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QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 1, 2012 -> 11:05 PM) Greg, in what way was that a "great reply"? He doesn't assign responsibility properly, justify anyone's actions or provide any rationale for Cowley's behavior or CST's. All he did was say "boys will be boys" which is a thoughtless response to any controversy and simply enables Cowley's poor behavior. I understand that he mentioned wrestling and so did you, but how does that make anything okay? If a wrestler takes a pro-toddler murder stance, can Cowley justifiably take the same stance and say it was a bit? That's nonsense. Only if the aforementioned wrestler takes a pro-Peavy/Dunn/Rios or pro-bottom third of the Sox line-up murder stance. I JEST. Toddlers and puppies, protected classes.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2012 -> 10:55 PM) I said I liked you, I just disagree with this. You aren't the first to do it. A lot of people think it's fine. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. LOL. If i was Cowley, I would p.o.'ed that someone likes me (see above) and ask them to unfollow me, unless you actually are a Brazilian supermodel pretending to be a White Sox fan so you can find a man who really loves you/her for who she is!

Greg, here's the thing.... Why would I copy a personal message from Rick Telander that doesn't support my position against Cowley/CST? Because I felt it merited inclusion in the thread, and to show the OTHER SIDE...something your heroes don't generally like to do. He would probably be offended if I asked him whether those comments should be retracted from public consumption...and I did mention that I posted here, and even gave him the direct link for the message board thread about this topic, had he wanted to read what was written. I seriously doubt he took the time to do that, but he at least took the time to write a response. It would have been just as easy for me to ignore it or pretend I didn't receive it, yes?

That does it. Greg thinks I am "slimy" and Cowley is his new hero in lieu of any Ozzie controversy. Shouldn't his name be officially adjusted to Cowley Fan Club, Ozzie Fan Club OR Ozzie/Cowley fan club? Especially since his other hero Rongey has disappeared for the time being.

QUOTE (MAX @ May 1, 2012 -> 11:36 PM) ^I'm hoping that no one is willing to touch that one with the proverbial ten foot pole. I just did it to make a point, lol. And the point is that there's SOME things in life or in the world you can never talk about or argue or seemingly defend, NO MATTER WHAT. Doesn't matter if you're just taking a Devil's Advocate view, regardless of one's personal beliefs. The funny thing is that you CAN talk about Mao Zedong or Stalin, and they killed MANY more millions of people in their own countries. In China now, I can say he was a "bad guy" even though officially he's still a national here and his body is preserved in a mausoleum, just like Lenin's at the Kremlin. Just like if Ozzie said that same thing about, say, Pol Pot in Cambodia, it wouldn't even have registered as a blip on the radar screen. But he said it about Fidel Castro in South Florida in Little Havana.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2012 -> 11:16 PM) See? I was right. That is what Cowley was doing, the wrestling persona. That was a great reply from Telander. I like you caufield, but I wonder if what you did here isn't slimy. Telander prolly didn't want you posting his response for the world to see. He was nice enough to send u a response and you show it to the world. Just my take on that. Guys ... Cowley thought his followers knew his schtick. Now he knows better. Case closed. Slap on wrist. His posts I'm sure will be dull as hell from now on. He'll do the bare minimum of play by play from the games w/no opinion since people can't handle his Dice Clay act. Just like Miami can't handle Ozzie's Dice Clay act, either, lol. Not when they ALSO lose 9 of 10 games with that huge payroll and looking up at four teams ahead of them in the standings.

Greg, c'mon. Live in the real world. There's no such thing as "off the record" when a random person from China sends you an e-mail. If anything, his response was meant to be shared...although I can certainly e-mail him and ask if he'd like to have it taken down, lol. He's never seemed like that kind of a writer or person. I even said I was a frequent poster at a White Sox-related message board. It's not like I was pretending to be a lawyer for a random female Asian HR worker at the Sun-Times who was threatening a fake lawsuit just to get a reaction from him! Everything a professional writer does is for public consumption unless he requests otherwise. The whole purpose of what he wrote was to defuse the tension and make Cowley more sympathetic, correct?

Put on your seatbelts here, Marlins' fans. Even in a mop-up situation yesterday, Heath Bell got rocked and almost completely melted down with walks, HBP, hits everywhere around the diamond...he gave up 2 more runs last night. Giants down by 1 in the bottom of the 8th. Leadoff hitter on with a double. Would be 9 losses in 10 games if they blow this. Sac bunt, catcher throws the ball into the dirt when he underestimates how fast Angel Pagan really is....Blanco on 3rd, Pagan on 1st now, no outs still.

Sox haven't lost a game this year scoring more than 4 runs. Chris Sale continues to impress, although perhaps not quite dominate. Indians really looked like garbage. Humber vs. Tomlin tomrw night will be the big test, if we can have a repeat performance from the offense. Everyone WANTS to believe that this is the "real" Beckham but there's so much evidence against it that we've become cynical and inured to his occasional offensive breakouts. Crosses fingers that either Beckham or Morel can pull out of it. Morel did hammer another ball hard into an out. Better to be optimistic. And Santiago, we must remember, is a year removed from A ball. He should spend another season in the minors refining his offspeed stuff...at the worst, he's a very useful set-up guy and an inexpensive replacement for Thornton. At best, a very competent member of the starting rotation in 2013/14.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 1, 2012 -> 10:01 PM) ah nevermind. Funny that you censored yourself in a thread about Cowley, lol. Maybe he could take a lesson from you. Think before sending. It was Abraham Lincoln (I know kyle or northside will love this reference) who always used to become furious with his commanding generals during the first 2-3 years of the Civil War. He just needed the therapy of putting down on paper his anger, his frustration, writing page after page with furious indignation about their failures to take the fight to the enemy....but he always tore them up or threw them in the fire instead of undermining the morale of the Army.

It reminds me of George Bush at age 40 working hard to get over alcoholism or Bill Clinton over sex addiction, etc. "Youthful indiscretions." Still, a father, married man and cancer survivor should know better. Being around AJ and Ozzie so much really caught up with him. It is ironic the poor intern got eviscerated for one mistake, and yet that's the nature of the world, there will always be "favoritism." I saw it for years and years with Jason Whitlock in Kansas City with the same, or at least a very similar act. He (Whitlock) was further insulated by the Borat defense (how can he be offensive if he's Jewish but making fun of Jews??)...because he was African-American, he got away with a lot more than a white columnist arguably.

Don't worry, mcgrad wants him either sent down or outright/unconditionally released. LOL

Here's the response I received...a little bit of a surprise, but maybe not as much vitriol for Cowley in the newsroom as there was for Mariotti. Joe is a good guy who made a mistake--and I think that's how most people see it. He felt that others were in on the joking and smack talk (pro wrestling kind of blabber) with him--a kind of club on the Internet, if you will. Now he knows. Now he will be who he is. I appreciate your concern, and I'm glad you care enough to write to the S-T about it. We're all going to try harder to be better here. All of us. Thanks much--Rick Telander

Dunn really not looking good at 1B. Almost wish we'd put Lillibridge in there for defensive purposes. Guess Kipnis was going to beat it out anyway. Two hits for the Northbrook kid against LHP, impressive, hanging in there against offspeed stuff from Sale and Santiago.

LOL. That's what happens to 86 mph four-seam fastballs. How could this guy have been a reliever in the Reds' system, or a "top prospect"? Get a hearse, because those baseballs in that inning just got killed.

Greg, that's ridiculous. ANYONE could just say AFTER that they were "pretending" or doing satire/parody or whatever. Greg walks into the office: "Well, you gotta love that Nathan Bedford Forrest guy. The KuKluxKlan has done a lot of good things in the South to protect our rights and prevent improprieties from being committed against our women." OH, that's just you pretending to be racist/misogynist/bigoted. Then I guess we'll have to let it go, you can keep your job because you didn't really mean it. If he walks into the Sun Times offices (which he seldom does) in painted black face and says he's just joking after pretending to talk in an exaggerated jive/slang, by your logic, nothing would or should happen to him because it's just a performance. But golly, why didn't Ozzie using the same excuse work for him with MLB? Ozzie was just JOKING too, right? He really didn't believe what he was saying about Castro, he just wanted attention... There's a bomb on the plane!!! Oh, just kidding. (Does Ben Stiller impression from MEET THE FOECKERS)

With one hit in his next 3 AB's, Beckham will at least be back to the .200 mark. In news almost as important, Jared Mitchell now has 20 walks and 21 K's. Josh Phegley finally ended his hitting streak and Dan Johnson has 5 homers and 20 RBI's, bidding to get back to the majors. Think the Indians just might want to rescind that Jimenez trade about right now?

It's alive, it's alive!!!!!

White Sox record when: Scoring 0-3 runs 0-9 Scoring 4 runs=5-2 (losses on the blown Santiago saves against BALT & OAK) Scoring 5+ runs=6-0 Alex Rios has an OPS of nearly 200 points higher (947) versus fastballs, 757 against everything else.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2012 -> 09:25 PM) The Central has no teams playing well right now...I'd probably look at it that way more than anything... And again, it's simply a matter of scoring runs...I'm curious to know what our record is when scoring 3 or more runs... Edit: We're 10-6 if when we just score three or more runs...that is pretty impressive. Are you sure, I just checked and it looked like 11-4 (losses to Balt by Santiago, OAK extras, twice against BOSTON)?

Hard to say it's coincidence when the two best teams other than the Sox are Tiggers and Indians. CLE has been putting up some pretty incredible offensive numbers, although most of them were recorded against the dreadful Royals' pitching staff (outside of Chen-meister).

I will admit Greg still has many opportunities to clown if the Royals go 9-9 against us this season. But gosh, they look really awful right now, as do the Twins. Jimenez already in the mid 80's for pitch count and losing velocity from his FB.

May 2009=May 2012? Once can only hope. But we've been HERE before with Beckham in 2010 and 2011. GoGo Sox. Maybe this is the year we play well above .500 against the Central again. Looking to be 5-1 after tonight. Take that Greg, Haiku, with thee I smite.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Beckham with 2 hits in a single game? Has that happened all season? Just once, maybe? Up to .180 and Ventura's resting a little easier about Gordon and Viciedo. Now, if only Morel.... Gordon 532, Morel 415 in the OPS Chase.

Don't think you'll see a 60% scoring rate against Sale in the innings after the Sox score, lol. He (Danks) would be the 7th starter in Texas these days.