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Verlander beats Danksy 3-2, Royals win 7-4, tigers win the division, go down 3-1 to the yankees, cardinals win the world series

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 3, 2009 -> 11:54 PM) Oh God Bulin just cost the Oilers the win. Tied 3-3 with about 45 seconds left. Puck gets iced into the Edmonton zone, Bulin decides to come out of the net to play the puck. It knuckles, jumps his stick, and Moss puts it in an empty net. If Nik would have let it go, it would have been an easy ice. wait a second, Bulin cost his team a goal by adventuring too far out of the net??? no way....

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 3, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) Fight On. I know Cal has looked bad, but the Trojans were impressive tonight, and as long as they win in Eugene, they will be a one-loss team come BCS decison time.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 01:44 AM) LF Carl Crawford 3B Gordon Beckham DH Prince Fielder RF Carlos Quentin 1B Paul Konerko C AJ Pierzynski SS Alexei Ramirez CF Alex Rios 2B Chris Getz SP Mark Buehrle SP Jake Peavy SP John Danks SP Gavin Floyd SP Freddy Garcia CL Bobby Jenks RP Matt Thornton RP Daniel Hudson RP Tony Pena RP Scott Linebrink RP Carlos Torres RP DJ Carrasco Bench: Scott Podsednik, Mark Kotsay, Tyler Flowers, Jayson Nix i love this lineup and it easily clinches the AL Central but how do we get Crawford/Fielder without trading Hudson/Danks/Floyd/Beckham???

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 07:13 PM) Thats not what Im saying at all. Im saying to be a world class city, the citizens some times have to foot the bill for international projects. If Chicagoans are unwilling to pay $1,000 a person to hold the Olympics, what future international events do you think Chicago will be in the running for? Read international comments about Chicago, many people do not think very highly of it. This was a chance for Chicago to show the world who we are and why we matter. But Im proud of being from Chicago, I think that Chicago is one of the best cities in the world and was the best representative. Im just saddened that there are other people who live in the same city and dont feel the same pride. When you say "Go Rio" you are saying that Rio is greater than Chicago. So if Rio is so great, go ahead and move there. I've spent my whole life in Chicago, and plan to spend the rest of it here too. i think its the best damn city in the world, and i dont need the Olympics here to prove it to me or anyone else. "Go Rio" means let them deal with the Olympics, not they are better than us. I'd say "Go Detroit" if they were running too, and we all know Detroit isnt better than anything.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 06:12 PM) Last I checked Knight pays federal taxes and federal funds would have been used for a variety of the projects. I pay cook county taxes, I pay Chicago taxes and I pay Illinois taxes. But Im not about to belittle Knight's opinion just because I may have had a slightly higher financial burden. As expressed previously in this thread, even if the games resulted in a 1billion liability for the tax payers, thats the equivalent of $1,000 for 1mil people. You can be against the Olympics, but actively rooting for another country to get it over the US is disloyal. Basically you are saying that $1,000 is more important than being a world class city and having international recognition. I guess as some one who has paid more than $1,000 in parking meters last year ($8 a day for 200 days), it really is very little money compared to how much free press and international recognition Chicago would get. Chicago is not a world class city right now??? Chicago is not internationally recognized??? Is Atlanta more world class and does it have more international recognition because they have had the Olympics??? If I were an Asian or African tourist, would I rather visit Atlanta than Chicago because they had the Olympics??? \

wow, did we really out shoot them 55-24 and lose???? ouch!

1st round - Madrid 28 Rio 26 Tokyo 22 Chicago 18 2nd round - Rio 46 Madrid 29 Tokyo 20 Final - Rio 66 Madrid 32

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 11:41 AM) Is there a check cashing place near campus? Neither my bank nor my daughter's bank is around there. when I was there, there was a currency exchange on green st., in between wright & sixth. that was 5 years ago, so it may not be there anymore

i can understand Rio & Madrid, but how did Chicago lose to Tokyo????

its probably the first time someone has ever said no to emperor daley.....

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) Yea.. Interesting to see Hendry on right now. I like him enough. Can't wait to see Hjalmarsson for a full season and I have no idea why the org. doesn't like Aaron Johnson at all. I have no idea who the hell Radek Smolenak is though. Tony, Jeff, Andy, Mike, Critic, Steve, etc.. Anyone? I dont know anything about him, this what the article says: No real big surprises here, other than maybe Smolenak being chosen over Skille. Smolenak was picked up off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning last week. He scored two goals in his first preseason game and adds size and toughness that Skille lacks.

hawks announced final roster today, keeping three goalies, skille sent to rockford, rumor is that crawford & johnson were put on waivers, they can be sent to rockford if they clear. http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....obref=obnetwork Here is the Hawks' active roster for the opening of the season: Forwards: Troy Brouwer, Dustin Byfuglien, Dave Bolland, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, Patrick Kane, Tomas Kopecky, Andrew Ladd, John Madden, Patrick Sharp, Radek Smolenak, Jonathan Toews, Kris Versteeg Defensemen: Cam Barker, Brian Campbell, Jordan Hendry, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Aaron Johnson, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Brent Sopel Goalies: Corey Crawford, Cristobal Huet, Antti Niemi The Hawks assigned forwards Bryan Bickell, Evan Brophey, Jake Dowell, Rob Klinkhammer and Jack Skille to Rockford have placed forwards Adam Burish (knee) and Marian Hossa (shoulder) on Injured Reserve.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 02:52 PM) If Verlander has to pitch Sunday, any chance the Tigers had in the first playoff series is gone unless they bring him back early. Going into Yankee Stadium with EJax & Porcello as your game 1 & 2 starters...good luck and god bless

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 02:49 PM) The Twins have the advantage in all, but one game. (Greinke.) Meanwhile, the Tigers have to face: Peavy- Jackson. Great Game. Advantage: Sox Garcia-Figaro Advantage: Sox Danks-Verlander Advantage: Tigers (But close.) Assuming Ozzie puts the troops in order, we’re in perfect position to play the spoiler. But if Greinke does win a game, the Tigers only need to win one game, which I'm sure they will do, especially since its in Detroit, where they play much better. Not to mention, KC has looked like more of a MLB team than the Sox have in September. Ozzie has been trying to put the troops in order all season, and he still hasnt been able to figure out the right combo. I'd say the Tigers chances look pretty good to me

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) I love the city of Chicago and I love the Olympics. Tomorrow could be a greater day that October 26, 2005. really????? wow.....i'm not for the olympics here, but even if I was, I dont see how the two could even compare

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 07:54 PM) Loudest stadium overall, or loudest pro stadium? I cannot imagine it being as loud as many of the 100k+ college stadiums. As an Illini grad, i dont have much to compare it with, as there were only a few games where our stadium could even be considered "loud". I've been to Iowa & ND, but those are smaller and dont compare loudness wise. I would agree, I'd think a stadium like Happy Valley with 100k+ peeps, and many of them young college students, would seem to be louder than a smaller stadium like Qwest, although I guess the stadium dynamics could play in effect on that as well

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) The BoSox have won it twice in the past nine years, so that can't be right. I'm an idiot....

AWESOME!!! wonder if the Tribune would still make that if there wasnt a sale finalizing soon.....

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 12:27 AM) That's the Cub way, take a guy and trade him at his absolute lowest value, while at the same time demonizing him on the way out the door in order to gain fan support for the move. It's all about PR there, even with the increased payroll and expectations. On a side note, the Rockies walk off, extra inning win officially eliminated the Cubs from playoff contention tonight, so those who really, really hate the Cubs can sleep easy tonight, as it's now been 101 full years and the streak moves into it's second century. It's Gonna Happen!!!!!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 01:49 AM) All Detroit has to do is split the next 2 to be 2 up with 3 to go. Got to like Detroit's position to hang on for dear life. Minnesota splitting the next 2 doesn't do it much good. Twins got to win tomorrow then go for the kill to get it tied heading into the final series. It shows you ever moreso how important games are earlier in the season. Come this time you really needed all the wins you could get earlier. especially when good old Zack Greinke is waiting for you this weekend as well

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 29, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) Game postponed. Doubleheader tomorrow. why are they playing a doubleheader??? game has no effect on the playoff race, let the 2 teams play 161, and save the fans the trouble of having to watch one more game

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Sep 29, 2009 -> 03:22 PM) Alexei and Getz also didn't play last night either. I got a feeling that Alexei wasnt the one watching college football...

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 07:10 AM) Qwest Field = coolest and loudest NFL stadium. For all the talk about the 12th man, it definitely was the loudest stadium I ever heard, although some of it is a bit cheesy, like the free sodas for 3 false start penalties. Its amazing how in sync an offense has to be to only have 3 false start penalties when you basically cant hear anything on the field. Awesome road game to be at and thank you Devin Hester for shutting up the 12th man at the end. Definitely a good amount of Bears fans at the game. As long as we dont screw anything up Sunday, will be nice to be 3-1 heading into the bye. The two weeks after, there are road games at ATL & the suddenly relevant Bengals. Also still have road games at SF, BAL & the Vikings this season. They had the rankings for most false start penalties caused since 2005, and Soldier Field was 3rd behind Qwest & the Metrodome.

Damn the Cubs. Hitting a two-out two-run homer in the ninth to rally off the Giants closer on a day that Colorado lost...I want Tim Lincecum in the playoffs!