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  1. Sammy Sofa
    The same thing what Baker said 2 years ago with the, "black guys play better in the heat because they are used to it." If a white guy says that, he's fired and facing criticism from everyone across the nation, Jesse Jackson would have been involved, and he's probably fired. Baker basically got away with it because of the fact that he is African-American. There's something far more shocking and horrifying in that statement...how moronic Dusty is when it comes to managing a baseball team. I don't care what color the player is...trying to figure out who plays based on the heat is asinine.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I hear the n word used far more frequently than the f word. Out of curiosity, where do you live? And who is saying it? Because not to trot out the hoary old cliche, but there's the "-er" version and the "-a" version. Again, wishful thinking aside, they ARE different, and almost always have completely different implications, whether said by someone black, white or otherwise. I live down south, just outside of DC, and I hear the "f word" infinitely more than the "-er" version of the "n word." And once more, I'm not justifying the use of ANY of these words, just trying to point out there is a difference in their severity, for a number of reasons. And Ozzie would still be an idiot no matter which one he said. Same with Rocker. I think Ozzie is getting off the hook moreso than Rocker ever could because Marriotti is such an ass.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    *****OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AHEAD!!!!******** No he's not. I think Ozzie's choice of words is appalling...but like it or not, "[expletive]" and "[expletive]" are not on the same levels. There are, unfortunately, plenty of people that view "[expletive]" as "just another insult." Personally, I think it's an ugly little word that nobody ever has to use, but if you look at both slurs on a sociological level, one is definitely "worse." It's vague, but there seems to be something to it. If you say "[expletive]," that's pure hate. If you say "[expletive]," that CAN just be ignorance. Again, neither is "right," but one is definitely a LOT worse. It seems an absurd thing to point out, but it's there. Look at it this way....nobody in this thread thought to censor "[expletive]" at all, yet "[expletive]" has not been expressly said up until now, even when discussed. How can you compare the two as equal if one is not even dared to be typed out? I apologize for the language, but it is to prove a point. If it should be edited out, fine...but will both slurs be edited out? Wouldn't that be the case if both are "equally" hateful? Man, what a lame thing to have to debate. People are awful sometimes.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    The general point is that a pitcher not getting a win doesn't mean the game was lost. Yeah, with a team as crappy as the Cubs have been, it probably was, but not getting a win can mean that a starting pitcher went at least 6 innings and kept it tied, or only gave up a 1 or 2 or even 3 run leade, things that any halfway decent ballclub can easily fight their way back from. No pitcher is going to go out there and shut down every team...if they can consistently keep the team in legit striking distance, IMO, they've done their job. And that's often not going to translate to wins.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    With Prior, you've got those two huge "freak" injuries...the basepath collision and the linedrive off the elbow. Subtract those, there's an excellent chance we're only talking about Wood like we are today.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Juan's hats are too big for his little boy-sized noggin. He can't help it.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Too true. It's absurd to think Wood is tanking it, or is "lazy," or whatever else accusation gets tossed at him. The guy is playing for his supper this year. Sure, plenty of teams would toss money at him and take a shot, but nowhere near what he COULD be getting even if he was out there pitching badly.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, he was too busy elbowing Barrett in the head as he was trying to get up.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    If they can get him for one year with big time incentives, I'm all for it. Let him heal and do what neeeds to be done this year, and then he goes into 2007 as his "make or break year." Find out whether or not he can hack it as a starter, or see if he can be the dominant closer people think he might be.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Speed doesn't slump... ....except at Wrigley.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    "Douche chillllllssssss!" That's terrifying.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Your mothers are ALL towels.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    In a perfect world, Kerry and the Cubs would come to some kind of deal where they'd shut him down this year and FULLY rehab him from the surgery, and they can sign him relatively cheap for one year next season and see what he can do. If that was the case, I'm fully confident Wood would come back next year and either be a good to great starter or bullpen thrower. But this is not that world.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Why start now?
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Can we have a swearing thread? Please? Because the creative explitives flying out of my mouth right now are things of beauty.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    So we see games where the Cubs can get around a dozen singles and bring nobody home...then they finally hit three homeruns in a single game and NOTHING else?!? Jerkstores.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Holy crap, someone just hit a ball OVER the wall into the stands! Is that allowed?!?
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Somebody apparently blasted Prior's out of the state before today's game.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    On my birthday, June 14th, my girlfriend got me a baseball signed by Derrek Lee in a beautiful glass case. Since then, this horrible team has somehow gotten even worse. That doesn't seem right.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Ask Blanco; he seems to be the only one with a clue around these parts. If that were true, he'd be hitchhiking down the road and as far away from this team as possible.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    What the hell is a "home run?" They sound vaguely familiar...
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Look in the stands. Are there still people there? Are they [expletive]?
  23. Sammy Sofa
    I'm fed up. http://gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/maths/knot-hangmans-noose-black-backdrop-18mm-manila-1-AJHD.jpg
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I feel bad for Len and Bob having to have guests up there when this stinking team is so God-killingly awful.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    The sad thing is, even if he had pitched better than his best, this team was still doomed to sniff failure until the end of the season. Yeah, I know it's only one game, but come the funk ON. 6 runs in the 1st inning? 8 total? And Woods 1st start was a mess, too...can this organization do ANYTHING right? Yeah, I know, the pitchers need to step it up, but really, we see plenty of other organizations bring guys back from injuries. Nobody expected all start pitching the first time back, but this is ourageous.
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