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QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 12:32 AM) Glengarry Glen Ross is a man's movie. Every bit of dialouge is fantastic. Every actor is outstanding. Among my favs of all time. The scene in Awakenings were DeNiro wakes up and sees his mother is one of the few times I've cried at a movie theater. I've only watched the film once and I will never forget the effect that scene had on me. No doubt, but those three things left me feeling pretty low.

I just watched two movies from Netflix that I'd never seen. They were Glengarry Glen Ross and Awakenings. Couple that with the Sox loss (which I luckily didn't watch a second of) and I am fairly depressed.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) That's not really true. LF and RF require different skill sets. LF demands more speed, but less arm strength. RF demands the opposite. This is why guys like Johnny Damon and Juan Pierre play LF and guys like JD and Vlad Guerrero play RF. Quentin is somewhere in between and can play either competently. Yes, but that has nothing to do with Rios. Kenny isn't over-paying Rios to play a corner OF position. I don't think the acquisition of Rios ALONE means that Dye is gone, but the sum of a few different factors, all of which have been repeated over and over on this site.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 10:48 PM) I would love to see Hudson pitch and get his feet wet for next year. Might as well see what he brings to the table. Anyways, side thought- if we put Linebrink on waivers, would anyone claim him? No chance in hell.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) I want to ask a serious question: Do you really believe that is what Walker tells them that? Walker is a coach on a team run by Ozzie Guillen who loves contact and small ball. Do you really believe that he has a coach who is telling the players the opposite? Or is the simplest answer that the players are just not listening to Greg Walker? Im sorry but most Sox players after they leave the Sox do not all of a sudden become amazing hitters. Most of these players are pretty set on their ways and do not really take well to coaching. And what's the use of a hitting coach who doesn't have his players' ears? Fire him either way. Somebody from the coaching staff needs to go. When a team underachieves as much as this team has/does, then management catches some of the blame.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 09:19 PM) Huh? Why does Quentin have to move to RF, when there's nobody to take his place in LF? (Unless you consider Pods an option for next year. I don't.) Rios being right-handed also has nothing to do with JD's 2010 status. His contract and play down the stretch this year do. Quentin is a natural RF, and LF is usually where you stick the worst defender (the easiest to fill). And yes, I believe it definitely has something to do with Dye's status. It's pretty obvious that at least one of Thome and Dye are gone, and since we aren't lacking in RH power, Dye is the odd man out.

Hahahaha, I like how it filters the name to Hineybird.

Come on. People are doing the same thing with Cowley as they did with Hineybird. We all know that both suck, and they mostly say things to get attention, albeit negative. People complained and complained about Hineybird, and continued to read his stuff just to see what else he had to say to piss them off. Now they do it with Cowley. Just ignore him, and he won't bother you.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) I didn't know playgirl had a mostly homosexual readership either. Yeah, I just read it for the articles.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 06:19 PM) Rios was brought in to play CF, not RF. Yes, but having the viable CF for next year basically destroyed any use for Dye in 2010. Quentin now slots over to RF and, since the new acquisition is also right-handed, there's a need for a lefty power bat. That leaves Thome in and Dye out.

I just read the introduction, but one quick thing ran through my head. This girl could've made a TON in porno. And since she had two of all of those things, could she have had multiple sets of children at once? Like, octo-mom X2?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 05:51 PM) He's never been talked about at all in those realms. I don't what you're referring to. ^^^^

QUOTE (whitesoxgt @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 05:17 PM) Did he really say this? Probably on a daily basis.

What movie is that from, by the way?

Do your job well and you wouldn't have this problem. I'm glad he didn't decide to say something stupid, though.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) Thats what i think also. It wouldn't surprise me in the least. A lot of people have soured on him, and with good reason.

f***ing right, KW! Flip over some tables while you're at it, too. Get these overpaid bastards off of their asses.

"This team f***ing sucks" -Hawk muttering to Stone with the microphone covered

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:35 PM) Yes, that’s my Ozzie! This division will be much easier to lose with more grinders, and less power and defense. Honestly, you would think Nix was even a decent major leaguer judging by every post you make.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) and that would matter if we were surging from 7+ back like MIN, and DET was slumping, but it's the opposite......Detroit has looked like absolute winners against LAA the past two days, and we've looked absolutely pathetic for three straight series, two of which were against the worst the AL has to offer........and overall the team just looks lost in nearly every facet of the game, including confidence, people point to a lot of places, but I have to question the leader/manager of a team who seems to make it's fans want to slit their wrists EVERY August/Sept for the past 5 years!!!! (yes including the WS year)... a lot of players have come and gone but as a franchise this is a constant.... the problem among those on this board is the same as the past 5 seasons.....on paper we have "so much" talent, but the execution does not match what we expect from the Names on continuous basis...... we all need to start reading the STATS of these players/team objectively/unemotionally and disconnect from the vision of what we think the players SHOULD be doing or are capable of. To a non-Sox fan the record in one run games, record when down in late innings, runs scored, runs against, LOB (our personal trademark), stolen base totals, staff ERA, tell the ENTIRE story, we're just all too blind to see the obvious because "Quentin was going to be the MVP" "PK and Dye were so great the first half" "what a resurgence by Pods" "Buehrle had a perfect game" "Alexei has five GSs in less than two years of pro ball" "Beckham is a ROTY candidate" "Floyd was untouchable for 3-4 consective starts" "Contreras was awesome for 3 games since coming back from the minors" but when you add up those mini facts they don't translate to a consistently performing team, and tends to negate the lows which outnumber these highs and leads to our current record and downward trend in the playoff race to the entire post, but mostly the bold part.

QUOTE (earthshiner @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 11:14 PM) I was at the squirrel game, it was the return of Thomas. That was a great game. Pablo won it with a suicide squeeze if I recall. Pablo warming up Jenks was awesome. Hawk was laughing his behind off. It sailed passed his head and he stood up and looked at the backstop, then back at Jenks, and just walked off the field I was also there. That was a great game. I called the suicide squeeze, too. As I recall, Swisher was set up terribly at first for it.

QUOTE (The Bones @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 01:27 AM) I liked it too and it's one of those movies for me where the more I think about it, the more I want to see it again. I agree that Waltz was excellent but Melanie Laurent was right there with him. Both deserve some serious awards consideration this year. I guess there was less action/violence than normal for a Tarantino movie but there was still plenty to keep me entertained and into it. In fact, the highlights for me were the quiet/tense moments such as the opening scene and the scene in the restaurant with Shosanna and Landa. Oh, I definitely enjoyed the tense moments...I just expected (and wanted) more violence/action. They kind of presented it as a movie dedicated to the Basterds just mangling the Nazis. Still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Yeah, that seems a fair description.

I took a night off of punishing myself by watching this team, and went to a movie. It was nice. I am going to thoroughly enjoy getting rid of even more players from the 2005 team this offseason. The more we distance ourselves from those aging, ever-deteriorating players, the better it will be for this team. We can be assured that Contreras, Garcia, and (hopefully) Dye are all history very soon. We need to stop keeping these scrubs around because of something they did years ago. The sole purpose of the team is to win, and replacing some of these guys will help towards meeting that goal.