@ChiTribRogers: Still Brain-Dead

Lunkhead @ChiTribRogers still thinks W-L record for starting pitchers is more important than ERA, WHIP, IP, K's etc.

Price: Mel Antonen, USA Today; Tony Fabrizio, Tampa Tribune; Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune; Chris Assenheimer. Elyria (OH) Chronicle.

This just in: Cubs-shillin' Drool Cup Phil is also for the Ricketts' plan to fleece the state, which is already bankrupt and shit.

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If by 'wry' they mean Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, then yes...

And his replacement...Moroniotti??

Mike Downey departs Chicago Tribune

Mike Downey, who returned home to Chicago in 2003 as a Tribune sports columnist, is leaving the paper.

"The Tribune was generous enough to make me one of the best-paid sportswriters in the history of this business, so I certainly can't fault the paper for doing this now that times are hard," Downey said Thursday.

Tribune Associate Managing Editor for Sports Dan McGrath informed his staff "with profound sadness" in a note hailing Downey, who was a must-read at the Chicago Daily News and Sun-Times before becoming a columnist for the Detroit Free Press and Los Angeles Times, as a "wise, wry, sane voice of reason."

Da comments are fun, such as: "There isn't a single writer for the Trib that makes it worth the resources it takes to recycle the paper it's written on." Did Corms write dis?
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Kenny Williams:Real Man of Genius

Fire Joe Morgan letting Scum-Slimes Sox writer Joe Cowley have it today.

Pseudo-Journalism

Honestly, I think sports journalism is all about throwing something out there and waiting for the flame war to begin. How is that different from this blog? Not much. Except they get paid. And call themselves journalists.

Rick Morrissey: Illinois fans can consider Bob Knight

Somehow, I don't think the Illini are that desperate.

Dave van Dyck: Idiot or Moron?

The White Sox are believed to have moved on to free agent Aaron Rowand after losing out on Torii Hunter. Says the Chicago Tribune, Rowand "isn't nearly as dominating as Hunter could be." He was merely the better hitter last year, and he has the superior career OPS. He's also a fellow Gold Glover, for what that's worth, and he's the younger player by two years. We can't be sure how he treats women, but he's about as "dominating" as Hunter when he's on the field. It's going to take at least $10 million and probably $12 million-$13 million per season to sign him. Source: Chicago Tribune

While we're at it... Anaheim Angels of Lost Brains: Morons or Idiots? $18 million a year for a 32 year old OF with a career OPS less than .800, who has never posted an OBP higher than .337 (his career OBP is .15 points worse than league average). He's slightly better than Gary Matthews, who becomes a $10 million 4th OF.

whose bulb is dimmest?

My money is still on Sullivan.

Do you have five minutes to waste?

Then read dis...
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