White Sox to throw party for Obama

by 815Sox on Jan 16, 2009 7:43 PM CST

The White Sox will celebrate the inauguration of their No. 1 fan on Tuesday with a private viewing party at U.S. Cellular Field.

Barack Obama, who has been informally invited to throw out the first pitch at The Cell's opening day on April 6, is a South Sider who frequently dons a well-worn Sox cap.

All guests will be required to wear Sox caps to the event, which is not open to the public. Those invited include Sox front office staff and children from schools near the ballpark. A congratulatory sign will be displayed along the Dan Ryan Expressway at 35th Street. And the Sox also will send mascot Southpaw to ride on the Illinois float in the Inauguration Parade.

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Awesome. I love how involved the Sox are getting with this. Maybe Barack can get us some attention!

by JoeCoolMan24 on Jan 16, 2009 11:58 PM CST reply actions

My invite must still be in the mail?

Replacing "Chicago Tough" with "Cuban Pride"

by Brush Back on Jan 17, 2009 9:12 AM CST reply actions

why is this news?

perhaps my firm should issue a press release about the “private viewing party” we’ll be having.

Jerry [Owens] is considered to be a leadoff hitter.

by larry on Jan 17, 2009 3:52 PM CST reply actions

Because KW won't talk to anyone about trades

Replacing "Chicago Tough" with "Cuban Pride"

by Brush Back on Jan 17, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions

I think you can answer that one yourself

by 815Sox on Jan 17, 2009 7:29 PM CST up reply actions

who issues press releases about private parties?

most businesses in the city – perhaps in the country, i don’t know – with a large number of employees is going to have a viewing party of the inauguration of one kind or another. i’m glad the white sox let us all know about the one they’re having that we’re all not going to.

Jerry [Owens] is considered to be a leadoff hitter.

by larry on Jan 17, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions

The White Sox evidently

Relax dude. You don’t have to read it if you don’t want to. Hell you can go create two fanposts bitching about other people’s fanposts.

Its the off-season, Obama is about to be inaugurated, he is a White Sox fan, its more relevant then your mock fanposts. Your not always going to be able to get your way.

by 815Sox on Jan 18, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions

seems like my mock fanposts got more comments than you'res.

Jerry [Owens] is considered to be a leadoff hitter.

by larry on Jan 18, 2009 12:38 PM CST up reply actions

I wish I worked somewhere else.

The people here are still mourning the McCain loss, there’s no way I’d get the inauguration on our TV.

by Grinder in Training on Jan 19, 2009 9:26 AM CST up reply actions

can always head out to a restaurant or someplace else that will be showing it.

conveniently airing around lunch.

Jerry [Owens] is considered to be a leadoff hitter.

by larry on Jan 19, 2009 10:47 AM CST up reply actions

For most people yes

But with the location of my office, kind of outside of a town it’s not as easy as you’d think to fit into a lunch. It was much ado about nothing though, as I am an idiot, and forgot about DVR, I’ll just catch it at night.

by Grinder in Training on Jan 19, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions

No computer with internet access?

I’m sure it’s streaming somewhere, even ESPN is showing it.

Vinny Del Negro interviewed for the job today. I mean come on! Nobody else thinks this is nuts?
by Juiceboxjerry on Jun 6, 2008 4:21 PM CDT actions actions 0 recs

by Ozzie Montana on Jan 19, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions

mlb.com has it.

I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage.

by larry on Jan 19, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions

yes

MLB.com will stream live coverage of the inauguration on-line, beginning at 10 a.m. CT.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090119&content_id=3749586&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

and here’s a hulu feed

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/18/43642/3300/966/685511

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 19, 2009 5:50 PM CST up reply actions

He's controlling us!

The Simpsons had it right all along.

Vinny Del Negro interviewed for the job today. I mean come on! Nobody else thinks this is nuts?
by Juiceboxjerry on Jun 6, 2008 4:21 PM CDT actions actions 0 recs

by Ozzie Montana on Jan 19, 2009 5:51 PM CST up reply actions

but if you watch it on mlb.com, you have to deal with harold reynolds and tim mccarver calling the action.

I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage.

by larry on Jan 19, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions

will the secret service take harold away?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 19, 2009 6:03 PM CST up reply actions

Will they put McCarver to sleep?

Vinny Del Negro interviewed for the job today. I mean come on! Nobody else thinks this is nuts?
by Juiceboxjerry on Jun 6, 2008 4:21 PM CDT actions actions 0 recs

by Ozzie Montana on Jan 19, 2009 10:02 PM CST up reply actions

Change we can believe in!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 19, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions

Who cares?

Do you want a gold star or something?

by 815Sox on Jan 19, 2009 10:00 AM CST up reply actions

and i'm the one who needs to relax, huh.

Jerry [Owens] is considered to be a leadoff hitter.

by larry on Jan 19, 2009 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

OBAMA/SOX

“its not enough to just change the players. We have to change the game.”
www.bringchangehome.com

http://www.bringchangehome.com/images/dwn_hope/hope_iphone.jpg

by BringChangeHome on Jan 17, 2009 5:09 PM CST reply actions

Thanks for the link!

by 815Sox on Jan 17, 2009 7:29 PM CST up reply actions

Watch the inauguration on MLB.com

It’s time for some Inaugural ball.

MLB.com — the same place that soon will be showing live World Baseball Classic, Spring Training and Major League Baseball regular-season games — will offer a live stream Tuesday of Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration. It will be free for everyone who can’t be part of the scene in Washington, and especially useful for those who are at work, but don’t want to miss the swearing-in ceremony.

The MLB.com Inauguration Special begins at 9 a.m. ET with streams of six past Presidential Inaugurations, including John F. Kennedy (1961), Lyndon B. Johnson (1965), Jimmy Carter (1977), Ronald Reagan (1981), George H. W. Bush (1989) and Bill Clinton (1993), each of whom has participated in the time-honored tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League game. It continues with a live “pregame show,” hosted by Vinny Micucci and Hal Bodley, at 11 a.m. We’ll join the swearing-in ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol at 11:30.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090119&content_id=3749399&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 19, 2009 7:43 PM CST reply actions

minoso keeps his eyes on the ball

Also in attendance Tuesday was Chicago’s first African-American baseball player, Minnie Minoso. Nicknamed "Mr. White Sox," Minoso, 80, now works for the public relations department of his favorite team. As he watched the inauguration ceremony, he said he was happy for the team and the country.

"It’s nice we can say, ‘We have a president, he is a White Sock,’" Minoso said. "But we still have to win the game on the field, not in the White House."

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=112037

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 20, 2009 8:53 PM CST reply actions

first hat?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Celebrating-Barack-Obama-s-Inauguration-basebal?urn=mlb,135561

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 20, 2009 9:06 PM CST reply actions

11:40 a.m. — A section of the crowd behind me begins to mock the soon-to-be ex-president Bush, singing "Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, goodbye." It’s likely a contingency of South Side Chicagoans. That’s the chant the White Sox fans have used for years to heckle opposing teams.

http://www.kpcnews.com/articles/2009/01/21/features/columnists/terry_housholder/hid156319sect_a85973188b5d8586bf.txt

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jan 21, 2009 10:08 PM CST reply actions