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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 08:06 PM) So you keep him out of sentimental value? I trade Buehrle LONG before I trade Danks, simply because Danks is a much better value even at 7M than Buehrle is at 14M. He's my favorite Sox player and I would be sad to see him go, but understand. Do you think Buehrle is worth twice the money of John Danks? How do you magically get a team to trade more or equal amount of talent for MB over Danks?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 02:45 PM) Huh? I think that the use of the "BA" earlier in this thread was an abbreviation for bad-"think you're using to sit on your chair". BA now = "bad ass" since the golden boy isn't here any more.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 02:13 PM) Looking down the road, is it a forgone conclusion that we'll see a picture of Paulie on the wall with a statue of his on the concourse? How BA would it be if the picture they use was him with his arms up after the WS granny....mmmmm

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 10:20 PM) *facepalm*.....nevermind. Excellent retort. I look forward to future discussions

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 09:48 PM) I am saying someone could argue that if Manny was playing over Kotsay, that we may have scored more than 4 runs, and then we would have won the game. Not saying it is the right excuse, just saying that someone would mention it. But because we won, Ozzie won't have to hear anyone say "Well, if you started Manny, you could have scored more runs". What if Pierre doesn't get doubled off, what if Q, AJ, PK or Rios knock in a RISP? The only "what if" game you can play is "what if we had a pitcher in the bullpen capable of an out". A 3 f***ing run lead in the 9th against one of the worst teams in baseball should be enough, Manny or no Manny

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 09:33 PM) Ozzie is lucky we won this game. Because now we are 1-0 without Manny even getting an AB. If we had lost this game, anyone could have made a case that Manny would have helped us get a win. But now that we won, Ozzie saves himself from LOTS of ridicule. Was Manny coming in for relief or....? If we lost this game it was because we don't have a single pitcher in the pen who can get an out.

QUOTE (buckweaver @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:57 PM) So as we are now required to cheer for the laundry that includes the number 99,, I make one last reply to this thread with this message to White Sox management: Do not hold the fans hostage over the resigning of Paul Konerko to a very fair, career-ending, long-term contract this off-season. If you can afford $4 million for a "diminished skills," diminished brain, ethically bankrupt Manny Ramirez, you can certainly pay the team captain what he's worth, particularly in light of the year he's having and the career he's had in Chicago. He is the White Sox' Derek Jeter and deserves to be rewarded as such. Yep, cause the only thing that matters in baseball is if you have good guys on your roster. I know I don't want actual good players, just good all around guys that'd I'd love to have a beer with. I love me some PK, but signing him longer than 2 years would be a bad bad move.

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 08:36 PM) Becks is in Boston already. f*** that, he could make it to Cle in time if he had a helicopter and or jet pack

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 08:29 PM) Thats the Manny impact. AJ gets 2 fastballs because they dont want to deal with Manny bu bu but ozzie still and idiot and manny is a dbag steroid user still right? Don't kill my dreams

woooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The broadcast "choppy" for anyone else? Giving me a headache

are we really freaking out over this bulls***? Jesus christ, calm the f*** down. this isn't "ohhhhh here we goooo, Manny's typical buls***t OMGGGG" he's not playing today. He will be playing tomorrow. Relax Be angry at the dodgers for not giving him us Saturday, not over something stupid like this.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) He has eight homers and 40 ribbies in 200 at bats. Compute what that would be to this point of the season...

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) Well, this is probably going to go one of two ways: 1.) The people talking s*** about Manny around the league will be right and we'll see a shell of the player that was Manny Ramirez. or 2.) Manny will feed off of this barrage of trash talk, earn his money for next year, and tear the AL apart throughout September. I want the second option. Really? You don't want him suck?

Twinnys playing hottest team in AL the last 10 games, cmonnnn Detroit.

still not confident we'll win this game. God damn bullpen

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:02 PM) 5-6 with a 2B, a HR, 3 singles, and a BB.. holy f***! and a GIDP with 2 on and nobody out

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:55 PM) We should just walk Hafner next AB. BTW, what's your thoughts on Manny? Probably the opposite of whatever yours are

playing with a 2 run lead in extras is like playing with my emotions. Don't do it

I was asleep, did we use Sale already?

hahahahah I'm dying. We're still going to lose, but at least it was fun to watch

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 04:09 PM) As far as booing, I know my point is hypocritical, but I think Manny is a bad enough guy I could justify booing when he makes and out, just as I could justify booing Belle. Why? Manny has a track record of being an ass THIS SEASON. The Dodgers can't get rid of him fast enough. If anybody in baseball deserves booing based on quitting on his team again, it is Manny. Cheer him if he gets on base; boo his ass if he sucks. "The dodgers can't get rid of him fast enough".....yet wouldn't trade him to us on the deadline? Does not compute.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) Read the Passon story. Lots of evidence on yahoo he is a major bum. Maybe turd is the better word. I'm all in favor of winning at all costs on the professional level. Bring him in. I just hope the fans at the Cell cheer his every hit and boo him mercilessly on every out. He accepted all that adulation in LA then when he tired of the city, s*** on his teammates and fans, which he will do here as well. Let's beat him to the punch. Demand he produce or boo his ass off the field before he does it to the Sox as he has other teams. Cmon quitter ... let's play ball. Lead us to the pennant big guy. Sox pay you 4 mill; lets see a 4 million dollar month or boo you off the field. You are taking the overreacting to the whole next level. Don't watch sports if you base your moral values on millionaire athletes that play kids games for a living. Most of these guys are horrible people and/or ordinary people with much much more money, it shouldn't come as a shock. Honestly, what LBJ did is worse in my book than anything Manny did.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) Let's carry this to its logical extreme, just as a mind exercise. I am absolutely not minimizing the horrors of the soon-to-be mentioned individual to the completely-trivial-in-comparison level of cheating or quitting in a sport-as-entertainment. I am absolutely not raising the cheating/quitting transgressions to any higher level than to use them as evidence of, or lack thereof, a certain moral fiber that I would like to see in the sporting events I choose to watch as entertainment. If Hitler could hit the ball like Babe Ruth, would you be in favor of him being the DH for the White Sox? For those who say they'd not, yet are in favor of Manny doing so, where is the line of differentiation? ahahahahaha incredible

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:15 PM) I agree there's joy in baseball and life. Forgive me for not applauding the team for acquiring a guy, who by all accounts, is a bum. A rich bum if that's possible. I hope he hits .400 for the month with 15 home runs and we beat out the Twins. I am not saying he can't excel. I just think he's a turd. You can polish a turd all you want, but a turd will always be a turd. This will not end well. But if he can bring us another WS title, great. I'll take it. I just want the Sox to use him for his ability and the fans to challenge him to excel. I'm not normally in favor of booing, but I hope we boo him on every out, and praise him when he gets a hit. What makes him a bum? Being one of the best hitters ever? You're not using bum the correct way. Kotsay is a bum.