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QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 07:42 PM) Never in a million years will I understand why the Yanks and Red Sox didn't go all out to get Danks. Maybe they don't believe he could handle the pressure. Maybe his "greatness" ends outside of Chicago.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) Pitch Rick Porcello, give Yanks all the momentum. Was that the same guy that got hammered in the rain delayed opener?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 10:26 AM) When does he plan on tapping that potential? I don't want to sit around and get nothing out of this guy simply because we think he can do better than this. He's not signing an extension. We need to get something of value for him. Maybe as soon as the Royals start winning divisions. They probably get more value for him in the off season than a trade deadline.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 3, 2011 -> 06:44 PM) Then you know what would have been great? Stretching him out to 165 innings this year. Best thing you could have done if you were really worried about him breaking down at the end of the year. That still has a chance to happen or they will risk harming him for the future.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 3, 2011 -> 05:22 PM) I say the headline "Chris Sale to be Moved" and freaked out that they were trading him already. Rumor has it the Cards wanted him for Rasmus.

Gammons:Coaches sure make a difference http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Oct 3, 2011 -> 09:58 PM) Martin just took a 100 MPH fastball to the ribs. I laughed. I wonder if that gun was really accurate. I can't imagine a human walking down to 1st after getting beamed in the ribs. Plus there were guys fowling off some of those pitches. Or maybe the Sox hitters have the slowest bat speed in the majors.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 11:13 AM) I'm not sure what people have against the Tigers (except Valverde). They played the right way. They were just decent, but saw their opportunity and made some key additions to the team in-season. They're not the Twins that perennially piss on us or the Indians with their terrible fans. I have no problem whatsoever rooting for the Tigers. Sox fans will hate them even more if they make some off season improvements. At least they don't look like a consolation team just to be happy in the playoffs.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) lol. How can you possibly hate Tampa? I don't know..maybe for not winning their division.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) Well isn't that compassionate of u? Nope, just not understanding of how wealthy people have lost money. The usual response is "living within their means". That's not how people always go broke.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 09:33 PM) Really, you would seek sympathy if you blew a $3.5 million salary?? I understand some people don't have the best education in how to invest and spend the money, but it should be common sense to anybody that you have X amount of money, therefore you can only spend X amount of money before it's gone. $3.5 million is a lot of money, it would take multiple screwups before that person was in really deep s***, and they should've learned their lesson by then. That's short sighted. Some have lost it on investments, bad accountants. It's more difficult for an individual to keep track of that kind of money. Do you think they keep it in a checking account and wait for their daily email from Chase?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) Yep. How about Dawson wanting to go in to the Hall as a Cub instead of an Expo. All about money Could say the same about Fisk choosing to go in as a Red Sox over the White Sox. Only think that might save him would be the game 6 homer. Not sure it really does though. I can't figure out how this relates in any way to what I said. The organizations that signed and developed them should get the credit since the players spent a great amount of time having success in those organizations.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) I'd like to say, you can't say, Ozzie's never acted like this before. How many times since '05 did he say he was thinking about quitting or that he should quit or that he would. Hell, in '05, I remember during the end of the season, he said he would quit after the season. Ozzie has wanted to escape, and finally came out with the real reasons why. He wanted to be in Miami and he wanted more money. Most people find it hard to accept that most people in sports are in it for the money. Why do NFL players sign with the Redskins as oppose to signing with the Patriots at league minimum?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 10:25 AM) Seems like you're about 2 days late. Did someone already post this?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 10:44 PM) I love how Blago thinks he's being funny saying he'd never pardon Bartman. Watching this program, it makes me even more happy about 2005. An greg, I let out a "that a-boy Juan" when they showed a highlight of him knocking in a run. Kinda funny how he close to reaping what he sowed.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 10:28 PM) Did anybody watch the Bartman TV special on ESPN? If so ... was he finally interviewed? I kind of feel sorry for that guy. Some bozo next to him was trying just as hard for the foul ball and would have also hit the ball had Bartman not hit it first. Human nature ... go for the ball (unfortunately). Of course Red Sox fans disagree with this. It shouldn't be shocking since it is the other most superstitious franchise in sports history. I think a fan would be stupid not to go after that ball. They assumed the Cubs had it wrapped up and as a fan having a ball from the Cubs winning the NLCS would make a great souvenir.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 11:20 PM) I find it funny people blast cubs fans when we share the bhawks, bears, and bulls...... So everything negative about them you have to include with our other teams most of us root for. I just don't think Chicago has the classiest fan base in general. Please elaborate on this. I think Americans in general have taken American sports too seriously. We are seeing violence in kid amateur sports involving adults. I wonder if there is a such thing as a classy fan base. Chicago (except for Cubs) is far classier than NY, Boston, LA, Oakland.

Terry Francona’s time may be up In trying season, clubhouse got away from manager’s style http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/sports/ba...sox#articleFull

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 08:15 AM) Hanley Ramirez is on a big contract an his attitude got him benched this year again. Wonder whether theyll hire a manager who can instill sone discipline in him next year? How do you instill discipline on an athlete with a guaranteed contract? If they have no trade clause, then what?

The best part of the article was a comment to it. a lot of what made the Sox so bad was poor clutch performances all around. "Clutch" may not be a real talent, Outside of 2005 I can only describe them as unclutch. This bigger the game the smaller the Sox.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 03:30 PM) I don't believe I sugested Oz was going to die poor, but do you really think Ozzie has enough to watch $8,000,000.00 slip away? You can always live a little better. An even bigger boat, an even bigger house, bigger diamonds for the wife and girlfriend, even longer and more lavish vacations. I just watched a special about a ship that rents for $500,000 per week. Think a guy with a couple million in the bank will lease it for a month and cruise the Med Sea? How about a guy with $10 mil in the bank? If no one desired a house more expensive than a milliom bucks, then no one would build $5 mil homes. Think about this, didn't Jordan make enough playing basketball? Why did he endorse products? I've read very few people that say they have enough money and don't want any more. Yes, he's set for life. But do you think he doesn't want to improve on how "set" he is? About a month ago there was an article on MSN about celebrities who went broke. One of them was Willie Nelson. It's very easy for us who are not millionaires to be very judgmental with someone's money.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) I have to agree with Chisoxfn... Dunn was neither Kenny nor Ozzie's fault, no one saw this coming for him. Peavy had one injury, and ankle injury unrelated to pitching, so I don't fault him for that either. Swisher was questionable defensively, that's on Kenny but not a big deal. Kenny's biggest misses were Rios and the Hudson trade, he outright blundered those. If Stewart sucks or is a mental midget the effects linger.

Great post. The bad....we don't get Goose Island out West. I miss it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) If he admits he can't get reach the players he knows inside and out, how would he convince JR and KW that he could reach players he doesn't know very well? Believe me, I like Francona, but I think he just gave JR an out if he has cold feet about paying managers decent cash, and I can't say I could blame him. I bet most managers would prefer to manage a young club than the big market clubs. How many consequences can be handed out to veterans for not wanting to play?

Did Alex Rios get traded too? Only hoping for the best.