Monday, June 29, 2009

Okay this warrants its own post... because its freaking hilarious.

Lou Pinella is down at US Cellular to get some tips from Ozzie GuillenPinella asks "Ozzie, your team always looked sharp and alert in 2005. How did you keep them on they're toes during all those long playoff games?"

Guillen replies "I like to ask them hard questions while they train or play. So they know they must be concentrating at all times."

Guillen calls over Mark Buehrle. "Mark, got a question for you. I'm you're fathers son, but i'm not your brother. Who am i?". Buerhle replies "Thats easy boss, the answer is me". "Good job Buehrle" and Buehrle goes back to warming up.

The next day, Pinella is back at Wrigley. He calls over Carlos Zambrano."Big Z, i got a question for you. I'm you're fathers son, but i'm not your brother. Who am i? Zambrano looks puzzled "Eeehhhh i dunno. Can i get back to you on that one boss, its quite tricky".

Zambrano jogs over to teammate Derrick Lee and asks the question to him. Lee tells him "The answer is me".

After training Zambrano goes up to Pinella with the answer. "Lou, i know the answer now. The answer is Derrick Lee"

Pinella looks annoyed "Dang Gummit Carlos, you're wrong. The answer is Mark Buehrle!!"

"You're not a player.. you're a piece of shit."

All I have to say about this whole Bradley/Pinella thing is...is anyone suprised???

When you invite a dog into your house that isn't housebroken, dont be suprised when it shits all over the place.....

.....and when you acquire a player like milton bradley.. dont be suprised when he acts like a total d-bag.

But you know what pisses me off about this WHOLE ORDEAL?? Is that it completely over-shadowed the entire freaking series. I heard more about this than I heard about the games. It was annoying. The Chicago media plays into this awful pro-cubbie bullshit ... (negative press is still press!!!).. as if it's a way to take away from the fact that the Cubs blew this entire series. Im not saying my sox were that great either but for christ's sake... can I hear something about the ballgame instead of the fact that sweet lou called bradley an piece of shit????? I call Bradley a piece of shit on a regular basis and so do the majority of Sox fans .. not to mention a SHIT TON of Cub fans do as well.. that man is just an embarassment to the human race in general.

Does seven teams in nine years tell you anything?

(side note: it is apparently suspected that white sox personal leaked the entire story.. WHEN OH WHEN will this conspiracy against the poor cubs STOP?! There are 25+players/coaches/cub personal that probably either witnessed or at least heard the exchange between the two of them... but yet it's the Sox personnel that leaks the story. Bradley apparently called everyone who works for the White Sox "snitches." Guess what Bradely- dont do stupid shit and there wont be anything to LEAK!)

Then there was the story that came up in the Trib in which, instead of talking about baseball and the series, Lou Pinella decides to talk about a popularity contest between the Sox and the Cubs. He points out that hardly anyone showed up for the Dodgers/Sox series.

Do you want to know WHY no one showed up and why attendance was only 22,000 people? Because interleage play SUCKS! Give me a ticket to a twins/indians/tigers game ANY day.. hell I'd rather even go see the royals play before I went to see the Dodgers play. Aside from sox/cubs, interleague play has virtually no meaning at all. I might as well go see the Sox play the pirates for Christ sake.

Ozzie responds with:

""Because our fans are not stupid like Cubs fans. They know we're shit."

Well put Ozzie.

He then goes on to say

"The fans will go to wrigley because wrigley is just a bar."

Ozzie put it spot on.

Im not even going to comment on the whole "oh uh uh uh (hang tight for a mental nap) you know.. the sox only got 22,000 fans for the dodgers series last week.. uh uh uh uh" bullshit. Pleae.. please Cubbie faithfull and Chicago media.... PLEASE drag my team into the fact that the Cubs have got some really deep-seeded problems that run much deeper than the fact that they are playing horribly on the field. I hate to see MY team drug into something to advert the attention from their own problems.

If you want the attendance trophy--- you can have it! Last I checked, attendance didnt = championships.

It just irks the shit outta me that because these kids on the team can't seem to get along, it has turned into cubs vs. sox.. We're the reason pinella freaked out on Bradley.. it's our fault it got leaked... it's our fault that the cubs are going to implode. It's SHIT is what it is. Those people who say that we never worry about anything but the cubs- HELLO! It's because we get dragged into shit like this! Lou Pinella is managing a team of a bunch of worthless knuckleheads and somehow manages to turn the whole thing into "well at least we have 40,000 people who come to see our games." im sorry...................WHAT?!?! ...is this a joke? Where's Ashton bc im pretty sure the sox are getting PUNK'D!

You know... I dont ever dislike a cub player specifically because he's a cub player but this whole bradley/pinella bullshit has caused me to dislike this team even MORE than I already do. And then the whole Zambrano bullshit yesterday in the game... wtf was that all about?

Between Little Z, Weed boy, Lilly, 2-out gaffe Bradley, and Hop Along Cassidy in left... I think this is the biggest bunch of morons on any team in the majors.

Take your shit-ass team... and go back to "The Shrine", Pinella. Keep your boys in check, invest in some ridalin, and leave the chicago white sox the hell out of your rants. Just because we dont fill up a stadium on a weekday night doesnt mean we are shitty fans... and on top of it, isn't even an insult in my book. I'm not going to pay premium ticket prices for a less than spectacular product, and im not embarassed about that at all. The way the Tribune and the Chicago media market Wrigley they could put the Kane County Cougars out there and it'd still fill up. So Sox fan's aren't sheep or Iowa tourists? Good! Im proud to know that my stadium isn't a well-marketd bar... but instead is full of fans who demand nothing but the best for their team and refuse to pay the price to see a poor product on the field.

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Derosa to the cards.

This may be old news, but since I've been in Chicago all weekend and just found out saturday night (while I was talking to Jim Thome @ the intersection of 35th and Union)


I feel the need to discuss it now:

DEROSA TRADED TO THE CARDINALS

For Perez and a player to be named later.
To me, it's proof again.. that the Indian's suck:
They gave up THREE pitchers for not even 1/2 a season of Derosa
Now they give him up for a guy that can barely find work in an AWFUL Cardinal's bullpen. I thought their rebuilding plan was only supposed to be five years long in 2001??? Not to mention this is also a truley awful trade for Chris Perez. This kid is supposed to be great and top out at 100.. now he's off to Cleveland where reliever's careers go to die.

As a sox fan, I'm relatively happy... get this guy out of the AL Central! He's a great player... in my opinion a little over rated but still a great player. Now he's going to be playing in the NL Central and I think that's going to push the Cubs prospect of finishing first in the division back even further. I feel for Cub fans because it sucks to see such a shitty trade made with a more than mediocre player... but to be honest, I dont get the way they hold this guy up on a pedastole. It seems as though he's revered as much as Sox fans love Rowand that doesn't seem possible to me. He's a fantastic player, and the fact that he can play so many posistion is an asset... but I dont think that D-ro being back with the cubs is going to get Bradley to figure out that there's 3 outs in an inning, or make Zambrano grow up, or get Gregg to close a decent game.

Doesn't look like he'll be getting any more standing ovations at Wrigley.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

DISCLAIMER FOR ALL FUTURE SOX/SPORTS RELATED POSTS!****

1) I do not hate the cubs. In fact, there are a rather large amount of players on the team that I adore as people.

2) I absolutley hate the cubs. Does this contradict pt. #1? Yes. But I'm a sox fan and it's honestly in my DNA to hate this team. Pt #1 is to disclaimer that I do not hate any one PERSON on the team just for the simple fact that they play for the cubs. I dislike certain players because of the way that they act/their talent/the things that they do. (i.e, Carlos Zambrano, Milton Bradley...)

3) I have utter disdain for anything cub fan related. There is nothing I dislike more than Cub fans.

4) I do have a small legion of Cub fans that I absolutley adore, despite their being cub fans.. and that is because they have knowledge of the game, and of their team, and dont sit back and say "This is the year!" at the slightest sign of mediocre success.

5) I will put down my team more than I praise them. As a fan I DEMAND the best out of the Chicago White Sox. I have been a fan for 22 years, and I EXPECT them to play with knowledge and smarts.

6) I have been a White Sox fan my entire life. There's nothing else that I know or relate to more than this team, other than my family, my heritage, and my religious upbringing. I thrive on being "southside irish"

7) If you dont like what comes out my mouth, dont read my blog. If you think that I "hate the cubs" more than I love the Sox, just because I get pleasure out of making fun of the team when they screw up, then you need to stop taking life so seriously. The last I checked, I lived in America, and here we were allowed to bitch and make fun of a team as much as we wanted. If you want to make fun of the Sox, go ahead- no one is stopping you. 9/10 I'll join in. I pride myself in my knowledge of the sport and my ability to laugh with and at my team. I was the first one to say "We can't talk.. freddy garcia test positve for weed too" when the whole Geovany Soto thing came out. However that did NOT stop me from making a "Soto 4:20" sign at the sox/cubs game with Michael on Saturday. It's fun- rivalries are fun.. and if you can't have fun-- then you shouldn't be a baseball fan. Because in the infamous words of Crash Davis: "This game is fun, okay?! Fun, GOD DAMNIT!"

Furthermore, I reserve the rights to edit/add to/delete any part of this blog entry as it may pertain to future sox/sports related blogs. 90% of the blogs will be about the White Sox when they pertain to sports. If you can't handle a little rib-jabbing at other teams/players in the other 10%... then you need to stop taking life so seriously. Because some day you're going to die, and we all know that God is a Sox fan.... so enjoy life on earth while you can! <3

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

I almost got the cops called on me today..

For breaking into my own apartment.

So basically, my apartment sucks ass. And my AC doesnt work which is why Im staying @ Michaels...

Well I was having one of those days where just.. everything goes wrong. I woke up @9:30.. went to plug my dead blackberry into my car charger in my car... go bcak out around 11am and I realize that despite being plugged in, my blackberry is still dead.

The only thing I can think of is that it was too damn hot in my car for the battery to charge. So I got in my car, drove all the way to Washington to my Apartment to get my wall charger and my extra battery, and when I get there... I cant get into my apartment.

At first I thought someone had changed the locks on my door because I havent been there for like 2 days.. but I just didnt see that happening, so my landlords tell me its because its so damn humid that everyone's doors are sticking.. and since my AC doesnt work it's like a sauna in my apartment..

So I'm like... slamming myself into my door... all decked out in pajama pants and a sox t-shirt with my hair piled on top of my head.. I look like complete white trash... and I'm not the strongest girl in the world.. and definetly not big enough to be trying to open a door...so im litearlly chuck norissing my door trying to bang it in.

My neighbors (who after 2 months, I still hadnt met up until this pt) come out and are like "uhm can i help you?"

So im standing there, sweating, all 5'2" of me trying to break down this big ass door thats stuck from humidity.. and im like "uhm my door wont open"

So the guy looks into his Apt and goes "do we need to call the cops?"

Im lk.. wtf?

So im trying to prove to them that I actually DO live in that apartment.. not working... so the guy walks back inside and i just book it down the stairs, run to my car.. and say fuck it.

Well the good news is.. at least I know if someone were REALLY trying to break into my apt that my white trash neighbors would call the cops.... and the bad news is... I still cant get into my fucking apartment... so my blackberry only has 2 bars.. and I cant plug it into my car charger unless the AC is on because it gets too hot and the battery wont charge. LOVELY.

Michael's dog keeps trying to eat my hair.

Monday, June 22, 2009

*Well... and so it begins....

Well today I got fired.. again. I must have the best memory/writting skills in the world. Who no-call, no-shows? Apparently me.

I thought I worked tonight. So technically, it wasn't like I was being irresponsibly. I just wrote the wrong time down.

So here I am, again, jobless. Trying to figure out where Im going to go apply at tomorrow. I have a few places in mind, and I'm not worried. If God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it. Maybe that job just wasn't the right one for me. I mean, I obviously wasn't making enough money. $30 a night wasn't really doing it for me when I was used to so much more.

So okay, tomorrow I'll go look for another job. Wish me luck.

In better news, im finally getting some closure on this whole.. dating an ass thing. And suprisingly I'm not talking about my son's father.. I'm talking about the mister Ryan Harvey- ex #1 prospect for baseball america. Phew-- ew.

I wont talk about HOW i'm getting the closure.. when the time comes, you'll all find out in a very nationally-read way. I'll leave it at that.

For some reason, as upset as I am about this whole.. not having a job thing, I'm less upset than I would be because I'm sitting at my boyfriend's house. Yupp. I finally found someone decent enough to be with. I know- you're all thinking "okay so, what? You met him 2 days ago?" Nope, bitches... almost a month ago. And those of you who know me know thats a BIG deal.

I have this horrible problem of not being able to stay with a guy. Call it fear, call it annoyance, call it ADD... I can not seem to find a man that I adore enough to be with like I was with Ryan and Erik. (and i was convinced that the reason I wanted to be with them is because deep down inside I knew that they didnt want to be with me. Girls like the chase too, ya know?) But here he is! And he doesnt play any professional sports---> unless you call summer softball a pro sport.. but i dont think he's going to be making the big bucks there any time soon, lol.

He's gorgeous. Just absolutley freaking amazingly gorgeous. Like... I can't stop looking at him, gorgeous.

Which doesnt matter considering... there's not one thing in the world he does that doesn't make me happy. He says the best things, does the best things... I havent ever been this happy. Ever. And it's the first time I've been this happy that it hasn't been one-sided. I think I make him happy too. And for once in my life I dont feel disposable. Like maybe I actually mean something to this guy and he cant get enough of me too...make sense?

In other news... I would love it if our posistion players could put down as many successful bunts as our pitchers do in interleague play. DAMN. Gavin Floyd can lay 2-3 down a day, but dewayne wise can barely lay down 2 in an entire season. wtf?

And if Alexie ramierez takes one more strike low and away I'm going to die.

And scotty pods is the BEST THING we've done with our team in over two years. Who's idea was it to get rid of him anyways? obv. kenny william's. Regretting that now, KW.....

well it's 6pm and i just finished off an entire glass of wine and I'll be MUCH happier when Michael gets home...

Love it, hate it.. this blog proves to get more interesting. And maybe I'll stop updating my status on facebook so much. As bubba once told me... I'm the perfect candidate for a diary. This will suffice so far, I think...