Buy His Book!
by colintj on Mar 5, 2010 12:49 PM CST
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PrintHey! You there! You haven't done anything worthwhile today, have you? Not the first time, won't be the last. But you can achieve a momentary reprieve for your lack of contributions to the human race with a single purchase! That's right, Jim's book is out and if any of you mongrels have any decency at all, you'll check it out.
I know what you're thinking. Who's Jim? Does he have a blog or something? Well, guess what. That joke's been done. And besides, Carl Skanberg is involved and we know for certain he exists and is talented. Details, details:
What is White Sox Outsider 2010?
White Sox Outsider 2010 is an annual publication solely devoted to the White Sox, and the only publication of its kind. It’s 226 pages devoted to what happened in 2009, and what lies ahead for 2010.
What if I don’t like to read?
Have I mentioned the cartoons? Illustrations by beloved White Sox cartoonist Carl Skanberg enhance the reading experience throughout the book, including a full-page tribute to Mark Buehrle’s perfect game.
Where can I buy it?
There's a product preview to be found by clicking here and scrolling a bit.
SouthSideSox is a community driven site. As such, users are able to express their thoughts and opinions in a FanPost, such as this one, which represents the views of this particular fan, but not necessarily the entire community or SouthSideSox editors.
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Past performance is no guarantee...
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
RECOMMENDED!
I can’t decide however, if this fanpost complements or interferes with the SWP fanpost I was in the midst of creating.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
Carl's new strip.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 5, 2010 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, but I'm not just fanshotting one or else I would just fanshot one.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 5, 2010 3:07 PM CST up reply actions
Because it's sort of an OT, and I didn't want you to hurt me.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 5, 2010 3:43 PM CST up reply actions
aaahhhh
i would say it complements. folks here would be interested to know what Carl’s up to.
I'd rather have Rios steal 50 bases than hit 50 home runs. I want production.
No doubt I was making it for that reason, and to further promote it... but I'm just saying maybe the timing isn't right for it now (though I literally had the compose fanpost screen up this morning).
I’ll do it next week, and there will be even more installments up by then.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 5, 2010 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
thanks for thinking of carl.
No rush. The strip is designed to be not for everyone in the first few weeks. Any suggestions of brilliance aren’t quite warranted… yet ;)
oh…
and BUY JIM’S BOOK!
Thass why I postponed it, MITCH.
:p
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 8, 2010 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
he's such a little mitch
I'd rather have Rios steal 50 bases than hit 50 home runs. I want production.
I wish he had a distributor for these...
so I could sell them in my store. Then I could host a book signing and Jim could get famous and we’d all get rich and everyone would be uber-knowledgable about the Sox!
Your offense is only as good as your bullpen.
by defensive indifference on Mar 5, 2010 2:14 PM CST reply actions
Stalker!
Oh wait, we went through this last year.
If he’s interested in setting up an event near Opening Day, he should let me know. I miiight be able to set something up.
Your offense is only as good as your bullpen.
by defensive indifference on Mar 5, 2010 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
This one should be available through Ingram
I need to approve a copy for distribution, supposed to get it next week. Shoot me an email with any other questions/things I need to look into.
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Great!
Your offense is only as good as your bullpen.
by defensive indifference on Mar 5, 2010 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
Procurement Officer 87412644-JL7 Report 5 Mar 2010 17:33.
Transaction registration successful.
Remittal of 4 standard monetary units (credit source: Department 42-F).
Product distribution routed, direction: Sector R.
Hee Haw, Merry Christmas, etc.
by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 5, 2010 5:35 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
This is quite exceptional.
And I will rec it.
I just don’t feel like killing anyone else for as long as I can help it.
Coupon Code BOOK10 gets 10 percent off
Thanks, everybody. I appreciate it.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
done and done
I skipped on ‘09 one. But after hearing so many people rave about it, figured I better get myself 2010 one and see what are the people raving about (I am sure all the Karl’s cartoons alone will make it worth it).
Also, hello everybody! Hopefully you had a great winter.
Lupe, release the balloons!
lookin forward to this
im glad it has pics in it too as im still workin on my grade 10
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Mar 8, 2010 11:24 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
was that a trailer park boys reference?
if so, you’re getting a rec.
bird law in this country is not ruled by reason
by soxshenanigans on Mar 11, 2010 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
YES
i just found this show, and finished all seasons last night except for that special finale episode. i thought east bound and down was the funniest show i had ever seen until i stumbled upon tpb’s.
has anyone that watched this show recognized that ricky is in boondock saints 2
Look I just want to pass my last Microsoft exam and sleep with white women.
by Tdogg on Mar 10, 2010 11:29 PM CST
by Grinder Rule #42 on Mar 15, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I will NOT buy this bastard's book
until he shows me some friendship. I have bought T-shirts for all, plus his book last year. And I am one of 10 who go to soxmachine.com. FJM.
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
You have 305 friends. I have 23.
Hey, just because you give it away doesn’t mean I have to.
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LOL.
Friends = readers? Cast a wider net, DB. ;)
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
Does it include our June DH in the outlook?
because then I will buy it
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
ah whatever
I got it
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
i like the new look
on your page
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Mar 9, 2010 9:07 AM CST reply actions
I suggest everyone here chip in and buy me this as a wedding gift
That or I’ll just go buy it myself.
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
I do not wish to financially support gay marriage.
Philosophically, sure, ethically, yes, even in practice, but do NOT ask for my dollars.
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
by winningugly on Mar 9, 2010 7:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
looks like the tribe's been rubbing off on you.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
That sir is an insult to my fiance's taste!!
I’m a very beautiful woman, regardless of my facial hair!
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
Mine arrived today.
It smelled of attar, and and the pages felt of the finest silks of the Orient. As I leafed through the first several pages, I was transported to a peaceful realm of study and contemplation.
Then Michigan’s basketball team lost in the Big Ten Tourney to its most hated rival on a fucking 40-foot buzzer-beating-prayer-of-a-3-pointer, so I hacked it to pieces with an axe along with all of my other possessions.
by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 12, 2010 10:23 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
(Actually, it's really, really good. Well done, sir).
by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 12, 2010 10:35 PM CST up reply actions
Thank you
I should try to make it scented next year.
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by Sox Machine on Mar 13, 2010 11:22 PM CST up reply actions
Go Old Testament, TAEG. It becomes you.
Rec’d.
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
heheh. Probably would've happened when you got to the rotating dh section anyway.
In Seattle, a resigned sigh escapes the lips of a foul-mouthed angel. ~wu
by homesickalien on Mar 13, 2010 9:44 AM CST up reply actions
LOL.
You are a “john”. Paying for “friend”.
Jim Leyritz- Didn’t like him as a player and then he killed that broad driving drunk.
Jesus Christ
The packaging alone mustve cost a third of the cover price.
Look I just want to pass my last Microsoft exam and sleep with white women.
by Tdogg on Mar 10, 2010 11:29 PM CST
by Grinder Rule #42 on Mar 16, 2010 8:53 AM CDT reply actions
It's packed with care.
(TWSS)
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by Sox Machine on Mar 17, 2010 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
thanx jim
ive always like your site, now i got a piece of history pkgd with tlc
Look I just want to pass my last Microsoft exam and sleep with white women.
by Tdogg on Mar 10, 2010 11:29 PM CST
by Grinder Rule #42 on Mar 18, 2010 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
got it a few days ago.
English isn’t English when it’s written by Jim Margalus. Reading Sox Machine’s White Sox Outsider 2010 is like learning a new language; one that’s precise, aloof, and full of trickery and playfulness.
If you read the novel with dictionary in hand, and look up every word you haven’t yet met (several a page for me), you’ll be amazed at the perfect choice of word and immaculate sentence construction. There’s so much meat in Sox Machine’s White Sox Outsider 2010 telling that I finally understand why some authors compose and others write. Imagine reading a sentence in which the key adjective has three meanings that all apply equally well to a noun — itself one that seldom exists outside the pages of dictionaries — in a way that packs three sentences into one.
If you fed a page of Sox Machine’s White Sox Outsider 2010 to a bird, the bird would explode.
In high school, my teachers taught me never to use a big word where a small word would do ("it’s pretentious", "it makes you harder to understand", "it slows down the reader"). Sox Machine’s White Sox Outsider 2010 illuminates that advice; never use a big word where a small word would do because a small word will never do where a big word does. When Margalus’ Ozzie Guillen uses an obscure, scientific, foreign, or rare English word, he does so because that is exactly what he means.
Synonym is a lie.
My trouble with reading Sox Machine’s White Sox Outsider 2010 was that I didn’t know how to approach Margalus’ new language. I tried to approach it with my brain, but lost its beauty, rhythm, sound; I tried to approach it with my ear, but lost its depth.
New languages require a new way of reading.
Good star loved exited very exited
by thecip on Mar 18, 2010 9:38 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
i heard that if you feed jim an alka-seltzer, then he'll explode.
Cashing checks and having sex.
by MarketMaker on Mar 19, 2010 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
The reviews are in!
“That White Sox book is fantastically good.” – my dad.
My copy has taken up a place of residence in my bathroom, next to the Billy Martin biography ("Wild, High, and Tight), and Bob Woodward’s “Wired.”
Another review in from just this morning!
“Pick this goddamn book up off the floor or it’s going in the trash along with all of your other shit.” — Mrs. TAEG
by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 19, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Uh oh. I see a trend.
Mrs. Mitch:
“I hope you don’t plan on leaving your nerd book sitting on the counter forever.”
Thank god I didn’t invest anything in the physical appearance of that eyesore.
I know what you're talking about
The lady in my life always tells me what Eric and Kathy/Roe Conn did on their show.
I must meet this Mrs. TAEG.
I believe I would like her very much.
He's a cunning Jew. by Ozzie Montana on Mar 13, 2010 3:30 PM EST
I like my Billy Martin biographies like I like my women.
Always in the bathroom.
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Before this falls off the front page
A hearty, sincere and genuine thank you to everybody who bought the book. If anybody has any suggestions to improve upon it for next year’s edition as you go along, please let me know.
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So I get my book today.
Anticipation is high, as the platitudes have been as voluminous as Cowley’s tweets on the supposed infighting amongst certain Sox management. And after a hard day fleecing old men, women, and children of their hard-earned nickels I was ready for an out-of-body-and-mind experience.
I carefully cut the packaging strips to liberate the internal contents from the exterior packaging. Inside I see the prize, yet swaddled in more shrink-wrap, Dolphin-killing plastic. Finally I separate the artificial from the natural. That for which I have coughed up enought coin to purchase at least a 5 minute lap dance for MarketMaker. In other words, some real jack.
I open the front cover, which is as hard as Chiburb gazing at a 1974 picture of Nancy Faust. In other words, as hard as larry’s flexed bicep. And I see nothing other than institutionally printed words. No autograph. No “To SSS’ biggest bag of hot air”. No “to my #1 SSS benefactor”. Nothing. Just as if I were some 13 year-old neophyte with his pants around his ankles. (No fair fantasizing, colin.)
So now I have no FB friend, no autograph, and a book for the bathroom, plus MM has to do without his lap dance. Skanberg, you’d better bring your pen 5/21 and sign this motherfucker.
(So my suggestion for improvement – sign the goddamn thing. For us.)
He's a cunning Jew. by Ozzie Montana on Mar 13, 2010 3:30 PM EST
by winningugly on Mar 22, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
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