88 Years

I have never been to Comiskey Park old or new.

I can't remember when I started to follow them.

I couldn't tell you any names from the Go-Go Sox.

But I am a Chicago White Sox fan. I love this team, and it started for me somewhere in the early nineties. Teams that featured great players like Carlton Fisk, Bo Jackson, and an emerging Frank Thomas. I loved the fast and speedy guys...guys like Joey Cora, Darrin Jackson, Tim Raines, and Ozzie Guillen. I loved the power...Frank, Harold Baines.

That is why it feels so good to watch the White Sox headed to the World Series. The team is coached by a large contingent of former players, guys that I remember watching on the field. I love the team now, a team that everyone doubted when they lost Magglio, and Carlos Lee. I love the management of Ken Williams and Jerry Reinsdorf. I love the fire of Guillen as manager and the eccentricities he displays.

I am super pumped for the White Sox vs. whoever series. I do believe in the bad karma of the past (1919 Black Sox). So, this week, since I live in Iowa...I will take a trip to the Field of Dreams, go to left field, and pray to Shoeless Joe Jackson for a reprieve of our curse and a World Series win.

A little divine help can't hurt....

Hello, Blog Land....

*The Iowawineguy enters his blog, looks around at the cobwebs, the sun faded Dean for President signs, and grabs the dustmop.*


Well, it certainly has been too long since I posted here, and even longer since I posted regularly, but hopefully I will be able to launch this site back into a usable state. I have to admit, I finally have something that will peak my interest again.

It is not politics, where the conservative party seems content to self-destruct itself from the inside out, and the current administration is widely and universally panned across the spectrum.

It unfortunately is not wine, which I have not had the proper time or money to continue exploring to my hearts desire.

It is, as some of you might guess, the impending start of the college basketball season, and the beginning of another (hopefully) exciting year of Illini basketball. This subject more than anything gets me pretty pumped and excited to talk to all of you. As I begin to write more about Illini basketball, I am sure other topics will creep back into my posts.

I have been recently mulling the idea of trying to start a joint blog with some other friends that would cover a variety of topics, and perspectives, so eventually perhaps that will become a manifestation on this site.

In the meantime, college basketball practice starts at 7pm this Friday the 14th. So get excited out there in Illini land! I will monitor the situation and let you know what is going on in between my World of Warcraft sessions, the latest computer game that has me captivated and addicted!