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Favorite unsung Sox of all time

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Scott Radinsky, Craig Grebek, Julio Franco, and Lance Johnson to name but a few.

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Oh yes, we had such a dominant roatation  :lol:  Our badass ace James Baldwin, with such studs as cal eldred, mike sirotka, jim parque, and kip wells.  :D

They got the job done didnt they?

 

 

Nuff said.

Craig Grebeck, Warren Newson, Donnie Hill, Gary Redus, Matt Muerullo, Fred Manrique, Steve Lyons, Greg Pryor, Jim Morrison, Vance Law, Mike Squires, Barry Jones, Ken Kravec, Juan Agosto, Dave LaPoint, Donn Pall, Jeff Bittiger, Esteban Beltre, Paco Martin, Mike Huff, Shawn Abner, Charlie Hough, and last but not least - Rusty Kuntz (a name, not a condition).

WILBUR WOOD

I’m like

throwin’ f***in’ junk

scraping the sides of the plate

fluttering across broken winged

accumulating insults

& lounging in stale air

I’m the junkballer

& from a few feet away

I look easy to hit

but, friend, understand

that my s*** explodes

BOOM!

& it sure as hell ain’t where you thought it’d be

when you started that swing

& yr fury fans the air impotent

while my junk falls behind you, immaculate

 

:notworthy

 

He once pitched both ends of a double header. Gotta love that.

WILBUR WOOD

:notworthy

I was gonna add Woody on my list, but I thought he was too "sung" to be an "unsung" hero! :D

 

He was, after all, a FOUR TIME 20-game winner...and a TWO-time 20-game loser....once in the SAME season! :lol: WOW!

And he was a fat guy, too.....excellent....

But Woody seems forgotten by Sox fans today.

But Woody seems forgotten by Sox fans today.

That, unfortunately, is true.

 

My idea for a t-shirt:

"Sox fans had Wood when Cub fans were still crapping their diapers!"

 

...and unlike their Wood, our Wood actually WON more than 14 games in a season!!!

:D

Jim Landis, for about three years.

That, unfortunately, is true.

 

My idea for a t-shirt:

"Sox fans had Wood when Cub fans were still crapping their diapers!"

 

...and unlike their Wood, our Wood actually WON more than 14 games in a season!!!

:D

LMAO, very nice.

I was gonna add Woody on my list, but I thought he was too "sung" to be an "unsung" hero!  :D

 

He was, after all, a FOUR TIME 20-game winner...and a TWO-time 20-game loser....once in the SAME season!  :lol: WOW!

And he was a fat guy, too.....excellent....

And Wood was not on the White Sox all Century team.

Ron Karcavice, if thats how you spell it. I just remember him as being an old man who caught and had decent power.

Ron Karcavice, if thats how you spell it. I just remember him as being an old man who caught and had decent power.

Ah good ol' Karkovice...Doesn't he or did have the longest HR in the Cell?

I know he had a really long one when I was there, and that might be the one you're thinking of. The record is held by Thomas now, I believe, from a shot against the Twins in 2002. Before that Chavez from Oakland had the record I'm pretty sure.

I don't mind him now...but the one I used to hate when I was younger was Joey Cora.... :lol: ....He would just always end the innings leaving my then favorite player Thomas on deck.

Ah good ol' Karkovice...Doesn't he or did have the longest HR in the Cell?

Not unless he hit the first HR at the new comiskey. Pasqua had the longest HR for a long time, was passed by Eric Chavez, and that was passed by the Big Hurt.

Good 'Ol Ron Karkovice!

 

And in case you didn't know, he was an actor for a short time before his baseball career, and appeared in "The Wizard Of Oz."

 

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I don't mind him now...but the one I used to hate when I was younger was Joey Cora....  ....He would just always end the innings leaving my then favorite player Thomas on deck.

 

The same thing would happen in the computer games I used to play. In the game, speed meant nothing and power was a huge asset so Cora always sucked, and Thomas Ventura as #3 and 4 were awesome.

Good 'Ol Ron Karkovice!

 

And in case you didn't know, he was an actor for a short time before his baseball career, and appeared in "The Wizard Of Oz." 

 

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Ahahahahaha....that looks exactly like him....That's great! :lol:

Walter "No Neck" Williams

 

"King" Carlos May

 

Tommie Agee

 

Ken "the Bandit" Berry

 

Don Buford

 

Charles "Buddy" Bradford

 

Joel Horlen

 

Ed "Supe" Herrmann

 

Hoyt "The Good Doctor" Wilhelm

 

Rudy Law

 

Tom Paciorek, the Wimpmeister

Bo Jackson hasn't been mentioned.

Ken Berry and Tommie Agee covering the OF in 1966-67. I don't think we needed a third OF'er with those 2 guys in the field.

 

Smokey Burgess coming off the bench to pinch hit and coming through.

 

Joel Horlen outdueling Jim Lonborg and posting a better record, but Lonborg getting the Cy Young.

 

Ron Hansen at SS.

 

Dick Allen

 

Jorge Orta could hit a ton

 

Bill Melton at 3B

 

Walt (No-Neck) Williams

 

Scott Fletcher at 2B. Here was a grinder that would have made Ozzie proud.

Ken Berry and Tommie Agee covering the OF in 1966-67. I don't think we needed a third OF'er with those 2 guys in the field.

 

Smokey Burgess coming off the bench to pinch hit and coming through.

 

Joel Horlen outdueling Jim Lonborg and posting a better record, but Lonborg getting the Cy Young.

 

Ron Hansen at SS.

 

Dick Allen

 

Jorge Orta could hit a ton

 

Bill Melton at 3B

 

Walt (No-Neck) Williams

 

Scott Fletcher at 2B. Here was  a grinder that would have made Ozzie proud.

i got tears in my eyes reading those names...

 

 

 

I think one of the most under rated players going back a few more eras is Bibb Falk

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great names, but didn't buddy bradford stink?

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