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QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) If you would have said you just saved alot of money on car insurance by switching to Geico, I would have had to hunt you down and kill you. RANCH!!!

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 10:17 PM) What do you say to an old "friend" whom you haven't spoken with for years because you've become totally different and clashing people? But who is so completely miserable and lonely that you feel really bad for them? On a related note: I need more emotionally repressed/stoic friends (i.e. men). Email her a link to this post

QUOTE(downstairs @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 09:59 AM) Come on, Ozzie... stop with the Dusty Baker impressions. Sports is not about respect, letting a man down, and all that crap. Its about winning and nothing else. Do you work as hard for a guy you don't respect?

QUOTE(Kristy @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 09:41 AM) Good!!!!! He's a waste of space. Welcome to Soxtalk

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) No one wants 30+ posts a day? The sad thing is that the only reason I started posting is because I was bored at work, and it was all downhill from there. It would actually be nice to have a job where I did something all day, instead of message boards.

Congressman uses National Guard to check on house

Yeah, it would be different. The thing is I have been trying forever to find someone to hire me to do actual work, and no one wants to.

QUOTE(Rich McKinney @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 08:42 PM) Wake up, Rock. Like I'm criticizing season-ticket holders? I'm criticizing the town of Chicago for not supporting OUR team. Besides, I've been around longer than just about all of you and have supported the Sox for a lot longer, as well. You guys need to lighten up or you will continue to lose people who can contribute to this site. I think you are the one who needs to lighten up. If you keep getting into peoples faces, you aren't going to last long here anyway.

50 IP or so many days on the active roster (I forget how many exactly)

Such shameless spamwhores.... I AM SO PROUD!!!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 06:53 PM) Kudos to Al Lopez' ghost who did break this story correctly after Sunday's game. No media outlet reported Marte had been thrown off the team, not even Bruce Levine. Definately. Thank for the info

This is from whitesox.com, an Ozzie quote

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 06:44 PM) You would fit in nicely with the media. Take the extra 30 seconds, grab an f'ing dictionary, and use the proper term. /end Actually I was thinking that with the spin you are reading into the medias application you would make a good politician. And really there is no need to get an attitude problem with this. Pull whatever it is, out of your rear, and talk to me when you can act like you want to have an intelligent conversation instead of just screaming at people.

Silly me, I always took refugee to mean one seeking refuge. I don't see racial, religious, or national overtones, until other people imply it.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 05:09 PM) The argument for Babe Ruth is that his stats were far and away better than anyone he played against. He was pounding 50+ HR's a year when the guy hitting the second most was only hitting 15-20. He lapped the field in almost every offensive category. Plus, he was a premier pitcher... Pretty good argument there...IMO Ruth's numbers aren't that great when compared with other pitchers from the era. He was good, but his W/L was also exaggerated because he played on WS champion teams. Plus the biggest difference for me is the difference in the pitching you would have faced then. Remember there was no slider, splitter, cutter etc. There was also no specialty relief such as closers and set up men. You saw one pitcher 4-5 times a game, and you also saw them a bunch more times a year, because the league was way smaller. Don't also forget the knee to armpit strike zone that exsisted in that day. It would be really interesting to see the Babe step in against a guy like Rocket who has a 95+ fastball, splitter, and a nasty change, or to see a two pitch Walter Johnson try to get out a Barry Bonds who has complete strike zone presence. Personally I believe with the addition of specialty pitchers, new pitches, bigger athletes etc, that any player from today's era would kill anyone from the 20's. Don't let the numbers fool you, these guys today are way, way better.

Irony. The guy who now screams about every little thing, using a minute detail to get around the owner of the sites wishes.

None of us have anything official. I would write to AJ Pierzynski C/O Chicago White Sox/US Cellular Field 333 West 35th Street Chicago IL 60616 Or email the White Sox and ask them if there is a way that AJ prefers to be contacted, sending it to community@whitesox.mlb.com. Good Luck

OH shoot, now we have to watch out for the poll police

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) I have no confidence we can beat Santana, no matter who's on the mound. So why waste one of our good pitchers when we can save them for a winnable match up?

I love these stories, I only wish it could have been more...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 11, 2005 -> 10:51 PM) Imagine that surprise to find out Shil is your roomie. I wonder how many could live at Crawford Ranch? I got to thinking about this for some reason last night and it hit me. Our last 4 Presidents that are still alive are from Texas, Arkansas, Texas, and Georgia respectively, and exactly zero have opened their houses to refugees from Katrina. Is this a statement on our society?

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) This is a fine opportunity for my first post. As a long time member of WSI, I've come to disagree with some of the policies over there. The mood and the atmosphere over there are getting downright scary. I checked out this site and joined approx. 2 months ago. I've lurked ever since. About a month ago, I was suspended for a ridiculous disagreement with PHG over the usage of the phrase "big game". OK, whatever. Since then, I've continued to watch member after member get banned, and I've grown weary of it. I like what I've seen here and while at this time I'm not completely abandoning WSI, it's bound to happen. In the meantime....here I am. Welcome to Soxtalk, hopefully you have a better experience here

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 12:52 PM) Yes we do have the finest mods and admins on the planet, Jason sprung for the deluxe mod package. We are taller and better looking than standard mods. We are also wittier, funnier, able to wield sarcasm with ease, bringing' the homeless blankets and dinner , we're regular Nobel Peace Prize Winners. Inside our heads may lay all the answers For curing' diseases from baldness to cancer, salt of the earth and real good dancers. As is easy to see, no pompous and sensitive mods here. BTW, if anyone doesn't agree, we're taking *** **** names and will ****ing ban you for 2 months.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 12:51 PM) What we need is an icon of someone being beaten over the head with the broom...usable when people misuse that word (I ain't saying it) or the broom icon. I have always been partial to this guy , but any of the following are adequate :banghead :uhoh [cues music] The more you know...

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Sep 13, 2005 -> 12:15 PM) Im concerned that we scored 2 or less 42 times!!! Actually the funny thing is that if you took our average of 2002-2004 we scored 2 runs or under an average of 44.33 games a year vs the 42 times this year, even with that legendary offense that we used to posess.