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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:26 AM) Do you know if there is going to be a rerun on anytime soon? I went out drinking and forgot about the episode. I believe Saturday at 10pm central. They used to replay it on Sundays also but that doesn't seem to be the case this year. Solid premiere episode, I almost feel like I need to watch last season's finale again just to get caught up to speed since there has been such a huge gap between seasons.

One can only hope that if he does injure it further it is during that obnoxious "lights out" dance

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 07:11 AM) There will be several people on this board who would say the exact opposite. I just don't understand a PK must go thread after a bad game. What if had hit 2 homers last night and had 4 hits? The thread wouldn't have been created. I think instant gratification has taken over the majority of this board and the majority of Sox fans. At the game on Sunday, a couple of guys sitting next to us would yell and scream if anyone made an out how they had to be released or sent down or DFA'd. Konerko is coming back after being out a while. Its going to take a while. Granted he was horrible yesterday and the dropped ball shouldn't have happened and perhaps cost the Sox the game, but history shows he will be a big contributor. I've never thought Swisher in CF was a good idea and it shows most of the time he's out there, but why is he and his .235 average such an upgrade over Konerko? I am fully confident Konerko will hit, and people will quiet down. 100% agree. I am not a huge Konerko fan but all this he is washed up and can we release him talk is just ridiculous. The guy did just get off the DL and is getting re-adjusted to playing again. Some guys take a long time to get in a groove once they have been off for more than 2 days, Dye is the same way. When Dye misses 4 or 5 games it takes him 2 weeks to get back on track. This team has a much better chance of winning something with Paulie being productive than without him in the lineup. He is coming back from an injury and needs a little more time. If he is still not hitting at the end of July, then you need to talk about cutting his playing time a little.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 11:57 AM) Good to see Crede back in there. You got that right. The bottom of our lineup was embarassingly bad last night, Ozuna is just not a good baseball player with the bat or the glove. Anderson in the 2 hole is certainly different. All I can say is I am glad this is our last game in a National League park for the rest of the regular season, our lineup looks real bad without the DH, particularly since Konerko is on the DL and Crede has been missing the last several days.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 9, 2008 -> 07:01 AM) I stand corrected. Good thing that f*** got canned. Its easy to assume that he is the one that made that trade given all of his other idiotic moves, it just seems like it has Phillips written all over it. His time on ESPN may be more embarassing than anything at this point, between stuff like this and his hysterical fake GM press conferences, we should just all be thankful that he is around to give us another dolt to laugh at.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 9, 2008 -> 05:14 AM) There's a reason Phillips got canned. That Hughes idea is reminiscent to Kazmir for Victor Zambrano. Only Phillips actually made that trade. While the list of reasons that Phillips is an asshat is a mile long, that trade unfortunately is not on it. Jim Duquette made that brilliant move. Funny how he no longer worked for the Mets the year after that trade......

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 8, 2008 -> 10:29 AM) Well I'm glad I found a topic to bring you out of your posting slumber. Welcome aboard!! Thank you sir. I'm more of a lurker, I am far more productive at work if I am only reading instead of posting as well

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 8, 2008 -> 08:50 AM) Hubbs: What the f*** is that? Joes: It's "Don't Fear the Reaper," man! Hubbs: You're not playing that pussy song in my car man! Joe: But it's Blue Oyster Cult! Hubbs: I don't give a f*** if it's Blue Oyster Cult, it's a pussy song! Let me tell you something: every band puts out at least one pussy song so they can find out who the f**gots are! Bonus points if you know this dumb ass movie. The Stoned Age. Classic film...."But we got talls!"

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 12:11 PM) Serious question here... because so many people seem to have this opinion, would you all rather return to the Ron Schuler years where we'd maybe make one decent trade a winter, but you could pretty much be assured that we wouldn't be after any major players? I know the knock on Kenny is all of the sudden is that he is "missing" on all of the players, but the fact that he is chasing them, even when the odds are against him in all of these cases just tells me he is willing to try to do whatever it takes to try to improve. Think about it. Torii Hunter was supposedly going to get blown away from this huge offer from Texas. You all heard the impression Kenny made on Hunter, and how close he was to coming here. Miguel Cabrera was supposedly going to the Angels. In steps Kenny, and he was leading the race, until Florida changed the terms and insisted we take on Dontrelle Willis. Fukudome was supposedly only going to consider the Cubs, yet Kenny goes out and matches the Cubs offer, only to fail because the guy wanted to pad his own ego with the #1 and having to play RF, plus being the #1 Japanese player on the northside. What do these all have in common? Kenny fought for all three of the guys dispite the odds. A guy like Ron Schuler would have never been heard from on any of these stages. He would have been happy to plug in some rookies, and some type b/c free agents, and move on having no expecations of anything for the next season. Its insane to hold someone's work ethic against them. Its almost like people would be happier if we weren't ever mentioned at all in connection with players. Give me the guy going for the gold ring, instead of the guy who is content to see how long he can go around on the merri-go-round. Perfect summary of why I will never have the total hatred for KW like a lot of people seem to have nowadays. Right or wrong, Kenny has made this an organization that every year tries to improve itself, which is not something I could say ever really happened under Schuler. Some of Kenny's moves end up looking great (Thome, Freddy Garcia, trading Lee), and some of them look like absolute garbage (Koch, Todd Ritchie), but every year the guy is trying to make the team better. This offseason has been a disappointment so far, but I guarantee if this was the old way of doing things we would have never been going after guys like Cabrera or Hunter. Some people's heads would have absolutely exploded following the Sox during Schuler's time in charge. Never was in any discussions to improve real good teams that he had in the early 90's at the deadline, never made a move to add a big pitcher or another that maybe could have put us over the top, Schu was content to sit on his magic prospects, particularly pitchers, that never ended up contributing anything to the major league club. Kenny is at least out there trying to improve the team. People may not agree with the moves he makes or the things that come out of his mouth sometimes, but I truly believe Kenny wants to make this team better and a championship contender every year, and that is something that I never felt as a fan during Schuler's time here. Some may call that a low standard, and it probably is, but I will just say the offseason isn't over, and baseball can sometimes be a very funny game.