Texsox Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Top 10 ways to get your off-season White Sox fix This story ran on nwitimes.com on Monday, November 14, 2005 12:05 AM CST ADVERTISEMENT 1. Watch the games you taped and TiVo-ed. Practice your Ken "Hawk" Harrelson impression -- "You can put it on the boaaarrrrdddddd. YES!" 2. Burn a "mix tape" CD of White Sox songs, including Steam's, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good-bye" and "Don't Stop Believin' " by new Sox pal Steve Perry's '80s group Journey. You'll need AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," (be sure to yell ala Gene Honda, "White Sox fans, ON YOUR FEET!" when the guitar riff starts). Pick up the 1959 Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers rally song, "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" from Beverly Records. Be sure to add "He's a Pirate," from the "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" soundtrack, played during the video montage on the scoreboard before each home game. 3. Announce to your family that because you are thankful for the World Champion Chicago White Sox, this year's traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be replaced by hot dogs and peanuts. 4. Host a baseball movie festival. Watch the Sox-heavy "Eight Men Out" and "Field of Dreams" first. Move on to "The Natural," "Bull Durham," and "*61." Try "Fear Strikes Out" if needed and remember Jimmy Piersall's days as an announcer for the Sox. Get "A League of Their Own" for the gals and "Major League" for the guys and the "Baseball Bugs" cartoon with Bugs Bunny for the kids. No "This Old Cub" showings allowed. 5. Go online to tucsonbaseball.com and springtrainingonline.com to check out the spring training schedules as they become available. Then go to visittucson.org and book your vacation to watch baseball in February. 6. Make a White Sox-themed Christmas tree, complete with black and silver garland. When asked what kind of garland you used, reply, "Jon Garland, of course!" and laugh yourself silly. 7. Walk up to people wearing Cubs gear, smile broadly and walk away. 8. Visit your local tattoo artist and get your sweetie that "I (heart) Anthony John Pierzynski" ink she's been begging for as an early Valentine's Day gift. Short on cash? Get Joe Crede instead. 9. Cash in your 401(k) to contribute to the Jerry Reinsdorf Fund to Re-sign Paul Konerko. 10. Enjoy the shortest, sweetest off-season ever! -- Times Staff Writer Lauri Harvey Damn, I already have most of these done . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 1. Soxtalk.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 09:22 AM) 1. Soxtalk.com Shameless Promoter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenksd Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 11) Pat yourself on the back for starting to tape game 4 minutes before Uribe's incredible plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABearSoX Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 QUOTE(jenksd @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 07:38 PM) 11) Pat yourself on the back for starting to tape game 4 minutes before Uribe's incredible plays. Or kick yourself in the ass for only getting the last inning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSouthSider59 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Excellent list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Good Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I taped every game of the ALCS and World Series with the expextion of game one of the ALCS. I have every inning of the world series with the expection of the last half inning of game 3. I got Blums HR on tape, but I didn't get Buerhle's save. Tape ran out with 1 out in the bottom half of the 14th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 My girlfriend cut that article out of the newspaper for me Monday, and I have already done most of those. And about the tape to game 4 of the WS...I went to the UC so I left the taping duties up to my mom, and she pressed record way to early and the tape ran out RIGHT after Uribe's catch, so I didn't get the last out or any of the celebration on tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin57 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Nov 16, 2005 -> 04:08 PM) I went to the UC so I left the taping duties up to my mom, and she pressed record way to early and the tape ran out RIGHT after Uribe's catch, so I didn't get the last out or any of the celebration on tape. Dude, that's tragic...Nothing against your mom, but leaving a woman in charge in such a technologically sensitive moment and duty was............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Couldn't you just have set the VCR to come on and tape on it's own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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