
mikecws91
Jul 07, 2010 Jun 02, 2012 0 1421
I'm a crazy Sox fan from a family of crazy Sox fans. However, in my childhood, I never got much exposure to baseball because my father boycotted the White Sox after Jerry Reinsdorf threatened to move the team to Tampa Bay. I had half-heartedly followed the Cubs during the 2003 postseason, but became disenfranchised with them after the Steve Bartman Incident. Being 12 years old, yet more mature than most of a fanbase, will do that to you. When I really fell in love with baseball was in the spring of 2005, when my parents sat me down in front of the TV and turned on a Sox game. Some guy with high socks and a funny last name (I think it started with a P) was batting.
I regret becoming a fan in a magical year like 2005 because I didn't have the same hunger as most diehard fans who had waited for a long time to see the White Sox win the World Series. For me it was more like a first high that I've been chasing ever since, and I really don't think I fully appreciated it—not nearly as much as I would now.
I'm a junior political science and Japanese student at Northwestern University who spends his studying time reading Fangraphs and baseball blogs and spends what little money he gets traveling to different cities and visiting their ballparks. I've been to U.S. Cellular Field, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Citi Field, Dodger Stadium, PETCO Park, and Rogers Centre, and I had tickets to three more but never made it to them.
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Recent activity
Commented Bottom of the 9th is all I got time for! on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:25 PM EDT
Commented When you tap the head, it stays put and everyone else's head bobbles. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:24 PM EDT
Commented Oh god, don't let this game go to extras. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:15 PM EDT
Commented BOOM! on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:15 PM EDT
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Commented I wish Hawk would not fucking dwell on leadoff walks for 20 minutes every time one scores. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:04 PM EDT
Commented Wow. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:03 PM EDT
Commented Glad to see the bullpen fuck things up again. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 7:00 PM EDT
Commented I disagree. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:58 PM EDT
Recommended Better than sitting on a computer like mikecws91 is doing. on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:57 PM EDT
Commented Steve: Ryan is a good bunter. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:57 PM EDT
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Commented For real. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:51 PM EDT
Commented Wow, chased a fastball that missed by a foot and a half. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:48 PM EDT
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Commented Dayum, 100 on the gun. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:46 PM EDT
Commented I like jogs on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:45 PM EDT
Commented Yup. Ball four was strike three. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:44 PM EDT
Commented Wow, I thought that was gonna get the call. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:43 PM EDT
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Commented It's getting there. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:34 PM EDT
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Commented Hawk's laughing says, "God I wish I could say something about this humpty-dumpty motherfucker." on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:19 PM EDT
Commented That wasn't actually a balk? on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:18 PM EDT
Commented Whoa, did first base umpire Joe West just call a balk on a White Sox pitcher? on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:18 PM EDT
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Recommended The Seamen are pulling their furbush on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:18 PM EDT
Recommended my follow-up rap tape on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:10 PM EDT
Recommended That out unpacked my sack. on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:07 PM EDT
Recommended Cinch it up and rub one out if you sacs are packed. on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:07 PM EDT
Commented Hawk just said "Sacks packed with seamen." on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:05 PM EDT
Commented Time to become a man, Hector. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 6:03 PM EDT
Commented Hawk just said his first overall pick in an all-time fantasy draft would be Cy Young. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:45 PM EDT
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Commented Clearly he never played with Ron Santo. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:41 PM EDT
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Commented His mom was probably listening to the game on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:36 PM EDT
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Commented Ryan sure carried that bat a long way. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:12 PM EDT
Commented Small hairless balls. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:09 PM EDT
Commented Jesus Christ Gavin. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:09 PM EDT
Commented You don't run on Ale-Alejandro. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 5:05 PM EDT
Commented Glad Robin let De Aza swing away there. on Gamethread: Perfect 10? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 4:59 PM EDT
Recommended quibble on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 1:28 PM EDT
Commented Hawk thinks he COULD have if some team had just given him a chance to keep playing. on Profiling the Past: Magglio Ordonez on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 1:28 PM EDT
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Recommended You know what else stands out? on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 1:14 PM EDT
Recommended Baahahaha, I don't even care if idaman. on South Side Sox - 06/02/12 1:25 AM EDT
Commented And not an Andrew McCutchen jersey on Plumbing the White Sox outfield depth on South Side Sox - 05/31/12 12:51 PM EDT
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Recommended so you hope an irish person is dead. on South Side Sox - 05/31/12 12:50 PM EDT
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Commented FVP. on The stupidity of purposefully hitting batters on South Side Sox - 05/31/12 4:02 AM EDT
Recommended both computer labs have been warned. on South Side Sox - 05/31/12 3:55 AM EDT
Commented Why yes. on The stupidity of purposefully hitting batters on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 10:10 PM EDT
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Recommended first win while in first in almost two years on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 6:16 PM EDT
Recommended Buggery! on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 4:11 PM EDT
Commented SWEEP! on Gamethread: Today's word of wisdom is 'sweep' on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 4:09 PM EDT
Recommended Sometimes called an Assdribble Cabrera on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 3:46 PM EDT
Commented Sale. on Gamethread: Today's word of wisdom is 'sweep' on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 3:30 PM EDT
Recommended he definitely needs to be struck there on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 3:24 PM EDT
Recommended Went over to check out Wegner's Wiki page. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 3:23 PM EDT
Commented Vizquel. on Gamethread: Today's word of wisdom is 'sweep' on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 3:17 PM EDT
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Recommended Feelings? on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:58 PM EDT
Recommended Classic Wimpy moment on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:56 PM EDT
Commented I'm listening to the TB radio call. on Gamethread: Today's word of wisdom is 'sweep' on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:45 PM EDT
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Commented I don't see why the Sox were retaliating in the first place. on Gamethread: Today's word of wisdom is 'sweep' on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:22 PM EDT
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Recommended Luke Scott's sideburns harken back to a simpler and more racist time in this country that he would have thoroughly enjoyed. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:15 PM EDT
Recommended I refuse to believe that ball went over the fence until I see Luke Scott's long-form MLB contract on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:15 PM EDT
Recommended Well they could if you went to more games. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:13 PM EDT
Commented Mariners really wanted him. on What to do with Brent Morel? on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 2:10 PM EDT
Recommended unless tp's mother lives down there. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 5:37 AM EDT
Recommended i'd rec the research, but don't want to look like i rec'd the stat. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 5:36 AM EDT
Recommended Its over 50! Hurrah! When is the last time you saw that? on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 5:35 AM EDT
Recommended is billy listed now? say it ain't so, bm. on South Side Sox - 05/30/12 5:31 AM EDT
Recommended Of all things, it was a freak airplane crash on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 10:07 PM EDT
Commented 35 dongs in one year is a pretty torrid pace. on Gamethread: Godzilla pornography on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 10:05 PM EDT
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Commented It's been his signature move for at least a year now. on Gamethread: Godzilla pornography on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 10:04 PM EDT
Commented Just dropping by. I'll leave this here. on Gamethread: Godzilla pornography on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 9:59 PM EDT
Commented Common thread: on These aren't your 2011 White Sox on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 6:01 PM EDT
Commented Someone on Fangraphs made a GIF of B.J. Upton after he struck out against Sale. on These aren't your 2011 White Sox on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 5:55 PM EDT
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Recommended earned 34 million from sox on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 5:29 PM EDT
Commented Hence, Juan Pierre continues to find employment. on These aren't your 2011 White Sox on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 2:07 PM EDT
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Commented I think if the club is clearly in contention, you start to skip a couple of Sale's starts in August and September. on White Sox 2, Rays 1: Sale outduels Moore as Sox win 6th straight on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 3:32 AM EDT
Commented Mike Huff and Frank Thomas are an interesting duo that comes to mind on White Sox 2, Rays 1: Sale outduels Moore as Sox win 6th straight on South Side Sox - 05/29/12 3:26 AM EDT
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Commented lawl on Gamethread: Support your troops on South Side Sox - 05/28/12 5:45 PM EDT
Recommended Let me be the first to say today on South Side Sox - 05/28/12 5:43 PM EDT
Commented Sure, but he'd preach that, then turn around and suck some Minnesota D. on White Sox remake themselves at home on South Side Sox - 05/28/12 2:08 PM EDT
Recommended I always knew it was Greg Walker's Fault on South Side Sox - 05/28/12 2:04 PM EDT
Commented I am enjoying that the Sox sweeping their division-leading rivals to move to within 1/2 game is nowhere to be found in the headlines of any major sports outlet. on Gamethread: Drink lots of water on South Side Sox - 05/27/12 5:50 PM EDT
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