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I wonder how much range at 1B that Aaron Gray would have? He is over 7' after all.

There goes the need for Hester as a deep threat.

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QUOTE (DBAHO @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 01:04 PM) No we rented 4 cars and it came to $50 per person for 3 days which was pretty good. Getting used to driving on the other side yet?

Mostly, they're just fun to laugh at.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/bbtn/index

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_as/pakistan I wonder how this will affect the U.S. in Afghanistan.

QUOTE (tommy @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 12:33 PM) Does anyone know what happened to Cowley, I used to get few updates a day trough twitter.. I haven't gotten one in weeks it seems. Boone Logan took Cowley to Charlotte with him. Something about a "purty" mouth.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) Obviously. When did a company ever release a poster that detailed for a movie 3 years from the release date. With the Batman franchise, I don't scoff at anything. They marketed the hell outta that thing almost two years prior.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 10:44 AM) Well I had a fun weekend. Basically I was up with 20 people in upstate NY and we rented this huge house for the weekend, only cost about $90 to rent for each person. It had a hot tub and a huge outdoor patio area. Basically one of the guys got absolutely wasted. He dove into the hot tub about 20 times on the Friday Night (with about 10 people already in there), and then he leant againt the railing on the patio and proceeded to fall off and onto the grass about a story below. I don't know how he didn't hurt himself more seriously, but he proceed to come running back up the stairs and jumped back into the hot tub. Later on he started calling himself the Calcium Kid, and poured about a gallon milk all over himself, wearing nothing but one of the girls' underwear. Oh and Svedka Vodka is one of the best I've ever had. Did you rent vans?

Fan made poster.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 18, 2008 -> 09:34 AM) You used to post at nfl-fans? Under what name? [email protected]

I wonder where Chicago's going to find $4 billion in the next 8 years.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 17, 2008 -> 11:27 PM) I keep waiting for the Sox to play in St. Louis again. I want to see the new ballpark, but I want the Sox to playing when I do. Maybe I'll go see the Cubs, but wear red. Wear Sox red.

Davis might be Special Teams for '08-'09, then Clark can be dealt for a pick next season.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2008 -> 09:39 PM) You're a scientist? No, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

QUOTE (tommy @ Aug 17, 2008 -> 09:49 PM) Is he really smoking a cig in that pic? Babies chain-smoked in 1972.

24. Dick Allen (6 of 27 lists - 90 points - highest ranking #3 greg775, BigEdWalsh) bio by greg775 and wikipedia - After a relatively quiet year with the Dodgers, Dick Allen was traded to the White Sox for Tommy John prior to the 1972 season. For various reasons, Allen's previous managers had shuffled him around on defense, playing him at first base, third base, and the outfield in no particular order - a practice which almost certainly weakened his defensive play and which may have contributed to his frequent injuries, not to mention his perceived bad attitude. Sox manager Chuck Tanner's low-key style of handling ballplayers made it possible for Allen to thrive, for a while, on the South Side. He decided to play Allen exclusively at first base, which allowed him to concentrate on hitting. That first year, Allen almost single-handedly lifted the entire team to second place in the AL West, as he led the league in home runs (37) (setting a team record), RBI (113), walks (99), on base percentage (.422), slugging average (.603), and OPS (1.023), while winning a well-deserved MVP award. However, the Sox fell short at the end and finished 5-1/2 games behind the World Series-bound Oakland Athletics. Allen's feats during his years with the White Sox -- particularly in that MVP season of 1972 -- are spoken of reverently by South Side fans who credit him with saving the franchise for Chicago (it was rumored to be bound for Milwaukee or Seattle at the time). His powerful swing sent home runs deep into some of the cavernous old Comiskey Park's farthest reaches, including the roof and even the distant (445 feet) center field bleachers, a rare feat at one of baseball's most pitcher-friendly stadiums. On July 31, 1972, against the Minnesota Twins, Allen became the first player in baseball's "modern era" to hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game in an 8-1 victory. Both homers were hit off Bert Blyleven at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium. The Sox were favored by many to make the playoffs in 1973, but those hopes were dashed due in large measure to the fractured fibula that Allen suffered in June. (He tried to return five weeks after injuring the leg in a collision with Mike Epstein of the A's, but the pain ended his season after just one game in which he batted 3-for-5.) Despite his making the All-Star team in each of three years with the team, Allen's stay in Chicago ended in controversy when he left the team on September 14 with two weeks left in the 1974 season. In Crash, his autobiography (co-written with Tim Whitaker), Allen blamed his feud with third-baseman Ron Santo, who was playing a final, undistinguished season with the White Sox after leaving the crosstown Chicago Cubs. With Allen's intention to continue playing baseball uncertain, the Sox reluctantly sold his contract to the Atlanta Braves for only $5,000 despite the fact that he had led the league in home runs, slugging (.563), and OPS (.938). Allen refused to report to the Braves and announced his retirement. MY COMMENTS: Dick Allen was a character, no doubt about it. But that was for baseball managers and executives to worry about. With the White Sox he was a delight to watch. He used a big bat, kind of like Soriano uses with the Drubs, only even bigger. Allen waved the bat like a wand and hit mammoth shots in old Comiskey. I guess he hit some roof shots, but I more remember his line drive home runs. I saw him hit a home run to deep centerfield in Comiskey that I think, if I am not mistaken hit the damn scoreboard. He was an amazing talent and had Chicago buzzing during his years in the Windy City. I believe he was Richey Allen before he came to Chicago and suddenly emerged as Dick Allen for the Sox. Those of you who remember Dick remember a guy who hit rope after rope. At Goose Gossage's Hall of Fame ceremony recently he said Dick Allen was the greatest player he'd ever played with or against. Pretty nice compliment when you consider all the greats he teammed with and faced. I remember seeing a picture of Allen in the dugout with a cigarette in his mouth. He beat to a different drummer but by far is one of the greatest talents in White Sox history. Remember what Gossage said: Best player he ever played with or against. Wow! Cheers to Richie Dick Allen, a great great hitter.

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QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Aug 17, 2008 -> 09:12 PM) I think it's pretty sh***y that whoever deleted never even bothered to message me seeing as it's unwritten and since it was 'written' before I even joined. I posted a thread today because yesterday's winner never posted one. If you wish, you may post tomorrow's thread. P.S. - I did not delete your thread.

They Anglo-ified Latino names in the '50s and '60s sometimes.

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