JDsDirtySox Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 With having a lot of people on this board, both young and old, I'd really like to know what year was your favorite team and why. I'd love to hear everyones thoughts. My favorite Sox team was the 2000 Chicago White Sox. It was my second year being a season ticket holder, and I went to a ton of the games. I really loved that team. I also met my wife during that season so we had many dates to Comiskey. That year was so much fun, and that team was so fun. I'll never forget the 12 game road win streak, or how much fun that April was (it seemed like we scored 10 runs a game). I'll also never forget being sad when we traded Brooke Fordyce for Charles Johnson and Baines. Man I loved that team. For me, it will be very hard to ever replace the Summer of2000. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 i like the early 90's team jason bere, black jack, thomas, ventura, rim rains, lance johnson, ron karcovice etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 i like the early 90's team jason bere, black jack, thomas, ventura, rim rains, lance johnson, ron karcovice etc. That's the first team I really got to know, since I have only been REALLY following the team since 1990 or so. So I'm going w/ that team also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 i like the early 90's team jason bere, black jack, thomas, ventura, rim rains, lance johnson, ron karcovice etc. that was the first sox team I knew. I was 7 during the '93 division winner season, and the sox were the only team in Chicago at that time. That's what made me a sox fan for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The 1977 team. They were fun, and the atmosphere around the ballpark was electric. Plus, it was my jr. year in high school, and what a blast it was to go to the ballpark with all my classmates. And the girls from school wanted to go too, that's what made it even better. That was a fantastic summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The 1972 team. Dick Allen Bill Melton Carlos May Wilbur Wood Jorge Orta Bucky Dent Rich Gossage Terry Forster Bart Johnson Jay Johnstone Pat Kelly I was 9 years old, and this team was very exciting. I met Pat Kelly the next year at my Little League City Series banquet - that was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Favorite Teams 1990 1994 1983 1993 2000 1977 1990 was an exciting year came from no where and won 94 games and still lost the Division by 9 games to the A's 2000 was cool, Herbert Perry was cool 1993 the pitching came togheter that team was a bat away. Bere, Blackjack, wilson and one of My Favorites Alex 1983 Winning Ugly NuffSaid 1994 f***ing Reinsdorf his owners and the Players Union, Killed the Season with the dam strike. Julio Franco was the Bomb that year 1977 One of the worst fielding teams ever but exciting with the Lumber, Oscar Gamble and the Fro! The Polish Prince and harry Carey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofIChiSox Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I started liking the Sox a lot in 93, but 94 was when I became a diehard, clearing my schedule to watch every game and staying up late to watch west coast games (I was only 12). I still think we would have won the world series that year. Damn the strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The 2004 Chicago White Sox...led by Uribe, Rowand, Harris, Schoeneweis, Wright, and Darensborg. I have to say '93. They are the first thing from the Sox I can remember -- seeing how I'm just a kid. IIRC they had Bo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The 2004 Chicago White Sox...led by Uribe, Rowand, Harris, Schoeneweis, Wright, and Darensborg. I have to say '93. They are the first thing from the Sox I can remember -- seeing how I'm just a kid. IIRC they had Bo. 1993 Chicago White Sox Tim Raines LF Joey Cora 2B Frank Thomas 1B Jorge Bell DH Robin Ventura 3B Ellis Burks RF Lance Johnson CF Ron Karkovice C Ozzie Guillen SS Bench Dan Pasqua OF/1B Mike Huff OF Warren Newson OF Carlton Fisk C Mike Lavalliere C Craig Grebeck IF Bo Jackson DH Steve Sax 2B/OF Pitchers Alex Fernandez Jack Mcdowell Jason Bere Wilson Alvarez Dave Stieb Tim Belcher Kirk Mckaskill Jeff Scwarz Scott Radinsky Donn Pall Roberto Hernandez Bobby Thigpen Chuck Cary Rodney Bolton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 the 77 team...eventhough they didnt win..that was one magical season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bones Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Of all-time - 1906 That I can remember - 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1994 That was our year. The strike ruined everything. LF Tim Raines 2B Joey Cora 1B Frank Thomas DH Julio Franco 3B Robin Ventura RF Darrin Jackson CF Lance Johnson CA Ron Karkovice SS Ozzie Guillen SP Jack McDowell SP Alex Fernandez SP Wilson Alvarez SP Jason Bere SP Scott Sanderson RP Kirk McKaskill RP Jose Delion RP Scott Radinsky CL Roberto Hernandez I lived in Seattle that year and right before I moved back to Springfield the Sox came out to Seattle and swept the Mariners. 4 games. Last game of that series I had 1st row seats behind the mariner's dugout and their mascot, a moose, came over between innings and took my Sox hat off and the whole crowd was booing me. That team would have won it all hands down. I still have like 100 Jason Bere rookie cards cause I thought he was such a bad ass. Remember his gas? Remember Roberto's gas? McDowell's splitter? Radinsky's curve? Ahhhhh memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 i was at that series has well i drove up from oregon to see that game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1994 That was our year. The strike ruined everything. LF Tim Raines 2B Joey Cora 1B Frank Thomas DH Julio Franco 3B Robin Ventura RF Darrin Jackson CF Lance Johnson CA Ron Karkovice SS Ozzie Guillen SP Jack McDowell SP Alex Fernandez SP Wilson Alvarez SP Jason Bere SP Scott Sanderson RP Kirk McKaskill RP Jose Delion RP Scott Radinsky CL Roberto Hernandez I lived in Seattle that year and right before I moved back to Springfield the Sox came out to Seattle and swept the Mariners. 4 games. Last game of that series I had 1st row seats behind the mariner's dugout and their mascot, a moose, came over between innings and took my Sox hat off and the whole crowd was booing me. That team would have won it all hands down. I still have like 100 Jason Bere rookie cards cause I thought he was such a bad ass. Remember his gas? Remember Roberto's gas? McDowell's splitter? Radinsky's curve? Ahhhhh memories. Where's Dennis Cook and Paul Assenmacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1977 Hitmen. I was 10, and we went to a ton of games that year. So much offense and soooo little defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1977. We had season tickets in about the fourth row just to the left of the net behind the plate. The sound of ball hitting bat that season still resonates. The sound in the old ballpark was incredible and the Sox got "good wood" on almost every at bat that season at least through the first three weeks of August. Does anybody remember that series in August when KC came to town and in game one, the Royals got four in the first, started by George Brett's home run off the upper deck facade (yes George Brett led off at that time). Alan Bannister also threw a ball into the crowd from shortstop which let in 2 runs. The hard-hitting Sox scored five in the bottom of the first and the place, which was full, went crazy. That was the season strangers kissed each other in the stands. The Sox beat KC 11-9 Friday, won Saturday, won Sunday, then lost Game 2 of Sunday doubleheader and went in the tank the rest of the season. The Royals won something like 20 out of 22 games and the Sox finished way back in a season they led for so many weeks. Zisk, Gamble, Jim Spencer, Essian, Naharodny, Bannister, Orta, Lemon, et all had such an exciting summer; not season, but summer. GO SOX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'm too young to remember the "Winning Ugly" team of 1983 otherwise I'd give it to them. For me its a toss up between the early 90's Sox with a young Thomas, Ventura and Black Jack and the 2000 team with Ordonez, Thomas, Sirotka and a rookie named Burhle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1993. My dad and brother were huge sox fans but until 1993 I was too young to have anything more than a casual interest. So that was the first year that I watched most of the games, and even got to go to a playoff game (I got to witness Toronto totally destroy McDowell in game 1 ) After that 1994 was fun but being 7 I didn't have an understanding of baseball politics and the strike broke my heart. 1996 was pretty cool until september. One of the games I went to that year featured a power outage that lasted almost an hour . Roberto was really good that year. 2000 was awesome, I probably made it to 20-30 games, and watched all the rest. I skipped school to go to game 1 against seatle and thought we were going to win until the grand slam. I enjoyed last year as well until we fell apart down the stretch. I attended the series in the bronx and after we slaugtered the Yankees on consecutive nights, I thought we had the division, then of course cotts gets slaughtered the next night and Buehrle lost the night after that in detroit (I also attended those game unfortunately), and the season went downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The Winning Ugly team and then the Southside Hitmen, with an honorable mention to the Y2K kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 1977. We had season tickets in about the fourth row just to the left of the net behind the plate. The sound of ball hitting bat that season still resonates. The sound in the old ballpark was incredible and the Sox got "good wood" on almost every at bat that season at least through the first three weeks of August. Does anybody remember that series in August when KC came to town and in game one, the Royals got four in the first, started by George Brett's home run off the upper deck facade (yes George Brett led off at that time). Alan Bannister also threw a ball into the crowd from shortstop which let in 2 runs. The hard-hitting Sox scored five in the bottom of the first and the place, which was full, went crazy. That was the season strangers kissed each other in the stands. The Sox beat KC 11-9 Friday, won Saturday, won Sunday, then lost Game 2 of Sunday doubleheader and went in the tank the rest of the season. The Royals won something like 20 out of 22 games and the Sox finished way back in a season they led for so many weeks. Zisk, Gamble, Jim Spencer, Essian, Naharodny, Bannister, Orta, Lemon, et all had such an exciting summer; not season, but summer. GO SOX Greg.. your post gave me goose bumps!! For me.. I honestly don't have a favorite. Each season that I can remember has it's own set of great memories. If I really had to choose I would base my decision on nothing relating to the teams performance. Between '96 and '99 when I traveled a ton and got to know a lot of people would have to be my "favorite" years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The Southside Hit Men of 1977 for so many reasons. Faust’s trademark tune is the root of what is now a long–standing American sports tradition. In 1977, just seven years after joining the Sox, Faust believed she had found a new way to play a departing opposing pitcher off the field. The song she had in mind was one by Steam called “Na-Na-Hey-Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.” One day when the visiting pitcher was knocked out of the game, she played the song for the first time, and the energized crowd chanted right along “Na-na-na-na, Na-na-na-na, Hey-hey-hey, Go-od-bye.” Faust so enjoyed having the fans sing along that she resolved to give the song an important spot in her repertoire. Today she plays it whenever the Sox knock out a pitcher, hit a home run, or record the final out of a victory, and the fans still know what to do. What a great season. The Sox were #1 in the city. It was fun to go to the games. The team was exciting. They won 90 games, f*cking Royals won 100. Baines was the #1 draft pick. I don't think there can ever be a season as much fun as that. Thinking about screaming Hey Hey Hey Good Bye with 40,000 fans still bring goosebumps. You knew we could win every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The Southside Hit Men of 1977 for so many reasons. What a great season. The Sox were #1 in the city. It was fun to go to the games. The team was exciting. They won 90 games, f*cking Royals won 100. Baines was the #1 draft pick. I don't think there can ever be a season as much fun as that. Thinking about screaming Hey Hey Hey Good Bye with 40,000 fans still bring goosebumps. You knew we could win every game. Still to this day, I call that my favorite song, because anytime I hear it, I know something good is happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Alan Bannister also threw a ball into the crowd from shortstop which let in 2 runs. Ahhh can hear Harry Carey in the Back of my head right now.... He threw it away.... He could have walked the ball to first and he threw it away... Ahhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez Ghost (old) Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'm 53, so I've got a lot of favorites, but the 1990 team was something special. Remember in 1989 they started off just Godawful, especially defensively. There was a stretch of 6 home games in May, where they not only lost every game, by an average score of 9 to 2, they never lead in any game. Not once. But later in the year you could see they were bottoming out and were getting better. Then in 1990 they played hard every day, never quit, and talk about grinders: Fletcher, Robin, Grebeck, Gallagher, Ozzie, Calderon, Johnson, Pasqua, Fisk, Thiggy, Rad, Donn Pall, Karko, Kitty, Barry Jones, Hibbard, Samme, McDowell and later on in the year, Frank and Alex. This was also the last year of Comiskey, and the year they were no hit on the last anniversary of the park, and they still beat the Yankees. So you could see the progress, and you just knew that in the next couple of years they were going to be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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