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QUOTE(DePloderer @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 09:04 PM) Full length CD and I got it ...er....via the internet. However it is available in the shops over here. its expensive though. like 20 bucks in stores.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 07:26 PM) FF seems a little mainstream for you.. what ever, i looove franz ferdinand...beautiful technicians of pop music...very very good...i can't wait.

new castanets is really solid...i can't listen to too much of it though...i'm really looking forward to getting the new franz ferdinand today (it leaked), i really just need some mindless pop music...

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 04:26 PM) ...what's an "ab routine"???

well i remember last year with the contreras trade we all said, "alright, this is good for the future cause were gonna have the best pitching staff in the division next year" i think we all saw that...then when people blew up cleveland when they signed millwood, i questioned myself...but this year was huge redemption for me.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 09:52 PM) Reading that made me think of Frank. He's as much a part of this team in the playoffs as any...i do miss the big man though.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 07:45 PM) Well can I make a suggestion that will probably be unpopular here? At the risk of getting my negative, dark-cloud, rain-on-the-parade, doomsayer ass expelled from yet another board, there may be another explanation: The games are too expensive. Hold on a sec, just hear me out: -As somebody pointed out above, if he brings just his wife to the game and drives, he's spent $70 before he walks in the gate. -I go almost always on my own (I meet my friends there, they're from all over). For one person--and remember not a family--it's something like this: -Ticket $30 -2 hot dogs/polish: $8 -Drink a beer an inning, for example: $42 And I don't need to drive or park, I take the el. That's $80 per game or somewhere near that. I cannot IMAGINE what it would be like to take a family there and everybody's eating or drinking $4 sodas. Let me give you an example of someplace else: I was in KC for two of those three games. The most expensive seat in the house there--I was behind our dugout, first row, but could have been behind home plate, is... $27. That's right, you can get front row for that kinda money there (although the concessions were just as bad). At Comerica it's the same as us more or less, and wouldn't you know it: great park, but they never sell out. There are no cheap seats in the Cell. Sure UD is cheaper, but in a lot of ballparks they have areas where you can pay like $10 to be right behind the fence in the outfield (like San Diego). The Cubs can get away with it because they have outrageous demand and limited supply. They even scalp their own tickets. Also think of where you're located: if it's city people who are coming, you might get some downtowners or freak Northsiders like me, but the park is on the South side. Latinos and African Americans in that part of the city generally, I'm guessing, can't afford numerous nights at Sox park. For all those from the South suburbs that come in, with all the driving and hassle and add to that the expense... Does this make any sense now? I remember on another board when ticket prices went up people were astounded to see a guy raising prices on seats in a park he can't sell out with any regularity. I know they can't even sell all the skyboxes (you can see the empty ones), and it's rare that you see the Scout Seats sell out. Just a thought. I could be wrong, and I'm not saying open the park up to street people, but it is not cheap. And maybe attendance is also a result of the economic times and people's economic outlook (post-Katrina, with gas prices also at $3). One other point: the Comcast numbers for Sox games has been down, but so has the Cubs. Media people don't know if this is an actual attendance drop or because of the Nielsen switch to people meters. haha, you're really not used to this board yet...i bet most of us agree with you if not close to all. But we all still go as much as we can...i was amazed how many times i made myself out to games this year with the limited funds i had. You do what you have to do to see our sox...and one series for the entire year should not be telling the whole story, and i wish the players would have recognised that.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:34 PM) Another speculation article stirring up the s***. :headshake Phil Rogers can s*** in his hat for all I care. The Sox will get it done without his little stats disproving them. after all, a team with no player hitting above 280 and no great rbi stats surely wouldn't be above 35 games would they? ANd what happened to that year we were supposed to win the pennant because we had 4 guys with a .280, 25 hr, 80 rbi stats???

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) Would Jesse Jackson show up? we'll tell em its for something else...(shhhh)

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:35 PM) Don't worry... this will be all over soon enough and we'll be back to the happy bickering on SLaP. Pheew. no let me find a dave matthews fan to belittle.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:23 PM) This is by far the exception not the rule. i know...this thread weirded me out though. as well as a thread earlier today i read.

i felt bad for jose early in the season, he was pitching fairly well but we didn't give him more than 3 runs a game ever..

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) I love the Sox and have been to 12 games this year. That being said, should the media direct interest or reflect interest? If the Sox drew 3 million this year, there would be no negative attendance story. But we won't draw 3 million this year. Face it, like it or not, there are more Cub fans or people who call themselves Cub fans than Sox fans. And all this talk about shorter lines, blah, blah, blah is crap. Do you really go to the game hoping no one is there and the crowd won't sound super loud to spark the team? Everyone should want to see a full house. Perhaps you would like the Sox to have 14K for thier first playoff game so we can look like the laughing stock of the league. so you're saying we should hold a million man march in us cellular field to get to 3 mill?

while i know we're gonna win , and i know, because i SEE, that we have the best record in the big leagues.. it still feels so f***ing surreal. I just can't believe that this team that has finished a constant second for 4 straight years, now left everyone in the dust when they got rid of their 2 best hitters! Amazing really. this team puts me in good moods (though august i was a bit rubbish a lot of the time)

when did this board become a group of people just waiting to call out for a suspension on somebody else... a bit 1984ish.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) You're rooting for baseball? Who gives a f*** if he gets 15 wins. What does that do? it keeps a magnificent streak alive, i doubt i'll see a pitcher as consistent for as many years as this guy for a long long time. I don't feel threatened by a cubs pitcher maintaining a record that the majority of happened in another uniform. Who cares if the cubs win anymore...its like getting mad if the twins win at this point.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) Eeesh, somebody needs to get him a good script before he decides to go onto the White House. I guess I just REALLY don't get why people oppose it. I just really don't get it. My life will NOT change if a same sex marriage happens. My life will be effected in no way shape or form, and I probably will be oblivious to 99.99999% of the gay marriages that happen. This just baffles me soooo damn much. Why? Why is it an issue for non-gay people? Two people get to be happy, what is the big f***ing deal??? its debatable whether they get to be happy through marriage.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) Aren't they kinda in that 'Puddle-Of-Mud, 15-years-later, still-trying-to-do-Cobain/Gavin' style? i unno but i hate that nu-metal crap... anyways, yeah live shows...it depends...i don't really mind neal young with all his crazy rules, in my opinion he's earned having high demands of his audience. he's like the soup nazi in a good way. Kramer understands him. I've never really seen a bad show due to the performers...i've seen some s***ty sound setups... but thats about it. Broken social scene seemed the most preoccupied (their producer/friend had the s*** beat out of him by NY cops the week before and they were in the midst of suing), but they still put on a sick show.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 04:58 AM) Out of curiosity, why are Sox fans rooting for Maddux? we're rooting for baseball

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 04:36 AM) So how about Contreras!! He's awesome!!! A true ace in the making. If I were OG i would consider him as one of the playoff starters. yeah he really worked himself out of trouble a lot it was funny as s*** to listen to kc...their announcers basically sounded like this "oH god please for christs sakes score some runs!"

perhaps soaring gas prices have taken out leisure money from peoples pockets...i know the players can't relate...but i know my mom basically can't go out at home anymore

boo ozzie... gross game... 15...nuff said.

god bless you hermy...you are a GOD among men...yes, you are HERMES...messenger god, delivering us victories...

hell yeah! 3-2

lets go hermy!!! you f***in rock!