QUOTE (Caliban @ May 7 2009, 21.01)

Frank Thomas is nothing but a selfish idiot. Hes an idiot. I dont get why you care about Frank Thomas. Nobody I know that cares about the sox misses him. Hes got a terrible attitude and all he was was a whiner. I cant believe you have anythign good to say about that selfish, whinning, bad attitude. I cant believe you arent just saying good riddance. see you later. Stay out of my business.

He was a whiner and an asshole. No Sox fan would dispute that. He was also the best hitter the Sox ever had and arguably their best ever player. A first ballot Hall of Famer who in this tainted age of baseball is remarkable for being one of the few without a hint of suspicion. He gave the Sox all of his best years and most of those were pretty damned good years. Given his presumed (and likely) clean status, he is one of the few sluggers who, though he may not be all that likable, is at least to be appreciated for doing it right and doing it well. Yeah that's a pretty low bar, but the present state of baseball doesn't allow for many other options. He's an asshole, but (most likely) not a cheat, who contributed alot to my favored team for many, many years. I'll drink to that and him.

QUOTE (Caliban @ May 7 2009, 21.17)

' We don't miss him, by the way. If you go out there and ask any one of my players or staff members, we don't miss him. We don't miss his attitude. We don't miss the whining. We don't miss it. Good riddance. See you later. '

' I'm a general manager and I'm supposed to be above these things. But again, when is enough enough? He brought us to this point. So, OK, you want to play this game? You've got it. You got it. He's the Oakland A's problem right now. ... He better stay out of our business. He better stay out of White Sox business. '

If he was still batting .320 with 40 home runs, yeah they'd miss him.

QUOTE (Triskele @ May 7 2009, 23.23)

That being said, if he does get busted I hope he does what Manny appears to be doing which is not deny it and take my suspension in stride. The Clemens route is not the way to go.

Heh? How has Manny not denied it? He's done what most of the other players have done, plead ignorance and blame someone/thing else. Saying 'I juiced, I'm sorry, I won't do it again' is a non-denial. Saying 'there was something in my medication/supplements I was unaware of' is passing the buck, lowering their culpability from actual intent to mere negligence at worst. Its saying 'i was irresonsible' not 'I cheated'. Its less stupid than going on a 'I'm gonna sue everyone' tirade, but no less dishonest.

QUOTE (Caliban @ May 8 2009, 00.17)

Bob Ryan's article on the Manny thing is hysterical. What a fucking joke.

Being Manny, he may not have known

What a piece of horseshit. Loaded with virtually every popular misconception about steroids known to man and enough lame apologism to sink the Titanic twice over. Horrible article with premises that a reasonably informed 5 year old could demolish.

QUOTE (smegma @ May 8 2009, 08.36)

Truly one of the worst written, ill-conceived articles I've read in a long time.

All this negative roids talk couldn't taint my enjoyment of Buerhle's performance last night. There is a reason that year after year he continues to be one of my absolute all time favorites....not just because of his abilities, but his demeanor and personality both during and post game help me remember why this is the greatest sport on the planet. He is a genuine joy to watch.

Easily my favorite player on the team. Good player and all around class.

QUOTE (Bronn Stone @ May 21 2009, 18.46)

Jake has made it clear that he'd like to stay in the NL, would like a pitcher-friendly park and prefers a sure contender. The White Sox miss on all three. Another deal will get done.

In other words Peavy is a scared little bitch who doesn't want to risk his pretty little stats in the Big Boys league. Good riddance.

QUOTE (ZANNI_1276 @ May 21 2009, 15.58)

Man, the AL Central is just pathetic. ughhhh

I prefer the term widespread sub-mediocrity.

White Sox have a game today? Thought one was scheduled. Must've been rained out. Anyway, I'll be sure to catch tomorrow's game since today was a day off.

QUOTE (Lightning Lord @ May 22 2009, 22.54)

Twins go from -25 to +2 in run differential in just 2 games, remain 3 games under .500. Why can't we muster some sort of offense/pitching when we play good teams? Our lack of consistency is really annoying.

2 games at the expense of my White Sox. Bah!

White Sox also have consistency problems. We go from mediocre to awful. But seriously, the division is wide open. The season's young. There's always a shot. But it looks like we're gonna spend the rest of the year like circa 2003, 'where oh where can my 5th starter be'. The offense is looking downright crap most of the time as well. Not good. Peavy could've been huge. Scared little bitch.

QUOTE (Lightning Lord @ May 22 2009, 23.22)

I would have run the other way after seeing that game, too. And I am pretty happy that he declined the trade This division is wide open, which makes for a fun, if frustrating season.

Agreed on that. Last year definitely made for a 'fun & frustrating' season and led to the most fun & entertaining baseball game I'd ever been to at the end. That 1 game playoff to get to the playoffs was nuts. Sea of black across the stadium. Standing room only, mingling with random strangers, partying like we were at a packed bar, hanging on every swing, pitch, and play...great game. Don't think my poor ole heart can take another season like that. Here's hoping we make a play/trade somewhere to get us out of this slump quickly.

Go White Sox, get some of that run differential back!! Though I'd much rather they spread some of that offense out across a couple of games. Karma will naturally demand that things even themselves out so I suspect we'll be shut out tomorrow.

QUOTE (Caliban @ Jun 16 2009, 20.51)

Dont care. Still love sammy. Maybe more now because i know he endangered himself to make the cubs a better team.

Endangered himself? He cheated, discredited (contributed to the discrediting of) himself, his team, and the game, endangered others in the sport or who want to make the sport by placing coercive pressure upon them to juice if they want the big bucks, all to achieve super-stardom and a shitton of money. Once he achieved that stardom, he acted like an absolute asshat. I guarantee 'helping my team' was at the bottom of the list of 'reasons to juice', well below '8 figure contract'. Sammy is despicable scum who all Cubs fans should be embarrassed by.

Zambrano, what a pathetic, headcase thug. Screws up and then throws at a hitter. What a bitch.

QUOTE (Jaimeskele @ Jun 30 2009, 17.24)

Interesting poll in the Chicago Tribune on how people fell about Big Z.

I can't stand the guy myself, but its not like top shelf starting pitchers grow on trees. Zambrano is a cry-baby bitch headcase nutjob moron fucknut...but the team is better off with him than without him. Can you really think of any teams that would be improved by the removal of (arguably) their best pitcher in exchange for nothing? Its not like there's alot of A-list talent to go after with the excess money.

That said, if the Cubs don't think they're gonna compete this year or anytime in the near future, its worth browsing to see who has a few prospects to dish out. I wouldn't hesitate to trade-bait him, but to simply cut? I think a tribune reporter had a deadline and a slow news day.

QUOTE (Jaimeskele @ Jul 1 2009, 00.29)

Pujols hits two on Randy to go to 30. He is now the first person in history to hit 30+ bombs in each of his first nine years.

My God Pujols is on one hell of a pace. 2nd place is 6 home runs behind right now. Please let this guy be clean and please let him LEGITIMATELY crack Roger Maris's record. And let him do most of it against the Cubs.