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Bush. League. That was the most unprofessional start to a World Series ever. Perfectly befitting the most small town of all the big town sports franchises. I just used that to explain the definition of bush league to someone.

"everybody talks about his power, few talk about his control" Another gem.

I'd swear what I just saw was a joke if it wasn't for all the people there

Wow, this introduction is making me embarassed for the white sox.

I loved watching the sequence of jon's emotions here. What a whipping, that was fun to watch.

Hyperbole!!! :o How did Dusty win all those games w/ SF?? As AAA said, Hendry needs to Dusty proof the team which means not relying on Nomar and Patterson again, and letting Neifi walk. I can't imagine someone who doesn't see the need to fire dusty seeing the need to dusty-proof the team. Maybe he just doesn't want to eat his contract, but I doubt it. Hendry traded for Lawton right?? He signed Walker and Nomar w/ the intention of having them @ the top of the order right? The gamble w/ Nomar failed, and I think Hendry will be smart enough to sign or trade for a better SS. I fail to see any point here. Lawton=old. Nomar=old. Walker=old This is not evidence of hendry dusty-proofing the team, in fact, this is evidence hendry going for dusty-style players (aside from the fact that walker will take a ball)

Hyperbole!!! :o How did Dusty win all those games w/ SF?? As AAA said, Hendry needs to Dusty proof the team which means not relying on Nomar and Patterson again, and letting Neifi walk. I can't imagine someone who doesn't see the need to fire dusty seeing the need to dusty-proof the team. Maybe he just doesn't want to eat his contract, but I doubt it.

Don't mess with arthropods. they have the biomass.

Says mr free premium!

Hey, macias throws a mean forkball!

Maybe I just didn't notice it before, but why is he on everyone's list all of the sudden?

Granted, Dusty is not a perfect manager and quite possibly may not be the "right" guy for Chicago. However, that is a pretty bold statment. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few guys (under Bakers Managment) who have had career years... Barry Bonds - Giants Jeff Kent - Giants Russ Ortiz - Giants Rich Aurlia - Giants DLee ARam Mark Prior Joe Bo Moises Alou Glendon Rusch Carlos Zambrano Ryan Dempster (30+saves) Michael Barrett I am sure there are more, and sure, there are some players who sucked during there career in Chicago or even SF. However, to say that it doesn't matter who we get as long as we have Dusty to manage...is simply wrong! Bonds: no worse after dusty left Kent: better under dusty (peak years) Russ ortiz: about the same his first year out of SF as in SF. Has had a negative career trend since 2001. Aurilia: a whole bunch of the same sort of years under dusty and other managers, then that one monster year (2001) Prior: getting worse under dusty Zambrano: irrelevant, only manager he's ever had (excluding his rookie season) Barret: positive under dusty. Also been healthy and entering peak years. borowski: went way downhill under dusty, was better before he got here. No career year here. Was getting old when dusty arrived. Alou: best seasons away from dusty, nothing close to a career year for him under dusty. Lee: Big year, better than anyone expected. that's a career year for you. Aram: Had his best seasons in chicago, but hardly unexpected given his age. Dempster: new position, no real applicable trend line here. So the actual positives we have here: Lee, barret, Aram, aurilia, kent. I'm going to toss out aurilia's season because (assuming his 2001 was all dusty's doing) what use is a manager who can make you play out of your mind 1 year in 10? This looks like random chance to me. Not that this is evidence that dusty makes players suck.

\Not sure about that, but it will have the highest ticket prices ever

The batter whose goal isn't to get on base is a bad batter. edit: unless he manages to get on base despite his wishes

heh

No, they don't, and no, they don't If the white sox had wound up behind the indians, that would be the perfect example of this. As it is, the red sox are a great example of a team that choked its way down the stretch.

I was much more hopeful for 2004.

I don't know about that but I've always thought of superheros as uniqs (sp-no sexual organs). Eunuch. Well, that's a male who's had his surgically removed... Maybe that's really what gives them their powers.

[sound: sporadic applause] Idiot announcer: And that's what you expect from some of the greatest fans in baseball, they're giving them a hand Or, just possibly, it's the several thousand astros fans there cheering? Or maybe it was the cardinals fans with the "let's go astros" chant?

that couldn't have been booing I heard!! :shock:

You dont "barely win" 99 games. Sure you can. 32-18 in 1 run games this season. since I didn't see a site listing 1-run numbers, I'm not about to go look at every team's record to compare that. But does anyone want to say there was a team that won more (and a higher percentage of its) close games?

I really liked Pujols at first, but he is really disrespectful with the way he stands and watches his homers now. He wasn't like that when he came up, but has developed that habit over time. I don't care for it any more than I cared Sosa's stupid hop. Plus, he's a Cardinal. It is every Cub fan's birthright to hate any Cardinal. Ya, he's a great player, but..... He's been disrespectful watching his homers for a while now. Do you remember when Gary Bennett confronted him about it? He's been doing that for a couple years now, and it is tacky. Yes, I do remember that. All the Cardinal fans were immediately coming to his defence and calling Bennett bush and what-not..... If I was pitching, I would put Pujols on his arse if he did that to me or one of my teammates. More than once, if needed. Really? And the Astros celebrating like they had won the pennant after Game 4, and again after the Berkman homer last night, and again with 2 outs in the 9th last night................. that's not disrespectful? What's the difference between Pujols walking trotting to first base and Berkman clapping and dancing around first base? The difference is in the respect shown for the opponent, and it is large. When pujols or whoever hits a hr then watches it and calmly jogs around the bases, they're saying "I'm so much better than you I knew this was going to happen. There's nothing surpring in its happening, and it can't even get me excited that it's happened" Berkman celebrating says "yes! I did it! I was unclear of my ability to assist my team in this, but I came through!" etc.

Why can't you bat the pitcher out of the 9 slot?