Comments on: WHEN GROWN MEN WEEP

By: Conservative Cat

Conservative Cat — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:06:56 +0000

Carnival of the Vicious, Invading Paleface Bastards #3

Welcome to the third edition of the Carnival of the Vicious, Invading Paleface Bastards, the only Carnival devoted entirely to Illinois issues and Illinois blogs. There’s only one story in the State of Illinois this week: the Chicago White Sox…

By: JimBobElrod

JimBobElrod — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:13:26 +0000

Did I ever have a deprived childhood. Growing up in SW Michigan, my window on the Sox was limited to listening to Bob Elson on the radio. The only chance to see them on TV was if they happened to play on The Game of the Week on Saturday. I wasn’t aware that Mr. Brickhouse was a Sox announcer.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:42:22 +0000

I’m glad I got to Comiskey before they tore it down. I saw Bobby Bonds homer into the upper deck in left-center field. I saw Harry Caray engage in a beer chugging contest between games of a double header, trying to swallow a bottle of Budweiser against guys quaffing steins.

Here’s to old-fashioned baseball, team baseball, and fundamentals. And here’s to the manager that no one outside the team can understand.

As a lifelong Cubs fan, I understand your skepticism. Chicago sports fans must always doubt their teams’ ability to win the big one. But maybe, just maybe, not this time.

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:33:10 +0000

Jack Brickhouse, of course. Do I get a bonus for naming radio broadcaster Bob Elson?

Here’s a trip down White Sox broadcasting memory lane:

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cws/history/broadcasters.jsp

By: JimBobElrod

JimBobElrod — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:21:27 +0000

I still have my Early Wynn autograph glove and got many little league hits using a Nellie Fox model thick-handled bat (choked up of course, never held down at the end of the bat). For bonus points, who was the long time Sox announcer during the Senor Lopez regime?

By: The MaryHunter

The MaryHunter — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:59:33 +0000

Congrats, Rick! It’ll be tough for me to root for your Sox if Houston pulls through, since I have family ties down there. Saw Pettite pitch a great game against the Nats in Houston during August (I know, not hard to do). Still… oooh… we’ll see.