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Looks like the Sox are trying again. I may buy mlb.com baby.

Oops. I missed this thread, so I'll say "Merry Christmas Bedford Falls." "And Happy New Year to You ... in Jail!" Kudos to all Chicagoans on the South Side who put up Christmas decorations. Nobody in American respects Christmas cheer as well as Chicagoans and their beautiful outside lights. Let's hope the New Year is special and love is the only four-letter word we need to utter all of 2026. GO SOX. GO BEARS. GO CHICAGO HOT DOGS AND ITALIAN BEEF AND BAR PIZZA! Happy NY baby!

Soxtalk is an exceptional site, free for we posers, I mean posters, but we never have a Merry Christmas thread. So I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. In honor of the holiday tell me 3 things you like/love about Chicago (not suburbia). It can be something from the past involving the Windy City too ... a.) Old Comiskey Park. It was a thrill to be in there every time I went except maybe when they had the astroturf infield and grass outfield. Weird. b.) Italian beef with soggy bun. It really is delicious. However as I age, it ruffles my stomach as do delightful White Castle burgers. c.) Christmas decorations on the southside. People come through every year and decorate their houses. True Chicagoans are special people. Hail to Mt. Greenwood. I miss you and wish u a Merry Christmas and thank u to soxtalk owners for this forum. Peace out. p.s. Did you watch Wonderful Life this year again? I did but picked it up halfway thru.

I wonder if Hahn (oops Getz) knows he'll get major brownie points with Jerry if he gets rid of Robert's salary after signing the sensation from Japan.

This guy will take Chicago by storm. The White Sox finally make a move that figures to show in the standings and the stands. Finally some activity on the south side.

With Colson, this new guy, Beni and the high on base second baseman whose name i forgot as well as our catcher who can hit ... do some tinkering with 50 million dollars, get us another bat and 2 average veteran starters and let's go. We can beat Minnie and Detroit with our eyes closed and KC is no good.

Happy days are here again. The Sox got tired of losing. Add 2 KC Royals type starting pitcher hacks for 7 mill a year apiece and I may buy mlb.com again. As Harry would sing: "The Sox got tired of losing tra-la tra-la."

Wow. The Sox getting this guy is huge. A starter from day one who can hit 50 plus homers. Are happy days here again? Bears during the winter; Sox summer?

I need to buy some swag.

I wonder why Getz didn't trade Robert this offseason. It's a lot less controversial to trade his salary now while the Bears are still in contention. Seems weird to keep one star on the team (as well as Colson) when the Sox still are not on paper considered contenders. Dump him now and it's a sidelight to the Bears. Seems weird Jerry would elect to pay him rather than dump him to the Mets for prospects.

If sports truly are fixed (not saying they are) this could be a sign the Sox new owner deserves a winner. We get the No. 1 pick to go with Colson and that's two Bobby Witt's on one team in a bad division. We need our GM to start stockpiling a ton of average 4 inning pitchers who can be inserted in and out by our manager cause we'll never have the money to keep a Sale or Cease or guys like that. Get guys who can get thru the order once and revolutionize small market pitching staffs (oh for the days of Peters, Horlen, Fergie, Bob Gibson, Juan Marachal who could give u 8-9 innings a night.

Do the Sox have the money to give him a proper signing bonus, etc?

Remember the good ol days when the Sox, and all teams really, made a batch of offseason trades? One or two significant every year? Sox aren't even trying (captain obvious) any more to add any intrigue or interest or improvement. I'm surprised our front office and owner have pretty much thrown in the towel on improvement. Remember when the Sox traded Forster and Gossage to the Pirates for Zisk? Those were the days. Not sure why anybody would buy season tickets to this wretched team. Monty may be great and Robert dandy but that's still about it.

St. Laurence seems like they are on the fringes as well. They seem to have improved but are not quite good enough to make a deep run. I wonder who will dominate basketball this year. I read Rice lost all five starters but have one stud at least. I would rank the far south side football programs now: 1.) BR. 2.) Marist. 3.) Rita. 4.) Laurence. Marist and Rice still seem fairly equal in the big scheme, unless coach Q really is dominating recruiting and turning Rice into perennial contender mabe.

is mt carmel 8A? Marist?

Oh my gosh. Better next year? I wonder if we'll stay in 7A.

I hope Sam can run as well as pass. Pass happy teams don't normally win in high school. Just sayin. Will be fun to watch him. After this title I will just enjoy the games. We are vindicated by this team as a modern powerhouse. Rice got the title; any more is gravy.

True. Impressive to make the final in bball then a few months later football. The school has some talented athletes and Stamos like Q was a great coach.

Great post and thanks to Milkman for his post. I went to Rice when it had way more kids than it does today. Got cut from basketball even tho our Q of M team won the city league title and got cut from baseball as there were so many kids they worked tryouts over several days by position, LOL. I like to follow high school sports in my old stomping grounds from afar and was hoping Rice could win a title or two. I know the Catholic schools recruit it's always been that way. We finally recruited the best kids in the area I guess, lol.

Nice move. Our pitching staff needs a bunch of bodies some to emerge as studs; others to fall to the DFA wayside. This guy sounds like a good candidate for success.

That is so cool of the police. Call the newspapers and give them the tip it happened. The Rice kids and coaches deserve all the praise they can get. That is so cool of the cops. Bless them.

Congrats to you and your son! Both offensive line and defensive line are so good. The boys and the coaches were truly dominant and now will go down in history as one of the top 2 teams in school history, arguably the finest team. In this day and age they had what, one close game all year? Glad Rita advanced instead of one of the Lincoln Ways. You can't win without a great running game and our linemen made it possible along with some skilled backs including that outstanding QB. Coach Q obviously is a genius coming from Cali and recruiting a great team and coaching them up. Badke should take a bow for starting this return to dominance (along with Marist of course) of the far south side. Mt. Carmel can't be touched; glad they weren't in 7A. Hold a parade for the guys, South Side officials. Down Pulaski. Let St. Rita take part in some way. They closed well this year and deserve praise. Tell your son we former Rice students are proud of the linemen. Their work has not gone unnoticed. Fantastic title. I'm ecstatic because of the work of the boys and Q.

I was gonna say what a waste driving all the way to WIU for the game. I wonder who sponsors the Prep Bowl. There were literally 100 fans at the game max, probably less.

7 years, ridiculous. He won't be pitching in 7 years. This reminds me of Cole of the Yankees. Missed all last season. Sox can't compete with this type of b.s. going on. Of course many teams can't give out contracts like this.

I remember Rice was in the Prep Bowl one year when I was there. Didn't they hold it after the actual state playoffs? A team could actually be in both? I can't remember who we played in the Prep Bowl. I think Rice won big.