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QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 3, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) It's the little things like these that Brooks is doing, that is really going to make things a lot easier for the fans, and I'm sure they really appreciate it, and hopefully it will show in the attendance figures especially in the 2nd half of the year if the Sox are still in contention, which we all hope they are. The bandwagon will fill if the Sox are winning, there is no doubt. The genius of what Brooks is doing is building a fan base. There is a big, big difference. He is reversing 20 years of questionable to lacksadaisical practices by that department. He is getting the team exposure in new markets, and he is making the team attractive. He is slowly making it "cool" to be a southsider again. He is also doing everything in his power to make fans in every concievable fashion possible. You like baseball but don't speak English? No problem, listen to the Sox in Spanish. You want to see the Sox, but can't afford the $40 to park downtown at work, and at the ballpark, no problem, park here for $17, and pay $3 for the Red Line back and forth. You're a teacher who doesn't make much? No problem here are 75% off passes. You say you don't know who these guys are and all of our stars have been traded? No problem, watch the commercials and get to know these guys. Watch 20 spring training games, and listen to the player interviews. You're serving our country, and are home for a break? No problem catch a game on us. Have kids? No problem, Try fundementals and Kid's Days. Have some ideas that might help promote this team? No problem, send the team an email and they will respond. I am so excited about the direction of this franchise because of the front office, it isn't even funny.

QUOTE(Steff @ May 3, 2005 -> 09:34 AM) I'm not familiar with her really. Didn't she write something in support of R. Kelly once..? I don't read either newspaper... I line my dogs boxes with them You sure that doesn't scare them? They could see Kotex-boys face and run!

Glad to see they got this done. This was something Brooks mentioned at Soxfest.

:banghead

QUOTE(Spiff @ May 2, 2005 -> 06:37 PM) Somehow I think Arrested Development goes over a few people's heads. I was thinking the samething

QUOTE(JimH @ May 3, 2005 -> 09:09 AM) Sox did this back in the late 60's or 70's, can't remember exactly. The radio color guy was Chico Carrasquel. Good idea by the White Sox. Especially with as many Latin players as the Sox have on their roster. It really gives everyone someone to identify with.

QUOTE(Finkelstein @ May 3, 2005 -> 08:59 AM) So far so good on Iguchi, I am interested to see what adjustments are made by pitchers once they get a look at him. I think that he is going to see a lot more slow curves and sliders the next time through the division. He has proven that he can hit the hard stuff, has stuggled a bit against good breaking balls. Hopefully he will be able to make adjustments to whatever the pitchers throw at him. On another note, I am new to the site and love what I see so far. It will be nice to have somewhere to "SoxTalk" with fellow fans. Welcome to Soxtalk

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 3, 2005 -> 08:53 AM) She's the 'race writer' of the paper. I'm not sure if you follow her, but 95% of her articles are about racism. I see and call racism a lot, but a lot of the time she's really reaching for a story. Thanks for the notes... I rarely read the ST.

So the guy disagrees with the waitstaff, and then swears at one of them, and then calls it racism? Please.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ May 2, 2005 -> 06:11 PM) Yeah, I wasn't in favor of giving him an extension, but it's not like they gave him a huge untradeable contract. I'm personally with you on him, but if you could resign a 25 year old pitcher who seems like he's putting it together for 6 mil a year when Kris Benson is getting way more than that, you resign him because even if he does bad, you could trade him. And as a middle of the pack team, you have to take some risks like that. If you wait to try to resign players, you will lose them if they get too good, and you won't want them if they aren't. The Indians of the mid 90s are the perfect model for this. They identified guys that they wanted to be a part of the core of their team, and signed them to multi-year deals ASAP. It was either take a risk, or risk losing them for nothing in FA.

Wow, I just noticed that if the Royals are 5-6 on the road, that means they are 2-12 at home. Damn.

Ian, those are both kickass wallpapers... :fyou the haters

I know I am as well. The impressive thing about his offense is who he is getting hits against. It always seems like his hits come against the tough pitchers. I remember he hit Santana like a pro, and a couple of other guys. Tads is solid.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 3, 2005 -> 05:45 AM) He would have been better off to attack a fan. :rolly That gives you a little perspective doesn't it

They aren't selling nearly as many tickets as the glory days. PLus those seats are expensive!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 3, 2005 -> 08:00 AM) Thanks D

Happy Birthday Dudes!

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 3, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) Very true. I think it would be very niave to believe that NO White Sox player was/is juiced. No doubt about it. Maybe the guys who have been here are OK, but you never even know about them. It is almost a statisitical certainty that someone on our 25 man roster now has at been on something illegal.

QUOTE(Cy Garland @ May 2, 2005 -> 06:10 PM) Quote from a cubs fan i know when i sent him this link on AIM. Nothing funnier than a delusional Cub fan.

Ah, this so puts a smile on my face.

Well I guess I ended up being 3 weeks early on my Memorial Day DL prediction... Any guesses on Prior?

QUOTE(upnorthsox @ May 2, 2005 -> 02:51 PM) Has this ability to hit behind runners translated into more runs scored? No. The point wasn't more runs total. The point was more consistancy, and less varience between preformances. Scoring 5 runs each in three games will win you a lot more games than score 12, 2, and 1 runs in back to back games like we did a lot since 2001. Choosing to move runners over while giving up an out, contributes to the fewer big innings, but makes our production more stable.