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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:41 am 
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I love Vin Scully. I fantasize about him every night while I stare at my radio and listen to Farmio.


Scully was a fine broadcaster. So was Ernie Harwell. But I don't think they were the type of promoters for live attendance that bigfan is talking about. Harry was pretty much one of a kind. He made the ballpark seem like the place to be. Scully tells you what's happening in the game, but I don't think anyone listening to him feels they're missing something by not being there.



When I discuss this subject this is exactly what I mean by only a special announcer brings them to the ballpark. Most others are attendance neutral at worst.

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interesting the Dodgers and Tigers are two of the great franchises in baseball history.

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Uecker was a goof like Harry to a lesser degree. Did he fill county stadium?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:59 am 
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you really want to compare attendance and population bases of the Brewers vs. white sox?

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Hatchetman wrote:
interesting the Dodgers and Tigers are two of the great franchises in baseball history.


What are the criteria for greatness? Why are some franchises "great" when others are not? Why would anyone think Detroit is any greater than the White Sox, Red Sox, or Indians?

That reminds me that I heard Theo in that Score interview last week when he said he was going to put the Cubs back in "their rightful place". What is their "rightful place"? Last place?

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why you be so silly? you know what greatness is. World Championships, winning baseball teams, HOF players. the imagination of little kids lying in bed on the farm at night listening to staticy (sp?) radio signals.

The White Sox are a sorry ass franchise considering 100+ years of history.

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Hatchetman wrote:
why you be so silly? you know what greatness is. World Championships, winning baseball teams, HOF players. the imagination of little kids lying in bed on the farm at night listening to staticy (sp?) radio signals.

The White Sox are a sorry ass franchise considering 100+ years of history.


The Tigers have 4 World series wins and the White Sox have three. There must be a fine line to greatness there.

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you really want to compare attendance and population bases of the Brewers vs. white sox?
The Brewers have a bigger one.

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why do I have to beat off two trolls simultaneously? maybe I could get a website. :lol:

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you really want to compare attendance and population bases of the Brewers vs. white sox?



No but did he increase attendance then.

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why do I have to beat off two trolls simultaneously? maybe I could get a website. :lol:
Would your first post be about the White Sox gameday experience you haven't been to in 20 years?

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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why you be so silly? you know what greatness is. World Championships, winning baseball teams, HOF players. the imagination of little kids lying in bed on the farm at night listening to staticy (sp?) radio signals.

The White Sox are a sorry ass franchise considering 100+ years of history.


The Tigers have 4 World series wins and the White Sox have three. There must be a fine line to greatness there.


Read it and weep,buddy!

guess who?

World Series titles (2) 1907 · 1908
NL Pennants (16) 1945 • 1938 • 1935 • 1932
1929 • 1918 • 1910 • 1908
1907 • 1906 • 1886 • 1885
1882 • 1881 • 1880 • 1876
1870 (National Association of Base Ball Players)
Central Division titles (3) 2008 • 2007 • 2003
East Division titles (2) 1989 • 1984
Wild card berths (1) 1998

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StoneRoses is hysterically laughing at this conversation


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Like I laugh at the fact the Cubs have won 16 pennants & the White Sox only 6.

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Stoneroses can also laugh at the fact the Yankees & Cubs both have 44 guys in the HOF.

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Like I laugh at the fact the Cubs have won 16 pennants & the White Sox only 6.


You're really counting pennants from the 1800s, jimmy? You're probably the only guy who was living when those happened.

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keep 'em coming Jimmy, you have them reeling. :lol:

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Like I laugh at the fact the Cubs have won 16 pennants & the White Sox only 6.


You're really counting pennants from the 1800s, jimmy? You're probably the only guy who was living when those happened.



Fact is fact. No wins/ERA/Bernstein WAR BS here!!

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I hate that he makes me consider the position of liking Hawk.

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It will never cease to amuse me how virulently angry Dan gets about someone being bad at their job while having his name attached to this show.

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Whatever happened to stoneroses86? Gone since March...

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Whatever happened to stoneroses86? Gone since March...


He couldn't stand Baby McNown anymore.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Like I laugh at the fact the Cubs have won 16 pennants & the White Sox only 6.


You're really counting pennants from the 1800s, jimmy? You're probably the only guy who was living when those happened.

:lol: Says the guy who is counting 2 White Sox championships from 100 years ago

In regard to Hawk, just wait til he is gone and they get some vanilla ass loser that is boring as fuck. Those who hate Hawk so much will realize how perfect he was for the Sox when he is gone

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In regard to Hawk, just wait til he is gone and they get some vanilla ass loser that is boring as fuck. Those who hate Hawk so much will realize how perfect he was for the Sox when he is gone
No. Don't you understand? That announcer will increase attendance by 1 million fans a year.

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RFDC wrote:
:lol: Says the guy who is counting 2 White Sox championships from 100 years ago


1900 is widely recognized as the demarcation of so-called "modern baseball". As the chart posted by RPB shows, outside of the Yankees and Cardinals, everyone else is pretty much in the same boat. for most teams 5 championships is a lot. To call the Tigers a great franchise and the Sox horseshit is just negative Sox fan talk.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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:lol: Says the guy who is counting 2 White Sox championships from 100 years ago


1900 is widely recognized as the demarcation of so-called "modern baseball". As the chart posted by RPB shows, outside of the Yankees and Cardinals, everyone else is pretty much in the same boat. for most teams 5 championships is a lot. To call the Tigers a great franchise and the Sox horseshit is just negative Sox fan talk.

Ok cool, but no WS championships for 100 years is pretty horseshit.

Let's face it. Both the Cubs and White Sox for the majority of the "modern baseball" world have been horseshit.

This year they are both just keeping up their reputations.

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:lol: Says the guy who is counting 2 White Sox championships from 100 years ago


1900 is widely recognized as the demarcation of so-called "modern baseball". As the chart posted by RPB shows, outside of the Yankees and Cardinals, everyone else is pretty much in the same boat. for most teams 5 championships is a lot. To call the Tigers a great franchise and the Sox horseshit is just negative Sox fan talk.

Ok cool, but no WS championships for 100 years is pretty horseshit.

Let's face it. Both the Cubs and White Sox for the majority of the "modern baseball" world have been horseshit.

This year they are both just keeping up their reputations.
Since we are using arbitrary numbers, 1 since 2000 is pretty good!

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RFDC wrote:
Let's face it. Both the Cubs and White Sox for the majority of the "modern baseball" world have been horseshit.


That's not really true though. The Cubs were the elite team in the early part of the twentieth century. Then they were strong in the thirties. The Sox went 17 straight winning seasons in the 50s and 60s. How many teams have done that?

The Cubs well-earned reputation as losers comes from their post-war failures wherein they didn't have a winning season from 1946 until 1963. Then they were good for a few years in the late 60s and early seventies and couldn't win a division and then bad again until '84. They've been a normal team since then.

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RFDC wrote:
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:lol: Says the guy who is counting 2 White Sox championships from 100 years ago


1900 is widely recognized as the demarcation of so-called "modern baseball". As the chart posted by RPB shows, outside of the Yankees and Cardinals, everyone else is pretty much in the same boat. for most teams 5 championships is a lot. To call the Tigers a great franchise and the Sox horseshit is just negative Sox fan talk.

Ok cool, but no WS championships for 100 years is pretty horseshit.

Let's face it. Both the Cubs and White Sox for the majority of the "modern baseball" world have been horseshit.

This year they are both just keeping up their reputations.

What are talking about RFDC? Sox are serious contenders.


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