Rooftop Shots

5:05 I checked the comcast TV planner for tomorrows scedule, and they have both games listed for WCIU starting at 5:05. It has the Sox game listed at 5:05 and then listed again at 6:05, both on WCIU.

Customized sweatshirt. I have 42 White Sox Topps baseball cards printed on my sweatshirt. What I did was scan 42 of my all time favorite Topps White Sox baseball cards from 1959 to 2005, reversed the image, and then printed them out on iron-on transfer sheets. After I ironed them on one-by one, I put a clear coat on them for extra protection.

Nationality?? I guess it all depends. If I ripped someone off, people will say that I'm a real LAOS If someone calls me a pig for the very first time, then I'm a NEW GUINEA If I'm related to the ex-bulls #23, that makes me JORDANIAN If it's dinner time, I'm HUNGARY. If I'm all done eating dinner, then I'm FINNISH. If my dinner was poultry, then I'm TURKEY If I had cheese with it, then I'm SWISS. If the turkey was deep fried, then I'm GREECE. If I'm having dessert, then I'm DANISH. If I have to go to the bathroom real quick, then I'm RUSSIAN. If I'm taking a leak, then people will say..."Hey man!" " EUR-O-PEEEEAN!! When I'm all done with my day and I go to sleep, then it will be said of me...... HIM-A-LAYAN.

I have read everyones postings, and my main reason why I wrote what I did is that with the central race being as tight as it is, THIS IS NO TIME to go experimenting and waiting for a kid to grow. If you're 10 down or 10 up.....well, then go ahead. But we can't afford to lose games and get knocked around when we're in a title race this close. We need professionals that will give us our best chances. This is no time to go playing around with someone that is wet behind the ears. As far as his record in the minors goes..................well we went through this before with Felix Diaz 10-1 1:85 ERA, bring him up, gets shelled for 10 runs. Never to be seen again. Minors is just that.................... minors. THIS IS NO TIME FOR EXPERIMENTATION. I do believe in giving kids a chance,,,,,,,,,,,but as I already stated. NOT WHEN your in a division race this close and it already cost us 3 games.

How much longer will we have this guy? A "Tapper" hit back to the mound for an easy throw-out to homw plate. Just saw Clayton Richard toss it "WAY---AWAY" past Pierzinski. All this came after he walked 2 guys and they came around and scored scored on a double by Miguel Olivo. As I type this, a homerun was hit by KC. Now it's 5 to 0 KC. When will we learn? The name Clayton does not work for the Sox. Royce Clayton was a rag when we had him, and now another Clayton is raggin' it bigtime. Who's next for a try?? The Lone Ranger.......... "Clayton Moore??" After that, we're all out of Claytons.

"No Time Left For You" by "The Guess Who'

An old gospel song "Soon And Very Soon, (We Are Going To See The King)"

Anyone know what happened to ESPN's "Around The Horn" and "Pardon The Interruption" ? I noticed that it wasn't on today, and is not listed all week long in the TV guide. I didn't hear anything from the programs MC's of them being cancelled or moved when it was on. Anyone have any scoop as to what happened and if they will be back on again?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 02:28 PM) He's yelling "Hot Dogs". He screams it at the top of his lungs every 2 steps he takes up and down the aisles. He's a short guy, looks italian. I guess dynamite does come in small packages because his voice is explosive. One time he gave me a nasty look when he yelled HOTTTTTDOGGGGGGS as he was standing next to where I was seated, and I turned to him and asked, "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that! What is it that you are selling??" Usually he sells in the lower deck between 1st and third base areas, but one time during batting practice before there were many people in the stands , I was sitting 25 rows up from 3rd base, and I heard his hotdog yell clear as day while he was in the right field bleachers. Imagine being a kid and getting into trouble, and this guy is your dad that is yelling at you?? SHEEESH!

The big thing about us south-side Chicagoans is that we CRAM a bunch of words into making one big one. Example: A normal person would ask, "Hey! Can I Go With You??" We say. (My personal favorite) ....."Hey, Ky-GoWitcha?" Normal: "Hey, did you eat yet?" Us: "Hey. didjeet-jet?" Scenario; As kids, you're playing catch with a league ball. Your griend wants to practice throwing a curve ball. You want to see how much it curves and if it will curve consistently every time. A normal person would ask. "Will you throw me two or three of those? We say: ...Wi-ya trow me two or tree-a-dows?" Great thread! Bringing back a lot of memories!

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Jul 14, 2008 -> 09:10 PM) For those of you unfamiliar with the old format, it used to be played one on one in a nine inning game WITH NO AUDIENCE. Just had the 2 hitters, one announcer, and a couple of guys in the outfield to shag the fly balls. Really a quiet and laid back show. Each inning had 3 outs (any 3 balls that were hit that were non-home runs) and the next batter would come up. At the end of nine innings, the one with the most total HRs won. OOPS Guess I should have watched the videos before I posted the rules and format of the show. The videos that wre posted with Mantle and Mays pretty much explain it all. Someone give me a "D-UH" on that one.

The past few years before the annual home run derby, ESPN Classic used to play a lot of the old classics from the early Home Run Derby era. If it is ever put back on and you get a chance to watch it, watch the one with Mickey Mantle vs. Harmon Killebrew. Mantle had a big lead and thought he had it wrapped up. He was smiling, laughing and having fun. Killebrew then went on a late inning tear. You see Mantle was really getting quietly pretty peeved. Killebrew pulled it off. Great show. For those of you unfamiliar with the old format, it used to be played one on one in a nine inning game WITH NO AUDIENCE. Just had the 2 hitters, one announcer, and a couple of guys in the outfield to shag the fly balls. Really a quiet and laid back show. Each inning had 3 outs (any 3 balls that were hit that were non-home runs) and the next batter would come up. At the end of nine innings, the one with the most total HRs won.

Here's the scoop on this kid. http://www.saberscouting.com/2008/06/26/michelinoareport/

Heard this on ESPN, checked it out with the link below. Don't know much about this kid, but 6'7 210 lbs at 16 years old and getting that type of a signing bonus with quite a few other teams bidding on him as well, he must have some pretty terrific stuff. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...008/266411.html

I believe in having a lot of fun ith wth Sox/Cubs rivalry and trash talk, but not into the vulgar and obnoxious stuff that goes around. My uncle and I have had a 25 year "friendly" war in trashing each others team through the mail. We are at the point as of who can be more clever in captioning newspaper articles, or in packages that are sent to one another. Here are the top 2 from us. Do you have any that you have haggled back and forth with anyone? I'm looking for some more clever ideas and to get a few chuckles from other Soxtalkers ideas as well. A couple of years ago for my birthday I received a candle in the mail with a Sox emblem on it. The letter said..."Tom, in honor of your team being rebuilt, here is a candle to repesent them. As you watch each game, light the candle in honor of them. As you watch the candle burn down and burn out by the end of the year, you can watch your team do the same. Needless to say, my uncles birthday was right around the corner. I sent him in return a 1964 Topps Cubs Lou Brock baseball card to commemorate that beautiful trade they made made for Ernie Brogglio. Along with the card, I did some digging, and found something on e-bay that put a much deserved delight into his life. In 1969 The Cubs had an allstar infield, great pitching staff, and were in first place that year from day one until September 15....and then BLEW IT! What I sent was an infamous VHS copy of the 1969 New York Mets video highlights.

A couple of years ago, when Hawk and DJ answered e-mail questions on the air, I posted this one and it was ansered on air. Hawk said that in the final outcome, the batter has the final say-so on which way he will bat. once that is chosen, the pitcher can no longer switch. The only problem is that no source was mentioned as to where he got the information from. Was it from a rule book, or just here-say, etc. ? Anyone know what the legalities are on this issue?

Still can't figure out the reason for the dancing lizards that are in sync with the black woman that is dancing in the vitamin water commercial. I've kind of had about enough of that one. Also....agreed! Also Had about enough of Bob Rohrman's Ho-Ho and the infamous "Hello out there in TV land!"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2008 -> 09:37 AM) In person the hardest hit ball I ever saw was the interleague game a few years back where Bartolo Colon had struck out Barry Bonds three times in 3 ABs and pitched to him in the 9th inning. He hit a ball about 20 rows up in section 100 or 101. I was at that same game.That's the same one when he hit one right of the foul pole into the upper deck tunnel in batting practice.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 07:46 PM) I was at a game at old Comiskey that Dick Allen hit one to the top of the bleachers...just a tad to the right center side of the scoreboard. I think it was against the Orioles...but good lord it was a shot. I don't think too many people ever reached the bleachers at old Comiskey...but his actually was to the top of them...not far from reaching the scoreboard. I was also at old Comiskey when Gregg Luzinski hit the back wall behind the seats in left field. The hit was an absolute missle line shot and wasn't on it's way down yet. Like nothing I ever saw before. I think it landed somewhere in Japan. Also at the New Comiskey (before it was the cell) I went to go see Bonds in batting practice. He hit one that was right of the foul pole and went into the upper deck tunnel. Next time you go to the cell, take a look from behind home plate to see what an incredible blast that was. Steroids or not............that shot was still absolute insanity. We roughly figured it out, that If that same ball was hit to straight center, it would be equivalent to hitting one over the fence, if the fence was as high as the center of video-tron scoreboard. Just beyond ridiculous.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jun 3, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) One time I saw Contreras walking out of an AARP office...and that was like 6 years ago. NICE!!! Still laughing! You really got me with this one! One of the better ones that I read in quite a while.

I remember seeing the movie "Miracles Still Happen" on TV when I was a kid. It was pretty low budget, but still pretty cool at showing how the "will" can sometimes over-ride all adverse circumstances that stand in the way.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 15, 2008 -> 12:43 PM) Glass bottle might actually be the best, but I have no idea where to find it. As far as glass bottles go, there are quite a few stores in latino neighborhoods that carry the 16 ounce sizes of coke and pepsi. A frend said that here it's made with corn syrup as the sugar source, whereas the latnno stores have it shipped in from Mexco where real sugar is used, like coke used to be made. Can't verify these claims. It's just what someone told me. Also, Sam's Club has cases of the little glass 12 ounce bottles of coke only.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ May 13, 2008 -> 12:58 PM) I'm in the camp of sunflower seed eaters that just chews 'em up and swallows them shells and all. Lots of fiber. Of course, if I ate all 324 bags I'd probably crap a coffee table. Still laughing! You got me with this one dude!

This may be happen again in the future, but you never know. Wasn't it about 2 years ago where (I believe it was Bill Mueller from Boston) to be the first player in MLB history to hit a grand slam from both sides of the plate in one game. It's a rareity to be placed in that predicament, let alone to be able to pull something like that off. Also how about the Sox Seattle game that I was at a few years ago, when Boone and Cameron hit back to back home runs TWICE in the same inning? What other freaky stuff or oddball records that may never be broken can anyone else come up with? Pretty cool thread.