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I hope not too much of a roof - I love (I guess it would be past tense now) sitting in the UD and feeling so like I was outside - it felt so expansive, sky overhead and all. Last time I sat in the uppr deck at Wrigley I hated that roof over me, gave me closed in feeling and even with the roof open at Miller I still feel closed in. As I think about it, I never (well, hardly ever) sat in the old Comiskey upper deck, preferred the left stand grand stand, never liked the roof over my head at old Comiskey either.

I am a native NW sider - all of my life long friends are also N and NW siders who have always been loyal Sox fans - I ate at the Gale Street Inn many, many times - I'm not sure how I feel about something so quintessential NW side going to the South Side! And with the reduced upper deck, we can't even say it would be going in the shadow of USCF, which would have made it better! As far away from Gale Street the new branch of Gale Street Inn will be, can't stop progress!

they were used enough, not only the big series but as well even on normal gate games for groups and such, there were always people in them maybe from 520 through 540, although granted, got jammed, but people there. On many Saturday nights large groups were in some those seats. The loss of the seats will make it more cozy but that is a lot of revenue lost in 2004 despite the sporadic and episodic use of the upper now gone rows. And that was where we all headed when it rained, and sometimes, when the sun was just too much. Oh well, a new home run porvh will delighlt people who don't like the upper deck (which I love) and it will replace those seats we lose - a lot of seats to lose.

1. Thy gotta do somehing to replace the lost seating so that sounds s logical - is that confirmed they will do that? 2. yeah it does - stunningly dramataic difference in the appearance of the park.

was in Chicago this weekend for church business - on Friday as I was driving by USCF I almost smacked the car in front of me - I was so stunned by what USCF looks like I was gaping at that rather than traffic - those top 9 rows are really missing - totally gone except for the corners which are obviously next to go - it creates a much lower profile for the ballpark. Heading south on the JFK/Dan Ryan from the north, you can't even see the park where the highway jogs east - roof gone, seats gone, concrete gone - I drove around the park a little bit today on the way home and it is very strange to see it with the top gone. Here's a thought - I have seasons tickets so I am getting to what games I want, but hw much seating have we lost - opening day, scrubs series, etc., seating is going to be bit more precious - that is a lot of seats gone - and long term beyond 2003 thee is no way the seating capacity can be reduced by that amount. Somewhere new seating will have to to be installed to replace the thousands of seats lost. I couldn't care less about a right field porch - I sit where I sit and nothing is going to change that - but something will have to go in somewhere to replace the lost seats.

1549, you know fromhe UM board that some of us have been calculating these possibilities since th Minnesota game. If USC and LSU both lose 1 more game, and Michiagn wins out, there will be no 1 loss team in the country in BCS consideration - who is a 1 loss team out there, maybe Miami Ohio? - and the top ranked 2 loss team is.... your Michigan Wolverines. When I saw the scores this morning, I realized how close we are. We are going to win out. With luck... ... with no luck, we are already the 5th ranked team in the country and will move up before the polls finale. And that says something about holding it together in the face of adversity. There are those who love to mock Michigan, but we are the ones who have climbed back into national title possibilities -- that says something special.

Kenny disparaged Fick at SoxFest 2003 in one of the sessions. My opinion of KW went way up when he did that -

nothing!

The mitt I still use is a Gary Matthews mitt - almost a historic relic now - and I realize that I am one of the those,old guys who I used to look at int he ball park and thought, that geezer has been around a while - andn now that is me! but I am still younger and hipper than most - not all, but most remembering WTAQ yes I remember the organist before Nancy - when Jack Brickhouse broadcast Sox games on WGN TV -

I didn't say much in this htread because I was, well, self conscious about it all but since this has made its way back again, thanks to everyone who said welcome back - wasn't sure I wanted to come back, but then, too much good in soxtalk to not only want to be a part of it, but to be where I was to contribute to it - being here as I am now is a far more meaningful thing than I can explain or even understand but it means a great, great deal to me

what's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget so its the laughter we will remember whenever we remember the way we were

also here from the beginning, when RPS told me about soxtalk -

WHITE SOX NAME JOEY CORA THIRD BASE COACH CHICAGO – Joey Cora, a former All-Star second baseman, has been named third base coach of the Chicago White Sox. Cora, 38, spent the 2003 season as the manager of Class A Savannah in the South Atlantic League, guiding the club to a 58-80 (.420) record. He spent the previous two seasons with the New York Mets as the manager at Advanced Rookie Kingsport of the Appalachian League, going 23-44 in 2002 and 31-35 in 2001. Cora began his coaching career in 2000 as a coach with Class A Daytona in the Chicago Cubs system. Cora played 11 seasons in the major leagues with San Diego (1987, 1989-90), the White Sox (1991-94), Seattle (1995-98) and Cleveland (1998), batting .277 (1,035-3,374) with 30 home runs and 294 RBI in 1,119 games. He added 624 runs scored, 41 triples and 117 stolen bases. In four seasons with the White Sox, Cora hit .263 (326-1,241). His best season came in 1997 with the Mariners when he established career highs with a .300 average, 172 hits, 40 doubles, 11 home runs, 54 RBI and a .441 slugging percentage and made the American League All-Star Team. Cora scored 90-plus runs four times in his career, including a career-high 111 in his final season with Seattle and Cleveland in 1998. The native of Caguas, Puerto Rico appeared in the postseason four times, with the White Sox in 1993, Mariners in 1995 and 1997 and Indians in 1998. Cora, who attended Vanderbilt University, was a first-round selection (23rd overall) of San Diego in 1985. His younger brother, Alex, is an infielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers. -30- © 2003 Chicago White Sox

I must have been watching a different Jose Valentin than you. If he hits right handed against a right handed pitcher in 2004 I will personally runonto the field and tackle him at home plate. I will head up your legal defense fund...

how about when you remember players whose children are now old enough to be ready to retire and coach? Sandy Alomar 1967-69 father of... (I was older than some of our posters are now when Sandy joined us...)

I can't wait until Steve Christmas gets offered a coaching spot!

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that is not allowed

this is an unconstitutional law - has been declared twice so already and will be so again The Supreme Court has ruled twice that the law is unconstitutional if it does not incluide exceptions for the life of the mother. The response in this law was to include a series of "findings" that Congress does not think the life of the mother is an important issue. This is a medical procedure. All medical procedures are gruesome. Perhaps we should post pictures of what happens when a bullet goes through a body and then ban all firearms? No because that is unconstitutional? Exactly the point. The term "partial birth abortion" is a made up public relations name anyway for campaign purposes. And this bill is like its predecessors, so incredibly broad in its language - because it is a malicious bill - that on its language is so overly broad that a number of medical procedures are under this thing illegal - but that is the intent, to undo a woman's right to make decisions, this bill is to fit a particicular religious dogma in a campaign season. And no wonder judges are already holding it unconstitutional, as the Supreme Court will, again. A woman should have all rights to make all medical decisions necessary between herself, her doctor, and her God if she has one - and our country allows the option of not having a god. That Congress and Bush are playing politics by governmental intrusion by passing lwegislation that intrudes on people's private medical decisions shows how far the so-called conservatives have strayed from conservatism - they are just activists of the worst kind trying to make decisions int he private life of everyone. The true conservative position was always that medicial decisions are between an individual and a doctor, not a matter of state meddling. Of course, when was this passed? Bush is sagiing int he polls, the economy is going south, and the presidiential election is almost exactly a year away. Time to whip out the old emotionalism of this bill, as unconstitutional is it is, and wave it around for drumming up some money and poll numbers. There are medical circumstances, especially in the second trimester but sometimes in the third, when what will be a non-viable or malformed fetus that will, if not removed, kill the woman. Where does the government get off on interfering in this private tragedy? I pray - and as clergy I work very hard - for every woman to have the right to make decisions for her own health and life. (Ever notice how the anti-choice crowd is never around when it comes to supporting children already born? Lets suggest raising everyone's taxes to support full medical and dental coverage for all children - all children - including the children of undocumented "illegal" aliens - and see how they scream about socialism and that its too expensive. Not willing to support what they claim by backing it up in their lives, not at all. The so-called right-to-life ends with birth with this crowd. When Right to Life puts forward and works for fully funded full medical, housing, education, and food and clothing support for every child already born - regardless of anything else including a child's citizenship status - for every child - every child - then I will not think they are the flaming Taliban hypccrites that they are right now. Even notice how that same crowd never makes an issue of their church denomination's teachings on the death penalty, or war, or capitalism for that matter? Very selective pick and choose.)

you are off by 17 years. welcome to 1970

I myself am taking the Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun.

So Jose is in the same company as Ripkin, ARod, and Tejada? Wow! Maybe we should pay him double! WHITE SOX EXERCISE OPTION ON JOSE VALENTIN CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have exercised their 2004 club option for $5 million on veteran shortstop Jose Valentin. Valentin, 34, batted .237 (119-503) with 28 home runs and 74 RBI for the White Sox in 2003, while posting a .969 fielding percentage, the second-highest of his career, at shortstop. His 28 home runs tied a career high (also in 2001). Valentin became just the fourth shortstop in major-league history to hit at least 25 home runs in four consecutive seasons in 2003, joining Cal Ripken (1982-87), Alex Rodriguez (1998-present) and Miguel Tejada (2000-present). The switch-hitter became the 11th player in franchise history to hit at least three home runs in a game when he connected three times on July 30 at Kansas City. In 10 full major-league seasons with Milwaukee (1992-99) and the White Sox (2000-present), Valentin has batted .246 (1,082-4,392) with 196 home runs and 652 RBI. He has a lifetime .958 fielding percentage in 1,093 games at shortstop.

in the immortal words of Grace Slick: child... you are no getting it and willfully so. Iconoclastic revisionism is fun but not accurate. Not going to argue. History and reality are on my side on this one. boy, you've got to carry that weight a long time.

Robin 91 92 93 96 98 Ozzie 90 Mike Squires 81 Jim Kat 74 75 Ken Berry 70 Luis Aparicio 58 59 60 61 62 68 70 Tommy Agee 66 Jim Landis 61 62 63 64 Minnie Minoso 57 60 Nellie 57 59 60 Sherm Lollar 57 58 59

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