Harry Chappas

ESPN as a whole has gone downhill. The programming in general blows. I am not sure if there was a shift in focus or what but it has become more tabloid across the board in recent years. It began when they had the original programming which was good (Earnhart, Knight, Alabama football) but the football series was a wreck. How about the Bonds reality series. The Dice-K and Clemens coverage are well over the top. When Clemens was returning to Houston this not nearly as publicized. I see the Boston and New York match-up coverage to a degree as they are worth watching but the coverage outside of the game can get outrageous. The thing that irritates me is the coverage that they force for their programming. The NHL had the coverage on ESPN like the NBA does now. The NBA is covered on ESPN and ABC so the inundate the programming with NBA coverage and the NHL gets minimal coverage at best. Also if there is a program that they force on one network they put crap on the other (i.e. Figure Skating or Poker). The personalities that they are giving more air time to on their shows are also geared toward the tabloid point of view. Mariotti, Michael Irvin, Steve Phillips, etc. I actually like the NBA analysis, Stephem Smith included. With ideas that are put out there to garner controversy rather than fact. Case in point Phillips stating Cliff was the best leftie in baseball at the start of last year. Kruk shakes his head and says Johan Santana, next subject. Phillips is a complete moron with a point of view that should not be allowed to be expressed. Charles Barley is incredibly entertaining and that is what ESPN is looking for, yet Barkley makes good sense. I watch Comcast but they seem to be geared toward the cubs. I am not sure if that is the negative media thoughts I posess toward cub coverage or reality. Putiing it best. After the cubs had struggled earlier this season and then rolled off 2 in a row, Linda Cohan states, "cubs back to their usual winning ways." Say what. ESPN creates thoughts about reality that they feel will get people to watch as oppossed to the reality of the situation.

I really think the mindset of a good number of people in the organization is to f*** with the media and the media in some areas is figuring it out. The players that like the pub are getting it. Ozzie/Mariotti/ White Sox thing and poof old issues are forgotten.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 22, 2007 -> 09:00 PM) Tiggers and Ingins lose and I get to watch Peavy pitch nice evening. Rich Hill getting hit hard this night keeps getting better.

Tiggers and Ingins lose and I get to watch Peavy pitch nice evening.

Danks is now 3-4 with a 3.78. That is good, real good.

Blew an opportunity to lower the ERA. Acording to Hawk and DJ DiNardo is Koufax Terraro has incredible power Stewart is the right handed Tony Gwynn/Wade Boggs Lob it over the f***ing plate asshole!

Throw a f***ing fastball down the god damn middle.

Carmona out after 70 pitches 47 for strikes through 6 innings.

Why take Aardesma out he was looking good......against leftie too. Great play by Iguchi hang a star on that one.

Grienke in for KC if he does what he did against the Sox I like the Royals chances.

Thought AJ couldn't hit a leftie? I think Hall was a nice wake up call for him.

Nice inning after the first batter. Send him down to AAA right now. QUOTE(Brian @ May 22, 2007 -> 08:07 PM) You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball? Only if it's a strike or a hanger.

This is where the bullpen has to face nine guys and end this thing. How long before Hawk gives the old these guys never give up speech ala the Kansas City Royals. Throw f***ing strikes that is all.

I will not be comfortable until this inning is over. With the off day Thursday and the extra rest day from last week using Masset. He needs to go at least 7. Man he is getting out of jams.

QUOTE(Steff @ May 22, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) The more things change.. the more they stay the same. Where the hell have you been? Reagrding Mariotti though. I stopped reading the ST because of him and Couch two years ago. The negative and purly fictitious crap they write about everything is not worth the effort. Marketing 101 will tell you that you want to sell what the consumer is willing to buy, The thing with Mariotti is that cub fans will read this crap and then Sox fans will read when he bashes the cubs. He can sit atop the fence and bash everyone regarding baseball. When things are going bad for a team he piles on and then hops on the bandwagon when things start going right. The eternal windsock. The fact the Sox call him out forces him to a degree to defend his position. Too much negative publicity will be the downfall of anything. The good writers at the ST will pay the price of being associated with the stigma of a rag which the ST Sports section has become regarding their columnists. Because there are not threads about Telander, does that mean the ST will fire him? Negative pub is sometimes not a good thing.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2007 -> 02:31 PM) An interesting note from the "For the love of statistics" category. The Sox are actually rated #7 in the ESPN RPI category, 4 spots ahead of their latest power-ranking. Their 22-19 record is actually three better than the Pythagarin expected record of 19-22. Their .517 strength of schedule is good for 3rd in all of baseball, and #1 in the AL. Look at the upcoming schedules of the Tigers and Indians and look at who they have played. Then evaluate the White Sox situation.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 21, 2007 -> 10:57 PM) Well, half of the garbage exchanged in that deal is where it belongs now.....the ironic thing is the only arm of value in that deal is Vasquez, who is looking really good for us in AAA. It's pretty amazing how long Cotts and Aardsma pitched really well though, they each kept that fraud alive for a solid month. If Vasquez comes up and walks the first guy you will be calling for KW's head for not acquiring Rocky Cherry in the deal. Go read Mike Downey's article this morning in the Trib. I love how every media guy can GM and spend other people's money. To keep Lee and Ordonez the payroll would be $140M.

Houston and the White Sox could make tremendous bed fellows as they both are in the thick of it and a bold move could help them greatly. If Houston wanted Crede which I doubt, what would they do with Ensberg? I could see Lidge for McDougal (prior to his last couple of outings that is) and another prospect, maybe Logan.

I think this makes sense. Craig Wilson has caught at the major league level. Should the Sox want Hall and AJ to play together in a game, Wilson is an ideal third catcher/emergency guy for them if needed to finish a game. This allows Hall to be a bat off the bench as well. KW did say that Hall would take AB's from Thome as well. If so there is no catcher on the bench. I AM NOT SAYING WILSON IS A GOOD CATCHER BUT IN A EMERGENCY.

He has caught in the past and could be an emergency guy should AJ and Hall play in the same game with one as a DH and they other get hurt.

OK this is getting out of hand. The bullpen is expected to save EVERY game. With this offense and our schedule we should be at least 5 under. The starters and bullpen need a relief, when you score 5 runs or less EVERY GAME the chances are you are going to lose quite often. The 2007 White Sox have not. Every game is a tense bullpen situation as the hitters are geard up as well as the pitchers. This is going to cost the Sox to lose once in a while. Guillen and Walker are not hte problemn with the offense the injuries and bad approaches are. Thome if healty will solve many problems. After this weekend, the Tigers and Indians play 7 times in 10 days. For anyone claiming doom and gloom look at the schedules each of these teams played and look at the next month or so. Guillen has won over 90 games the last two years and in his first year lost two MVP offensive players with his team in the running. He had info the Pagan hits better right handed whoever provided that info needs ot be addressed. Oh and I think the intangibles GUillen brings are the best in baseball.

I get the feeling a misplay by Ozuna will be costly.

North began his rant by saying it was to early for Hall to come back and compared it to John Wayne having lung cancer and when told that the trainers had to approve it he said the cubs trainers have no credability. Hall begged to come back. Harrelson said it best. For the first time ever this series means s***. The Sox are in possibly the most heated pennent race since the divisional format was created. The line-up put out there needs to hit Lilly. They can not hit lefties so they have to put out the best nine that can. Unfortunatly Hall is a catcher. Look at the Mets yesterday, AJ will pinch hit if needed. If he wasn't pissed there would be a problem.

I think they are pretty funny at taking jabs at the northside and the mentality that there is no other part of the city and the cubs arethe s***. Kind of like the billboard they put up outside wrigley.

Threw 114 pitches in 5.2 innings WHIP of about 2.00 but only 2 ER typical 2006 Fred.