White Sox Blogger Round-Up
by larry on Oct 12, 2009 9:16 AM CDT
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Print- J.J. continues his player reviews with everyone's favorite, Tony Pena.
- Andrew shares four essays on Dewayne Wise.
- Jim makes fun of the Twins.
- White Sox Cards shares his all-decade team.
- And Mark Gonzales' always entertaining mailbag.
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I see Perotto writes
the Sox have decided to sign Podsednik vs. go after Figgins. Couldn’t we just do neither?
Need a powerful DH in the lineup, name one guy with more power than those two
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
bwahahaha!
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 8 recs
how was that not rec'd before me?
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
This is magnificent.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
by winningugly on Oct 12, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, lil' Larry...
In the end, Dewayne Wise becomes more than a season or a catch or a blind refusal to quit; Dewayne Wise is where White Sox outfielders go when they die.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
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love the use of “go when they die” over the more-travelled “go to die.”
"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote
by SkanchoDanza on Oct 12, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, Jim really says it best re: Punto. That guy is so good. Jim. Not Punto.
Few things give me a greater sense of schadenfreude than when Nick Punto unsuccessfully dives into first.
One item to add to that select list: Nick Punto unsuccessfully diving headfirst back into third base … after blowing through a stop sign … as he represents the tying run … with zero outs … in the late innings … of a playoff game … and an elimination game. That’s not merely schadenfreude — that’s a wet dream on plastic grass. And when it helps bring the baseball career of the Metrodome to a close, all the better!
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
specifically entered the thread just to rec that line. magnificent turn of phrase right there.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Oct 13, 2009 2:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Gritty: A play in three acts
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by billyok on Oct 12, 2009 10:42 AM CDT reply actions 15 recs
he only slides feet-first on defense, or in between bases
can’t get more grindy than that.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 2010
did Pods swap uniforms with Punto?
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
woof.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
About time you contributed something to this site.
Rec’d.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
by winningugly on Oct 12, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I like that mucho! rec'd
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 12, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'M A SAD PUNTO
rec’d. hell rec’d!
"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"
motherfucker gets what he deserves
how much are the twins paying him?
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Oct 12, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Not nearly enough for my taste.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
not enough grinders in your pond i can see
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Oct 12, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
needs, nay, requires fanshotting and front-paging
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Oct 13, 2009 2:06 AM CDT up reply actions
1929 World Series
(5 game series) completed on 10/14/29.
1969 World Series (5 game series) completed on 10/16/69.
Game 5 of 2009 World Series scheduled on 11/2/2009.
Gotta be a be to pay the big bucks.
Now that we have good astroturf, we need more domes.
176 has a nice ring to it.
Aye I don't really get the criticism of november baseball.
Sad month of February/March previous to the NCAA tournament
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
I was going to pick an all decade team but he basically nailed it.
If i had to go with a righty starter (he only picked Buehrle) I would go with Jon Garland.
I think I would pick Damaso Marte over Matt Thornton… though it is very close between the two. They are by far the best set up men over the 10 years. Not many good righties. If i had to pick a righty set up man it would be Octavio Dotel who had more than 1 decent season…. the other contenders are Antonio Osuna, Flash Gordon and Cliff Politte- all who had 1 good year. This has been a source of trouble for the Sox since Barry Fucking Jones left in 1990!
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Marte was a force
but, I’d have rather kept Guerrier. That would have been the righty setup man.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 2010
Marte provided immediate relief to a pen that desperately needed it.
but yes Guerrier would have been a better righty the last few years than we have had….. It is a troubling situation since there is no sure fire way to fix it. Linebrink was the top set up guy a few years ago and the Sox paid big money for him and you see where that has gotten us…. Macdougal seemed like a sure bet- that didn’t work out so well either. It is such a touchy position there is no sure way to fix it.
I say bring in a couple of reclamation projects and let a couple minor leaguers battle it out.
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Linebrink wasnt as good when he left SD for Milwaukee.
In Minnesota, when 11,000 people are in the Dome, you feel like you are at an especially depressing demolition derby. -Joe Posnanski
Linebrink was also a -0.8 WAR player when the Sox signed him
Chicago White Sox Examiner — I wish I could cuss right now.
by UribeAuction on Oct 12, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Have fun eating MB's salary.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Oct 12, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Finances tell us what we have already known for many, many years.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
by winningugly on Oct 12, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought the picture leading this thread was of Joe Pa.
Christ, Kurt Russell has gotten old.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
i thought it was al franken.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
he looks just like a mate of mine Benny
He gets really pissed and takes poppers all the time, often stands on tables singing Amy Winehouse songs, he’s barred from our pub now
by hoodlight on Oct 12, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
This is fantastic.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
by winningugly on Oct 12, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes- Hoodlight apparently operates a drag bar...
drunk guys using drugs and singing diva-licious songs while up on tables? cmon, that’s the formula!
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
If he didnt look old, there would be something VERY wrong....
Escape from New York was 1981, nearly 30 years ago! As an FYI:
“Russell, like his father before him, had a baseball career. In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the California Angels’ (now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) Double-A minor league affiliate, the El Paso Sun Kings. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by a player running to second base; the collision tore the rotator cuff in Russell’s right/throwing shoulder. Before his injury, he was leading the Texas League in hitting, with a .563 batting average. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting.”
My signature has been drinking, not me...
by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 12:45 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah, yeah.
We all have had our careers cut short by the cuff. What’s he done since? “Overboard” and “Soldier”.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
by winningugly on Oct 12, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
backdraft
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 12, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
POS pap,
though the Chicago skyline is beautiful.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
Escape From New York
Snake Plissken…yeeeeeeeeees!
"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome
Sky High? Grindhouse?
sigh….
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm taking Tombstone over
Unforgiven any day of the week, although both rank in the top 5 westerns since 1980 I think. Tombstone, Unforgiven, Silverado ? what else?
Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of.
Not a big fan
But then there aren’t a ton of choices for post 1980 westerns. But I would take “Open Range” over 3:10 to Yuma.
Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of.
i think its a great movie.
loved every second of it. i had hoped ben foster would have gotten best supporting actor for his role.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
Clearly.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Any movie with Kenneth Branagh is superb
…If its Shakespeare
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Honestly, I nearly remarked that I hadn't seen this movie, but having seen KB's name on the poster here, I was ever-so-slightly intrigued.
I LOVE KB….!
in Shakespeare adaptations.
:)
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
All about Othello
Shakespeare’s great for essentially inventing the motiveless villain, though his other play’s aren’t quite as strong sans Hamlet. Macbeth is pretty awful (Blood, blood, moar blood!). Though “Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth. Beware Macduff, beware the thane of fife, dismiss me enough” still sticks in my head for some reason. Even poorly conceived plots and motifs have good dialogue from sir Shakes.
Time to check on Amazon and see if Othello’s on DVD!
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
I do enjoy KB's Othello (as Iago, of course), but my favorite by far, is his Hamlet.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Henry V... he was too old for hamlet...sadly.
Take your tennis balls and go play, boy.
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
don't fuck with macbeth
so fair and foul a day i have not seen.
2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing. - Trooper
Hello, my name is tragic hero
And I am an oblivious moron, unfortunately I don’t have an interesting antagonist. Alas… at least I have blood! Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
he's like totally his own antagonist, man.
shakespeare doesn’t have to abide by your fascist rules.
2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing. - Trooper
What is your take on Titus Andronicus?
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I haven't read it, but sounds more feasible than Macbeth/Oedipus
In terms of the hero being “mad,” prose is supposed to be pretty poor compared to his other works however. I’ll see if I can find a copy.
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
It's his first...and some speculate that he did not even write it. Pishposh. I love it - it's pretty dark and wicked.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
And since we were speaking of film adaptations...
Julie Taymor directed the film version of T.A., called “Titus.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming… totally epic, 3 hours (IIRC), but visually very stunning.
The story is just twisted as all hell, but in terms of modern Shakespeare adaptations (as opposed to Branagh’s classical approach), this one’s pretty cool.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
The band with that name rocks
funny that this topic comes up — I’m taking a Shakespeare course this semester (out of frustration of too many references going right over my head. And it’s Shakespeare, so felt obligated to take a class devoted to his plays). Just wrote a paper on Caliban in The Tempest. I figured out half way through the paper that I didn’t like my topic but, seeing that the paper was due in 12 hours, ran with it.
woman boobs
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Oct 12, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
On the other hand
Val Kilmer really stole the show from Kurt Russell (“I’m your huckelberry”) so I don’t really thnk of it as a Kurt russell movie in the same way as “Escape from NY”.
Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of.
Best Kurt Russell Film EVER...
You look him square in the eye and tell him "Yes Sir, the check is in the mail"
by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Tombstone is pretty terrible compared to Unforgiven
Not as terrible as Wyatt Earp though, congrats Kurt
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Appaloosa is obviously the best western of all time.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
Viggo being the lead for the road worries me quite a bit :S
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
"The Road"
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Jesus Joey
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
oh! and dont forget Back to the Future 3!
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
Somehow no Macready reference
Cheatin bitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv_XaPp-XIY
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Wait, Wait!!!!
I can tell you one thing he has been in since Solder….
GOLDIE FREAKING HAWN!!!
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
So, maybe SSS?
Hell, even Jeff Cox was hell on wheels for his first week of major league baseball.
I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, not through joy - Jim Carroll
you sir
are correct
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=russel001kur
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
heres an article
about the dweebasaurus rex who created baseball-reference.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
speaking of
any of you guys read that 2 part article in deadspin last week about the forgotten man http://deadspin.com/5365138/the-forgotten-man-of-moneyball-part-1
what’d ya think?
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Oct 12, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Erik Walker almost dislocates a shoulder patting himself on the back in this article.
The fact is Earl Weaver figured out the winning approach to baseball back in the 70’s. Earl said almost the same thing but not near as eloquently as Walker. Earl believed in good pitching, solid defense and OPS. Team speed?
“Fuck team speed. I don’t need any of those cocksucking little fleas running around the fucking bases, getting picked off, getting thrown out stealing, making fucking outs. Give me those big cocksuckers that can hit the fucking ball out of the goddamn park.”
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be -- Yogi Berra
by mick10 on Oct 12, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'll rec to this.
"I heard 55,000 people screaming so I felt like the ball got through," Punto said. "I wanted to dig a hole, crawl inside it and hide. It’s embarrassing. That can’t happen."
by homesickalien on Oct 12, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
James is King
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
This is a good point though
Selling ideas to interested fans with open minds is a very different kettle of fish from selling ideas to men who have been acknowledged as important experts in their field and who have spent a lifetime acquiring a set of beliefs that they think work well. And the disdain for and sarcasm about such folk found in most books of analysis do nothing to ease the way.
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Impressive basement
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
That Mark Gonzalez mailbag was sad.
When Mark mentioned that Flowers projects as a backup, I sincerely hope he was talking about 2010. Otherwise, the Sox are fucked. ;)
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
skimming =/= reading comprehension. My bad.
Gonzalez wrote: “I believe the Sox think that Flowers projects as more than a backup catcher, so this situation will be curious to watch.”
The first comment was: “well, if the sox think that flowers projects as a back up catcher then that trade of vasquez was horrible”
Now I understand what was going on. Oops.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
I like the link on Tony Pena
interesting stuff, just to my myopic eye watching the last 10-15 games or so he looked to be a useful addition. I think he’ll be all ok next year.
there is no joy in Puntoville:
http://www.twinkietown.com/2009/10/12/1081033/the-nick-punto-reign-of-hustle
2009: Not with a bang but a whimper.
But there is a TON of joy outside puntoville!!!!
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
i like this quote
A unicorn is a beautiful animal
And it’s roughly as common as a healthy Crede.
by soxshenanigans on Oct 13, 2009 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
So the Twins lost, eh? I found a mouse in this beer, eh.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
Beer Hunter!!!
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by DrEmilioLizardo on Oct 12, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
the mckenzie brothers!
on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me….. a beer!
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