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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 08:47 PM) Yeah, have to agree with Milkman here. Tex, I'm fairly certain you created this thread with genuinely good intentions. But you keep ending each post with a snide/condescending remark. Like, "I'm going to enjoy this season and I feel sorry for you because you choose not to enjoy it the exact way I do." I'm sure you don't mean it that way. But that's how it can come across. As for me, I had originally planned to stay out of this thread. But what the hell. I've been posting here for eight years. I've never met a single solitary poster from this board. I feel like I know a lot of you, when in reality I don't know a god damned thing. I know Soxace as, well, Soxace. I know Wite as Wite. I know fathom as fathom. And coversley, you guys know me as J4L and only J4L. So if you're to go by a majority of my posts, which is all you can do, you probably come to the conclusion that I'm some angry, bitter, homicidal dude with KW/Ozzie voodoo dolls that I continuously poke at or that I sit around reading books about gypsy curses so I can place a curse on each and every member of the White Sox organization. Now I know I've changed. I'd be a lying fool to deny that. But I'm no less or worse of a fan than I was in '05. And with all due respect, I don't need an older fan(s) to 'lead me into the light' or enlighten me to what the criteria is to being a true or dedicated fan. I love the White Sox as much as you can possibly love a baseball team. I could morph into a triple threat combo of Hawk, Ranger and 2006 Jphat tomorrow and I wouldn't love or be anymore dedicated to the team than I am this second. If I'm unhappy or upset about something, I'll let it be known. If I'm happy or elated about something, I'll let it be known. Do I go overboard at times? Sure. Do I get on other posters nerves? I'm sure I do. But it goes both ways. I won't even read a Scott Merkin piece anymore. Hawk makes me want to feed small dogs to giant snakes. I had to start ignoring (without actually ignoring) ranger aka pink fuzzy bunny, and then you obviously have a large contingent of posters that rather swallow paste than say anything negative about the organization. Does that get on my nerves? Hell yeah it does. But that's the nature of sports and especially when you're talking about message boards. Like I said the other day, this board would suck if everybody were like me, just as it would suck if we had an avalanche of pink fuzzy bunny clones (much love to Irish on that name). I was born in '83. Therefore I obviously wasn't around in the 60's, 70's, and way too young for most of the 80's. So I can't take the, "Well, at least we're competitve every year. This is much better than the 70's" stance that the older crowd does. I've heard many times that the KW tenure has been the best run in Sox history. But when you break it down, that's not saying much. Eight missed postseasons in ten years in a division that doesn't include the Yankees or Red Sox does not a successful tenure make. There is no reason whatsoever that with the resources at their disposal and getting to play the likes of the Indians, Royals and even the Tigers, who've only been really good once in the last decade, 60+ times a year that we should be making the postseason so infrequently. No excuse at all. And the thing is I think KW knows this better than anybody. Anyway, I've babbled on long enough. Just wanted to put that out there. Don't be so quick to label the 'pessimists' because they're not cheery and bubbly all the time. I can't wait to get this season started. Hopefully 95 wins and a postseason appearance is on the horizon. There's no other place to put this really, but even when we disagree I stop to read your posts. As a poster, I respect the hell out of you J4L.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 06:58 PM) Is this just fantasy? Are we caught in a landslide?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) Finally someone noticed... and thanks. Whats the original look like?

Damn. CJ was a guy to pull for.

Only young fans are pessimistic. Marty, aren't you the one who complains that Reinsdorf is cheap non-stop and now complain about the payroll being to big?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) I don't like how this is brought up as an old fan vs. young fan premise. There are old fans who live and die with every game and b**** about every move more than the young people on this site do and they lived through all the same bad Sox teams. Anyone who has been to a small neighborhood bar in Chicago knows that there are old fans way crazier and more intense than anyone on this site. It just has to do with how people choose to enjoy their sports. Some let it control their life and live & die with every game. Some enjoy it for the sport it is and can step away as soon as the game is over. To each their own. Ding ding ding we have a winner!

I think the Twins finally just die this year. Also, f*** Morneau. I don't care if he's concussed, I hate that guy more than any player in the MLB. I wish he could play 100% just so they could wipe any smirks that f*** has off his face.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 10:31 PM) Ozzie was definitely first. You sure? I remember it being on this board before Hawk used it. QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 10:33 PM) That name is trending on Twitter. I don't know if I want D-Rose to be called Windy City Assassin. The last "Assassin" nickname given out was to Javy Vazquez (Silent Assassin by Hawk). Bad, bad memories. Yeah, but Rose isn't silent and he's got ice in his veins.

I know the RealGM Bulls board came up with it, but Stacey used Windy City Assassin like three times in those last minutes. It's like how Hawk got Cuban Tank from this board. Just an intriguing thought that we as fans can actually do that from our computers.

Derrick. Rose.

JOAKIM.

Rose trying to will the Bulls to victory.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 23, 2011 -> 08:34 PM) Well this is embarrassing. 1. Facebook 2. Pornhub 3. Soxtalk 4. NaughtyAmerica 5. Brazzers 6. Rhodes.edu (my college's website) 7. Robot Unicorn Attack play page 8. Grooveshark Incognito. 1. SoxTalk 2. YouTube 3. Facebook 4. RealGM Bulls 5. Cracked 6. IGN PS3 7. Funnyjunk 8. Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic

I like it. Maybe he gets back on track.

I love this.

As the young one of the board, I feel like I need to throw in some counterpoints. For starters, I was raised to believe the Sox would never win. Since I was little until 2005 it was always "88 years." And of course, this was Sosa's heyday, so being a Sox fan meant you were something of a lone wolf, which is why Waldo was such a damn good mascot. Seriously, team colors and a wolf. Why is he not still the mascot over the giant green nightmare? Plus, sometimes it seems as if the old guard is the one complaining...often there are old posters (who I won't name) that complain about Buehrle as "no Billy pierce" and other such comparisons. I revere the names Pierce, Aparicio, and Fox because they will always be my dads favorite players. That being said, they didn't win a World Series. Came close, but no cigar (Pierce might get a pass since Lopez didn't play him in that series). And also, wasn't it a guy named oldsox that started the Adam Dunn nuclear meltdown thread?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) Young NBA fans, anybody born after 1984 or 1985 is suspect. These same guys talking about Korver earlier today were trying to say Shaq was more athletic than Hakeem. lol. I asked them nicely to youtube some clips from Olajuwon in his prime. Hey now... Anyway, just got back from my first Bulls game. Tony Allen got booed like crazy. f*** that guy. He should have gotten a flagrant towards the end. Korver is a cold blooded killer. Deng has a fire this season. Rose is magic.

f*** it. Make him learn to throw lefty.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Mar 20, 2011 -> 01:10 PM) What? I expect nothing but Pargo becoming Ben Gordon and John Lucas sinking all his free throws.

We have found the missing pieces.

Do it.

QUOTE (G&T @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 10:09 PM) Korver does nothing for me. Rarely does he hit a shot when really needed. He can hit an insurance shot, but down ten, needing a three, Korver is throwing up bricks. Korver has hit daggers to seal games away a handful of times this year. I mean big threes. He may not lead a comeback, but he'll stop the other team from doing it.

Out There: Carlos Quentin is traded for Jose Contreras at the trade deadline.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 12:29 PM) Right on. I'm really worried about Quentin. I can see the 2012 OF being Milledge-Rios-Viciedo at this rate.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 10:31 AM) Not to call you out, but the Bulls were in New Jersey last night and play in Indiana tonight. Does Scalabrine not travel on road trips? Indiana is a stones throw from Chicago.