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Uh-oh, Alex GIDP Rios is up....

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 05:32 PM) Calling an Omar grand slam. Inside the park grand slam. I am calling a Manny Ramirez grand slam.

I am 100% shocked that Juan Pierre is not bunting right now...... but alas, it hit him instead...

Might as well go out with a bang, Kotsay.

Damn, of all the starts for Buehrle, I just had an odd feeling this could be one of those "special" nights. But alas, his kicksave did him in.

"Now up to bat.....#99.....Manny Ramirez" How sweet would that have been with Paulie at 2nd? But instead, it's CQ and he grounds to SS on first pitch.

Good start boys! Who needs Manny?!>!>! 2-0 Good guys!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 06:03 PM) LOL, just a lot of incoherent rambling??? I just think that if you play with a 25-man roster for 5 months, you shouldnt just change to a 40-man roster come September. It should stay the same all season for competition sake. The extra players can swing the division, either by a competitor's roster or a spoiler team having the extra players to steal a win. Well, then it should speak to a team's minor league strength then if they can actually get help from those 15 extra minor leaguers. I think it's great for the game. Fun for fans who have a s***ty major league team, but exciting minor leaguers, and good for the contending teams to keep their stars fresh for the playoffs. No one wants to see players dragging ass into October and having their whole season ended because of tired, banged up players.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) I honestly thought you were gonna jizz when you saw this since your a big fan of his for some reason. You disappoint me Joe. I'm sorry. But yeah, Arroyo doesn't make me jizz like Morel yet. He is probably my #3 guy under Morel and Wilkins. This post reeks of homo, tbh.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 03:26 PM) Great Falls season goes on for almost two more weeks and the playoffs on top of that. Oh, I did not know this. I just assumed all minor league teams ended this week because of Sept. call-ups.

QUOTE (Big Daddy Kool @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 03:58 PM) Southside, who is that girl underneath your name? Danielle Stevens, formerly Dan Stevens.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 05:31 PM) This might be a separate conversation for another day, but does anyone else think that expansion of the roster in September is a bad idea? I get how its good for bad teams that are out of the race, it makes it easier to get your rookies playing time and see what they are all about. When there are two teams battling for a playoff spot, and for 5 months they have to use a 25-man roster the entire team. You have to manage that roster each and every game to make sure your pitching arms don't wear out, your hitters stay fresh, etc. All of a sudden, as the race goes down to the wire, you are allowed to call up 15 more guys if you so please. I know most of those guys aren't that good, but having all those fresh bodies on the bench can definitely make a difference, especially in an extra inning game, and we all know one game can make the whole difference in a season. I'm not sure I see the downside in your post....

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) I thought he was officially impeached. I guess not. Manny isn't available until tomorrow. Then we have the right to get mad at Kotsay playing.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) pierre lf vizquel 3b rios cf konerko dh quentin rf aj c ramirez ss kotsay 1b UNf***ING REAL beckham 2b buehrle p Why are you surprised?

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) Spencer Arroyo is going to GF after Wednesday. Hmm, what's the point? Doesn't their season end in a week or so? And is it even worth a promotion from Bristol to Great Falls? Aren't they both Rookie level teams?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:35 PM) Did Manny poop in your bedroom? LMAO! Ahahaha. I can just imagine that Greg was on a vacation in Boston and he comes into his hotel room to fine that Manny Ramirez took a dump on his pillow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) Read the Passon story. Lots of evidence on yahoo he is a major bum. Maybe turd is the better word. I'm all in favor of winning at all costs on the professional level. Bring him in. I just hope the fans at the Cell cheer his every hit and boo him mercilessly on every out. He accepted all that adulation in LA then when he tired of the city, s*** on his teammates and fans, which he will do here as well. Let's beat him to the punch. Demand he produce or boo his ass off the field before he does it to the Sox as he has other teams. Cmon quitter ... let's play ball. Lead us to the pennant big guy. Sox pay you 4 mill; lets see a 4 million dollar month or boo you off the field. If I embarrass the Sox fans by mocking Kotsay, then you are being a massive hypocrite if you think we should boo Manny off the field. Pick a side of the fence.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) To this day, I have no idea how I became a Sox fan. All I remember is getting a 1989 Chicago Cubs team photo plaque for Christmas, but by 1991 I was a Sox fan. Same here. Everyone in my family, and I mean EVERYONE (dad, grandpa, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins) are all Cubs fans. They used to dress me in Cubs things when I was younger, but at some point in the late 90's, I starting watching baseball and became a Sox fan. I actually think it was my dad's fault for taking me to Sox games when I was younger because he would get them for free from work, so instead of going to Cubs games, we would go to Sox games, and I think thats where I fell in love with Frank, Sugar Ray Durham, Buehrle, Royce Clayton, Joe Crede, Magglio, ect. I would say around 1999-2000 when probably when I really started to follow. I would have been about 9 or 10.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) Mark Kotsay is a turd. Manny Ramirez is a stud. We should fill our team with more nice guys like Mark Kotsay. Who cares if we only win 45 games, at least I would be able to sleep well at night knowing we have the humanitarian awards wrapped up.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:15 PM) I agree there's joy in baseball and life. Forgive me for not applauding the team for acquiring a guy, who by all accounts, is a bum. A rich bum if that's possible. I hope he hits .400 for the month with 15 home runs and we beat out the Twins. I am not saying he can't excel. I just think he's a turd. You can polish a turd all you want, but a turd will always be a turd. This will not end well. But if he can bring us another WS title, great. I'll take it. I just want the Sox to use him for his ability and the fans to challenge him to excel. I'm not normally in favor of booing, but I hope we boo him on every out, and praise him when he gets a hit.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:10 PM) September is too late for mania to take hold anyway. Summer is over. Kids back in school. The marathon season is in the stretch run. Manny will either produce and help us beat the Twins, which is very unlikely considering the Twins' schedule compared to ours, or Manny won't. There should be very little Manny mania this time of year with football starting, etc. I can't believe there's no discussion of the yahoo article indicating how Manny has repeatedly quit on his teammates. Just do it, Manny. You are no big deal in the great city of Chicago. You have to prove something first here.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:09 PM) Am I embarrassing myself? Or do I possess the ability to find joy and excitement in things in life instead of poo-pooing every... Something as cool as Manny f***ing Ramirez on the White Sox? Awesome in my book. Make your own choice as to whether I'm embarrassing myself, but I don't really care. Mannypalooza will rock Chicagoland. Can't wait to drive down the Man Ryan Expressway.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) That's quite a stretch. There are other guys KW could have acquired than this bum. I'm all for him helping the team win. I'm just glad Sox fans are keeping an open mind and not embarrassing themselves by having some catch phrase like Mannywood for his arrival. He should be treated as just another guy. I wish that WGN announcer would tell the Boston media of that story about Manny in the hotel. Maybe they'll look into it if the Chicago and LA media don't want to. It has to be untrue. No human being would do what that story alleges. Mannypalooza.

Now that I start to think about it, maybe it's better than Manny doesn't come until tomorrow so no one will have to be removed from 25-man roster tonight, meaning they take 10 days off, and I think it would also make them ineligible for the playoffs. So from the team standpoint, maybe it's a good thing. But I really wanted to watch Manny on WGN.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) I hope that Manny story about the dump is true because to tell such a disgusting story if not true means that WGN radio announcer is a wacked out idiot. If it is true, the media should flush that one out (ha). That story MUST be printed. If Manny did that, he truly is the most disgusting human alive, OK ONE of the most disgusting. If that story is true ... Manny is disgusting human waste. Obviously the money means something to the Dodgers. They have to be rejoicing today, getting some team to pay that bum for the rest of the season. Sometimes it's hard for me to understand why you even post here. Everything the Sox do seems to piss you off, so maybe, I don't know, not posting would give you a lot of stress relief???? Just an observation.