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QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 08:07 PM) Yeah, but that's why Pettitte is so good. He cuts his fastball just enough to make it very hard to keep the ball fair. I realize that's the reason. I was just stating I'd be happy if, in the future, those balls find the pole.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 08:04 PM) i will actually be happy when "no" appetite is outta there. I'll be happy when one of those 340 ft outs Crede and Dye hit find themselves within fair territory. Or when Konerko hits a ball out of the infield.

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 07:59 PM) Overconfident? The only factor of this team I'm confident in is their terrible baserunning this game. Oh, and Buehlre giving up a hard hit ball down either the 1st/3rd base line with neither Konerko or Crede close to it. If you lose, then don't beat yourself. Don't get picked off first base and second base within ONE inning.

Well, if it wasn't obvious before, it's obvious now. We're playing to lose this game. I'm about to throw up. Iguchi has got to be one dumb f***er to stray off the bag with Pettite.

Sox need atleast one run out of this inning. Buehlre sure as hell hasn't shown the ability to shut down the Astros. Disgraceful baserunning from Uribe. f***ing pathetic.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Oct 21, 2005 -> 03:21 PM) In a related story, Mayor White also declared this weekend as "Hold Your God-Damned Noses, Everyone, Something Smelled Like It Died Weekend" in Houston. Saturday is "Please Wash Your f***ing Feet Day" and Sunday is "Didn't I Tell You Yesterday To Wash Your f***ing Feet Day". Critic, if there were an award for "Most Posts With Using Green Font" you'd absolutely destroy the competition. These days, almost every post I read of yours is green. If I heard the search engine available I could prove it.

If Konerko is intent on testing the free-agent market, I won't be angry with his decision. Especially if he helps us win a World Series. It's certaintly his choice whether or not to accept the most lucrative, guaranteed contract, if that happens to be the determining factor in selecting a team. It's Williams obligation to replace Konerko's production if he leaves. You figure Dye can duplicate a decent portion of the production if moved to 1B. However, Dye's substitue in RF should be an equally powerful bat. No one from within our organization can fit this mold. With the relatively weak market, you can't expect the Sox to outbid anyone. We're likely looking at a trade revolving around Young/Sweeny. Which is sad. Wouldn't it be great if someone stood up from our minors and made this discussion a non issue? I would love to say once every 6 years, "Letting Konerko go is tough, but that [insert player]--he's special."

Interesting idea with the reversable shirts. However, wearing white while our batters are up won't help our hitters locate the ball out of the pitchers hands. If anything, the outfield bleacher seats alone should be full of fans wearing reversible jerserys. When Astros bat, switch around the shirts to white Too bad this idea hadn't been suggested several days ago. Another homefield advantage suggestion, although it would never occur, would be for all our fans attending Saturday/Sunday to turn the World Series into a college basketball game. Humming and jumping up and down whenever the Astros bat would be a huge distraction for their hitters.

QUOTE(sec159row2 @ Oct 19, 2005 -> 08:24 AM) I heard that the Chicago Police were already working out contingency plans for the victory parade (sorry to put the horse before the cart) to be held on Western Ave. along the exact same route as the southside irish parade 103rd to 111th... my source is a city worker with lots of cop buddies... it could be just a rumor I was just wondering if anyone else heard this??? If it happens it would be great but would the team shun the whole Chicago region like that... what about all the fans in addison sorry if this is perceived as starting a rumor... Atleast the White Sox understand where their true fanbase lies--on the Southside of Chicago. That would be great if a potential victory parade were to run along Western Ave. I would only have to drive 15 minutes to get there. The overall atmosphere and public intoxication will exceed even the most rowdy St. Patricks Day parade. However, it wouldn't bother me if the parade route were downtown, either. Depending on the day scheduled, if it occurs during the week I'll already be downtown for school.

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QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 11:19 AM) I still can't get past the word verification Neither can I--and this is from 12:01 on Computer#3 I hijacked. I won't reload until the page tells me there are no more tickets available, or it times out.

I find it depressing I accessed the main request page for tickets immediately after 12:00, filled in the seating and "best available" option, typed in the correct verification word, and found myself at a page which suggested no tickets were available. At 12:00 and 40 seconds, can this sit legitimately tell me there are no tickets available?

I wonder if the official clock Ticketmaster uses is in line with mine. How if I attempt ordering tickets at 12:00 on my computer, when it reality, ticketmaster had already begun selling several minutes before? To avoid that issue, I'm beginning at 11:57 and reloading once every 20 seconds. I'm sure everyone is thinking similarily--but you know there are several thousand people waiting for their clock to hit 12 before attempting to purchase tickets.

QUOTE(SHAFTR @ Oct 18, 2005 -> 10:12 AM) Thanks Last question, are you guys just at the World Series ticketmaster site, refreshing it until noon? http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/04003B2C...4&minorcatid=10 I suggest not refreshing every few seconds when noon arrives. I just attempted it right now, to have a guage of how quickly the page reloads, and a page popped up which prohibits me from accessing tickets for "several minutes." I understand its purpose;but it's been nearly 5 minutes and I still can't access the ticketpage. Don't screw yourselves trying this. NOTE: Reload more than 7 times within a short period of time and you'll come up with the warning.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 08:31 AM) But hey, I was afraid of the AL West and we made Vlad and Co. look like girls, so bring on whoever. I felt similar about Anaheim. I'd rather face St. Louis, just as I rather have faced the Yankees in the ALCS--a team which our pitching had shown itself to match up well against. If Cardinals come back and win this series, then obviously it will be because either their offense has reemerged or their pitching has stepped up. At which point, do your remain satisfied in facing the Cardinals? There's no easy path to the World Series.

When I arrived home around 1 AM last night I knew sleep would be hard to find. An American League championship certaintly overshadows any academic obligations. After 3 AM, I just said f*** it--and proceeded to stay up the entire night listening to the radio and browsing the internet. If you've ever had 3 hours of sleep or less, and had work to perform the following day, you know it's actually worse than no sleep at all.

QUOTE(FLsouthsider @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 02:20 AM) Don't you have class in the morning? I'm not certain about NYSox, but I know I have to wake up at 6:45 this morning for school. Just can't sleep now.

QUOTE(NYSox35 @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 02:15 AM) Thanks for the tip on this guys...I am so keyed up right now I can't sleep...I just called in from NY, NY! I heard your phone call. Can't believe you had to ask a bartender to tune into the White Sox game.

It's unbelievable listening to Lawrence Holmes and Jesse Rogers continuing to answer calls from joyous White Sox fans following our World Series birth. I turned on the radio expecting Sporting News radio crying about the numerous umpiring calls. Heres to them:

If any of you were watching the Astros/Cardinals game, homeplate umpire Phil Cuzzi called a noticeably inside pitch a strike on Jim Edmons. Instead of ball four--first and second two out, the count was run full. Edmonds complained and Cuzzi proceded to eject him with a 3-2 count remaining. His replacement ended the inning on a long drive to CF for an out. How did FOX react to this situation? Well, after the announcers criticized the umpire for removing Edmonds and calling an inside pitch a strike, they MOVED ON the following inning. No talks about controversy, and no zapruder-esque fascination with the play. After enduring the crap Buck and McCarver have put us through, FOX upheld it's integrity.

On the topic of sequels, anyone interested in horror movies can cringe at the thought of half these movies being made. ---------------------------------------------------------- 28 WEEKS LATER No official plot yet. BLAIR WITCH 3 (PREQUEL) This film chronicles the events that led to the township of Blair driving an accused witch named Elizabeth Kedward into the woods, and the subsequent hauntings that plaqued the town for decades after her supposed death. BUBBA HO-TEP 2 (IN TALKS) No official plot yet. CABIN FEVER 2 No official plot yet. CANDYMAN 4 Set in New England in an all-girls college where a professor there is a descendant of Candyman, yet she doesn't know who or what he is. CHEATING DEATH: FINAL DESTINATION 3 The story follows a high school student who fails to stop a fated roller coaster ride that she predicted would cause the deaths of several of her friends. She then teams with a schoolmate in a race against time to prevent death from revisiting the survivors of the accident. CONSTANTINE 2 (IN TALKS) No official plot yet. CREEPSHOW 3 No official plot yet. DAWN OF THE DEAD 2 (IN TALKS) No official plot yet. DAY OF THE DEAD (REMAKE) No official plot yet. DAY OF THE DEAD 2: CONTAGIUM Sometime in 1968 a strange viral outbreak is contained within the walls of a military hospital in Pennsylvania: all those exposed are destroyed and burned to the ground. A wall of silence befalls the incidence, and soon enough only a vague myth remains. The hospital becomes a civilian mental treatment center. DOG SOLDIERS: FRESH MEAT Picks up after the first film left off. No official plot yet. DRACULA 3: LEGACY Follows two characters from the previous film, who hook up and become vampire hunters. They hunt down Dracula, who has become a recluse. EVIL DEAD IV (IN TALKS) No official plot yet. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 12 (IN TALKS) No official plot yet as the film is only in the rumored/talking stages. THE GRUDGE 2 No official plot yet. HALLOWEEN 9 Plot is currently not known. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME 2 No official plot yet. HELLBOY 2 No official plot yet. HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: DEAD AIM No official plot yet. I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (IN TALKS) The story is basically the same formula, following four teens from a small Colorado town who are victimized by another masked killer a year after a July 4th prank goes wrong; killing one of their own. They make a pact to keep the information a secret, until the next Independence Day before the town's annual carnival, when the four begin to receive intimidating messages indicating that someone knows about what happened. JEEPERS CREEPERS 3 (IN TALKS) No official plot yet. LOVE AT SECOND BITE The film takes place 25 years after the events of the first film, centering on Dracula's Americanized son, who has rejected his family's heritage and is getting married to a human. Trouble ensues when he learns that his vampire relatives are coming to America for the wedding. MANGLER: REBORN The story follows a man who takes the cursed antique parts from the original Mangler and builds a machine that is the ultimate hell. He's eaten by the machine and spit out as an incarnation of the machine. The only way to survive without decaying is to feed the machine. MONSTER MAN 2 No official plot yet. MONSTER MAN 3 No official plot yet. MY BLOODY VALENTINE No plot yet. PHANTASM 5 It's said that the plot will continue with the Tall Man still traveling from town to town turning the dead into his own army and using his deadly spheres against anyone who opposes him. Mike, who is developing psychic powers, and his brother try to stop him. RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE No official plot yet, but it's said to be set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. RESIDENT EVIL 4 No official plot yet. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 4: NECROPOLIS No official plot yet, but it's said that it's about kids (skateboard punks with shotguns) who break into an experimental mutation lab. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 5: RAVE FROM THE GRAVE No official plot yet, but it's said that it's about these kids that realize if you take Trioxin in very small doses you can have a life-after-death experience, "so it becomes like a big rave drug." RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP Ronnie (Paul DeAngelo), now a co-owner of a new Camp becomes very suspicious when kids and camp staff begin falling victims to gruesome "accidents" again. Ronnie can't seem to shake what happened 20 years ago at Camp Arawak and with good reason. SAW 2 While investigating the bloody aftermath of a grizzly murder, Detective Eric Mason (Donnie Wahlberg) has the feeling that it is the work of Jigsaw, the notorious killer who disappeared leaving a trail of bodies - and parts - behind. And Mason is right. SCREAM 4 No official plot yet. STIR OF ECHOES 2 The story is said to center around Tom Witzky's son (Jake), who's a senior in High School who begins to witness disturbing visions very similar to his fathers'. STRANGELAND: DISCIPLE No plot yet. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (PREQUEL) Plot is currently not known. THE THING (TV) No official plot yet, but the original story told of a team of American scientists in Antarctica that fend for their lives when a hostile alien kills them off and attempts to create an exact duplicate of its victims. THE TOOLBOX MURDERS 2 No official plot yet. UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION Plot is currently not known. UNDERWORLD 3 (PREQUEL) Plot is currently not known. WHEN A STRANGER RETURNS (REMAKE) No official plot yet, but the original told the story of similar events of the first movie happening to a new girl, and the victim from the first film is now aiding the new girl with the help of a retired cop that also worked on the original case back in '79. WHITE NOISE 2 No plot yet. YOUNG HANNIBAL (PREQUEL) Follows the serial killer Hannibal Lecter from his childhood in Lithuania through a period in Paris in his teens to his arrival in the US.

On this issue, f*** Homeland Security. What are they going to do to Daley? If a Hired-Truck scandal and demoliton of Miggs Field can't phase him, this certaintly won't. HE'S THE TEFLON MAYOR.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 03:48 AM) I thought i was the only one here who saw donnie darko... and loved it. If it weren't for IMDB listing it so high in its Top Rated movies I never would have seen it. What's great about the movie are the interpretations you can make. You browse the board on IMDB and it's amazing the effort some people have put into decoding the message of the film. In all honestly, I wasn't even entirely sure of the film's meaning until listening to the directors commentary and browsing through the IMDB board. You have to appreciate films like that.

If nothing else, the entire lineup shouldn't be shocked with Byrd's pitching style or arsenal. While Byrd is a quality pitcher, their AB's were terrible early in Game 1. An obvious approach was adopted to swing early because of Byrd's control. Later in the game, as hitters took more pitches, their AB's became more productive. Don't forget, the entire game was littered with hard hit outs. The general consensus among Angel fans appeared to be they were lucky for limiting the damage. Contrereas, however, had two runs score against him due to indecision alone. He genuienly pitched well. If Count duplicates his performance from Tuesday, and the rested bullpen fulfills its duties, I'll be SHOCKED if we lose. If Sox avoid errors, odd decisions, poor baserunning, and receive a little help from the umpires, they should be celebrating a World Series birth.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 03:30 PM) I think if properly done, Donnie Darko has many different ways it could go for a sequel. This may be one of the most difficult examples to create a sequel. The ending completely erased the possibility. Unless you're attempting to focus on the familiy's life following the ending, it's odd to include the title "Donnie Darko." The entire purpose of the movie was to illustrate what was necessary to avert the ending of the world. His imaginary bunny friend, an important character in the film, guided him along to complete tasks which fixed a ripple in the continuation of time. The ending, which was the culmination of the alternate universe, led to you know what..... Now if it were properly done--adding in some other element which I'm ignoring, then I'd have to believe the writer is aware of the movie's original theme. I just hate the idea of touching great movies.