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I just listened to the interview. Bell mostly just agrees with the interviewer. The interviewer goes on a 3 minute "Ozzie sucks" diatribe and Bell responds with "Well, ya it sucks, blah blah" The media in Miami apparently doesn't like him too much.

and the lead is back down to 1 game. at least now I can get back to work instead of staring at mlb gameday instead. :sigh: :shrug:

In all honesty, the Sox wouldnt be playing meaningful games right now if not for Peavy anchoring the staff the first half of the season. Had the offense not s*** the bed 4 or 5 of his starts, he could have 16 wins and not 10. From my 10,000 foot view as a Sox fan in the rural south.... 1) Jake Peavy is no longer an ace. I think that much is clear. However, that doesn't mean he can't or shouldn't be counted on for a lock down start when its needed. 2) Last night was on the offense. They weren't putting in good ABs and Peavy was probably well aware he had to be perfect if the Sox wanted the win. 3) Ventura had to over-manage the game to compensate and the bullpen gave up 3 runs by the time the Sox started scoring non-HR runs. Let's get em tonight.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 02:51 AM) Probably because having AJ yell "YOU'RE f***ING BRUTAL" and "THIS IS BULLs***" can't be aired. Why not? Its on MLB.com http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play...33&c_id=mlb Love RV's comments. "You know you missed the call and you can't take it." IT being AJ telling him he is "f***ing brutal". Go sox!

This pohoto was taken the road trip directly following the Liriano/Escobar trade. Sox do need a batter, not a broken ladder!

He had bene playing pretty well for the Dodgers. This one was a head-scratcher for me, as a Dodgers fan - especially considering what they gave up for Victorino. *shrug*

I wonder if Jeff Loria and the front office in Miami look at the AL standings and see the Sox position atop their division - and mumble "what a huge mistake we've made". The White Sox have thrived without Ozzie and his side show, with what baseball pundits predicted would be a losing team of players.

He unfriended me on facebook after I posted on his wall that he sucked at hitting sliders. Be careful on the twitters, he'll un-follow you if you are critical of him and his baseball skillset.

Strange non-prospect trade.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:50 PM) Ok, could have sworn there was a separate MLB '12 The Show thread, I guess not. Sorry Jillian Michaels. Meh, oh well.

How far the Dodgers have come.... to think they started the season with Mike MacDougal in League's now-spot in the bullpen.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) Travis Snider for Brad Lincoln. Nice trade for the Pirates, as they have enough starting depth to get rid of Lincoln. My co-worker's daughter was dating Travis Snider when he was drafted. He used his entire signing bonus to pay for his mother's cancer treatments. I will always root for that guy.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) Oh yeah, I am in 2013 now, and teams are so jacked up. Then again, only like half the Sox team is still there for me, so there's that. I tried to keep my team pretty close to the real on-field team... but made a couple small "not too far off from reality" trades. Mostly edit the players to keep them close to reality. I mean, really... Jesse Crain is not the most valuable Sox player. And according to the ranking system, Brent Lillibridge was one of the least valuable players on the roster. Is there a "The Show" thread somewhere on SoxTalk? would love to see some guys rosters, tips, tricks, etc.

I am on the road for work - and I really wish I would have thought of this, or else I totally would have done it.... but it woulda been pretty damn funny to tweet all of the actual deadline trades in MLB 2012 The Show. Some of the trades are just insane.... In my last simmed season, Jeter got traded to the Reds for Votto, Matt Kemp got traded to the Angels for Pujols and every other significant top-100 player was traded for a bunch of fake prospects with names like Armando Chen or Hideki Anderson.

Joe Girardi said in the presser before the game tonight that Ichiro will play LF. Stick the a gold glove RF-er with arguably the best throwing arm in the history of the game in LF and leave Nick f***ing Swisher in RF. Wow.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) I watch baseball because I like Spanish speaking soap operas that is why I miss Guillen as my cable provider does not have Telemundo. What a waste of an article. There really is no conversation to even start there. I watched the first episode of the Marlins docudrama thing on cable. Ozzie is such a jackass. Instead of a peptalk in Spring Training it went a little something like this: Jeff Loria: And your new manager, Ozzie Guillen Ozzie Guillen: f*** f***ity f*** f*** f*** mutherf***ers, f*** you f***ers f*** f***. Players: Stunned faces Ozzie Guillen: I make the Goddamn lineup, you mutherf***ers, f***! 2005!!!11!!!!1!!! ... show profiles the open day loss.... then moves to locker room after the game... Jeff Loria: You alright Ozzie? Ozzie Guillen: I'm always alright. Ozzie Guillen (to players): f*** f***ity f*** f*** f*** mutherf***ers, f*** you f***ers f*** f***. Players: Stunned faces I am so glad he isn't our manager anymore.

bring him back? he likely will be claimed by another team with a worse record.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) Where the hell is Eygpt?? Eygpt is a small country located in the southwestern hemisphere of your avatar's ass.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 01:43 PM) The Sox have had several nice drafts since Buddy Bell came onboard. And it generally only takes 3-4 years to completely rebuild a system from scratch. But old reputations die hard. Plus, it 'hurt' our farm system rankings to have players like Beckham, Sale, and Daniel Hudson move through the system so quickly. Funny to look at that way, but it's true. While I completely agree with you, I think what the writers/critics are aiming for is a system that is producing starting position players, quality starting pitchers, etc. And not bench guys, 0 WAR 2B, backup catchers and bullpen arms. If the Sox had drafted and developed the guys like Floyd, Danks, De Aza, etc - sure, but the Sox plucked them from other systems. And even so, the guys that have come up recently (other than Chris Sale) are either middle relivers or backups (Jones, Reed, Danks, Flowers, Escobar, etc)

QUOTE (staxx @ Jul 16, 2012 -> 01:37 PM) if danks comes back and floyd is okay we would have one scary rotation with greinke. peavy/sale/greinke/danks/floyd yikes. I'm sure Floyd is fine. His reported injury, "forearm stiffness" could mean "he misses his wife"

1. James Shields 2. Zack Greinke 3. Anyone other than Axelrod

QUOTE (Jillian Michaels' Abs @ Jul 13, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) So much for MLBTradeRumors "if its whispered, we hear it" after a radio report and 6 pages of comments here. If the Rays fall out of contention by the deadline, I wonder what James Shields' price tag will be? * cough * I called it * cough * http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/danny-kn...l-trade-shields James Shields anyone?

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jul 11, 2012 -> 05:11 AM) Didn't they have a hotsot SS propect a few years back that was supposed to set MLB on fire. I think his name was Liu or something along those lines. Just goes to show how many of those "can't miss" propspects actually miss. Is that Philly OF playing this year, Brown? Who would've though Juan Pierre would be playing OF and hitting over .300 and Brown is yet to be heard from. Then you have guys like Quintana and Nate Jones come out of nowhere and have big time success. Maybe you mean Chin-lung Hu? He absolutely raked in the minors and after getting called up, proceeded to suck. He wasn't very good. Ended up on the Mets (and I think the Cubs) and is now meddling in independent baseball somewhere. In other Dodgers minor league news, Josh Fields is tearing up the PCL to the tune of 346/412/515 (including a .442 BA in his last 10 games). http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=435222 With the Dodgers woes at 3B, Josh has to be wondering what else he needs to do to get the call. They've been nearly as bad as the White Sox pre-Youkilis production at 3B.

So much for MLBTradeRumors "if its whispered, we hear it" after a radio report and 6 pages of comments here. If the Rays fall out of contention by the deadline, I wonder what James Shields' price tag will be?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 02:55 PM) Who would pay for this guy? I bet the Dodgers stop payment before JR gets the check to the bank. Either that or the Dodgers are endorsing an MF Global check over to the Sox. The Dodgers have no AAA SS. When Dee Gordon hit the DL, they called up the last player at AAA resembling a serviceable infielder. They will likely release him as soon as Gordon is back (which could be a while).