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KW's gone...it has, in almost everyone's book, been confirmed. I've heard it from two reliable sources(Steff and HSC) and that in almost everyone's book, is confirmation enough. KW was the one making most of the calls. As I said before...and as many others have said before....we have won with JM. We have NOT won with KW

....KW is going to resign/be fired in the same city where the GM that killed him the most in trades does his job(assuming he loses his job in the next 3 days)? Is this just coincidence, or is there a reason for it?

Mike Lum's career Mike Lum's career Right now....IMO...anyone would be better than Ward.

MAROTH FOR ALL-STAR!

To make #5 right.... CARLOS LEE SUCKS ASS!!!

If I can make an assumption that I believe is right...Ring's stuff is slightlybetter than Meaux.

That was pretty funny. The Texans had two All-Pros and the Titans had none. LOL....serves those assholes right for the Music City Miracle. I have hated the Titans ever since that day, and will always feel that the refs cheated the Bills out of the game....even with what replay shows.

That's the group I'm in

Roman...I don't know which team you were watching last year....but I don't think it's the same team I saw. The team I saw last year failed to capitalize on opportunities to manufacture a run and didn't steal a lot after Durham was traded(because we all know that only Durham and Lofton could steal bases on last year's team). We rarely had anyone but Durham or Lofton bunt and I didn't see enough sac flies. The team we have right now is the EXACT same as the team of last year. They've done the exact same things wrong. Someone may need to let me know if this is right...but I do know that this all started right around the 2001 season....KW's first. Not sure if it started with Von Joshua still here, or Von Joshua fired. Regardless....this team has been s***ty fundamentally since KW has been here. In fact....we've always been s***ty fundamentally....shotty defense, missing the cutoff man, and flat out playing Earl Weaver ball is bad fundamental baseball, IMO. However...we were a better fundamental team in 2000 and we knew how to manufacture runs. In 2000....we scored 960 runs or so. Last year....we scored 870 runs. I would guess that by playing more small ball while still being a power house of a team instead of waiting for the 3-run homer like we do now is where the 90 run difference comes from. When it rains, it pours....that's been said on here in the negative for the Sox...I'm saying it positively. Winning baseball is contagious...when you get a few guys playing baseball the way it should be played...by simply hitting the s*** out of the ball....the whole team will catch on, and you'll start to win. KW did get us those you mentioned...and then some. What you are leaving out is the fact that he traded 3 good arms for 1 pitcher who ended up with an ERA higher than Mt Kilamanjaro. He made a very, very contraversial move in trading Sirotka for Wells....Shouldergate....and he played favorites. He would get players that he wanted to get, and he traded players that spoke against him...it was sort of a dictatorship in South Chicago. It needed to come to an end. You are obviously avoiding the simple fact that KW was basically the one managing this team....not Manuel. KW was managing the team through Manuel. Manuel will now get to manage the team again. Manuel has won.....KW has not. If this team continues to fail....we will fire Manuel. I still want Ward gone though. BRING BACK VON JOSHUA!

Don't let the managers choose either. If you get a scenario like this year, where the manager from the World Series team from the prevoius year leaves his team and goes to a team that won't contend, or a case like in 1998 when the Marlins had a fire sale right after they won the Series....the manager may choose starters from his team even though they suck What I'd say is that the managers vote and they continue fan voting as well....but the manager's vote counts as 50% and the fan's vote counts as 50%. I'd also get rid of the every team has an All-Star. Mike Maroth is probably the Tigers all-star right now...and he's 0-7. Who else are you gonna send....Bobby Higginson? Dmitri Young? Hiram Bocachica? Hell no....get rid of that rule as well. The NFL does it best.

I know there's one that's like "90% of the game is mental and the other half is talent" or something like that. Didn't he also say something like "Think! How the hell are you supposed to think and hit at the same time?" Man....Yogi was and still is a character.

Roman....after getting off topic for a bit there...I have to ask you something. If in 2000, the team was successful because of the players having career years, then how are we s***ty right now because of Manuel? What you might not realize is the fact that even though a lot of the starters from that year had career years...he somehow knew how to turn it into something great. You look at some managers....say, for instance, Frank Robinson in Montreal...last year, a lot of the Expos pitchers had great years. Armas Jr had a decent year...Colon had a great year, Vazquez had a solid year, Ohka had a great year...and he had a lot of tools offensively...but he couldn't turn it into a winner. Had Manuel had full control up there....that Montreal team could have been playing October baseball. Manuel may micromanage too much...but he can handle a pitching staff pretty well. If he can get the guys in the bullpen in a set order so they know their job...his bullpens are usually successful. I realize he isn't managing the team greatly right now....but the team is hitting like .240 as a whole, when we should be hitting .260 at the very least. We have had poor run production all year. You're going to blame the fact that our offense has sucked ass on Manuel? But let me guess....you're going to say the pitching staff has been great because the pitchers have pitched great, and it has nothing to do with Manuel at all, correct? Steff was right when she said you were talking out of two sides of your mouth....you are being totally biased against Manuel. Take off the rose-colored glasses and look what you said. You said we would have had success regardless of who was managing....yet say this year we suck because of Manuel. Huh? The more and more I look at it....the more and more I'd say the EXACT opposite. In 2000....the pitching staff was s***. We had 4 or 5 one-year wonders with mediocre seasons....yet got some great numbers out of all of them. He put together a great bullpen....and helped manage the team well offensively. However....this year, I'd say it has been strictly the players. In game 2 of the year....DJ I believe got a leadoff hit...and Manuel did the right thing, trying to move him over. Graffinino couldn't get down a bunt....that's complete horses*** on the part of Tony G. If you can't get a bunt down and you are the util IF....what the hell are you good for? I personally feel he could have put Jose in there....who is a better bunter, bunts from the left side(which in a certain scenario, had both Graffy and Val gotten the same bunt down, Val is safe by half a step and Graffy is out by half a step...simply because Graffy is going 2 feet more than Val). That was the one that popped out at the top of my head. He's also made proper pitching changes, except for a few times. Otherwise....I'd say it's been strictly the player's fault for lack of success. We've sucked with the bats...and it's probably already cost us 4 or 5 games. Right now...I'm totally split on JM. I haven't liked what I've seen over the past year....espcially this past month...but I want to see how he does on his own, like in 2000. With KW acting as God...it's been hard for Manuel to manage. Manuel is a yes-man....refusing to do something is kind of hard for him. That's probably one reason why he let KW make him his b****, making him do many, many things. At the end....like right around now....I suppose Manuel has been getting a little pissed about this stuff...and is laughing his ass off when KW's cell phone battery dies. Eddie Einhorn is here to help save us. If you can't realize that KW has been the problem....like EVERYONE else here believe....then you are being misguided. That's all I can say

Time to make a KW ace card now soxheads.

Haven't you been reading? KW is calling the shots from above. He should not be doing that, and because he is doing that, he is hurting the team. With someone new as GM....not only does that let someone else manage the team(whether it be Jerry or Bobby V or Wally Backman), but it let's someone else do the trading. KW was "generally managing" the team very well. Bringing in Bartolo, Loz, Dauber, Rios, Gordon, Koch.....etc etc etc....were all good moves. The only bad thing he does is call the shots from above. And Jerry is a yes-man....he won't yell back at KW. Why do you think Jerry has been managing for these past two years, when in any other organization, he would have been fired half-way through last year? Hell...he would have been fired this year in any other organization. JM is(as of right now....hopefully not in the next couple days) KW's b****.

Don't get me wrong....I would undoubtedly take a nutcase like that. Sometimes all it takes is a firey guy like Lou Piniella to get a team fired up. Point blank...I want a guy that is a good manager. Also....I think Manuel arguing to his ejection was not necessarily a bad thing against the Twins. Guzman was clearly out, and when an ump makes a call that poorly, you have to argue. You can't just sit on your ass and let a play that obvious go. Yeah, youre right. But when should a manager argue and when should he not? He only gets one ejection a game, if he uses it on some meaningless poor call in the first, hes not gonna be there for the critical poor call in the eighth. And Guzman was out so I am kinda glad he argued. But Loaiza shut em down so Guzman still didnt score. The foul homer, we lost two runs on that and Manuel didnt even argue. Thats where I think you should really come out shoutin... Managers can still call the game....they probably are in the locker room watching the game on TV or are in the hallways making the calls...something. They aren't in the dugout...but are very close. You argue when there is a bad call. You find out why he made the call and you argue your case. After everything is settled...you go sit down, whether it be in the locker room or in the dugout...depending on what the ump does.

Holy s***....that's neat.

Maybe they'd switch the spots back and forth between Hawaii and Puerto Rico....unless the Expos make it, which would give homefield advantage to the Expos if they played in Puerto Rico, so in the case that the Expos make it to the World Series, the locations are Hawaii and Alaska. How's that?

That and the fact that it is Cinco de Mayo. Any time you get a chance to celebrate a holiday....you do it. Hey, it's a possibility

That's probably what will happen. I'm still happy as a clam seeing him back. I've always liked Danny

Not even if she were drunk?

Don't get me wrong....I would undoubtedly take a nutcase like that. Sometimes all it takes is a firey guy like Lou Piniella to get a team fired up. Point blank...I want a guy that is a good manager. Also....I think Manuel arguing to his ejection was not necessarily a bad thing against the Twins. Guzman was clearly out, and when an ump makes a call that poorly, you have to argue. You can't just sit on your ass and let a play that obvious go.

HSC....why do ya cut us short like that? Why not tell us your "ideals?" Enquiring minds want to know!

We won't get Vidro for Konerko...not in a thousand years. And Boone is most definately not the second best 2Bman in the game....Soriano, Kent, and Vidro are the top 3 IMO...and Durham is right around there. He's too streaky for me....and he strikes out too much. He is top 5 though.

not kidding around i just got off the phone with a friend of mine who said to be on the look out for news within the next few days......... good news too......... No f***ing way! I didn't think this organization was that smart. HOLY s***!

This one never gets old. Always good for a laugh or two. Doodie