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Bobby Jenks Hates Us All And Drowns Puppies On Off-Days

Your beard is good.  Just a compliment.  About your beard being good.

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Your beard is good. Just a compliment. About your beard being good.


I had just closed my tab at the Sodo Showbox bar and boasted to the bartender about what a lovely curveball Bobby Jenks could throw, when that very same Bobby Jenks hung two pitches belt-high over the plate, to two different Mariners; both of whom sent those pitches into left field.

Tie game in the 9th!

John Danks clearly does not know how to win a game.

Star-divide

In actuality, Danks pitched a gem and should have gotten the win.  Over 8 innings of work, he only gave up 4 hits and 2 walks.  A homer off the bat of Beltre was his only run, and it didn't come until the 7th inning.   His off-speed pitches were simply vicious tonight.  He threw 97 pitches; 63 of them for strikes. 

In that same time frame, the Mariners were already through 5 pitchers and the fate of the game seemed sealed.
And then came Big Bad (in the literal sense this time) Bobby for the routine close with a 2-run cushion.

Since the boxscore reveals the nasty details and I know nobody likes reading, I'll skip the abstract inning-by-inning recap and interpretive dance that I had planned. 

Rather, here are some things I took away from this game:


1. I like the cut of Kotsay's jib more and more each game.  Kotsay had 4 hits in 6 ABs tonight, with 2 RBIs.  His beard is good.  And his wife is hot.
2. I would like to take back the "Thank you for Rios" I gave to Kenny last month.  'nuf said.
3. Getz had not 1, not 2, but 4 - FOUR - walks tonight (and a SB).  And had a great play in the 10th which allowed us to cling to a shred of worthless hope that we might actually win.
4. Alexei made a brilliant play to his left on a hard-hit ball by catcher Adam Moore (his first ML at-bat) in the 3rd.  The ball hit his glove and spun that skinny Cuban right around into throwing position.  There was nothing lazy about this play.
5.  Ichiro is extremely not bad.  He recently earned his 200th hit of the season - making it 9 consecutive seasons in which he has hit 200 or more.  You can celebrate his achievements with a collectible bat, for a mere $129.95 (plus S/H).  If you care to purchase that, find the damn link yourself.  
6. Surprising as it may seem, Pena did not blow this particular game in extras.  Not surprisingly, Linebrink did.
7. If the game goes to the 14th inning in Seattle, it's probably best to just close the tab and walk home.

As a quick summary, Sox lost 4 out of 6 in Seattle this year (and probably should have lost one more of those).  Overall record-wise, we are equally mediocre.  But considering divisional opponents, it's sad to say that the Mariners were probably better than the Sox this year.  Their defense is hard to beat and they've been able to take advantage of the luck that's come their way with help from nearly everyone on their roster - from Beltre to Rob Johnson and the 50 Wilsons they got over there.      


And finally, to answer the question posed earlier today by Tdogg - what are the chances the Sox win the next 4 games?  I have been slaving all night, crunching numbers and rounding decimals and fingering my abacus....and the answer is: 0%

However the hope for the play-offs is still alive and kicking!  We can do it guys!  Never give up! 
Ah, just f*** it, dude.

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by billyok on Sep 17, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what happened is we got a B

BlatantSuckery

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no mention of a loss to the worst line up the Sox have faced all season?

pssh.

and you call yourself an author.

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 17, 2009 11:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ah, why don't you go blow another game, Linebrink.

:)

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 17, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I was alone in the bar for the majority of the game, but talked to a few randoms who wandered in throughout....

One of them was this guy. We got to talk a lot of baseball.

Another random patron gave me a chocolate bar, which I happily took (it’s the kind with the rice crunchies in it).
And after the 11th, when I knew I’d be hanging out for at least another inning, the bartender poured me a whiskey drink for free. He understood my pains.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 17, 2009 11:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no, no, he understood that you have boobs.

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

or maybe he was a nice guy because you have boobs.

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 17, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

see? boobs.

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHERE?!?!?!?

:::looks around frantically:::

"I would literally vote for a horse if one were put on the ballot against Stroger."
"I would literally have sex with a horse before voting for Stroger."

by RWShow on Sep 18, 2009 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess you fuckers would know best. My boobs don't usually draw a crowd, though.

Especially not under my baggy Sox sweatshirt.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 17, 2009 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll rec to that.

EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine

by Sox Machine on Sep 17, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

last winter some friends came up from Savannah to see the Jaguars @ Bears game(they still have their season tickets, not a part of the 17K or what ever it is that didnt renew them). We went out drinking that saturday night, and they kept talking about how they loved the mystery of the winter clothing on the ladies.

“Your friends wont know you left with the chubby girl!”
or
“It might be great under there, it might be just good, you dont know, its great!”

stuff like that.

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's freaking funny.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

also, have i mentioned out clean that #30 is?

mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm.

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

so where do we go from here??

our baseball team sucks, our football team sucks, germanfest is over, swayze’s dead, I mean what happens next??

¡signature!

by billyok on Sep 17, 2009 11:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's all downhill after Diwali season.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Sep 18, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's go do some crimes.

Let’s eat sushi and not pay.

"What do you mean?" he answered. "I love the Outfield!"

by madopal on Sep 18, 2009 7:36 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I blame society

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Otto?!? Otto parts?

No animals were harmed during the making of this comment.

by ChicagoPete on Sep 18, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Donny, who loved bowling.....

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TATE!

2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing.

by colintj on Sep 18, 2009 2:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Fucking Hall...

’nuff said

Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game last year.

by NorthSidePaulie on Sep 17, 2009 11:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no, no, booby jenks and scott linebrink

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BOOBS ON THE BRAIN

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

reply fial.

this night is over.

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 17, 2009 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Noticed you signed up for acmepackingcompany(Packers SBNation site)

the news articles are outstanding over there, but the commentary by the users is absolutely lifeless. It needs more personality. Here’s to hoping you bring a little pazaz to the site.

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha yeah!

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

'bout time you're on the front page girl!

Nice recap, I like your style.

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 17, 2009 11:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

(see! -boobs)

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you. As Cheat said, now I can no longer claim a reign of misogynistic tyranny.

So I’ll have to find something else to bitch about.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blargh

blarghity blarghen blargh.

Time for some whiskey.

The Boogeyman cometh

by omnipotent grab on Sep 17, 2009 11:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ozzie FTW!

Just saw this quote posted at BTF:

‘‘This is a tease, man,’’ he admitted. "It’s like when you have a girlfriend and you are kissing her all over the place and you get to the mambo, and she says no. That’s where we are right now. That’s the way we are. Like I say, it doesn’t matter what Detroit does. It only matters what we do.["]

by CWSKeith on Sep 18, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What's "the mambo", Walter?

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 18, 2009 12:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   2 recs

I think he is talking about the girl in the bar with the oversized sweatshirt?

only you get home to open the package to complete disappointment.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Needs moar pikturez

JK…nice recap…I went for a 5 mile run and came back just in time to see Linebrink in all his glory. The nail in the coffin is complete (even though it has been for like 3 weeks now).

by Q!'s Qrew on Sep 18, 2009 12:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

this is not 'nam.

2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing.

by colintj on Sep 18, 2009 2:12 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

But it is a mambo

THANK YOU NATE SILVER, TECHNOLOGY IS THE TOPS

by Hazymania on Sep 18, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

who is that?

i want her to hold my balls like that.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Sep 18, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HSA front-paged.

I bet you frame this thread, kiddo. Nice work.

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 6:57 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ozzie needs to bring in Howard Dean for a team pep talk
’’I’m only going to say two things,‘’ manager Ozzie Guillen said after another collapse. ’’I’m tired and I don’t have anything … it was 2½ hours of satisfaction and then 2½ hours of horse [crap] baseball. Go and ask them. I don’t have any more quotes, seriously. What the [expletive] am I going to say? [Are] they horse [crap]? Yes, they are.’’

Guillen then walked into the clubhouse and made a loud point of saying there would be a lot of lineup changes for today’s series opener against Kansas City, and, ‘’If they give up on me, I give up on them.’’

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 7:27 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Killing Fields!

At 3B!

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

flowers..

ridin the pines by day, ridin the ladies by night.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It wasnt me this time larry!

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 9:02 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

From "Queen of the Right Rail" to "Editrix".

Cool.

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."

— Leo Durocher

by Chiburb on Sep 18, 2009 7:33 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, how much did you have to pay Cheat for that?

:)

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carp loudly and long enough,

and add Obama to the mix, and everything works out.

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or....just have boobs.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and women say that is the reason they get passed over in society, pfft!

I am going to direct all of those feminist man-haters to this site…they’ll see that it isn’t always about boobs and mystery boobs!

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW, did you get the "Code of Conduct" manual yet,

and the “What You Have To Do To Keep Your Exalted Position” treatise? Mine said something about “hand action”.

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wtf?

These games are crushing your soul, man, or possibly the lack of your wife giving you some except on your b-day.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm here to help.

I enjoy mentoring, even when not asked. I am that type of giving human being, as opposed to someone who takes, takes, takes.

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what would happen if you mentored everyone on this site???? hmmm...

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

mully was following oney's tweets

basically said this team is garbage and the only thing they are good at is drinking.

jenks is officially garbage. we won’t get anything for him as his salary is about at the take-it-or-leave-it level.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 7:40 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

mully is a sportradio host and newspaper reporter

oney is ozzie’s kid, who i believe has a job with the sox in some capacity.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, i don't know how tweets work

i’m just figuring out twats. but find oney guillen’s twitter account.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I said that last season and urged us to trade him before he was completely worthless.

But noooooooooooooo.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i remember you saying that...

yeah, they road jenks too hard this year. NOT

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes sir

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup hes just awefull

Shingo Takatsu could have pitched a better 1 run 7 inning game last night.

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*8 inning

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DFA Danks

Clearly doesnt know how to finish games.

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 8:55 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

It's hard enough to watch is every day

but to BE THERE every day for a front row seat has to be unbearable. I’m surprised Ozzie hasn’t put his son in the lineup by now.

by shumway on Sep 18, 2009 8:39 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

make that part of the "Great Peavy Day"

put all of the coach’s offspring in the lineup. Although who knows how old Cox’s kids might be…AARP?

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Better idea

Put all the players wives out there.

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 8:51 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

I'd be down for that

Oz+Coop+Hawk= baseball trinity

by OznCoop on Sep 18, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you even READ my first FP recap? I spent all night working on those numbers for you, Tdogg.

/sobbing

;)

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geez Tdogg. Why didn't you think of her boobs?

Uh, I mean feelings.

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 9:50 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Lol

I’m sorry I missed that part for some reason. My apologies. I’m really beginning to despise this team. Only took 5 months huh?

"Oh well back to work"

by Tdogg on Sep 18, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

pffft

I was all fired up about this core after the acquisitions, but the way they’re (not) closing out the season is really dampening my enthusiasm for next year.

No animals were harmed during the making of this comment.

by ChicagoPete on Sep 18, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate when all the helium's gone too, Pete.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This isn't a fanpost, honeybunny.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honeybunny? How folksy...

what next… Dadgummit?

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Smells like a game recap to me....

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gonna let HSA finish but

Beyonce had one of the best game recaps of all-time!

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 10:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

how can this be a game recap, you never said the sox lost in the text

but i like how you kept the word count in check, kudos kiddo

i'm alex rios' last fan

by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 18, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

KW's 2009 Grade: D

swisher deal: F
Vazquez deal: B/INC
Viciedo: C
Colon: D
DeWayne Wise: F
Pods: A
Freddy: B
Pena/Allen deal: F
Alex Rios: F/INC

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 10:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What grade do you give for the Peavy trade?

Inquiring minds want to know

read better.

"give the guy more than six days to get up to speed."

by larry on Sep 6, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

by Scotty Ballgame on Sep 18, 2009 10:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

INC?

If Allen does nothing that still is probably an F.

by Grinder in Training on Sep 18, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

Nuthin’ from nuthin’ leaves nuthin’. (You gotta have somethin’…if you want to be with me.)

We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.

by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

KW has to be drunk during the trade to be excused by GIT.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well played old timer.

If the player does nothing, and the player we get in return costs us money and loses us games then yes.. I’d rather have nothing.
As long as the something is negative, the nothing is better.

by Grinder in Training on Sep 18, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that averages out to a "C-"

still passing. But you get these grade’s when you are out at the bar all night, drinking rum and cokes and emailing all your other GM buddies telling them that the shop is open…take one and take all.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is something either a B, or incomplete?

What’s his GPA and class rank?

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Sep 18, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way too soon to give a final grade for 2009...

We wont know if the big moves (peavy, rios) pay off or not till 2010.

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

obviously

but it’s not looking great so far.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you include the Wise roster move, why not include the Beckham and Getz roster moves?

How about the BA for Kotsay deal?

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wise was so stupid

it belongs in a separate category.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

One of the best moves of the year by any GM

Heck, the improvement to the wife talent pool was worth it… plus Kotsay is all “Grinder-y” .. except with talent.

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

You sure judge quickly.

How exactly is Colon a D?
Viciedo – too early
Pena/Allen- too early
Rios- too early

"Oh well back to work"

by Tdogg on Sep 18, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

see above

OK. lets talk about larry Himes’ 1986 performance.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*Himes

Yep, still have it!

“The date is Sunday, October 21, 1990. The place is Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, where the Chicago White Sox have swept the Pirates in a four-game World Series. Jeff Torborg hears the phone ring in the joyful clubhouse. It’s Larry Himes, the Ex-General Manager of the White Sox who was recently fired by President Jerry Reinsdorf.”

What happens next, you ask?? Tune in next time!

¡signature!

by billyok on Sep 18, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

C-

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

D for Dyspeptic.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Sep 18, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

IMHO, KW has done a fair job this year because

He managed to combine a competitive year and a rebuilding year into the same season- if the fracking players (Dye, rios, jenks) cant do their jobs you cant really lay the season at the feet of KW. My prelim grade on KW this year is a C+

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grade for KW/Ozzie on Swisher deal

Bitchslap

"Oh well back to work"

by Tdogg on Sep 18, 2009 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the only blame i place for the swisher deal is on swisher.

fuck him.

hey rios, you need to cinch it up, hunker down, bow your neck, bristle up, and be any kind of hitter. you're making me look like an idiot.

by BuehrleMan on Sep 18, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was hoping last night was just a dream

But this recap proves it was not

¡signature!

by billyok on Sep 18, 2009 10:23 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

serve it up, bobby

I cannot answer any more questions for you today. I has wickeds gas from drink too manys redbull.

by Marlafar on Sep 18, 2009 10:43 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

I wish I could tell where his left foot was pointed.

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I believe it should be straight

up your a$$.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why so ugly, winning?

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL, OPOS.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it says 'to serve seattle'

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"

by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great recap.

Break down that glass ceiling!

(be sure not to burn yourself out)

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"

by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

From one who knows.

HSA burns brightly. I worry when she hits the magic Jim Morrison/Hendrix/Joplin age of 27.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

:) Don't forget Cobain @ 27.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and Chris Farley

“fat man in a little coat….” oops

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and mccartney

28IF

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
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by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

science tells us

the brightest, hottest star burns the shortest time.

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"

by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah... Only a few hundred million years rather than a few thousand million

Michelangelo lived to be a very old man.

HSA will do just fine, so long as she stops doing crank off a gold topped les paul…

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

mmmmmmmmmmmgoldtoppedlespaulllllllllllll.......

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope. too many thumbs.

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."

— Leo Durocher

by Chiburb on Sep 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

she is stupid enough to microwave bacon.

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"

by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dont knock it til you tried it

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to the game today

after doing a home visit in Calumet City, shitty town straight to shitty baseball team

by 815Sox on Sep 18, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Cal Shitty?

where the cops wait outside your door while you scream for help during a home invasion? Love that town!!!

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm opening the first SSS pub

Good afternoon, I’m only serving drinks today as I have had no time to get any food ready.
Beer – per pint

John Smiths – 65p
Copper Dragon – 70p
Leeds Best – 70p
Carlsberg – 50p
Stella – 75p

Spirits – (per 30cl shot)

Whiskey (Bells) – 60p
Gin (Bombay Sapphire) – 80p
Vodka – (Smifnoff) – 60p
Brandy – (henessey) – 80p

Wine:

(per bottle/glass)

Merlot: £4.50/75p
Chateau Jacques: £5.50/85p
Chablis: £4.75/80p
Cabernet Sauvignon: £5.75/90p

Soft

(per 100ml bottle)

Tonic: 35p
Biiter Lemon: 30p
Ginger Ale: 30p
Lemonade: 25p
Coke: 25p

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 12:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

conversion rate?

" 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 Sep 18, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The hell is "smifnoff"?

Vodka with a cleft palate?

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know. It's a joke.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what can i get for 2 half crowns

and 3 ha’pennies?

hey rios, you need to cinch it up, hunker down, bow your neck, bristle up, and be any kind of hitter. you're making me look like an idiot.

by BuehrleMan on Sep 18, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the Giants sang this song:

If you haven’t got a Penny, a ha’Penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’Penny, then where is my PP, B (Tdogg)????

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Needs moar Buehrlot.

"take a left at Daryl Boston, stop when you hit the 100 years war." -egus

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no. it doesn't.

Buehrlo is no pooty goo. but… when my sister handed me the bottle, she had to explain, “Sorry. The cork is pushed up a little out of the bottle because I left it in my car when I was at work.”

So I’m not sure if you want to drink Buehrlo at all, but definatley don’t bake it before drinking it.

"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote

by SkanchoDanza on Sep 18, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*Definitely

is a fun work to spell incorractily.

"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote

by SkanchoDanza on Sep 18, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what, no miller lite?!

what about some MReds? I take a pack of those….

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

give me a pack of Mayfairs and a glass of tullamore dew

I don’t drink scotch.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can deal with that...

…can I take my whiskey with me while I take a drag?

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes no problem with that

Mayfairs are horrible nasty cheap fags btw

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I figured you would carry them...

…I only have a few smokes when I go out and drink. Otherwise, nadda.

I do like a good Irish Whiskey…

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1 stella please

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

one pint of stella coming up

5 is the maximum I will allow anyone to drink of the ‘old wifebeater’, I want to keep an orderly house

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

draw yourself one too, my friend

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bells and ginger

make it a double

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn

might be worth flying out there at those prices.

by Hatchetm on Sep 18, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not with a 5 maximum

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SSS Meet-up.

We can trade.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Copper Dragon sounds really good...I'll give that a go.

My “citrus” beer this summer was Leine’s Summer Shandy…awfully good.

I’ll try the Copper Dragon, but my tastebuds are definitely moving toward the Octoberfest offerings…namely, Sprecher and Sam Adams…mmmmmm.

"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome

by tailgater on Sep 18, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess if I'm there, I could whip up a sandwich or two.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

(MM's head jerks toward the computer screen.)

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Followed by other, more nubile body parts.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Sep 18, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

hahahaha

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No pinot noir?

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bring a MacMurray Ranch, Russian River Valley

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"what do you mean 'left side of the road'?"

These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.

by thatshortkid on Sep 18, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions   2 recs

I believe drunk driving is actually encouraged across the pond

"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome

by tailgater on Sep 18, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I say we all get sloshed

and overtake the queen!

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SSS Hooligans!

"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome

by tailgater on Sep 18, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a copper dragon and a tullamore dew, if you'd be so kind

if the only whiskey available is scotch, then a brandy.

These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.

by thatshortkid on Sep 18, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

3 Bells and a ginger ale, if you please

...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT

by rhythm on Sep 18, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no Flying Dog In Heat?

get on it plz, youd have a customer for life

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

was just over on that side of the pond

and i definitely didn’t see any prices that cheap, sign me up!

"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH

by Illini0509 on Sep 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That beer list needs a serious expansion.

No Pabst? fer chris’ sake

The Boogeyman cometh

by omnipotent grab on Sep 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

No Hamms either.

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where the hell is Old Style?

The hell? And I don’t want to hear any North Side crap.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know you remember this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I sure remember the jingle.

Not the black and white.

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I seem to have very demanding customers

if you don’t like the selection, go fucking drink somewhere else

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have added a guest beer

Thruttocks Old Irregular – 75p

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure if this has been discussed...

…but there has got to be something wrong with JD…physical, mental, emotional…whatever. No way his skills drop off so dramatically without there being an issue.

And WTF with Rios? Did KW just get screwed on the deal or is he going to come around. He has basically become an automatic out.

"One more game and then we can blow this son of a b@#$* up!" - Hawk Harrelson on his thoughts regarding the Metrodome

by tailgater on Sep 18, 2009 1:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Or automatic 2 outs.

fucker.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope you're right

he needs to work on his mechanics…fucker can’t hit a breaking ball to save his life.

"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."

by BobbySouthSide on Sep 18, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he looks like '07 JD

i thought he was done after that. it’s a lot harder than “oh he’s got to be injured”.

2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing.

by colintj on Sep 18, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tonight's lineup should interesting

I figure Dye/Rios will grab some bench. Might see Flowers DH or catch (with AJ DH’ing)with Pods in CF, Kotsay in RF and Q in LF. MB better throw ground balls.

by Duck99 on Sep 18, 2009 1:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

+1

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehe. Thanks, Carl.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm Earl Scheib,

and I will de-innuendo any post, any blog, for just 99.95!!!!

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ozzie Jr. tweets

“Today might be the beginning of a new White Sox era” whatever that means…..

there's nothing like being rubbed ----by pierzynskirules

by mick10 on Sep 18, 2009 1:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

For thecip and other oooohooohooribe lovers....

The gent at McCovey Chronicles, Natto, is illustrating the ‘little Giants’ …
Here is lil Uribe:

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 1:47 PM CDT reply actions   2 recs

So cute, how can you accuse him of murder?

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Sep 18, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

profundo!

brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight

by whitesoxmatt on Sep 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How cute!

Like a baby rhino.

"ALL THESE WORLDS/ ARE YOURS EXCEPT/ EUROPA/ ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE/ USE THEM TOGETHER/ USE THEM IN PEACE"

by thecip on Sep 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ask Skanberg...

a full 4 fingers and a thumb are damn hard to do in cartoon-opia.

Screw you, monkeyboy, Imma goin Home!

by DrEmilioLizardo on Sep 18, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

this, in plastic form for my desk, would be highly desired and sought after

These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.

by thatshortkid on Sep 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i misses him

2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing.

by colintj on Sep 18, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know you do, colin. /sniffle

I do too.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait, he did the outfield too. how soon we forget our legends.....

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by thatshortkid on Sep 18, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha. I thought about posting him too, but I liked Fatty Boombatty's.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or I should say....I miss Boombatty more than Legend.

"boobs are boobs, but the mystery boobs could be anything! even boobs!" - tsk

by homesickalien on Sep 18, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rios
It is only 97 plate appearances, meaning Rios is about three trips away from some Chicago-based columnist writing a piece proclaiming Rios as a player unable to adapt to the large market atmosphere.

Honestly it’s pretty hard to get worked about any of the numbers involved. None of them are good, none are encouraging, but remember John Smoltz and all the talk about 40 innings worth of work? Well Joe Mauer endured a 79 plate appearance streak that lasted from mid-August through early September in which he had an OPS of .804. In late April, Derek Jeter began a 84 plate appearance streak with a .643 OPS. Mark Teixeira’s first 95 plate appearances resulted in an .189/.358/.351 line.

I cannot definitively state that every single batter in the majors goes through streaks of 75-100 plate appearances where they experience what many label as slumps. However those were the first three players I checked and those are three very good batters whom each experienced a similar phenomenon just this season.

Poor timing? Absolutely. A sign of pressure getting to Rios? Probably not.

by hoodlight on Sep 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

you da man.

These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.

by thatshortkid on Sep 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

right rail

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."

— Leo Durocher

by Chiburb on Sep 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, can't find it

did he threaten to kill somebody, do tell?

i'm alex rios' last fan

by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

EArcella19 is da man

at least SSS is attracting the harmless IQ challenged instead of psychopaths (i’m thinking of the ex-soldier who talked about wiring cars or something like that)

i'm alex rios' last fan

by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

for the avoidance of doubt/confusion, before anyone starts emailing abuse@sbnation.com again

he wasn’t banned. nor, to my knowledge, were the fanpost(s) removed by anyone other than him.

by larry on Sep 18, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what the Chinese say

after some sorry-ass dissident gets hauled off to parts unknown.

CHINA!

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by winningugly on Sep 18, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

wait, you mean even great players experience slumps?

i’m shocked and, quite frankly, i don’t believe it. those players have a superior moral fabric and, therefore, are impervious to the frailties to which the white sox are prone.

by larry on Sep 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

slumps that coincide with a change of scenery have an element of change of scenery.

… and slumps.

"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote

by SkanchoDanza on Sep 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

poetry.

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aces man

"Oh well back to work"

by Tdogg on Sep 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny snippet from Simmons

Funny, right? It’s fun to make jokes about Jake Delhomme. Only seven sports jobs open themselves up to ongoing ridicule, and — in a worst-case scenario — genuine venom. The first two? Coach and general manager. The third? Baseball closer. The fourth? Hockey goalie. The fifth? Kicker. The sixth? Jay Mariotti. The seventh? Quarterback. You cannot afford to lose the confidence of your fans with any of these jobs. The sequence of emotions is the same every time: disappointment, uneasiness, a loss of trust, bitter disappointment, constant fear, a shattering of trust and then, finally, venom.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/090918

by Q!'s Qrew on Sep 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

is anybody else watching the shefield united vs shefield wednesday match?

its pretty crazy. GREAT game to watch

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ahem - add a few f's

But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza

by BoeJouma on Sep 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

last i checked

this wasnt www.soccerisforpeoplewhocantcatch.com

so no.

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 18, 2009 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh man thats even worse than being called Linebrink.

/runs off cryiung

"And when I called him, and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked the shit out of him" - Michael Jordan, on choosing David Thompson as his Hall of Fame sponsor.

by e-gus on Sep 20, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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