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QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) Did you see the Cowboys game when they ran a play with a few seconds left before the half? Yeah, Tashard Choice fumbled the ball and DeAngelo Hall scored a TD which ended up resulting a win. So don't give me that garbage. Stats show Lovie should've gone for it, he went for it, and he failed. It happens. Uhh, did you read what I wrote? The Cowboys were on the 20 and had 6 seconds left. Lubbie has taken plenty a knee with 30+ seconds left and one solid play away from FG range. Thats why he sucks.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 08:49 PM) We really wouldn't even be having this convo if just HALF of this team had their head outta their ass the first few months of the season... No no no, we must find someone else to blame rather than the team that hit The truth is, if we played even mediocre, not even average just not-horrifically, for the start of the season we easily win 5-10 more games. The team was so unbelievably bad in the beginning its comical that people are blaming everyone but the f***ing players themselves.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) Excellent post. The bipolar aspect of the Sox drives a lot of us crazy. 2005 Sox: 1st half .663 2nd half .553 = 10% diff 2010 Sox: 1st half .563 2nd half .523 = 4% diff

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) Bah...these 8+ year contracts may be ridiculous...but like it or not, that's the going rate for a top, regular-MVP level player these days. That number isn't going down. It will go down when all these guys hit 35+ and production falls off the map. It won't be overnight, but eventually owners aren't going to invest the GDP of a small country into a 28 year old eventual-dh.

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) I liked this post. Unfortunately for so many teams, payroll's half of ours is just the way it is. That limits those teams in a huge way. Those type of teams have to continue to build through the farm in order for one day to be a competetive team. The Rays are a perfect example of one of these teams. Struggled for their first 15 years and eventually, the draft choices started to pan out. They built a good offense and pitching team. It is difficult for alot of these teams to build both. Let's look at the Orioles. They have been bad for the last 10 years. They haven't drafted well. The talent coming up through the farm, while highly hyped by guys like Steve Stone, just aren't good enough. That falls on the head of the GM, scouting department, etc. The Sox are fortunate that they can afford a $100 million payroll. That can help cover up a deficient farm. Unfortunately, our GM has been bad the past few years overall. Bringing in Peavy, Rios, Teahen and then giving him an extension, Linebrink, Pierre just keeps adding to the payroll, but when most of these guys don't work out. Rios is the only one who really has been good and Pierre and Peavy average at best, it straps the organization. The only way to overcome bad high money deals is by eating the money and going with talented, cheap, young talent. I really think JR needs to clean house and start fresh with a smart mind at GM and clean house on the field with management, Ozzie, Walker, Cora can all go. Hold on to Coop, he has some special talents. He can't fix them all, but he has proven to be very helpful. I would love to have a GM and Manager who see eye to eye in philosophy. KW and Oz never really have. Things hit the fan when KW let Oz determine if Thome could come back this year. Who is running the organization exactly? Shouldn't all personnel decisions be up to the GM? I would love to get a young, smart, Harvard type guy in the mold of Epstein, Hoyer, Daniels. These guys are smart and make sound decisions. They take sabremetrics seriously and field a team to the best way one can. High OBP. High UZR ratings. Solid pitching. Farm systems that can plug guys in and still have a solid team. Epstein's Red Sox are a great example of a GM who does things right. Look at all the injuries they had this season. Can you imagine that happening to us? They have been competetive all season even though they were without Pedroia,Youk, Ellsbury, Cameron, VMart and Beckett for parts of the season. They just gave their kids a chance and they knew they could perform. We would have been screwed. Can you imagine Danks2, De Aza, Retherford, Flowers all being able to step in and fill positions and still win at the MLB level this season? Never would have happened. I appreciate what KW did for us in 2005. I actually like the guy and some of his ideas. He has always tried to build a solid SP staff and has been pretty successful with that. I just think we need a fresh person in the organization. Someone to fix and reshape this team in the minors as well as the majors. I know Reinsdorf will probably never do it, he is just too loyal, to a fault. You realize the Red Sox have a limitless budget and were almost 30 million more than us this year, yes? And that the "genius" GM they have signed Lackey and Cameron this past offseason. And the "genius" over at Tampa Bay had roughly 64 #1-3 draft picks. I'm not calling them bad GM's, but all this bulls*** about how there is apparently a treasure trove of genius GM's out there better than KW is getting ridiculous. You have to take other factors into account, the Rays wouldn't be anywhere without sucking ass for a decade and hitting the jackpot on a couple of the dozen #1 picks they had. KW has built some solid teams which underperformed, won more playoff games this year than most, and has a ring. Lets please not turn this into a Bears backup QB scenario.

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 05:15 AM) The problem is, the money we are pissing away to Peavy, Linebrink and Teahen preclude the team from making 'the big time moves' of which you speak. Just resigning Paulie would IMO be a bigtime move and only one that gets you back to some of what you had this year. Peavy, when heathy, isn't pissing away money. Line and Teahen aren't exactly on A-rod contracts. I don't want big-time moves. I don't want to sign Mark Texeria for 45 years at 180 million dollars. I don't want to sign prince fielder for 10 years and 200 million. These massive long-term "big time" deals are going to be absolute disasters at the tail end when we realized 37 year old players who are not on steroids simply can't do it anymore. Once ALL teams realize that, then maybe we can get back to realistic contracts where a team can actually expect solid performance for 4-5 years; these 8+ year contracts are ridiculous.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 02:17 PM) Field Goal = lead = right choice ding ding ding. Lubbie was given the ball-less title when he does s*** like take a knee with 40 seconds left in a half and a play or 2 within FG range. Not by being an idiot and passing on a lead when the other team hasn't gotten a first down in 2 hours

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:30 AM) Take 3 of those turnovers away and they score at least 29 points instead of 19. Or they get shutdown in the redzone like they did when the ball was on the 99.9 yard line. For whatever reason, the Bears in the redzone are like the Sox against Minny: they can't get it done. I'm honestly more confident in the Bears offense from 30-40 out than

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 10:55 PM) Yes, we dominated on offense. It did not mean a lot today, but it shows that the offense is capable of moving the ball, and if they take care of it a little better, they will score points. We barely scratched 19 points against...the lions. The Detroit lions. The 0-21 on the road Detroit Lions. And "won" because of a stupid rule and a injury to their QB. We had the ball 6 inches away from the endzone and could not score against the Detroit Lions This team is going to be brutal against real opponents, don't be fooled.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) I was actually pleasantly surprised today. Both sides of the ball played much better than I anticipated, although the O-line was a bit of a concern, as expected. We did dominate on both sides of the ball though, and most games, we would have won easily with those performances. I think as these guys get accustomed to playing one another, and Jay starts trusting Martz to not get him killed with his protection schemes, I think we'll see something really special on offense - more than we have ever really seen as Bears fans outside of short stretches while Erik Kramer and Rex Grossman were behind center. I, for one, am excited by what I saw, despite the near loss, and am very much looking forward to next Sunday. We dominated on offense? Really? In the game today or are we talking about another one? We could have a 1000 yards on offense but since we still apparently can't score then it all doesn't mean s***. And I'll admit the D looked good....except for when it all matters in the end when the game is on the line. I personally will not be fooled, this team is bad and we're hilariously lucky we get to start 1-3 instead of 0-4

god i hate lubbie

QUOTE (Special K @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) I mean, why would I not bring it up in a discussion about possible DHs for the 2010 White Sox? FYI Thome hit a home run that scored the Twins 5th run today in their 5-4 win. Because we realistically were looking to get Damon and Thome was already decided as a no. Thats why it doesn't matter.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) That was also when he was swinging the bat well. He hasn't looked good since he got HBP. 3/11, 2 RBI, 2 BB in Boston Series

While we all say "f*** you gordon you suck at baseball and are a mental midget omgggg" lets remember blasting ozzie for not moving him up in the order. Food for thought

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) Eh, he pretty much won two games yesterday, short memory? yep, only matters what he did in his last AB.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) f*** YOU INGE YOU PIECE OF s***. Are you watching on tape delay?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Is this gun slow? the gun operator is a mental midget

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Twins tied it up because guess who doubled? That's right, Mr. 1.005 OPS Jim Thome. Who?

he's gotta go in shoulder first on that one. Blow his ass up if he's blockin the plate

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) Ozzie's been talked about waaaaay too much this summer. Yes he has done some really boneheaded s*** this year and he is responsible for certain situations that were ongoing (Kotsay) but damn. He's really not worth all this attention. It's too easy. ARGGGGGGHHHHH OZZZZIEEEEE. He's become the new Bears QB, always a better option

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) I'll give you the Bears comment...but at least we know this is their last year unless things going very well. I honestly don't believe that, we'll end up 8-8 and "give it 1 more year". And even if we do finally get rid of lubbie and his team of idiots, I don't think JA goes. But at any rate, Ozzie is not killing this team like Lubbie and JA do. Not even close. If we don't win the division it will be due to 80% of the lineup not hitting for 2 months, no SP pitching (besides JD) for 2 months, the bullpen collapsing, and Peavy getting injured.

It pains me to think of all the extra wins we would have had if another manager was here to not make the team hit .200 from April-June 10th, or make the starting pitchers not suck ass for 2 months, or make the bullpen not collapse. DAMN YOU TO HELL OZZZZIEIEIEE!!!!! Its comical how upset you guys are getting over the most insignificant coach of the 3 big sports. Save your outrage for the disgrace that is the Bears coaching and front office that legitimately destroys that team.

PK in a 1-2 count. If Omar times it better he scores. No need for any ulcers

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Nah, I'm good. I don't need to back down because I am the minority. I guess we will see in the end when Danks gets his next contract, and when Jason Bay returns healthy next season. Yeah the BoSox were absolutely desperate to bring him back into the fold for this year but just didn't have the luck. But by all means, a 25 year old budding ace and a former MVP candidate at his absolute lowest value for an aging injury risk with a massive contract, it makes sense on paper cmonnnnn Kenny

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 08:26 PM) Right, because Mark Teahen has been a great player in his career right? It's funny you guys act like Jason Bay has been a league average player over his career. Maybe you don't give him any credit because he played for Boston, or because he was traded for Manny, or some other irrational reason, but he has had a lot of great years over his career. He just happens to be having a bad year, and got injured. Maybe a player turns to suck after 1 year in your mind, but I am much more forgiving. The over reaction and overrating of our players here is pretty laughable. Try claiming it was a really long joke/troll post instead of one of the worst trade ideas of all time.