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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2011 -> 03:40 PM) If you say so. It doesn't matter what I post, or what thread, etc. You've always got something to say. I wasn't going to say s***. But now people think I'm just full of myself and I want to be popular or some s***. And that's partly because of you. Are you serious? Take that s*** somewhere else. Hey, I was minding my own business when you mentioned for the second or third time in a thread that I insulted you in a PM. I'm just making it clear to everyone, despite your inferences, that I didn't write some kind of racial slur to you or something.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) Which implies you are obsessed with me and have something smart to say whenever I post something. You're not fooling anybody. I've never come at you personally. No, it implies if I have a problem with you personally, I approach you via PM. I am certainly not obsessed with you. There you go again flattering yourself. Trust me, if I was going to be obsessed with someone, it would not be you. You're just a lightning rod for ignorance right now. You've got more nonsense coming off your fingertips than Niagara Falls has water spilling over its edge.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2011 -> 02:03 PM) Shack doesn't know wtf he's talking about. And if I wanted to, I could post what he sent to me through PM. But I'm not gonna do that. I don't live to boost myself up on here. I have strong views and opinions and that's fine. If that's a bad thing then tell me now and I won't post here anymore. Ozzie clearly stated that JM was a "F" word. Now I want to see you or Balta saying Ozzie was wrong for using that term. Don't tell me you can't find it. Knight and Heads had no problem finding my posts last year on how Phil Humber would be garbage and throwing it back in my face. I challenge you guys to do the same. I told you to go F yourself. Don't make it sound like I used some sort of racial slur or something.

If we can get Alex and Dunn going, like the Hawkeroo has been saying for the last 6 weeks, watch out...

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 05:10 PM) What makes you say that? The writers have been pretty good about choosing the correct guy for a few years now. So if Beckett gets hurt and Verlander and Weaver have mediocre second halves, I can see them voting for him. Well, I just can't see them giving it to a guy who has never put up anywhere near a season like that before. I could certainly be wrong. Of course then you have a guy like Pineda in there, and then Felix, Shields, Haren, Ogando, CJ Wilson, CC, Ricky Romero...a TON of pitchers are having great years this year (at least with the numbers we are accustomed to seeing), so he's going to have to have a lot fall into place for him. My guess is he'd have to find a way to get to 18-20 wins, have the White Sox make the post season, and have an ERA in the mid -2's to get it done.

No chance. Even if he did have the best numbers by a reasonable margin, I don't think many of the writers would buy in. Verlander looks to be the best starter in the AL to me thus far.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 04:31 PM) A lot of people were talking here that we should sign D Lee instead and save 5M and use it on a reliever, so not so sure about that... I have to admit I was dead wrong about this. However, we do have to make this season's performance by PK not in vain, by making the postseason.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) Who the hell keeps track of when certain posters do and do not post? I wasn't on last night because I took my father out for an early father's day dinner. Not because I didn't feel like posting due to being pissed the Sox won. lol. No one keeps track, because it isn't necessary. It's not necessary because it's blatantly obvious what causes more traffic. And of course, once again, you've got to make this all about you again.

Alex! Danksy! Alexei! PK! Let's go get them tomorrow.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:07 PM) I know people hate hearing this and it's a cliche around here, but based on the combination of number of posts, tone of said posts, and the timing of said posts, I really have to wonder if some people are happier about being "right" when the Sox are terrible so they can post over and over about the reasons why than they are when the Sox are winning, maybe because there's not as much to hyperanalyze. I don't know, but oftentimes PHT is a pretty depressing place because of this. And I'm someone who's spent more time feeling pessimistic than optimistic since '07 and a pretty big critic of Ozzie and some moves by KW that I thought were boneheaded. Especially when these same people are absent when we put a little winning streak together.

Better name on the Tigers...Charlie Furbush or Al Alburquerque?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) None of those would matter if he didn't immediately have to come up with several hundred million. The problem for these guys is liquid assets. They don't just have hundreds of millions sitting there in the bank, most of it comes in and moves out. Or the 15 multi-million dollar homes the McCourts bought.

Alex! He is really close....

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) Wow Heilman is still in the league. Remember him bein a mets spect before the Humber generation. I can't remember how many times he was going to be traded to the A's for Barry Zito.

Lillibridge keeping that ball in the park, or from bouncing off the wall saved the run there...even though he didn't come up with it, he still might have saved the lead, whereas Pierre would have most likely not gotten there in time.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) Oz sure loves leaving starters in too long Or juuuuuusssst right...

Ahh, good effort Brent...even though he didn't come up with it, that defense alone is why he should be starting over Pierre.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) It'd be nice to see Gordon double, or, you know, do something. I feel similarly about Greg Walker. Please get him straightened out already...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:52 AM) Yeah, that's exactly what I was trying to do. Get Soxtalk to feel sorry for me. Maybe you all will go out and send money to my favorite charity now (send it to www.Jordan4lifeneedsmoreforties.com). I'm held to a different standard and it's obvious. I've created, what, three threads all year? The JP "you are terrible thread." The thread after the debacle that was the A's loss last week. And this one. I'm not creating negative threads every day. And for a respected administrator like Knight to act like this is the worst thread of the year and go to the f***ing ESPN board when there's multiple ridiculous threads made every day, yes, I think what's going on is rather clear. Do you notice how much you talk about yourself and your posting here? Even when you're in a good mood you talk about how negative you are. You point out when other people are crazy enough to even be more negative than you, and how much that surprises you. You post here often. You are the Skip Bayless of Soxtalk. Trust me, you don't need to discuss your own posting style and the reactions to it. And yet you constantly do.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:24 PM) It's probably going to wind up doing more damage than anyone realizes right now. Yeah, I'm kind of shocked he's still in the game right now. What if he were to have some sort of after-effects and just lose his fine motor skills? He could end up beaning someone else in the head...

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 08:23 PM) How did that not appear to hurt? He got hit by a line drive in the head, and it didn't appear to have had any impact - WTF? It's the hardest part of his entire body probably...just got really lucky. And I am sure it did hurt, and will hurt tonight/tomorrow.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:50 AM) Sure a lot of GM's could've made those picks, but Moore has made those picks. He's also somehow got ownership to give him a book of blank checks for the Draft and IFA signings, no easy feat to say the least. While his MLB moves have been less than impressive, you can't fault the guy for trying. He may have given Jose Guillen $36 million, but only after losing out on Torii Hunter and Andruw Jones. He's also went after Orlando Hudson and Rafael Furcal, among others. He's made some pretty good moves though. How about Joakim Soria as a Rule V pick? Or Francoeur for $2.5M? Betemit for $1M? Well, as for the draft picks, I guess he should be credited with allocating the money necessary to sign those picks. As for the selections themselves, I could have made them. I do credit him with sticking with Alex Gordon though. Othwerwise, Soria or not, Moore has been a massive failure. I laugh at how much people criticize KW and then praise a guy like Moore for using annual top 5 draft picks to build a strong system. I am happy for you though, as well as all KC fans, that the Royals do look like they are going to be relevent again. KC is a great baseball town and a great town in general.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 03:22 AM) lol. Are you honestly going to tell me that of all the threads that have been created here over the last year or so that this is the worst? I understand that I'm the new standard when it comes to negativity and pessimism. Therefore I'm looked at differently. I've gotten multiple nasty PMs over the last few weeks of posters tellin' me that I'm an asshole and that I can go "f*** myself" and I just let it ride. I'm not even going to say who sent them. I don't roll that way. It just bounces off of me. I will always speak my mind. Long as I don't cross that 'line.' Oh, you're so persecuted! How do you find the strength to carry on? Give me a break...you are such a drama queen.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 17, 2011 -> 10:58 AM) We're only in the 12th week of the season. Just have to give him a little time to get used to DHing. Hey, you have to start somewhere, don't you?

Seeing that Moneyball trailer makes me want Martinez even more... Oh, just do it, JR... Joe Maddon's Right Hand Man