because it’s humorous…

Best media moment: A Sun-Times columnist asking security staffers Saturday to safeguard him from one of his colleagues, who asked for a conversation. Request denied.

It apparenly happened Saturday because this note was included in the Trib’s liveblog

Jay Mariotti asked for a security presence to safeguard him from his colleagues. UPDATE: Mariotti is cornered in the lunchroom with his cell glued to his ear, whining to his bosses about the inconsiderate behavior of his Sun-Times peeps, who apparently don’t like him.

You let me post whatever I want no matter how shite the quality out of sheer faith in the goodness of Sox fans and then completely negate the value of a three game series with our “rivals”. Evidence further that you navigate the complexities of blogdom brilliantly. Thanks again for the respite and the space to express myself. How you stay nearly without ego in a pursuit that’s so egotisic I won’t know.

/asskissing but what the fuck ever

I know I don’t post on this site very often but I am a bigger Sox fan than I let on. I watch as many games as I can and though I do not let it consume my life I do my best to catch up every day when I do not have a chance to watch the game. Part of my nightly routine is to spend at least 20 to 30 minutes reading this blog depending on the degree of interest the posts provoke on any particular night. One of the reasons I go here instead of any of the countless other places where I can get my sox news from is that, unlike most other places, when I come here I am always certain to find what you (Cheat) were referring to as perspective.

I know I can always come here and see the whole picture. For every person who is screaming that the season is over there is a voice of optimism whispering in the background. For every person preaching on ignorant hope there is a voice of realism ready to bring them back to earth. And for every weekend when there just aren’t enough words to really make sense of what happened, there is Cheat, offering us perspective.

I don’t always agree with everything that is said here, and I certainly don’t get as fanatic as some of you here but I love baseball and I love my Sox just like the rest of you. I am grateful to be able to come here everyday and this post only reminded me why. Thanks Cheat!

I was looking forward to this series more for the fact that the Sox were going to get a chance to show what they had against one of baseball’s best. Not that a three game set out of 162 is something you can draw a whole lot from, min you, but it was still a series I was certainly looking forward to. I don’t want to completely discount the “Crosstown Classic” factor - my dad is a Cubs fan and at Marquette I know a lot more people who root for the boys in red and blue than I know Sox fans - but it’s certainly lessened over the years (I’m sort of sidetracking here).

I’m just disappointed because we didn’t see the good or even average Sox team. Outside of a handful of guys (Dye, Danks, Quentin… some other guys had a non-terrible but nothing noteworthy series, too), we saw a poor weekend from our guys. Whether it was Contreras throwing BP on Saturday, Vazquez suddenly (or maybe not so suddenly—he’s been shaky his past several starts, although I expect him to rebound. He’s battling his command right now, that happens.) having no inkling on where the strike zone is, Crede not hitting the ball hard…

I don’t know… I’m sorry if this reads as more of a ramble. This weekend was tough, but it’s times like this that I’m glad I’ve completely weened myself off of ESPN “analysis” and other mainstream media output. This has become my sole outlet for talking Sox, as it’s generally a great balance of passion and reason minded-ness.

I agree with the above posters and have only one thing to add:

An SSH-free day is like when the lifeguard at the public pool blows his whistle to signal “adult swim”.
Thx for that too.

My second (and last) experience in the bleachers at Wrigley.

The heckling in the bleachers was pretty brutal.

The Sox’ play was also brutal.

But as I contemplated after the game whilst getting my drink on, the only thing that really upset me about this game is the Sox only being 1 1/2 games in 1st. Ultimately, I could give a rats patootie about how the Sox play the Cubs; any Cubs fan heckling really has no bite because you can end any argument with “talk to me when you win a World Series in your lifetime.”

Vazquez was poor today, in fact, I’ve got a terrible record watching the Sox in person this season – 0-3 and only 2 runs scored over all 3 games. But still, it’s just one weekend against an opponent that is not in our division. If the Twins had lost today I wouldn’t have really cared that much.

This may not be a great team, but I still think they are a good team. They just didn’t show it today at all.

on the old Comiskey site (yes, it’s a parking lot) and has 2 actual seats from 2005 sitting in my garage. That being said, I don’t live and die with each win/loss, but rather frequent this site because of the diverity of opinion and the interesting ways those opinions are present. It’s fun.

That being said, it hasn’t been as much fun this past weekend, so thanks, Cheat, for allowing (perhaps) some fresh air to permeate. Everyone needs a break once in awhile.

is I was unable to watch most of Saturday and all of Sunday. Brutal. Should I be concerned about Javy? Did he look that bad (wild) or is he just going thru “that” period most go thru at some point in the season.

and why is today a free day?

regards

The crowds this weekend had to be the near-loudest many players have experienced, in or out of dome. Interesting to consider the effect on both teams.

It was painful that the Sox as a team seemed to regress through the series to last night’s whimper.

In the end, I think the Sox are more than competitive with the north-side team.

put my very “cranky” weekend in the rearview mirror. Talk about a trainwreck…geez…and on national TV…double geez.

This weekend could set things right with the Sox world again…or make it completely unbearable…who knows?

However, beyond this weekend, on the upside, the Sox schedule isn’t terrible in July with 6 vs. KC, 6 vs. TX, and a smattering of games with Oakland, Detroit and a whopper of a series in Minnesota and the tail end. These are series that SHOULD be won by the Sox if they buck up and get their act together, with pitching and hitting in sync. Hey, it could happen.

Meanwhile, in July, the Twins have many games vs. Cleveland and Detroit (so it will be nice to watch the rest of the division beat each other up), as well as series in Boston and New York.

So do like Steve Perry and…”Don’t stop believin’, hold on to that feelin’”