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#60 cracks me up. I jumped out of my seat the first time I saw it, that's for sure. Also, one that I couldn't find on there was the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark when the faces melted off the Nazis after they opened the Ark. Scared the crap out of me.

Happy Birthday, PA! Although you are Soxtalk.com retired so you'll never see this, so... I never liked you!!!

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 30, 2007 -> 11:48 PM) Wilbur Wood (well known to older fans so maybe doesn't apply) Switching topics slightly, my all-time favoreite roll player off the bench was on the Bulls, Granville Waiters. At the end of a blow out, the stadium faithful would start a Grraaaaaaaaanville cheer. Back top the Sox. Jorge Orta or Carlos May. I LOVED Granville Waiters. The best 12th man to hardly ever play the game.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 31, 2007 -> 12:38 PM) Possible targets of interest for the White Sox... Mark Teixeira - WWHP? Dunn - Huh? Griffey - Maybe Rich Harden - No way the A's trade him. Noah Lowry - No way the Giants trade him. Jose Capellan--Milwaukee (reliever) - Maybe Jose Castillo--Pitt. - Maybe Chris Burke - Will stay in Round Rock until there's an injury or Biggio retires. They have invested too much time in him. Willy Mo Pena - Ugh. Baldelli - TB will try to dump Dukes first. Chad Cordero - Doubt it. Melvin Mora (OF) - where did you hear Mora would play outfield? Is he now?

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 31, 2007 -> 11:48 AM) Statistically, it takes five years to lose all the positive elements of winning a World Series out of an organization, 1998 and 2004 Marlins notwithstanding. KW can try to remain competitive for one more year, but I don't think it's possible without Buehrle. I guess it's something of a mixture of late 2006, and 2007 mixed with 2003, the year after we sold off Howry, Lofton, Baldwin, Durham and a few others but remained competitive. I would guess we'd be averaging around 23,000-25,000 per game, just throwing out a range. And that our payroll would be adjusted back to 2005 levels...$70-80 million. And KW would have to swallow and laugh off his comments about being a championship organization that reloads, any similarities to the Braves or Yankees, competing w/ the Cubs for the heart of the city's fans, etc. I'm just not sure how easily he can protect his ego after being on top in 2005. I think he still is in "add" mode rather than subtract. Don't forget how fans would be impatient about how quickly the youngsters are developing. Look, all GMs have good and bad trades/drafts/signings. Some are better (Beane, Schuerholtz, Dombrowski) some are worse (Steve Phillips, Wayne Krivsky)...but all try to keep winning with what they are given. Do we trade all these players to fill up the farm system? Fine, but be prepared for near or below .500 for a couple of years. I think we definitely need some youth to mix it up, but it's still a crap shoot. AND don't forget, the injury bug has hit the Sox pretty hard this year.

Ozzie has NEVER been the type of guy to bring a pitcher into non-pressure situations to get their confidence up. Either you have his confidence or you don't. Ozzie is cut and dry when it comes to that. And he's said as much...this is the major leagues, you have to be prepared everyday. Whether you are down 10 runs or up 1. If that pitcher can't come in and do his job...than he becomes Luis Vizcaino doing mop-up or Marte with a major vote of no-confidence.

If the Sox can stay within spitting distance...and they currently are...one never knows what could happen. 2005 Indians nearly catching the Sox. 2006 Twins catching the Tigers. Never ever count out the A's. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

Mike Squires Wayne Nordhagen Salome Barojas Dave Stegman

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 28, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) Happy Birthday!! Now turn off the turn signal, put down the Denny's endless cup o' coffee, grab your AARP card, and get to Florida and retire. Happy Birthday Buddy Um...he's already in Florida....... Happy Belated Jim!

Is it still pending? Or is it charged to your account? Sometimes this happens to me when it's pending for the reason mentioned above...open tab is one and then final is the other. When it finally goes through, only the final is charged. If that's not the case...call the bar first, then bank.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 25, 2007 -> 10:11 AM) I know I just like to talk about Homer's whenever possible. D'OH!

Happy Bizz-irthday!!!

Ehhh...back in my day, we didn't HAVE rate my professor sites...and we LIKED it! Seriously, I had some great professors and bad ones...but that kinda got me ready for the real world. I've had great bosses and horrible bosses. I don't know if I would have used it when I was in college back in the 1800's, but I think I would look at the ratings...and then promptly ignore them.

QUOTE(danman31 @ May 23, 2007 -> 11:34 PM) I dislike the new segment called 'that's nasty'. It's all breaking balls and they aren't always that great. Web Gems is great, but the show has dropped off otherwise. I don't mind Kruk and Reynolds was starting to lose his mind his last year or two anyway, but I just can't get into it. Some of the analysts are bad and they are rotating too much. Destrade or whatever his name is, is awful. I'm so sick of hearing him and Pedro Gomez do nothing but report on Bonds. It's not all breaking balls...they had some nasty stuff last week from someone, I can't remember who, but they were blowing the ball by Sosa. Two fastballs with a yakker sandwich. It was awesome to see Sosa look like a schoolgirl. Plus, I love it when Kruk says, "That's a yakker."

Let's do this!!!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 24, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) Seriously, email him and tell him that. He is very responsive, which is a good quality in a journalist IMO. Alrighty then...I will. Can I have a date with your avatar then? Rawr.

Here's my work out: 12 oz. curls (progressively lightening weight, don't want to hurt anything) - 1 Rep Thumb agility training - sometimes 1 rep, sometimes many reps 12 oz. curls - 2 Reps Mandibular flexing (preferred tool - Round Cheese Dough w/ toppings) - As many Reps as it takes Rest 12 oz. curls - 3 Reps Vocal Cord extension - 3 reps 12 oz. curls - 4 Reps Pass out from exhaustion.

It was a fantastic article calling out the hypocrisy in sports writing. Everyone is now guilty until proven innocent. That's usually what I think when I hear someone calling Ozzie out for his tirade or AJ b****ing about playing time or whatever...I would rather have a manager that backs his players and players that want to play every single day thinking they are giving their team a chance to win than wishy-washy players that are only playing for their next paycheck. Maybe they are uncouth. Maybe they say stupid things. Maybe they say things in the wrong way. But again, as I said in another thread, that's what I like about the White Sox...that, to me at least, sums up the South Side of Chicago. You may not like what's being said, but it's the truth. You may not like the style, but it's 100% every time. Thank you Rick Morrissey, thank you very much.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ May 23, 2007 -> 01:56 PM) Actually, with all the skimpy outfits and tight bodies, tf there was ever a network show to turn a gay man straight this is it. The sequel might be called Fixedfront Mountain. WOW...now THAT was bad.

QUOTE(juddling @ May 23, 2007 -> 05:18 PM) AFter his wife gets two restraining orders against him....this is the message he leaves on her voicemail ' It's on, dawg. You dead, dawg. I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids too, dawg. It don't even matter to me who is in the car with you. N-----, all I know is, n-----, when I see your m-----f------- a-- riding, dawg, it's on. As a matter of fact, I'm coming to your m-----f------ house." Dukes is a bag of s*** And there goes the possibility of getting Baldelli. Thanks for that, Dukes. On a side note, does anyone else think of Bloodsport when they hear his name?

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 23, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) Kruk??? Are you kidding? He provides zero insight or analysis. I think he took the gig for the free food in the ESPN cafeteria. Yeah, because when Gammons is on...he's your insight. Kruk is fun. He has more insight than Steve Phillips and is only getting better. But I have to say, the team of Fowler, Herbstreit and Corso is BY FAR the best on ESPN. OK, maybe Bucci and Melrose, but with hockey gone from ESPN, the Gameday crew is the best.

When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not. to da boat-ah yahs.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 23, 2007 -> 03:32 AM) Take 6 table or butter knives and leave them in the freezer for a few hours. Once they're ice cold, take one and press the thicker, handle part of the knife firmly against the sty, hold it in place for about 10 seconds, then flip the knife over and still using the handle side, press it against the sty once again. Then go on to the next knife. The reason you use so many knives is that they get warm really quickly once you press them against your warm skin. If that doesn't work...use same knives as in my previous post.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 23, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) ESPN as a whole has gone downhill. The programming in general blows. I am not sure if there was a shift in focus or what but it has become more tabloid across the board in recent years. It began when they had the original programming which was good (Earnhart, Knight, Alabama football) but the football series was a wreck. How about the Bonds reality series. The Dice-K and Clemens coverage are well over the top. When Clemens was returning to Houston this not nearly as publicized. I see the Boston and New York match-up coverage to a degree as they are worth watching but the coverage outside of the game can get outrageous. The thing that irritates me is the coverage that they force for their programming. The NHL had the coverage on ESPN like the NBA does now. The NBA is covered on ESPN and ABC so the inundate the programming with NBA coverage and the NHL gets minimal coverage at best. Also if there is a program that they force on one network they put crap on the other (i.e. Figure Skating or Poker). The personalities that they are giving more air time to on their shows are also geared toward the tabloid point of view. Mariotti, Michael Irvin, Steve Phillips, etc. I actually like the NBA analysis, Stephem Smith included. With ideas that are put out there to garner controversy rather than fact. Case in point Phillips stating Cliff was the best leftie in baseball at the start of last year. Kruk shakes his head and says Johan Santana, next subject. Phillips is a complete moron with a point of view that should not be allowed to be expressed. Charles Barley is incredibly entertaining and that is what ESPN is looking for, yet Barkley makes good sense. I watch Comcast but they seem to be geared toward the cubs. I am not sure if that is the negative media thoughts I posess toward cub coverage or reality. Putiing it best. After the cubs had struggled earlier this season and then rolled off 2 in a row, Linda Cohan states, "cubs back to their usual winning ways." Say what. ESPN creates thoughts about reality that they feel will get people to watch as oppossed to the reality of the situation. ESPN is turning into the sports equivalent of MTV. They are getting away from what made them successful...sports, smart commentary, sports, personalities that work well together, sports, fun. When I watch the Sportscenters when they talk about the previous 25 years, folks like Bob Ley, Charlie Steiner, Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, Berman, Keith Olbermann, Tom Mees (RIP), etc. had fun. They would joke and were natural at their jobs. That's why I love listening to Kenny Mayne. He's ridiculous in a fun way and he knows it and he doesn't give a damn. They need to be more like they were before ABC bought them (or vice versa, I don't remember who bought who).

I think you are going to get Cintron at 3B and Uribe at SS. Just a hunch. Go Sox! Sweep dem A's.