tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372047732012-02-12T10:28:30.200-06:00Witty analysis, clever chatter and biting commentary about the world of Chicago Sports and beyond.bonnixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14545317604943256941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37204773.post-88393132035604746372011-04-04T13:52:00.002-05:002011-04-04T13:59:34.564-05:00

needless to say, in 17 years I will still always think of Haywood getting the rebound w. 3.6 seconds remaining, clearing himself for the final shot, and, with the ball in the air, thinking 'Anything is possible, Anything is possible...' . Maybe it falls tonitecan't wait.

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For the third time this year the Bulls beat the Heat- this time in Miami. Each win has been equally impressive. The first in Chicago w/out Lebron, the second with Lebron in Chicago and today's in Miami after the overcoming a 15 pt deficit. A couple of takeaways.First the Heat desperately needed to win following 4 straight losses. Second Derrick Rose again being clutch in the fourth quarter. Third

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Gotta love the web. I'd put up a film of retiring Fire great CJ Brown doing the cj danse ((after each Fire win, he would come over to the Harlem Stand in front of Section 8 and , well, do the CJ Danse)). He announced his retirement last week, and the Fire used my film on its web page. Kinda kkol. lpt from 25 views to 470+ in a day.Here tis':Sad to see you go.

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Will amidt to watching and enjoying the Olympics. Always do. Don't catch every minute of it, but find myself tryig to: amused thought on Saturday wondering what I was gonna do on Sunday and thinking "Oh, of course. The Olympics are on."So, I'll watch any sport. No acess to curling 'cause I dont have cable, but have been enjoying some of the newer sports - that crazy 'downhill' ski race bewtween

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Not quite 1993Dated a girl from Nebraska way back when. Lovely girl - she was my First Love and all that goes with that. Do wonder from time to time whatever happened to her(though I know what she's has to be doing tonite) - but past is past. As w. all relationships, things that mattered to her became concerns of mine. She was a massive fan of the NEbraska huskers football team - and, in a

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The same issue of SI that reported on the US beating Spain over the summer in the Confederations Cup in South Africa also had excerpts from The Beckham Experiment. Ive always loved Bexx - basically anyone associated w. the Man. U. 1998-1999 season is forever on my list. I made a point to see him when he came to Chicago three previous times to play, and I was excited he came over to play in

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YAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!! Always awesome when something like this goes down, Sox starter Mark Burlhe became the 18th - only eighteen - pitcher to throw a perfect game in the major leagues. Happens on average something like once every eight years. There were many thoughts on this game.As always, "Where were you?". I was working @ school, but aware the boys were inaaction, I rocked the transistor radio.

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Last summer I did a lot of reading on the Sox's history - the season was fun, and I naturally startedto explore older seqson of such fun- which led to read on seasons of fun before I even existed. This summer I have been on a soccer history kick - well, really only two books so far. One was in Spring - How soccer exlains the world. Slite 24h read type of books - really didn't learn me anythig @

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High school baseball games can be as deeply gutwrenching as any Sox game, I have found out - and as deeply draining and dissapoiting as well. I had no idea what to expect in the Sate final of baseball bewtween St. Rita and New Trier - but I had a good Rita time, saw some old mates, and took in a minor league ballpark for the first time in many yars - and watched St. Rita lose downstate for the

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Although I'm not nearly well known on this forum yet, I would like to tell fill you in about my last 3 1/2 months. I am studying abroad through Loyola in Rome, Italy. Through my adventures in Rome and traveling to random European and African countries, I have seen many historical, beautiful places and have been able to participate in many different cultural experiences. One thing that I

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As many of you now, Bonnix has not been a Chicagoan all his life. He spent 10 years away in the Bay Area. Upon return to our fair city, he spent many a days programming away trying to stay out of the cold that is Chicago. The only thing that got him through this return to Chicago was listening to Mac, Jurko and Harry on WMVP ESPN Radio 1000. Sadly, last month this Heavy Fuel Crew was put to rest

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Sometimes these things hit out of the blue. In the crazy style of the Chicago Public school system, Curie High School's basketball team lost its sophomore star Wayne Blackshear yesterday to another fine South Side school, Morgan Park. What, one mite say, this sort of thing happens all the time in sports. But the transfer of the pro style of players jumping from team to team always seems really

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This was our Bulls game:this was the game as reported by tv:

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The Hawks are back! I went to my first Hawks game in three years on Sunday. They were a winner, beating the Flames 5-2 after losing two games to the Detroit Redwings. My impressions? Things have changed a lot since three years ago. John McDonough, the President of the BH, has done a fantastic job to market this club to once again get fans - in this hockey town- excited, especially in four major

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Mark DeRosa of the Chicago Cubs was traded to the Cleveland Indians on New Years Eve for 3 minor league pitchers. Then the Cubs added Aaron Miles for a 2 year contract. He formerly played on the dreaded Cardinals Personally, I don't agree with the trade for a number of reasons. DeRosa is an extremely versatile player, a level headed and club house guy, a lucky #7, and a fan favorite among the

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two years agoOpen Cup Final-v- L.A. Galaxy

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Charlie Manuel got a World Series ring, and all Lou got was the this lousy NL Manager of the Year Award. This means nothing to me, you can take this award and shove it up Lou's ass for all I care. I want a ring. Read more

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written by LazersIf the Jake Peavy deal doesn't go through for the Cubs, what do Cub fans think of this idea- Soriano for Barry Zito? Bad contract for bad contract. Cubs need to shake-up the lineup of postseason no-shows and would acquire a former Cy Young winner. Just how good a pitching coach is Larry Rothchild- can he turn Zito around. From SF perspective, they get a marquee name to replace

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So says it here that not only is Joe Montana being considered for a spot on this years dcs Bowl Special, but musical group Bully Pulpit is also being considered. Stay tuned.

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Some serious thought was given by me to drive the eight hours to Ohio next week to catch the Fire’s next game - if it is to be against the Columbus Crew. If it’s not against/in Columbus, then the Fire will play K.C. here for the right to go to MLS Cup for the fourth time in the teams 11 season history. Either way, the important deal is that the fire advanced Thursday nite against the new England

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I'd forgotten that this years Chicago doublentries into the baseball playoffs are both performing a tribute to the playoff performance of the 1983 White Sox. Love those key HR's given up, those bases loaded situations where nobody gets home, and players screaming @ the other team. Both teams - no doubt about it -are facing tough opponents. But these performances? The Cubs have been worse, and are

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Horrible, Horrible!!! To continue last years futile playoff attempts, the Cub were lifeless again last night against L.A.D. Aside from Derosa's wind aided HR, they showed no life. Dempster had his worst outing of the year with 7 walks, Marshall looked ok, and Marquis continued his early outing fade. There must be desperation on the field today. It is must win tonight. Let's hope Big Z can respond

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One run on five hits was EnoughSOX WIN !! SOX WIN !!And so the team continues. As near run as a near run thing can be, the Sox's 1-0 win allows us to watch playoff baseball on the Southside for the first time since 2005. It's been too long. One of the most famous of all Sox weekends in the teams 108 year history now leads into one of the most famous of all Sox postseasons (this being only the

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Congrats to NW Indiana's team for making the playoffs tonight. What we now have is historic. Both city teams in the going for their respective pennants at the same time. Though the routes look different- all you have to do is get in and its a new ballgame. The Cub cakewalked in while the Sox fought and won a dogfight.Will the dream of a Northside vs. Southside be realized? It all starts tomorrow

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On OverSure, Kittle was one of the sparks of the 1983 team, Bere was 14-2 in 1993, and Iguchi was a key to the 2005 team: but shit, all that is eclipsed by that half of a second of a half of a second after Lex Ramirez swung the Sox into game 163 yesterday. He knew it, I knew it, we all knew it - even Minny knew it: that giantic swing wrought a giantic homer and kept the Sox on the road to another

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Last Thursday nite, with the Sox clinging to a 1/2 game lead over Minny, the game that nite took on the air of a "this is it' moment". Of course, since the twins are as completely inept @ winning a division despite the other contending team doing everything it can to lose it - there have also been "this is it" games on Friday and Saturday before a real "This is it" game happened on sunday.So, as

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So it's come to watching the twins updates via Gameday or the Fox game on TV. After being blow apart in last nites Cleveland game, the Sox got a break ( abig fucking break) in Kansas city's unexpected win over Minnesota; @ this point, we'll take whatever we can get.But it doesn't seem that this team wants to win. With four losses in a row when they should be taking it to the other teams is

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Since 2003 or so and the closing of the lower decks @ Comiskey to cheapcats like me, I'm used to sitting amongst the toughcrowd of the upper decks. (For Bulls fans, think of after M.J. crowds in the new Stadium - not the types who flocked to those wondrous SuperBulls teams. For those Cub fans, think of the individuals in the Wrigley bleachers of the late 1970's ((in the pre Tribune, pre

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Planning ChangesA long while ago I was attempting to plan just which Sox game would be the clo\\incher. Iw as there in 1983 and 1993 when the Sox clinche the old AL west. 2000 and 2005 were clinched in Minnesota -too far fopr me to visit. But this years tight race had me planning to attend one of those last wkd games -v- Cleveland. For the past two weeks -until Tuesdays loss to Minnesota made it

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On the occasion of Chicago's first ever Division Title in baseball history (have been pennants, but this was the first division) 25 years ago today - the only time have ever been on comisky parks' grass - we note that the Tribune gave into the inherent unfairness in their treatment of the two major league clubs in town. Thank you for finally regularly runnning the Sox's dwindling Magic Number -

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I'd totally forgotten that since 2005, baseball postseasons are not that big in Chicago. Remember in 1983 as then Sox methodically erased games @ a time off of the magic number as they clinched the Western Division on 17 September? The end came dizzyingly fast that year - my homemade Magic Number Counter bored me quickly as the lead was extended to a record in the old four division setup for

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Finally, after about seventy twists laster, I actually got to use those Friday nite Rainout Soix tix on Sunday. Because for the 12, 735th time I left myn lites on and was not jumped till the afternoon, I missed one of those most beautiful things in life + a natural doubleheader +. It was the first for me since August 2000. I went only to the second game, and was of course treated to something

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Back to the asses of female Olympic atheletes

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I, probably alone amongst all Sox fans the worldwide over, actually liked Jay Mariotti. Oh, he had problems, fer sure - but overall, I ususally checked out at least what he was writing about if I didn't read the article.But boy, did people hate him. They just hated the dude. And I'm not talking about Ozzie and the rest of the boys - I'm talking about the people he worked with. Seems he was

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Wherever Cubnation goes, they take over. Wrigleyville north in Milwaukee, Wrigleyville west in Arizona, Wrigleyville south in Florida, and Wrigleyville east in D.C. Most verbiage categorizes the growing popularity of Cubnation to WGN. The fact is GN has televised less than 20% of the Cub games for the last several years.Cubnation exists, is a fact and is very intimidating to the "home" team. So

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And there is Logan Tom. She came to me @ the last Olympics -or rather, in the hype of the 2004 Athens games. Logan was one of those girls who are in terrefic shape and like the world to notice. So, Logan was first spotted in 2004 magazines in poses like the ones shown here. Bless her. After seeing such pictures, I just had to check out the team. When I caught her in action, she was far sexier

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It's over, isn't it? Olympics have a long time to go this summer still, but I mourn none the less - my new favourite, Chinese diver Guo Jingjing's Olympic career is over after winning another Gold medal. and for me, it was only just starting.Never heard of her before this week - I didn't pay as much attention to the Athen's Olympics - but when I got 'wind' of her, I had to watch her compete.

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Written by Lazers I did a bit of research to follow-up on the “4 consecutive homers” stat and found the following (note: teams have hit 4 consecutive homers only 6 times in MLB history):JD Drew was involved in 2 of the 6 times (‘07 Red Sox and ‘06 Dodgers).The ‘61 Braves did it but still lost the game.For 2 of the 6, the same pitcher gave up all 4 homers (‘07 Red Sox off of the Yankees’ Chase

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Luckily, I was able to drag myself out of the house -wow- that early to actually do something I was planning. And then it turned out kooler than I thought. Plus, they will be recording the events of my day in the history books. And I just showed up.It was to the Sox game, and the impportant thing is is that they won. With no Minnesota game, the lead went up to a full game (and some percentage

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Kop me up to loving the olympics. every four years. Yes, a lot of it marketing, but then again - am I not a sports fan and enjoy the competition? I am, I find.So, there I was , snickering @ myself constantly for watching sports I would never in the nirmal run of play. Women's water polo?? There i was watching -and being into -the USA -China match. But, oh, it gets worse. The Argentines -v

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Admits to being a bit of a sexist.Admits to checking out the derrieres of the women's beach volleyball players.Admits that they are fantastic. Admits to being lucky to be alive. volleyball, beach, womens

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Professor Grif Kenny finally got his guy. He's been persuing Grif for years and finally added him to the Sox. I do not note this as a major trade. The Sox basically picked him up for free. Although nick Masset was a good pitcher and the bullpen will be thinned out because of his loss, he wasn't a team changer. And Danny Richar is last years experiment to try and develop a replacement for Juan

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The King of the South Side

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Been progressively obsessively engrossed in Sox history. Took a giat 1000p encloypedia of Sox history, and have been becoming blitzedout with the 1951 - 1967 Sox, when they were one of the best teams in the majors after being such a sucky franchise from 1921 -1950. And man, that 30y period after the Black Sox scandel were terrible.Funny how great those teams were. Appracio, Fox, Minoso, Pierce,

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In Wrigley Field for the Cubs -v- Reds game on Tuesday nite. Jackson and Rocky and I were to meet in front of the Mac D.'s on Clark, but they'd already entered to reserve the seats. I was gonna see GF @ her werke, but time got the best of me and I had to go straight to 22d near the Chinatown El stop and El'd it to Wrigley. Again, I do so like riding the El from time to time. Those fucks flew the

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Many mite, but I have no real problem with the Sox only getting two All Stars this year despite being surprisingly having a top record. The team with the best record in baseball - Tampa - also has only two. And the Cubs? Seven. A bit of over kill, despite their best in the NL record.Like I notioned above - I don't have a major problem with it. Every year there are many great choices to make the

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There isn't a good word for it in English.We'll see you again.

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To the suprise of no oneThere was a feeling among Sox fans that they blew several games in Wrigley Field last weekend. The typical over reaction of the press - that's it for the Sox season - was, as usual, expected. But amongst the connected few, it was disappointing that the Sox didn't take five out of six this Crosstown Classic (last Sunday's loss the only one where they didn't seem in it). As

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Manchester Uited of England ended the Europan soccer season last month, rite? That PK ending to the Champions League Final -v- Chelsea? But wait, didn't they win the English Premier League over Chelsea a month and a half ago? So what the fuck was the soccer final from Europe on ABC Sunday afternoon? Yes, yet another game in the never ending season. More than any othe team sort, soccer just

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In episode #1 of Put Up or Shut Up, the appears to be a clear cut winner. I guess this is what a south side beat down looks like. The Cubs vs. the Sox left one wondering why people don't know there are two MLB teams in town. The Sox only prayer is to squeeze out a single win next weekend. The Cubs now stand 7-1.Here is my all city team;1B- D. Lee - no contest vs. Swisher/Konerko/Thome combined2B

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It'll be like his the rest of the season. Thousands of hits and runs @ home, then one run on four hits on the road. Luckily they have been able to keep their head above water on the road so far while running up the third best home record in baseball. That, and the fact they have played eight less home games than road games give the team hope. The current stretch of home games the team is in

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The plot against Thome and KonerkoI will amidt it. I was wanting to kill both of these players last week. I was gonna post to get rid of the both of them to-gether. But winning has a way of changing things. That and the fact that their long slumps may finally be ending.Despite the batters best attempts to turn the clock back to last season, the Sox have survived ruff spots and the early part of

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Ronnie Fields

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Carlos Zambrano is easily the best pitcher in the major leagues. With his 2.33 ERA he can pitch with anyone. He has matured and no longer allows mistakes ruin his focus. He takes a 8-1 record into this summer.But what clearly separates him from the rest of the league is his hitting. Following tonight's 3-4 night, he carries a .366 average. In the real league, where you don't have some fat-ass

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Many apologies for the long absence. What an enjoyable two months. Capped off today with another comeback. Down 9-1 in the 7th inning, the Cubbage fights back. No lead is insurmountable this year- confidence at an all time high. The genius of sweet Lou is that everyone gets to play, just like in grade school. Even Jimmy Edmonds joined in the fun today. Murderer's row has now fully come to roost.

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We all hate penalties to end a soccer game - even one going on for two hours - but since it was Manchester United that emerged on top in the shoot out over Chelsea - well, I'm not complaining. Winning their third Champions League trophy in their history stamps United as the best team in Europe - until they have to prove it again when the season starts again in eight weeks.And I think they

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In a lineup seeimingly sodden with .210 hitters, Ozzie finally did something to try and shake the batters up. Like Tony LaRussa's move to put Carlton Fisk in the two-hole of the '83 Sox lineup, Carlos Quinten -the suprise in the lineup- is now batting 2d behind leadoff batter Orlando Cabrera.The season started nicely. Although Jerry Owens had won the leadoff spot before injuries shelved him, Nick

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.....and the NYT.

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9/162ths of the season done, and the Sox show signs of life.Of course baseball life seemed dull and dismal after a typical " '07 Sox " start to the season - a disasterous start by Burelhe and then a bullpen collapse in the opener, and then no offense. Oi vey!But a five game winning streak placated fans. The team showed the promise that they showed in spring training. Pitching went well - Danks,

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Wow- for a team that domintates the Fire in the post season, the New England Revolution sure were schooled last nite. The Fire scored four first half goals to put the Revolution out by halftime. The secondhalf was an extended lesson in killing off the clock. The Fire now have four points in two games (a win and a tie), and looked great after a so so opener in Salt Lake City last week.Raining!!

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The Lineup. At first glance it looks like Murder Inc. But after careful review, Pie looks out of place at 8. They will pitch around him to get to the pitcher, but the pitcher today is Big Z- and he can't be pitched around. He is the best hitting pitcher in the league. Ideally Soto should be 8th to protect Pie at 7th.1.Theriot SS2.Soriano LF3.Lee 1B4.Ramirez 3B5.Fukedome RF6.DeRosa 2B7.Soto C8.Pie

jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945320713158354780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37204773.post-87073047974496165462008-03-25T20:34:00.005-05:002008-03-25T20:58:18.194-05:00

They're all back and then some; Sweet Lou, D-lee, Fonzie, the Contagion, Delarosa, Aramis, the Italian, Zambri and Woody. This is the year of the 100th anniversary and the team hasn't looked better in years. A few of Lou's mistakes are gone and several upgrades have arrived.First the Pitching;1. Zambrano- the horse2. Lilly- wiley lefty3. Hill-quickly maturing4. Dempster- big ?5. Marquis-must

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So, rite after writing how the Sox are rocking the clocks of teams left and rite this spring training, here comes the other side of the team. In two split squad games on Friday, the Sox were out scored 22-1 and collected seven hits over 18 innings of total baseball. Out scored?? More like pounded out of existence.Sheesh!!!Ah, but what of the pitching?? Javier Vasquez gave up five earned runs in 1

Hiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08453426446128718356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37204773.post-12394291562740922992008-03-06T11:34:00.002-06:002008-03-06T11:41:14.701-06:00

According to "Inside Sport" Evander Holyfield, 45, will potentially fight Mike Tyson, 41 for the 3rd time.Hoyfield said that last week Jeff Fenech, on behalf of Tyson, contacted him to inquire if he was interested in doing it for the 3rd time. Following Hoyfield's disclosure, criticism came from all corners of the sport. But in reality, the heavyweight division is so weak and boring, I beieve it

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Although the Iowa unwashed are messing the backs of their overalls about the possibility of The Wrigley Gum Corporation Field being renamed after....... uh...... well........ a corporation, the Official Paper of the Cubs (todays space could be declared a tie - Sox got extra column space --due to two games played - the Cubs, as has been the usual all spring -got the front sports page. And the

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Just a few games into the 2008 season, but the Sox have played well. Sox fans have been buzzing by the teams play in the first few weeks. Holes abound still, but there's hope in many areas. Two things the team wanted to work on in spring training so far has given everyone reason for optimism. Only spring training, yes ; but that's the point. Lets hope it continues.Ozzie has made a point that

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Sam Zell might be a brilliant real estate mogul, but he is no baseball guy. Thank god this soulless, spiritually bereft mother fucker is going to sell the team. Unfortunately, this cock sucker, "who only looks forward" ( you wonder if ever wipes his ass, since it is behind him) is going to sell the team and Wrigley Field separately. This robot of a man doesn't even understand that 'Wrigley Field'

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One thing not really being said about last years edition of the Cubs is that many of their hitters had sub par years last season. There were injuries and lack of support from their teammates to be sure, but the potential of the top three sluggers on the team was not fully met. Soriano= Whether it was injuries or just getting used to the team,Fonzy batted .299 and had 30 Hr's - very nice. His 70

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Word on the wire is that Hilts is now a coach @ his fourth City school in the last two decades. This is added to the two Catholic and two City grammer schools he has coached since the early ninties.

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I know I will be taken to the coals for this, but there was an interesting juxtopisition of articles on golf this week. Mondays NYT had a front page article on the trend of golf playing in America = down. And todays Sun Times had a Mariotti colom on the popularity of great Tiger Woods.Now for the trouble = Except for fellow dcs writers Jackson and Bonnaix, and two 80 year old men (One an old

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Well, it looks like the Bears have decided to not decide what to do about the most important position on the field, the Quarterback. Rex's one year deal does nothing to solidify the position or clarify what roles Brian Griese or Kyle Orton will have. It continues a long tradition of the Bears refusing to understand that without a solid, stable quarterback to build the franchise on, you will never

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He Gone! The bum has left the building, franchise and town. Big Ben was a disaster in the mold of Todd Hundley. The Cavs get Wallace and Smith- we get Hughes, and Gooden. This can only be upside for the Bulls because of Wallace's attitude. Whether his skills are in decline is debatable, but his lack of leadership skills were evident in the Skiles fallout.Hughes brings some size to an overcrowded

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Why not? With the loss of John Garland in the off season, the rumours out today that the Sox are sniffing around signing Bartolo Colon are very interesting. I'm a big Colon fan, and regardless if he signs with the Sox or not, I hope he returns healthy. Although he has lost mouch of the last two seasons to injuries and has had an ERA above 5.00 for three of the last four years, he mite - if

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Yesterday Rocky fwd me a neat address that listed off results, goal scorers, attendence etc for each game the old Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League ever played. In truth, they were the soccer team that I loved more than any other team. Fire, Man U., America, U.S.A., all pale for my childhood team - The Chicago Sting.I can remember when I was first exposed to them up close- it must

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alles ist gut mit Herr Lazermann

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Way back, when the Bulls were averaging 70 wins a season, we were watching them take on the Pacers- and the Bulls looked off. The whole game they looked like they were playing @ 70%, and although we were thinking they would win the game, Jackson made the remark that "maybe this is just one of those games they will lose." It just happens, sometimes - the best team on the court that nite wasn't

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Pats by 12.5 says it all. But as Plaxico Burress claims Joe Willie has posessed his brain, he guarantees a win. At this point, I don't think the Pats need any more motivation than completing the perfect season. But why bother giving them any more reason to rally the troops.This could be a fantastic game like their meeting in December, or it could be a Pats blowout. True, the Pats haven't been

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The White Sox pursued three major outfielders this off season, and seemingly got their third choice in Nick Swisher. They first went after Tori Hunter and Aaron Rowand to fill in the holes in the outfield but did not get either. This forced them to trade prospects to acquire Swisher. Although it was terrible to trade the prospects*, when one looks @ the three players in a variety of contexts the

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Phil Rogers had a great look at MLB payrolls recently. With the Sox Dotel signing an $11 mill deal, the Cubs and the rest of the league now have a payroll of $2.6 billion. To put that in perspective, Chicago's budget is 5 billion. Here are the projected payrolls;Largest;1. Yanks $230mill2. BoSox $170mill3.Tigers $133mill4.Angels $125 mill5.The CUB $120mill6. Sox $118 millSmallest;27. Pirates

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And the winners are.....1967- Eli Manning, yes Eli! What a string of games this kid has had. Against improbable odds in "frozen tundra" Green Bay, Eli of the Manning clan did his best Joe Willie of 1967. Mixing runs and passes well enough to keep Green Bay on its heels. What's the saying, "if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere", well he's just about made it. The Super Bowl set up

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Except for the obvious choice of the Patriots-who would have guessed! Think of it, last years lowly Packers are one game away from the Super Bowl. Marty's firing in San Diego actually worked to further progress. Most surprising are the woefull Giants, a back door entry to the playoffs.NFC Championship; Giants @ Packers line Pack by 7It will be Packer weather on Sunday- high of 6 degrees. For

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Enough already! The Joakim gets suspended by his teammates? This is the NBA - vile personal language is spewed towards coaches everyday. I understand that he's a rook and the head coach had to suspend him, but the team as well is not right. The team meeting was called by Wallace and Adrian Griffen. I'll be honest I don't even know who this guy is or was. As for Wallace, what a Joak. He treated

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Tom Brady is the 21th century's Joe Namath. Joe was the best ever very briefly, but he always got the best women and the most press coverage and the most commercials. Tom Brady is now the best ever and he certainly is working on catching Namath in the other categories.Like Namath, Brady has an innate ability to understand the game better and faster than anyone else on the field. Manning studies

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The Super Bowl champs are out! Beaten by a San Diego team minus L.T. and Rivers. How is this possible- in Indy of all places. Manning looked mediocre with 2 ints and two failed 4th down conversions. It was more the Colts failure than any dominance by the Chargers. What a way for Indy to go down- to a bunch of Scrubs at home. This does deny us of the Pats/Colts matchup. The Pats should roll over

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Here we go-the reason we watch pro ball.Seahawks at Packers / line Pack by 8.The Seahawks don't impress me at all. Alexander is a shadow of himself and their pass game has always been suspect. Pack is very strong in bad weather at home and well rested.Pick; GB 31/ Seattle 13Jaguars at Patriots / line Pats by 13.5The Jags give the Pats a lot of problems and aren't intimidated at all. They can run

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Goose!!It's always great when an old Sox player makes it into the Hall of Fame, and yesterdays raising of Rich Gossage into the Hall was well deserved. Growing up in the Seventies and Eighties, he and another Chicago icon Bruce Sutter were the two most mind blowing closers in the game. Since the advent of a position of "The Closer" on teams seemed to gain full steam during these players

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We take note of L.S.U.'s win against Ohio State in the final bowl game of the 2007 NCAA season. We also note that they can now claim the 'mythical' college championship for this year. Too bad they can't ACTUALLY claim the 2007 NCAA championship, because there is no way to fairly claim the championship these days.But maybe babysteps are on the way. The important news is not the result of one of

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Swish or Klank??I'm not that remiss to the Sox trade= Nick Swisher actually seems to be a positive addition to the team, although heavy prospects were given up. It's a gamble, but the Sox have lost super pitching prospects before. Worth it ?? Context is everything.First, the positives. By all reports, he's a solid positive teammate who bats left and can play CF or first. While not the leadoff man

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Unless it's the Stanley Cup playoffs or the Olympics, I rarely watch entire hockey games anymore that don't involve the Hawks. But yesterdays "Classic" was a total treat, watched from the opening drop puck till the end of the shootout. The idea to stage a nationally televised game outdoors in a football stadium - Rich Stadium in Buffalo- was inspired. That a massive snowstorm would rage during

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The Patriots absorbed Eli's best impersonation of Peyton, made the proper adjustments, dug in deep and accomplished one of professional sports greatest feats. Going undefeated in in any sport has become once in a generation. It's much more difficult than winning the Super Bowl. The Pats already have 3 of those and perhaps one more next month.Of course if they don't win the big game, this team

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Merry Christmas from all of the DCS staff!

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