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QUOTE(WinningUgly85 @ May 22, 2006 -> 01:14 PM) I decided to listen to how the Cub fans percieved the incident with Barrett and AJ so I listened to these guys podcast and they have a post up on their site. It is truely pathetic. Just listen to their podcast its alot worse. http://www.cubscast.com/blog/2006/05/22/no...prises/#respond Listening right now. Mariotti is the shepherd, these idiots are sheep.

Yes, losing a game by 7 runs. We certainly got 'OWNED'.

I don't have the words for how sad that is. I learned to love the Blackhawks when I was a kid, listening to Pat Foley on WBBM. I remember getting in trouble for not being asleep when "Bannerman, the save!" could be heard from my clock-radio well past bedtime. I always felt blessed to have such a great sportscaster, and Dale Tallon wasn't bad opposite Foley. And I remember that hot summer day in 1996, coming home from my internship and hearing the dire news that the Phoenix Coyotes had acquired the rights to Jeremy Roenick after months of lip service to the fans and the press that 'resigning Jeremy Roenick is our number one priority.' I still have the authentic home white #27 jersey I bought three months before that terrible day. And every so often when I put it on I think how sad it is that this once-glorious team has sunk so far into the depths of obscurity at the hands of one of the most vile men in professional sports.

Stu Grimson during his time with the Hawks in the early-mid 1990s was one of the game's most popular enforcers, although thought by many as the worst player in the NHL. IIRC, ironically, he also had quite a Christian testimony and put on hockey camps and Bible studies for kids. Or maybe I am confusing him with Keith Brown, who also was into the Jesus. Wayne Van Dorp was kind of a goon who played 3rd line wing, played for the Hawks in the late 80s-early 90s before Stu. Stu was a popular player in his day, but you don't have much of a case in grouping him with an All-Star (Ventura), a Hall-of-Famer (Sandberg), and the greatest to ever play the game (Jordan).

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ May 22, 2006 -> 10:49 AM) His time in San Francisco didn't exactly work out. Whatever. Stan Conte says that AJ kneed him in the groin, on the field, during a Spring Training game. Interestingly, not a single beat writer reported on this "incident" when it happened. I believe that the Giants are covered by at least four beat writers. None of them saw this happen? Stan Conte said he took it for the team. BS. ^^^^^ I always thought that was peculiar.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ May 22, 2006 -> 11:01 AM) I’ve read a fair amount of Moronotti the last couple of years, since being introduced to his douchebaggedyness. But I thought this article was as senseless as any of them. ‘All this showed me is that baseball players can be little boys, some littler than others.’ All this article showed me was that some journalists can be littler than others. By his logic, since reputation justifies reactions beyond the bounds of fair play, we should be forgiven for heaping just about any kind of indignity and cheapshot on his personage just because he is the ‘reigning provocateur/punk’ of Chicago journalism. I didn't realize that sucker punching someone (in, oh......say....... the parking lot of a newspaper head office) would be understandable because the receiver of the punch was the resident pest. Learn something every day. If you want to talk about little boys, look no further than Michael Barrett.

The thing about Garland is this: the Sox have been patient as saints with him, he put up one good year in '05, and is again struggling. I'm not optimistic that he will have the career success as Freddy Garcia. I hope he works out of it, but he is historically a better first-half pitcher.

Deal Garland while people still have '05 fresh in their minds.

I spent 2003 living in Minneapolis, where the public reception to him seemed pretty good. The sportscasters and writers seemed to like him, and so did the fans. I always felt if the Sox could get a guy like him, things would really start to roll. (They got two: first Ozzie, and then AJ himself). He was part of good things when he was a Twin, and he was always a big catalyst between the Twins/Sox rivalry, and is one of those guys who can rise to the occasion. The Giants don't remember him fondly, for damn sure. But the Giants' clubhouse was surely a wreck before AJ even unpacked his bags. A year before, Baroid and Jeff Kent were duking it out in the dugout. With the kind of guy Baroid is and the kind of control the Giants allow him to exude over the clubhouse, that kind of drama doesn't just come out in the wash. If we're talking about clubhouse cancers, AJ is benign, Baroid is malignant. And Baroid may as well sign everyone's paychecks on that team. The recurrent theme in all the stories around AJ Pierzynski are how people who don't like him come off sounding like crybabies--Brett Tomko. Kelvim Escobar. Michael Barrett. Jay Mariotti. Their cases all seem petty and short-sighted, usually pinning the blame on AJ when the big picture tells a different story. The GQ article on the '10 Most Hated Men in Sports' is based on a few rumors and unconfirmed stories--kneeing Stan Conte is one--that people want to read because it was dirt on someone who was in the public eye at the time for being a World Champion as well as in the center of the dropped third strike controversy. AJ plays fundamentally-sound baseball, and is someone who seems to always be in the right place in the right time and do the right thing.

QUOTE(beautox @ May 19, 2006 -> 09:53 AM) Whats everyone take on Gnarls Barkley, personally im a big fan. Its Danger Mouse & Cee-lo, it reminds me of alot of old motown in a good way. I heard they were great live at Coachella, but their recordings are kind of meh.

QUOTE(G&T @ May 21, 2006 -> 10:58 AM) It's gonna be crazy when they have a 2005 throwback jersey day. I might be dead before it happens but it just popped into my head. I hope we stick with the unis we have for a long time. IIRC, the White Sox have endured more uniform changes than any other MLB team, and a whole lot of them were just horrid. We've had some of the best-looking gear since these new ones were rolled out in '90. What I love is we single-handedly brought the third jersey back into vogue. Within about two years, almost every team had a third jersey. I would prefer, however, if they replaced their dugout jackets with the classic satin Starter jacket that every team used to have. They phased them out sometime in the 1990s, and the zippered ski jackets that have taken their place just aren't the same as the satin snap-jackets: The Yankees are I think the only team who has a satin jacket, Joe Torre wears his all the time: The Sox need one of these in black, Old English 'Sox' on the left chest and the Diamond Sock on the left shoulder like they used to have. I don't own a whole lot of licensed apparel because so much of it is ugly, but I'd get one of these if the Sox had one.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 21, 2006 -> 11:49 PM) Exactly. He isn't even being honest to himself. It's sad when he purposely goes against the obvious just to rile people up, even if it works or not. Makes him look like scum. Mariotti isn't a straight-news writer, he is a columnist--interpreting current events through his viewpoint. IMO not a very good one, but that's what he is. He puts his far too predictabe one sided spin on everything. He constructs shoddy arguments, the Barrett/Pierzynski piece being an outstanding example, glazing over Barrett's own reputation for being an arrogant hothead out of touch with his own oft-mediocrity to level heavy-handed, mouthbreathing disses anyone whose paycheck is signed by Jerry Reinsdorf. And his writing style is nothing special. Mariotti gets far too much mileage out of ballyhoo sensationalism to be interesting to read. Going against the grain is only noble if you have something worthwhile to say. And when he isn't flying in the face of critics, he's just regurgitating popular opinion. He is popular because any Cubbie-blue dunderhead thinks his argument is as good as Mariotti's, and usually they're right. The guy I loved reading was Bernie Lincicome, who wrote for the Trib through the 1990s. I didn't always agree with his viewpoints but he legitimately could defend them, and he had an amazing command of the language and was always enjoyable to read.

Don't be a stereotypical Sox fan. Celebrate your team, don't jeer another. I've seen lots of Cubs Suck paraphenalia and it's all sophomoric. If I wanted to piss off an envious Cub Fan, I'd just wear this: or this: or maybe this: Anyway, you see my point, yes?

I am glad Ozzie addressed it recently. When you have a former franchise player who in spite of his humanity did a lot of good in your uniform, someone whose number will someday soon adorn the outfield wall and who will likely enter the Hall of Fame and when he does will most certainly wear a Sox cap, the proper thing to do is thank him. He, after all, let bygones be bygones. So should we.

If the Cubs were a porn movie, Mariotti would be a fluffer.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 20, 2006 -> 11:21 AM) Did Mabry get tossed? I think he did? Affirmative.

AJ tossed? What a crock of s***.

BOOYAH! IGUCHI-SAN!

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ May 20, 2006 -> 11:08 AM) Me too, no joke. DITTO!

Cora too?! The f***?!

I recently had to get my hard drive replaced, and as such had to restore everything on my iPod back to my new PowerBook drive. And while I was doing that I started tinkering with a gameday mix out of stuff I had, be they favorites, new stuff I'm into or stuff I rediscovered in moving doing my new backup. I don't know if anyone else does this but my friends and I make and trade mixes. It's something I've done since I was 12 and got my first dual-cassette recorder with high speed dub back in '89. Some of this they currently use. I've heard "Black Betty" on radio broadcasts, and I've heard the "Hardest Button to Button" riff played at the park before, which is where I got the initial idea. Sweet Home Chicago Freddie King Blues Masters Dark Moon, High Tide Afro Celt Sound System Gangs of New York Soundtrack Get It The Come Ons Hip Check! Scott Podsednik Theme Gretschy The Amazing Royal Crowns Self-titled Tadahito Iguchi Theme Black Betty Ram Jam Absolute Rock Classics Jim Thome Theme Jimbo Song Reverend Horton Heat Holy Roller Paul Konerko Theme The Hardest Button to Button The White Stripes Elephant Jermaine Dye Theme Mumblin' Guitar Bo Diddley The Chess Box A.J. Pierzynski Theme Wanted Man Johnny Cash 20th Century Masters Joe Crede Theme Devil's Haircut Beck Odelay! Juan Uribe Theme Para Los Rumberos Tito Puente Mambo Kings Soundtrack Brian Anderson Theme Electrocuted Blues The Mooney Suzuki Electric Sweat Mark Buehrle Theme Search and Destroy Iggy Pop and the Stooges Raw Power Neal Cotts Theme Get Me Outta Here Jet Get Born Bobby Jenks Theme What Hath God Wraught The Soledad Brothers Self-titled Danger! High Voltage Electric Six Danger! High Voltage Oh La La Goldfrapp Supernature When The Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin Untitled PM me if you want to trade a mix, and I'll hook you up with a copy of this.

QUOTE(CardsJimEdmonds15 @ May 19, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) Trust me he's been hearing things thrown at him from every way possible as of right now since of the pace he's on, etc. I actually took this: "He said Wednesday that he had watched Bonds' television program on ESPN and that it is "really sad the life that he is living." Pujols went on to say he never wants "to live that life like that. If I had to live a life like that better to quit this game because that's not what it is all about."" http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...C2?OpenDocument I didnt nec see the praising Bonds.. really.. Me neither. Any reporter in the US would love to get some sort of damning statement on Baroid out of the game's new marquee slugger, so if they can't get that, they spin it the other way. Who can't agree with Pujols on Baroid? His reality show is pretty sad. It is pretty sad to live a life like Baroid is living now, with the boos and the signs and the beanings because he had built a solid case that he indeed was the best player of his generation--what he really thought of himself and wanted all along, if you believe that part of Game of Shadows--before BALCO was even a whisper in the headlines. It's really sad that a player with that much talent has made himself into such a pariah.

I knew this guy would be a stud when KW signed him.

Work this into the user agreement: Proposing Podsednik move to CF = Suspension.

I expected no less from the Mayor of Wrigleyville when I read the blank spot in center for his all-city team. Not that I think you can accuse anyone hitting under .200 as having a particularly great year, but apparently he is too busy getting muted on Around the Horn to catch up on Brian Anderson's highlight reel in the field.