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QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 1, 2007 -> 09:38 PM) There I am, hanging in a dear friend's apartment in Uptown. We're talking about life and relaxing. We'd spoken before about how she needs to see Wrigley Field. (I think it's a beautiful park, the more I go there, and it's a great place to go, IMO, except for the team and fans, but that doesn't bother me too much.) Suddenly I say, "Let's go," and we wound up getting there at the start of the fifth inning. We wound up in the third row, in the club section, right behind the Cubs bullpen. There's Kerry Wood, ten feet in front of me. Ohman. Howry. Dempster. And so we sit there, relaxing, enjoying the day and chit-chatting about baseball. Mocking the Cub fans. Laughing when they chant "Asshole! Asshole!" at Carlos Lee. Cheering Lee for his double and scoring. Enjoying the game though we're losing and I think we're going to lose. And then the eighth starts and I say to D., "I'm going to try and heckle Dempster into a blown save. If I get us kicked out, will you be mad?" Laughter. "No, but, be careful." "Well, I'm not going to threaten his life or anything." So I start when he gets up. First with You Sucks and then Your Team Sucks, First Place or Not and then all sorts of variations on "You Suck." Just screaming at him between pitches for the whole eighth inning and when the Cubs had two outs in the ninth I yelled at him, "It's almost time for you to suck, Dempster. But I guess there's always time to suck when you're Ryan Dempster!" ("That guy's harsh," said a Cub fan behind me.) There were these skinny, so-skinny-they're-somewhat-sickly-IMO girls in front of us and they hated me. So when I'd yell they'd meekly say, "Go Ryan!" and I'd yell louder that he's awful, "I don't care what your save percentage says, you're a fluke." And when he was leaving he shot me a dirty look. Gave me a dirty look a couple of times. I'd like to believe that I heckled Ryan Dempster into giving up a homerun to Carlos Lee that left the park. A friend of mine in Boston says he heckled Billy Koch into blowing a save. That was my inspiration, and I've never been that close to The Enemy's Bullpen at any park (I often sit behind the Sox dugout in the Cell) so I had to seize the dog. Shoulda threatened his life.

Good to see we kept pace with Tampa.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 1, 2007 -> 09:32 PM) 5-10, 130.5 We need to get you some steroids or something.

Well I didn't sign up yet but I swear I picked Appy State today.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 31, 2007 -> 05:56 PM) I've lost five pounds since heading to college, to 130.5. Are you a midget by chance?

He's no Mark Buehrle.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Aug 31, 2007 -> 01:58 PM) What do you U of I fans think of this weekend's game in St. Louis? I'll be there, anyone else making the trek? I'll be there. LETS GO....Good game?

Well it looks like there is about 2 of us, but I have absolutely no problem with David Eckstein being a member of the Sox.

Yay College Football.

A 3.75 era in the national league is going to win the cy young? Uh...about that.

If you start a thread with the title "Fear God" then you should expect someone to poke fun.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 31, 2007 -> 11:05 AM) Just what I'm sure we all wanted to hear... Oh sweet grinder! I'm not as opposed to Eckstein as a lot seem to be. I'd prefer him to be at 2b but I wont be too pissed if he's our ss next season.

QUOTE(JERMAINEDYE4MVP @ Aug 30, 2007 -> 08:50 PM) EXACTLY BRO. THEY THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPS YOU ARE A TROLL AND A CHILD. THESE ARE PROBABLY THOSE THAT NEVER GET OUT OF THEIR MOMS BASEMENT TO SEE THE REAL WORLD. Actually, posts such as this one that I'm quoting are what make people think you're a troll. Your caps lockness is quite annoying but there are certainly other reasons why people think you suck.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 30, 2007 -> 06:49 PM) BLBSHADFBWE$%TU%#WQUY@WU@Q^%#UAEFHW$#UNI#@Q%YHQI#@YHQ#%K^JUHNQ#@^%JU#$ YU#Q% &Y@Q^Y42SDHG#Q$ Y&Q#^%&YU BQ@^$T qeryadfnhq@$^&yqery#@%#$&$^yuedgjnfsgy bq#$^ b!#$@^&!q#%&yuq#^%&yu q#%&y $q ^ju$t ^ju^$r That was me vomiting all over my keyboard. I'm so sick of him and he's not even here. 'Tis the way I've become with Chris Young.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Aug 30, 2007 -> 09:51 AM) Football? I thought he was going to FSU? Ah sorry, I follow basketball recruiting much more than football so I didn't even think to decipher, my bad.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 30, 2007 -> 12:13 PM) Cox deserves plenty of credit. As to the rest? Schuerholz says that he doesn't think people who rip his organization for not winning the Series understand the game of baseball or the history of the Streak. And by the way, the Braves have been to more series in Schuerholz tenure than the White Sox in all their history. What does that mean? A variety of things. Most important of which is to ask, What, exactly, are you trying to say? when you say "Atlanta = Rings = Chicago." That's bulls*** and it's silly. Well of course Schuerholz is going to say that. Man, we all understand how great of an organization the Braves are, we don't need to hear about it every other post from you though.

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Aug 30, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) picking by position only, I'd take the 1B. By the time he would be projected to be big-league ready, Paulie could be moved to DH. We've had/have plenty of OF prospects in the system. Same with Pitchers. Assuming Fields is the 3B from 2009-on, then I would think 1B/2B/SS/C would be position needs. You don't draft by position. You take the best player available.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:58 PM) As bad as it sounds, which of the two are better for our future -- a top three pick, or finishing up strong in a useless season and ending up around 7-10? If believing in this makes me a bad fan in someones eyes, then so be it. Judging from this thread many agree with me. Oh I'm with you and have been for a while when it comes to this topic. Losing is much better for this franchise at the moment.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:39 PM) What if he signs with Boras and the Sox don't take him? What if we end up with the 2008 version of Matt Bush? Sorry, I just can't root for my team to lose so they can gain a draft pick. Well winning doesn't accomplish anything at the moment. At least with a high pick we get a shot at a "special" player.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:37 PM) Why in the world would you want MacDougal and Thornton? What in the world have they shown you? Relievers are so inconsistant from year to year and both have proven before that they can be successful in the majors, not to mention that they both have terrific arms. I'd like Mike and Matt back next season as well.

Keep them L's a coming, boys.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:17 PM) 15 out of 18...and counting. I can't believe ken williams still has a job. Well believe it, he's not going anywhere for a while.

QUOTE(Soxfest @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:16 PM) To compare the struggles of Richar to Ventura is not even in the same ballpark! Get Real. Well ya, Ventura was much worse.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 11:05 PM) Uribe has seriously pissed me off this year. I was a big Juan Uribe supporter but I'm tired of him.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 29, 2007 -> 10:31 PM) Apparently ISU is going to use the Bulls intro music at football games... Ghey.