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Manny not in line-up tonight, but IS in the clubhouse. Saying his goodbyes tonight? Would be awesome if he caught a flight to CHI tonight and was playing tomorrow.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) Well, I mean, it's funny. If it was happening in Always Sunny or something, I'd laugh, but I'm just not into embarrassing real people who are doing their best and failing. Ok.

QUOTE (tpezz27 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 05:30 PM) Manny not in the Dodgers lineup tonight.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) Totally agree. The man losing his job should be punishment enough for his performance, especially considering he's been put in the position to be ridiculed. If he'd been playing his proper role, I doubt anybody would have cared. It IS very classless to rub this guy's nose in it when it's only partially his fault. I'd be pretty disgusted if our fan base pulled something like that. Oh man, you two really need a sense of humor....

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) Seriously, this post was answered 3 times in the other thread. It's 100% impossible for the Sox to move Viciedo for him. No it's not. He could be a PTBNL, but absolutely will not be.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) That isn't cheating. If it is, then OFers who pretend they will catch a fly-ball to freeze a runner is cheating. Faking to 3rd and throwing to 1st is cheating. A 2B/SS pretending a ball went into the OF on a steal throw is cheating. AJ wasn't tagged, so he ran to first. The catcher did not tag or throw the ball to first and it was ruled it hit the dirt. How you can even call that cheating is ridiculous. Cheating would be hitting the ball out of a guys glove, not running out a dropped 3rd strike. Or an outfielder trapping a catch and arguing that he caught it, or a fielder applying a phantom tag and pretending like he tagged them, or a base runner throwing his arms out to say "safe" on a close play, or a catcher framing the ball back into the strike zone. All of these are things players do, and NONE of them are considered "cheating". What AJ did was in no way, shape, or form "cheating". He took advantage of a lazy catcher and an indecisive umpire.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) It's not being a crabby guy thinking an idea that would embarrass the Sox fan base is a bad idea. Your idea was classless and not a good thing to do on any count. Chanting Manny when Ozzie brings the lineup card out ... that is funny. Embarrass the Sox fan base? So any time a fan boos a player, it's "embarrassing the fan base"? Gimmie a break man.... And it wasn't "my idea".

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:45 PM) I said it might be funny to do it when Ozzie comes out to take a pitcher out if we're winning. It's just not a good idea. Our fan base doesn't need to chant Manny when a Sox player is at the plate. It's not funny and it's bitter and it doesn't help us win. Not to pile on, but why not just reconsider and admit it was a bad idea. I've said I was wrong many times. It would be in bad taste to boo or mock Konerko, Buehrle, Thornton, Rios, Quentin, Beckham, you know, the core of this team that has been great for us this season and in their careers.... but we are talking about Mark Kotsay! Mark F'ing Kotsay! He is only on this team because Ozzie likes him for some reason. He is no one special to this team. He can leave, and no one would be heartbroken. I doubt Kotsay jerseys are flying off the shelves. He is a nobody. It sucks you can't enjoy some good 'ole humor by partaking in some ballpark hijinks, but that's your opinion. I'll enjoy my Sox games and have fun with poking fun at Kotsay. I'm sure he will appreciate how loyal you are to him, no matter how terribly awful he is.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) Manny at SS? Probably not a good idea.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:32 PM) Trust me, doing that does nobody any good except make our fan base look like a bunch of f***ing morons, no disrespect intended. I suppose you enjoy watching your games in silence and like to enjoy a cup of tea rather than a cold beer? You sound like a real downer to hang around with....

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) It actually seems like a douchey thing to do. I'm no fan of Kotsay's but he didn't do anything to deserve that type of treatment from the fans. He tried his best and was put into a position to fail. ......says the guy who runs the "IMPEACH KOTSAY" fanclub...... lol.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) yeah it's always good to embarrass a guy wearing the White Sox jersey. Really productive in mocking our own team while trying to beat the Yankees. Very smart. Oh, so funny as well. Trust me, Kotsay does most of the embarrassing when he is at the plate. No one is better at embarrassing Kotsay than Kotsay himself.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) Why not just chant it when every hitter comes up? I don't think it will help anything, just make it seem like the Sox are insecure and want a cheater on the team. The point is that Manny is replacing Kotsay (hopefully), thus we chant "Man-ny" when Kotsay comes up so he realizes he is about to lose his job. Sounds hilarious to me. I hope it happens.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:10 PM) No it wouldn't. Why? You got man love for Kotsay or something?

So does Manny basically get the next couple of days off so he doesn't risk any injury before a trade happens?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) i'm gonna laugh when i hear chants of "man-ny! man-ny!" every time kotsay comes to bat this weekend. God I hope so, that would be awesome!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) Any chance KW gets impatient and sweetens the deal in order to get Manny here asap? He would really come in handy this weekend. I was thinking that too. Maybe so "Ok, we will pay all the contract, and throw in a player IF you make the trade today so we can have Manny against New York" This weekend series is huge, and having Manny for it would be amazing.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) Sporcle commenters can be real b****es. lol, I agree. I think I handled them OK though.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:20 PM) Linebrink + Hoffmen!!! Lets get the band back together Linebrink, Hoffman, and Peavy will form our Padre Trio. And Manny, Pierre, and Jones will form our Dodgers Trio. And Pena, Quentin, and Jackson make our Dbacks Trio. Vizquel, AJ, and Threets make up our Giants Trio. All we need is 3 Rockies players to make a monopoly on the NL West!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) Wasn't Saladino drafted this year? Yeah, maybe it was Escobar.

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QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 07:28 PM) Brandon Short and Saladino have been out of their respective lineups for a while now, are they on the DL or something? Maybe one of them IS being traded for Manny as someone suggested.

Who gets the 9th? Harrell?

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:27 PM) Didnt KW pull this same thing around the time of acquiring Peavy? Mention walkups in your public quotes to milk the trade pressures for all it's worth financially.... "Whenever I've talked to (Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf), it's less about money even though we are stretched right now," Williams said, speaking in general terms. "We are stretched, and quite frankly we're looking at walkups every day to see exactly what we're going to have available to us. But he certainly hasn't given me any reason to think there are any restrictions right now on dollars." What does he mean by "walkups" ??

Pretty good outing for Collop. He now has 116 K to 29 BB. Very nice. Morel is 1/2 with a BB. AVG to .325 now.