the white sox might be making a move in the standings but as long as you play adam d-o-n-e & jake peavy, you are walking on very thin ice. at least rios is on the bench. finally.
the bears pick up roy williams from dallas. didn't they learn with tank johnson & cedric benson? this guy is bad news.
the cubs should be sending cash money every week to the houston astros for being worse than the cubs....and that's very hard to do.
true story....couldn't get anyone to take free tickets to a cubs-phillies game in mid july. most just laughed at me.
will any of the garbage get traded by sunday night? zambrano, ramirez, soto, dempster, marmol & pena are ALL AVAILABLE and the cubs will eat 80% of their salaries! but takers are few and far between. that's how bad it is on the north side.
the NBA season? uh, no.
glad the NFL worked things out. people love football.
the bears have released a few and signed a few but will go 8-8 this year.
say goodbye to mike quade. adios for now.
Friday, July 29, 2011
thoughts & things
amy winehouse o.d.'s. what a shock. as shocking as janis joplin, jimi hendrix, chris farley, john belushi & lenny bruce. any bets on charlie sheen?
john boehner's republican buddies tell him to pound sand. oops.
joe walsh owes over a hundred thousand in child support. and he's the new leader in illinois?
the tollway wants to raise the rate. first time since 2005? go for it.
chicago police officers are involved in multiple shootings over the last month. here's a hint: if you're going to be stupid and point a bb gun at an officer, you're probably going to die. he doesn't have time to differentiate between real & fake in an alley at 2:00 a.m.
is anyone else tired of the rain? jeeze. stop already.
40th high school reunion coming up....i'll pass.
the lightning show the other night was top shelf. sat in the gazebo and enjoyed every minute.
chicago passes an 8:30 curfew for kids under 12. good luck with that. the bottom line is the parents who care have their kids in sight when the sun sets but the animals let theirs run the streets. and they wonder why they have gang problems in their neighborhoods?
paul mccartney plays two concerts at wrigley this weekend. this guy is a national treasure.
the city council in aberdeen , washington voted down naming a bridge after kurt cobain, who blew his brains out in 1994. the council cited his drug use, suicide and negative comments about aberdeen as reasons to vote down naming the bridge after him GOOD FOR THEM.
jenny mccarthy tells oprah to 'take a walk' and brings her television project to NBC instead. good for her.
oprah's OWN network is bleeding red ink. soon she will disappear into the night and hopefully forever.
and the cubs still suck. bye for now.
john boehner's republican buddies tell him to pound sand. oops.
joe walsh owes over a hundred thousand in child support. and he's the new leader in illinois?
the tollway wants to raise the rate. first time since 2005? go for it.
chicago police officers are involved in multiple shootings over the last month. here's a hint: if you're going to be stupid and point a bb gun at an officer, you're probably going to die. he doesn't have time to differentiate between real & fake in an alley at 2:00 a.m.
is anyone else tired of the rain? jeeze. stop already.
40th high school reunion coming up....i'll pass.
the lightning show the other night was top shelf. sat in the gazebo and enjoyed every minute.
chicago passes an 8:30 curfew for kids under 12. good luck with that. the bottom line is the parents who care have their kids in sight when the sun sets but the animals let theirs run the streets. and they wonder why they have gang problems in their neighborhoods?
paul mccartney plays two concerts at wrigley this weekend. this guy is a national treasure.
the city council in aberdeen , washington voted down naming a bridge after kurt cobain, who blew his brains out in 1994. the council cited his drug use, suicide and negative comments about aberdeen as reasons to vote down naming the bridge after him GOOD FOR THEM.
jenny mccarthy tells oprah to 'take a walk' and brings her television project to NBC instead. good for her.
oprah's OWN network is bleeding red ink. soon she will disappear into the night and hopefully forever.
and the cubs still suck. bye for now.
Monday, July 11, 2011
crunch-ED time for white sox
most of you cub fans out there know that i don't miss too many opportunities to chomp on the cubs but on this all-star monday morning, kick your feet back and enjoy the blog because fair is fair.
the chicago white sox are the biggest regular season disappointments in chicago, BAR NONE, over the last twenty years. loaded with high priced talent, they have morphed into (gulp) the cubs by throwing the expectation lasso over their fans and then adding frustration, angst, aggravation and various soap operas, all the while whittling away the season with gross levels of incompetence and under-achievement.
the sox looking like the cubs??? no way??? read on for a couple of quick examples.......
how about a do nothing outfielder like alex rios who steals his 12 million dollar annual salary by hitting .210, loafing in both the outfield and on the basepaths and being sullen and withdrawn in the locker room? remind you of a couple of people on the north side? and the sox are stuck with him for as long as the cubs are stuck with soriano, 2014. nice.
or how about jake "i talk a great game" peavy, the 17 million dollar answer to carlos zambrano. 11-9 over the last two seasons, he hasn't pitched a full season in five years and gets under the skin of his teammates with his 'it's all about me' attitude. signed thru 2012, his e.r.a. is currently 2 runs a game OVER his career average and now he's whining about seeing a pysical therapist after getting lit up by the twins on sunday. how about a different kind of therapist?
which brings us to adam dunn. or is it d-o-n-e? he is SO BAD that announcers get excited when he just puts the ball in play. a ground out to second and they act like he's 'coming around.' what a croc.
a breath taking batting average of.160 earned him 7 million first half dollars and god only knows what he'll do for the other seven in the second half. he is an automatic out and killing the white sox who won't sit him because of the money issue.
GM kenny williams is on the hot seat with the adam dunn situation. stuck with him thru 2015, dunn will be an everyday reminder (as rios currently is) of how to ruin your budget with bad free agent signings. FORTY-THREE MILLION annual dollars for these three players and you're effectively getting nothing out of them and ruining your team's chances at success.
enjoy the all star break.
the chicago white sox are the biggest regular season disappointments in chicago, BAR NONE, over the last twenty years. loaded with high priced talent, they have morphed into (gulp) the cubs by throwing the expectation lasso over their fans and then adding frustration, angst, aggravation and various soap operas, all the while whittling away the season with gross levels of incompetence and under-achievement.
the sox looking like the cubs??? no way??? read on for a couple of quick examples.......
how about a do nothing outfielder like alex rios who steals his 12 million dollar annual salary by hitting .210, loafing in both the outfield and on the basepaths and being sullen and withdrawn in the locker room? remind you of a couple of people on the north side? and the sox are stuck with him for as long as the cubs are stuck with soriano, 2014. nice.
or how about jake "i talk a great game" peavy, the 17 million dollar answer to carlos zambrano. 11-9 over the last two seasons, he hasn't pitched a full season in five years and gets under the skin of his teammates with his 'it's all about me' attitude. signed thru 2012, his e.r.a. is currently 2 runs a game OVER his career average and now he's whining about seeing a pysical therapist after getting lit up by the twins on sunday. how about a different kind of therapist?
which brings us to adam dunn. or is it d-o-n-e? he is SO BAD that announcers get excited when he just puts the ball in play. a ground out to second and they act like he's 'coming around.' what a croc.
a breath taking batting average of.160 earned him 7 million first half dollars and god only knows what he'll do for the other seven in the second half. he is an automatic out and killing the white sox who won't sit him because of the money issue.
GM kenny williams is on the hot seat with the adam dunn situation. stuck with him thru 2015, dunn will be an everyday reminder (as rios currently is) of how to ruin your budget with bad free agent signings. FORTY-THREE MILLION annual dollars for these three players and you're effectively getting nothing out of them and ruining your team's chances at success.
enjoy the all star break.
Friday, July 1, 2011
THE HALF WAY POINT
well, it took most of my lifetime but the stubborn, hard headed, slow witted fans on the north side of town have finally awakened to the fact that their team truly does SUCK and they are staying away in droves. WGN can no longer avoid the 'empty seat' camera shots because they are everywhere inside that poor excuse for a professional facility. now we'll see if this continues or if the north side lemmings are just reacting to all the bad publicity this year.
the running joke every year as follows: how can you tell when the cubs have been eliminated? because aramis ramirez finally starts hitting!
anyone want to buy a 'big donkey?' the so nicknamed adam dunn is the WORST free agent signing in the history of this town and the white sox say they have to keep playing him because he's making a lot of money. WHAT??? i guarantee you that either of my nephews, frank or ron-take your pick-- could hit at least .171 and they would strike out less than 100 times in 67 games. and they would play better defense. what a piece of crap.
i'm the biggest sox fan in the world but they are making a HUGE mistake. put his butt down on the bench and promote dayan viciedo from the minors. dunn had his chance but now he's d-o-n-e. let him pinch-hit and start once a week and hope next year is better. it couldn't get any worse.
and alex rios makes 13 mil and can't run out a pop-up to the first basemen? i'm screaming at the tv but at least ozzie benched him for the rest of the game. another guy who needs a train ticket.
paul kariya retires from hockey because of the effects of post-concussion syndrome that have lasted more than a year. apparently, he went for his most recent exam and couldn't remember the name of his current team. after a year of treatment and no hockey! a freakin year! game, set & match.
kariya was a true superstar who played 989 games and scored 989 points. pretty good and i wish him well.
NFL LOCKOUT? will be solved shortly
NBA LOCKOUT? don't hold your breath
have a safe holiday weekend!
the running joke every year as follows: how can you tell when the cubs have been eliminated? because aramis ramirez finally starts hitting!
anyone want to buy a 'big donkey?' the so nicknamed adam dunn is the WORST free agent signing in the history of this town and the white sox say they have to keep playing him because he's making a lot of money. WHAT??? i guarantee you that either of my nephews, frank or ron-take your pick-- could hit at least .171 and they would strike out less than 100 times in 67 games. and they would play better defense. what a piece of crap.
i'm the biggest sox fan in the world but they are making a HUGE mistake. put his butt down on the bench and promote dayan viciedo from the minors. dunn had his chance but now he's d-o-n-e. let him pinch-hit and start once a week and hope next year is better. it couldn't get any worse.
and alex rios makes 13 mil and can't run out a pop-up to the first basemen? i'm screaming at the tv but at least ozzie benched him for the rest of the game. another guy who needs a train ticket.
paul kariya retires from hockey because of the effects of post-concussion syndrome that have lasted more than a year. apparently, he went for his most recent exam and couldn't remember the name of his current team. after a year of treatment and no hockey! a freakin year! game, set & match.
kariya was a true superstar who played 989 games and scored 989 points. pretty good and i wish him well.
NFL LOCKOUT? will be solved shortly
NBA LOCKOUT? don't hold your breath
have a safe holiday weekend!
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