Mike MacDougal: In Memoriam
by larry on Apr 21, 2009 1:34 PM CDT
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July 26, 2006 - April 21, 2009
We are gathered here today to remember Robert Meiklejohn "Mike" MacDougal. Mike came to us from the Kansas City Royals for Daniel Cortes and Tyler Lumsden. Today, he leaves us.
Since The Arsonist was very good at his craft, it is difficult to choose just one favorite Mike MacDougal moment. However, I think May 18, 2007 will always stick in my mind. Letting two inherited runners score and then three more of your own - that's the very essence of burning it down.
Please add your memory - or at least your name - to the guestbook below.
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Yep..that pretty much sums it all up
Wish I could make 2 million for doing nothing for the next 5 months.
Only this photo was taken during a win and not when he had actually lit anything on fire...their expressions are fitting nevertheless. I'd like a picture of Ozzie's non-butt-slap. Cold as ice!
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Apr 21, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah I remember the caption saying they were congratulating him there
definitely looks like he is about to get beat up
I'll miss that familiar sinking feeling I'd get every time I saw Ozzie call him in when the game was still within reach.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
How marvelous that a newly risen member of our family
is the 2nd poster.
I refuse to post anything referencing this alleged “death”, as the last 2 Memoriums have proven to be slightly premature. Until Mac is on my doorstep with a stake in his heart I believe he can be resurrected.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
When I posted HSA was the 2nd poster.
I can’t wait to meet you. I haven’t pummeled someone in 20 years.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Can someone please get video of this?
HSA? Someone?
I’m willing to send you the beverage of your choice as a payment.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
the space-time continuum says that couldn't have happened.
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OK - 3rd.
I didn’t count the picture.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
you would pummel someone for being right?
help help, i’m being repressed!
THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY
blame your father, not WU, for your repression.
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He told me he likes to look down women's tops from his lofty height.
How can one feel repressed after hearing THAT? Nihilism!
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
I would pummel you for being a pain in the a$$,
right or wrong. Get your "G"’s down first, then come critique me, Wolverine.
GALARRAGA! You POS.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
i would note.
the corresponding roster moves at charlotte don’t really leave a place for macdougal. obviously he needs to go through waivers first so there’s a couple days but…
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so you're saying they're dusting off his Knights jersey...
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
August 31st, 2007
The arsonist comes in protecting a 2 run lead with 2 outs in the 8th . . . faces 5 batters, retiring none, throws 25 pitches and 7 strikes. Exits game, Sox are down 3, he allows 2 inherited runners to score along with 3 of this own. Gonna miss the good times . . .
no. a mime is when you don't talk, not when no one talks to you.
by MarketMaker on Apr 6, 2009 2:58 PM CDT
ah, yes. while the season was over by then, that certainly was burning it down.
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Do you think he has a sandy vag?
Is that why he’s leaving?
And, anybody have a clue how Egbert was doing at Charlotte? Dante?
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
by Chiburb on Apr 21, 2009 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs
LOL.
Rec’d. The most succinct TAEG-like recap ever. Put Q/Obama in there and you’re golden!
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Nice!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Apr 21, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
im glad i spent this rain delay catching up
otherwise i might not have known how outstanding this post is.
they don’t use all caps for ZAUN, but the rest is spookily on the mark and fun reading.
by typozzz on Camden Chat, Apr 21, 2009 4:34 PM CDT
They killed Snoopy!
You bastards!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Apr 21, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
"You Don't Understand"
“You don’t understand. you coulda had class. you coulda been a contender. you coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what you are…”
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
Besides his ineffectiveness,
we need somebody capable of giving us multiple innings out of our bullpen right now. I imagine if Egbert falters, we’ll see Broadway up next. I’m kinda optimistic about either one being at least satisfactory in that role.
already have richard and carrasco.
seems getting people out is more important at this point.
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Well, of course.
But with the way they’re handling Linebrink like he’s gonna break any second, Dotel’s run of health(I’m crossing my fingers) and because I think there is rational justification to consciously cut all of the starter’s innings (there are reasons for each individual, I believe)…..I think the fact that he profiles more like an innings guy than a MacDougal is particularly important too.
I think the fact that we don't have anyone else
besides Egbert or Broadway is particularly important.
We need more cubans!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Apr 21, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
We can always
trade for Masset if need to.
by Off the bus running on Apr 21, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Depending on the health of all our starters....
if I’m Kenny I keep lines of communication open with Pedro. He could be a good fit come June, potentially.
We've ridden that horse before...that's like MacDougal (a) and MacDougal (b)
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Apr 21, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
poor charlie haeger
has to pitch in albuqerque. can’t be good for the knuckler.
Kenny took him to a farm upstate
That’s OK. He’s in bad reliever heaven….where everyone throws a scoreless inning.
haha nice...does that mean they play hitters from hell?
Formerly Crede's Crew
BALTIMORE – Here are the lineups for Tuesday night’s game between the White Sox and Baltimore:
WHITE SOX
Getz 2b
Fields 3b
Quentin lf
Thome dh
Dye rf
Konerko 1b
Pierzynski c
Ramirez ss
Anderson cf
Contreras p
BALTIMORE
Roberts 2b
Jones cf
Markakis rf
Huff 1b
Wigginton 3b
Scott dh
Zaun c
Pie lf
Izturis ss
Bergesen p
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Will Zaun be blogging from the dugout on his awesome site?
Formerly Crede's Crew
KNEEL BEFORE ZAUN!
and his burger.
thecip is now dead inside.
by thecip on Apr 21, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
nah. they just follow my twitter now.
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I had no idea Cowley wrote that.
I regularly go to minorleaguebaseball.com to check the boxscores.
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by larry on Apr 21, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
i love how it's "intriguing" that the white sox want to find out if nix is worth keeping as a back-up.
back channel communiques!! smoke-filled rooms! welcome to us cellular field – where teams do sensible things with their players.
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why move the team's best prospect
to find out? couldn’t he have taken someone’s job elsewhere in the minors?
nix is on a rehab assignment, hatch.
i’m sure beckham won’t be harmed by allowing nix to play a few games at SS for the barons.
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See, that's where you're clearly wrong.
Spring training time in the field at 2B is one thing, but having him move there during the season is clearly going to screw him up for life. Look what happened to Bobby Crosby. Fer Chrissakes.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
you're right. three games is too much. i mean, they already pulled beckham from the game last night, clearly because his swing, defense, and attitude all went to shit in a matter of seven innings.
he’s done. maybe we can trade gordon for masset.
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i'm not worried about him being harmed
but why jerk him around if you don’t have to….unless it is all part of the top secret master plan that we are not privvy to. wonder if farmio was involved in the decision.
We never went to the moon.
Kennedy is ALIVE. 9/11 was planned by Israel.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
i'm not sure three games is really jerking him around.
and i think it might be somewhat difficult on jayson to be jerked around by going straight from extended ST, where he’s presumably been teeing off on guys who will be in rookie league (again) this june, to charlotte.
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jason nix is a POS
who gives a flying fuck what happens to him?
i guess you'll be upset then the barons are jerking beckham around some more by having him start at SS tonight, nix at 2B.
egads!
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CF.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Apr 21, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
cuz all outfielders have the same frame/body
"2 years ago when I looked into my baseball magazine I saw the name Lars Anderson. I just thoguht, another draft pick that might not do anything. Also I though here might be the next Albert Pujols." -dasox313
yOU ARE ALSO COMIN' ROUND, MR. U-GOD.
I’m all for it….let the experiment begin.
Besides...
you can never have too much versatility.
who's the manager in Birm?
nix probably handed him a forged note from KW when he got there.
anyone else have the recollection that the hitters didn't get shut down by unknown pitchers last year?
Or was it just that they didn’t face enough to make it obvious.
it would be more obvious if SSH was still around.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
i saw something posted also saying that we should get to this guy since this is his first start
i say that’s a perfect scenario for Baltimore, guys like that keep us quiet
Wow. The Camden's will be pissed to see Pie in LF...
Apparently, he’s been sucking at the plate and in the field while the call-up was at least hitting.
Fine with me.
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
their gamethread is up already!?
and yes, they are wanting the pitcher to dh for pie. ha.
brian anderson would've caught that...
jc2313 already picked the obvious one, but sometimes it's the little things...
I’ll go with 5/8/07 at Minnesota.
Javy pitched a great 7 innings (seriously) and we were ahead 4-1 going into the bottom of the 8th.
Mike came in and on a mere 13 pitches, was able to yield:
Single to Redmond, Single to Punto (redmond to 2b), Double to Bartlett (scoring Redmond, Punto to 3B). If that 7-8-9 doesn’t strike fear in the heart of men, I don’t know a 7-8-9 that would.
From there, Thornton got a groundout that led to a 2nd run. Then Aardsma came in and gave up a single, tying the game at 4.
That’s where the game really got enjoyable. Going to extra innings, we brought out not just Andy Sisco, but also SSS favorite, Nick Masset.
Andy gave up a double to Castillo, then struck out Kubel. Nick came in, IBB’ed Hunter, Popped up Cuddyer, leading to the all to predictable, Morneau walk off.
Lest we forget, that without Mike’s 8th inning heroics, neither of those fine gentlemen would have done us the honor of pitching in such a critical situation.
2007 – Never forget
Formerly Crede's Crew
you hated mac more than punto?
no way! on average at least — mac sure could put me into a baby eating rage, but just for a few hours…
I love the taste of babies . . .
but even starving and enraged at punto, I can never finish a full one.
by soxshenanigans on Apr 21, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Later, MacDougie. Go back to crapping on someone else's cereal.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
i'll miss your awkward delivery
takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm
There's still Jimmy Fallon
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by The Cheat on Apr 21, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Different Sox...
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Apr 21, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Murph was talking about that earlier
Stated he is afraid Cotts is “one of those pitchers who can’t pitch for Lou”…
he is dumb
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
get the fuck out
i’m penciling him in my fantasy team
by onlysoxfaninboston on Apr 21, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
He pitched against his personal beeyatch, Cleveland.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
what cheat penned on opening day
Nick Masset is major league pitcher. Against Cleveland. In the first two weeks of the season — Masset began last season with 9.2 innings of solid work against the Indians before he faced another club. He then posted an ERA over 8 in his next 29 innings before closing out his major league tour with another scoreless outing against the Indians. It’s almost as if the Indians are making him look good when they have these big leads just to ensure that Masset is on the roster for the rest of the season.
In all seriousness, Masset pitched well today, allowing just 2 baserunners in 4+ innings. He helped make what could have been a disaster of a game into an exciting game with a terrible outcome.
by onlysoxfaninboston on Apr 21, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Chris Carter is pitching now??!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Apr 21, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
‘let him who is without masset cast the first stone…’
thecip is now dead inside.
by thecip on Apr 21, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
enough is enough
I’ve had it with this monkey-fighting MacDougal in this Monday-to-Friday pen.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
Later Dude
You were never that cool
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
I just re-read the Memorium.
I forgot we traded away “Cortes the Killer” for this numbnut. Good riddance, Ernest T. Bass.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
LOL.
You are so Catholic it kills me.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Steve Stone
On the Sox after coming out of Tampa victorious
and some talk about some other chicago baseball team that I have never heard of
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
whoops
No idea why that didn’t work, I included the link
http://podcast.670thescore.com/wscr2/1702215.mp3
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
R.I.P.
lil mac
Hawk; "what would you do in that situation"
"id hit him" ;Stone
by Grinder Rule #42 on Apr 21, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions
Indifference.
I actually liked the guy. He looked like a poet or something.
Settle down with the designer stats. This isn’t fucking algebra, it’s baseball..
by defensive indifference on Apr 21, 2009 6:23 PM CDT reply actions
You all forget something
if we didn’t have MacDougal we wouldn’t have Beckham
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
Very, very true.
He single-handedly cost us some wins that year and put us in prime position to take Becksy.
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on Apr 21, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Where's the Mac Attack picture?
I particularly liked that one.
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on Apr 21, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions
Oooo!!!
A classic gem from SSH:
I don’t want to see MacDougal gone… He has been pretty good in his career and one awful season doesn’t make me think he will suck in 2008. It’s hard to find a reliever with 97 MPH stuff that breaks. He could easily have a bounce-back season.
by SSH2005 on Jan 18, 2008 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on Apr 21, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions
Classics from Colintj
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on Apr 21, 2009 10:40 PM CDT reply actions
Good riddance!! May you float down the river with the rest of the turds. No wait!! Maybe
the Yankees could use him. His ERA is 22.04 less than Chien-Ming Wang’s.
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