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Season on the line chat anyone? http://www.soxtalk.com/chat/chatroom.html

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) Sox fans do love their station to station baseball. People will go far to bring up stats how Thome would make a difference this year and to prove it they will bring up Kotsay's stats. (yawn) The Sox didn't really do much when they had Thome but he is glorified for game 163 which didn't have to be played if the Sox wouldn't lay down against Royal like teams. So far it looks like the Sox are doing just as well without Thome. Many people forget how bad this team was at the season. They dug a deep hole and it was deep enough that the percentages are against winning a division. They won a division in 08 and won 90 games in 2006 despite Buehrle and the pitching staff s***ting the bed. But I guess the pitching staff sucking in 2006 was Thome's fault. But I see you come from the Ozzie school of never admitting when you are wrong so you have to rip Thome whenever he comes up without any facts to support your argument. Also, the argument that the Sox didn't do much with Thome is unbelievably stupid. What did the Red Sox win with Ted Williams? What did the Rangers win with Alex Rodriguez? What did the Mariners win with Ken Griffey Jr? The list goes on and on.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) The ironic thing about the Pearl/Illinois deal is now Pearl is dealing with his cheating issue, and that story about the kid and the 200k from Kentucky the Sun Times reported is rumored to be sourced from Bruce Weber. Not really, the only one who has rumored it to be from Weber is Greg Doyel who hates Illinois and has Calipari's dick in his mouth.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Frank Omiyale is still literally the worst player in the NFL. Alex Barron is a close 2nd.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:35 PM) LOL, yeah, I know. I agree that it is an awful rule. If somehow the Bears sneak in the playoff race though, it will count as a win. Sure and I will be happy about it at that time. But sure is hard to be happy about a win when frankly the other team scored a TD that should have won them the game that somehow wasn't rule a TD because of a ludicrous rule.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) Um, according to NFL.com they did, 19-14. Sure and the record book also shows Galarraga didn't throw a perfect game when he clearly did.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) I think he was down and touched out of bounds by the time he dropped the ball. My god. And he was clearly just standing up when he put the ball on the ground. I can't even feel good about this win since the Bears didn't actually win the game.

The Bears didn't win that game. Arguably the dumbest rule in professional sports history won them the game. That rule is unfathomably stupid. There is not a legitimate reason for that rule to exist.

Wow even as a Bears fan that is f***ing ridiculous. The NFL has the stupidest rules in professional sports between that and the tuck rule. Unbelievably stupid.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) Let's see how this ruling goes. Frankly it is an obvious TD unless the NFL is the dumbest rule in the history of sports.

How is that not a TD by Johnson? If that isn't a TD they need to change the rule.

Great throw by Cutler, he played a great game today.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) Honestly guys, if you were inside the one, you would go for it too. The Bears just don't have the horses to do so. Don't blame the decision on Lovie. Blame the management in Angelo. Not when a FG gives you the lead in the 4th quarter when the Lions haven't picked up a 1st down since half time.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) WHY IS LOVIE SMITH SO GOD DAMN STUPID? Just an awful decision and an additional thank you goes to Jerry Angelo for building one of the worst offensive lines in the league.

Bears offensive line is embarrassing. 1st and Goal from the 1 and you can't score a TD. Also how the f*** do you not kick the FG to take the lead. I'm all for going for it on 4th down but not when you can take the lead.

Cutler held that a little too long but Omiyale is terrible.

Kevin Durant is incredible in international basketball (not that he isn't in the NBA). Derrick Rose looks awful shooting the ball. I haven't seen any signs whatsoever of an improved jump shot.

Julius Peppers is a freak

So when does basketball start?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) You guys are all second guessing deluxe. Nobody knew Thome would succeed this year, just as nobody knew Crede would suck last year. One man did not ruin our season. Our pitching has failed us on MANY occasions. We have many holes in our lineup, not just the absence of Thome who many Sox fans wanted to run out of town. Second guessing is easy but not always right. Considering Thome has been a successful hitter every single year since 1993 (except for when he was hurt in 2005) it was a safe bet Thome would be successful this year. And considering Crede clearly was having back problems it was very likely he wouldn't produce last year. We have other holes in our lineup but the biggest one is at DH where the only requirement for the position is being a good hitter. Instead we go with a below league average hitter, with no wheels, who can only play first base so he doesn't even give us flexibility or any production at the plate. Unbelievably dumb decision and plenty of people were saying that before the season began. And frankly it is hilarious that anyone would want to run out of town a guy who was arguably the Sox most productive hitter last year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 11:56 PM) How do you know he'd have done this with the Sox? WIth Thome you think we win this division? I don't. We actually were in pretty good shape but the Sox refused to make a move and again it was the wrong decision. We were doing just fine w/out Thome. Sox had a chance to improve and passed on it. The Sox were supposed to dominate on the mound. I wouldn't call what our starters have done as domination. It is impossible to say whether the Sox would win the division with Thome but we certainly would be in a much better position to win it with Thome than without him. With Thome this team likely has 3 or 4 more wins than they do right now and if you take Thome off the Twins they are probably a couple of games worse which obviously would put the Sox in great position to win the division.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 11:10 PM) Like half of Soxtalk didn't want to get rid of Thome. Get real. It's not Ozzie. It's just NOT OUR SEASON again. If you can sleep better blaming a great manager like Ozzie, more power to ya. Half of Soxtalk is also stupid and thinks Thome wasn't a great player for the Sox so I don't give a damn what they think. If you sign a competent DH then letting Thome go is fine. Deciding to go with Mark f***ing Kotsay when there were better option available for basically nothing is one of the dumbest decisions imaginable and the fact that Ozzie thought this was a good move makes me really question his ability to determine what a good baseball player is.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 11:17 PM) All I have to say is that the Sox not signing Jim Thome was the best idea ever...for the Twins. Deciding to go with Kotsay and Jones as a rotating DH over signing Thome for basically nothing has to be among the dumbest personnel decisions in baseball history and it pretty much cost us the division.

I know its early and who knows if it keeps up, but Illinois just seems so much more prepared and well coached this year. Koenning appears to be a great hire.

LOL at Virginia Tech going down to James Madison. Say goodbye to Boise's national title hopes.