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I sent mine to [email protected]. That's probably the reason why I didn't receive a response from the loser.

2:00. Maybe he'll talk about the media's stupidity.

He came up with the Reds as a 2nd baseman.

Yep. Just a contusion. Day to day.

He got hit in the left elbow by a Jason Grilli pitch and left for the trainer's room in considerable pain. More details to come.

My God, why are some of you trying to make an issue out of nothing. Frank said he didn't like the fact that he was the 1st athlete to have a guaranteed contract taken away, but he also said that with what he makes, he really couldn't complain. STOP TRYING TO FIND FAULT WITH THE MAN AND LET HIM PLAY!!!!

You should've seen my first email. I had to delete it because half of it consisted of the "7 deadly words".

While not eloquent as YASNY's piece, I still wanted to get my point across without it being profanity-laced or incoherent. Here's the context, and please, be gentle. Mr. Mariotti: It has become quite clear at this point in time where your allegiance lies at within this city. To say that you are a fair and impartial journalist would not be an honest and fair assumption. In strict contrast to a quote you made earlier on your radio show today, not all fans in this city believe in curses. That is to be left for you and fellow fans who want to place blame for your team's failures on overzealous fans and farm animals. What is disturbing for myself (and quite possibly, other fans) is your complete, blatant, and total disregard for the other professional baseball team that plays in this town. Having read your previous articles, you have dismissed them as the "South Side Marauders", referred to their stadium as "The former ballmall once known as Comiskey", and placed constant ridicule on individuals such as Frank Thomas and Ken Harrelson with childish nicknames like "The Big Blurt" and "Houseman Hawk". Make no mistake; nicknames such as those have not been lost on White Sox fans, and can only be contributed as one reason why so many can hold you in such disdain. The mere fact that as one of the "leading" (and that term is used quite loosely) sports columnists in the city of Chicago can be so biased and one-sided towards a team in the city is a rather poor indictment of yourself and your newspaper. One can understand the Chicago Tribune being protective of the Cubs. If I was the owner of that team, I would want to be protective as well. But even that newspaper can find the time every now and then to report on the White Sox, whether the situation is positive or negative. You, on the other hand, seem to focus your columns on the White Sox (the few times a year you decide to write about them) in such a negative light that you continue to bolster a myth that Chicago is truly, a one baseball team city. And for that; you have done quite a dis-service to the fans of the Chicago White Sox, who look for news on their ballclub in publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times. On a final note, one of your favorite whipping boys for your articles, the aforementioned Frank Thomas, reported to White Sox camp a day early, with no problems or baggage, and spoke on nothing but glowing terms for his teammates, his manager, and the organization in general. And yet, to begin your radio show today, how did you greet it when you were in your Cubdom envy: By mentioning that your radio telecast would not include among other things, no "Big Blurt" news. I thank you again, Mr. Mariotti for your partial, biased assumption. It has not been lost among White Sox fans. Signed, A loyal White Sox fan

Change "indefinitely" to out for the year.

Kotex Boy will never respond. He'll also probably avoid The Cell as much as possible. The sight of a 6'5" 275 lb giant would probably make him wet his pants.

You didn't miss much. They reported that he came in with no problems. They also interviewed Ozzie & KW, who basically said they're glad Frank is here, and that the whole thing was blown out of proportion. It should be on the late edition of Sportscenter tonight. Or you can probably check ESPNews. They did make a mention that Frank had the 3rd highest total for homers without winning a playoff series. ESPN's always gotta get that swipe in there.

Yeah. The only player not there is Carlos Lee, and that's because he was bringing his family down to ST with him. They said he should be there tomorrow. PK also said that he believes this is Frank's & Maggs team.

You know how much I hate ESPN, but I tend to think that Dan Patrick is a somewhat credible source, so I don't think he'll try to bash on Frank. Now if they talk to Gammons, Stark or Kurjkian, that's an entirely different issue. Besides last year I heard Frank on Patrick's show, and Patrick let him have his say and didn't slam on him for any purpose.

It'll be on Sportscenter.

Unfortunately, some of the Sox telecasts are still on WGN.

Did anyone hear the clown this morning? He called Hawk a "washed up old man". I bet Hawk could still kick the s*** out of him.

The sig and avatar says it all for moi.

Grobstein posts on WSI under the name Grobber33: Pulled this post from over there: Grobber33 [] WSI Regular Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 283/283 Posts Per Day: 0.5 Offline Quote: Originally posted by jabrch Grobber? Any thoughts? I ALWAYS have thoughts, as for this,,I will keep most of my thoughts to myself for now other than to say.....I will NEVER celebrate anyone losing their job and I wont in this case,even tho one Person was jumping for joy when I lost mine in July 2001.

It's too bad Jim Caple isn't ESPN's main baseball writer. His columns are funny, pay homage to all teams and hates all things Yankees. Good stuff there.

You're probably right. I turned away at 10:00 because I got sick and tired of hearing his Bartman lovefest.

Too bad he was a day late. Boers & Bernstein on the Score broke that story yesterday morning and other stations followed suit. But after the way Baker went on yesterday, he had another press conference to try to clarify himself, and basically repeated the same s*** again! Boers & Bernstein have been going off on him all day.

A day late and a dollar short. Will the Cubune ever learn.

His defense also sucks. If Willie can hit .250 and play adequate defense, well.......it's a start.

Part of the reason why I'm not ready to part with PK is the same reason why I didn't want Foulke to leave: He'll go elsewhere and rediscover his hitting stroke while we wonder "What if?"

I think pitching more than 450 innings in a little more than 2 yrs finally caught up with Buerhle and it showed during the 1st half of last year. However, it also looked like as some of the other pitchers picked up the slack and took the pressure off of Buerhle that his numbers improved. The key is Loaiza, Garland and the pen. If they can help pick up the slack, not all the pressure is gonna be on Buerhle, and he won't have to pitch 8 innings a start.