SouthSidePride05 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 For some reason, i'ts almost like I'm watching another team, and this unbelievable team isn't the team I've been following for years. In September, every game involved panic attacks, my heart pounding out of my chest, biting my fingernails, pulling my hair out, and yelling at the top of my lungs. I thought when they make the playoffs, I might have a heart attack watching the games. On Sunday, when Paulie hit that grand slam, I didn't even flinch, my heart didn't skip a beat, I didn't yell, I was almost slightly uncomfortable, like I was either numb or watching a team from Atlanta win Game 2 of the World Series. I see Sox fans going wild on tv, mobbing the cameras outside the Cell, and it's like I'm watching fans in some other city going crazy for their team. What the hell's going on?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furious_george Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 For some reason, i'ts almost like I'm watching another team, and this unbelievable team isn't the team I've been following for years. In September, every game involved panic attacks, my heart pounding out of my chest, biting my fingernails, pulling my hair out, and yelling at the top of my lungs. I thought when they make the playoffs, I might have a heart attack watching the games. On Sunday, when Paulie hit that grand slam, I didn't even flinch, my heart didn't skip a beat, I didn't yell, I was almost slightly uncomfortable, like I was either numb or watching a team from Atlanta win Game 2 of the World Series. I see Sox fans going wild on tv, mobbing the cameras outside the Cell, and it's like I'm watching fans in some other city going crazy for their team. What the hell's going on?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> there's somethin' happen' here...what it is ain't exactly clear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Theres a man with a gun over there, and you just got yerself banned, cuz you forgot to beware. QUOTE(furious_george @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) there's somethin' happen' here...what it is ain't exactly clear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxPhan7 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I totally know what you are going through. through out the regular season I lived and died with the sox. People wouldnt talk to me after a loss because I was soooo pissed. But now I have very little emotion good or bad after a game. It may because I fed off hawk and his emotion or that I am surrounded by cubs fans up here in Deerfield and very few people are watching or live the sox. i think that maybe our bodies are setting up a defense mechanism to keep us from getting hurt if the sox lose. Our bodies are keeping us from getting to high when we win and to low if we lose. It also has to do with our surroundings. I was at game 2 of the ALCS and I have never screamed so loudly and cheer so much in my life. But on sunday I just pumped a fist when pods hit the homer. IT is very strange, thats for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakes Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(SoxPhan7 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 12:03 PM) i think that maybe our bodies are setting up a defense mechanism to keep us from getting hurt if the sox lose. Our bodies are keeping us from getting to high when we win and to low if we lose. I have to believe your right. Although, I was going crazy at the game after both Pauly and Pods homers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzo2733 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(SoxPhan7 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 12:03 PM) I totally know what you are going through. through out the regular season I lived and died with the sox. People wouldnt talk to me after a loss because I was soooo pissed. But now I have very little emotion good or bad after a game. It may because I fed off hawk and his emotion or that I am surrounded by cubs fans up here in Deerfield and very few people are watching or live the sox. i think that maybe our bodies are setting up a defense mechanism to keep us from getting hurt if the sox lose. Our bodies are keeping us from getting to high when we win and to low if we lose. It also has to do with our surroundings. I was at game 2 of the ALCS and I have never screamed so loudly and cheer so much in my life. But on sunday I just pumped a fist when pods hit the homer. IT is very strange, thats for sure. The same thing is happening to me. I don't know what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(mrzo2733 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 01:29 PM) The same thing is happening to me. I don't know what's going on. It's called guarded optimism. Just wait, IF the Sox win the World Series...you will all feel different. As will the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I can't do that. I'm still living and dying with almost every pitch. I've pretty much given my heart and soul to this team and whatever happens will happen. I knew going in that it would hurt if they lose but if they win it will be so much sweeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I am still trying to figure out where this offense was all year long. If they hit like this during the season we would of won like 120 games. I knew the pitching would be good enough to get us in, I highly doubted our offense would be good enough. Thank god I was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 02:09 PM) I am still trying to figure out where this offense was all year long. If they hit like this during the season we would of won like 120 games. I knew the pitching would be good enough to get us in, I highly doubted our offense would be good enough. Thank god I was wrong. Who knows where we would be right now with a 120 win season. The Indians would have never mattered. The Sox would have slept walk into the postseason without any kind of challenge or wake-up calls. Sure, you can call me an optimist for trying to put a positive spin on the "collapse," but I think it was good for this club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 12:34 PM) Who knows where we would be right now with a 120 win season. The Indians would have never mattered. The Sox would have slept walk into the postseason without any kind of challenge or wake-up calls. Sure, you can call me an optimist for trying to put a positive spin on the "collapse," but I think it was good for this club. I could care less whether we won 89, 120, 99, 161, or 3 games all year, as long as we win the next 2. If we win...then I don't know if the collapse was a good thing or a bad thing, all i know is that it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) I could care less whether we won 89, 120, 99, 161, or 3 games all year, as long as we win the next 2. If we win...then I don't know if the collapse was a good thing or a bad thing, all i know is that it worked. Exactly. I just want to see us get those 2, and I'll never be happier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 01:34 PM) Who knows where we would be right now with a 120 win season. The Indians would have never mattered. The Sox would have slept walk into the postseason without any kind of challenge or wake-up calls. Sure, you can call me an optimist for trying to put a positive spin on the "collapse," but I think it was good for this club. I have to agree. That was the only thing I was hanging my hat on during that God-awful stretch in September. That maybe, hopefully, having to play games that meant something in late September would get this team ready for battle. The irony is, IMO, it wasn't the struggle that got them rolling, it was the release, the "breathing out", after they clinched that got them going again. They were able to relax, be themselves, take their eyes off the rear view mirror and just play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I feel the same way, and here's what I think: The problem is that World Series are played by two teams that are not in Chicago and certainly aren't the White Sox. What's going on now is the total opposite of everything I have ever seen and known and I can't explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringfieldFan Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 QUOTE(G&T @ Oct 25, 2005 -> 03:07 PM) I feel the same way, and here's what I think: The problem is that World Series are played by two teams that are not in Chicago and certainly aren't the White Sox. What's going on now is the total opposite of everything I have ever seen and known and I can't explain it. Well put, G&T. My feelings defy explanation, but I will try anyway. They are still the same Sox to me, but are the culmination of everything they were supposed to be. The Series itself, though, all feels so surreal, so different. I can tell myself that it is the same event that all teams and fans take part in, but this time it seems beyond that. Perhaps it is the freaky breaks, perhaps it is the long an suffering wait, perhaps it is the love affair-like joy in Chicago now, perhaps it is even Mrs. Clemens' deathbead invokation of Shoeless Joe. Maybe it is all of that and more, but it really feels like there is an invisible hand writing a special story for the ages. I am not saying I believe there are supernatural forces at play, but it just feels that way. SFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggliopipe Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 outstanding topic. i can't put a finger on why i'm not as excited as i should be. i've actually gotten less excited by the series. maybe it's in inverse proportion to how much i drink. i drink more now and am more numb to the goingson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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