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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 03:23 PM) Yes. I don't think this deal gets off the drawing board if it wasn't a guy that Cooper had already told KW he could work with. He had a set of instant changes ready for the guy to start working on in throwing sessions, and so far they've been productive. Coop needs to fix the pen.

QUOTE (C_LEE45 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 01:30 PM) what team should we worry about claiming manny? The White Sox. They need a DH who can also go to the mound in late innings and give up less than 3 runs.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 11:04 AM) that is pretty funny. but if you look at the Twins, they just outslug everyone to death with decent pitching here and there. Maybe we can go back to that route. That's why they are one and done in Oct. The Sox always tried to outslug everyone this decade. The Twins score a lot of runs but they are like 15th in team HRs. They don't really outslug anyone but they seem to do well hitting with guys on.

QUOTE (since56 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 04:28 AM) I got the feeling the mighty twins are going to stumble. Another one game playoff? Can Thome do the same thing for them he did for us in'08? Where would that leave the Ozzeroo? It just leaves the door open to fans who are more emotional than logical. Thome's gone. People can't get over it. There are people who still believe getting Thome was one of Kenny's worst trades. I've seen a pattern of former Sox like Betamit and Thome hurt the Sox, but what did a formal Royals do to his team? Didn't he hurt himself? Wasn't one the reasons that Kenny got him was because he hurt the Sox? (still doing it I see)

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) He's saying you should do more research on your own instead of asking everybody. How is asking people not doing research on your own. Most info comes from asking or being presented voluntarily.

QUOTE (IceCreamPants @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:47 PM) Weird gut feeling we are going to lose tonight. Maybe it's just history repeating itself ova and ova. Lost 2/3 Royals and will probably squander opportunities against another bad team to gain ground.

because any team that has Mark Kotsay and Ozzie Guillen will always lose

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:30 AM) I think if the Sox can some way some how SWEEP the twins when they get here that things would be VERY interesting going down the stretch. What was wrong with sweeping the Royals instead of being their b****?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) Some national discussion of this deal. Jackson is a talented pitcher, but he's on his fifth major league team before the age of 27. He's a nice piece at the back end of the rotation, but will make more than $8 million next season. This starts me to ? Kenny's wisdom no this. Is this another "Coop can fix" guy?

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 10:49 AM) So Lou walks out on the last two teams he has managed. Has this been brought up anywhere? It also seems the Rays did not need him at all and he took the cubs right into the crapper. I really think he should be known more for his failures than his successes. The M's collapse The Tampa debacle The cubs debacle. With the money spent on that team to not win a single playoff his embarrassing. The 91 World Series was a long time ago. If got the impression he felt he didn't really have to manage when he took over the Cubs. He was probably shocked having to deal with certain immature players. If Rickets wants to improve the team, Hendry should be next to go.

This was interesting. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5484947

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:35 PM) I love football, and I am a huge Bears fan (although unfortunately I agree about the stupidity of fanbase factor, ugh) but the overcommercialization of the NFL is what really dulls it for me. The round-the-clock coverage of everything is nauseating, and the annual Favre soap opera and things like the verbal fellating of Tom Brady, so I tend to avoid it as much as I can. This has costs though because I find myself not knowing things I normally would when I watch postgame coverage, shows throughout the week, and so on. Basically everything I don't like about the NFL anymore revolves around the its relentless pursuit of revenue, and it just feels bogus as hell. The excessive commercials, the skyrocketing free agent deals, the ridiculous contracts given to rookies (costs which are passed down to the fans in various ways btw), needing DirecTV to get Sunday Ticket, the price of Sunday Ticket who only really care to watch one team, ticket costs going up every year for the same product, charging fans full price for pointless preseason games nobody gives a f*** about, exclusive licenses given to Reebok and EA Sports, I could go on. And a lot of people buy into this brand without questioning its value at all (and not really even being aware that they're doing it), so when you tell them something like this they look at you funny like "what's wrong with you, football is awesome!" If the NFL does away with the salary cap to resemble MLB, I'm done with that sport. You are already starting to see more examples of NFL players after getting paid, mailing it in.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:40 PM) I couldn't agree more with you. I find it that much more annoying since I consider the Bears to effectively be the Cubs of the NFL. Yes, they did win a title in some of our lifetimes, but they have a really annoying fan base and a sense of entitlement and royalty that is based entirely on distant history/success versus the present doings of the team. That's the other thing about Bear's fans. Their knowledge of NFL History is nonexistent. Hallas may have had a hand in the popularity of the NFL but there's no dynasty like that of the Cowboys, 49ers, Steelers. If you go back even to the late 60's the only tradition the Bears have is great players on sucky teams. I don't what what other fan bases are like but with Sox and Hawk fans, if the team sucks, people stay home. Cub fans are starting to do this since the Twins have better attendance.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) Minnie just played an amazingly clean game on TV in a shutout of the Angels. Minnie is so good with limited talent it's scary. The Angels have been struggling of late.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 10:15 AM) In the defense of the Sox, their streak started against NL teams but did carry into an Al schedule. But, you're right that the Twins are having a more respectable streak. A team (the Sox) that play so poorly against their own division should not win the division. It they so somehow win the division it won't be because they beat up on the Twins, Tigers, Royals, and Indians. I was expecting the Sox to lay down against those really bad NL teams since they do play down to the level of competition. The key to winning any division is to beat the teams you are suppose to. If there's a team that always has your number, win as many games from other teams so that isn't a big factor.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) Of a 8+ game winning streak. Of our starters pitching to a line below 2.75. Of our bullpen not blowing a save or conseding a lead. We want the name of your crack dealer.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) Anyone here? That is the threshold for a good manager? That he knows more about the game than anyone on soxtalk? Ozzie said it himself. Good players = good manager. How many good coaches and managers have become legends only because they had good players? If you look at guys like Shula, Landry, they had great QBs. How great would Phil Jackson be with a team without superstars? The threshold for a good manager may be to have a good general manager. Probably one of the few that understand that is the NFL's Jimmie Johnson. You don't see him flirting with a comeback to coaching. A coach/manager can be one of the most over rated positions in sports. They do make a perfect scapegoat. If guys like Gardenhire are so great, why is he absent in late October? What if he managed the Yankees? Where's that World Series Lou was suppose to bring Cub fans?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) the Jackson deal which was dumb. That deal meant nothing. Pitcher for pitcher. I thought that too but you got a starter with more big league experience than trusting Hudson in a race. We never get to hear about the deals Kenny couldn't make because the asking price may have been too high. If you are a GM, you want Kenny to part with that wicked rookie pitcher.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) I don't agree with this logic at all. Sure, I thoroughly enjoyed that run, but it doesn't make up for yet another disappointing season. Maybe that hot streak made people forget their own preseason expectations. Have the "best pitching staff" in baseball was suppose to eliminate the need for a base clogging DH. Getting Teahan and Pierre didn't make me say "wow" but more like "wft"? I never liked Pierre but he's won me over. Good pitching doesn't exist without good D, which doesn't point to Teahan. Defense has always been Kenny's least priority and it's even more evident in the farm system. Jones and Visquel were another one of Kenny's "lightning in a bottle" acquisitions. Can't complain about Visquel.

The pitching has sucked this year. There's no DH out there or ever will be to conquer that. It's not easy to manage in the big leagues when your pitching sucks. I know it's hard for some people to grasp that the season was lost coming out of the gate because of pitching and now the only way for Sox to win games is if games are 6 innings. Since we like to get in the habit of blaming coaches, maybe Coop is no longer useful.

I think they keep AJ because of how he handles the staff.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 03:12 PM) The former Sox is 2-2. They always come back to haunt us it seems. Too bad Teahan couldn't do the same. He hurt the Sox as a Royal, still hurts the Sox as a Sox.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 12:01 AM) So, how will the bullpen lose this lead? I'm thinking Linebrink in the 8th with a candlestick holder. Maybe it's time some of our starters go Carlos Zambrano on the ass of these guys who has messed up 5 time in two weeks.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) How in the hell can a successful person like you with great intelligence blame the manager for that gopher ball?? Man. It was Santos' meltdown, baby. ThankYou! Coop always gets a free pass.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 02:24 AM) Too bad for Thornton, then. If they asked him to close, I think he'd close. Uncomfortable? Then he needs to grow up n get comfortable. There's a lot more money for him to make as a closer. He needs to develop an off speed pitch.