The Beast Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 share some of ur experiences...heres mine Left school friday early to go to the fest...got a call to get 3 wrist bands...(I needed to get 3 already) and so we left to the hyatt. Parked the car in the adjacent garage and walked over to the fest. Didn't get such a bad spot in line and got a call from dougly. Minnesota soxfan is annoying, and so i talked to him for a bit, as I hung up on him jk...I went into the Crede/Podsednik line and Dad went into the Dye/Raines line. I shopped for a bit and we left shortly after because the autographs past that sucked, so we went to Bennigans across the street and got dinner. Was a little worried that no one from soxfest would call...but I knew some1 would. We didn't stay at the hyatt, so we went to our hotel on the 24th floor in the Mariotti turned it in for the night and woke up...we walked back to the hyatt in the morning and i started the morning out by getting in line for AJP...after shopping and eating of course...was done quickly after waiting for an hour and a half in the front of the line...met up with a soxtalk poster...finally, and we went to see kenny, ozzie and hawk...so i wake up this morning and look in the trib...on page 15 i appear in it...my backpack and my box of nerds can be shown in a small picture...anywho, the poster and I talked some good baseball and had some laughs...saw aboz, ss2k4...and he wanted to meet the 'infamous' steff...so he did, i don't think she knew if that was me or not...i did have my soxtalk tag on, so check ur tribs, i'm the guy with a red back pack on the right of the focused picture.. thats all...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxmatt Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I got a rowand game used bat for 75 bucks at the garage sale. I got Dye and podsednik's autographs, I saw Man Soo Lee at the garage sale, and i went to the family seminar, and the Q&A thing. Very fun day. Edit: I saw your box of nerds in the worlds crappiest newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Feeling a bit sluggish today, I'm just going to c & p my post from the Offical thread. Hope you don't mind Ross. Well, I just returned from the fest, already wearing my Sox Pride wristband. Wow. What a good time. Growing up on the Northside, I've never seen that many die-hard Sox fans gathered together at one time; it was really great to see. There were a lot of friendly faces and great Sox gear. Random Thoughts... 1. It was great bumping into some of the fine posters here at Soxtalk. Beastly and I watched the Kenny/Ozzie/Hawk Q & A together, then I met Steff, Jason, and Aboz. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. 2. Great turnout. Saturday's Soxfest was sold out and that ain't no joke; the place was packed. I wouldn't be surprised if that broke some kind of Soxfest attendance record. 3. The autograph signings were a blast. This, my first Soxfest, I only got Pierzynski's, Rowand's and (get this) Bo Jackson's autographs. I've learned if we really want those autographs, you basically have to forfeit the Seminars; those lines are awfully long. 4. I met up with Aaron Rowand outside Houlihan's for a few minutes. We talked about his new contract and how his wife didn't have to work anymore, Ozzie, and all things Sox. Aaron was a genuinely nice guy and took a considerable amount of his time to speak with me. Dude has some pipes! 5. The Q & A session was very upbeat and positive. Both Steff and Aboz behaved themselves and Kenny was flabbergasted by all the love. He couldn't believe how much praise he was receiving, it was hysterical. As expected, Kenny didn't hint that there would be any more moves, but instead, was very happy with the moves he has already made and wanted to focus on those. Ozzie was hysterical and gave some token Ozzie lines. In 2005, he will still "makee da lineup." Hawk was great and answered a question on a "certain former Chicago radio host's" recent departure. Hawk was very happy and thought it was time to end his trail of lies. I wish I had some breaking news to report, but things were pretty uneventful. All in all, it was a first-class experience. The posters at Soxtalk were great in person, Beastly and I had a good time at the Q & A and it was a great way to interact with other Sox fans. I couldn't recommend Soxfest any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 QUOTE(Chisoxmatt @ Jan 16, 2005 -> 11:07 AM) I got a rowand game used bat for 75 bucks at the garage sale. I got Dye and podsednik's autographs, I saw Man Soo Lee at the garage sale, and i went to the family seminar, and the Q&A thing. Very fun day. Edit: I saw your box of nerds in the worlds crappiest newspaper. lol...yep, i got a jersey and a thomas game used hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jan 16, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) Feeling a bit sluggish today, I'm just going to c & p my post from the Offical thread. Hope you don't mind Ross. 4. I met up with Aaron Rowand outside Houlihan's for a few minutes. We talked about his new contract and how his wife didn't have to work anymore, Ozzie, and all things Sox. Aaron was a genuinely nice guy and took a considerable amount of his time to speak with me. Dude has some pipes! 5. The Q & A session was very upbeat and positive. Both Steff and Aboz behaved themselves and Kenny was flabbergasted by all the love. All in all, it was a first-class experience. The posters at Soxtalk were great in person, Beastly and I had a good time at the Q & A and it was a great way to interact with other Sox fans. I couldn't recommend Soxfest any more. Its k...thats good to hear Rowand's wife doesn't have to work, there are labor laws against that, I'd like to say that I behaved myself too, ain't that the truth Ian? And you met Steff, so thats even better, right? Steff was quite jumpy over the fact that in the summer I wanted them to throw at Sammy's head, which was extreme, so I did behave this time =) It was fun at that session...Ian gave some real good insight and we shared some good laughs about idiot fans and the "rivalry between beastly and aboz". I wish i coulda met Gage, called him once but nadda...thats k though I'll meet him eventually. All in all, it twas fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmookie Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 how was mansoo does he speak english ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 I'd bet he speaks english fine...I think ur posting in the wrong thread tho, lol though these probably will be merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxmatt Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 QUOTE(Ishmookie @ Jan 16, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) how was mansoo does he speak english ok He is a funny dude. He speaks English fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 -copy and pasted from soxfest thread Just got back from the fest. I was in a room w/ IlliniKrush and CWSGuy and had an absolute blast. Met up w/ steff, southsider, aboz, and jason throughout the weekend. Got some kickass sox gear at a ridiculously discounted price. Got hawk's autograph along w/ a picture with him. Awesome weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 My experience: Driving 4 hours of state and missing the whole thing. MAn, I'm so mad I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 How did you all meet each other? Did soxtalk have a banner or something set up? WIsh I coulda gone. Sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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