Manny Ramirez Claimed By White Sox
by The Cheat on Aug 27, 2010 12:46 PM CDT
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PrintYour afternoon Manny-mania thread. Per Jayson Stark:
#WhiteSox were the team awarded the claim on Manny, according to MLB source.
The clubs have until Tuesday to work out a trade or the Dodgers could simply let him go.
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WADH
(with a dildo helmet)
Doesn’t seem very moral to me. Might as well take Satan’s autograph while you’re at it. - N.C.
by Illini0509 on Aug 27, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
lubbit
"There's too many (bleeping) guys on the computer. It's simple. I say that. Pete Rose never watched a computer. Rod Carew never did. All those hitters, they go out and see the ball, hit it and move on." - Ozzie
by usualsuspect on Aug 27, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
give me a dh!
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
^ i meant a real dh
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
Bob the Builder's hispanic apprentice?
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
He's paid under the table.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Update: Yankees/Rays did not claim (per Morosi)
The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers are among the teams who have had recent interest in Ramirez, sources have said. It would be somewhat surprising if the claiming team was someone outside of that group.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Please no NL, please no NL, please no NL....
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
watch it be Detroit
for no reason other than to block, knowing Manny wouldn’t go
"The god damn plane has crashed into the mountain! "
In other news
A facebook group wants Nick Swisher to host SNL
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
He already ruined "how i met your mother"
Lets not have him ruin SNL please, k thx.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I blame Jean Doumanian
and Charles Rocket.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Ruin snl?
Ruining it might help.
by EddyStanky'sGhost on Aug 27, 2010 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Too true, too true
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
When is it revealed which teams claimed him?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
If memory serves with Rios
the White Sox weren’t officially revealed until the transaction was complete. Could be wrong
FifthFeather.com
by El Duque's Raft on Aug 27, 2010 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Moar Heyman
in continuing guessing game, i hear #rangers did not win claim. neither did the couple teams behind them in picking order.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
this is good news.
hopefully no NL wanted him
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
Shouldn't that be "pecking order"?
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
How does he get such odd details one by one?
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Everytime he gives Boras a BJ, he gets one
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 27, 2010 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
If this thing falls through, somebody is going to have to answer to the Shit Rooster.
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
.
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
That looks like
a hen to me.
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Per Jayson Stark
WhiteSox were the team awarded the claim on Manny, according to MLB source. Strong indications #Rangers & #Rays also claimed him
Good Guys Don't use the reply button
Heyman said it too
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 27, 2010 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
also confirmed by Jon Heyman
white sox won the claim for manny
Good Guys Don't use the reply button
by stanleygoober on Aug 27, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
Yeah but it worked!
DSNB!!!!!
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
...Was there someone else we were supposed to get?
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe Trevor Hoffman I thought?
Yeah but it worked!
I find myself saying this to myself at inappropriate times...
the worst was when I heard a coworker had died. Why would I even think that??
by CatBrains on Aug 27, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Don't we have to negotiate a deal before we get him?
Whether they will hand him over or we will have to give them a player has yet to be seen.
"Here's something: That if you want your father to think you're not a silly f*ck, don't slap a guy across the face with a glove. Because if you do that, that's what he will think. Unless you're a noble man or something in the nineteenth century. Which I am not." - Dave Spritz in The Weather Man
by Servant2LordBeckham on Aug 27, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Any chance to get a deal worked out and have him in a sox uniform tomorrow?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
Doubt it. Dodgers will hold onto him as long as they can to see if they're in the WC race.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't see 'em knowing much more by Monday
unless they sweep COL
by EddyStanky'sGhost on Aug 27, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
or get swept by COL
or any number of other things. four more games will be played. also known as more than 10% of what’s left of the season.
True enough
I was looking at the “pull him off waivers” side of it.
by EddyStanky'sGhost on Aug 27, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
doubtful, but there was communication between the two teams earlier in the week
so hopefully once they figure they are out of it, probably Sunday – a deal will be worked out. Can’t see the Sox eating $4.1M though….players will be dealt.
Bye Bye Andruw?
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 27, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
The Score isn't reporting it yet
Hmmm…
Yeah but it worked!
Means nothing.
"Here's something: That if you want your father to think you're not a silly f*ck, don't slap a guy across the face with a glove. Because if you do that, that's what he will think. Unless you're a noble man or something in the nineteenth century. Which I am not." - Dave Spritz in The Weather Man
by Servant2LordBeckham on Aug 27, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Where's the press release?
"Lois, I am doing my part as a patriotic American and sacrificing a goat to Toby Keith!" - Peter Griffin
Boers and Bernstein are the ultimate authority.
"Here's something: That if you want your father to think you're not a silly f*ck, don't slap a guy across the face with a glove. Because if you do that, that's what he will think. Unless you're a noble man or something in the nineteenth century. Which I am not." - Dave Spritz in The Weather Man
by Servant2LordBeckham on Aug 27, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Just ask 'em!
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
It was the Heavy Fuel Crew today
B-day boy McNeil and Terry Boers… Bernsie and Spigel were quick.
Say what you want about sports radio but I was reared on the Score (and the Grateful Dead) and still love listening to this day.
quick=morning
sorry we had a fire alarm at work today and I had a child in the building.. I ran upstairs and grabbed her and was a hero for all the ladies
Sorry, you were what on the Score?
Yesterday’s threads were yesterday.
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
2 days ago it was "omg! lilli reads sss!"
so of course the yesterday thread should naturally follow.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
This thread is so loud.
Everyone is just yelling.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:34 PM CDT reply actions
I know you are kidding
But the people who bitch about All Caps, and this “no need to yell.” It’s fucking text, read it as quietly as you want.
by Grinder in Training on Aug 27, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Netiquette!
Has anyone used that term in 15 years?
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
My user name is now 1123492
Oh wait, that was CompuServe
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
I'm far too busy playing Zork
I’ll hit you up later through the UG
When the going gets tough, the tough get optimistic
West. West. North. West. South.
Fuck. North. East. South. East. East. Repeat…..
When the going gets tough, the tough get optimistic
Kotsay will stay...maybe just farther down the bench.
I bet Andruw is gone if this goes through
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 27, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Who cares?
Lillibridge is a more valuable bench player than Jones. Rios shouldn’t need any more than 2 days off from here on out.
But wait
If Lillibridge is to Willie Harris as Jones is to Timo, then isn’t Manny : Dinosaur Carl? Equal parts crazy no? Either way, Kotsay doesn’t fit this equation. At best he’s = to a Ross Gload, but I feel that’s an insult to Ross Gloads everywhere.
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
bold attack!
Thome Walks-Off Sox, Twists Knife, Continues To Make Sox Brass Look REALLY Stupid - White Sox Season Recap
"MANNY" HAPPY RETURNS
[ LAUGH TRACK ]
Fuck off, Rio!!
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by billyok on Aug 27, 2010 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
you, my friend, are pure gold today.
"Because he's a (bleeping, bleep), that's what he is," Guillen said at the time of West (after Buehrle and Guillen ejected because of the balks) FUCK YOU JOE WEST
On Twitter? Follow my occasional rants about whatever...
by chisoxfan1473 on Aug 27, 2010 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if Yankees fans hate Manny more than the rest of us do.
I like the idea of Manny riding in to help the Sox beat the Yanks, particularly if that rankles Yanks fans.
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
check out this picture i found while visiting the future
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by billyok on Aug 27, 2010 1:51 PM CDT reply actions 14 recs
You're the best around...
Nothing is ever going to keep you down…
When the going gets tough, the tough get optimistic
The future, Billy?
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Yes, Conan. All the way to the year 2000.
We only respectable members of the blog to any kind of standard. - Grinder In Training
by omnipotent grab on Aug 27, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You are a special guy, William.
Rec’d.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
Uh oh. WTF, McFly?
I blame Future Billy, if this shit goes south.
"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote
by SkanchoDanza on Aug 27, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Solid platoon partner for Kotsay.
DANIEL HUDSON SUCKS. HOWS THAT GUN BAN WORKING FOR YOU MAYOR DALLY
Indeed. Manny can face righties and lefties,
Kotsay can face that guy who throws with his cock.
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
by RWShow on Aug 27, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Gavin Floyd?
Oz on Swish HR celeb: "That's the way he is. Good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do it for me, he was a very horseshit player for me.''
maybe, but i think it was scottypods2.0
that said they would probably hold him until the dodgers are sure theyre out of it, which i kind of agree with
i’m gone... bye bitches. - wtgtd
It was Larry in the previous thread that posited this situation
When the going gets tough, the tough get optimistic
You can't assume any useful information ever comes from me.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, am I the only one who isn't seeing the bold?
I see that everything directly responding to my comment about freaking out is bolded, but none of the other comments are
nice going.
you broke the internet.
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
by mick10 on Aug 27, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Somebody call Al Gore, this shit needs to be fixed. Pronto!
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
All the posts are bolded, DB.
Thanks.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
He did it so it's easier for you to see, you ungrateful bifocaled fart!
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
it's making it more difficult to read
.I had to take out my monocle.
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Aug 27, 2010 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please tell me you are wearing a cape.
When the going gets tough, the tough get optimistic
by Rhubarb on Aug 27, 2010 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
…and nothing else…
"I'll worry about the shit rooster they put together because they have no money"
- joewho112
I am so shocked to hear this my monocle has fallen into my glass of brandy.
of course i wear a cape, what am I, a farmer?
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Aug 27, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I love it.
When does he get here? We could use him tonight. I don’t think the game will go well for Freddy….sorry KenWo….
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
There's just as good a chance it won't go well for Mr. Burnett, either.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
I completely agree.
But the Yankees only have to play 8 innings.
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Our team often only plays 8 innings too.
Unfortunately for us, the other team still plays 9.
by Grinder in Training on Aug 27, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
AJ Burnett sucks bad.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yes. I agree Burnett is bad this year.
But it’s not very comforting to consider game outcomes by the question of ‘which starter is going to get hit less hard.’ And the Yankees lineup is a thing to behold, let’s be honest…
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
After the two threads
yesterday, I don’t believe anything anyone says about anyone’s sexuality here anymore. Can we just stick to White Sox baseball?
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Ahahahaha, nice.
Time to call in the Q!avalry.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Aug 27, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I want that in my room.
DANIEL HUDSON SUCKS. HOWS THAT GUN BAN WORKING FOR YOU MAYOR DALLY
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 27, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe this can give the whole team
a boost and some momentum for the last 30 games.Better that Manny is the story then the latest Olney tweet.
Yeah but it worked!
The chance to stick it to the Red Sox one last time
be part of a pennant race (again) and a contract for next year. So, he’s got reason to be motivated.
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
OT: Kinda. Jerry Reinsdorf was on WGN Radio's "Business of Sports" Show this afternoon
Called Jay Mariotti a pissant. Among other things. Glossed over the Ozzie/Kenny stuff. He said he had short conversations with both after their alleged “fight” back in June.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
I watch baseball to be entertained...
…and Mandy would certainly make things interesting whether he’s successful here or not.
The circus would be obnoxious for a whole season but for a few weeks would be fun to watch.
I’m all for it.
and you sent me Ben Gay oh Andy
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
As Harvey Firestein said,
“Is that so wrong?”
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
Im just glad he wont be taking his talents to South Beach.
We only respectable members of the blog to any kind of standard. - Grinder In Training
by omnipotent grab on Aug 27, 2010 2:14 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
i don't know if i could stop laughing at a "i'm taking my talents to the south side." manny sound bite.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Even though the Dodgers are likely to wait
that strategy could backfire if the White Sox are offering something for Manny now, since this weekend could hit us hard too. But the Dodgers will still be able to just unload him, they may lose the opportunity to get something back in return.
I'm really hoping that
KW already worked out a deal to get him by this weekend. I can’t think of a better time for him to play than against the Yankees.
Yeah but it worked!
I think a lot
depends on whether the owners get on the phone with Coletti and say, "Give him away, now,‘’ in order to dump the value of the contract due to their divorce. Coletti wouldn’t want to just let him go, but I don’t think the owners will risk getting stuck with an extra $4 mill.
"Rather be stupid and win than smart and lose."
-RWShow
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Aug 27, 2010 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
from the sound of it, Mrs. McCourt doesn't have much claim on the team
i’d bet that’s not a consideration.
Fireworks: Bang?
joewho got all excited over the shit rooster.
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
what if we clain lilly, too
thatd be a dandy waiver dealine for jr and kw
i’m gone... bye bitches. - wtgtd
Lilly's waiver claim would never get to the AL
It’s not robbing Peter to pay Paul — it’s bludgeoning Peter to death, and then realizing on the way back that you forgot to grab his wallet.
Cubs would claim him?
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
Manny
Great move. I know we’re playing NYY & BOS, it’s really going to help to have another big bat in the lineup. I think we keep Andruw for OF depth in case anything happens to Q.
I just want kotsay to be DFA'd so bad.
just…so bad.
by obnoxious american on Aug 27, 2010 2:30 PM CDT reply actions
Man
how much $ did not signing Thome cost this team (especially if we think that the Jackson trade was a mistake trying to get Adam Dunn). LOL, that decision has to go down as one of the worst ever made by the organization.
What are the large lanyard-like necklaces the players are sporting these days?
"He will play hard for Ozzie. He will give it everything he's got." - Hawk Harrelson on Manny's work ethic should be come to the Sox
I would just like to shit in that pie-hole.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 27, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
you are in to some kinky shit
When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a doctor or a fireman. I wanted to be Super Mario. It's the most literal pipe dream I've ever had.
hence the once, twice, three times a year.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Listen to/watch Louis CK
and you’ll get it.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
You hold him down
And I’ll shit directly into his time wasting mouth.
(Just quoting Louis, since I actually liked and continue to like Swisher. I’m more pissed at the White Sox for handling it all the way they did. Heresy, I know.)
It’s not robbing Peter to pay Paul — it’s bludgeoning Peter to death, and then realizing on the way back that you forgot to grab his wallet.
Not heresy.
Unfortunate timing, I think.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
FNS
He’s obviously a decent player. But when a decent player is decent, comes to the Sox and shits the bed and then leaves and becomes decent again, we tend to develop a burning hate.
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
stone pony was on the score at 2. he made a reference to shields and yarnell.
mercy.
i am a bark for buffeting. i am a hound for thornypaws. i am a doe for swiftness. i am a tree for wind-siege. i am a windmill. i am a hole in a wall.
What a talented duo!
Penn and Teller owe their careers to S&Y.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
Stoney should mime his own business.
"He will play hard for Ozzie. He will give it everything he's got." - Hawk Harrelson on Manny's work ethic should be come to the Sox
Does Oney post at Chicagobreakingsports?
Hey look at me!
I am under the radadr!
Just like when we “acquired” Miguel Cabrera.
And Adam Dunn!
And holding press conferences regarding tweets.
And doing reality shows.Under the radar baby!
No, really.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
this is easy, manny ramirez.
"I haven’t gotten to where I am by giving up easily." - Ari Gold
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 3:09 PM CDT reply actions
who goes down? lillibridge? it would only be for a few days though
i loooooooove cotton candy
OT - Big Frank - from today's Crain's blog
The Sox will retire his No. 35 prior to Sunday’s game. If you can’t be at the ballpark, Comcast SportsNet will air the ceremony live, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
And if you want to remember what made Mr. Thomas so great, check out CSN’s re-broadcast of a July, 2003, game against Minnesota. He hit two homers, including a walk-off in the 12th. CSN will show the game Saturday at noon.
"He will play hard for Ozzie. He will give it everything he's got." - Hawk Harrelson on Manny's work ethic should he come to the Sox
I was at the game
it was indeed awesome
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Aug 27, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Manny >>>> Thome
except for the games we lost with Kotsay/Jones at DH instead of Thome. Give me Manny and his career .313/.411/.589 stat line.
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
Why are you using a career statline?
It’s pretty clear that Manny’s power has tapered off while Thome’s hasn’t. Also, Manny was indisputably on the juice, which is a pretty good explanation why he can’t jack it out of the park anymore.
Also, I hate to say this, but I think Manny’s 65 games or whatever has been a mirage, and that he’s running significantly over expectation.
by Gentleman Jim on Aug 27, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
For the record
I think Manny is better than Thome too, but the difference is not much, although Thome has certainly been overperforming this year too.
by Gentleman Jim on Aug 27, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
I can’t understand why the Sox wouldn’t show any interest in Hawpe.
by Gentleman Jim on Aug 27, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
wasnt buehrle and harris talking shit about hawpe during the world series?
or was that someone else?
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
plus, the rays signed him today
"There's too many (bleeping) guys on the computer. It's simple. I say that. Pete Rose never watched a computer. Rod Carew never did. All those hitters, they go out and see the ball, hit it and move on." - Ozzie
by usualsuspect on Aug 27, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
should have looked up before i hit post
When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a doctor or a fireman. I wanted to be Super Mario. It's the most literal pipe dream I've ever had.
thome's ISO is .040 above his career norm this season
it had been declining since 2006. don’t bet the farm on 278 PA.
Manny is still better than anything else we’ll throw out there
When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a doctor or a fireman. I wanted to be Super Mario. It's the most literal pipe dream I've ever had.
To be fair
I hadn’t done my due diligence when making the first post, I wanted to delete, for some reason I thought Manny had a bad year last year, but he didn’t, just not a Manny year.
by Gentleman Jim on Aug 27, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah i was going to post
what the hell are you talking about?
"it’s over, tdogg.
no. it’s not unlike me. when i make an unqualified statement, it means i’m sure i’m right" Larry
just take a look at the post season stats between the two
Thome post season: .222/.321/.488
Manny post season: .285/.394/.544
I’ll take Manny please. 2x over. Yes please.
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
Thome, no clutch.
We only respectable members of the blog to any kind of standard. - Grinder In Training
by omnipotent grab on Aug 27, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, he lacks clutch.
We only respectable members of the blog to any kind of standard. - Grinder In Training
by omnipotent grab on Aug 27, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
but i really like 500+ ft hr
manny only goes to like 450 ft now
"There's too many (bleeping) guys on the computer. It's simple. I say that. Pete Rose never watched a computer. Rod Carew never did. All those hitters, they go out and see the ball, hit it and move on." - Ozzie
by usualsuspect on Aug 27, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
good enough for USCF
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
what the fuck you talking about about using a carer statline? why the fuck not?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
and yet take the last 3 yrs and manny is closer to his career line and is putting up better numbers than thome
FJT
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
FJT!!!!
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
and yet
why would i take the last 3 yrs? why not the last 2 yrs? or last 1 yr? or some other timeframe so that i can make stupid points using them?
you that dense? cause it gives you more data points douche.
sure pick one year and you run the risk it is out of the mean + sd. take 3 years or more in recent time and you get a better idea of the “true” value.
anyways, take 09 and manny still had a better year. what is your point larry?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
I approve the nickname data points douche.
It has that certain Author Dipshit je ne sais quois.
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
you're cute when you're irritated.
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
it's not weighted that substantially
weighted 3 is more similar to 3 w/o weight than 4 seasons or 2 and 3 is the generally accepted norm, right? my point was it’s a reasonable way to eyeball a projection.
Fireworks: Bang?
if he says it's stupid to compare them, it just is.
back off.
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
what difference does it make now?
great. ramirez may be better than thome. it’s one month. let me know how those projections based on three years hold up for 26 games. and why compare him to a player that isn’t available.
now i'm with you.
and agreed. i want manny because i like better baseball…but i don’t have any illusions about how much it matters.
Fireworks: Bang?
More to the point, why bother comparing him to Thome?
Unless … wait, did we get Thome back too? Holy. Shit.
Tonight’s Lineup:
3B: C. Figgins
2B: O. Hudson
LF: M. Ramirez
RF: A. Dunn
DH: J. Thome
CF: T. Hunter
1B: N. Swisher
C: R. Hassey
SS: Also R. Hassey
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
you on you menstrual cycle or something?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
cause everyone has been bitching and moaning about not having thome
i say FJT and give you manny. KW always gets his man
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
you seriously giving me a compliment
this is my day, i’m taking myself out to dinner
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
JT is a jug-eared stumpjumping motherfucker.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 27, 2010 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sorry,
did I miss a Faulkner reference, since that is the only time you post lately, JPOS?
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
missing kotchman
Thome Walks-Off Sox, Twists Knife, Continues To Make Sox Brass Look REALLY Stupid - White Sox Season Recap
by blackoutsox on Aug 27, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
How 'bout now?
How ‘bout now?
Now?
Now?
How ’bout now?
GODDAMMNIT WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG.
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
hey guys
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
Thanks to whoever fixed the bolding.
I can let myself down from the ceiling now.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
thank manny when he gets here
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
you weren't the cloaker?
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice to have a chance get a mercenary type hitter to finish the season with
just hope the bullpen can hold it together for a another 5 weeks.
Mark Teahen peed in my canteen.
by SavePeavytill2010 on Aug 27, 2010 4:36 PM CDT reply actions
in celebration, i think i'll go see predators at the dollar show sometime this weekend.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
HAS NOONE READ MY NEW CIG?
WTGTDAMUS
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 4:56 PM CDT reply actions
no. way.
you had the premonition that kenny would make a repeat run at a guy he didn’t get the first go-round? a whole 8 days ago? getouttatown.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
HE MADE A RUN AT HIM?
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
right before the deadline. you know this.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 27, 2010 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
if i recall proper
we balked when they wanted dayan
When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a doctor or a fireman. I wanted to be Super Mario. It's the most literal pipe dream I've ever had.
just know
he was hitting bombs in the dream i had
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I think it is wonderful that you have a sig
that quotes you. Just like a woman.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
lets not forget who invented the self quote.
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
yes way, and as you know i also said this.
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
huh. well if you're going to self-quote about it, why wouldn't you use this one (pre-"shock the world" tweets)?
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 29, 2010 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
this
http://mikesciosciastragicillness.com/2010/08/24/do-the-right-thing-ned-let-manny-go/
"There's too many (bleeping) guys on the computer. It's simple. I say that. Pete Rose never watched a computer. Rod Carew never did. All those hitters, they go out and see the ball, hit it and move on." - Ozzie
Weird
Did you guys see that LaRussa is dragging Pujols to Glenn Beck’s rally, and went on record saying the event “was not political” and was “a really good idea.”
ladies and gentlemen, start your specubation
Hours after it became public that the Chicago White Sox had secured waiver rights to him, Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez was conspicuously absent from the starting lineup that was posted in the clubhouse before Friday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
Dodgers manager Joe Torre claimed the decision had nothing to do with the uncertainty of whether Ramirez is going to the White Sox via waiver claim or trade sometime in the next three days. Instead, Torre told ESPNLosAngeles.com it had more to do with the fact the Dodgers were facing Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez, the front-runner for the National League Cy Young Award.
“Manny is out of the lineup because he hasn’t been back long enough and I don’t think he is sharp enough to face Jimenez,” Torre said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5504764
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
doubt things go down that quickly for him to be in town tonight for tomorrow's game
i sure wish he would be here for the yank series.
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
If he's not sharp enough to face Ubaldo Jimenez, how is he going to handle Ivan Nova?
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
he'll fit right in with the rest of the sox if that is the case
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
you do know that Ivan's nickname is super
My Beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world
i thought his nickname was Terrible?
"We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10
why not both?
ivan the terrible supernova!
sounds like the bad guy in a kids cartoon. bucky o’hare or such like.
ivan the terrible bossanova
ivan the terrible cassanova
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
Way to build value!
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
NOT YET BUT CLOSER.
Closer now.
Even closer now.
Still getting closer …
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I love this.
What movie is it from?
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
OT: Question about the SSS Chain of Command
Let’s say the Chinese, emboldened with their newly fangled DF21Ds, decide to attack America and The Cheat’s plywood-reinforced bunker suffers a direct hit from a tactical nuclear warhead, who would become the new Managing Editor? Would SSS hold a special election or would the Editors fight amongst themselves to determine the new Managing Editor. Also, would one of the lucky Authors be promoted to Editor? This question has been bugging me for the last several months.
larry can have it
i think i speak for the rest of us when i say i rather not have a dead horse head in my bed.
"Hur coomes der trayne!"
The SSS bylaws provide that in the event of the death or disability of The Cheat, all editors, authors and contributors are to be similarly killed or disabled.
by The Actual El Guapo on Aug 27, 2010 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
That explains the dude on the street the other day trying to put cancer in my butt.
"Bee curful, dont wannur get sucked under der wheels like Mildreder's brudder ehr?"
by homesickalien on Aug 27, 2010 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
like this?
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 27, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
there is nothing that keeps the cheat at any one moment in the role of managing editor, but the mere pleasure of larry.
by the mere pleasure of larry, i mean my sovereign pleasure, my arbitrary will, restrained by no obligation, hindered by no manner of difficulty.
this news is fantastic, as i am in sox fan hell aka the wisc. dells.
Enough twins and packer shit to make you puke.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Aug 27, 2010 7:11 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
My parents (MY PARENTS) honeymooned there in 1956.
FFS.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
taking the nieces (ages 5 and 8) to waterpark Mecca
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Aug 27, 2010 8:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
and they just asked to listen to tom waits..."the funny voice guy"
My job here is done. Sox fans and waits fans. Mission accomplished.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Aug 27, 2010 8:51 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Good work, soldier.
When do you introduce them to heroin?
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
they get to learn that from her side of the family.
You start em out on benadtryl first….
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Aug 28, 2010 9:09 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
how old were your parents when they got married?
Thome Walks-Off Sox, Twists Knife, Continues To Make Sox Brass Look REALLY Stupid - White Sox Season Recap
by blackoutsox on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
20.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 28, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I have it on good authority that Wisconsin Dolls has MLB Network on the TV
You should be fine.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Is that like the New York Dolls?
David Johansen was the bomb back in the day.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 28, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Also as Buster Poindexter.
“Hot, Hot, Hot” was great kitsch until it was played every hour on every cruise ship across the world.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 28, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Not that one Frank. Not that one.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
It is a "Gentlemen's Club"
If you define “gentlemen” as bachelor parties and creepy regulars.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
No problem getting
Clear channel 67WMAQ in the Dells for the game. I listened to every game in nearby Reedsburg a few weekends ago.
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I had 'em all the way up to Marinette, Wisconsin two weeks ago.
Tried to listen in Escanaba, but the local AM station is on 680.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
It is amazing how many Native American names are cities in the North and in FL.
Escanaba could be a city in the Panhandle. You would think the United States was once inhabited solely by Indians.
"Inferstructure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Rhubarb, Aug. 19, 2010 5:59 PM
by winningugly on Aug 29, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Really? Escanaba is a yooper name if there ever was one.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
So it's not half bad
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Except for the Cub shit that is
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game of 2008.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 28, 2010 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
can't believe no one brought this up
but where would you play him?
CF?
i swear to god i had a dream last night that manny was traded to the sox
i woke up thinking it was true. so i had to check the internet, this could be another one of my premonitions so sit tight ;D
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT
by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 28, 2010 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions
gentlemen; i do believe that adding manny is still a great move.
its probably been said before, but this year the guy is hitting .270 off lefties but .323 off righties (essentially the same as having a left handed bat) and i think we can all agree that manny right now may not be in his prime, but he still closer to his prime than, say, “junior” when we picked him up in 2008 (he just looked overpowered that whole playoff run). were not going to give up a prospect for this guy, and its not our money (its jerry’s) that is being spent, so just do your part and buy tickets to the games if manny gets signed to support the team. im sure it will be fun to watch the guy play anyway.
ps, in my life, my four favorite players to watch bat have been Ken griffey, ichiro, manny, and arod… if this KW trend continues i think we should have arod and ichiro on the southside within the next 3 years :-P
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