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[WordUpThome]

JIM THOME.

I FELT IT WAS A PROS POS TO START A GAMING THREAD FOR THE UPCOMING MATCH BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE SOCKS.

YOU, THE BOSTON RED SOX...A SYMBOL OF A BYGONE ERA WHERE RED WAS THE COLOR OF LOVE, RATHER THAN DESPOTIC COMMUNISM.

MY FRIENDS AND I, THE VIRTUOUS WHITE SOX OF CHICAGO. OURS TWO IS A TEAM THAT IS RAMPENT WITH HISTORY, MOSTLY REVOLVING AROUND ALMOST DESTROYING BASEBALL AND DESTROYING DISCO ALUMBS.

THOUGH THE BEE GEES WERE VERY POPULAR, THEIR MUSIC IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA SO I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THAT SAD TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF SAID ALBUMS.

I DIEGRESS. I HAVE NOT COME TO THIS HOUSE TO "TALK SMACK". ONLY TO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK THIS SERIES, AS LONG AS THAT LUCK DOES NOT INCLUDE WINNING GAMES FROM US PALE HOSE.

SINCERELY YOURS,

JIM THOME.

[The Smart Dope]

It sounds like you're a White Sox fan. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) I have no problem with that, but I think a lot of SoSH won't really like this, since, you know, it is a Red Sox forum...

EDIT: I'm very highly doubting you're Jim Thome. If you are, awesome. You're a great guy for the community, and the city of Chicago. My hat would then be tipped for you, Mr. Thome. Plus, why all the caps?

Edited by The Smart Dope, 23 August 2009 - 11:22 PM.

[Greg Blosser]

What was the website that used to do these fake dialogue thingies 5 or 6 years ago? The Thome ones were the best; the Manny ones were almost as good.

WHT is merely a crass bastardization.

Which begs the question - what if a team goes 88 years between championships and nobody gives a shit?

Pale hose, pale imitation. Fuck off, Chisox. Die.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Who else could start this thread, really? It just feels so absolutely appropriate.

[WordUpThome]

It sounds like you're a White Sox fan. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) I have no problem with that, but I think a lot of SoSH won't really like this, since, you know, it is a Red Sox forum...

EDIT: I'm very highly doubting you're Jim Thome. If you are, awesome. You're a great guy for the community, and the city of Chicago. My hat would then be tipped for you, Mr. Thome. Plus, why all the caps?

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU ARE GIVING TO ME FOR MY MANY HOURS OF CHARITABLE WORKS.

ARE YOU THE YOUNG MAN I MET AT THE GROUP HOME LAST YEAR? IF SO, I HOPE THAT AUTOGRAPH I SENT YOU IS UP ON YOUR WALL WITH THE COLLECTION OF HOCKEY HELMETS YOU WERE SO PROUD OF.

[God's Cop]

LUSCIOUS TATERS

[Sprowl]

LUSCIOUS TATERS

No, NO, that's LUCIOUS Taters. He's very sensitive about his given name.

Speaking of posters' sensitivities, I really hate being shouted at, and that's what ALL CAPS does. So, WordUpThome, please do us all a big favor and release the caps lock key. Forever.

And ever.

Amen.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Speaking of posters' sensitivities, I really hate being shouted at, and that's what ALL CAPS does. So, WordUpThome, please do us all a big favor and release the caps lock key. Forever.

And ever.

Amen.

Don't listen Jim. The all caps is part of the Schtick that makes you so damn special.

[mikeford]

We can't lose.

[Mr-S-The-Brutal]

'Sup big Jim.


Gonna hit me some jimmy jacks against these damn Sox?

[SoxScout]

What was the website that used to do these fake dialogue thingies 5 or 6 years ago?

WordUpThome.com

[JulE6]

I am in awe. Win it for Ji

Jim Thome

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

No, NO, that's LUCIOUS Taters. He's very sensitive about his given name.

Speaking of posters' sensitivities, I really hate being shouted at, and that's what ALL CAPS does. So, WordUpThome, please do us all a big favor and release the caps lock key. Forever.

And ever.

Amen.

Sprowl, you are a fucking G___D. You should know that because you can PitchFX and post on some random, trivial happening within a 46 second time-frame. Plus, and more importantly, you are a funny and twisted motherfucker. Mad respeckt for that yo!

That said, WUT and his caps-lock are straight butter awesome. Keep the key locked, my Hgh riddled brother. Lock that shit down!

[SemperFidelisSox]

Jose Contreras?

[BucketOBalls]

i am amazed. there is no one that could be more appropriate for this game. i think if i emulate his posting style, but hold down the shift key at the same time....only good things can happen.

[xpisblack]

God damn it, am I going to have to build this fucking pyramid of heads by my thrice-cunting self? Is this really too much to ask? Is it my sharks-with-laser-beams-attached-to-their-heads? Just once, I would like to see the Sox build a pyramid of heads of their defeated foes. One time. Seriously, please. Fucking do this.

[SeaDogsNation]

Is this a "parody game thread" tonight?

The Dugout parody website

The Dugout, also known as "The Official Chat Room of Major League Baseball", is a parody website that satirizes various elements of Major League Baseball. Presented in the style of AOL Instant Messenger chat logs, Dugout pages depict conversations between two or more MLB personalities, often commenting on topical events in the game, news events, or general character arcs. The series' distinct (and often blue) humor has made it a hit with the blog community and younger fans, as well as more traditional baseball supporters.

Positive feedback from readers encouraged Progressive Boink to give The Dugout a regular place at the site, which they did starting in the winter of 2004. What started as a small section of the website quickly became one of its (if not the) biggest attractions, registering thousands of new hits daily. Three of the Progressive Boink staff writers (Nick Dallamora, Jon Bois, and Brandon Stroud) devoted most of their efforts to the new site, which was soon after shuffled to its own web address--wordupthome.com, taking its name after one of the most popular characters, Jim Thome's, screen name.

As MLB's 30 teams have a combined total of over 700 players, plus a large number of personnel, it is only natural that The Dugout would focus and make characters out of players and executives. Below are a description of some of these characters and their traits:

• Jim Thome (screen name: WordUpThome, a play on the phrase "Word up, homie"), Chicago White Sox designated hitter

A big man with an equally big heart, Thome is depicted as a "loveable lummox." An eternal optimist with a somewhat childlike innocence, his posts are typed in all capital letters, often feature malapropisms, and occasionally unfinished, especially his first name ("HEY THIS IS JI", "JIM THOME").

wordupthome, our two teams shall engage each other on the playing field, with great vigor and enthusiasm, this fine evening. i would hope, as an ardent red sox fan, that my team shall emerge triumphant. but i wish you and yours the best of fortitude in your enjoyment of tonight's ballgame.

- seadogsnation

[Trautwein's Degree]

How many dummy accounts does Tom Ricardo have? I'm enjoying the Thomecardo era.

In the words of the Beastie Boys: Get it together, Get it together, Get it together

[RingoOSU]

Nick Dallamora is an unfunny racist.

[RingoOSU]

How many dummy accounts does Tom Ricardo have? I'm enjoying the Thomecardo era.

In the words of the Beastie Boys: Get it together, Get it together, Get it together

I'd bet a million bucks WordupThome is not Ricardo.

[Foulkey Reese]

Nick Dallamora is an unfunny racist.

Why do you say that?

[absintheofmalaise]

I'd bet a million bucks WordupThome is not Ricardo.

Me too. Julie recommending him for membership is a beautiful thing indeed.

[URI]

Whatever it is...it's wonderful and weird.

[JulE6]

I don't give a shit if it's Ricardo, let him have two memberships

[Salem's Lot]

Tito on 98.5

Lineup:

Ellsbury
Pedroia
Martinez
Youkilis
Bay
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Gonzalez

[SoxScout]

It's so much better with Tek dead and not playing.

Edited by SoxScout, 24 August 2009 - 02:35 PM.

[TheoShmeo]

Tito on 98.5

Lineup:

Ellsbury
Pedroia
Martinez
Youkilis
Bay
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Gonzalez

I love the "I really want to win this particular game" line-up.

I bet Clay Buchholz does, too.

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I love the "I really want to win this particular game" line-up.

I bet Clay Buchholz does, too.

Buchholz has been effusive in his enjoyment in having Martinez be his catcher. I am looking forward to tonight to see them build off the last couple of starts, and maybe (hopefully) move on to a time where the Sox can have a peaceful, Varitek-free existence.

[SoxScout]

It would be awesome if Clay showed he could get groundballs AND strikeout more people than he walked.

[C4CRVT]

I love the "I really want to win this particular game" line-up.

I bet Clay Buchholz does, too.

Between the awesomeness of the "we can build on this" that's going on with Victor and Clay and the competent defense (Lowell and Bay not withstanding), I'm slightly optimistic about our chances.

[Foulkey Reese]

Sox win 3/4 and Yankees sweep.

That's all I ask.

[Salem's Lot]

Sox win 3/4 and Yankees sweep.

That's all I ask.

Can I add "Halladay mowes down the Rays" to the list?

[E5 Yaz]

Remember the trade deadline night where there was a false report of Thome being seen at Logan after the Indians plane had left?

[Farmball]

FWIW...

A 20-year-old Cummaquid resident with autism is scheduled to sing the National Anthem at Fenway Park tonight.

Kristopher will pre-record the National Anthem this afternoon then sing with the microphone off at the start of the game, while the recording is played, Janet Barbato said.

http://www.capecodon...9979/-1/NEWSMAP

[SoxFanSince57]

Adding the ChiSox line up.

Red Sox
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. J.D. Drew, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
-- Clay Buchholz, RHP

White Sox
1. Scott Podsednik, CF
2. Gordon Beckham, 3B
3. Jermaine Dye, RF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. Carlos Quentin, LF
7. A.J. Pierzynski, C
8. Alexei Ramirez, SS
9. Jayson Nix, 2B
-- Jose Contreras, RHP

[czar]

"I got stitches on my face and bitches at my place, ya feel me?"

I can't believe the number of people who had never heard of the Dugout before this thread. It boggles my mind.

"Check it, I'm Dicekay Matsublackah. Smash ya dome in wit my hoagieball."

[WordUpThome]

THATS RIGHT.

OLD JIMBOW IS HITTING CLEANUP.

I HOPE CLAY ENJOYS A NICE MEAL OF HOMERS, WITH A SIDE OF MORE HOMERS, WITH A HELPING OF HOMER SAUCE.

I LOOK FOR WARD TO THE GAME...OFF TO THE PARK.

[TeddyLepcio]

Remember the trade deadline night where there was a false report of Thome being seen at Logan after the Indians plane had left?

I also remember someone counterfeiting an espn page showing Thome in a Sox hat and a done deal trade, it stayed up about an hour before it was taken off the net

[rembrat]

Gordon Beckham is a fun guy to watch play ball.

[luckysox]

Sox win 3/4 and Yankees sweep.

That's all I ask.

I think we sweep. Then sweep again.

[SemperFidelisSox]

A 20-year-old Cummaquid resident with autism is scheduled to sing the National Anthem at Fenway Park tonight.

Kristopher will pre-record the National Anthem this afternoon then sing with the microphone off at the start of the game, while the recording is played, Janet Barbato said.

What a deceitful little punk.

Edited by SemperFidelisSox, 24 August 2009 - 04:02 PM.

[TFisNEXT]

Whats with DJ hitting 8th vs a righty? Not that I mind a ton, because he'd probably be hitting 7th normally.

[The Smart Dope]

Whats with DJ hitting 8th vs a righty? Not that I mind a ton, because he'd probably be hitting 7th normally.

I didn't realize the Sox got a disc jockey on their team... his walk-up song will surely be neat, no?

No, Tito just wants a repeat performance of August 20th, where Drew smacked 2 homers, hitting out of the 8 hole. I suppose Francona is doing so to fire up JD, and make him motivated, as he appeared very, very annoyed that night, and results happened. I think it's worth a shot.

Edited by The Smart Dope, 24 August 2009 - 04:22 PM.

[InsideTheParker]

I have not actually read the Douche Thread and am actually not at all clear on the concept, and yet I am completely sure that A.J. P. © is the Douchiest of them All.

On the other hand, I don't mind watching Beckham and Alexei play.

Remember, whenever Orsillo and/or Remy annoy us tonight, we could be listening (ugh) to the Hawk (ugh).

Howsabout a win, boys?

So, the filter changes ( C ) as in catcher to C as in copyright?
©ool.

Edited by InsideTheParker, 24 August 2009 - 04:27 PM.

[mfried]

It would be awesome if Clay showed he could get groundballs AND strikeout more people than he walked.

If Varitek moves from catcher's crouch to easy chair we will have to get a serious second catcher. Martinez can catch 40-50% of games, definitely not more. He hits much better when he plays first base, and hitting and Ortiz-friendship are his primary contributions. His catching is OK and first base slightly better, but the team needs to make this guy comfortable.

[mfried]

It would be awesome if Clay showed he could get groundballs AND strikeout more people than he walked.

It all starts with a 2:1 strikes:balls ratio.

[Farmball]

Clay Buchholz vs. Chicago White Sox

Jose Contreras vs. Boston Red Sox

Buchholz got hit around the last time he faced the Southsiders. Contreras (and tomorrow's starter, Freddy Garcia) have had way too much success against the BoSox. A good time for regression to the mean considering the bats are coming around.

V-Mart has faced The Big Cuban the most of any Red Sox batter given the ole Central Division rivalry and has been horrid (<450 OPS). It'll be interesting to see what he can do slotted in the three-hole between two of the better hitters in the league.

Edited by Farmball, 24 August 2009 - 04:38 PM.

[Sprowl]

Whats with DJ hitting 8th vs a righty? Not that I mind a ton, because he'd probably be hitting 7th normally.

The 8th slot is reserved for the newly promoted Professional Investment Banker.

If Varitek moves from catcher's crouch to easy chair we will have to get a serious second catcher. Martinez can catch 40-50% of games, definitely not more. He hits much better when he plays first base, and hitting and Ortiz-friendship are his primary contributions. His catching is OK and first base slightly better, but the team needs to make this guy comfortable.

Martinez has shown some quickness on line drives, although his range seems limited. With Gonzalez at shortstop, scooping balls out of the dirt isn't such a premium skill anymore.

I think Varitek will thrive on catching half-time, and his hitting will respond to being less banged up. I haven't felt this good about the Red Sox catching position since Mirabelli could hit.

[The Smart Dope]

Remember, whenever Orsillo and/or Remy annoy us tonight, we could be listening (ugh) to the Hawk (ugh).

I can see why one would hate Hawk Harrelson; he's arguably the most homeristic in the game (Rays guy? Kay? Marlins guy?). However, odd as it may sound, this is why I love him (granted, more for humor, his "announcing" is not truly announcing, to me). He makes me crack up with all of his pro-White Sox statements. Especially his home run call, if only for laughs, and his random on-air orgasms. He makes me laugh, and sometimes, that's all I need. If it's a big game, he can get on my nerves.

The ironic thing is that when I saw WGN vs. the Yankees, July 31st, he became Michael Kay and completely slobbered over Jeter and Teixeira. That felt really odd. I find it so funny; for the games he played in the majors, he never played for the ChiSox. At least Heinsohn can see he played for the respective team (Celtics). Imagine a booth of Hawk and Tommy, rooting for the same team. I'd be speechless.

I truly wish I got WGN, so I could laugh more. This is the same reason I like Tommy; the humor.

Edited by The Smart Dope, 24 August 2009 - 04:55 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

THE XBOX IS HU

HUUUUUUUUUUGE