rcpweiner

One of two things will happen from here on out. Either: 1. The White Sox will make the playoffs. 2. The White Sox will be participants in one of the largest chokes of all time. Now, if the first happens, I think we'll all be pleased. If the second happens, while we'll all be upset, we'll have ourselves a nice little tale to tell our grandchildren. Plus, more women (and men) will feel sorry for us and we will get laid more often. Trust me. That'll work as a pickup line. As long as you use puppy-dog eyes. Also, even if the second horrific scenario occurs, we're still in a lot better shape than a lot of us thought going into the season. I mean, here's a team that I HOPED would contend with the Twins for the AL Central. The Wild Card was out of the question, but I was hoping we'd keep it close with those damn Twinkies. And look what happened? We had a team that had one hell of a first half and then kind of slowed down and got tired towards the end. The bright side is that, we have a TON of the same players coming back next year. And with Kenny at the helm, this team could only get better. He's built a nice team for a good 3-5 year run at the playoffs. This is year ... oh, we'll say 2. We still got three left, ladies and gentlemen. If it doesn't happen this year, don't fret. Our rotation is probably going to be even better next year. And hell, maybe we'll even get some bats. In conclusion, I'm drunk.

Rick Paulas

Pretty good read. Agree with every point here. Especially the Cubs-fan like attitude lately. Here ya go.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 11:58 AM) Scully sucks. He's boring. And the infamous call of Gibson's HR was done by Jack Buck. Now there was an announcer. Actually, both Buck and Scully made calls. Here ya go: Click me Scroll down for it.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:52 PM) White? Yep. It's on the front page of ESPN.com's baseball section right now.

Oh, yeah, at least that's what the heading of the article said. It's an Insider one. If anyone could do one of those cut-and-paste jobs, I'd be superbly appreciative.

Who the f*** cares about the damn D-Rays / Indians game? I need some Sox on Sox play-by-play!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 04:27 PM) All right, I get back from a 2 hour bike ride ... Two hours? Jesus! That's a lot of calories! Go eat some pasta.

Wow. Your guys' play-by-play today sucks. C'mon ... not everyone can watch the game ...

Don't know if anyone brought it up yet, but that subtitle on the thread was quite the Nostrodamian prediction, although probably an accidental one. Dustin came in, just in time, to strike out the side. What a hick stud.

Um. Wecome? I guess we coming is one way to show our collective excitement over the signing.

Alright. On pace for a 9-hour game. Better get my Mountain Dew: Code Red enema ready.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) Are you kidding? Ozzie is a very proactive manager. His style is very proactive. I still don't understand why it pisses you off, you are contradicting yourself. If you know that this is what they have to say and that it really has no effect on what they are actually doing then why is it pissing you off? No one is planning anything before it's a sure thing. Like you said, they have to say it, I don't see how it pisses you off. Yes. You are completely right. If Ozzie wasn't managing this ballclub we'd have the best record in the league! (Wait a second ....)

QUOTE(Southside hitmen @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 10:48 PM) He got that rumor from the sunday newspaper I'm just saying ... did Maller specifically say the WHITE sox, because his whole damn website has "Red Sox getting Burnett" written all over it.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ Jul 17, 2005 -> 10:14 PM) Ben Maller who ever that is was on XM radio reported that AJ Burnett will be traded to the Whitesox. He also said that the Sox wants a 72hr window so they can reached a deal with Burnett before the trade goes through Um ... over on his website (www.benmaller.com) he says that A.J. Burnett will be traded to the RED sox within a week. So ... I don't know if you just heard Sox and assumed it was the white variety, but just thought I'd point it out.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 28, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) they're all teases man. Anyways, since I have nothing productive to add I'd like to mention that I think David Dejesus has the greatest nickname that Chris Berman can't say on tv "nobody f***s with De-jesus" You win by insanely knocking the s*** out of my joke. Ready? (ahem) What does the pope get when he eats too many sweets? A conclavity! (booooooo!) (leaves stage)

Or, even worse, you can go on a date with a really hot girl, hit it off with her, and then halfway through the date find out she's a lesbian. Actually, this happened to me last night. Tough being a Sox fan.

Yeah ... our record now stands at 16-5.

When you saw the title of this topic, did anyone think of an extremely uncomfortable and disturbing image? With Hawk's grinning face sitting there?

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 09:36 PM) No offense, but that's the lamest f***ing comeback in these types of arguments. I guarantee you that there'are a TON of people that could do a better job than a lot of the managers in MLB. If you honestly think that letting Buehrle start that inning against two righties was a smart decision, then I don't know what to say. Honestly, Ozzie does lack some of the nuts-and-bolts aspects of managing a ballgame. But still, he's at the beginning of his 2nd year EVER managing. There's just some things that you have to learn after a few years of experiencing it. That being said, I think what Ozzie lacks in tactical plays, he makes up for in enthusiasm and making the team play more relaxed, playing loose, and having fun. You can learn how to manage, but you can't teach enthusiasm.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 09:30 PM) Marte did balk. Great f***ing job Ozzie. This is a joke, right? I mean ... it seems like you're blaming the balk on Ozzie ...

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 09:23 PM) Great job Ozzie. It's the 7th inning, pull a pitcher after they allow 2 straight hits. How's abouts we start criticizing Ozzie once the Sox are back at .500? Huh? Is that alright?

Hey guys, This is an article a friend of mine posted up on our fantasy baseball page. It's not his article (he's an ardent Sox fan), but he found it ... and ... well, this douchbag is bashing the Sox pretty harshly. He went ahead and sent a brutal email back at the writer, as did I, and I suggest everyone else does the same. Here's the article, and the email is at the end: ------ Face it fans, Sox experience is Wrigley knockoff Culturally illiterate though I am, this one poem stuck with me when I had to recite it in sixth grade: Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade." It's about a band of British soldiers who lose a bloody battle in the Crimean War. "Storm'd at with shot and shell / boldly they rode and well, / Into the jaws of Death, / Into the mouth of Hell / Rode the six hundred." With those words ringing in my head -- and the Cubs on the road -- I hopped on the El on Tuesday night and rode into the mouth of Hell: U.S. Cellular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox. Sox fans hate Cubs fans. The conventional wisdom as to why goes like this: Blue-collar Sox fans in the south resent lakeshore elitist Cubs fans. Cubs fans, though, don't really care about the Sox. After all, what's to envy about the South Side? Still, I wanted to get an explanation straight from the biggest Sox fan I know, Weinberg senior Ryan Sullivan. "True Cubs fans, I have no problem with," Sully told me. "It is the fair-weather, bandwagon, go-to-the-game-but-not-even-watch-it people that I don't like." To an extent, Sully is right. Plenty of people go to Wrigley Field not for the game, but for the Wrigley experience: the bars, the characters, the friendly confines. But is that so bad? "Baseball is supposed to be fun, not a papal Mass at the Vatican," English lecturer and former Daily columnist Bill Savage told me. Savage might as well be Mr. Chicago. He knows everything you could possibly want to know about the city -- and is even teaching the course "Baseball in American Narrative" this summer. "My guess is that there are 18,000 die-hards at both Sox and Cubs games," he said. "The difference is that the other 22,000 come out to Wrigley because they have a good time." The Sox game I went to, however, was not a good time. Only 18,310 people showed up for a well-played game against rival Minnesota. I could have prepared a Thanksgiving dinner in the time I spent on the El. The stadium is sandwiched between the Dan Ryan Expressway and a wasteland of parking lots. Worst of all, the entire experience has a plastic feel to it -- "mall ball," as Savage calls it. The Sox know they are competing with the Cubs for relevance. To compensate, it's as if five guys sat in a room and said, "Hey, people love Wrigley. Let's copy it!" U.S. Cellular -- gaaak! It pains me to even write that -- has a pathetic patch of ivy in center field. Management is replacing the blue-colored seats with traditional green. The roof and bleachers section look cheaply similar to Wrigley. Having a retro feel is one thing. Ripping off your rival is something much lamer. Moreover, you're bombarded with sights and sounds that distract you from the game: dopey scoreboard gimmicks, T-shirt tosses and the like. Irony, anyone? Sox fans like Sully resent people who don't go to games for the game itself. But the Sox organization thinks only tedious diversions will attract those same people. "It's fine to do that stuff at a minor league game," Savage said. "But not when you're a major league team that's relegated to minor-league status." With every "Cubs Suck" shirt I saw Monday night, the minor-league status hit home. I don't think I've ever seen a "Sox Suck" shirt at Wrigley. Who would care enough to wear one? I respect fans like Sully for their devotion. But, as Savage said, "the rivalry is a tempest in a teapot -- and a one-way tempest at that." ----- Assistant forum editor Christopher Kenny, Weinberg '05, can be reached at [email protected].

The only problem is that the MLB.com radio broadcast is about ... oh, let's say 5 minutes slow with what you guys are posting. It's good when the Sox score runs, but annoying when they give them up.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 08:54 PM) Me. Bulls***. I hate you already. In other news ... Hi, everybody. I'm new to this forum, but I'm a White Sox fan recently transplanted from Chicago into LA. Alright, back to listening to Rooney and Farmer. Keep up with the commentary, all. Love it.