I'll take that action. Way to think big with $500.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

A little more information please.

caller said dunn was going to hit .160 again
ranger said no.
"i bet he does"
"find someone to wager with - how bout $500?"
ranger doesn't want to be the counter party. wonder why?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Caller said he was looking forward to the Three Stooges movie.

Ranger said no person with a functioning brain would see that movie and you couldn't pay him to see it.

Caller offered $500.

Ranger is still mulling the offer.

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Ranger told the caller there was no way he knows for certain dunn will be bad, which I guess is true. Ranger said he wouldn't because he looked better even though he was continuing to strike out. Odd reasoning and he big balled the guy with the $500 bet that Ranger wouldn't take.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The Ranger will fight to the death for his White Sox!

He does. I understand it and I kind of respect it. His position that this 4 KO game looked better than last year's 4 KO game is not one I would want to defend.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

4 KO game looked better than last years 4 KO game????

Almost as good as hearing "southside bob" call in and state that the ump missed 3 pitches in the 10th and thats why Coop got run and that why the 2 HR were given up.

White Sox excuses machine is in mid season mode!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

So are your posting habits.

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I didnt see it, but Hawk had to be going nuts on that non strike call in the 9th

No. He mentioned it, but he wasn't repeatedly whining and blaming the loss on it. In fact, he said that the Sox had received "gift runs". It was absolutely a strike though, not like some borderline pitch that could have gone either way. The ump blew it.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Why not?

Because outside of that pitch, Barksdale actually had a really really good game behind the plate.

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BTW, Ranger is the poster boy for Curious Hair's brilliant post about the smart sports fan at the Score


Paraphrasing....
I wish they'd stop trying to take the smart fan's tact. Because they arent thinking half as well as they think they are


Honestly, the Poor Ranger and his crazy Sox fans calls things is so dumb. Ranger has as many dumb thoughts as anyone who calls that show.


Still waiting for him to admit that Chris Young might be better than Alex Rios.

According to Ranger, Chris Young is bad at baseball, and Rios is an all star

I don't listen to much of the Sox pre and postgame, but has he really said this?

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2 years ago

Rios was a Bonafide ALL Star per Stone. This guy was going to be really good, what he did at Tor before they traded for him was a fluke.

Frank getting mad! Baseball. Sox Baseball. Angry, Tough, Grindy, knowledgable, stay at home, use state money, Robins quite leadership....

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Who is mad now? Why don't you just keep "quite" there, bagman.

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I never understood how people viewed Rios.

In Toronto he had 1 great year and like 4 average to bad ones. For some reason people thought the 1 year was the real Rios. Doesnt really make sense.

he had amazing tools and was a two-time all star at age 26. What's not to like? That's why Toronto gave him a big contract.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I probably listen to more pre and post than the actual games.

I don't know if I am typical of Sox fans but I that radio announcing team is a deterrent to me listening. Yesterday night I had a little bit of a drive home from a meeting. I was in the mood to listen to the Sox. I turned on the game for a couple of minutes and the two douchebags got bogged down in an unfunny exchange about covering first base. I actually switched to Kaplan for a couple of minutes. It just sucks listening to them.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I find them tolerable. I'm in the camp, and it may be a lonely one, that sees DJ has someone who could become good and grow into a decent radio guy....if it wasn't for the wooden, emotionless robot that sits next to him.

Farmer and Rooney had the chemistry, for the most part, some of the best radio calling in the biz. It really goes to show you how switching roles and chemistry can affect those in the booth.

Poor DJ.

Add maybe another year and you have....Kerry Wood. And yes, I agree with your point.

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I dunno.

You mean hearing Farmer reminisce about the Phillies of waybackwhen mixing up the dugout phones on Danny Ozark WAS'NT exactly riveting radio?!? You mean you don't care about Farmer's first appearance at Yankee Stadium? You really aren't waiting for Farmer's first actually interesting story/insight in the last 5-6 years?

Me neither. (But +1 on seeing DJ with possibilities....if freed from the Great 'Farmio' )

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

The TV and radio guys are horrible and I refuse to listen to either of them. I used to be a huge Sox fan, now I don't even give a shit.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Im not talking about 06, The Sox got him in 09, he had been declining 3 straight years.

He's done and I really don't think he gives a shit either.

Kenny got caught, plain and simple.

I don't like KW, but you can understand why someone might like Rios. He had a big year two years ago, so it's not like the talent wasn't there. He's just a head case.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Yeah, the contract was bad, but Im not faulting Kenny


Im faulting Ranger for completely dismissing the notion that Young might be better.


He was obviously wrong. But he mocked my stance. And if I had called into his show, people would "feel bad for Rongey"

Remember the good old days when Ranger actually jumped on and chimed in on a topic or two here at CSFMB?