Nancy Faust returning

[southsider2k5]

This is one of the best things to happen to the White Sox in 2025.

 

[Lip Man 1]

Great move. I know from speaking with her over the past few years she and Brooks didn't see eye to eye. Maybe they patched things up.  

[Dick Allen]

I didn't go there last year, but for a couple years before that, they were using her booth as a first aid station. They quietly rid themselves of organ music several years ago.

 

[Dick Allen]

10 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Great move. I know from speaking with her over the past few years she and Brooks didn't see eye to eye. Maybe they patched things up.  

It's weird, I've interacted with Brooks a couple of times, and he seems like a great guy, but a lot of people seem to have problems with him.

[Kyyle23]

9 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

It's weird, I've interacted with Brooks a couple of times, and he seems like a great guy, but a lot of people seem to have problems with him.

It definitely feels like we should not know Brooks for this type of thing, but we now now multiple instances of this sort of thing now 

[southsider2k5]

11 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

It's weird, I've interacted with Brooks a couple of times, and he seems like a great guy, but a lot of people seem to have problems with him.

Same.  Seems like good with the public, but not great to work with is a common theme.

[Lip Man 1]

1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

It's weird, I've interacted with Brooks a couple of times, and he seems like a great guy, but a lot of people seem to have problems with him.

Brooks has always been very friendly to me over the years as well. 

I know the entire Nancy situation didn't play out well, it was pretty clear they were forcing her out in favor of canned music.

Even her retirement ceremony left a bad taste, they changed the date for it several times and neither Brooks nor JR was even there for it according to a person very, very close to that whole affair. I know Nancy was hurt because of that.   

[Thad Bosley]

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Brooks has always been very friendly to me over the years as well. 

I know the entire Nancy situation didn't play out well, it was pretty clear they were forcing her out in favor of canned music.

Even her retirement ceremony left a bad taste, they changed the date for it several times and neither Brooks nor JR was even there for it according to a person very, very close to that whole affair. I know Nancy was hurt because of that.   

This billionaire owner must run a very busy schedule.  Couldn’t make Nancy’s retirement (didn’t realize when she looked up at his suite during her farewell speech to thank him that the SOB wasn’t even there) and was allegedly a no show for an important free agent negotiation meeting with Bryce Harper.  

Guess he just has a different set of priorities when it comes to the organization.  I’ll bet any money he didn’t miss one meeting when he was strong arming his sweetheart lease deal with the state.  

[Lip Man 1]

38 minutes ago, Thad Bosley said:

This billionaire owner must run a very busy schedule.  Couldn’t make Nancy’s retirement (didn’t realize when she looked up at his suite during her farewell speech to thank him that the SOB wasn’t even there) and was allegedly a no show for an important free agent negotiation meeting with Bryce Harper.  

Guess he just has a different set of priorities when it comes to the organization.  I’ll bet any money he didn’t miss one meeting when he was strong arming his sweetheart lease deal with the state.  

From what I was told by an individual involved in setting the date for Nancy's retirement, several dates were suggested and it was finally agreed to the date in September if I remember right.

To be fair to JR, the date happened to be during one of the Jewish high holy holidays and he wasn't able to attend.

Some were saying that was deliberate so that he wouldn't have to hear it from the crowd.

All I can tell you is Nancy was hurt by the fact that they didn't attend. 

I heard from Nancy this morning and she is really excited to be able to play again for Sox fans at home.

Don't know the dates or how many times she'll play, she does live in the area in the spring and summer and goes to Arizona in the late fall and winter. 

[DoUEvenShift]

21 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Don't know the dates or how many times she'll play

[TheBooneLoganEra]

3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Brooks has always been very friendly to me over the years as well. 

I know the entire Nancy situation didn't play out well, it was pretty clear they were forcing her out in favor of canned music.

Even her retirement ceremony left a bad taste, they changed the date for it several times and neither Brooks nor JR was even there for it according to a person very, very close to that whole affair. I know Nancy was hurt because of that.   

I talked to her at a Thunderbolts game last summer. Told her we loved her and asked if she was ever coming back to the ballpark. She very plainly said they need to ask me first.....glad whatever it is is worked out for now. I'll go to games just for her.

[tray]

There really is no down side to this news but leave it to some here to try to make Sox fans feel bad about every single fvking thing. Can't leave anything alone, can't let Sox fans be happy for even one day.

[Soxfest]

Love it she is the best

[Lip Man 1]

12 minutes ago, TheBooneLoganEra said:

I talked to her at a Thunderbolts game last summer. Told her we loved her and asked if she was ever coming back to the ballpark. She very plainly said they need to ask me first.....glad whatever it is is worked out for now. I'll go to games just for her.

When I speak with her I always ask "is this the first lady of White Sox baseball?" 😉 LOL. Given all that's she's done not only for the Sox but for baseball I've always wondered why she isn't in the Hall of Fame? They do allow "contributors" to the game to be allowed in, she certainly deserves it.

[Lip Man 1]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/nancy-faust-chicago-white-sox-organ/

[77 Hitmen]

On 5/5/2025 at 11:31 AM, Dick Allen said:

I didn't go there last year, but for a couple years before that, they were using her booth as a first aid station. They quietly rid themselves of organ music several years ago.

 

 

23 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Brooks has always been very friendly to me over the years as well. 

I know the entire Nancy situation didn't play out well, it was pretty clear they were forcing her out in favor of canned music.

Even her retirement ceremony left a bad taste, they changed the date for it several times and neither Brooks nor JR was even there for it according to a person very, very close to that whole affair. I know Nancy was hurt because of that.   

 This fits the Sox PR moves during the Reinsdorf era to a tee.  Four decades of eliminating as much character and charm from the ballpark experience as possible and driving away fan favorites:  Harry Caray, Nancy Faust, Jason Benetti.   Hawk was a fan favorite but a total JR ass kisser.   It's no wonder the market share for this team has sunk to new lows (it's not just the on the field product).

Quite a few other teams still have organists.  I know it's a dying art and I'd imagine finding actual organists must be getting more difficult over time, but it's been so integral to the Sox game experience for decades and it's so typical of the Sox to white wash it away.

 

Edited May 6 by 77 Hitmen

[Lip Man 1]

43 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

 

 This fits the Sox PR moves during the Reinsdorf era to a tee.  Four decades of eliminating as much character and charm from the ballpark experience as possible and driving away fan favorites:  Harry Caray, Nancy Faust, Jason Benetti.   Hawk was a fan favorite but a total JR ass kisser.   It's no wonder the market share for this team has sunk to new lows (it's not just the on the field product).

Quite a few other teams still have organists.  I know it's a dying art and I'd imagine finding actual organists must be getting more difficult over time, but it's been so integral to the Sox game experience for decades and it's so typical of the Sox to white wash it away.

 

Spoke with Nancy yesterday and today she was bringing her organ accessories to the park at 1PM. Sox are going to supply the organ itself, she wanted to set everything up and get some practice in. It will be in her old location at the park.

She said that Brooks wasn't part of bringing her back but it was Jeff Szynal, who runs the scoreboard operations and is the Sox historian who was the driving force. 

[Kyyle23]

11 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Spoke with Nancy yesterday and today she was bringing her organ accessories to the park at 1PM. Sox are going to supply the organ itself, she wanted to set everything up and get some practice in. It will be in her old location at the park.

She said that Brooks wasn't part of bringing her back but it was Jeff Szynal, who runs the scoreboard operations and is the Sox historian who was the driving force. 

JFC can’t even mend the fence correctly 

[Thad Bosley]

21 hours ago, tray said:

There really is no down side to this news but leave it to some here to try to make Sox fans feel bad about every single fvking thing. Can't leave anything alone, can't let Sox fans be happy for even one day.

We know any and all criticism of the abysmally inept owner is inconvenient to you for some strange reasons, but Lip sharing one of his great insights as to how the owner’s absence at Nancy’s retirement was hurtful to her is relevant to the announcement that she’s coming back.  

Again, as I mentioned before, now knowing based on what Lip has shared that when she looked up to his suite during her retirement speech and thanked him only to find that suite empty is really shameful, but not surprising given who we are talking about.  

[Thad Bosley]

1 hour ago, 77 Hitmen said:

 

 This fits the Sox PR moves during the Reinsdorf era to a tee.  Four decades of eliminating as much character and charm from the ballpark experience as possible and driving away fan favorites:  Harry Caray, Nancy Faust, Jason Benetti.   Hawk was a fan favorite but a total JR ass kisser.   It's no wonder the market share for this team has sunk to new lows (it's not just the on the field product).

Quite a few other teams still have organists.  I know it's a dying art and I'd imagine finding actual organists must be getting more difficult over time, but it's been so integral to the Sox game experience for decades and it's so typical of the Sox to white wash it away.

 

And Andy the Clown and McCuddy’s.  

[Dick Allen]

12 minutes ago, Thad Bosley said:

And Andy the Clown and McCuddy’s.  

Andy the Clown used to tell the ladies "you really turn me on" and light up his nose.

[Chick Mercedes]

22 hours ago, tray said:

There really is no down side to this news but leave it to some here to try to make Sox fans feel bad about every single fvking thing. Can't leave anything alone, can't let Sox fans be happy for even one day.

Sunlight is cleansing 

[h. jones]

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

I recognized Will It Go Round in Circles by Billy Preston and I think some Emerson Lake and Palmer in that video.

Did she ever play any part of Roundabout by Yes. Seems like she did.

[77 Hitmen]

4 hours ago, Thad Bosley said:

And Andy the Clown and McCuddy’s.  

I suppose you could add Bill Veeck to that list, too.  Jerry and Eddie immediately offended and alienated Veeck after they bought the club and he said he'd never set foot in Comiskey Park again and went on to become a fixture at the Wrigley Field bleachers for the last few years of his life.    So, in an era when the Sox off the field were known for:  Harry (and his 7th inning stretch), Veeck, and Nancy Faust; Jerry and Eddie handed over the first two over the the Cubs on a silver platter.  I remember thinking that at least we still had Nancy and hoping that the Cubs wouldn't get her, too.

And of course, the "Sunshine Boys" also traded in all the charm and character of Old Comiskey (which had it's flaws, no doubt) for a sterile, generic looking new ballpark.