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McCarver is another anti Sox f***ball. After Pods hit his HR, he was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said: "why do these things happen?"

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 08:58 PM) I went down there tonight, and there was one person selling. That was it. We walked around from 6-7:15 and found nothing. The one person selling wanted $1500 for a single LD ticket. It was really cold, and there were tons of other people looking for tickets with us. Yep, tonight there was absolutely NOTHING out there. I looked from 6:50 til the 3rd inning. Someone suggested going to Jimbo's and there was a scalper inside asking $1,500 for a lower deck seat and that was in the 3rd inning! As a side note, Jimbo's sux overall. First of all, the place is not that nice and was only 50% full and they wouldn't let anyone else in. Why not? Guess they don't enjoy making money. Yet they had 2 guys inside wearing Cubs hats and facing the OPPOSITE way of the TVs.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 03:02 PM) This funny looking guy that sang the national anthem. I meant, who is he, as in what's he done musically? I've never heard of him.

QUOTE(Linnwood @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 02:05 PM) Stopped reading right there. :headshake Most of the ticket stories I've heard make me shake my head as well. It's the 'event' crowd who is buying these tix. I overheard my boss on the phone trying to get a group of big wigs together to buy tix from a broker. The 1st 5 minutes of each phone call was him explaining the playoffs and what the event was. His closing line was: 'trust me, you want to be there.'

QUOTE(Lefty Of Love @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 02:07 PM) They looked the s*** man, the tickets had tons of watermarks and everything looked in place in terms of the graphics themselves. Earlier in the day some joker tried to sell us some ticketmaster tickets with "White Sox vs. Astros" on them,...obviously those were fake and so we said f*** off, but the ones we bought were spot on. Someone went to an AWFUL lot of effort to replicate those....that person will rot in hell along with the piece of s*** that sold em f*** man, that sux. I'm gonna give it a shot tonight, but now I'm nervous as hell. I think I've decided not to purchase unless I can walk in with the seller.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) Most likely, they were not replicated tickets, they were real tickets that had already been scanned. An enterprising thief could use his ticket, say at gate two... walk up one flight on the ramp and discreetly drop a cache of tickets out to a friend stationed just below. Those tickets could then be sold without anyone being able to tell they were going to be junk. Yes, but you still have to show your ticket like 2 more times beyond the front gate. What does this thief do once he gets inside to get to his section and seat without a ticket? I suppose he could drop them from anywhere in the park and decide to stand on the concourse or just keep moving for the entire game, but that's a lot of work and would take away from his fun at the game. You're right though, this is a piece of s*** we're talking about, so anything is possible.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 11:08 AM) Where was Steff? Liz Phair was terrible. She sounded scared out of her skull. That Josh Grobin guy was also quite dull. He was in tune, but he turned the song unrecognizable. I thought Lou Rawls was suppoesed to do something? Is he tonight? I unfortunately saw Liz Phair at Lollapalooza this year and she was just as awful then. Last night was embarassing. "God bless America, my home sweet Hooooowwwwwl." Our entire party hit the floor laughing. Who is Josh Grobin?

QUOTE(Lefty Of Love @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 12:03 PM) I unforunately have a s***tier experience to tell about. Me and my friends got duped and bought some counterfit tix for 300 a pop....just two of them....thank God we didn't buy the game 2 tix this asshole was selling too. They really looked the s***, all day I was glancing at the tickets people were wearing in those plastic holders around their necks. Whoever made these fakes really knew what they were doing I guess. We drew straws to see who would get em around game time when we couldn't find another 2 (there were 4 of us total) and I was "lucky"....now I'm out 300 bucks. WOW, man. That really, really sux. What kind did he sell you, print outs?...or the colorful ones? I guess the ideal situation is like some else said, find someone who has an extra and walk to the gate with them.

We were joking that Bernie Mac showed up with a Sox, Cubs and Astros jersey. He'd change into a different one depending on the situation.

To make it worse, they made us suffer through Liz Phair. :puke Seriously, how do people continue to let her make records?? The guy who did the national anthem was ok, kinda boring, but at least stayed in tune.

Last Sunday night, when the Sox beat Ana. to make the series, Channel 5 did like 15 minutes of post game coverage. Then they came on and profusely apologized for starting 'Bears Extra' later than scheduled. Don't come back and cover us if we win the WS. :finger

Every few minutes, it hits me. A baseball team from Chicago has won a WS game. Unreal.

Cold and rainy tonight. Keep it under 2hrs and 30 mins. Mark.

QUOTE(HighHeat45 @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 08:30 AM) I ordered a black Jenks jersey last night. Ive been wanting to do it for a while and this game sealed the deal. GREAT PURCHASE!

I have always been a huge supporter of Contreras and Duque. Their personal stories are unbelievable.

When they walked Rowand to pitch to AJ, I thought they were nuts. After he hit into the DP, I thought, uh-oh, that could be the momentum shifter. Awesome win. I'll say it again: Bobby Jenks 2005 post season hero, book it.

That's the part of it that makes me nervous. Obviously, you wouldn't buy any print outs. I've seen some that look just like regular season tix and some that are the bigger colorful ones with the WS logo on them. For those of you who have tix, is there anything on them that we should look for so we know they're legit??

Anyone get tix from a scalper?

Bump. Any tips on the scalping situation?

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) take the train to the cell at 6:30, wait until 7:30 or bottom of the second trying to get in at $250 or less lower bowl, face or just above it for upper deck. We plan to hang around just east of the cordoned off area, between the green and red lines and on the expy. if we fail, take the red line back up to downtown and scramble into a bar to catch the rest. is this hairbrained? bound to fail? genius? That's my plan, but I'm doing it for game 2. I'll let you guys be the guinea pigs. The sucky part is, if I don't get in, I'll have to ride the train back up north and will have a hard time getting into the bars I like and will miss most of the game.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 11:46 AM) I would say that the arguement that ensued was about 90% of that I missed the argument. (see sig) , but I did see a few responses that were topic related.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 11:40 AM) In a lot of cases, that's fine. If it gets people talking about something meaningful, I am all for it. 2 pages 20+ replies and 166 views. I'd say some people found it interesting.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 11:33 AM) I have some questions: Will our hitters study video of Houston pitchers? Will our pitcher go over scouting reports on Houston hitters? Because if they don't that could be a huge advantage to Houston! No No and No In the future, please only ask questions that only members of Sox Talk have the answers to. Make no attempts to generate conversation. Jesus Christ this a discussion board. Thank you.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 11:19 AM) It's most likely due to the fact that most of the questions on here are completely f***ing retarded. Are the pitchers going to take some swings in the batting cage? Does this question even deserve a response? I can only speak for myself, but sometimes the 'f***in retarded' questions are rhetorical and a means to start up a conversation. I bet 90% of the questions on this board can be answered by a yes or no. Let's start doing that and see what's really 'f***in retarded'.

I heard Cotts won some kind of hitting competion in HS. He's young, so it wasn't THAT long ago. You gotta love that NL element of letting a .130 guy grab the bat . I'm sure, it's just my AL brain that can't comprehend all the strategy behind the double switch.