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Ok, the NBA owns the Hornets, who have bled money for the NBA. The 29 owners said no, so therefore, trade can't go through. They have as much right to veto it as Reinsdorf can veto a Bulls trade. Plus, the Hornets would be taking on $50M in contracts for three 30 year olds as opposed to Paul's expiring, thus costing the NBA more money. And Paul won't honor his contract. Sorry, but the owners had every right to veto it and did.

CP3 refuses to report to Hornets camp. Is seeking legal action. And Stern waited until today to block it..until after the union ratified.

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 10:18 PM) One good reason to not believe it. A second reason... nobody throws a season just to make a point. That's beyond ridiculous. Makes for great SunTimes articles to inflame the masses and attract readers... but simply.not.realistic. Except...Ozzie did. It makes sense for him. He got a 4 year deal with a raise from the Marlins. He destroyed any chance of salvaging the club that Kenny had, but didn't have to deal with it. Ozzie threw the season.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 03:41 PM) I haven't read the LOTR books, but I like the movies a lot. I never really thought of Sauron as a great villain. Does he have a lot more characterization and well, actually do something other than watch and order minions around in the books? Before the LOTR books, he murdered the s*** out of everything. And he's basically Satan.

God, this teaming up bulls***.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 06:12 PM) I hope Buehrle does well, but I hope Ozzie and the Marlins tank. I want to see a collapse of epic proportions. This. I want Buehrle to go 33-0. And the Marlins win 33 games.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 06:08 PM) So, what are you driving at? MOFO QUIT.

f***ing Lakers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 02:11 PM) So Greg let me get this right. Whenever Joe Cowley praises Ozzie and bashes KW you think he is 100 percent correct. However, when he says that Ozzie might have been making moves to spite KW last year without teams best interest in mind, he is wrong? Your f***ing god Ozzie Guillen quit on the team. His son started this s***. Ozzie. f***ing. Guillen. Quit. On. The. White. Sox. OZZIE. GUILLEN. QUIT.

QUOTE (Cali @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) FYI World's Greatest Manager Ozzie Guillen apparently can't name anyone on the Phillies roster... GOD HE'S A f***ING MORON.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 01:55 PM) We weren't in the series, we lost 4-1. Haslem completely stabilized their big problem. Rose missed a shot at the clock one game. We blew a huge lead another. We had the only true blowout of the series, the others we lost in the last minutes. We had Rose, Boozer, and Noah on one leg each. Noah and Boozer hadn't developed chemistry yet. Omer Asik had a broken leg. Our sharpshooter went ice cold. And we were still in it. On the season, we were 4-4 against the Heat. The only game where everyone was truly "healthy" was Game 1 of the ECF. Add a legit SG to this team and we are equipped to the take the Heat down.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) Phil Rogers' column says it all. This is on Kenny for bringing in stiffs Rios, Dunn and the injured Peavy. I prefer to blame Oney for starting the Kenny-Ozzie s***.

Bulls are just a decent SG away. East isn't accounted for.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 10:54 AM) you really are a republican. let's get back to baseball, though, k? Typical left wing dodge move.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 05:37 AM) I'm in tears right now. Sorry, Q. But you must persevere. You must go on. In fact, here's something I want you to listen to whenever you think of Mark. f*** you J4L. I hate that song. But seriously, this move made me epicly sad and my Buehrle shirt, well that s*** was true. Thing is falling apart now I've worn it so damn much. Only comparison is my Paulie one, but it doesn't have holes and is slightly less tattered.

Now that I'm a bit more level headed. __________________________________________________________________ For the past eleven years, there were a few constants in my life. Seeing the same friends, coming to the same home, and Mark Buehrle taking the ball every fifth game during baseball season. Now I'm at college, but I still had Buehrle. Now that's gone. Buehrle was like a friend that you never really knew, he was reliable, a great person, and you loved him. When some friends and I were at Blockbuster, we got in the car...I was wearing my Mark Buehrle shirt (during baseball season I only wore it every day he started a game and no others) and I heard Farmio say "Mark Buehrle has retired all twelve batters he's faced." Ok, four innings of perfect ball is nothing to get excited about...but I did. I sped home to turn on the game. DeWayne Wise catching that ball released the most unbridled emotion in me that I've ever really had, including out 27 of Game 4. I watch that play now and it isn't the same. It's over in like three seconds. Not three hours. Mark was more than a baseball player to me. He was an inspiration...honestly, I kept trying at making my high school baseball team, where I knew I had no place, because Mark made it off hard work, not talent. Every day he pitched, right under my jersey was my now tattered Mark Buehrle t-shirt, because honestly, the guy is the only celebrity "hero" I ever had, him and Paulie. But Buehrle wasn't a highly touted prospect. He was kid who didn't make his HS team, pitched in JC with OK stuff, but made it to the big leagues and was a great human being. I could wax poetic about Buehrle for paragraphs, but it's pointless as he's gone to the home of the Hollywood Heat and the second running of the Oz Show. Where LeBron and Co. have a pre-season celebration, where Ozzie and Loria try to be flashy, where the 72 Dolphins b**** and moan every year...the Patron Saint of the Southside has no place in South Beach, yet there he is. I'm wearing my Buehrle shirt one last time tomorrow, then the shirt I've worn more than any other will be retired until Buehrle rejoins the Sox or retires himself. Mark

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 02:22 AM) I should have specified in a coaching/management/front office role... Buehrle definitely will not be doing that. Although I certainly wouldn't rule him coming back to a contending Sox team in 3-4 years, especially if the Marlins are willing to subidize part of the salary cost. I meant as a pitching coach.

Where is Mark Buehrle?

QUOTE (dielac @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 01:05 AM) Somewhere, Pablo Ozuna is thinking to himself "ouch, what did i do deserve that one.." Yeah, at least he could hit the ball.

Who knew 11 years later, I'd feel so sad to not see some no-name 38th round pick be on our team. Damn it Mark...damn .

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 12:54 AM) “With the team we’re putting together, we expect there to be very few empty seats at this ballpark ever,” Samson said of the team’s new, 37,000-seat ballpark. “We want to deliver to Miami its first division winner ever and it’s third World Series.” [/i] Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/07/2536...l#ixzz1fvKDl2xA Tell that to the Miami Heat. God, I hate the Marlins so much.

Happy Birthday!

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) Ugh, now you're insinuating that Ozzie had something to do with the higher payroll. Ozzie Guillen is responsible for the 1917 WS win,the Go-Go White Sox, and Frank Thomas being a great hitter.

Actually, you know another thing? Remember how Ozzie upstaged Buehrle's last start as a White Sox pitcher?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) I do think the fact Buehrle is back with Ozzie does make this whole thing chap my ass a little bit more than it usually would. This. QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:17 PM) Did you read the interview with Oz in this edition of espn the magazine? I like Oz more and more after reading it. People that say I'm a sugary Sox homer won't have a problem with me this year cause I despise Kenny and definitely will not be defending Robin as he learns on the job. You'd like Ozzie more after he finished 0-162 by playing bad players everyday because he showed them they need to earn money. QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) That logic makes perfect sense in your world QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:26 PM) What if he tells the media funny jokes every day? QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) Meaningless unless people are smiling in restaurants It's OK guys. I asked people in Lawrence. They like Robin. Said Ozzie was a loud mouth piece of s***.