so i was looking at my profile and i saw

 

favorite sox player: frank thomas

 

i then went to switch him into 'favorite ex-sox player' then thought, "who's gonna fill franks spot?"

 

so i looked at the white sox roster and realized... no one. i dont have another favorite player. ( I did but it was Rowand...)

 

what do I do? i cant not have a favorite sox player can i? this is bizarre...

Timo is still available.

 

Jump on him now.

I've never really had one favorite player, I have players I like better then others but when it comes to the Sox I've never had one favorite player. I'm weird like that.

I'm weird like that.

You can say that again.

Make this a poll... widger should come out on top.

Weird year. My two favorite athletes of all time both leave their respective franchises this year.

 

Reggie retired from the NBA and the Pacers, and my FAVORITE player seems to be done with the White Sox forever.

 

I'm bummed, but I'm really not as much as I thought I would be. I'm just grateful that Frank was here for as long as he was. I would have taken it a lot differently, if it happened earlier in his career. I could possibly not be a Sox fan, if he wasn't here for how long he was.

 

Now I'm a Sox fan for life thanks to Frank Thomas. I really wish we didn't have to see him play elsewhere, but it looks like it's going to have to be that way.

The Buehrle fan club is always accepting new members.

If MB isnt one of your favorites you have mental problems.

You could be the Founding member of the Joe Borchard Fan Club!!!

Not weird at all man. With the way this team was built last year (and will be this year) I can think you can have easily a dozen favorite players. It is just a bunch of likeable guys that play their ass off, so it's hard to just pick one favorite.

Bobby Jenks!

 

With the big man reliever, there's always more to love!

1)Mark Buehrle

2)Aaron Rowand

 

I think AJ will have to take arows spot

i totally forgot about timo!

 

i dunno, see MB is up there on my list cuz of his attitude and his tarp sliding and that time he got thrown out and he was giving everyone high fives as he left. love that. AJ rocks cuz of the same sort of things.

 

but i loved frank cuz he was synonymous with White Sox. we dont have that now. you could try and say Paulie but.. i dont know. maybe it'll become paulie but i think it's something that will just happen over time.

 

*runs off to seek therapy*

I never even thought of this. Frank was not only my favorite Sox player by a WIDE margin, he's my second favorite athlete of all-time behind one Michael Jordan. Now that he's gone? Wow. I love them all pretty equally. I guess with Arow gone i'll say Buehrle or Contreras.

I had to change mine from Thomas as well.

 

For sheer class, you can't beat Paulie.

Where are the widger fans?!?!?

Where are the widger fans?!?!?

 

You're pretty much it. lol

I'm in the same boat, I no longer have one favorite Sox player. All I have are Thomas jerseys. Honestly there's not one single player that I would want to invest a jersey in now that Frank's gone. There isn't one single person who I will go to the park to root for anymore. Although obviously I was always rooting for the Sox to win, when Frank came to bat it was something special for me. We have great SPs and PK and Thome (hopefully) will be great next year, but there isn't that one game-changing, feared hitter in our lineup... somebody who can tear the cover off the ball but still hit for a high average and high OBP. A player that makes opposing pitchers think, "Oh s***, I can't get this guy out." Not only did Frank make pitchers think that but also, "If he hits a line-drive at my head, I may be going to the hospital... for a looong time." There just aren't that many players like that in baseball period. Pujols above all, then Arod, soon Miggy Cabrera, and Vlad (sans playoffs).

 

I guess we've all been spoiled. I mean, how many times in the history of the game could the White Sox say, yes we have THE best, most feared hitter in the game? Looking back at our history, I'd have to say outside of Frank, it may have NEVER happened. Literally, we could have witnessed THE greatest Sox hitter in our lifetimes, past, present, and future. Griffey was always the prettyboy, but Frank was the one pitchers and opposing managers dreaded. So I guess I may have to eventually lower my standards and buy someone else's jersey. I'm just holding out hope that when the time comes for one of these special players to get a new contract, the Sox will be an interested party like with the Arod dealings.

Where are the widger fans?!?!?

I've had the Widge in my profile for a while now. It's gotta be the facial hair.

You're pretty much it.  lol

 

Nah. Come April, WIDGERMANIA will return with force!!

I was always a Crede backer, well before he became the Rally Crede. He's my favorite guy on the team, now that Frank is probably gone.

Jenks, Buehrle, Thome, and Paulie. No absolute favorite.

For his near drawl, raggedy-ass mitt, propensity for clutch hitting and the mullet, Joe Crede wins.

Ive always been a big Jon Garland fan so Ill stick to that.... I also was a big Clee fan

YAY for Joe Crede! But he NEEDS to grow those sideburns back!