BigEdWalsh

Xianyang seems like a nice place.

Lesley Gore (It's My Party, You Don't Own Me and many others) died of lung cancer. I had a major crush on Lesley.

Sam Andrew, guitarist and founding member of Big Brother & The Holding Company died 10 weeks after a heart attack and open heart surgery that followed it. He was 73.

I sure haven't paid any attention.

Tony "F***ING" Snell!

Love that Summer League Snell!

Maybe it really is Maybelline.

Excellent hamburger I'm enjoying right now as I peruse this thread.

.312, 36 HR, 109 RBI

In 1961 I was in 6th Grade. A pack of Topps baseball card cost 5 cents. I knew a kid who bought packs for the gum and gave all the cards to other kids.

I bought cards like crazy from 6th grade till maybe my freshman year in high school. But even then I still bought them now and then. When I was about 14 my older brother gave me all his older cards (from the early to mid 50's). When I was in my early 20's I gave ALL my cards to some little kid. If he hung on to them, he had a small fortune. One of my sons got into collecting baseball and basketball cards. I would buy him a sh*tload of cards every Christmas and we'd have a lot of fun opening up all the packs. It kind of rekindled my interest in card collecting and my son and I concentrated on collecting White Sox cards, of which we have quite a collection.

I think it'll be Kottaras and that's who I would prefer. Soto will be good insurance to have around in case of any injuries.

After Cubs (and Sox) games back in the day channel 9 had a post game show called The 10th Inning. I remember seeing Ernie on the show so many times with Jack Brickhouse. He was such a great interview and such a nice guy! As much as I have always hated the Cubs, and man, I HATE the Cubs, you just couldn't help but like Ernie Banks. R.I.P., Mr. Cub.

I like this. Welcome back, Jesse Crain.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 20, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) If I fried it and buried it in cheese, could it really be THAT much worse than eggplant parmesan? WTF?! I LOVE eggplant parmesan!

35 years ago my ex-wife and I had our first date on Valentines Day. I took her out to dinner. Less than a month later we were living together. Exactly 4 months later we got married.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) You are one of my favorite posters. Not kidding. If nothing else, you keep it interesting around here. I agree. Thanks Greg. Thanks Wite. Thanks, BigEd

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2015 -> 12:19 PM) I never realized how mediocre Ted Lyons was. There's another number they can unretire as far as I'm concerned. A 3.67 career E.R.A. in that era is pretty decent and winning 260 games for a bad White Sox team year after year ain't too shabby.

Really interesting stuff. I didn't know that the AZL was a non-revenue league and attendance isn't even kept.

Love that picture. I totally remember that guy, though it's been years. R.I.P.

I love Soxtalk. This thread is a wonderful. Thanks hi8is! That's about it. Thanks, BigEd.

QUOTE (Douglas Rome @ Jan 1, 2015 -> 07:07 AM) I think Ozzie is funnier, he gets drunk and goes off on Mike North on the air, you can't make this up. thanks, douglas What a baseball team should expect of it's manager: 1. A good sense of humor. 2. Gets drunk. 3. Goes off on asshole radio guy. Check, check and check!! Ozzie wins over Robin or for that matter anyone else. thanks, douglas

I wouldn't want to lose one of our top prospects but Viciedo and a couple of our mid-range prospects? That'd be nice! If only.

I think you have to be very selective about what or who's numbers you retire. I think the Bulls have done this very well. They haven't retired Tom Boerwinkle's number. Or Norm Van Lier's. Just to name a couple. Those were guys who were long time Bulls and/or very special players and well-loved by the fans. I think Ozzie perhaps could get recognition like the Bulls did for Phil Jackson. His name and banner is up there with Jordan, Pippen, Sloan and Love just reading "Jackson - Coach". I like the idea too of having a White Sox Hall of Fame and not even having numbers retired. Wouldn't it then be a special honor to have the number of a White Sox Hall of Famer? When did the practice of sports teams retiring numbers begin anyway? It's a nice recognition of course. But maybe it needs to stop. Former players, coaches and managers can be honored with statues and plaques.......good enough.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 28, 2014 -> 03:47 PM) 78-0. Wow. 80-1 Let's hear it for the women......er, woman.