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Nice job by the kid to man up and try to make Ozzie a believer.

Well for those wanting to see Ozzie give the kids a chance, here you go.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) I'm so glad Wise played today. Me too!

Dempster is an idiot.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:37 PM) He had a short quick swing, excellent bat speed and a great eye. When he thinks right and right center first he is a very very dangerous hitter. Now he is getting more pullish, and his power numbers have went up however his effectiveness has went down. He doesn't have enough of a power stroke at this phase in his career to value homers over doubles. He should be looking to get on, and drive the ball into the gaps. He is still short, but he can't buggywhip that outside pitch into leftfield. He ends up hitting it off of the end of the bat.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:32 PM) Its not the pressure. Its his approach. When he starts getting back to more line drives to right and right center he will be fine. His power has gone up, however he is getting out in front of the ball more and that makes him less effective. Its what keyed his run from the low .200's to up over .310. Once he quit, he quickly has come back down. He has great hand speed, and there is no reason he couldn't live out there.

Just what was the last Ice Age like Flaxx?

So when did Gordo quit trying to drive the ball the other way? That was what made him so effective.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) Hoping they do and expecting they play well and win is being a fan. Spending one's time watching something that they think is hopeless is complete insanity and a waste of your time. Much like debating this with you...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:18 PM) You're not a Sox fan. Yeah. It is a hobby of mine to waste 60,000 posts on a team I hate

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:15 PM) Expectations of your team and hope that they win are not indicative of being a fan? Really? What is? b**** and moaning and constantly saying negative comments about the players, coaches and front office? Hope is much different than expectation. If you expect the Sox to win the division at this point, you are delusional.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:14 PM) Some people call blind hope "being a cub fan." edited for accuracy.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:13 PM) That really doesnt need to be a legendary run. Det can lose 9 of ten and we are right back behind them is some of those games are against us. With the big assumption that the team that is immediately in front of us doesn't take advantage as well. Those are all really big "ifs" for a team that has yet to prove it can take care of its own games.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:12 PM) You don't need blind hope in the post season to still watch the games. Exactly. I still can enjoy the game of baseball enough to get something out of these games.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) What are the details on his contract? Did we inherit it or did Kenny do it? Kenny signed him. I think he has two years at around $10 or $11 million total.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:08 PM) No, because we were tied with them a little over a month ago until we went into a several game slide in the period of two weeks, the same can happen to Det especially if we beat the s*** out of them head to head. There is so much time left. It is true technically, but this team hasn't show any consistency for fire this year that would be necessary to pull of a legendary run like that. We don't rally late, we don't score a lot of runs early, we aren't sure who our fifth starter is, our first starter hasn't won since July, we can't run the bases for s***, and we don't field the ball. I just don't see it happening.

Its all about Chicago and Rio. There isn't a chance at the rest of them.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:04 PM) This has to be photoshopped... I know he's wearing a bigger helmet, but that's huge. That's what she said...

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:00 PM) Don't get mad at me because you like Granny porn... p.s. my mustache is on Well all right... PS Don't hate the GILF hunter.

Linebrink isn't going anywhere unless we pick up another horrible contract. Me personally, I'd rather just bet on him becoming a decent reliever, versus picking up someone else's crap.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 12:17 PM) I hear you. It's so disheartening to have my daughter come up from Texas and parrot Rush Limbaugh talking points. I'm astounded that her mother would be so petty and immature to brain wash a pre-teen like that. I don't remember giving a rats ass about politics when I was 12 and 13. Eh, I feel the exact opposite. I see too many kids today who don't know anything or give a crap about the world around them. The talking points be damned, but kids need to understand current events to get a perspective on the history they are learning. Doing that is a natural segue into politics.

QUOTE (bighurt574 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 12:09 PM) AJ is hitting just .239 with runners in scoring position. Still, it doesn't help his RBI total either that he spent most of the year batting behind guys that could barely score from 3rd on a single. Knocking in Konerko and Thome has it's own challenges and is a little tougher than knocking in Pods and Beckham. That's the biggest thing right there. It can literally take three hits before AJ gets up for him to be able to knock in a run on a single with the guys he has had in front of him this year.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:23 AM) Views of the city skyline from the field. What a novel idea. Eh, it would have been hard to get from Bridgeport. You would have been looking at projects almost no matter what. Really they should have built in the south loop before anyone else was down there.

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:58 AM) Your age preference for actresses in porn match your music taste too... Shut up and put on the mustache.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:31 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_..._finger_severed Disgraceful. The Democrats need to stop encouraging this type of behavior. The healthers are out of control.