# Go White Sox! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291 "2005-10-08T07:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/21 "2005-10-08T23:11:19Z")
Although I’m a die hard Yankees fan, it’s good to see the White Sox in the playoffs. If my beloved boys in pinstripes are bested by the Angels, I’ll root for Chicago. It would be nice to see the Cubbies pull off a series win before I die, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/22 "2005-10-08T23:41:31Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > What, you aren’t going to support the Angels and watch as they pound another nail in the coffin for the Dodgers’ claim to be the #1 team in the market? The pain, the pain… My exact wishes for McCourt and DePodesta are not allowed in MPSIMS. Or the Pit, for that matter. But I refuse to root for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, United Staes of America, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/23 "2005-10-08T23:48:47Z")
I think Dodger fans are entirely too hard on DePodesta. He made good moves in the offseason but your team isn’t going to be very good when you have pretty much every single key producer go down to freak injuries like broken fingers, sprained knees, broken wrists, broken ankles, whatever the heck is wrong with Gagne, etc., etc. Of course, watching Dodger fans shriek in outrage is high entertainment to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/24 "2005-10-09T00:36:12Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > One of the reasons i really hate Harrelson is that, on a number of occasions, i’ve seen him rag on the umpires when they make a call against the White Sox, even when replays clearly show that the call was correct. That sort of shit just annoys the hell out of me. > > By the way, for a guy who never actually played for the ChiSox as a player, Hawk Harrelson is a pretty big fan. Was he always a White Sox fan, or is this a product of his job? Actually, Harrelson’s previous gig was announcing the Red Sox games with Dick Stockton. He headed to Chicago about the same time as Carlton Fisk, just before the Black Shorts/Wide Lapel Jersey era in the Second City. By the way, congratulations to Chicago. A little reminder of what it’s like to be humble didn’t hurt this Red Sox fan as much as I was afraid it would. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/25 "2005-10-09T01:02:13Z")
> [@Updike](#): > > Nah, that’s too easy. Every die-hard Cubs fan I know would root for the CHICAGO White Sox over the evil Cardinals, any day of the week. Hell, I’d root for the Yankees over the Cardinals. Cardinals bad. 😃 Sorry, but Cubs fans don’t get to latch onto the White Sox like that. You suck, and you will always suck, and you don’t get to steal any non-suckiness from the White Sox. Not that it matters, as the White Sox couldn’t win a World Series anyway. Go Redbirds. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/26 "2005-10-09T01:38:03Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > Actually, Harrelson’s previous gig was announcing the Red Sox games with Dick Stockton. He headed to Chicago about the same time as Carlton Fisk, just before the Black Shorts/Wide Lapel Jersey era in the Second City. No, no, no–the bad uniforms were from the Bill Veeck era (1976-80), _followed_ by Fisk (1981) and Harrelson (1982). Fisk did wear the crud duds for one year, because the Sox weren’t allowed to change them in mid-season. Harrelson replaced Harry Caray after Caray decamped for the other side of town. When Harry announced for the White Sox, everybody called him a drunken dirty old man. When he went over to the Cubs, everybody called him a beloved folk icon. What an asshole he was. > [@Updike](#): > > Every die-hard Cubs fan I know would root for the CHICAGO White Sox over the evil Cardinals, any day of the week. Then we haven’t done a good enough job of making ourselves obnoxious. Go away. We don’t want you. ---
**Author:** ![Updike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/27 "2005-10-09T01:44:24Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > You suck, and you will always suck, and you don’t get to steal any non-suckiness from the White Sox. Dude, dial it back. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/28 "2005-10-09T02:07:14Z")
As a Yankees fan, I’m obviously still hoping the Bronx Bombers pull it off. But I’d be very happy to see the White Sox win the World Series, truth to tell. Partly because I have a lot of friends from Chicago, partly because the White Sox fans I know tend to be very nice people, but above all: UNLIKE THE FREAKING CUBS FANS AND RED SOX FANS, WHITE SOX FANS HAVEN’T SPENT THE PAST FEW DECADES WHINING ABOUT HOW CURSED AND PITIFUL AND PATHETIC THEY ARE!!! I mean, I used to feel sorry for Red Sox fans… a little. I was ALMOST happy they won last year, figuring they’d be less obnoxious once they could give up their self-pity. But no, they’ve been even more insufferable as winners than they ever were as losers. White Sox fans have always had the dignity and sense not to bitch or moan or gripe publicly. For that alone, I salute them and wish them well (against either the Angels or my Yankees). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/29 "2005-10-09T02:20:47Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It may not be in the spirit of being a true sports fan (or, then again, maybe it is), but i’m not a big fan of any of this year’s postseason teams, and my whole hierarchy of cheering depends on who i hate least, rather than who i like most. Holy mackerel. I could have written that post, aside from my being a Cleveland fan and only having the Padres to root for in the NL. When I moved to South Bend in the early 90s, I liked the Sox. When I moved away in the mid 90s, I wanted them all to die die die. I watched them every night on TV until I couldn’t take it any longer. At least you never had to hear Harrelson call Tom Paciorek “The Wimperoo.” _sob_ ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/30 "2005-10-09T03:03:38Z")
I’d just like to say that I only looked at this thread because I thought the title was **Go White Sex!** ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/31 "2005-10-09T04:31:47Z")
> [@Updike](#): > > Dude, dial it back. I wasn’t talking about you in particular, I was referring to Cubs fans as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/32 "2005-10-09T16:16:29Z")
Never having watched the Sox on TV, I can recommend their radio guys. They aren’t amazing, incredible, fabulous announcers, but they’re not offensive or obnoxious homers. Okay, they get more excited about a Sox homer than another team’s, but they don’t whoop it up, unlike the Cubs radio guys (who are AWFUL…okay, that’s just Santo). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/33 "2005-10-09T17:08:53Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Never having watched the Sox on TV, I can recommend their radio guys. They aren’t amazing, incredible, fabulous announcers, but they’re not offensive or obnoxious homers. Okay, they get more excited about a Sox homer than another team’s, but they don’t whoop it up, unlike the Cubs radio guys (who are AWFUL…okay, that’s just Santo). I’ll second the recommendation about the White Sox radio announcers, Ed Farmer and John Rooney (I think that’s their names). I’ve listened to them sometimes here in Cleveland when the Indians aren’t playing because for some reason my car radio can pull in the White Sox’ station. Go Sox. If the Tribe can’t do it I’d rather have lost out to the eventual champion. Besides, I hate the Red Sox and Yankees and while I like the Angels they just won it in 2002 so they need to suffer some more. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/34 "2005-10-09T20:18:53Z")
Well, this NLDS game is certainly exciting! Two Grand Slams in one game, for the first time in post-season history. And Houston hits a game-tying homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Go Astros! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/35 "2005-10-09T21:12:36Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Well, this NLDS game is certainly exciting! > > Two Grand Slams in one game, for the first time in post-season history. > > And Houston hits a game-tying homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. > > Go Astros! I _hate_ the Braves, go Astros! Anyone else listening to this game on ESPN radio? These announcers…not so good. The play by play guy seems to be the type that gets so involved in whatever anecdote he’s relating that he’s forgotten to tell us what’s going on in the game. “And then he said blah blah blah oh, and by the way, Ausmus just hit a homer to tie the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth”. (May be slight exaggeration.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/36 "2005-10-09T21:46:16Z")
Good NL game: 14th, 2 out 6-6 tie bases loaded for Braves and the Braves fail. Congrats to WhiteSox, I am very happy you swept out the RedSox and while I still hope Yanks go all the way, the team is flawed. Of all the teams left, I would pick WhiteSox to win if Yanks don’t. Besides at least I get to root for El Duke, one of my favorite players. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/37 "2005-10-09T22:33:43Z")
I’m beginning to wonder if this Braves/Astros game will _ever_ end. It’s all quite exciting but both teams are beginning to run out of players. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/38 "2005-10-09T22:34:04Z")
What a game. Currently in the top of the 17th and still tied at 6-6. What’s the record for the longest playoff game (in terms of time or innings) in history? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/39 "2005-10-09T22:36:26Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What’s the record for the longest playoff game (in terms of time or innings) in history? The radio guys are saying that this is now the longest playoff game in _divisional_ series history (I _think_ that’s right) in terms of both time and innings. Going to the bottom of the 17th now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291/40 "2005-10-09T22:40:44Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What a game. Currently in the top of the 17th and still tied at 6-6. What’s the record for the longest playoff game (in terms of time or innings) in history? This is it now, in both senses. It used to be 16 innings (Mets-Astros '86). If you’re a baseball fan, I don’t know how you can not love this. I’m a Braves fan, and I’m digging it even though I ought to be on the verge of a stroke. And I sure don’t trust Joey Devine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-white-sox/325291.md?page=3)