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FireKennyWilliams.com has been taken - by Major League Baseball
FireKennyWilliams.com has been taken - by Major League Baseball
With the White Sox having a lousy season and a disappointing offseason, you'd figure that FireKennyWilliams.com would be taken already. But by Major League Baseball?
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Are You Ready For The Mitchell Report?
Foul Balls — ... , I now know I couldn't buy it even if I wanted to. It's already been bought. The best part is, guess who bought it? Major League Baseball . Well, ...

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SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . • HOME RUN DERBY is patently surprised that the website FireKennyWilliams.com has been registered by Major League Baseball . —

SAINT ANDREW'S NET: SEXY FANS!
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... Home Run Derby knows who owns FireKennyWilliams.com.  How about replacing 'fire' with 'lobotomize'? I know you want more White Sox talk, so see ...

Protecting Williams
baseballmusings.comGuess who owns FireKennyWilliams.com ? That's right. Major League Baseball went out and snatched the domain, presumably so no one else could. And MLB did it through GoDaddy.com, which means they're paying a mere $9.99 or less to keep someone from saying disparaging things about the White Sox General Manager. This doesn't appear to be a case of MLB grabbing all possible fireGM names. Firedavedombrowski.com, firebillybeane.com and firenedcolletti.com are all available. Firetheoepstein.com, firebriancashman.com, firebillbavasi.com and fire omarminya.com are taken by other people.

Thursday’s Basically Top Five Blog Links
Mr. Irrelevant — ... TV. “Preach, Key!” Adios, Tejada. An O’s blog says goodbye, and The Dugout rips it up. Petrino writes his farewell. Bobby’s letter to the Falcons players was already funny, and then KSK got their hands on it. Bonus: Steve Nash is the best … Great goalie slide tackle … Defending Kelly Dwyer’s blog … A fresh batch of JSF’s Worthless Cards … MLB buys FireKennyWilliams.com … LeBron is gangster … Mike Miller’s ...

THE MIDWAY: FIRE KENNY WILLIAMS
Epic Carnival — Guess who owns FireKennyWilliams.com? (Home Run Derby) White Sox to follow Duke's idea of placing a classified ad for help. (Chicago Bull) So what IS Jason Kidd thinking? A Photoshop theory. (Truth About It) A Dickensian take on the Mitchell report. (Deuce of Davenport) Friend us on MySpace | FaceBook | ArmchairGM ...

Rounding The Bases: MLB Supports Kenny Williams
Bugs & Cranks — FireKennyWilliams.com has been purchased. Not by some irate fan annoyed over losing out on Torii Hunter, but rather by Major League Baseball. [ Home Run Derby ] The Dan Haren to the Indians rumors are beginning to pick up steam. [ ...

T.O., Looking For Another Venue [Blogdome]
Deadspin — • Terrell Owens, challenging Keyshawn Johnson for his job. [Awful Announcing] • FireKennyWilliams.com is owned by Major League Baseball. [Home Run Derby] • The worst coaches of 2007. [Sports Gone South] • How Jerry Jones helped "steal" Bobby Petrino. [College Game Balls] • Drew Brees doesn't have email. [Hit Some Dingers] • Aaron Rowand made a lot of money yesterday. [Only Baseball Matters] • Matt Mosley, talkin'. [The Big Picture] • Tiki Barber and Project ...

FireKennyWilliams.com has been taken - by Major League Baseball
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogFireKennyWilliams.com has been taken - by Major League Baseball Quick...somebody check to see if Andy MacPhailure.com is taken! White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams has now expressed his frustrations … “If I ever leave this job or if I ever get fired,” Williams says, “I’m not coming back to the American League. I’m going to the National League. You’ve got a fighting chance over there.” So with this in mind (and the White Sox fanbase growing edgy) you’d think that some disgruntled fan has already snatched up FireKennyWilliams.com to rant about the recent misfortunes of ...

This Week's Links (12/10-12/14)
Vegas Watch — ... excellent Dugouts this week; Thome and Fukudome, and the "MeTrain". Sheehan (with added Mr. Irrelevant link): "The commission’s original work consists of passing along enough hearsay to keep a team of defense lawyers in business until the Rapture."I had not realized Joba Chamberlain had a 1192 ERA+ least year. That is incredible. Because they clearly don't have more important things to be thinking about, MLB bought FireKennyWilliams.com. Deadspin: "The World Pie Eating ...

Kenny Williams Can't Be Fired Now
wrigleyville23 — Dusty Baker was clearly run out of town by the likes of firedustybaker.com. Don't expect that to happen with the loudmouth general manager on Chicago's south side, however. firekennywilliams.com is already owned - and likely won't be open for business any time soon. That's because the domain name has been registered by none other than Major League Baseball. Insecure much, fellas?

THE Report retort. More missed opportunities?
Pittsburgh Pirates Bucco Blog — ... my head.. Eckstein McLouth Sanchez LaRoche Bay Nady/Macko platoon Paulino Wilson Bench Pearce Macko/Nady Bautista Doumit Thompson or Morgan Not too shabby for a no spending small-market club. Oh well.. -- Just think, for a mere $6.95 you can purchase the FireNealHuntington.com or FireFrankCoonelly.com domain names AND get a free blog to boot at Domains Priced Right. But you better hurry because MLB is snatching up a few of the "fire" somebody domain names lately. ...

The problem with Mike Cameron
South Side Sox — ... Tejada to Houston, Junk to Baltimore. Latest signings: Blue Jays sign David Eckstein to a 1/4.5 deal. Twinkies sign Adam Everett to a 1/2.8 deal. Rays sign Cliff Floyd to a 1/3 (5 with incentives) deal. Rangers sign Kazuo Fukomori to a 2/3 deal. Nationals sign Rob Mackowiak and Willie Harris to 1/1.5 and 1/0.8 deals. BTB's take on the above signings. Dave van Dyck gives a brief summary of the Mitchell Report. FireKennyWilliams.com has been registered. By Major League Baseball. FireGregWalker.com ...

Friday links
100% Injury Rate — ... to until Christmas. The great photo above is courtesy of Pulled My Groin. On to the links. Allen Iverson on OJ Simpson. This should be entertaining. [Scott Van Pelt Style] Scot Pollard finds an interesting way to hurt himself. [Construda] See the actual checks - signed by incredibly stupid Major Leaguers - that helped the Mitchell investigation. [Lion in Oil] You can't FireKennyWilliams.com because MLB owns it. [Home Run Derby] God apparently didn't approve of former Heisman candidate Casey Weldon ...

MLB Hitting Up GoDaddy To Protect Embattled GMs?
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... “My Christmas list is shot,” reports (Jewish) CSTB item-finding All-Star Pete Segall in forwarding this post from Home Run Derby. I can’t post the Derby’s screen grab, but you can get the gist from the text: ...

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