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QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 10:42 AM) Wow, this is right on! Great post! Thanks and fantastic name in "Buehrlesque". Welcome to Soxtalk.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) Possibly... If Oprah doesn't desert Chicago for her own cable network. Quit messing with me. You know I can't handle life without Harpo Studios.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2009 -> 10:59 PM) Not again. Math is hard, let's go shopping! Or, we could go see Oprah, grab lunch at Ina's and then go shop off the calories.

I don't know if it is a bias as much as a catering to corporate Chicago. There is a silliness about Cub and Bear coverage that I rarely see with the Sox, Bulls and Hawks. The Cubs and Bears not only have a huge following throughout Chicagoland (and nationally for the Cubs), but the concentration of Cubs fans in the business district has always seemed very over the top to me. They are very intertwined with LaSalle Street and the dumb, over the top stories just seem to fit their fan base more. Every once in a while, the big shoulders, blue collar pandering story about the Sox, Bulls and Hawks comes out, but it is usually a blurb more than anything. I personally can not listen to Bears and Cubs fans for precisely this reason. There is a silly adoration and obsession with their teams and a false sense of entitlement/royalty in their so-called traditions. It comes out in the news coverage as they are simply trying to meet the demands of the readers.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Nov 18, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) WOW. Did I really do that? That's awesome. Like I said, you have to be VERY careful with what you write. I guess you use a Dvorak keyboard, right?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) I will say I was a HUGE (and still am) Dave Wills fan, so it took me about a year to warm up. But now I really feel that Chris is as much of the radio cast as DJ and Farmio. I still don't think of Farmer as part of the radio cast, especially handling PBP. Oh how I miss John Rooney.

From Russia with Love was his credo playing James Bond would be neato the audition was flawless he'd be opposite Lawless (aka Zena) But his butt was too fat for his speedo

As Jim walked slowly with Rhonda, along came a large anaconda, It opened its mouth and took poor Jim south, and shat Jimmy out over yonda.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 09:56 PM) Whoa, Balta chimes in with the Electric-Lady-Randomlanded-ness. . . You must work on your ABCs, James.

We pulled out our keyboards to flog her, when Cowley insulted our blogger, "Joe you've been scooped, like the piles Spot pooped," we spit that b**** out like bad lager.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 01:10 PM) I wouldn't even bother to respond directly to Cowley. All it does is lend credence to his opinions. It would be better to respond by touting your own website and the long history that you have had with the original soxnet, soxtalk and of course the gold standard for whitesox prospect information futuresox.com. His attack is that this is some sort of blog that was just created. You attack that with facts. And the facts are that this is a new blog that is based on a long respected history of sox information that you have provided through several web platforms. And for all those who feel the need to avenge this by sending a profanity based diatribe. Think before you send. Its one thing to send a response in email. Its another to send emails that say "Dear f***face". Jason will handle this himself. I don't think email bombing Cowley is going to help things out. QUOTE (thedoctor @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 01:13 PM) agree 100 percent. you are probably going to provide cowley more entertainment and jollies than making him re-think his position. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 01:13 PM) Well said all around. Seriously, ignore the monster and it frequently disappears. I understand why some would be upset with Cowley's dismissiveness, but there is no reason to make him think anyone is listening to him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 10:59 AM) Zut alors. Avignon

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 15, 2009 -> 09:42 PM) You guys always beat me to the punch....and to think, I put in all that effort to find a word that began with 'Y." Zimbabwe has fallen on hard times under Robert Mugabe.

QUOTE (almagest @ Nov 15, 2009 -> 12:05 AM) Trading a ton of talent or spending a ton of money for a guy who figures to have an OPS+ of around 115 in his prime seasons isn't a good idea. I don't know why everyone seems to love Crawford here. Classic example of a guy who looks awesome against the Sox, in particular in the dome. I have been in love with him in the past as well for similar reasons but tend to agree that giving up a ton of talent for him would be ill-advised.

I'ma be me

Fuggehtaboutit!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 06:25 PM) Criminal, even. Dastardly?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 05:50 PM) I thoroughly enjoyed that film. Between that film and my actual visit to Rio, I was flabbergasted that Rio got the nod over Chicago. Beautiful beaches, though. They must have promised the IOC "Carazy p****".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 05:42 PM) Zoo in there? Animals behave better than 8th graders.

Anyone here ever see the Brazilian film City of God? It is one of my all time favorites with a great soundtrack to boot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 04:54 PM) Well don't be too sad...you're not the only one who's only said "It's on the list" and just flat-out not done it yet. Xanadu unfortunately made it off my list. Ugh!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 04:11 PM) Trudged through several parts of the first one but haven't seen it all the way through in 1 sitting. QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 04:15 PM) Understandable in my eyes. Vexed at your "understanding" of an indefensible crime, especially to use a term like "trudged" in reference to viewing the original.

Joey Zasa's last tarantela

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 06:35 AM) I think Larry Lester's Buns would be a good name for an 80s cover band. Brilliant. Honorable mention to Hot Beef Injection and Johnson's Underpants.

Galloping Ghost Grange groaning in the grave tonight.