Minotaur029 wrote:Who was the last non-producing White Sox star-caliber player to get severely booed at Comiskey? I never heard anybody boo David Wells or Ken Griffey, Jr. I never heard anybody boo Jim Thome during the first half of the 2008 season when I thought he had lost his bat speed and he was...

Daffodil Column wrote:I read that Pinella is taking Hoffpauir over Pie for the last bench spot on the NLDS roster. That's pretty dumb

Can't steal first. (& Pie's 63% SB success rate in the minors ain't too much of an endorsement either.)

DrAwkward wrote:Go ahead, Cubs fans...laugh it up.Zambrano just threw a no-no in our fucking house while our team continues to shit the bed and piss away the Wild Card.Jesus Christ. Go Packers.

Thought he was with the Jets now.

hogrot wrote:DrAwkward wrote:Well, that was one three-month Sabathia rental well spent. Have fun with your new pitchers next year, Yankees fans.woohoo!fuck all this "developing players" noise.on second thought, meh. pitching wasn't the problem this year. they couldn't hit for shit in the clutch. Tei...

The Twins are going to need fat guys like Bonser, as well as Canadians and Minnesota natives when they move into their outdoor stadium in 2 years and have to play in the chilly spring/autumn nights.

MWilke wrote:The weather thing is a pretty overblown sound bite. I wasn't trying to say that it's not a shared phenomenon. Wrigley's 90 years old and the Cell was a disaster of a new construction, but it's ridiculous to spend oodles of caboodles on a new park and not spend the extra 1/20 to put up a...

vockins wrote:One and a half armed pitchers have done pretty well for the Yankees.One-armed batters haven't done too poorly against the Yankees, either.Even with the quality of major league play at an all-time low due to the WWII player shortage, Gray was overmatched. But he was capable of remarkabl...

I'm just offended that the corporate/media/government alliance (or 'the elites', as they're called for short) allow there to be dissent. Shakes my faith in the system.

Chicago Lifers Open only to those who were born here, went thru K-12 and still live within the city limits. Suburbanites do not qualify, even those from border communities. Having lived elsewhere for a few years at college is acceptable. How cliquish is that? A few years at college? I question your...

Mars: Yeah, but if it's their business they are probably asking a fair price which is too much for me. I'm dreaming of mountain goat and ram's heads >$300. That might insult them. Which I wouldn't wish to do. Shoot, you could've gone down on I-55 yesterday and scored some buffalo: Illinois State Po...