 08:07 PM) How many runs does Danks give right back up here? I'm going to go with "2 run home run".

Is there a smarter hitter in baseball than Paul Konerko right now? He's not as talented as Hamilton, Cabrera, he's up there in years, but you're flat out not going to fool him.

Well, 6-3's at least closer.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:56 PM) My god people, it's one start. Danks is a very good pitcher. Sadly, he hasn't been the dominating pitcher we've needed for the past few weeks. We really, really, really needed him against Minny, and he was a total let down.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) Should have traded him for Adrian Gonzalez back in March. Hindsight being 20/20 and all. I don't think we'd even be in this race if we'd done that and started the season with Hudson as starter #5.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:50 PM) What the hell? Three two run homers now... The sad thing is, I'd actually just finished typing a post saying that Johnny had thrown some solid pitches this game...those first 2 pitches to Thames were really, really good. He's struck out a ton of guys already, but the mistake pitches...the walks...ugh...there's got to be a mental/focus thing here.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:49 PM) I've seen enough good hitting from the Sox at the Cell to have confidence we'll have our fair share of base runners. Of course one big issue vs Yankees is it's an 8 inning game. How about a 6-1 deficit against CC?

So Tex taken out. Tactically, if he even misses today/tomorrow...that doesn't hurt us.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) He's a 2/3 that's going to want to get paid like an ace. And the Sox will rightfully say good riddance. You do have to wonder what it is that gets him going on nights like tonight. It's not just that he's given up 2 home runs...both of them were right after a walk, and both of the walks were after he'd gone 0-2 on the guy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) This game is far from over Against Captain Cheeseburger? I'm surprised to read that from you.

Come on Paulie, we have to get this one back against the Captain.

Well, at least Alexei got him to 2b. Half of me is wondering why Pierre never ran there.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) Great Tweet: "If Glenn Beck really was about restoring honor maybe he should tell the people in the crowd to stop handing out pictures of Obama=Hitler" Bah, there's a nearly infinite number of possible amusing tweets that could be written today. It's really not worth your time.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 01:19 AM) Serious question that I know not the answer to: How does Blago support himself, wife and kids now? You'd think he'd be out of jack having good lawyers, etc., working on keeping him out of jail. His book doesn't figure to sell much, does it? Nobody wants to read him yapping about how great he is and how innocent he is. A lot of his legal fees could still be coming out of his campaign funds, depending on how the government ruled on that (Usually they let people continue to use them). His family's been used to about a $250k a year salary. Between TV appearances and even a weak book deal, he probably could cover that. Link His book deal was also somewhere in the 6 figures.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:11 PM) I'm sure you've heard the legend of Chapman's fastball last night. 105mph???? Rest in piece, ligaments.

F*** Johnny

Jamal Crawford plans to ask the Hawks for a trade. Franchise going the wrong way.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 07:03 PM) The crazy thing is that every week that goes by saves us about $500,000. Unless we fall farther out of the race.

Come on Johnny, keep that changeup down and under control today.

MLB has suspended Nats OF Nyjer Morgan for 7 games because they believe he purposely threw a ball at a fan/heckler in the OF.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2010 -> 06:38 PM) Looking at the Twins schedule the rest of the way, they couldn't ask for an easier month of September. Very few games remaining for them against teams above .500 (Sox, Jays, Rangers) Lots more on the road though. And down the stretch, under .500 teams full of young guys are always trying to play spoiler.

If anyone wants to watch the Family Guy episode from the season 8 DVD's that was embargoed from TV, you can catch it here.

I feel that the quote in Lostfan's sig is the only appropriate response to that detailed argument.