BigEdWalsh

Except he wouldn't even make my B List.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 10:08 PM) Can you be my dad? I'm full up. Sorry.

QUOTE (rowand's rowdies @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) No offense Big Ed, but if 2 big holes in the ground and 30 meaningless baseball games made up your best month ever, you need a new best month ever. Fun and beautiful, yes, but personally I can only take so much preseason baseball. Well, let me elaborate a bit. I made the trip with my oldest daughter who's like 31. We drove down the coast from Seattle to Los Angeles. That in itself was a blast. We took our time and stopped and walked on beaches and saw lighthouses and what not. Took our time again through the Big Sur and walked around amongst the giant Sequioas. Then we spent an afternoon in San Francisco. Being the old hippie type I had to see the Haight Ashbury area. We spent a little time at Malibu, drove through LA and went to Joshua Tree National Park, where we spent the day. I loved that area! Then, it was finally off to Arizona where I had never been before. I had never even seen a f***ing cactus. We stayed at a Best Western where we had a kitchen and we lived there for a month. It was better than having to eat out every day which would have cost a bundle. Basically we just went to the ballgames every day which I'm sorry I thought it was a blast. I've always thought spring training would be great if only to see the prospects that you otherwise mostly just read about. Plus, you're seeing your favorite team in a small ballpark setting. It's like seeing the Rolling Stones in a small club. My daughter got a ton of autographs and had her picture taken with some of her favorite players. To top it off, we're doing this while the rest of our family is still dealing with cold and snow (we came home unbelievably tan). A couple of days we went hiking in the mountain area which was a lot of fun and remember, all this with my daughter....it was father/daughter time. After spring training, we went to see as I said the Grand Canyon which neither of us had ever seen and also went to the Meteor Crater, El Morro National Monument, Petroglyph N'tl Mon., the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, Zion, Bryce Canyon and the Arches. We hiked a lot at most of these places and really had a lot of fun. Then it was up to the Salt Lake area where we stayed for several days with one of my sons who I hadn't seen in about a year and if we hadn't had enough baseball we went to a AAA game in Salt Lake. Finally it was back to Seattle. By the time we got home, we had been gone nearly two months. So it was probably the best TWO months of my life. I wish I could afford to do it every year.

I did Spring Training a couple of years ago. Did the whole thing from start to finish and went to every game home and away except the one in Tucson. Honest to god, it was the best month of my life. I loved the Phoenix area, pretty into hiking and there's several great spots to hike in the area. Knuckles, if you want to see the Grand Canyon DO IT. It's a mindblower when you actually see it for the first time! Also, pretty cool to see and not all that far away from Phoenix was the meteor crater near Winslow.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 10:26 AM) Japanese soldier who fought WWII for 30 years has died. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/world/as...tml?hp&_r=1 The guy sure is/was an interesting story.

Russell Johnson the actor who played the Professor in "Gilligan's Island" has died. He was 89.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 11:27 AM) Great Steve! That gave me a good laugh!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 14, 2014 -> 03:26 PM) That's gotta be the most accurate. Put on some pants, ya f***in' pervert!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 12, 2014 -> 10:22 AM) Except Paulie sucks. Go with Sale Paulie sucks?! Nice. Spoken like a true Sox fan. Of course the old gray mare ain't what she used to be but jesus christ, how about some some respect for a guy who's an all-time White Sox great?

Fozzie

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jan 12, 2014 -> 01:36 AM) Past, present, and future: Frank, Paulie, and Abreu Ding! Ding!! Ding! Great idea.

Abreu and Avi.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 02:23 PM) Give me a holler when you move here. We'll go catch a game together. I will. It's still up in the air, but we'll see.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 01:45 PM) I am strongly considering right now. Me too, only Utah is even further and by the time it rolls around I think I'm going to be living back in Seattle again. That's a loooooong haul.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 01:06 PM) They were going for goofy faces, look at the rest. HOF will have S - O - X on it!!! SOX

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 12:10 PM) I started to think about what Frank Thomas means to me and to my fandom. Tears started welling in my eyes. I wish like hell athletes didn't have to age. Oh good. I'm not the only one.

Congrats to a very deserving BIG HURT! God, I'm elated! I haven't been so White Sox-emotional since 2005. Feels good!!!

WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

James Avery who played Will Smith's uncle on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air died today. He was 65.

Like how does Balta know what I'm doing with my chicken?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 08:16 AM) Forever and ever and ever. Good little Sox fans, come play with us.

Ed was especially good at blocking the plate. Anyone recall the Big White Machine? I seem to recall that he either made it or liked tinkering with it or something like that. I loved those early 70's White Sox and Ed Herrmann was a big part of that team. R. I. P.

Damn straight........Amen!

BigSqwert beat me to it.