The Critic

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) Indeed, I can't wait. Thumbs up to you, Jennifer. Thumbs up?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 07:14 PM) Aerosmith was a great concert, The Dead was a great weekend. Aerosmith had some great songs, the Grateful Dead were a great big headache.

I had steak tonight...................that's all.........................

Section 1. No Time - Guess Who vs. White Room - Cream (ugh, neither one is good) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles vs. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynard vs. Strawberry Field Forever - The Beatles Ticket to Ride - The Beatles vs. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy vs. Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones A Day in the Life - The Beatles vs. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Section 2. Surrender - Cheap Trick vs. When the Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin Dream On - Aerosmith vs. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (close, too close) Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones vs. Thunderstruck - AC/DC Stay With Me - The Faces vs. Pinball Wizard - The Who Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne vs. Baba O'Reilly - The Who

I can't stand the Grateful Dead. Dream On is a great song, just a bit overplayed by now. Plus, there is a lot of great rap out there.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 07:04 PM) I just want to see him throw his sick curveball more often. He would go away from it at times last year. Yep. All he needs is more consistent control of his curve. If he missed with it early, seemed like he abandoned it. I don't really care if he throws a 59-footer once in a while - as long as he doesn't hang it, the curve keeps the hitter honest.

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 05:52 PM) No doubt that's bulls***, however about Ruutu, he was heralded as the best player outside the NHL, would you not draft/sign him? So don't blame the Hawks on that one There has to be a reason nothing goes right for them, and I just can't pin it all on bad luck. Either their scouting blows, or their minor-league development blows, or their owner is a short-sighted tightwad who chased an entire fanbase away, or all of the above with a DASH of bad luck involved. Bad luck might be the case for Ruutu, but he's far from the only guy they've drafted in the past 5 to 10 years, and I see no impact player at all from any of those drafts. They must have set the NHL record for most third-and-fourth line guys ever. Their first and second lines have third and fourth liners on them every year. What they've lacked forever is first-line offensive threats who can change the course of a game......and a power play.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) I have a question. I have been trying to contact the White Sox for my company's group outing this year. I have tried through email at [email protected] and have not received a response yet. I have also tried calling (312) 674-1000 and it is always busy. I have been trying for a month and a half now. Is there another/better way to contact them about this? I just received a very nice group outings pamphlet in the mail today, and those are the only options listed.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 04:24 PM) This is not going to become Pete Rose, as Pete Rose originally was not supposed to be banned for life, it just became a complicated series of events, that Pete Rose himself helped to make worse. Gretzky on the other hand is beloved, even if the Feds get some hair brained idea about bringing him to trail they will not get a conviction, and in any case they will most likely just want him to flip on the higher up (mobsters) or will want him to plea bargain to some slap on the wrist. The feds are going to have to be really careful with this thing, because public opinion of gambling is not that it is a sin, and without a jury to convict all the evidence in the world means squat. My guess is they convene a grand jury (formality for felony charges, unless its a notice state) the grand jury indicts on some of the lower charges. The feds then get plea bargains and statements they wont do it again. Unless there is some evidence of either 1) throwing games, point shaving or 2) insider information there really is not much. Gambling is just not the evil it once was in American society. Atleast thats my guess, I mean these guys are going to have slick defense attorneys and most Prosecutors dont want to f*** their batting average by taking on some beloved player. Mav I dunno, they have recordings of Wayne talking about how Janet might keep from getting implicated in any scandal. As we have found out, tape recordings are the best evidence. Sometimes the ONLY evidence strong enough to sway juries. This is getting deep.

When I saw Dino, the drums sounded like M-80s. LOUD! I love J Mascis' squealing, droning solos.

Holy s***. Have you SEEN this show??? I hope it's all scripted and fake, otherwise it's a brutal show. In a nutshell, the premise is: Parents hate their kid's boyfriend or girlfriend Parents select two other people for their kid to date Parents watch the dates WITH the bf/gf Parents rub it in the bf/gf's face the whole time I have to ask: Seriously, who agrees to be on a show like this????

QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:02 PM) Thanks for the help guys -- both worked just fine. I have been trying to get tickets for dog day for 2 years and have always been just a little too late -- jumpin on them quick this year. s***, if I knew it was for DOG DAY......

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 01:44 PM) It's hard to let it go when the grudge seems to be carried on by Harry's son Skip and also Jim Dowdle. Much harder when you can't get away from it. I think this book is helping him let it go. I hope so, but it really seems like Milo likes carrying it. Seems to me that Milo wants a posthumous apology from the family or something. Saying that he wants pigeons to s*** on a statue would piss me off, if it was my Dad or Grampa he was talking about. Be the bigger man, let it go, don't rehash it. Just my opinion, though - like I said, Harry obviously can't rebut anything Milo says, so I'll never know the other side to it.

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:11 PM) That's an unfair statement at this point, the Mike Smith Era is over, plus, drafting injury prone players is totally incorrect, at the time of the draft, Ruutu and Dazer weren't injury plagued, those are freak things. I coulda sworn Ruutu had some pre-draft knee issues, or at least post-draft and pre-signing. And until they stop being stupid, I'm gonna call 'em stupid. "We didn't know the rules were gonna change the game this much...." - gimme a break.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) One disclosure before we start. I am not anti-gambling. I am not against gambling with a bookie, either. Even if there is rampant illegal influence in the Vegas books (not weighing in on it either way, mind you), there's a huge difference between wagering at a legal sports book and wagering with a bookie. In vegas, you gnerally don't get credit at the sports book, unless you're some sort of a guy who is comped heavily. The whole bookie system revolves around credit, you really can't bet without it. There has been talk of alleged influence by men with alleged mob ties. That's not good. Let's say you're a goaltender for an NHL squad and you owe three times your limit to the book because of bad football bets. Someone comes to you and says, "you know that 30K you owe us? It's gone if you can help us tomorrow night." Theoretical? Yes. But it certainly could happen. Professional athletes should not gamble with bookies. Ever. Want to hit the track? Fine. Want to go to Atlantic City or Vegas? Cool. Not with a bookie. Agree 100%. If you're droppin 50K in a month (the number I heard about Janet Jones-Gretzky), then you should pop for a plane out to Vegas and do it legit. Maybe that's not as much FUN, though.....but neither is what they're going through now, I'd be willing to bet....

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) It's Tuesday for season ticket holders (like me). Wednesday for whitesox.com folks. 17th to the Public. ahhhhhh, that's right. I should probably contact the guy who runs my syndicate, then. 24 hours longer is 24 hours TOO LONG.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) I got my date set up for Tuesday at 10..... You mean Wednesday, or is there something I missed?

QUOTE(salty99 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 02:01 PM) If you look at the Sox schedule on the website they have the promos if you click the little white star in each box Yeah, I knew that, but he was looking for a list, and they usually have one in the menu on the left hand side of the schedule page.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) LMAO!!!! Speaking of, I just received my tickets for the 3/23 concert - now I have submit my vacation form and I will be good to go. Now to find out if Brian or my god-mother is attending with me. ....that's not Queen, you know.....

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) Pitchers and catchers and Thome reporting will do that for me. Yep. I have never been so damn anxious for a baseball season to start!!!

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 05:24 AM) UMM F--- the cubs anyone else with me? Nahhh, you go right ahead.....

QUOTE(joeynach @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 12:12 PM) Well from the pics it looks like the UD is all but done and now they are doing from home to the 3rd. My guess is when it gets warmer, say March they will have a month to accelerate the project (seeing as its warmer). Therefore if the seats in the lower are in from 1st to 3rd they might be able to get more in toward the foul poles before the opener. My question is this: What if we have an unusually cold March? Would they put the seats in anyway and re-do them on road trips? They'd have to, wouldn't they? Since the sold ( or are trying to sell ) the blue seats?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 12:01 PM) And the City of Chicago itself. Remember because of Wrigley's status they have to get special permission to make any structural changes to it. They lied not only to Cub fans, but the City officials themselves by leading them to believe this stuff wasn't exactly what it was cracked up to be. It will be interesting to see the grudge Daley and company hold NEXT time the Cubs want something. Hey, as long as they do the renovations in the middle of the night, it should be OK with Little King Richard. ...not sure if I mean the green....

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 12:01 PM) Did anyone here by tickets for spring training games?? I bought some Jan 18th and still haven't receiverd them. Just wondering if thats the norm. CC, I gotta show that picture in your sig to my wife. She thinks I'M obsessed with the Sox, but that wall will show her what obsessed really means!!! and to that wall, by the way....

QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Feb 9, 2006 -> 11:32 AM) Anybody know if they have published the promo days for this upcoming season yet? I thought they were on the website now, but I just checked and they're not. Didn't we have a thread about promo dates recently?