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• From The Windup: Just Who Is a Chicago White Sox Fan to Vote For?
• By Tom Fornelli 9/05/2008 9:00 AM ET
• From The Windup is FanHouse's daily, extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime. I don't know if you've been paying attention, but there are some things going on in this country right ... More »
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• Roger Ebert to Jay Mariotti: 'On Your Way Out, Don't Let the Door Bang You on the Ass'
• By Michael David Smith 8/28/2008 4:21 PM ET
• Until he resigned this week, Jay Mariotti had been the second most famous columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. The paper's most famous columnist, Roger Ebert, is the latest to tell Mariotti, "Good ... More »
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• Hatred of Jay Mariotti Gets PeteJayhawk on Front Page of Chicago Sun-Times
• By Michael David Smith 8/28/2008 3:20 PM ET
• If you read the comments here at FanHouse or at a lot of other sports blogs, you probably know a guy who posts under the name PeteJayhawk. Now hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans know him as well. ...
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• The White Sox Aren't Sad to See Mariotti Go
• By Tom Fornelli 8/28/2008 11:54 AM ET
• While most of the blogging world has been celebrating the resignation/firing of Jay Mariotti at the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday, it's not just those of us who read him that are happy to see him go. ... More »
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• Jose Guillen Restrained From Attacking Fan
• By Tom Fornelli 8/27/2008 1:28 PM ET
• There are some headlines I never expect to see when I'm flipping through the newspaper in the morning, or just surfing around the internet. It happened to me this morning in fact when I was reading ... More »
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• Jay Mariotti Quits Sun-Times, 'Is Talking With a Lot of Web Sites'; Will Stay on ESPN
• By Michael David Smith 8/27/2008 7:08 AM ET
• Jay Mariotti, the Sun-Times columnist who for years has been Chicago's best-known sports writer, has resigned from the paper after 17 years. He indicated that he plans to take his writing to the ...
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• Ozzie Guillen Gets His Revenge
• By Tom Fornelli 7/24/2008 12:16 PM ET
• White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has made many an enemy during his tenure in Chicago. Whether it's former players like Magglio Ordonez, opposing managers like Buck Showalter, or local columnists like ...
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• Rick Telander Feels Bird Crap, Sees Omen
• By Eamonn Brennan 7/13/2008 6:37 PM ET
• There are lots of reasons for Cubs fans to feel -- even more than normal -- that this is The Year. The Cubs are in first place in a relatively weak NL Central; the team's offense is a finely-tuned OBP ...
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• Even Jay Mariotti's Co-Workers Hate Him
• By Eamonn Brennan 6/10/2008 9:47 AM ET
• Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti is not popular. He's hated among readers, who often (I assume) read his columns out of masochistic self-spite. He's hated by teams and players. He's hated by ... More »
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• Lou Piniella, Media Critic
• By Eamonn Brennan 5/03/2008 3:05 PM ET
• Everyone's favorite cranky manager, Lou Piniella, had a bit of a dust-up this week when asked a relatively innocuous question by a radio reporter. Asked if he considered taking Alfonso Soriano out of ...
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• Hold On a Second: Jay Mariotti Is Making a Good Point About Something
• By Eamonn Brennan 1/14/2008 7:49 PM ET
• The criticisms against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti are as numerous as they are old, but they typically go something like this: He postures, he's consistently worked up for no good reason, ...
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• Jay Mariotti Wants to Preserve the Sacred Sanctity of the Chicago Cubs
• By Eamonn Brennan 1/10/2008 9:38 PM ET
• Which, of course, means that if the Cubs dare trade for Brian Roberts, they will be ruining everything pure and right and good about the Cubs franchise. Wait -- huh? Here's the logic: Because Brian ...
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• Jay Mariotti Should Write in Boston
• By Eamonn Brennan 10/19/2007 3:15 PM ET
• Because he, like seemingly every Boston outlet with a voice, really does not care for Manny Ramirez. At least when the Red Sox win, Manny typically gets some sort of pass from the Boston ... More »
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• Reacting to Carlos Zambrano
• By Eamonn Brennan 8/18/2007 1:34 PM ET
• We talked a little bit about the business implications of Carlos Zambrano's huge five-year deal with the Cubs yesterday. Now the dust has settled, the columnists have had time to pontificate, and the ... More »
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• FanHouse's Top Five: Fun With the Big Ten
• By PostmanR 7/30/2007 10:26 AM ET
• FanHouse's Top Five scans the sports blogosphere for the best posts of (about) the last 24 hours so you don't have to. Got something for this feature? Hit us up at fanhouse@googlegroups.com. 1) ...
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• On Deck: Let's Not Forget Arizona
• By Tom Fornelli 7/29/2007 12:19 PM ET
• On Deck is FanHouse's look at the days most intriguing baseball matchups Arizona Diamondbacks (58-48) vs. Atlanta Braves (54-41)-4:40PM Est. The only thing more impressive than the Diamondbacks ... More »
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• Take Your Anger Out On Dan Shaughnessy's Behind
• By PostmanR 6/10/2007 12:14 PM ET
• It's been some time since we've checked in with Boston Globe scribe Dan Shaughnessy -- perhaps because he's gotten over his confusing hatred for Curt Schilling's blog. In any event, if you are no ...
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• MLB Is Suspending Anything That Moves
• By Eamonn Brennan 6/09/2007 2:53 PM ET
• It's getting a little out of hand. First, Lou Piniella. Then, Lance Berkman. Then, Lance Berkman again. Now, A.J. Pierzynski, the Polish Popper himself, is being forced to take a game off. A.J. got a ...
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• Jerry Reinsdorf and Jay Mariotti Are In Love
• By Tom Fornelli 5/23/2007 12:03 PM ET
• I was reading Jay Mariotti's weekly "The White Sox are doomed" column yesterday when I came across this little tidbit he mentioned about White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf. That is to assume Reinsdorf is ...
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