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QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Oct 30, 2005 -> 09:36 AM) I was personally ready for it to be over. I put a LOT of things in my life on hold for the playoffs, and I'm finally not going to sleep amped up on adrenaline and stress. I was balls to the wall about this team from March 15th til October 15th. 7 months is enough Yeah. I thought I was a huge Bulls fan and that the Bulls would always be my favorite sports team. That's not so. I never found myself cheering so hard and watching the games so tightly. This team has me spent. I probably won't start worrying about the Bulls until December at the earliest. I hope the Sox do it again to me next year.

This team did have great chemistry. I was reading the special pullout from the Tribune on the Sox. It talked about all the players would go hang out at bars and resteraunts after days games. They were always playing card games with each other and whenever they saw Ozzie or Kenny, they would invite them in to play. This team probably had the biggest family atmosphere that I can remember.

He's done great at improving. Hopefully he continues it.

Well it's nice that they both had a laugh(I'm assuming Ryan got the joke from that). It's so true though. Kenny was forced to play the Terry Ryan game and beat him at it. Hopefully this continues until I die.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 07:09 PM) Chat Crew called this one out awhile ago. ^^What he said.

QUOTE(Antonio Osuna @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 10:27 PM) For those of us without a TV, what was the premise of the sketch? Basically, they had the two girls who do weekend update on. They're from Chicago and claimed to be Sox fans for their whole lives despite being from the Northside, one of them is from Evanston and the other from Wrigleyville. They claimed to get their meat at Moo & Oink, know people from the Robert Taylor Homes and catch the redline to pass by U.S. Cellular Field(girl called it Comensky Field). Scott saw they were frauds and they admitted they were Cubs fans and one of them was also a BoSox fan. He said that was okay and it was for the whole Chicagoland area. They started naming off suburbs like Wilmette, and they said, "Even for Schaumburg?" and he paused for a second and said, "No, not Schaumburg."

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 09:22 PM) save Marte for the Delgado trade. B) Pods Iguchi Thomas Delgado Manny Dye aj Crede Uribe Haha, and I thought the Manny trade was a pipedream. Manny and Delgado? Wow. And yes, I got the sarcasm there. And I agree with you sox-r-us. Manny would be a part of our 3rd day throw away lineup.

Wow, can't believe they dissed Schaumburg like that.

Scott's on.

Oh yeah, don't forget that during the season, Ozzie loves using the bench so it is not that farfetched to think that Pods and Manny wouldn't be playing on the same day until the playoffs.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) the quoted portion was an indirect insult, and it wont be tolerated. That was sarcasm as in your post actually made sense. I didn't think green was needed on that one.

QUOTE(SnB @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 06:21 PM) this is sure up there though I would get that.

Their best pitcher was of Latin descent(Carlos Zambrano). I don't know how much longer that guy should be your friend. Seems pretty stupid to me.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) I don't know if I buy that. Giambi, Damon, Tejada, Chavez-there are superstars there. That were all let go.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 02:04 PM) I'd rather resign Frank on the cheap and hope he can stay healthy enough to DH. We would have to give up a bunch of players/prospects for Manny and we would also have to take on his brutal contract. Resign Frank to a cheap contract and if he gets injured again, use Dye as our DH and put Brian Anderson out in right field. Of course, I'm assuming that we keep Konerko which may not be what happens. Afterall, we have to give Frank $3.5 million anyways. May as well tack on a few more millions and keep him. Of course that's the more realistic plan of action. Frank would be our big offseason acquisition to keep on chugging foward.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 11:12 AM) Ive been on it and the only thing to say is..... holy god..... Its not better than sex though... I agree. It was only my second time ever going on a roller coaster and my friend decided it would be fantastic if it was the 1st roller coaster of the day(because of the long lines that would form). Holy hell, that's all I have to say.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 02:02 PM) This coming from the person who was vying for Robert Person over Hernandez as the fifth starter, and was throwing Rowand under a bus 15 games into the season.. Enough said. :headshake ??

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 01:26 PM) I love people can say with certainty that he was bad for the clubhoues. Excuse me, were you in the clubhouse? Did you see how his teammates acted around him in the clubhouse? Were you a reporter who saw what he did in the clubhouse? Please answer all these questions, and when the answers to all of them are "No," I suggest you stop talking ASAP. A post that makes sense? What?! Crazyness. Anyway, I agree with you. I don't remember his teammates ever b*tching about him or any of his prior managers or even Francona prior to this year. I have yet to hear about a player who dislikes Manny.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 01:10 PM) Is there a DVD out there with all of the World Series games on it? I recall that Boston (illegally or legally) had one released last year, I hope that someone does the same for the White Sox this year... Me too. That would be great.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 01:02 PM) Was he bad for Boston's clubhouse in 2004? Or, did he just get bad for the clubhouse in 2005? I mean, his 156 OPS+ probably disrupted the team chemistry that those 'good' guys like Kevin Millar were trying to create, right? Exactly. In the world of sports, you have to take risks like we did with AJ and Everett. Manny's production far outweighs the risk IMHO. I would get him in a hearbeat. Of course, I'm not eating that whole salary.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 12:57 PM) Well I think that Manny is a different case than AJ. There is a long public history of what he will do. 4 straight offseasons demanding a trade. Once a summer he takes a criticall series off (seems to be the Yankees one each time). He doesn't run out balls, etc. Much different case than AJ.. Aj was a flier at less than 2 million bucks that we could have released if he caused a problem. At 18-20 per, Manny is not the same case. Is Damon a cancer? No. But I do think the success in Boston changed him a bit. Everett was supposedly the same player Manny is minus being as good of a hitter. Manny and Ozzie would work tremendously.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 12:49 PM) Where is the one you're talking about? I've ordered the WS DVD. I don't think they make a team DVD, unless your team wins it. There wouldn't be much reason to. I meant the World Series winner each year gets one.

Crap, it won't let me download. At least I could watch it though.

f*** yes. You rule.

What's with some people crapping on the Bronze Titan? I think he'll be like his second half this year. I believe he is actually the age he says he is. Some guys just do look older than their age. And for Nolan Ryan, his stuff went when he got too old. Contreras isn't close to that point.