LET'S REVIEW CHICAGO TEAMS

FINALLY!!!!! good riddance to bad rubbish!  DERRICK ROSE aka MR. SOFTEE was finally dumped by the BULLS in a trade with the NEW YORK KNICKS, with the bulls getting a basic rookie and two journeymen and the knicks got the right to pick which ambulance service will take rose to the emergency room with his first injury. 

Waiting for Derrick Rose's arrival!

softee has only appeared in a third of the scheduled games over the past few seasons and is the 23rd rated guard in the league but still "wants the ball and the spotlight." softee, meet CARMELO ANTHONY, who commands both of those items on a nightly basis.  

softee burned many bridges in chicago with his ghetto demeanor and his inability to handle the english language. "personally, i don't care what any of the fans think" was my personal favorite.

 i can't wait to see how the new york media handles his 'hooray for me and the hell with everyone else' attitude. softee can 'listen' to his body and decide not to play at the last minute, which should really endear himself to knicks fans and make him easy fodder for the toughest media group in all of sports.  NO CHANCE he stays there when he becomes a free agent next year.  
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and now to the south side where it had been a week since SLEEPY ROBIN had cost the WHITE SOX a ball game but he put one more notch on his managerial gun yesterday when he allowed starter MIGUEL GONZALEZ  to get punched around for EIGHT EARNED RUNS in just four innings against one of the best hitting teams in baseball. OBVIOUSLY not the young man's day so sit him down and go get 'em next time. but not sleepy robin. it gets better..........

with the sox trailing by just one entering the ninth inning, sleepy brings on a rookie pitcher who's greeted by a line drive single and then a first pitch monster double to the farthest part of the park by the first two batters. ok, sleepy, remember it's a one run game....maybe not this kid's stage. 

an error doesn't help with the next batter but every ball has been hit hard.  make the change, right? apparently, sleepy's alarm clock didn't go off until the next batter hit ANOTHER line drive to plate the tenth run of the day.  game, set and match.  way to go jerkwad. please fire robin ventura.
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the BLACKHAWKS and ANDREW SHAW were a victim of the NHL's hard salary cap when shaw got shipped to montreal for draft choices. shaw was one of the most popular hawks but three players have raises totalling 4.5 million this season so shaw had to go. the nature of the business.
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a crack in the foundation? start counting the number of pitches by cub starters through just 5 innings.  JAKE ARRIETA has been over 105 pitches in four recent starts, JOHN LACKEY is at 110 and JON LESTER is at 102 through 5 innings during the month of june.  big deal? well, when you have to start relying on that bullpen in the sixth inning, i think you're poking the bear.  we'll see.
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is ICHIRO the hit king or no?

gotta run. have a good week.  and don't forget SHARK WEEK starts sunday night on DISCOVERY CHANNEL.