I'll admit I was giving Swisher a hard time. I even compared him to Jeff Liefer. But deep, deep down inside I knew he wouldn't blow ass all season.

Here's a fourth exciting thing: Vinny Del Negro = new Bulls coach

 

 

wait, no that still makes 3.

So are we now officially going with the incorrectly worded Farmer/Rooney phrase for winner threads now? Is this a no jinx thing?

Yes. (shhh)

Hell yeah!!!! bring on the tigers!

Speaking of which, I've never got why we don't start those chants when we play the Tiggers at home.

Yes. (shhh)

 

there's no such things as f***ing jinxes

there's no such things as f***ing jinxes

Oh, silence.

Swish!!

 

really great to see him turning it around

 

 

 

What a fun homestand that was!

 

Could the two best teams in baseball both reside in Chicago?

Looking at our upcoming schedule, we have a chance to go on a serious roll. We've got a terrible Tigers team and the crap that is the NL (save the *barf* Cubs) all this month.

The Cubs don't scare me one bit. Outside of Zambrano, who we have hit before, their rotation isn't scary at all and they've benefited from playing s*** teams like Pittsburgh, Houston, Colorado, etc a trillion times.

The Cubs don't scare me one bit. Outside of Zambrano, who we have hit before, their rotation isn't scary at all and they've benefited from playing s*** teams like Pittsburgh, Houston, Colorado, etc a trillion times.

At home. Their second best starter is Ryan Dempster, even with his hot start probably wont finish with an ERA below 4.

 

 

I wonder if the Twins would trade us Joe Nathan.....

The Cubs don't scare me one bit. Outside of Zambrano, who we have hit before, their rotation isn't scary at all and they've benefited from playing s*** teams like Pittsburgh, Houston, Colorado, etc a trillion times.

Same here. Not to mention Lee is struggling.

 

I think we can easily take 4/6 from the Scrubs, maybe even 5/6 or 6/6.

I think some of you are under-rating the Cubs. Without our weak division we would be hovering around .500 so calling them out for playing weak teams isn't fair. That being said I do think we have a better ball club and even though he has had early season success its hard to be scared of Dempster.

It's hard to be scared of anyone in their rotation outside of Zambrano. That's what's so hard to understand. Their 2-5 on paper and going by past history sucks. But the NL is so bad that it hasn't mattered...yet.

a 7-0 homestand! Wow, when was the last time that happened?

 

Swish the 1st Sox to hit HRs from both sides in a game since Jose Valentin?

 

 

We are in great position with crappy teams coming up. Let's keep it up and bury all the teams in the division!!!

I think some of you are under-rating the Cubs. Without our weak division we would be hovering around .500 so calling them out for playing weak teams isn't fair. That being said I do think we have a better ball club and even though he has had early season success its hard to be scared of Dempster.

We've played 29 home games compared to their 34. We're 17-17 on the road, they are 14-16. And the NL is worse than the AL anyway. Have you seen a Pirates game recently? Rockies? They are pathetic.

I wonder if the Twins would trade us Joe Nathan.....

 

If you want to deal with that contract, by all means.

I think some of you are under-rating the Cubs. Without our weak division we would be hovering around .500 so calling them out for playing weak teams isn't fair. That being said I do think we have a better ball club and even though he has had early season success its hard to be scared of Dempster.

Check out some of the pitchers the NL teams run out day after day and get back to me.

We've played 29 home games compared to their 34. We're 17-17 on the road, they are 14-16. And the NL is worse than the AL anyway. Have you seen a Pirates game recently? Rockies? They are pathetic.

 

Well everyone seemed to love the Diamondbacks before and I know the Cubs beat them in a series and hell the Pirates just did also.

I still like the D-backs. They're struggling right now. But I still fully expect them to be there come October. And good luck to any NL team having to go up against Webb, Haren, and a healthy Randy Johnson, especially in a short series.

Welcome to 2008 Nick Swisher

Nice come-from-behind win. I kinda gave up on the game after the back-to-back Ks of Konerko and Thome with the bags loaded. I had stuff to do anyway but just the same I gave up on the game and got myself into the "oh well, we're still in 1st place with a nice lead" kinda thinking.

What a nice surprise to see that they won this thing. Way to go, Swish! And nice for Walnuts to make up for his costly at the time caught looking K.

If you want to deal with that contract, by all means.

For probably the best closer in baseball, yes.

of course I didnt play swish on my fantasy team today, but I did play Danks and Q.....

Just got back from work to discover this news. When I went back to work from lunch Sox were trailing 5-4 but with the way the team has been playing I figured we'd find a way to com back and win it. 6.5 games! Wow! Don't let up boys!