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HOLY COW! WE WON!

what a great ballplayer! Kirby Puckett! this sucks!

great pics....but i miss AROW like no other!

JC, JG, CP are scheduled pitchers today...

the CHICAGO WHITE SOX are on XMSR! I LOVE XM!

spring training is arizona has been a great experience! the prices of the resorts this year are over $400/night....the best time to go used to be over Easter when the prices drop but this year it falls in April....ANYHOW...GO WHITESOX!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 11:51 AM) is there somewhere to listen to this game, or watch it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> XMSR!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 7, 2006 -> 09:57 PM) f***ing semantics. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> take the tics off the previous comment &what do you get?

cubs are starting to look like a winner....if it goes redsox, whitesox, cubs....then i am going to wonder if the fix was in?

initial reaction is that Cleveland totally screwed this up...they gave away Coco Crisp? what are they thinking?

QUOTE(rventura23 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 05:18 PM) Im surprised enough people across the country think we are number one to put us number 1. I definitely think we should be number 1. We've upgraded a world series championship team that is still hungry for more. Seems like the Yankees and Cardinals always dominate these polls <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the verdict is still out on whether we upgraded the team. if thome isnt healthy in sept/oct, if we dont see an emerging CF with steady performance as AROW, if something happens to Cotts then we will feel the loss of Damaso, & the innings contribution from Vizcaino will definitely be missed imo. anyway it will be fun to see if the risks KW pulled justify the return.

"My stance publicly and privately is the same," Hendry said. "They were the best team in the game last year when it counted. They deserved to win. They had a phenomenal year in holding up the trophy, coinciding with us having a bad year."

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jan 6, 2006 -> 06:37 PM) MLB.com has all of the regular season games radio broadcasts for much less, maybe free, I can't remember. I definitely wouldn't recommend getting XM just for that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> mlb.com offers all the games for about 15.99 a year. however they dont have a dedicated 24/7/365 MLB show like XM does. i have done both. mlb.tv is great for out of town TV viewership. that is a monthly charge as well. i love it as well!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 6, 2006 -> 06:17 PM) If this goes down, it shows why Pat Gillick was so in demand by a lot of owners this off-season. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> you almost had me there for a minute. "duke is duke...theyre on tv more than leave it to beava ree runsss..." http://virginiasports.collegesports.com/sp...len_pete00.html

So did anyone get to hear the KW interview on XM Satellite Radio MLB 175? For those of you who are out of market like myself I would highly recommend getting it. Complete coverage pre & post game. + all the offseason. + all season games.

i dont know but this is the first time that i can walk around southern california and people know that my jerz says sox....not sex....

xm satellite radio...

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 02:17 PM) He called your statement dumb... Jim's never far off the mark. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> another cheap shot.... Look you guys can come out and say whatever about me...i'm pretty tough. it just hurts when i see you guys take it out on the other sox fans that is illnatured. and at best there is really no need for it at all. i think that TLAK was inappropriate with the EVIL remark and that should be reconsidered. thats all. no need for the verbal slams anymore for gosh sakes. no matter what we wont all agree on anything perhaps other than we are CHICAGO WHITESOX FANS. and happy ones at that.

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 07:20 AM) I have been a fan as long as you and TLAK, and this is one of the Top 10 Dumbest Statements I have seen on this website. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the proper response wouldve been something more politically correct or constructive?! Come on JimH bashing your fellow fans this harshly hurts & is uncalled for! By calling my statement the top 10 dumbest statements you are in fact calling me dumb or at least in the top 10 dumbbutts. I havent even met you bro.... Come on Jason... This is not cool at all!

look my only two points are really: 1. the team that just won the WS should be given the same chance to make the run the next year. if the team starts off gangbusters by the allstar break then great lets keep rolling, but if the team starts off poorly and we are subject to missing the playoffs, then that is the time to consider making moves. of course it might be too late and the costs too high, but that is the way i wouldve respected this group of guys. this is not the decision that the CWS management made. so be it. 2. how does one in life really know when he is making the wrong moves? for all it appears the moves have been done in faith of improvement. KW and the whitesox have yet to face this challenge. some of us dont like trading away proven WS winners for question marks. thats all.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) So you want Timo Perez/Harris/Blum as our options off the bench and no macowiak Everett is our DH instead of Thome Konerko is an Angel because he has no protection. Everett is moved to RF and our OF defense is slower. Gload is the first baseman Marte is still in the pen. El Duque is pitching in the rotation. 2 or more DL spots for him Garland and the Count are in the last year of their contract. So if we lose both, Felix Diaz and Arnie Munoz are in the rotation the following year. Okay stop. I like the part where KW made changes, made the offense better, protected the core of the team which is the pitching for the next few years, and did this while getting rid of people that could be replaced. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> exactly what were the names of the players that won the world series and were in the historical DVD collectors set? those were the men that made you proud to be a WS champ fan. i remember each & every one of them contributing in a VERY BIG WAY along the 11 out of 12 rompage & stompage that included the former WS champs, Vladdy & his bad ass Angels, & then Clemens, Pettite & Oswald! The whole world watched OUR 2005 Chicago White Sox win the WS and they dont deserve to be compared to any other players for what they accomplished. at this moment the only thing we know SSI71 is that the guys who won the WS last year are champions. THEM & ONLY THEM. this has been proven. what we dont know is whether or not the offseason moves will prove to be a back2backer. we are all going to be needing to ban together as fans next year and enjoy the run reminding the rest of the league who the HELL we are!

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) Is this the whining and pouting thread? Cool, I'm down. I want my Chris Young back! And my Gio, too! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> no this is not the whining and pouting thread. believe it or not but the entire Chicago White Sox uppers have probably sat down collectively and discussed this EXACT issue in complete detail. the moves they have taken are indicative of the result of the discussions. some of us wish we had been in the room during those discussions thats all. that is the best part about being a fan. being emotional and scared of failure in lieu of winning. for the most part i am just happy to see the team be the best it can be. that is what drew me to being a sox fan from the get go. our guys are always the guys you want to hang with. tough studs that are pretty much clean cut and absolute competitive battlers that never say die.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 09:08 PM) I only have one thing to say about this thread. The man who started it is completely insane, as is anybody who agrees with him. Kenny is making this team A LOT better. Kenny KNOW a lot of luck, fate, and overcoming shortcomings is how we won last year....so he's making us better instead of resting on his laurels. And if you are dumb enough to not get that, go root for the Cubs. They will continue to be afraid to be daring, and therefore continue to lose. Have a nice day! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> you are assuming that KW has made this team A LOT better. PITCHING PITCHING PITCHING + STRONG UP THE MIDDLE + TIMELY HITS i would say were bigger contributions to the WS run of 11 out of 12 than what you claim....of luck, fate, & overcoming shortcomings? i think that the only way OUR team really tails off is if OUR core pitching staff gets hit with injury, self complacency, greed or is traded away.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) When has this ever worked <{POST_SNAPBACK}> this is a good point in theory and i respect history very much. but i would rather wait & see what the opps has done and give more respect to those who just got it done for me.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 08:45 PM) You win a championship, make no moves, other teams improve, you don't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and exactly how do you know that the other teams have improved? i would tend to side with the ability of the heart of the champion to find ways to worry more about bettering themselves collectively than worrying about the opposition.