SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 26, 2005 10:30:34 GMT -5
Congrats, Sox fans!
Geoff - freakin' - Blum.
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Post by One on Oct 26, 2005 11:54:11 GMT -5
I'll lay off Hawk and stick to the games. Despite the lopsided status at 3-0, this has been quite an entertaining World Series. Every game has been close and generally well-played. Unfortunately the ratings are down this year - people are missing some great baseball played by two really good teams. Is that because both teams play here in fly-over America?
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 26, 2005 12:56:43 GMT -5
I'll lay off Hawk and stick to the games. Despite the lopsided status at 3-0, this has been quite an entertaining World Series. Every game has been close and generally well-played. Unfortunately the ratings are down this year - people are missing some great baseball played by two really good teams. Is that because both teams play here in fly-over America? Probably. Also, there's just nothing sexy about these teams. They aren't the Red Sox, Yankees or Cardinals. I've had nothing to say about the announcer debate, because I don't experience the Hawk. But if we are discussing homers, I must pay "tribute" to the greatest homer of them all (I know that's hyperbolic, but I don't care), Johnny "they're calling it the other way" Most. In the three years I spent watching Celtic games while I was in Boston, no Celtic ever committed a foul. Not one. My friends and I used to laugh at him. And of course, the Celtics were the personification of everything good, while the opponents (particularly the Knicks and Lakers) were evil incarnate. He was the polar opposite of Chick Hearn. I'll take Chick, thanks.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Oct 26, 2005 13:10:33 GMT -5
You should have heard Most in the hey-day of the Bad Boy Pistons teams- "A typical disgusting display by Laimbeer!" He referred to Laimbeer and Mahorn as McFilthy and McNasty. Definitely the ultimate homer, I know it and I still used to imitate his calls, but I was a kid who was just rooting for my team. Not sure how I would feel about him now, but I loved him then.
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Bahstin
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Post by Bahstin on Oct 26, 2005 13:41:20 GMT -5
Tommy Heinsohn is following right in Most's footsteps.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Oct 26, 2005 13:44:34 GMT -5
And Heinsohn (and Cousy previously) really annoys me with his homer-schtick.
Oh, by the way, congrats Sox fans, enjoy all the "Cubs fans" in new hats at your parade.
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Post by showcase on Oct 26, 2005 16:27:23 GMT -5
I think it's been a great series for those who don't need to be spoon fed a superficially compelling story line like the BoSox last year or the Yanks generally. You'd think a WS match-up of a team that hadn't won in longer than the BoSox or a team that hadn't won at all would be fairly interesting in an of itself. And the play on the field has been terrific.
I'm going to chalk it up to a Left-coast/Right-coast centric media bias. Or maybe they're all staying away because of Hawk. Close call either way.
Here's hoping the Sox can finish it out tonight. Then us loyal fans can start worrying about Guillen retiring...
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Post by One on Oct 26, 2005 17:59:29 GMT -5
Maybe you can chalk it up to the fact no dopey sportswriters in Chicago or Houston have written an overhyped book about a non-existent curse.
As for the all the "Cubs fans" who will be wearing Sox hats at the parade, the South Side can have the fair-weather, beer chugging idiots that generally grace Wrigley on a sunny afternoon. Not that I'm against beer chugging at a ballgame, but I'd rather do it with a relatively uninterrupted baseball experience, rather than having 6 people around me talking on their cell phones while waving to the folks at home who see them on TV - as is the custom at Wrigley these days.
Congratulations, Sox fans, from the North Side of town. When you start setting things on fire tonight, please stay south of Madison Street.
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Post by showcase on Oct 26, 2005 23:22:47 GMT -5
Credit to Kenny Williams for putting together a talented team and Ozzie Guillen for making them into winners.
And congrats to the entire South Side - Bridgeport, Hyde Park, Southshore, Beverly, and all the other neighborhoods that have waited decades for tonight. I've been a Sox fan for as long as I can remember, and this moment is sweeeeeet! I may have to name my firstborn Uribe.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Oct 26, 2005 23:28:56 GMT -5
Congrats, it is an awesome feeling. Go crazy.
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Post by Joe Hoya on Oct 26, 2005 23:54:02 GMT -5
I think those fans in the front rows at the Juice Box missed a huge opportunity to pull a Bartman in the ninth inning, this time to help their team. If Uribe is going into the stands, they have a fair shot at that ball as well. If I'm one of those guys, I'm risking ejection from the stadium to give the team another pitch.
That said, congratulations to the White Sox organization.
Oh, and I'm disappointed that Joe Buck didn't make a "Say it IS so!" comment. But maybe that's just me.
EDIT: I just saw ESPN.com's "Say it's so" headline. Guess it wasn't just me.
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Post by TBird41 on Oct 27, 2005 0:05:50 GMT -5
Congrats yall. Hopefully the Twins can play Twins baseball as well as yall did.
And hopefully Ozzie is a man of his word and retires.
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Post by BurleithBeast on Oct 27, 2005 11:35:17 GMT -5
My first-born's name shall be CREDE.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 27, 2005 12:05:14 GMT -5
I can't begin to describe how much I savor this moment. I've been fortunate enough to have the teams I support achieve a fair amount of success -- particularly in basketball, with the Lakers, UCLA under John Wooden, and of course the Hoyas. But nothing compares to this. Nothing is even close. I just wish I could have been in Chicago last night for the celebration, or be there for the parade to come.
There was just something magical about this team. If they needed great pitching to win, they got it. If they needed to outslug the other team, they got the key hits. Home runs from Scott Podsednik and Geoff Blum to win back to back games? A hit from Willie Harris to start last night's winning rally (if scoring the only run in a game can be called a rally)? That's a script too ridiculous for Hollywood to even consider. No way was this team really good enough to win sixteen of their last seventeen games, including going 11-1 through the playoffs, but they somehow did it. And while they caught a number of breaks on questionable or clearly incorrect umpiring calls, they were also able to overcome calls that went against them (see Jason Lane's "home run"). It was finally, finally, finally, finally the White Sox time.
So for you Cub fans who might be lurking out there, perhaps you should follow showcase's lead and start a Cub thread before next season. Who knows what might follow! And I don't know how other Sox fans might feel about this (and perhaps it's easier for me, since I'm not in Chicago), but I officially declare my animosity toward the Cubs to be gone.
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Post by 3GenerationHoya on Oct 27, 2005 14:14:32 GMT -5
i never thought i would see the day...
The White Sox actually did it.
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C86
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Post by C86 on Oct 27, 2005 21:26:38 GMT -5
A few random thoughts 22 hours after the fact.
1) The White Sox are the World Champions. It's true. It happened. I was lucky enough to see it. I watched the game at the home of a friend who lost his father way too young. To him, the White Sox are a link to his father's memory. There are thousands and thousands of stories like that all over Chicago.
2) The White Sox won the World Series without a .300 hitter, a 20 game winner, or a guy with more than 100 RBIs. It shows what can be accomplished without star power if everyone contributes.
3) With respect to the earlier posts, I too cannot stand Hawk Harrelson, and I listen to the games on the radio. However, it should not be forgotten that the White Sox had John Rooney on the radio, who is one of the best play-by-play men in broadcasting. Last night, after 18 years, Rooney called his last White Sox game. I will really miss him. But what a way to go.
4) The City announced the parade route for tomorrow. Motorcade from Sox Park through the South Side -- Bridgeport, Bronzeville, Pilsen, Chinatown, and Halsted St. (for those of you outside of Chicago, those neighborhoods are 1) Irish, 2) African-American, 3) Mexican, 4) Chinese, and 5) Greek). Then a ticker tape parade up LaSalle Street from the Board of Trade to the River. My office overlooks the parade route. Tomorrow is also my birthday. What a present!
Chicago White Sox, World Champions!
GO YOU WHITE SOX!
C86.
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Post by C86 on Oct 27, 2005 21:37:23 GMT -5
A virtual high-five to Showcase, Hoyarooter, Burleith, 3Generation (and any of the other White Sox fans on the Board whom I missed). It's been a blast sharing this season with you. [Rooter, I hope your two-year old continues to grow in wisdom, grace and Sox-ness.] Best wishes to all.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 28, 2005 12:34:31 GMT -5
Thanks for the good wishes, C86, and happy birthday! I'm trying to teach our young lady the Na Na Hey Hey song so she can sing it to her Grandpa Ted, but she's not quite ready for it. She does, however, keep telling him "Yay White Sox" over the phone.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2005 23:05:32 GMT -5
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