who is that shaking Bush's hand?

The image of Dubya holding up a White Sox jersey with the name Bush on the back of it just made half the people on this board puke, the other half starched their shorts.

Fidel Castro must be disgusted right now seeing both Contreras and El Duque standing next to our president.

Fidel Castro must be disgusted right now seeing both Contreras and El Duque standing next to our president.

 

 

I don't think he cares as much as the Yanks do...

Where are those pictures from?

I don't think he cares as much as the Yanks do... 

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Good point. All they got in return for Contreras was Loaiza's 8.50 ERA. :puke

 

Where are those pictures from?

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Yahoo and ESPN.

Edited February 13, 200620 yr by SSH2005

The image of Dubya holding up a White Sox jersey with the name Bush on the back of it just made half the people on this board puke, the other half starched their shorts.

And a bunch of Houston Texans fans jealous.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...tesox-headlines

Sox visit White House

 

By Mark Silva

Washington Bureau

 

February 13, 2006, 3:27 PM CST

 

WASHINGTON -- The last time the White Sox had won the World Series -- in 1917 -- Woodrow Wilson was president.

 

This time, with a former Major League Baseball team co-owner occupying the White House, President Bush welcomed the 2005 World Series champion White Sox to the chandeliered East Room of the mansion today for a long-awaited Washington victory lap.

 

"After 88 years of waiting, the White Sox have earned the right to be called world champs," said Bush, standing before three rows of 17 players assembled on risers.

 

"It's a big deal to have you here," said Bush. "Everybody was pulling on the same rope—that's why you're world champs."

 

Calling it a true team effort that captured the silver trophy resting on a table behind him, Bush suggested that none of the team's players was "off the charts."

 

Indeed, team General Manager Ken Williams was echoing the president's sentiments as Williams stood outside on the driveway of the West Wing after the brief ceremony, with Williams calling the championship team "regular, grind-it-out type guys who won a championship at the highest level."

 

Mayor Richard Daley and Illinois' two Democratic senators, Barack Obama and Dick Durbin, sat in the front row of an audience snapping electronic memoirs with tiny digital cameras and cell phones.

 

Conspicuous for his absence: team manager Ozzie Guillen. But the president brushed off his absence as a much-needed vacation: "I understand Ozzie is on vacation, which I fully understand," said Bush, alluding to the crusty snow on the chilly White House lawn by saying: "He's a Caribbean guy."

 

Acknowledging some of his Cabinet members in the East Room audience, Bush said: "I thought you told me all you are Red Sox fans... My question to most of these folks is, 'Were you White Sox fans at the beginning of the season?'"

 

Bush, who was managing partner of the Texas Rangers before he served as governor of Texas, suggested that the Bush family is among the Johnny Came Latelies to the White Sox fan club.

 

He was getting firsthand reports from the World Series games from his parents in the front row: "I'm not gonna tell you who they were rooting for, but it didn't have much effect on the outcome of the season."

 

As players and managers filed from the White House to the snowy lawn out front, few seemed to mind that a team that took so long to get here was not everyone's favorite to win the series from the start.

 

"Obviously, he's a baseball guy," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said of Bush. "A lot of people jumped on the White Sox bandwagon. ... We'll take him. We'll take the president."

For some reason the bloody video is refusing to play on my computer (realplayer) right now, but C-SPAN has a link up which supposedly runs to the video at that page. Under "Recent programs", "President Bush Remarks to the 2005 World Series Champions (02/13/2006)"

And a bunch of Houston Texans fans jealous.

 

You mean Astros?

Gotta love Rowand in the Pics

You mean Astros?   

A jersey that says "Bush"? Get it? Eh? Eh?

A jersey that says "Bush"?  Get it?  Eh?  Eh?

 

/lets the joke circle a few times around the head, and reluctantly lets it land with the agreement that it will be funny.

I love how Willie Harris is just too damn cool to be wearing a sports jacket. Good work on his part.

I love how Willie Harris is just too damn cool to be wearing a sports jacket.  Good work on his part.

 

 

ITS HIS TIME NOW.

Edited February 13, 200620 yr by southsideirish71

The entire clip can be seen at abc7chicago.com.

 

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/index?section=c...nity&id=3401136

Edited February 13, 200620 yr by SoxFan1

The entire clip can be seen at abc7chicago.com.

 

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/index?section=c...nity&id=3401136

thankyou

thankyou

Of course.

 

BTW, whoever rights Dubya's speaches is pretty funny.

 

EDIT 2: f***ing El Duque must have been tired because he blinks about every .002372 seconds. Watch him in the top left corner lol.

Edited February 13, 200620 yr by SoxFan1

Anyone else pumped that Crede still has the same haircut?

Anyone else pumped that Crede still has the same haircut?

I am more pumped that AJ has the same do.

As much as I hate to say it, Bush did a nice job. What did he say they call Pauly? Mr. Soxtober????

As much as I hate to say it, Bush did a nice job.  What did he say they call Pauly?  Mr. Soxtober????

Yes.....and I have never heard ANYONE call him Mr. Soxtober.

Bush mentioned Kenny! He cares about black people after all!