BigEdWalsh

Suppose it COULD be.

Once or twice. I worked the 3rd shift for over 20 years. How many times have you eaten Brussels sprouts?

Jeez. He's just a kid. I'm glad you posted about Leighton because I wasn't even aware of him. Good job.

Quit!

17...ouch! How many times have you been to the Urinal (not counting to see the Sox)?

I'm 3/4 German and 1/4 English. The English roots can be traced coming to America shortly after the Mayflower.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 23, 2009 -> 10:48 AM) Get a W. And combine that with a Detroit L.

I voted 7-3. I got my mojo workin'!

They COULD still pull this off, but it's not looking very likely in my humble opinion. This season has been an extremely frustrating one because they have hung just close enough so as to tease us. I'm hoping like hell as I'm sure we all are but I'm just thinking it ain't happenin' this year. Hoping they prove me wrong!

I'm the perfect example of why you shouldn't do drugs.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 03:13 PM) Does anybody remember the Sox game in fall of (I think) '96 when a ball was fouled off home plate and up into the ump's crotch? It delayed the game for about 30 minutes and they just kept showing it over and over. I remember that. I was in the car and listening to it on the radio. It was LOL funny.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) Terry Bevington calling for a reliever that wasn't warming up... Idiot. Did I ever tell the story of my run-in with Bevington? I was working as a night auditor at a certain southern Wisconsin resort and the Sox held their post season meeting there. It was kinda cool because the place was crawling with Sox coaches and scouts all of whom that I encountered were real nice except Bevington. He comes up to the front desk pretty plastered at like 2:00 in the morning and he asked where he could get something to eat. I told him that at this time of night his only option was a vending machine. He wasn't too happy but asked where it was and I explained to him to go back one hallway, turn right and it's in the middle of the 2 building hallway. Too complicated for his drunk a$$. He comes back like 10 minutes later screaming at me that I gave him lousy directions and the hotel is really confusing and he's been wandering all over the place looking for the #%&$$ ##$%in' vending machine. I told him I could walk back there with him and take him right to it. So I did. He wasn't a nice person.

Opening day 1974, Angels and White Sox. Nolan Ryan vs. Wilbur Wood. Sox lost 8-2. At that point I had been to like 6 home openers in a row. But that was the last one I've ever been to. The game was marred by streakers (all male) and lots of fights in the stands. Some women in the crowd began to disrobe a few times but never got very far. One guy made it into centerfield wearing nothing but sneakers and a Sox helmet and did a hand stand. There was one fight in the left field upper deck right at the railing late in the game. I seriously thought somebody was going to go over and drop to their death. I'm no prude but I was sickened by what went on that day and decided no more openers. Chuck Tanner was managing then he said, "I never saw anything like it. If it goes beyond Opening Day, the average fan couldn't take it." There were no more reports of naked fans for the rest of the season.

Downers are more to my liking.

Amphetamines anyone?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 07:21 PM) There's got to be someone on this site that's older than 59. I mean, 59 isn't that old. THANK YOU!! I agree there's got to be someone older, they're just not fessin' up. Which makes me the ol' coot of Soxtalk.

Uwaa...? For lack of anything more intelligent to say.

OMFG! I'm so old!!

Growing old? I'm getting depressed.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 05:04 PM) I bet you did. grrrr Yeah. I fail to see the humour. What's so f***in' funny?

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 04:30 PM) and i assume its bigedwalsh. i remember seeing a post where he said he saw something live in 1959. I remember when Louie Aparicio was a rookie!

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) 43 I feel old. But I know I'm not the oldest. Relax. I was a sophomore in high school when you were born. I'm 59. I AM OLD!

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 01:03 PM) I'll refute that, based on the name of the band at the time of their debut release. They were first billed as "The Psychedelic Stooges". Anway I saw the Three Stooges perform in person in Hillside in 1959. After their performance the Stooges went and milled about in the audience and I got to shake hands with Moe. My favorite of the Three Stooges was probably Curly.

That's the spirit!

Head cheese?