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we should twitter bomb Bernstein, lol. Rizzo is better than Abreu this week so GMs should want Rizzo forever #bernsteinsamplesizes

QUOTE (bmags @ May 8, 2014 -> 09:05 AM) So fun with small sample sizes. Rizzo's great series has led to Abreu having an OPS of nearly 100 points better. Abreu's 12 HRs and 11 doubles is really kinda reminding me of a certain player in 98. *Bernstein thanks lucky stars that he disables comments on his articles*

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 8, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) Wrong thread, here is the right one: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=91959 I will NOT get into a discussion with greg over Monica Lewinsky TYVM QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 8, 2014 -> 08:25 AM) Kirby van der Kemp - Iowa State - Punter. I wasnt aware the Packers needed a punter

Does it include or disallow his pine tar incident?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:00 PM) Where is Kyle23!!?!?!?!?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:44 PM) It it is an extra Y as is WHY THE f*** WOULD YOU NEED AN EXTRA Y HERE? One Y was already taken

Alright, by around this time tomorrow we should know the Bears first pick. Who do you have? I have my money on Clinton-Dix

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:28 PM) 'kyle'? I always read it as 'kyiiiee' also, before the season i got into an argument with Matt Spiegel on twitter about his all-city team having Castro over AR Kyle. My name with an extra y. Lol

Cleto>all Discuss

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 7, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) If I live in IL will ESPN be blacked out? (DirecTV) Within the Chicago market it should be blacked out I don't even see it available on my guide Edit: ha, there it is. We will see what happens when first pitch is thrown

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 7, 2014 -> 06:10 PM) I'm making a last minute decision to head down to Comiskey. Hopefully Danks doesn't have one of those 1st innings where he lets up 2-4 runs. If he does, I blame this post

Krush, if that guy was wearing a black sweater, would you consider hunting him down and b**** slapping him? Just curious. He probably deserves it for the song

@scottmerkin: Chris Sale threw his second bullpen today. The biggest thing is he remains pain-free

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) Agreed, but his ego has reached Mike North proportions where he will never allow it. Too bad because Bernstein was very good when he first started. I dont know that he wouldnt allow it now. Maybe a few years more of him and Boers will give him balls to call the shots, but I still think if you got Goff in there, you would see a different Bernstein immediately. I would like to say Abbattacola would be there too, but MA really falls in line with Bernstein when it comes to callers and opinions when they are together.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) I agree, and I wish they'd filter through to put more "smart" fans on the air. They do get the idiots on there, and most of them deserve to be blasted. When B and B actually talk hard core sports, they talk it at a very high level. They know how to watch a game. Their highest level of sports talk is above anyone else in this town that is on the air. Although some of the best B and B is when they aren't talking sports, it's hilarious radio. You're right in that not having Boers would probably keep him more in check, and he's probably gotten worse in the last 5 years. I get his point on this article, and I think he was also emphasizing Dunn's season so far even though more people are jumping into the Rizzo stuff because there was more ink about it. His last 2 paragraphs are really what you need to see, just take a step back sometimes to evaluate what's going on, the numbers, and not jump to ignorant conclusions about it. I think the what I disagree with most about the article is that he is evaluating Rizzo and Abreu in the same small sample size, but not bringing Rizzos previous year into the conversation. Rizzo started off pretty hot last season IIRC, and fell off hardcore.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) He is a lot like Hawk Harrelson in this regard. which is ironic, considering his absolute dislike for Hawk

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:14 PM) I guess I shouldn't be shocked at the replies coming from a Sox message board, or people that can't look at numbers/something objectively instead of their hate for Bernstein. The article was pretty simple. Talked about how Abreu is good, Rizzo is good, and hell, even Dunn has been good this year. But that only Abreu is getting any attention. I listen to B&B pretty much everyday because I want my sports fix, and they do have good content, but even you have to admit that Bernsteins arrogance and dismissive nature towards anyone with a contradictory opinion has really skyrocketed in the last 5 or so years. You either call in and agree with him, or he screams at you and hangs up, then makes fun of you for the rest of the show for daring to have a different opinion. Even his coworkers have been calling him out on it. The score puts through a lot of dumb callers for sure, but there are people with good things to say and he simply does not let them. What Bernstein needs is to be rid of Boers, because he needs a strong voice on the other side that will keep him in check.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:10 PM) To be completely fair, I wouldn't argue it either. Mix that with a dose of the typical Score formula of saying stuff to upset people and drive ratings, and I think you have a winner. WHen he brought it up yesterday, immediately he started mentioning how Sox fans were upset and they were dumb to be upset about it, because advanced metrics say so. And then finished his argument by saying pretty much the same thing as his last paragraph in his column, its probably too early to make these presumptions

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:39 AM) I'm curious to see what Paul does but Marinelli is a legend and was great for this team. Outstanding human being too. I think Marinelli was good with Lovie. His effect on a defense was definitely not apparent in Big D last season

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:42 AM) The problem I am having with Dan Bernstein is that I picture him watching a game, seeing the result and then looking at the advanced stats to see if he should be happy with the result. I like sports I really do but at the end of the day the s*** that seems to now go back and forth now a days takes away from the enjoyment. I want to like Avasail Garcia but I can't because he hits too many ground balls and not enough fly balls. Sports are entertainment, tanking with the hope that in five years everything will be roses and p****cats mystifies me. That would be like taking a television away from someone that really likes television by telling them in four years, they may get the mother of all televisions. I get that it is a business and teams do things with the bigger picture in mind but I want my three hours of daily entertainment. That is all I seek from sports. At the end of the day my life is no better the following morning after a teams win or lose. This goes for the fall of 2005 as well. For some reason advanced statistics are doing the same thing for me. I can't enjoy Tyler Flowers, why...his BABIP tells me he will suck from now until mid-July. The stats tell me so. Rizzo and Abreu are having good starts. Rizzo has been a round for a few yeas Abreu for a month. THAT IS THE f***ING STORY NOT RUNS CREATED V WOBA or whatever the f*** he is talking about.. well, Feeky tells you so too

I love reading fathom, soxfest and greg chalking up this game as a loss

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) People were losing their s*** over Jernigan early on but on films he looks like a inconsistent motor guy. He can dominate when he wants to but most of the time he's coasting along. He dominates when the Reefer Madness sets in

He was trying to troll this yesterday, saying that Rizzo is the better player currently, and that any GM would have a hard time picking Abreu over Rizzo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:08 AM) I agree with that part. I just remember Omar being thought of as a back up IF, and that was it. Then he hit Cleveland, and wow. you have to think anyone stuck in that lineup would develop his hitting merely by osmosis. Talk about a fearsome bunch of hitters