Top 10 ways to get your off-season White Sox fix

Monday, November 14, 2005
1. Watch the games you taped and TiVo-ed. Practice your Ken "Hawk" Harrelson impression -- "You can put it on the boaaarrrrdddddd. YES!"
2. Burn a "mix tape" CD of White Sox songs, including Steam's, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good-bye" and "Don't Stop Believin' " by new Sox pal Steve Perry's '80s group Journey. You'll need AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," (be sure to yell ala Gene Honda, "White Sox fans, ON YOUR FEET!" when the guitar riff starts). Pick up the 1959 Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers rally song, "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" from Beverly Records. Be sure to add "He's a Pirate," from the "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" soundtrack, played during the video montage on the scoreboard before each home game.
3. Announce to your family that because you are thankful for the World Champion Chicago White Sox, this year's traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be replaced by hot dogs and peanuts.
4. Host a baseball movie festival. Watch the Sox-heavy "Eight Men Out" and "Field of Dreams" first. Move on to "The Natural," "Bull Durham," and "*61." Try "Fear Strikes Out" if needed and remember Jimmy Piersall's days as an announcer for the Sox. Get "A League of Their Own" for the gals and "Major League" for the guys and the "Baseball Bugs" cartoon with Bugs Bunny for the kids. No "This Old Cub" showings allowed.
5. Go online to tucsonbaseball.com and springtrainingonline.com to check out the spring training schedules as they become available. Then go to visittucson.org and book your vacation to watch baseball in February.
6. Make a White Sox-themed Christmas tree, complete with black and silver garland. When asked what kind of garland you used, reply, "Jon Garland, of course!" and laugh yourself silly.
7. Walk up to people wearing Cubs gear, smile broadly and walk away.
8. Visit your local tattoo artist and get your sweetie that "I (heart) Anthony John Pierzynski" ink she's been begging for as an early Valentine's Day gift. Short on cash? Get Joe Crede instead.
9. Cash in your 401(k) to contribute to the Jerry Reinsdorf Fund to Re-sign Paul Konerko.
10. Enjoy the shortest, sweetest off-season ever!

Source: http://www.nwitimes.com/