SouthSidePride05

Has anyone here been approached by members of this society or any other religious organization while out at the store? I was approached by 2 guys at a Meijer store a while back.. and then it happened again this weekend. I've noticed them stopping other shoppers a bunch of times as well. I asked who they were affiliated with and they said "World Mission Society Church of God" and they gave me their website so when I got home I looked it up. Weird ass conversation.. or monologue. I basically didn't say anything for the first 5 minutes, just listened to him ramble on and on about God the Mother. He asked if I believed in God and I said yeah. Then at the end of our meeting, after I cut him off and said I had to get going, I asked him what he believed happens to people when they die if they don't believe in this stuff. He didn't want to say.. so I kept pushing the question. He then gave in and said I should just read the Bible and I would get the answer there. I told him I just wanted to know precisely what he believes happens. He refused to bring up the idea of hell, he just muttered "really bad things". Then he decided to go on the offensive and ask why I asked that, and said there must be a reason why I want to know so bad. He asked if I believed in the Bible, and I said no. He asked why not.. and I replied that it's irrational. Then I sort of backed off. I'm terrible at confrontation, it's a flaw that I need to work on. I'm more of an introvert and rarely get into conversations like that. Wish I had the guts to carry on the conversation and tell him what I really believed and why.

If Greinke's not comfortable pitching in the "dark", how would he feel about a blackout game? Sorry, that was lame.

We've had some big games against Blackburn. Don't stop now boys.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 10:31 PM) Average up to 23,640 and climbing. Any guesses for tmrw? 23-27,000? It's going to be incredibly hot. They're predicting 104 degrees and an all-time high here in the Quad Cities. The upper deck looks full for today's game. In the lower bowl, there's still quite a few seats remaining in the corner sections by the foul poles and in the outfield seats. If there's a considerable walk-up, we could see another big crowd, I'm guessing between 32-35K.

Well, there's still a big chunk of seats available in the upper deck, so a sellout looks unlikely. The current losing streak and the forecast for tonight (chance of isolated t-storms) didn't help. Still, could be around 35K.. one of the biggest crowds of the season.

2 bloops, a blast, and a Brett!

The last person I want to see on the mound right now is Nate Jones.

Has Paulie hit a homer since he had that procedure done on his wrist?

Ohh.. that's what I thought.. it doesn't seem to be catching on though.

What does Hawk call Dunn? Sounds like bigot.

Where in the world have Bacon's parents been? We need you!

Come on, Gordo! I've kept you long enough on my fantasy baseball team.

It's a 4-game series, Monday, September 10 (half-price night) thru Thursday, September 14. Whaddayou think?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 05:35 PM) Tomorrow is a real big game. Sox will either have the lead or 1.5 behind and swept with Peavy and Sale and facing a guy with a 10.00 ERA game 3. They have to start scoring some runs again. Maybe tomorrow is when it begins. I don't have a good feeling about tomorrow. The entire lineup is in a funk. Paulie's obviously hurt, and it seems like whatever he does is contagious. Once Paulie gets back to being Paulie, then I'll have a good feeling about this team. But right now I'm as pessimistic as I've ever been.

Well, a weekend in Detroit, where there's not a whole hell of a lot to eat, is gonna take its toll on someone like Sale. Detroit sucks!

Fire Sale!

If we win tomorrow, we'll still be in first place.. and we will still have not been swept all season.

Youk has looked terrible ever since he sat out with a tight hamstring.

Let's make this interesting! It could give us a bit of momentum going into tomorrow.

.. on to the 9th.. We can do it!!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 04:56 PM) Kitties are hot and the Sox are not. Stay close over the next few weeks and they will cool off. Key is the Sox catching fire again. What makes you think the kitties will cool off? I'm of the mindset that once they get comfortably in first place (2 or more games ahead), they'll play their best baseball.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Jul 18, 2012 -> 03:38 PM) the seat map "opens" more seats as certain rows get sold. so 506 row 21 wont be up for sale online until they sell more of the lower rows. that way they still have spots for groups. the seat map is a strange beast. sec 108 has several rows with singletons scattered about for almost any game, but on game time, those rows are almost empty. also, dont forget season ticket and group tickets get released back closer to the game. so sec 139 may be "sold out" for a game in september if you tried to buy today, but by the time the game comes around, that section will have open seats. I was afraid that was how it works. I would think it would be more advantageous for them to release all the seats at once and display all the available seats on the map as opposed to holding certain rows. Just out of curiosity though, I'll be checking the map periodically as the game gets closer so I can see those upper rows become available. Hopefully they become available soon and then get sold.

The next home game, which is this coming Monday (July 23), could easily sell out or come very close to selling out. It's half-price night, so if you don't have your tix yet, go get em and let's sell this thing out! Here's a screen capture of the interactive seat map for Monday night's game. Unfortunately I don't think I can show the whole stadium at once. Just a few singles scattered around in the lower deck, and only a few rows of seats remaining in most sections of the upper deck. I haven't counted the available seats (I don't have that much time on my hands), but it looks like only a few thousand seats remain. One caveat: once those upper deck seats are gone, perhaps they'll release the seats above them. In other words, even though they say "unavailable", maybe they just haven't been released yet. Hopefully that's not the case though, and it's indeed close to selling out. A sellout could give Kenny a little extra incentive to make another impressive move..

Pen Mob

Did Hawk say "Awful!" tonight after bringing up the Sox attendance? I rewinded it a couple times and it sure sounds like he said it. He starts by saying, "Huge crowd tonight.. they're averaging 23,558, they're actually averaging more than we are. We're averaging 23,091.. [sounds like "Awful!"]. If he did say that, it's definitely not cool for a broadcaster to call out the fan base like that.