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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 11:46 PM) Obviously Mark Buehrle getting the f*** out of town was the best thing to ever happen to the White Sox. I always knew Mark was a cancer.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 11:44 AM) To me, a superstar is someone who non-NBA fans know. Their name is known in Asia, in the Middle East, in Europe and in South America. They're bigger than the NBA. Guys like Durant and Griffin are great players but they're not bigger than the NBA, they're not household names. Rose outsold LeBron in Asia. And everywhere else that's not Latin America. By your definition, Rose > LeBron in terms of superstar.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 10:33 AM) Welcome aboard. Great to have you on the site!!! Hopefully you get to celebrate a world series win during your 1st year of fandom!!! Rally Joxer?

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 11:21 AM) Thats all on your definition of a superstar. Bynum is no household name. Your grandma doesn't know who Bynum is. To me, there are only 2 superstars in the league: Kobe and Lebron. Everyone else is just a star. Superstars: Kobe LeBron Dwight Rose Wade Melo Griffin Durant At the very least, Rose and Durant are superstars for sure. Durant is the second best player and Rose is second in jersey sales.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/814288...g-league-notice Also Grantland, which is still ESPN, has better rankings.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 11:13 AM) ESPN can suck it. When they're not busy fellating the BoSox or Yankees, they look at the central and only see the Tigers. Which honestly is fine with me. I'm 90% that ESPN hates the White Sox and Bulls. It seems like every opposing player highlight reel is against them.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 09:56 AM) Jaysus! Mental!!! I love it. I only got to scan that article, but some of those examples are, well... WOW! Will have a closer look when I'm back in work tomorrow. I always just presumed that the black and white would have been a constant. Yeah, it has been for around 20 years now. They've worn them since I was born at least. It's really the only uniform in their history that isn't terrible, other than the '59 uniforms. Although the old ones certainly look worse considering the current one is so classic looking. QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 10:02 AM) Thanks. Are they not for through your computer, though? Which leads back to the initial problem of my recently departed laptop. Thanks anyway though. :thumbsup: Also work on PS3 and some phones.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) Looking. Nope. I'd swing before it even started to leave the pitching machine.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 09:34 AM) Thanks. I do actually have one burning question at the moment - what's the story with the red Sunday uniforms? I googled it and I get that it's a retro throwback to 1972, but I'm curious as to why the team came to be wearing red uniforms during the early 70s in the first place. The White Sox current black look has been around since the early 90s. Before that, well, they've had an interesting history when it comes to uniforms. This is a good read about the uniform history. Click on the hyperlinks to see images.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) He also portrayed our city rivals as yuppies with delusions of grandeur, so that edged my allegiance ever-closer to the Southsiders.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 08:56 AM) What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? I'd strike out.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 08:12 AM) I like.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 08:05 AM) I wonder what would have happened had Mike Anderson or Haith been there at the event and been booed? Would the fans have been accused of being racist? Or just hating Mizzou, the 50% of fans who go across the state line on I-435 from Johnson County (KS) to attend games? Self is a dick, if you're a fan of another team, just like AJ is, or John Calipari, or 50% of the golfers on the PGA tour. But, trying to think of a similar situation, I don't think I'd boo Bruce Weber or Bo Ryan ever as an Iowa fan. Maybe Lou Henson/Jimmy Collins, lol. So it's 50% the rivalry, 50% being a dick. Need both to qualify for a full boo. Well, because my dad's side of the family basically mocked anyone in the family who didn't go to U of I, I've always had a healthy distaste for U of I. So I didn't like Self from his days there. But, I never really "hated" Kansas, so while I loved the rivalry, I could respect/like their players (aside from Tyshawn Taylor. I can't stand him). But Self ended the Border Showdown, so it more or less just added fuel to the fire for my dislike of him.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 07:43 AM) BURN! Eh, at least we're competitive in sports other than basketball. While I love my friends on KU's Quidditch team, it never ceases to amaze me that they sold $10,000 worth of Kansas Quidditch shirts last year. They said because on campus that after basketball, there's no real sport to root for.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) You had to be there. It was a shake your head, what the f*** is going on here atmosphere. They booed Self unmercifully each time at bat. It was stupid and out of place at an event like that. And the booing of Cassel was sickening. Again, just the mention of "Kansas City" should have brought out polite cheers. I blame it on the Internet age. Everybody hates everybody. It was ridiculous booing of the local people involved in the game. And booing Sweeney? WTF? These people are f***ing insane out here. They hate everybody. Probably because 1) Self is a dick 2) It was ultimately his decision to end the Border Showdown. Mizzou wanted to continue it, he didn't. And for reference, I've always hated Self, before I went to Mizzou.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 07:53 AM) This is the real world. A sick baby is way worse than a pulled hamstring. And it's something that Dunn is powerless to help. Yet, while I agree with SS2k5 on this, I had to laugh a bit. The journey to 100,000 continues with his forgetting the multi-quote function.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 07:28 AM) I don't know about training pugs as assistant dogs, but I remember seeing a girl in Bass Pro Shops that had a pug as an assist dog. Apparently it was working well for her. On a side note, pugs are great dogs. Very loyal and friendly. Pugs have two character traits: Eternally hungry and they bring joy to people.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 07:03 AM) Can I ask what drew you to this team in particular? South Side and it's Irish roots? But welcome!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 07:01 AM) And a side note from this story, dogs are so awesome. I really hope seizure dogs can be trained. My brother wants me to take his rescued pug (he just wants his one that he loves, his wife rescued the second one to find her a home). So that way, I can just take a dog I know and love to be trained. If not, the running price for a seizure dog is a couple thousand.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 10, 2012 -> 06:08 AM) The menendez brothers? Evil actions in history??? Hitler??? Followed by Brian Anderson???? WTF It's caulfield. Expect this.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 11:29 PM) Anyone seen Breaking Bad? (Great show btw) When Jane Margolis died of OD, her father was devastated, and still went on to his job, got distracted by his thoughts, mis-directed the air traffic, ended up killing everyone on the plane. I feel that Dunn didn't handle this properly. The condition of his son is a sad story and no one deserves the fate. However the correct way to handle the situation was to let the team know about it and take as much time away as possible. He didn't just suck for a period of time, he sucked the entire season. He knows it, the team knows it. He wasn't just not helping the team, he was killing the team with his performance. He wasn't just making himself look bad, he was making his teammates look bad, he's not moving runners along, not driving them in, not giving his teammates good pitches to hit because he was historically bad. There comes a certain amount of responsibility when you are being paid $15 million for the year. I don't know how much his son's situation affected him last year, but if he felt that it was distracting him, and he was flat out killing the team, the correct way to handle it is to be upfront and take time off. I don't think anyone is comprehending that this isn't a two bereavement list trip. This could theoretically be his entire contract before his son even gets mildly better.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 10:00 PM) And I'm arguing that this is something the Dunn's have dealt with before last year. But because he was god-awful, now it's coming to our attention. It wears on you. Every day I don't have mine gone just adds to the misery. Every thing that doesn't work just adds to depression.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 09:54 PM) What separates Sox fans from any other fanbase in sports? Why can't we boo our own when they don't perform? I just want to point out it's fine that we booed. I'm not arguing that. I'm just arguing that this is a legitimate reason for him to have sucked.

QUOTE (Carter224 @ Jul 9, 2012 -> 09:47 PM) So f***ing leave the team and help your son until you're comfortable enough to come back. Stop making excuses for him. Its a f***ing game, go watch the Oprah channel if you wanna feel sorry for people in unfortunate situations. Because epilepsy is SO DAMN predictable. It'll just be cured like magic. It can take four f***ing years to get a medication right, and that's for an adult. If those don't work, lets look forward to brain surgery. I doubt he saw it coming. And all you want to do when it happens is make life go back to normal. He probably wanted to make his son proud. Think of how his son would feel if one day his dad came home retired. "Daddy, when are we going to the stadium again?" "We aren't son, I retired to help you get better." Seriously, you feel like a f***ing burden on everyone when your epileptic. So his son will probably be even more miserable that his dad gave up his career for him. But I forgot, since it's a f***ing game, then it's ok. Because personal problems have never effected anyone's job performance. Ever. Never in their life. I'm not saying that fans shouldn't have booed. We didn't know. But at least its another reason that finally makes sense why he was so bad.