EL the Famous Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 How'd the Cubs do tonight? They lost...shocker. We're doing insanely awful but we only dropped one game to your NL favorites and hopefully, we'll nab at least one more game against the Sox to avoid any sweeps. At this point, i'll take solace in those highlights and leave it at that. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 yeah I knew they lost - I was being a snot. Ozzie just got tossed...... I am looking forward to the Sox/Cubs series. Joe Crede!! wow....20-2 Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 How about those Tigers? Zach Miner, anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 yeah I knew they lost - I was being a snot. Ozzie just got tossed...... I am looking forward to the Sox/Cubs series. I know. Normally, I would be amazed the manger of a team winning a game 20-2 instructing a pitcher to bean somebody...but he's insane, so i'm not. Me too. My hope is that they have nothing to lose except their pride and just come out like the did against the Reds and Cards...or that AJ gets belted again. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I am definitely holding out for another bench clearing brawl.......the Sox better watch out. Prior might throw a towel at someone Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I am definitely holding out for another bench clearing brawl.......the Sox better watch out. Prior might throw a towel at someone Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Normally, I would be amazed the manger of a team winning a game 20-2 instructing a pitcher to bean somebody...but he's insane, so i'm not.Well, when the other team beans two batters in a row (the first one looked intentional), it's pretty standard practice to retaliate, score be damned. Ozzie's probably sick of seeing his players get hit. Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Ozzie's probably sick of seeing his players get hit. Well, that makes one of us. ...both Prior and Wood are pussies. Fire away, I stopped backing thier asses a long time ago. Trade them. Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I was at wrigley the first night Prior pitched. I thought he was truly "the natural".... Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 This feels a little like fan-fic. As such, it made me die a little on the inside. Link to post Share on other sites
Nobody Girl Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Too bad the Sox can't share some of those runs with the A's. Shut out two consecutive nights at Coors Field... I know scoring has been down there, but sweet Jebus. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I'm dead serious, the Marlins might make a serious playoff push if they play anywhere near this level for the rest of the year. I don't think the WC in the NL will need more than 85 wins this year. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Too bad the Sox can't share some of those runs with the A's. Shut out two consecutive nights at Coors Field... I know scoring has been down there, but sweet Jebus. Rudi says to buck up. Hard to win 'em all. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 That's just Ozzie being Ozzie, right? On Tuesday to reporters, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen referred to Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Around the Horn contributor Jay Mariotti as a derogatory name for a homosexual. Angry with a recent column by Mariotti critical of Guillen's handling of recently demoted relief pitcher Sean Tracey and upset with Mariotti with columns of the past, Guillen said to reporters when referring to Mariotti before Tuesday's game with the Cardinals, "What a piece of [expletive] he is, [expletive] fag." Mariotti was covering the NBA Finals Tuesday night and was not present to hear what Guillen said. Columnist Greg Couch of the Sun-Times wrote a column Wednesday in response, calling for commissioner Bud Selig to suspend Guillen for his use of a "hurtful homophobic" term. Before writing the column, Couch asked Guillen for an explanation. Guillen defended his use of the term "fag" by saying this about homosexuals and the use of the word in question: "I don't have anything against those people. In my country, you call someone something like that and it is not the same as it is in this country.'' Guillen said that in his native Venezuela, that word is not a reference to a person's sexuality, but to his courage. He said he was saying that Mariotti is "not man enough to meet me and talk about [things before writing].'' Guillen also told Couch that he has gay friends, attends WNBA games , went to a Madonna concert and plans to go to the Gay Games in Chicago. "I called that of this man [Mariotti],'' he told Couch. "I'm not trying to hurt anybody [else]." Scott Reifert, the White Sox's vice president of communications, offered to apologize on behalf of the organization when approached by Couch. "To anybody who was insulted or hurt by that comment ... as an organization, we'll certainly apologize," Reifert told Couch. I love the WNBA part and the "I have gay friends" thing. Reminds me of Stephen Colbert and Allen, his black friend. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Ozzie screwed the pooch pretty well. Mariotti is a jerk by all accounts, but that by no means excuses what he said. White Sox fans aren't particularly happy. http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbullet...ead.php?t=73591 Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Somebody should compile a list of all of the hatefilled, idiotic thing's he has said. Didn't he call somebody a "venezualen peice of shit" or something? Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I believe he called Mags that. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yes, he called fellow countryman Magglio Ordonez that. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Go Brewers. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I got free tickets to the Mets/Reds game tonight. I'm a Baltimore fan stuck in Yankee/BoSox land, but hey, baseball is baseball and I haven't been to a major league game in a couple years. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 His bullshit explanation is more ridiculous than the fact that he hurled the epithet. Ozzie should definitely know better. Once caught in something like this, he should just own up to it, apologize, and move on. The "in my country" thing rings false. I haven't had any problems with his other controversial comments recently (or at least the ones I've heard), but this was not a smart thing to say. That said, Mariotti is definitely a whiny little bitch. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yeah, he blames Venezuela a lot considering he's been playing/working here for 20-25 years. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest baseball bobblehead Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 and what's this "in my country" nonsense? isn't he an american citizen by now? Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yeah, he's been here long enough that, even if there's some accuracy to what he said, he should be fully aware of the implications that that word carries in this country. Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yes, although he does spend a lot of time in Venezuela during the off season. Where you were raised is always your country. Kind of. Link to post Share on other sites
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