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QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 09:29 AM) You guys are talking about the time when he came in with bases loaded and nobody out in Fenway and somehow ended the inning with no runs scored? No

Unknown, foreign players sell more hope and therefor season tickets.

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Joey Cora will not sell tickets as a manager. Not certain how that fits.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) Yeah, I'm embarassed I didn't mention him. "HOCUS POCUS SAYS HERNANDEZ" -- That inning was unbelievable. if not the all-time top performance by a White Sox reliever, in the top three.

It was cool for a while that the tallest building in the world was in Chicago.

Would anyone really like a guy that battles through a couple serious health issues, without telling the press, which may have helped keep his value high? Is that the kind of character you would want on a team?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 09:13 AM) New Comiskey Park should have been built in the south loop instead of Bridgeport. I'll admit as much as I disliked the aesthetics of the naming rights, and what we all predicted for the new nickname, I have grown to love "The Cell".

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 09:04 AM) "Thankfully, we aren't talking about Ed Wade or Houston, but instead a sometimes sly, sometimes straight up questionable Kenny Williams." "inconsistent" Well, geez, what GM is always consistent and never deviates from a straight-forward path?? This criticism is a little bit ridiculous to me...I mean, some of these writers are still stuck in "Moneyball" thinking about KW and conveniently have already forgotten the 2005 season and some of his recent masterful moves (Quentin, Ramirez, Floyd, Danks, Thornton) because they're too bent on beating the two Swisher deals to death. Simply, the White Sox weren't doing well in either the draft (partly because of positioning, partly due to the department itself, Wilder, etc.) and they weren't getting much of anything out of Venezuela or the Domincan. Hence, we've explored two new markets in Japan and Cuba...and potentially more from Taiwan/China. Heck, Anderson Gomes is Brazilian, correct? I don't see inconsistent, in this context, as a criticism. Perhaps unpredictable, or surprising would have been better terms to use and without what has become a negative connotation to inconsistent.

Keeping as much of the lakefront open as Chicago did was brilliant, and we can thank Mr. Burnham for that.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 10:44 AM) But what about that pic on your Facebook page with you, the Indonesian tranny hooker, Mel Renyolds and Fidel Casto at a bar in Key West? You didn't post that here? You're holding back on us! QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 11:23 AM) OMG, you couldn't be more wrong on that! I can't believe you would let fly with such inaccurate and misleading information! It was South Padre Island, not Key West. And here's a secret, Mel Gibson was hiding in the bathroom when the picture was taken. Yeah, I hang with the cool people and yes, I've been paling around with Fidel, so y'all can thank me for Viciedo

The President of the United States calls Chicago home.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 08:36 AM) Tex's thread options at the bottom are hilarious. Thank you. Some people like to see the results, but do not have an opinion and then need to pick something, throwing off our highly scientific and important results. I always like to add a little something and let me tell you, and this will sound like an oxymoron, Cuban French Toast is incredible. I believe it is the evaporated milk that is the secret ingredient.

A couple people asked and I did not see an answer, my guess on pronunciation is Viciedo Vee-Cee-Ah`-though The d at the end is tricky. We all know the spanish d from words like Durango, but it generally is softer at the end of a word. So kind of slip it between a d and a th

Using the autoclose function, (and no fair Mods looking), I set the timer to lock this thread at some point today. Rules: First rule of the game, the posts can't talk about the game. You must post at least a full and complete sentence about Chicago. The people and places that make the city what it is. Last post in when it closes wins.

Man, someone mentioned a rapper keepin' it real in another thread, so I thought today we should chill and add a few, even yo slackers could add

I am no longer surprised by how stupid some people are.

In some threads Cuba's baseball program has been compared to US AA. So why all the love for getting the top two or three players from Cuba? Nothing against the country and all. Wish we would normalize relations, but if we had the top two or three US AA I doubt we would be seeing all the giddiness. And just to toss this into the mix for discussion, would a Cuban All-Star team be all that competitive in MLB? Again, not hatin' on Cuba, don't want to go there, just trying to understand what seems like more love for the AA we don't see versus the AA or AAA or MLB guys we do see. Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

I was accepted into the DhP program, so I guess it will be Psychology.

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 10:03 AM) It really depends on how private or open you are and how much personal information you put on facebook. Less than here.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 09:19 AM) It's just a subsiderary of Belgian company now. That's why I can speak belch after drinking a few Buds

I approve them all. I guess I never saw the downside to it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 19, 2008 -> 11:07 AM) You screwed that one up, but I know what you were going for... Now its funny because they do that tax day deal where burgers are like 59 cents and cheeseburgers 69, but if you want fries and a soda, it costs more than the double cheese meal with a diet. Makes no sense. those 2:00 AM posts for some reason are the ones that get f***ed up the most

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 19, 2008 -> 10:54 AM) Well, at least fire that caddy. However, I must say, he says "anyone would have done it" and that sure isn't true. He deserves props for his honesty, but his honesty makes him an idiot. It would depend on his relationship with his caddy. Most players "pack their own bag" and it would not be up to the caddy to double check that. The one ball rule is something most players are not aware of, and rarelly follow. Basically you can't switch from a high spin soft cover ball on the par 3s and then use some hard rocks for the long par 5s. That was the two stroke penalty. Also, the PGA maintains a list of approved balls. If the ball is not on the list, and many you find in pro shops are not, you can't use them, that was the trunk slammer.

Criminal Minds. Jason Alexander as Serial Killer. Brilliant.