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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 08:49 PM) Way to go Ozzie putting that terrible player in the #4 spot against a LHP. It makes zero sense.

Looks like all that weight CC lost this past offseason has been found. He makes Dunn look like a toothpick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) I'm not saying Oney isn't a dbag or anything, but what exactly did Teahen have to gain by slamming Oney and then pretending he didn't? Especially when you are talking about someone like this, it is just better to stay out of it, than to poke the idiot. We don't know if Teahen's tweet today was provoked or not, but their general reputations would make you believe that its probable.

Coming into yesterday's game, the Sox had the exact same record as they did when they made the trade with SF in 1997. That team finished 80-81.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) If espy is annoyed enough that he went public, don't we expect that the rest of the players feel the same way? @CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini Safe to say a fair # of #WhiteSox are enraged by Oney's latest tweets on Mark Teahen + wife. One term used was "smash his face in" 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:42 PM) Teahen also pretended that he didn't mean Oney. Well supposedly more than a couple of White Sox players are incensed with Oney. One going so far as say he wants to smash his face in, so maybe Teahen didn't start it.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:35 PM) i dont think it has anything to do with how he is pitching now and he wasnt that good before it with us last year His last 4 or 5 starts before his injury were pretty impressive.

Is it true that on TBS "Sounds of the Game" yesterday, when Ozzie went to tell the umpire Dunn was going to be playing first, the ump told Ozzie he would lose his DH and Ozzie said he hadn't had one since April?

I don't think the plays were as tough as Hawk makes them out to be, but Dunn has been better with the glove than advertised.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) Well 8 pitches for the offense to get through the inning. That's efficiency. After yesterday's marathon, they hope to make this a quick one tonight.

I hope the Sox either develop or sign or trade for a couple of guys who actually look like they have fun playing baseball.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:21 PM) Can Peavy just retire. He has to be one of the worst starters in baseball Wouldn't that be Don Cooper's fault?

And this game is OVA.

This latest twitter gate at least was more interesting to watch than the Sox vs CC with Dunn 4th and Rios 5th.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 07:00 PM) What does it tell you about the standing of the Guillen family in our clubhouse if somebody with a spotless reputation as a person like Mark Teahen is taking shots at them? And then, a "fair number" of our players are enraged not at what Mark said, but the way Oney responded? They are closer to the situation than we are and we all know Oney lives off of Ozzie. There's no defending shots at innocent people and Teahen's wife is totally innocent here. Oney can backtrack and say it was a joke, but we all know the truth. Ozzie apparently doesn't want to show up his 25 year old son and do something about it, so his entire team and employer will continue to be embarrassed by this. Maybe its time Ozzie's wife steps up to the plate and tells her son what an idiot he is. A "you're about an inch from being on your own" may do the trick. Without Ozzie, Oney's selling Streetwise.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 06:50 PM) Yeah if Teahen fired the first shots as it appears, then he gets what he deserves. I can't stand Oney as much as the next guy, but you can't expect a guy to say nothing when you get called out like that. I could see that, but shots at his wife are way out of line. Teahen does have a Jim Thome-like reputation as a person so it would be surprising to me that he would suddenly air some dirty laundry. But I could be wrong. Teahen and his wife did have a scheduled charity event the day he was traded. I wonder if something happened then.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 10:44 PM) I thought we'd trade Thornton to the Rangers, really did. Maybe they realize he's now a bucket of suck and didn't want him? That is possible. Thornton a bucket of suck? Next year when Sale is in the rotation, if the Sox get rid of Thornton, you'll see what suck really is from the left side in the bullpen.

Comparing the attendance figures to Detroit isn't fair. See what Detroit's attendance would be if the costs associated with going to a game were exactly the same.

Kruetz may retire, says it wasn't about the money with the Bears. Seems to me he was hoping for a little more and wanted the Bears to enter a bidding war with themselves.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) That's what I'm saying too though...intangibles really don't do that much if a guy simply doesn't have it any more. Exactly. If his intangibles were so off the charts, why was the line so bad? IMO, Olin was a good player for several years, but his current version won't be missed as dearly as many think.

I thought the statue looked pretty good up close, but the pose seems to be of him shanking one down the right field line, not drilling the ball somewhere.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 05:07 PM) They still pay assloads back to the state of illinois to waste. JR shouldn't pay taxes. He's a job creator.

With the game so long and Dunn and Rios back to back in the 9th, we made our way down the LF line to get a Lance Johnson jump to the Red Line as soon as the final out was recorded. That we did, making our way down the ramp quickly, but who had a better Lance Johnson jump out of USCF than us? It was KW. He had as little faith in his high priced "sluggers" as I did. He does have a sweet silver Benz though. Dealer plates.

QUOTE (Bighurt52235 @ Jul 31, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) Im flying to Chicago tomorrow morning, and am looking at buying tickets for tomorrow night's game online today. Do they still do the half price Mondays? I just looked at the site, and couldnt find a single ticket for under $41, and that was in the upper deck corners. Also, for day-of-game purchases, am I better off buying at the box office or from scalpers? I prefer sitting lower level, and my brother is with me, and we're not looking to spend more than $50 each per night, except tomorrow if halfprice, I will get the best available. Thanks for the help. Welcome to "dynamic pricing". Try stubhub. Its your best bet.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 09:18 PM) True, but assuming that he'd fetch a better price with less time before FA and more competition is a very poor assumption. it's probably true 1 time out of 30. Not really. Teams have budgets set these days. There may be even a bigger market for him next winter when more teams have available cash. There's only a couple teams on Quentin now.