southsider2k5

Well to be fair the thread was dead for a while.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) Curious why this doesn't get mentioned ad nauseum like it did for Viciedo last year. 2 BBs in 104 ABs last year for Viciedo and 0 in 47 ABs for Morel this year yet no one really mentions it. Morel has more of a history of taking walks, with this year being an abnormality. Viciedo has no such history.

Under no circumstances has hell frozen over. The Cubs are still under .500, so all is right with the world.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) I have to admit though... the coldest I've ever been at a game was the Blackout game in 2008, and I didn't mind that at all. That game was EPIC. Opening Day 2003 or 2004 was mine. It was the game where it rained for like two hours before the game got started, and it was about 35 degrees out.

Rumsfield likes it.

Out of this universe man!

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 02:48 PM) I wonder how many times you've been out there freezing your ass off in April or early May, or September or October. I'm not saying play 100% in a dome like The Hubert H. Hunkas*** dome in Minneapolis or whatever that thing is called down in Tampa. Retractable domes are niiiice. Open it up if there's no rain or it's above 60 degrees outside. Eh I guess you're right. Too bad they couldn't build the thing so a dome could be added to it later. You have to admit that it would be nice to have a domed stadium when it's cold and rainy outside. I bet the place would attract a LOT more fans. Call me crazy, but I refuse to go out there and PAY to freeze my balls off in when it's cold and rainy when I can watch it nice and cozy on the tv. Sorry. I wasn't too bad about cold if it was a game I wanted to see. That has changed with kids though.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) IMO U.S. Cellular should have had a retractable dome from the get go. Imagine how nice it would be to go to games when during crappy weather like we've been having. I would go to MANY more games if the stadium had a roof. It's working for Miller Park. Then I hope you like the Cubs, because the Sox would have been gone to St Pete. It was about 12:30am, or about 30 minutes past the "deadline" to get the bill passed to build the new park. And that was the cheapassed stadium that we got built. If they had demanded something like a retractable roof, the team would have been gone.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) That waiver would just hurt ticket sale revenue though. Bill Wirtz?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) making me look bad. It's what I do.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) Ugh. Can't believe I am going to defend the Tea Party, but here I go... Are there racists in the Tea Party? Of course, just like there are in any other political party or sub-party. Does the Tea Party probably attract racism more than other political segments? Probably, by nature of the fact that they attract the right wing in general, and there is a portion of that part of American politics that still thinks that way. Is the Tea Party racist? Of course not, since you can't say everyone, or even be confident of a majority, feel this way. As much as I hate people who are as ignorant and small-minded as this idiot who sent the email... and hate even more that there are other idiots who follow this idiot "leader" and so the idiocy proliferates... I think I despise even more than either of those the broad characterization of millions of people by the actions of individuals. Do you not see the hyporcisy here? You hate that someone in a leadship position would seek to insult and degrade a group of people (a race in this case) by characterizing them all as something insulting.... and then you do the exact same thing by calling all Tea Partiers racists. Its akin to me calling the Democrats all racist because of Jesse Jackson and company.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) I swear it wasn't up there 3 minutes ago. I just updated it.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:40 PM) Thanks! Where would I find these discount codes? Haha There is even one on there for the 30th http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=80693

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) I was trying to be funny. And if you were referring to alcohol, technically you were right...

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) Cheaper to buy tix on stubhub or just wait and scalp at the game? Looking to go April 30th and don't want to sit in the upper deck. Bleachers will probably be fine as Ill likely be very drunk. Thanks in advance. The cheapest thing is if you can find a discount code for TicketBastard. The next cheapest is to wait until the last day on Stubhub.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) With the Bulls game on tonight this thread will primarily be.... But hopefully we win. That's only if we win. If we lose, it will be the usual clown rodeo.

Konerko

Is McDonalds not doing the 39/49 cent thing this year?

More tax day fun! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...1032853554.html

Luke, use the force.

Even more fun is this article, which really smashes the idea of the rich paying "just a little more" being the way to cover the deficit. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...EditorialPage_h

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) Have you watched Randolph play at all the last few years? The dude is a beast. His game has never been the problem, well except when the outside stuff influenced his play. I've seen the kid play since he was 15 years old, and was on a first name basis with his high school coach whom Zach refused to talk to because he told him the same sort of stuff about cleaning up his act. I've seen enough of Zach on the floor to know he should be a top 10 to 20 player in the entire NBA. I also know unless he quit listening to his entourage he has had following him for the last 15 years or so, no change is going to be permanent. In fact this contract could give him the stability to quit being a good citizen again and to fall back into his old habits. Hopefully he doesn't, but I will believe it when I see it.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 11:13 AM) I guess the follow up question there is whether they'd have the means to destroy US only satellites, and specifically ones used by the DoD. But assuming they do, hopefully we have a back up system for all of those smart bombs. Do you mean the ability to ID which satilites belong to whom?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 10:50 AM) I always wondered what would happen if the US became TOO reliant on technology. With all this smart technology, what happens if China or some other country has a means of destroying DoD satellites? Who knows if that technology exists, but I wonder if we train for scenarios like that. The means has exsisted for decades.

Just sit back, relax, and strap it down.