The Beast

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 10:07 PM) So sports blogging is a paid job?? How does one make money this way. I have all the time in the world right now. Affiliate marketing.

Got a new job and will be on salary and receive benefits after a 60 day probationary period. Got phone screened two weeks ago, interviewed a week ago and heard yesterday. Now I just have to inform my employer I'll be leaving. Either they'll keep me on until next Friday or fire me on the spot.

Farmer said the crowd was almost all Detroit fans. Not sure where he got that. Youkilis should not have been ordered to bunt. The score should have gotten up to as high as 8-3 but the bullpen showed some cold veins and surrendered minimized the damage. Velverde is a s*** head. Also section 152 row 23 on the aisle sucks. Too many idiots standing up in their seats talking to friends, people constantly walking up and down the aisle and two assholes fighting caused people to stand and make everyone else miss half the inning. Obnoxious.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 8, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) We're only in first place in September. Give people a break. Beautiful day, Sale is pitching, Sox are in first and tickets are reasonable.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 8, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) We're only in first place in September. Give people a break. Beautiful day, Sale is pitching, Sox are in first and tickets are reasonable.

At the game in section 163. The attendance today is truly embarrassing.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 04:31 PM) A lot would depend on how far you are from the stadium. Who wants to fight the traffic home on a night game that's on a holiday. I would prefer a day game. It's about a 40 minute drive from my house in Downers Grove to the stadium. If the game was to end around 9 and I got home around 9:30, then I'd be there. When I was thinking about the game time today, I thought it would have been much better to have a 1:05 game today. Though they probably were concerned about nobody coming out or finding enough people to work the game.

After reading today's stupid article, I was real close to going. But home cooking and a comfy couch sounds better than sitting outside after doing yard work in a hot day. That said, I will be going with my old man to the Detroit series next week on Monday or Tuesday.

Just read an article by Ted Gregory about the Cubs outdrawing the Sox: Cubs outdraw Sox (nothing new) What do you guys think about this?

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 03:10 PM) He does??? Is he just beastly now? He's probably over 21 by now , he started pretty young 14 maybe I'm 24, I am the Beast. And I am BeastlyOrdonez30/Wsc425.

I don't post a ton on Soxtalk like I did initially (still can't believe some of the crap I used to say) but this board has grown to my number one source of information on the White Sox. So glad I moved from Whitesox.com's message board, got banned from WSI and was lead to Soxtalk. @JoshPR BeastlyOrdonez exists , and I was just thinking of Old Roman. Didn't he post a picture of himself on the board?

For a team expected to lose 90 games, they sure have made something of the season. But with inevitable changes looming, they will need to win this division and compete in the first round for it not to completely be a disappointment. Let's beat Mr Perfect Verlander himself, make Miggy looks like he's smoking dope and beat Detroit tomorrow by its unemployment level.

People are still filing in, I can't determine when the game is starting standing outside of gate 5.

Looks like rain all day long. I might drive around to find free parking near the stadium so it only costs me the gas and ticket for today's game if it's cancelled.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 12:36 PM) Got the job offer. Congratulations! Where at?

I hated Cleveland in the late 90s and early 00's. I couldnt stand the Twins when they were vying for first place and I now hate the Tigers the most. I don't hate the Cubs but I do hate their uneducated fans. Their educated baseball fans (>10% of them) I respect. But the rest of those clowns can go f*** themselves. I also hate ESPN and their lack of Midwest coverage. Yankees and Red Sox speculation is not news but Konerko's concussion is.

Update: tarps coming off the field.

Standing under the fan deck, outfield is closed off because of "lightning in the area." At least they let my suburban park against the wall in lot C to tailgate. I woulda flipped s*** if they didn't allow a truck to tailgate. No word on the start time, but the tarp is in the field.

QUOTE (OldSmoky2 @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 04:01 PM) Just checked and Weather Channel radar forecast has rain ending around the Cell about 7:30. Damn, and I've got to get up at 6 am. Looks like a naps in order for tomorrow.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 06:17 PM) BTW, Ross, do you even give a s*** about anything or anyone other than yourself? Throughout this thread, you post these long, often pointless posts about your career and many of us try to give you some pointers because we are generally nice people. But I don't think you ever give a s*** about anyone else's situation other than your own, or if so, only insomuch as you can mine others for information on how to improve your own situation. Well, let me pass along some unsolicited advice: If you really don't give a s*** about anyone else other than yourself, or aren't at the very least, a LOT better at pretending you do than you currently are, you're not going to go anywhere far. I appreciate everyone's advice when people do post responses to my rants or posts about my "career." For people whose situations I am familiar with, I can offer advice. Since I am young, I probably couldn't help the older generation unless I researched something. The truth is that I do care about people and was curious about what he worked in. One of my great qualities that may not be displayed is that I empathize well with people and work with people my age to find solutions about their own paths. So while it may not be apparent here, I do care about other people and things. This just happens to be a thread I enjoy reading and commenting on when I get a spare minute.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 05:34 PM) So I got a good response to my thank you, post interview letter. It basically ended with "I think you'll be hearing from me at the end of the week". Needless to say, I was feeling pretty good. This is a job that I really want and I truly feel it's a great career move, despite being all the way across the country. Now to confuse things for me, the president of the company I'm currently at sent me an e-mail saying he wants to discuss a significant adjustment to my compensation this week. I don't really want to stay though. I travel 40+ weeks a year and I don't want to keep working in television. I'm torn on how to handle it. I don't want to burn bridges or be disrespectful, nor do I want to hamper myself at my current job incase the new opportunity does not pan out. What do you do in tv that you travel 40+ weeks a year?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 09:44 AM) So this begs the question: Ross, are you a really hot girl? If Facebook weren't in the mix and I didn't meet Cubssuck1 and Quickman in real life, then I might lie and act like I am. As I do not wear makeup, a bra, go spray tanning and look like the office slut, I am not. So no bartending job for me.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 11:50 PM) I've come to the conclusion that full time jobs are mythical and do not exist. They do exist but benefits and salary are not in our generations vocabulary. Found out the job I applied to is trying to hire for an office out of state. Going to keep looking and following up with this same organization I wrote to. In the back of my mind I am going to check out options for school that leads to employment (healthcare) since their programs last around a year or two. It's a complete 180 from where I am at but it might help me support myself faster than the current job I'm in. Wish you would have made it to the Score search event they had to find the next broadcaster, SoxFan1. Sounds like a great networking event even if you don't make it. Do you need a certificate or license to tend bar?

The other night I networked with an employee at the organization I am interviewing with. Although I just got that new job at the place I work at, I'd like to be paid a salary, learn a new job and start again somewhere new. I can't imagine the raises we would get would be that substantial if the startup hit it big.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 12:11 PM) I may have missed it, but what is Liriano's contract situation? Free agent after the World Series. 2013's team is going to be interesting with lots of decisions to make. Peavy's option at $22 m, Youkilis at $13 m, Meyers at $3 m, and Liriano a free agent as well. Sounds like the Sox will have to win this year for any of those guys to come back. Is Hudson's option ripped up since he left San Diego? I'm not opposed to dealing Floyd if it comes with some prospects to refill the system. But that sort of deal would defeat the Liriano acquisition and the back up plan to start him in the 5 man rotation if Danks has surgery. Bottom line, the White Sox are all in this year without worrying about repercussions for next year.