We have a World Series in CHICAGO!!!!

[wndycty]

Go SOX!!!!

[JVS]

1. Wooohooo!

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. It doesn't seem real

not at all

[NNadir]

3. Congratulations.

I'm happy for Chicago.

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Hey we missed you

at the DU get together. You know it was all that Chicago DU mojo that pushed us over the top.

[wndycty]

7. Sorry I missed it!

:kick:

[wndycty]

5. Oh this is sweet!!!!!!!!!!

:kick:

[nini]

6. Thank the umps

:evilgrin:


I was all ready to support the sox before this series but have lost my excitement because of the shitty calls in their favor. I'm happy for their fans but I just wish there wasn't any second guessing on how they got there.


Have fun and enjoy.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Give it up

Blaming the umpires is like saying "It's God's will." Bad calls are part of baseball, they go both ways, and professionals don't blame a loss on them.

I was pulling for the Angels, but I still give the Sox their due. They were clearly the better ball club.

[nini]

32. I have nothing to GIVE UP...

my point is...calls like that ruin the game for me. Yep, the Angels should have won anyway if they were the superior team. But, crap like that ruins the game to a point and puts enough doubt on stuff that it cause the competition aspect of the game to suffer greatly.

I'm a purist when it comes to sports. My team can go down in flames as long as the game is called fairly within human abilities. For example when the 1st base ump blew the call when the Angel's pitcher did not tag the runner since he did not have the ball in his hand. THAT call did need to be reversed because it was wrong - I have no problem with that. Just as I don't want my teams losing on bad calls - I don't want them winning on them either.

YOU would think with my use of the evilgrin icon you would have realized my comments did have some sarcasm in them.

Since you don't know me.. don't ever pull that 'God's will' shit on me. You are practically accusing me of being a fundie which is a major insult to me.

[HuckleB]

16. There's no second guessing.

The Sox had superior pitching, which led to the Angels posting the lowest BA in ALCS history for a series more than three games long. The umps had jack to do with it.

[nini]

33. The umps probably didn't have anything to do with the FINAL results

but they screwed up. Hence my use of the evilgrin icon.

You guys really take this a bit too seriously. I do believe I wished the fans well and I am happy for them to have their team in the finals after all these years. I just think it would have been nicer for the Sox to have arrived there WITHOUT the controversy of earlier games.

I am NOT a fan that hates others teams because they're not mine. But, I am a fan that expects the overpaid ego maniacal umps to make decent calls and if they're wrong admit it - that's all and not really too much to ask for.

[RandomKoolzip]

34. How do those grapes taste?

[Zomby Woof]

35. Quite sweet, thanks!

I think you can read where she says she wishes the fans well. That wasn't the post of someone vengeful or angry about the outcome.

The evilgrin icon, and wishing their fans well... it is a bit of an OVERREACH to say that it is a case of sour grapes.

We were going to pull for the winner of the ALCS no matter which team... but the hell with it. Bring on the basketball season.

I sure love this place at times, lol.

[nini]

40. I prefer wine

Again, re-read my post.. Jesus Christ.. I would think the use of the evilgrin icon would give some of my intent away.


When you're rereading the post.. please pay special attention to my comments and good wishes for the Sox fans. If that is sour grapes then excuse the fuck out of me. :eyes:

[bluestateguy]

8. I heard these guys will cost even more for gamblers to buy off this time!

I mean, it's not 1919 anymore. $5,000 under the pillow just won't cut it anymore!

Toodles!

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. Um, we'll earn our money the old-fashioned way

by creaming the opposition, thank you very much.

[Rich Hunt]

29. yeah

Maybe they'll have to threaten their entire family and not just their wives this time.

Don't even go there....

[borlis]

10. It's exciting, I guess. But

it would be WAY more exciting if it were the Cubs. :cry:

[wndycty]

11. It sure would because that would mean pigs are flying and hell is . . .

. . .freezing over. LOL!!!!

[borlis]

12. I'm with you.

I don't think the Cubs will win one in my lifetime.

[HuckleB]

15. Pfffft.

This Cubs fans says, "Get over it!"

Help the Sox fans enjoy themselves. They deserve a joyous celebration for once!

[Ferret Annica]

20. The who?

;-)

[SIU_Blue]

36. The problem with the cubs is that their fans are too loyal.

no, seriously, why should the evil Tribune Co. spend the money for a good team if the place sells out everytime, regardless? If cubs fans would boycott just one season, or even a few games, things would change on the north side.

But hey, what does one little sox fan know anyway?

[HuckleB]

14. SWEET!

Congratulations!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. Hey whatever happened to Frank Thomas (The Big Hurt)? Retired?

[HuckleB]

18. Re-injured his foot in July, ended up on the 60-day DL in September.

His career with the Sox is likely over.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. Yeah, hard for big guys like that, Shaq etc. to carry the weight. Foot

problems are likely. :(

[wndycty]

22. He was there and celebrating!

:kick:

[redsoxliberal]

21. congrats (white) sox fans!

:D

[AngryAmish]

23. wax your Camaro extra shiny today

and put that White Sox flag on it!

[Rich Hunt]

41. camaro?

Whaaa? Is that a 'code' of some kind?

We're professionals now - many of us went to college and all.

[LynneSin]

24. Yes but the curse is still real

White Sox at least have been in a World Series in the past 50 years - Cubbies are just doomed!

[GOPisEvil]

26. Their curse is longer than the Red Sox, though...

Their last World Series win was 1917.

[Fla Dem]

25. From a life long Red Sox fan...Congrats to the White Sox...it's an

unbelievable feeling isn't it!!!!!

[xmas74]

27. I still can't believe it!

Now I get to have five seconds of hell from a family member(she's a Sox fan, I'm a Cubbie). But it's obvious who I'm rooting for. If it were ever the Cubs it would be the same way with her.


GO SOX!

[GalleryGod]

28. Yes, CHISox, Yes!

Where's Luis Ap and Nellie Fox to throw out the first ball !

And Yes...it was Gerry Staley who beat the Dodgers in Game ! of the '59 Series !

Go-Go-Sox !!!!!!!!!!!

[dolo amber]

30. I've watched most ever second of every game

thus far, but had just a MASSIVE allergy attack yesterday and my meds knocked me out when it was tied 3-3. Drat! :(

Oh well, good on the Sox. Two curses broken in 2 years has to be a good thing. :D

[Jamison]

31. Have fun playing the Astros!

Houston's pitching is just as good, plus they have a very strong offense.

[SIU_Blue]

37. Should be a good series. n/t

[KamaAina]

38. Tom DeLay better hurry on down to Enron Field

or whatever they're calling it this week, so he can throw out the first pitch before he goes to prison!!

[Initech]

39. Astros in 4!

Yeah, I'm still bitter about game 2. I swear the playoffs are rigged. Rigged, I tells ya! :nuke:

[sasquatch]

42. Will they win the damned thing this time though?