zach61

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) Yeah, not the best time ever to be a Cub fan. Someone on a Cub board had this to say when Buerhle got shelled: "If he's giving up 10 runs to our crappy offense, he should quit the game" They can't even enjoy a rare victory anymore. FWIW, Hendry is going to "re-evaluate" Dusty over the All-Star break to see if he gets more time to "dig himself out of the hole".....can you dig yourself out of a hole? Yes......It's a grinder rule. The way to get out is to dig deeper.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 3, 2006 -> 03:51 PM) MY NEW SIG! "Honestly, we don't put too much stock in opinion outside of our clubhouse. I'm not saying that to sound arrogant, but if we would have listened to what people outside the clubhouse were saying, we wouldn't have had our second baseman, our right fielder, the left fielder, the center fielder, shortstop, half the pitching staff and the catcher. So, sorry, we believe in what we believe in, and that's the way we'll sink or swim.'' And we would have traded away our 3rd baseman for a bag of balls.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Not to start something again, but with the Crosstown series coming up, I thught it kinda funny that I saw this tonight. While watching sports highlights, they showed the Cubs game. Pierre comes barreling home, and the throw is dropped by the catcher. Pierre, not sure if he touched the plate, dives pack and slaps the plate. Then, seeing that the ump called him safe, he slapped the plate 4 more times. I wonder if Barrett would have thought it ok for the opposing catcher to sucker punch him while he lay on the ground slapping home plate? Hmmm. Wasn't that Jock Jones slapping the plate?

QUOTE(zygoat @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:46 PM) and it would be nice if jim could close his stance and put the ball down the third base line. During that 13 inning game, it would have been nice to see him hit a single down the line and then bring in a pinch runner and work the small ball anyways keep up the good work Especially since it worked out so well when Uribe was bunted over by Mack and didn't score. And with Crede and Dye already out of the game, why take out your other big bat? And I don't know what inning you are referring to, but the only guy left on the bench was Widger becase Pablo came out of the game after that infield hit he got.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 22, 2006 -> 12:36 PM) Wow, I think you're giving Ozzie WAY too much credit here, the team has won 6 straight, 8 out of 9, is 21 games over .500, 5.5 games up in the wild card, second best record in baseball and have scored 33 runs the past 2 days Vs the second best team in the NL. There isn't a whole hell of a lot of negative things for Ozzie to be covering for right now and if anyone is going to be b****ing about any of those things right now (with the exception of Pods maybe) then that's just incredibly petty and I doubt the players would even care. I think he just called a guy a *** and a piece of s*** because he dislikes him, nothing more, nothing less. This is one of the things I do agree with hangar though. Even though the Sox are doing well, the stuff that gets the most attention(usually) is the negative stuff. I don't agreee with the biased against the Sox to make them look bad, but the news that usually gets attention is the bad news, even if the team is doing well. I might be giving Ozzie too much credit, but I think by him being involved with Chicago for about 16 yrs during his MLB career, he knows that we usually prefer to dwell on the negative rather than the positive. Look at what you just said? And this board still has things about wanting to get rid of Anderson. Trade for another bullpen arm. Garland isn't living up to the expectations. So by Ozzie saying something stupid, the media ignores any of the bad things and writes about him instead. Anderson doesn't have to keep answering the question about hitting under .200. AJ doesn't have to keep getting asked about getting beaned or about being the most hated player. As petty as it might be, they don't have to keep getting asked about playing as well as they are and still can't catch the tigers. I would love to be in the Sox clubhouse and not have to deal with the media except to say "That's Ozzie and you'll have to ask him." QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jun 22, 2006 -> 12:59 PM) You let me down, superzach. Some quotes from "In Life, First You Kick Ass". And like I said, from what I remember. Yeah, the media had fun with Ditka, but he did a lot of crap that pissed off the players and they didn't have the same respect for him like the Sox seem to have for Ozzie. I'm not in either clubhouse or locker room, so I'm just giving my opinion on the things that I see. And I could be completely wrong about the players not respecting Ditka, but it did look to me like they didn't respect him the same way the Sox seem to respect Ozzie. And my opinion on why is that Ozzie looks like he will back his players, where Ditka seemed to throw them under the bus.

QUOTE(klaus kinski @ Jun 22, 2006 -> 08:38 AM) Those around in the mid to late 80's might recall the rise of Mike Ditka with the fans & press to and beyond the World Championship in Jan 1986. For a time, outrageous things he said were accepted, as he was the king in this town, but it eventually started wearing thin on the players, and eventually the press. He never backed off, and the team began to fail and eventually he lost his job as the press started criticizing his methods. I hope none of this happens to Ozzie. From what I remember about Ditka, he brought the attention to the team. From what I'm seeing with Ozzie, he takes the attention off of the team. I like how the media is all caught up with Ozzie insulting a group of people when that same group of people aren't even allowed to get married, instead of Anderson hitting under .200, or Anderson being suspended, or Thome in a bit of a slump, or Pods in a pretty big slump and not making plays in the outfield. Or what about the bullpen? What about Sean Tracey? All of that pressure has been removed by Ozzie calling Moronotti the F** word. I believe that Ozzie is dumb like a fox.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 04:41 PM) I take it that my comments on 6/20 will be ignored as well eh? Yup. He usually avoids any questions and just says his numbers speak for themselves, then rants about how he proved it already at the "other" site an if you don't like what he is posting, then prove him wrong. I'm still trying to find out what he actually proved though. All he posts is his count of Sox and cub stories from 2 papers then claims he outed the Chicago media.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 04:41 PM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_Horn Yeah, I looked it up already. I can't believe people actually watch that. No offense to you if you watch it, but IMO, that woody paige and moronotti don't have a clue of what they're talking about. All they do is shout and try to get any attention that they can. And as long as they get attention, they will be around.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 04:38 PM) Around the Horn What is it? I never heard of it? Ah. Looked it up. So this is an espn show with moronotti and people actually watch it? No wonder the guy is still around. As long as he gets the attention and the times gets complaints about him, he ain't goin nowhere.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 04:08 PM) I missed the 1st 5 minutes of ATH . Did they mention anything of the topic? What's ATH?

And don't forget about all of the questions in this thread that you still can't answer. They are not going away. You are probably hoping that by ignoring them they will go away, but they won't.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 04:21 PM) A: I love exposing the media B: Not as much as I would like So please tell us which stories made the Sox look bad today. How many of those were there? Why did they make the Sox look bad and why would they drive fans away from the Sox? And are you really exposing the media or are you just obsessed with the trib and times? If it's the media, then please include the rest of the Chicago media and not just 2 papers.

QUOTE(zach61 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 01:09 PM) I hope all these questions aren't forgotten and will soon be answered by our media watcher. Still waiting for the answers to these questions since I see the "media watch" is still being done.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 04:38 PM) #21 - Start posting the stories that you claim are biased against the Sox to make them look bad and how many of them there are each day. Why is that so hard for you? (from zach61) #22 - the guy just looked it up, presented what he found, and you respond with your recollections? And you paint your recollections as proof??? (re: Muscatel's looking up of the murder in front of Wrigley story) #23 - Also, what does TV have to do with your media watches? I thought you said the two papers, Tribune and Sun Times. Now you are pulling in TV because it suits your purposes. (re: Hangar bringing in TV stations when he's said all along it's Tribune and Sun Times) #24 - Why do you misrepresent things and ignore things Hangar? Hangar it's now 24 questions. If you answer one per hour you can have this done by tomorrow. Of course there will be a whole new set of questions about your proof and your methods tomorrow Hangar. This is not going away Hangar. I hope all these questions aren't forgotten and will soon be answered by our media watcher.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) The SOX are able to gain 5 stories today and try to make a dent in the lead the Cubs continue to have. Rick Telander today decides to do a puff piece on Marlins' manager Joe Girardi, while Toni Ginetti does a reunion type piece on Tony LaRussa and Jerry Reinsdorf. Chicago Tribune: 3 cub stories 6 sox stories Chicago SunTimes: 3 cub stories 5 sox stories Standings as of Wednesday June 21st, 2006 Priviledged, Media Owned, Media Favored, 5th place currently, 4th place in 05 Cubs 613 Underdog, Media Maligned, Media Ignored, 2nd place currently, WSChamps in 05 Sox 522 And these stories make the Sox look bad and the cubs look good? Which stories make the Sox look bad and drive fans towards the cubs and why?