White Sox Stir Creative Juices, Little Else
by The Cheat on Aug 30, 2009 9:07 PM CDT
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The last two Fanshots, a painfully succinct comic from Carl and a meandering lampoon from the tongue-ringed one, say it all...
A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How spring training used to make me smile.
And I knew the boys had a chance
To make it to the Autumn Dance
And, maybe, stick around for a while.
But late August made me shiver
With every loss they delivered.
Bad news on the front page;
No more hope at this stage.
I laughed so hard I almost cried
When I read the dumb shit about pride,
Turned off the games and went outside
The day the season died.
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That's the first perfect thing i have seen and read about white sox baseball in what feels like forever...
It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
If there was ever a good time to have a completely debilitating computer virus (srxhost? something like that), now was it.
Christ — and now Peavy’s elbow is fucked up? Ugggghh — is this something that’s going to keep him on the shelf into 2010, too? I really haven’t had a chance to read a heckuva lot the past few days.
hopefully just a bruise?
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 30, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
A bruise that causes tightness?
I imagine by 2010 it will have gone away..
by Grinder in Training on Aug 31, 2009 8:05 AM CDT up reply actions
elbow soreness he's never felt before....
i’m in full-blown panic mode about this.
Settle down. He's never been hit by a line drive in the elbow before.
A nice cocktail might help. ;)
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where's the chorus?
Why, why must Mr Ozzie cry?
He must have known the old boyz don’t try
We got the young Slayer who’s sword is blazin’
Wait till next year and this team will be amazin’
Thank you, thank ya very much
by Duck99 on Aug 30, 2009 11:34 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
go read the fan shot
" 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
Heh
White Sox, oh White Sox
You depress me, you stink!
Your offense is foul, and your pen’s on the brink.
I wish you could win a game once in a week,
but White Sox, oh White Sox,
you really do reek
I’d rather eat glass
or stick pins in my eyes,
or live with a Twins fan
who’s Metrodome-sized,
or sing “Go Cubs Go”
most every day
than watch this team screw up
most every play
White Sox, oh White Sox
you’re worst in the league,
the errors you make
cause Hawk to just wheeze.
Your terrible hitting
drives your fans to drink.
White Sox, oh White Sox
You depress me, you stink!
(apologies to Jack Prelutsky)
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
a haiku
this season has been
full of many ups and downs
scott linebrink is awful
" 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
by U-God on Aug 30, 2009 11:50 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
?
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 31, 2009 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
for some reason I can't think about baseball anymore
On that fly to right-center
I kinda expected JD to plow into Rios with an ATV.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
by Sox Machine on Aug 17, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply recommended Unrec 3
by blackoutsox on Aug 31, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
That is amazing.
Where the fuck did you get that? What could your search terms possibly have been??
by stuartscottslefteye on Aug 31, 2009 6:37 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
my buddy im'd it to me
" 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
It truly is a mad world.
Flowers – who is apparently the motherfucking boogeyman of the southern league
by omnipotent grab on Aug 31, 2009 8:31 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
i post it and get nothing
you post it and it goes green
so it goes
" 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
by U-God on Aug 31, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
there ya go.
and hell, i posted it with the question mark in response to your comment because i didn’t know what the hell you meant by posting it prior.
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 31, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
i just really wanted to post it earlier
and felt it fit the back and forth nowhere arguing of themick
" 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
There's no whining in Baseball!!
a’la tom hanks. Of course, this entire season reminds me of the best scene from this movie.. The 2 minute urination scene.
The stops and starts, dribbling, spraying all over, and the general stench of urine now that we are near the end.
Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!
by DrEmilioLizardo on Aug 31, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
This is terrifying. Nightmare-inducing.
So come on: Pods be nimble, Pods be quick!
Pods picked off like a dumb prick
by homesickalien on Aug 31, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
if we just had him to
talk to the team like he talked to that kid in Rookie of the Year
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Sleep awaits, so I didn't actually watch this stone pony vid from earlier this week. but you can, if it's your thing
I didn't know that Stone Poney's spread killed his mother.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 31, 2009 7:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Whats everyone so down for?
Even eternal optimist tdogg himself was banging on the death drum.
Its easy, they go into the dome and sweep. Then they have a respectable road trip(4-6) and never have to go back there. They even get the dregs of the Twins rieced together rotation.
Blackburn (7.20 ERA last three starts) vs BHB Floyd
someone named Manship(5.40 ERA) vs Danks
Brian Duensing vs Mark Buehrle
Nice right?
And the god forsaken month of August will be over when they leave the dome for the first time.
tsk, that version of American Pie is the shit.
"I come here, make the lineup, go to sleep and watch (bleeping) Little League games."-Ozzie Guillen
part II
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 31, 2009 7:11 AM CDT up reply actions
My uncle was in Nam
and is a huge fan.
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by ChicagoPete on Aug 31, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
We are favored 67% to 33% tonight, according to the oddsmakers.
Bet the other way…
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Sox win 67% of the time
every time
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by ChicagoPete on Aug 31, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
just returned and disappointed to see the sox out of it
but whatever, the community projection was close to 0.500, and 0.500 is not enough to win the division even though it’s mediocre.
i’m more concerned about what i briefly read about peavy and have to catch up..will peavy have surgery? if there was info that kdub could have asked for before the trade and not ask, that would have been foolish no? clue me in…thanks
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 31, 2009 7:11 AM CDT reply actions
He got hit in the elbow with a line drive on a rehab start.
Last report I’ve seen was just a bruise. He left his last start early because the elbow started to tighten up. His ankle is fine, that was the only concern at the time of the trade.
Hopefully just tightness from inflammation due to the liner
and he didn’t injury anything around the elbow by pitching Saturday.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 31, 2009 7:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
Football is here, Hockey and Basketball not to far away.
I’m looking forward to next year, this year has been more exciting then I thought it would be.
This season has about tore my guts out.
I wore my Michigan cap today. Fuck it.
Did you hear that shit Lou Holtz said?
Notre Dame and BCS in the same sentence. He’s fucking delusional.
Crede hanging 'em up at the end of the season?...
Listening to some sports talk show out here and the host just made this claim. I guess he’s on the DL and is getting epidurals.
shame he never got his big payday.
i love that nougat center.
sign him for the last 3 games of the season
On that fly to right-center
I kinda expected JD to plow into Rios with an ATV.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
by Sox Machine on Aug 17, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply recommended Unrec 3
last 3 *home* games
fixed.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 31, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
WORST GAME I HAVE EVER ATTENDED (Saturday's 10-0 debacle)
I did attend 2005 World Series Game 2, so I guess I had this coming to me.
By the middle of the game, I stopped being pissed off and tried to enjoy the unintentional comedy factor of what was going on.
Due to a hangover from Friday night and plans to drink after the game and all night Saturday, I didn’t drink during the game. In retrospect, it was the worst decision made by anyone in the Sox organization, including the decision to start Contreras…
Hungover and watching that debacle may have what caused the DJ AM to overdose.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 31, 2009 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Perfect, TSK...
Oh, and Ozzie kept Alex in a cage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No snowball’s chance in hell
Could break the doghouse spell.
And as Sox fans argue into the night
About when Peavy’s start is right,
The offense loses all its fight
The day the season died.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
We have Bernie Taupin and Elton John collaborating here.
Good job, OPOS.
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Good thing it gets easier after the dome
4 with Boston at home…ha, ha, ha. (I must laugh or I’ll cry).
I just might need to sell my tickets. Red Sox Nation is too much to endure.
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
I went to two of the Boston games in 2007 (that was a major beat-down weekend)
Soooo many pink hats. Never again.
I think it was 2006
when the game I went to included 104 degree temps and I had frickin’ bleacher seats that literally burned my behind.
People were lined up against the walls in the lower concourse trying not to pass out from the heat.
Luckily the Sox won, but it was brutal.
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
I don't recall...I would have never survived 19 innings of that.
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
Dye tied the game with an HR off of Papelbon
Iguchi hit a walk off single, Cliff Politte got the win.
Yeah, that was a long time ago.
Joke's to point out JD as the part of the three that's notable
Whereas the other two aren’t even present anymore, “a long time ago”
everyone has your idea
there are tons of tickets on sale at stub hub, some below face value.
im going, fuck it.
'Oh, for the day they were in first place, Instead of Pods out there with bad breaks
With no time left to start again.
So come on: Pods be nimble, Pods be quick! Pods picked off like a dumb prick
Cause the devil's gonna collect, my friend.'
- thatshortkid
Good for you. Be a contrarian.
Leave that wife and baby alone. Nice.
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by winningugly on Aug 31, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
bringing them both saturday
friday is the ‘Nice’ drunken night.
Asked about his thoughts on the weekend, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said simply, "Well, we came to New York and visited the new Yankee Stadium. It is a very nice ballpark. We also stayed at a very nice hotel. That's all I can really say about these past three days."
I also could not resist the "Pods be nimble..." line. That was gold, TSK! GOLD!!!
But then I came across this SkanchoDanza comment in the gt yesterday and it summarized the past month all too well.
ha!
Today was a nice day to be out for a walk, look through the window of a restaurant at 2:30, and discover that the Sox started at noon.
by homesickalien on Aug 31, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
When Ozzie said Dr. Herm isn't stealing from the team
was he factoring in the 3rd trip to the buffet table?
That adds up ya know.
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
by tailgater on Aug 31, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
alright
how about some sensible ideas for improving this offense for next year?
i’m at a loss.
i meant something other than..
“we have to dump dye/konerko/thome.”
dude, randy winn and marlon byrd are not sensible...
now you’ve gone and given me a migrane.
i'm looking for improvement...
byrd is better than dye, Q, or thome?
the argument that byrd will be better offensively than dye next year is easy to make.
and though you decided, for whatever reason, to exclude overall improvement to the team from your query, that argument is even easier to make.
i'm talking about offense only
look, i like byrd, i even proposed we trade for him at the beginning of the year for a CF (and you probably shot me down). however, the offense blows. we need to be better. replacing dye with byrd is not going to improve the offense. the lineup needs a big scary man.
I think it's time
Who has the skillz to do a 2009 Sox Downfall with KW as Hitler?
No animals were harmed during the making of this comment.
I thought about it
but i was trying to find a different clip. downfall is overplayed, i think.
"ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE"
im no expert
but is it even worth bring peavy up? i mean unless the tigers hit a huge slump and the sox dominate the twins and the beginning of september, should they even bring him up?
im not giving up yet, but the realistic side of me is dominating the optimistic side of me and the leather suit is on the hanger. hope for the best, expect the worst. now i know what real cubs and royals fans feel like.
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 11:01 AM CDT reply actions
If they don't bring him, where will he play?
Or are you suggesting he shut it down for the year? If so, why?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
if he's legitimately at a risk of further injury, no, of course not.
otherwise, i’d rather not have a guy go 10 months without pitching in a major league game.
he can play
in charlotte . keep him down so that he doesnt collect any dust. i think the minor league play keeps him active enough with out putting to much pressure on either of his injuries. like i said im no expert, but that strained tendon does take time to heal, and though im sure he’s 98% recovered and doesnt feel any pain, why stress it, if there is no need?
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
If he is medically cleared to play
he should pitch in the bigs. I’ll leave that decision to the medical team, but if he’s healthy he should be up where he belongs.
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by winningugly on Aug 31, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
i did not know that larry...
then question answered…bring him up after his last start there if it is just a bruised elbow…
next question…does he start or work the pen as a set up? i know the sox need another starter (how many is that) but is he ready to pitch or should he pitch 7 innings a game for the remainder of the season? is it worth the stress now? regardless of how 09 ends, we’re all looking forward to next year, and hopefully a repeat of the dominance that was 05
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
he's started every game he's ever pitched in the bigs. let's keep it that way.
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 31, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
10/4
im just being a nervous nancy… my womans intuition is telling me that he is gonna do great things for this club and i want that to come to fruition.
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
"my womans intuition "
Am I the only one who didn’t know you were female?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
or maybe his woman intuits baseball type things and passed it on to him?
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 31, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah. Yore likely rite.
Forgot pervius posts
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
yah
i thought you all thought i was a bitch on here
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 31, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
There is also this part of baseball
where teams make money. Peavy pitching in September will put more people in the seats than Peavy not pitching in September. Given the likely lack of a playoff race . . . I imagine we will see him . . . given the obvious, if he is healthy, caveat.
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
OT: Sign of the Apocalypse:
Disney buying Marvel Communications for $4B. The Hulk, Spider Man, and Iron Man, among 5000 characters, to become property of the Mouse.
Enjoy your comic books today. Perhaps for the last time.
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i thought disney was only interested in princesses and boy bands who might as well be.
my money’s on the hulk turning pink first.
somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and i want to know whose name is on the handle!
by Toonderstrook on Aug 31, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
its kind of funny
walt disney comics used to be huge in the 40s and 50s. guess they didn’t do such a good job.
Snow White Meets The Hoary Hordes of Hoggoth
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
comics have been dead for a while
I believe they’ve already been bought out before. Same thing with DC.
For marvel it was scrap all of our history and start the titles over at #1 because people will buy #1 issues.
For DC it was more extreme, kill Superman, break Batmans back, anything for a buck.
'Oh, for the day they were in first place, Instead of Pods out there with bad breaks
With no time left to start again.
So come on: Pods be nimble, Pods be quick! Pods picked off like a dumb prick
Cause the devil's gonna collect, my friend.'
- thatshortkid
Luckily Disney doesn't appear to have any qualms with releasing "adult" super hero movies
Albeit DC is where it’s at
I find that "5000 characters" business to be the most surprising, actually.
At some point they have to reach a critical mass of content beyond the capacity of any human memory. I wonder what proportion of their new content is simply recycled with updated art.
by Dongfang Hong on Aug 31, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
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