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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 01:52 PM) My issue was with the presentation of the phrase. It was just so cheesy to have this huge bright sign proclaiming the stadium's nickname. Put up a banner next to Stanley Cup banners or a note at the top of the scoreboard. The large signs across the length of the ice were so forced IMO. It should be the Madhouse because people call it that, not because the Hawks put up a huge sign saying so. I always thought it was the Madhouse on Madison because people called it that, and then the sign went up acknowledging it. People are acting like McDonough made up this catchphrase and ran with it. The Chicago Stadium and the UC always have(and had) great crowds, hence the nickname.

What a bizarre article. It is just like "HEY EVERYBODY THIS GUY DID PEDS ONCE EVERYONE POINT AND LAUGH"

It will be interesting to see if broadcasters still refer to the UC as the Madhouse on Madison, or if they will be told not to say that anymore.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 11:18 PM) I'd add in the Cards to this crazy list. Adams/Tavares/Martinez or Wacha/Carpenter(hitter) for Sale and Lexi. I'd want at least one guy who has already produced admirably at the major league level. Adams and Carpenter(who could make sense with Wong coming up) give you that. Throw in 2 more top 26 prospects and I just couldn't say no to that..Added Lexi just to make it a little more realistic. It'd have to be something ridiculous like that. I think that is a terrible return for Sale, much less Sale and Alexei.

Do any of you guys play Tower defense games on your smartphones or tablets? IGN is giving away a free download of Kingdom Rush until September 5th. It is addictive

Ok, Arod was hit. The head hunters can rest

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 07:30 PM) Anyone have a count for outs made on the basepaths by De Aza this season? Whatever that number is, it starts with "LOL"

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 07:19 PM) Sale looks super pissed off He should be. I swear every time he pitches, Alexei hangs unearned runs on him

They are already tanking with the current roster

the older Beasley gets, the more he looks like he is ready to retire and spend the rest of his life in Jamaica

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) Oh yeah, forgot about Super Mario Galaxy One and Two which are the most critically well received games of all time. Still have to play two. It is pretty awesome. The Green Star mode is maddening and addictive

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 01:52 PM) No. Konerko is done. I hope he knows it. The Sox cannot give him another contract. I can't believe the people here that actually want him back. It's over people. Just stop hanging on. This thread is crazy to me. Why? We all want Rios gone

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 12:14 PM) Is the thread where Brandon Allen was traded still available? There were a few people on here claiming he was a future all star. was it a certain person who also claimed Chris Carter was the next big thing?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 4, 2013 -> 10:32 AM) Arod will never play again. Except against the Sox while appealing. Lol

A: the most terrible joke in the history of soxtalk

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Aug 3, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) For the life of me I can't understand how Ventura can keep running that same batting order out there game after game. We have one 300 hitter and he hits 8th, in front of a 206 hitter. Beckham gets no protection, and is not allowed to provide protection for anyone else. Unbelievable. He hasn't run the same batting lineup out all year. None of them have worked. I will repost this since you ignored it the first time QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 10:20 AM) In 102 games, the Sox have used 70 different batting orders, and no one order more than 6 times.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 2, 2013 -> 04:09 PM) That is one sexy piece of man meat. That would be awesome if he really put that cigarette behind his ear. He has spoofed Smoking Jay Cutler a few times

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 2, 2013 -> 09:37 AM) Ummmmm Nike does not own the University of Oregon!!! Oregon does!!! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) I thought that was 100% predictable the way the Sox ran him out there every day at 3rd base. I'm pretty sure that's why I was strongly opposed to giving up anything of value for Youkilis before they made the trade for him without giving up anything of value. Playing him at 3rd every day was killing him in Boston and it killed him in Chicago. Ideally he ought to have been playing 2 of every 3 days or something like that, but the backup options the Sox had available were pathetic, so I get why he was out there every dya. I dont think it mattered. I think his back was shot all year last year, which is why his time as a yankee was fleeting.

Youkilis was pretty terrible after a good start.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 1, 2013 -> 08:25 PM) Funny looking at the other longest threads in PHT history. Next up is us acquiring Manny, lol. And after that it is Peavy rejecting a deal to us, again lol. Then the Tigers signing Damon, uh okay. And then us trading for Edwin Jackson, how exciting. I would have to say the circumstances surrounding that trade contributed to its size. Once Rizzo pulled the rug out, that thread exploded

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 2, 2013 -> 12:33 AM) Pacific Rim is an enigma. Most people who have seen it have really enjoyed it. By all estimates, it's now over the budget in terms of box office (around $240 million and counting) but it has been a big disappointment in the US, where it's unlikely to make $100 million. That said, it just broke the $9 million mark for opening day in China (a record for Legendary), and figures to be huge in Japan (because of Riko Kikuchi and the Japanese/Godzilla's enemies homage nature of the film) when it finally opens there. So it will easily make $50-70 million in China (Fast and Furious is already at that mark) and then Japan...and will be hugely popular as a DVD/secondary market/Netflix/rental/airplane views, etc. Which is kind of a shame, because the only way to really enjoy the movie thoroughly is in an IMAX 3D theatre with surround sound. Another interesting twist will be del Toro (if they make the sequel) bringing in a Mexican Jaeger/hunter robot...that will be a huge appeal for that market in terms of pulling in box office numbers, as well as Hispanics in the US. A sequel will probably happen if the numbers in China and Japan stay strong. You also have to consider they will want to capitalize on the Jaeger/Kaiju mythology with the grand daddy of all Kaiju set to hit theatres next year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 2, 2013 -> 07:15 AM) Oh come on, sidetracking threads is what Soxtalk does best! I have no issue with the facilities either. I just find it amusing that unpaid "amateurs" earn that much money for the school that they provide such facilities. Is Halas Hall even that nice? It would be if Nike owned the Bears

QUOTE (MEANS @ Aug 1, 2013 -> 03:37 PM) but the draft is boring to greg so he won't care.... he cares about 10th rounders

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 1, 2013 -> 12:24 PM) I say it halfway in jest, but you WILL fight with your significant other at some point People get sick of each others s***. Its the truth, nothing wrong with it.