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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 01:35 PM) And now that he's hurt there's no realistic replacement for him. That's EXACTLY what was feared would happen when he originally signed. Darin Erstad is not a f***ing positive, the fact that KW put all of his eggs in the Pods/Erstad basket has completely f***ed up the top of this lineup and will probably be impossible fix for the rest of the season. The Erstad and Podsednik signings were terrible and have put this team in a position it couldn't afford to be in, they have to tread water for the next 4 months with no leadoff man. Other than being an incredibly misguided attempt at self serving s*** talking what exactly did you hope to gain by calling people out? You can't even get your facts straight. Kalapse did call out KW on the outfield situation well before the season started. he was right, they are way too old, injury prone, and not really that good anymore.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2007 -> 07:12 AM) I was listening to a conversation between our local (KC) sports talk host and Jayson Stark yesterday, talking about Piniella, along with the "interesting" Sheffield revelations (Stark admitted he hasn't talked to Sheffield for years after Gary disagreed with one of his columns when he was with the Dodgers). At any rate, he (Stark) basically argued that Piniella was "disengaging" from this current team, because he had been privately telling friends in the game that the pieces just didn't fit together in Chicago, that while there was the potential certainly, he didn't have "his type of team" and there wasn't much that could be done about it. Of course, now that rumors are flying he's lost the clubhouse, he's probably going to tighten the reigns a little bit, but Piniella has done a lot of player blaming over there...his "bring in some damn players who can play the game" and constant swipes at them in the press the past two weeks are not helping either. If you were Ozzie and had to choose between Bukvich, Logan, Prinz and Dewon Day to stay in a game, I bet you'd pretty much throw your hands up in frustration too. This is definitely not Ozzie's type of team, and I'm willing to give him a year or two with a White Sox team with a different composition...faster, younger, more fundamentally sound players. I think these "homer or bust/push-pull" teams are more a creation of KW and this annoying theory that White Sox fans have always preferred home runs and .500 teams to "small ball" and playoff contenders...or maybe, it's the idea that if the majority of teams are going to be "average," it's best to entertain them with offense instead of defense? At any rate, I think Ozzie knows the writing is on the wall with this team (the current version) and he is disengaging a little bit, which coincides with our second half slide and first half fizzle this year. And I think the whole Mariotti flap really changed him too, for the worse. Great post, I pretty much agree with all of it.

awwww, hell no NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!!!!!1!!1!!!! http://www.local6.com/automotive/13452051/detail.html

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 6, 2007 -> 08:09 AM) Eh, not really a big fan of this deal for the Phins. I wonder where Culpepper's going to end up now? there were rumors that the Raiders were interested. i heard em on ESPN, so they're probably false.

big win for the sox yankees tied for last in AL East?

FINALLY

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 06:41 PM) I mean, seriously - Giuliani??? He is almost everything the far right hates in a candidate. He just won't play well to that crowd. And yet, he's apparently the best current option. they think he will beat Hillary Clinton, thats why he'll win the nod. but we've seen that plan backfire for a party before (aka, Kerry is most likely to beat Bush in '04). Romney is the GOP's version of John Edwards IMO, doubt either one of them will get the nomination. i also think the whole mormon thing will hurt him. not saying thats fair or anything, just know how some GOP primary voters are.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 06:26 PM) Really? As of June 1st, just as he was hinting at running, he is already 3rd, and he hasn't even announced or started getting around yet. I'd say he is among the front-runners, and if he announces and starts promoting, he'll quickly go up from there. I'd say right now he has the most momentum of any of the candidates in either party, and his spike is likely to put him on top at some point. But, as Rex points out, he may turn out to be a quick jump and quick fade. yea, i might be wrong, it has happened before. but i would be willing to bet he doesn't get the nomination, or even come close.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 06:06 PM) You are delusional. honestly, i don't think you have any idea what you are talking about. he won't win just because he doesn't vote in the Senate, if that was the case McCain would be cleaning up in the polls. *zing*

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 06:04 PM) That was a big selling point of the law if you remember back. The public knowledge of CEO salaries was supposed to lead to "outrage" and a reigning in of compensation packages. Instead the only outrage was by other CEOs who found out how "underpaid" they were in relation to their peers at other companies and it led to an explosion of their packages instead. good point also, if people think that higher taxes on corporations will mean lower CEO salaries, they are mistaken. it'll mean less hiring at these corporations.

to all you newly found cub fans, just wanna let you know, your team is 8 games below .500 in the worst division in baseball.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 04:57 PM) I have nothing but cheers to see this finally happen. Rep. Jefferson, the guy with the freezer full of $90k, the guy who right after Katrina stole a bunch of national guard units and used them to escort himself to his house to make sure no one could get their hands on anything incriminating, is finally under indictment for bribery. Hopefully, Speaker Pelosi takes the next logical step now that an indictment has come down and revokes all of his committee assigments until the case is resolved. that would be racist, balta. seriously though, i'm sure she will . he's even too corrupt for the dems.

sox, cubs suck.

meh, who cares. what straight guy goes to a gay bar any ways?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 04:58 PM) Which of course, will be said about almost every tax increase that ever happens, just like every tax cut that happens will be the largest in history...because you know, the value of the dollar changes with time. biggest increase once inflation is taken into account.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2007 -> 12:34 PM) I had to laugh when I heard the soundbyte of Hillary wanting to raise the corporate tax rate in the United States. of course she will raise corporate tax. her polling probably shows that "higher taxes for corporations" is popular, so that is what she is saying. if that changes, so will her political slogans and public stance. she knows she will also raise middle class, small businesses and upper income tax rates...but she sure isn't going to be honest about it. hillary clinton will introduce the largest, by far, tax increase the country has ever seen.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 31, 2007 -> 08:49 PM) So, Thompson is being reported now as all but in the race. This definitely changes the playing field. I don't think he is a shoe-in, but he is probably the front runner at this point. I for one am very interested to see what happens. I have actually been OK with Fred's politics in his time as a Senator, and I think he brings some great stuff to the table. Right now, he is my 2nd favorite among the GOP (behind McCain). But, he is very, very pro-Bush-Iraq. One wonders how that will go over. What do people think of Fred's chances? the front runner? no way. he is a 3rd or 4th. his chances are slim to none.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jun 3, 2007 -> 03:25 PM) Just because Ozzie was ejected doesn't mean he still wasn't making the calls. Numerous times you hear about manager calling the game through the bench coach (Joey Cora) from the locker room. totally when will KW get his head out of his ass and bring in Dusty Baker or someone to fix this mess? WHEN KW, WHEN!!!

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jun 3, 2007 -> 03:15 PM) Exactly. Anyone that doesn't think he's still managing is naive. oh definately. guillen also just ordered that strike out. what a dick, he obviously is bad at managing.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jun 3, 2007 -> 03:12 PM) Ozzie was thrown out earlier...... it's still ozzies fault, duh. everything is

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 3, 2007 -> 03:04 PM) Can we not use merryman on this board like the illiniboard uses it to describe pro/anti Weber fans? let me guess, you hate Weber too.

QUOTE(GreenSox @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 10:43 PM) We'd just as soon bring back Bevington. And for sure I'd prefer Jerry Manuel. Jim Wriggleman is the only real answer to our problems.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 09:27 PM) The lobster thing after was pretty damn cool, too. I've never seen anything like that. haha, yea! that was good too

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 10:13 PM) We had career years from so many pitchers that year, especially our relievers. We also were the benefits of other teams suffering injuries during the last 1/3 of the year....something that has hurt us in recent years. We definitely deserved to win it that year though, don't get me wrong. the starters all had a great year, but each of them have done that before or since. so i wouldn't really say those were flukey or merely career years. the pen, yea, there was some big time "probably not gonna happen again" type pitching in 2005. but bullpen pitchers are often prone to up and down seasons. it seems like everyone in the 2007 pen is having a horrible down year. top that off with the horrible seasons some of our all-star caliber hitters are having ... it's been ugly lately.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 08:58 PM) It was a fluke in terms of how everything came together with guys having career years and other teams, besides the Indians, having a lot of issues in the AL. Pods, had good had good years before 2005 - not a career year Iguchi had good years in Japan before 2005 - not a career year Konerko had good years before 2005 - not a career year Dye had good years before 2005 - not a career year Crede had an average year in 2005 - not career year Uribe had an average year in 2005 - not a career year Frank got hurt - certainly not a career year Garland had an average year Garcia had an average year Buehrle had a good year Count had a good year Red Sox had a great team in 05, Yankees had a great team in 05, Angels had a very good team in 05, Cleveland had a very good team in 05 the 05 sox were the best team in MLB that year. we still have a lot of talent, just are getting old. has the window of opportunity shut on this team? maybe. but thats a whole different issue. QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 09:21 PM) Then you add in the Graffanino error, AJ's strikeout versus Escobar (and the time he was tagged without the ball by Escobar), Pods' homer off Lidge, Blum's homer...seemingly every possible break went our way. a good team getting cluth hits. what a bunch of flukes. seriously, so if the Yankees do it, they are cluth... the sox do it and certain poster here think "they just got lucky". yes the pitching got hot at the right time, therefore we went 11-1 in the playoffs. 11-1 is not a fluke, it's dominance. i agree that the cardinals weren't that good QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jun 2, 2007 -> 08:47 PM) I don't think all of 2005 was flukey or even the most part. But there were definitely flukey things in that season. well, by that definition, all WS winning teams are "flukey"