Gregory Pratt

Joe Torrre probably won't bench coach for anyone, let alone Ozzie Guillen. Why on Earth would he take such a demotion, especially for a guy who is nowhere near his level in prestige?

Yeah, I can't believe there are commentators and people out there who honestly think the Patriots first loss has a good chance of occurring against Dallas. Who will beat NE? I don't know. It very well might be someone I didn't expect, or anyone else. But I doubt it's Dallas. I'd guess someone like, say, Pittsburgh. But not Dallas.

I haven't missed that fact. I just don't want anybody to pretend that Rodriguez had a good postseason, I don't care if his OPS is technically .800 because of a couple of walks.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 08:44 AM) Wow, everything in the US media has sounded like just the opposite. It seems like everyone is chasing Rio. A part of me has started to wonder if this story was just a plant for Daley to shake some more money out of corporate donors... We sure have some whacko conspiracists on this site...

See, this is the problem with some people. They can't figure two things at once. Rodriguez AND Jeter had bad post-seasons.

None. And I didn't even mention the part where George Mitchell came over and had beers with us. Really, he said he was a Mets fan, and he was. I said I was a Braves fan, and I am. We flirted -- or, as you Americans call it, argued. And then we fought. Or, as we Frenchmen call it, tangoed. And then we read poetry. And we enjoyed the Rockies. And we sang a little song.

Rodriguez had a crap postseason, I don't care how many times he walked.

56,000 in attendance? Wow.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) GTFO He's so nasally and obnoxious. I'd rather listen to Roseanne Barr do commentary.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 07:43 PM) I'm actually in New York right now. I was out at a pub earlier having dinner, watching the crowd develop to watch the game. I thought about asking the bartender to but Monday Night Football on, just to see how the Yankees fans reacted. Unfortunately, I was seriously outnumbered. I met a British tourist who was going to be in NY/Boston around playoff time but he didn't tell me when, exactly. I told him if he was there while they played home games, he should go, especially to Yankee Stadium. I will go to Yankee Stadium next year and buy a scalped playoff ticket if they make the playoffs next year.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) Chip Caray Tony Gwynn Bob Brenly or are you asking because Chip Caray's an absolute tool? I absolutely HATE Tony Gwynn's voice.

Who are these announcers?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 07:12 PM) Really surprises me.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 07:11 PM) My point was that he won't be used to pitching that much. They wouldn't let the guy pitch back to back days during the regular season, you don't kow how he'll react pitching 3-4 innings in a 2 day span. I don't doubt they'll bring him in though. C'mon tribe, break this thing wide open. They didn't let him pitch like that until he was called up -- once he was, they put him on the limit but before? No. He didn't forget how to pitch more than one inning and in short notice because he was babied in the season.

Mussina is much better than Wang.

Great job Kenny Lofton!

CASTRO!!!!!! And I don't think anyone of Hamilton's calibre is going to be available. That was a once in a lifetime thing -- and I can't believe the Cubs GAVE him away. Hahaha!

I don't have high hopes for Wang. I expect him to give up four and go six, no more, probably less.

Heath Phillips was named to the 2007 USA Baseball World Cup.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) The avatar is completely random. Was doing a search for Danny Richar images on google and that photo came up. The great Jim Margulus uses that picture sometimes. Considering that you were searching for Richar, I'll bet the connection is there somehow, as I'm sure Margulus has had mentions, or pictures ,of Richar before and perhaps they came close to a picture of That Dog. I don't know for sure.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 04:15 PM) But they have babied the guy all year, and he's not used to pitching back to back days. And the Yankees are making the right move going with Wang tonight. He wasn't very good in game 1 and he will be on short rest, so it will be interesting to see how he does. If the Tribe can get to the Yanks pen early they should win. Umm, I believe the Yankees said that they were going to take the kid's gloves off with Joba in the postseason, and I'm sure he'll be alright.

What an awful series of events. I wrote these three responses last night: 1. The scope of these crimes is astounding. 2. 500 million dollars? For an election? Are you kidding me? That’s about what our Presidential election costs. That’s ourtrageous by our standards — and completely baffling by theirs. What, did they blow all that cash on private planes? Attack ads for the televisions that people don’t generally have on airwaves that don’t generally cost you millions to advertise on? In The Price of Loyalty, Paul O’Neill talks about building a well for an African country — I believe Ugana — and how a private business had told them, “You will have to pay 30 million,” or some outrageous number, and O’Neill looked everything over and said, “This is two, tops.” Point: someone got really rich off of their elections, and it’s a disgrace. 3. How long can this go on? At this rate? When the Darfur genocides began, I said to myself, “How long can this go on? I mean, they can’t kill people forever, can they?” but they have. And I find that incredible, that the Darfur situation hasn’t at least gotten better, if only marginally. How long will this brutality go on before anybody steps in? And why isn’t it talked about as much as the conventional, non-sexual violence in the Congo from awhile back? and then today, when this article broke: and then I wrote this: It always blows my mind to read about the things men do in war, from the abhorrent rapes that occur in all conflict to the pillaging of towns to the abuse of animal life. Worst of all is that many of these men will escape the conflict with their lives, assuming this ends in their lifetime, and resume a normal life. I ask, How can you live a normal life when you’ve raped a three year old girl? How can you live a normal life after you’ve destroyed a village, or held a zoo hostage? How can you live a normal life after you’ve committed atrocities like these? It just baffles me that most foot soldiers in combat who do all the destruction can 1. live with themselves, 2. live with others, 3. be allowed to re-enter society as if their actions can and should be forgotten, whether that be by themselves or by society. None of it is, of course, a deep trenchant analysis of sociological affects of war but it was something on my mind. I just think the whole situation is terrible, and I can't believe that someday all of these men -- or quite a lot of them -- will return to their villages and homes and nobody will really remember what they did or hold it against them. And they'll just be able to blend back into society like nothing.

Oh. So...he really is pretty bummy. Bummer. For him, anyway. Must be nice to have everyone buy you s***, though.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 8, 2007 -> 10:47 AM) Anyone other than me think it was potentially quite wrong to use Joba yesterday for 2 full innings when you were already up 5 runs? I mean, yeah game 3 is an elimination game and you've got to make sure you win it, but he came in when it was 8-3. What happens today if it's a 1 run game in the 7th? Joba comes out and pitches.