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Rauch is around he was throwing in the bullpen yesterday he's GOT to be the long relief guy

nothing like getting embarrassed on national TV

gimme a break. get him out before this game is over in the first inning RAUCH DAMMIT

Rauch, please. Immediately. somebody wake Ozzie up

To me the most telling item was that he didn't go into the clubhouse. THAT I'd like to see.

here it is from Saturday's Trib. The link: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines The story: Harrelson-Mariotti name-calling feud heats up By Teddy Greenstein Tribune staff reporter July 2, 2004, 10:57 PM CDT Jay Mariotti likes to tell his morning radio listeners not to focus so much on him. "It's not about me," he said earlier this week on WMVP-AM 1000. "It's about the teams." Maybe, but lately Mariotti has been a story. The Sun-Times sports columnist and regular on ESPN's "Around the Horn" went nose-to-nose Wednesday with White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson in the the press box at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. At one point, witnesses say, Mariotti told Harrelson: "I ought to clock you right now." Harrelson's response: "Go ahead. Do what you've got to do, Jay." The two have been feuding in print and on air since SoxFest, when Harrelson called Mariotti "the biggest sports fraud" and added: "Mariotti wouldn't know a good or bad team if he saw one … In six or seven years, I've never seen him in the clubhouse." Days later Mariotti wrote: "Now that official team puppet Hawk Harrelson has targeted me as Osama Sox Laden—the one and only reason why the ballmall is obsolete, the fan base is shrinking and bad drunks rush the field and attack people—allow me to use my almighty powers in a more productive manner." Since then, Mariotti has written about Harrelson four times, describing him as "[Chairman Jerry] Reinsdorf's shameless mouthpiece," "whiny … bitter" and sounding "like he's constipated." Harrelson has struck back on his telecasts, most recently after Mariotti likened U.S. Cellular Field to a "state penitentiary" after describing a fight in the stands. But the two men didn't cross paths until about an hour before Wednesday's Sox-Twins game. Harrelson was walking to the TV booth, taking the required route past the back row of the press box. There's not much room to maneuver, and Mariotti, talking on his cell phone to ESPN program director Len Weiner, was leaning back in his chair. Harrelson said he "brushed" past the chair, unaware of who was sitting in it. Mariotti said Harrelson "rammed into him," prompting Mariotti to tell him: "Watch where you're going." The incident grew heated, with Harrelson and Mariotti yelling insults at each other. Witnesses say Mariotti, after rising from his chair, came within three to four inches of Harrelson and said: "I ought to clock you right now." After more name-calling, witnesses say Mariotti told Harrelson: "You want a lawsuit? I can make you a poor man." Mariotti denied that he threatened to sue Harrelson. "No," he said. "There was an exchange. He was yelling silly things that are beneath me. He needs to be a professional. Am I going up to his [TV] booth and yelling at him? If I did, would that be a violation? Yes. End of story." Not quite. After the game, Harrelson said he and analyst Darrin Jackson saw Mariotti working alone in the press box while other writers were in the clubhouses. Harrelson said he told Mariotti: "'Now, Jay, have a nice evening.' And he muttered something I couldn't make out." Mariotti said the incident occurred while he and others were on deadline. "You don't come into a press box after a game and start yelling at a guy when writers are on deadline," Mariotti said. "He's thoroughly unprofessional." But not even that marked the end of the dispute. A friend of Harrelson's called him Friday morning to report that Mariotti had said on his radio show, "I can pinch his beak off any time I want to," referring to Harrelson. That prompted Harrelson to call the station and ask producer Shaun Witt to put him on the air. Witt declined, telling Harrelson: "Jay said he'd take a pass." Harrelson called Mariotti "gutless" and told Witt: "Just tell Jay that next time he comes to U.S. Cellular Field, I'll give him a chance to pinch my beak off." Mariotti denied having referred to Harrelson on his Friday morning show. Witt said late Friday morning that he would review a tape of the show. But he never reported its contents and didn't return phone messages left for him. Mariotti said he declined to put Harrelson on the air because "I have no interest in these silly little things. I am above that. I'm trying to do a radio show. The White Sox just need to play baseball and stop worrying about the media. That goes for him too." Mariotti attributes his dispute with Harrelson to a "10-year war" between him and the Sox. "Jerry Reinsdorf," Mariotti said, "is trying to get one of his trusted longtime hands to goad me, whether it's on the air or in the press box, to do something that will perhaps end my radio career on his flagship station. I'll never do anything that stupid. That is what the story is here. "I am provoked constantly and it's in my best interests to walk away," Mariotti said. "I have been provoked by athletes, owners, their sons, writers and broadcasters a good 15 to 20 times in this city and every time I have walked away. How many other people would?" Mariotti said he is "appalled" that so many people want to confront him. "These people need to get me off the brain," he said. "I'm not worth it. I'm just a guy in the media. I'm trying to lay low." Copyright © 2004, The Chicago Tribune

Ross Gload is no Roberto Clemente in right field.

pose after you've crossed home plate. until then, run your ass off. It ain't that far, guys

you're never as bad as you look when you're losing and you're never as good as you look when you're winning. solid consistent approach works best.

it's 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth. Love to see the Wrigleys blow a 4-0 lead and this game and suffer a crisis of confidence with the Sox coming in. Love to, love to, love to

homer to win yesterday. homer for the first run off Baby Jesus today. three-run jack off Mercker to tie the game in the 8th today. as Baby Jesus stood in the dugout steaming because he didn't want to leave the game. be nice for The Wrigleys to blow this one to carry Zero momentum into tomorrow

I think they're similarly inconsistent. some days (like today) pretty encouraging. other days, they're barely better than BP. I prefer Garland. And I'd also prefer that Schoenweis shut his pie hole and get people out. The Angels won the World Series by jerking him outta the rotation. And Scioscia got tired of his b****ing and got rid of him. Managers manage. Pitchers pitch.

It's not about YOU. Scho. It's about team. Pitch your ass off. If you get people out, you'll start. If you don't, you won't. it's really that simple.

1. We didn't hire Terry Francona to manage. The Boston papers are already calling him a mistake, lamenting the 2 1/2 years he has left on his contract. 2.We didn't trade Maggs for Nomar. Garciaparra looks like a lost child in the field and at bat. Even Mia Hamm has started calling him E6. 3. We didn't resign Bartolo Colon. He's getting ripped for his Twiggy physique across the country. Don't be deceived by his 6.17 ERA. It's actually 7.85 over the last 30 days. Wassup with dat, Bart. 4. We didn't sign Sidney Ponson. Just when you thought NOBODy could be worse than Fat-tolo, Sir Sidney raised his hand. He's 3-11 with a 6.22 ERA. Jim Palmer could pitch better than Svelte Sidney. 5. We didn't sign Mike Cameron. Another bargain at however many millions. Hitting .216 with 81 whiffs in 255 at bats. Thank you Kenny Williams. You made some good decisions.

painful stuff

When are we going to see Gentle Ben behind the plate?

kudos Freddy hope he'll realize he's going to get some runs here. And, most of all, I'm thankful we didn't blow money on Bartolo Colon or Sidney Ponson. Perspective folks, perspective.

Bob Casey he was born prior to George Washington. Rooney and Farmer make fun of him every trip. actually I think Dick Bremer, the Twins TV announcer is a helluva lot more annoying.

thanx for all you do. didn't realize how much I miss this site until I couldn't access it.

sounds good to me the twins big edge has been the pen. last year LaTroy and Eddie this year nathan now that we have finally pulled the plug on Koch, we should start to gain more altitude

glad to see A Row getting his due. all he does is play his butt off

Still anxious to see if Flash can stay healthy into October. He's always one hard yakker away from grabbing his arm in pain.

Todd Ritchie, Jamie Navarro and David Wells liked it, too.

Until our magic number is ZERO, they're the champs and they have the right to talk all the smack they want. Up to the Sox to shut them up.

ACtually the Yankees won the 1996 World Series because the Braves did what the Braves always do -- gagged their way to a loss after winning the first two games of the World Series. Andruw Jones has the same number of rings as Aaron Roward == ZERO. Andruw Jones has been a major player on the most underachieving team in the history of baseball -- the Braves, who can't hit the urinal in the post-season. The Braves won their title in 1995 before Jones arrived. And he IS FIRST TEAM all hype. He was billed as the game's next superdooperstar. He's not. He's not even one of the top 10 players in the majors. Sorry. When you weigh the salaries, I'll keep A Row, who grew up with the Sox, wants to play for the Sox, busts his ass and doesn't think he's Willie Mays. Just say no to Andruw Jones.