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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 12:25 PM) You realize the sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round. Haha, well this is obviously sarcasm. I just couldn't tell if Leonard was being sarcastic or if he thought I was making some point that I wasn't. I'm a bit confused.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 11:28 AM) huh? Why is he a tool exactly? For defending his QB? A lot of s*** for Bears fans to b**** about this morning...It seems weird for you to pick Urlacher defending Cutler and the Bears being like the Cubs, but to each his own. I'm talking about what Urlacher said about the fans and other players watching at home, added to things he's done in the past. Defending the QB is great.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 11:18 AM) your point was they've have never done anything to earn a reputation has a "historically" good team and are just like the Cubs where they've never done anything to earn that reputation. Your point is still wrong. They have earned the title as won of the best franchises in the NFL, historically. If you want to qualify and say modern era or Super Bowl era, you have a small point, as they've won only one Super Bowl. However, the Cubs haven't even done that. Fine, they have done nothing to earn that reputation in the modern era. I'm tired of rooting for a team that never does anything. How about that?

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 10:35 AM) 8 championships, good for second most, I believe. And all but two happened in the 1940's or earlier. Everyone is satisfied with 1985, though. Perhaps they're more like the Pittsburgh Pirates or the San Francisco Giants (before this year) of the NFL. My point remains. They've hardly done anything in over 50 years.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) That is a poor comparison. The Cubs have one WS title in their history. The Bears have won multiple championships albeit in the 40's and before. At least the Bears earned their reputation at one point in their history. The Cubs never did. My point is that they have an historic reputation as a storied franchise despite not having much to show for it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) Actually they really don't, other than Opening Day. In fact April games that are not OD are usually the worst attendance of the year. Hm, I thought they came out well for at least the first week or two. Either way, it's still on the team to get the fans out there.

The thing I hate about being a Bears fan is that they're basically the Cubs of the NFL. A "storied" franchise with just one Super Bowl to their name, the last one being over a quarter century ago. Where the Cubs are "loveable," the Bears are "tough."

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 12:45 AM) Do you realize we're floating in space? And your point?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2011 -> 08:04 PM) Link Urlacher is such a tool. I wish Bas Ruttan kicked his ass when he had the chance.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jan 23, 2011 -> 04:46 PM) Bears are a soft team with a soft coaching staff I have never agreed with anything on this site more.

That's absurd. It's on the team to win early. The fans will show up at the beginning of the season no matter what, as they always do. If you want them to continue to come, you better win.

Through one quarter, Bears look terrible. Completely getting outplayed.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 23, 2011 -> 10:07 AM) According to Scott Gregor, Daily Herald White Sox beat writer, his inside sources say Chris Sale is a lock to be the White Sox closer in 2011. If true, this is fantastic news. It makes me very happy.

Orion the Hunter would obviously be renamed Catfish.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 03:30 PM) Why? There's zero reason to get rid of him right now. He's not making much money, he still has years left before he would need to be added to the 40 man, and even though he got hurt the year before and struggled mightily last year, there's still a non-zero chance that he'll make a major improvement in the next couple years. The Sox would be crazy to just pretend that they've heard the last of him. I don't think he's actually that good and that his name will be brought up less and less as time goes by. I believe he's mainly here because of his brother.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 03:23 PM) New churro flavors for 2011. You joke, but that would be one of the best pieces of White Sox news I've heard in the last decade. That is, as long as they keep the flavors they have now, too.

I'm pretty sure that we'll see and hear the last of Jordan Danks as soon as John Danks is traded or leaves via free agency. It seems to me that he's only being kept in the mix to try to sway his older brother into sticking around.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) I knew a brent. He was also very golly gee. Always dated younger girls, however. I'm not exactly sure if I know what you're saying

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 12:57 PM) Thing about Quentin's splits are...he's backwards. He has a career .857 OPS against righties and .773 against lefties. Teahen was almost Kotsay-like against lefties last year. Although Quentin hits right handed, he's a bad guy to put in a righty/lefty platoon. That was going to be my next question, as the platoon option seemed all too perfect. Dang.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 12:13 PM) There's a Brent that we work with that is a spitting image of Ned Flanders. He even talks like him and is super friendly and polite. Never swears. No bible talk though. It seems that you agree then.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 11:13 AM) Really? I never thought that was that weird or uncommon of a name. I have two friends named Brent actually. Not a single one. In fact, it sounds to me like anyone with that name should always be wearing a sweater wrapped around their necks while playing tennis.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 10:15 AM) Pretty nice list. Good call on McCann. I think he may be quietly building a Hall of Fame career, and nobody knows it yet. I dunno, I feel like most people do know McCann and how good he is. I would put Josh Johnson at #1, but a lot of that is due to me giving a friend of mine advice years ago to stock up on his cards/signatures on eBay.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 12:16 AM) Well, I thought of someone I knew who was named Brent, and Brent Abernathy came to mind. Then I looked up what teams he played on, then I searched those teams in Baseball-almanac.com, and looked at the rosters. Sure, it took 5 minutes of looking up, but it was an interesting question. Then I wanted to see how many degrees of Brent I could go to. Brent Butler ended my streak at 3. That's the best thing about Soxtalk. When you don't feel like doing the legwork, somebody else usually will. I never realized there were so many Brent's out there. I've never met or even known anyone with an acquaintance named Brent.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 12:14 AM) Pretty sure the second one was a Jason Bateman reference from Dodgeball. Ah, I knew that seemed familiar. QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 01:06 AM) I assumed it was a reference to the twin suns of Tatooine, as originally seen in Ep IV That makes sense. I thought they were just throwing out Star Wars simply because it's happening in space.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 21, 2011 -> 12:03 AM) 2003 Royals. Brent Abernathy and Brent Mayne. BOOM. Damn, nice. Did you just know that off of the top of your head, or did you somehow look that up?