With school, work, and like 200 blogs (or four. whatever.), these TUP posts may start to be a little shorter during the week. That's probably a good thing for everyone anyway, because, let's be honest, reading sucks.
As if a Cubs no hitter isn't bad enough, how how how how how can ESPN possibly cut away from a WHITE SOX game to show Zambrano get the final three outs? Consider your audience! Is that what they really wanted to see? Even for the company that employs Joe Morgan, that made no sense. By the way, Mark Buehrle did it first, burn, facial, suck it.
As for the Bears....meh. That loss was really disappointing. I thought they thoroughly outplayed the Panthers the majority of the game. If Olsen doesn't fumble twice or if Orton could hit one deep ball to save his life, the Bears would have won. Everything else pretty much went according to plan. Also, Brandon Lloyd = good. Who knew?
ok, fair. And yes watching OSU get maimed was almost as awesome as watching ND shove it up Michigan's ass. I guess I could see being pissed about the cut-away, but it was a national audience and not just Sox fans. A no-no will always take precedent over a bullpen collapse. PS I turned on the Sox game just in time to watch the ball sail over the fence. PPS after Cubs win today a sweep of Milwaukee is all that is needed to clinch the central. Sick.
1) I think even Uribe could have hit Marty Booker on that bomb.
Real debate: how far -- with training -- could Uribe throw a football?
2) Stone to the booth! Is there a sports comparison to how much better he'll make the broadcasts? I was going to compare it to Chris Paul but didn't feel comfortable calling Hawk 'Tyson Chandler.'
The Paul-TC comparison infers that Hawk will suddenly step up his game and become less ridiculous, more insightful, and lead all MLB broadcasters in blocks. I find that very unlikely. So the sports equivalent would be one guy coming into a team and completely changing the entire culture of a franchise. Before, Sox broadcasts were probably unwatchable to all non-fans. Now, you won't find more knowledge or objectivity anywhere. Basically Steve Stone is Kevin Garnett.
first, Orton is god awful and needs to be benched NOW
second, a no-no always takes precedence over anything. It just so happens there were two sunday night games (something that never happens, and it was Cubs-Sox, a very odd coincidence).
third, the White Sox "fan base" is fuckin ridiculously sad. I mean the Cell had like 10,000 while a neutral site Cubs game had a full 23,000 with likely more if more tickets were available. When the Sox make the playoffs we are going to have some Atlanta Braves type turnouts because all the city's fair weather assholes (read, Danny Sheridan) are too busy focusing on the Cubs.
It's not a "breath of fresh air" it's the truth. When you have a city of 3 million and suburbs tripling that population then you are going to have a ton of people who sway from side to side depending on who is winning. That is not an indication of a better fan base because both teams have die-hards at the core. It entails that the Cubs with Wrigley Field, the surrounding bar scene, and "safer neighborhood" are a more likely scenario for simple-minded, fair weather types if both teams are good.
Scott your assumptions are complete horse shit. No one ever goes to sox games, so who gives a shit. This is nothing new. You don't win a division based on how many fans are in attendance and how many bars and neighborhoods are around your stadium. If people weren't such pussies and only go to a baseball game to get drunk in the bleachers and hang out in the "safer" neighborhhood then the cubs wouldn't have as large of attendance as they do.
Ricky, quit being a lazy bitch and write something. When you don't write anything, the message board turns into cubs/sox bashing. Also, TRL is ending in November - I'm renting out a bar for the finale.
Dude, I know. But on Tuesday's I have class from noon til 6:30, and I have to do homework for those classes Monday night. So the Tuesday post will now go up at like 7:30ish. It'll generally be standings for the Pick Em' league.
And Eddie I think you are missing the point. I'm a White Sox fan you idiot, it just frustrates me that nobody supports the team when we have likable players, hit a ton of home runs and a have a first place team indicators that usually mean attendence. No shit fans don't dictate a first place team but it would be nice to have a playoff series full of die-hard fans instead of coporate assclowns sitting there to be seen. Learn to comprehend a fuckin point then talk to me.
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This whole post is just sad...you need to get over your Sox fan insecurities.
haha you're the same person talks about "retarded rage" when it comes to hating Ohio State. Hypocrite.
ok, fair. And yes watching OSU get maimed was almost as awesome as watching ND shove it up Michigan's ass. I guess I could see being pissed about the cut-away, but it was a national audience and not just Sox fans. A no-no will always take precedent over a bullpen collapse. PS I turned on the Sox game just in time to watch the ball sail over the fence. PPS after Cubs win today a sweep of Milwaukee is all that is needed to clinch the central. Sick.
I loved it Ricky....keep of the hard work
*up the hard work, my bad
That cut-away to the Cubs game was for sure questionable, but became downright egregious when the Tigers tied up the game shortly afterwords.
You just can't do that to the superstitious (read: crazy) baseball people.
And as much as I hate to say it, I really think 'Zambra-no-no' is at least 32% clever.
After reading Beachwood...
1) I think even Uribe could have hit Marty Booker on that bomb.
Real debate: how far -- with training -- could Uribe throw a football?
2) Stone to the booth! Is there a sports comparison to how much better he'll make the broadcasts? I was going to compare it to Chris Paul but didn't feel comfortable calling Hawk 'Tyson Chandler.'
The Paul-TC comparison infers that Hawk will suddenly step up his game and become less ridiculous, more insightful, and lead all MLB broadcasters in blocks. I find that very unlikely. So the sports equivalent would be one guy coming into a team and completely changing the entire culture of a franchise. Before, Sox broadcasts were probably unwatchable to all non-fans. Now, you won't find more knowledge or objectivity anywhere. Basically Steve Stone is Kevin Garnett.
Steve Stone will be a huge upgrade over DJ in the TV booth next year.
Yes, but at what point will Stone attempt to stab Hawk with his microphone?
first, Orton is god awful and needs to be benched NOW
second, a no-no always takes precedence over anything. It just so happens there were two sunday night games (something that never happens, and it was Cubs-Sox, a very odd coincidence).
third, the White Sox "fan base" is fuckin ridiculously sad. I mean the Cell had like 10,000 while a neutral site Cubs game had a full 23,000 with likely more if more tickets were available. When the Sox make the playoffs we are going to have some Atlanta Braves type turnouts because all the city's fair weather assholes (read, Danny Sheridan) are too busy focusing on the Cubs.
I couldn't agree more. It's a breath of fresh air when a Sox fan admits what is all to obvious to the rest of Chicago.
It's not a "breath of fresh air" it's the truth. When you have a city of 3 million and suburbs tripling that population then you are going to have a ton of people who sway from side to side depending on who is winning. That is not an indication of a better fan base because both teams have die-hards at the core. It entails that the Cubs with Wrigley Field, the surrounding bar scene, and "safer neighborhood" are a more likely scenario for simple-minded, fair weather types if both teams are good.
yeah who cares?
you are the one talking about how much you hated Zambrano throwing a no-hitter, as a Sox fan, who cares?
At least mine involves the actual team and the fan base who should support them.
Scott your assumptions are complete horse shit. No one ever goes to sox games, so who gives a shit. This is nothing new. You don't win a division based on how many fans are in attendance and how many bars and neighborhoods are around your stadium. If people weren't such pussies and only go to a baseball game to get drunk in the bleachers and hang out in the "safer" neighborhhood then the cubs wouldn't have as large of attendance as they do.
Ricky, quit being a lazy bitch and write something. When you don't write anything, the message board turns into cubs/sox bashing. Also, TRL is ending in November - I'm renting out a bar for the finale.
Dude, I know. But on Tuesday's I have class from noon til 6:30, and I have to do homework for those classes Monday night. So the Tuesday post will now go up at like 7:30ish. It'll generally be standings for the Pick Em' league.
And Eddie I think you are missing the point. I'm a White Sox fan you idiot, it just frustrates me that nobody supports the team when we have likable players, hit a ton of home runs and a have a first place team indicators that usually mean attendence. No shit fans don't dictate a first place team but it would be nice to have a playoff series full of die-hard fans instead of coporate assclowns sitting there to be seen. Learn to comprehend a fuckin point then talk to me.
Scott Phillips Drinks His Own Pee!
so that's the way you respond when you fuck up?
I didn't fuck up, and I'm not the one who drinks his own pee.