I'm trying to remember when I went to my first White Sox game. I wasn't 21, that's for sure...

Speeps Jr went after his first birthday.

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Haha, this meathead. The Hawks and Bulls sell out every game, dude, and the Hawks' sellouts are well above 19k. They led the NHL in attendance.

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I don't remember which team, but remember the one that didn't move for a good 5-6 seconds after the ball was snapped? He just sat in his crouched position on the line. Was it the Eagles?

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For no real reason, I thought I'd share a thought that just went thru my head (don't worry) .... if Buffone and I did had a show, it'd be 'Doug & Obese'.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

phone lines busy. Apparently filled up with people who cannot make a cogent point.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Wait a second. Even though the Bulls have been among the NBA leaders in attendance since United Center opened in 1994, I think there was a game before Derrick Rose's arrival that they didn't sell out.

Okay, maybe. They've been selling out--and surely leading the NBA, as well--for a couple years now. What's your point?

Are we going to use the South Side Red Line shutdown as an excuse for not going to games next year, even though I've been told repeatedly by Sox fans here that no one takes the L to games.

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This is the dumbest thing I have read on the board today, and actually in quite some time here.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

You were told wrong.

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So you agree with Jason that Jerry Reinsdorf is a victim of antisemitism and that's why Sox attendance is bad.

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I was focusing on the free ballpark part of that second sentence. No one ever cogently made the point to Bernsie that the Cubs should be pushing for the exact same deal the Sox get.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

You can't make this stuff up!

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No. Goff is usually an unfocused idiot. Today is no exception.

I think the statement that the Bulls have been run into the ground is inaccurate to the point that stupid is really the only adjective I could think of.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I don't know if the White Sox & CTA have made contingency plans once the Red Line is shutdown within walking distance of U.S. Cellular Field. In recent years, that was one of the ways I had attended ballgames and didn't experience any issues with safety.

Don't remember NFL, but Florida State lineman are taught not to move when they draw defense offsides. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpPGfj1_sM

Well, I know you're an apologist for the organization. I maintain that the stewardship of the team has been less than exemplary since the dynasty ended. We'll agree to disagree, I guess.

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Good thing the Green Line is still operational for SHARK and niece to attend next year.

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Ahh, yes, you're probably right. I was thinking of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpapY5PiMTk

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that's because you're a large, intimidating man, SHARK.

also, your brother is a police officer.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I think Red Line trains are being rerouted from the Dan Ryan median to the Green Line's track, insofar as they can be, so you would just get off at IIT-35th instead of Sox-35th and walk an extra two blocks. Or you could just take the Red Line to Roosevelt and switch to the Green Line there.

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yeah, they haven't run it into the ground. they're just not a destination point for free agents like they had planned. It was a lazy move to sign boozer but that's the GM's fault.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

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It's my understanding that the Red Line starts & finishes at Cermak, I believe in Chinatown, to accommodate repairs starting next spring.

1 Philadelphia 81 3,565,718 44,021 100.8 81 31,749 72.8 162 37,885 86.9
2 NY Yankees 81 3,542,406 43,733 87.0 81 34,154 82.0 162 38,943 84.7
3 Texas 81 3,460,280 42,719 86.9 80 28,209 66.7 161 35,509 77.6
4 San Fra 81 3,377,371 41,695 99.5 80 32,889 72.4 161 37,320 85.5
5 LA Dodgers 81 3,324,246 41,040 73.3 80 32,640 74.4 161 36,866 73.8
6 St. Louis 81 3,262,109 40,272 91.6 81 31,436 72.7 162 35,854 82.2
7 LA Angels 81 3,061,770 37,799 83.3 81 30,831 70.2 162 34,315 76.8
8 Boston 81 3,043,003 37,567 101.4 81 31,038 71.8 162 34,303 85.5
9 Detroit 81 3,028,033 37,383 90.6 81 30,539 73.5 162 33,961 82.0
10 Cubs 81 2,882,756 35,589 86.5 81 32,485 75.2 162 34,037 80.7
11 Milwaukee 81 2,831,385 34,955 83.4 81 30,580 71.3 162 32,767 77.3
12 Minnesota 81 2,776,354 34,275 86.8 80 28,306 66.5 161 31,309 76.3
13 Colorado 81 2,630,458 32,474 64.3 80 32,301 72.0 161 32,388 67.9
14 Washington 79 2,370,794 30,010 72.3 81 33,116 75.6 160 31,582 74.0
15 Atlanta 81 2,420,171 29,878 60.1 81 31,936 75.2 162 30,907 67.0
16 Cincinnati 81 2,347,251 28,978 68.5 81 30,784 71.5 162 29,881 70.0
17 NY Mets 80 2,242,803 28,035 67.1 81 33,720 76.6 161 30,895 72.0
18 Miami 81 2,219,444 27,400 73.2 80 30,986 70.9 161 29,182 71.9
19 Arizona 81 2,177,617 26,884 55.3 81 32,292 72.2 162 29,588 63.4
20 Baltimore 79 2,102,240 26,610 58.6 81 29,549 68.6 160 28,098 63.5
21 San Diego 81 2,123,721 26,218 61.4 81 31,422 69.4 162 28,820 65.5
22 Pittsburgh 80 2,091,918 26,148 68.2 81 31,307 71.7 161 28,744 70.1
23 Toronto 81 2,099,663 25,921 52.6 80 29,075 69.8 161 27,488 60.4
24 White Sox 81 1,965,955 24,271 59.8 81 29,983 69.7 162 27,127 64.9
25 Kansas City 80 1,739,859 21,748 57.4 81 27,447 64.7 161 24,615 61.3
26 Seattle 81 1,721,920 21,258 44.4 81 28,262 67.0 162 24,760 55.0
27 Oakland 81 1,679,013 20,728 60.6 81 29,978 68.0 162 25,353 64.8
28 Houston 81 1,607,733 19,848 48.5 81 31,119 72.1 162 25,483 60.6
29 Cleveland 81 1,603,596 19,797 45.6 81 28,285 68.2 162 24,041 56.6
30 Tampa Bay 81 1,559,681 19,255 56.5 81 30,403 69.2 162 24,829 63.6

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Read it and weep!

Im not being an apologist. By any criteria you prefer to base it on, saying the Bulls have been run into the ground is just ridiculously uninformed hyperbolic garbage. They have one of the best players and coaches in the league. They constantly sell out, which you've already pointed out. There's nothing wrong with their facilities. Since Rose came to the team they have consistently been among the league leaders in national tv appearances. There's really nothing to support the notion that the Bulls have been anything other than a great organization. They made some bad high draft picks from 99-03. That's really about it. Every team except the Lakers goes through those ups and downs. The whole "Bulls can't sign a free agent" cries are complete nonsense, perpetuated solely because the last two big names they got(Boozer and Wallace) have sucked comparative to their salaries.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Boston fans also complain that their team never signs any big free agents. I guess they've been run into the ground also.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Why is Terry so bothered by the Bears game being played at 3:30 on Sunday??? Is it past his bedtime or something?