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Who would have guessed the first attendance thread would be about too many people at games?

It certainly doesn't look good at this point. It amazes me how many people think that just because you say you are doing a "rebuild" that that automatically will make you a World Series contender in 3-5 years. It would help if you had a front office that knew what it was doing. Not the case here, I don't think.

Mods - I don’t know if this guy is for real or not, but a gamethread is no place for religious talk and we should clear this out before it stirs too much drama.

I don't want a top three pick if it means Rodon, Lopez, Gio and other young guys suck. I'd rather have pick 14 and they look good.

I'll be there to watch the dual

Anyone who thinks this rebuild is going to work is crazy.

If there was an award in MLB for getting fans' hopes up and then crushing them to smithereens, the Sox would win that award every single year.

This games feels like we’re losing 12-0 and somehow we’re only down by three.

I strongly disagree, this team needs all the help it can get. In fact, here is a list of over 300 gods. I say we all take a couple and start praying! I bet a few of those older gods haven't heard a prayer in years, they may help us just to avoid boredom. I'll start working through the Egyptians, anyone want the Norse gods?

Delete this thread

Actually, here is Mike Trouts first taste of the majors. .163 /.213/ .279 /.492 in 47 PAs.

After one of the hottest hitting teams in baseball visited over the weekend, now the sox get one of the stingiest pitching staffs, led by Blake Snell. It's a beeeeeeee-auty of a day for the 6 people that can attend the game. And to make the sox heavy RH against Snell, that's right, we have a two catcher lineup.

Crazy that he is doing this at 20. ARod level good. This may go down as one of the worst trades in the history of the MLB when all is said and done.

Please, for the love of god, make Renee Young quit being a broadcaster

If the pitchers can't figure out command of the fastball there is nothing anyone can do for them.

Adolfo 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 0 SO.

We will be fine, but it is scary to be in year three and none of our key guys have reached anywhere close to their potential yet.

14 strikeouts no walks for White Sox hitters today. By no means should they expect better and make any staff changes. More of the same. I really think JR KW and RH collective biggest problem is not being able to admit they are ever wrong. It takes a Shiels/Tatis magnitude blunder for any concession of not being more baseball savvy than everyone else.

Sure seems like they've lowered velocity under him and still haven't learned control. But are way more hittable, so that's nice.

How many relievers do you think are still reliably effective 3 innings into an appearance? I'd love for Carson to be able to go 100 pitches but the Sox moved him to the bullpen presumably because they wanted to focus him on throwing 20 good pitches per day

My god the IQ on this team

Save the pen.

Seconded. Gamethreads already have enough nonsense in them.

Rodon averaged 93mph last year, which is in line with his career averages. He has averaged 91.6 his first couple of starts, which is not unusual for the first couple of starts. But I guess the resident doctors here have already decided that we should amputate his arm, just like ReyLo‘s.

Did you just teleport in from 2016?

So you are saying Hahn traded away Omar so we can potentially trade Colome for some more junk prospects that go into our system and no one ever hears about them again? Hahn may be worse than I thought if that were true.

We just need a culture of accountability because right now imcompetence, stubbornness, and a lack of creativity go unpunished.

All the hitters are looking like fools facing Snell and you choose to single out Jimenez, the rookie facing last years Cy Young winner.

If this game isn't bad enough, I started Rodon in one of my fantasy leagues and am facing Snell in the other. Lmao.

The fact not a single coach lost their job after that debacle last season is quite telling

Castillos approach of "seeing if blake snell will get castillo on base" was a noble shot. Really love not swinging on 3-1...beauty.

We have the equivalent of an old school NBA coach who tries to pound the ball inside instead of shooting threes as our pitching coach

I wonder if Rodon regrets not signing an early extension?

Welp that's enough White Sox baseball for me today.

Why do we watch this shit

He seems to be a coach that does better focusing on one younger/journeyman reclamation project. He has not handled having an entirely young rotation/bullpen well. They are all morphing into the same issues/pitcher.

Engel saves at least one other run.

Right where we want them!

My mom died in 1999 and my dad is still around doing pretty well. He is a retired lawyer who did pretty well for himself. He did re-marry leaving some complication, but his estate is going to be evenly divided between me and my two siblings. We have already met with the lawyers. One told me the day after my dad goes,his money will be in our accounts. He is my dad's former assistant and a former IRS attorney. His house, his wife gets to live in as long as she likes, if she outlives him. But she is one day younger than my dad, and has a couple of physical issues. It isn't a ranch, her daughters don't really help her, it's a large house in a nice neighborhood and she would be responsible for the taxes, I couldn't imagine her staying long. And when that gets sold, it's a 3 way split as well. Everything is about as in order as can be. That said, I'm sure there will still be a couple of issues.

Go to the Club Level. It's delightful. No bathroom lines, server. Food and drink delivered. Give them your credit card info at the beginning of the game, and pay for it after the 7th.Great view, and a decent shot at getting a ball if that's your thing.

The problem with firing Coop is Hassler has already been appointed his replacement, and since he's already in house, a change in performance wouldn't appear to be likely.

A .520 OPS is absolutely struggling. I don't doubt the pop will come in the near future, but at the moment he is definitely not doing well in his first week. Those multi-hit games are good for a .226 average. You can't possibly look at those numbers and say, yeah this will work.

I think a pitcher would fit the Sox well but a third overall pick is too valuable to waste it on a non elite pitching prospect. I'm not against a pitcher and if a guy like mize was out there this year I would say go for it but there is a reason at this draft the top10 of most lists are almost all hitters. Fangraphs only gives one pitcher even a 50fv this draft. My opinion is in the draft only take a pitcher top5 overall if he is half a grade better than the best available hitter. I mean it would be stupid to take a 55 hitter over a Stephen strasburg in the draft first overall just because he is "safer". But if the best pitcher has the same or even a lower grade than the best hitter I don't think you can do it just because you need a pitcher.

Stop saying that, this is a new scouting and player development staff for the Sox. Getz and Hostetlet haven’t drafted and developed this type of player before and just because something doesn’t work out, it doesn’t mean you should stop. I mean Adam Dunn didn’t work out, should the Sox stop signing LH power bats? If the Sox want to be a consistent winner, they need to be able these type of players as they have the highest ceilings. You also don’t want a system devoid of athleticism.

Considering he missed most if not all of ST, I wouldn't be too concerned.

What am I missing, box score looks.like he didn't play? https://www.milb.com/gameday/bulls-vs-knights/2019/04/07/575578#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=575578 Sorry for maybe the worst question I've asked... don't know how I'm missing it...

Eloy has three multi hit games in his first 7 games but yeah he's really struggling. Jesus what the FUCK is wrong with some of you?

Apply last year's .344 BABIP and he'll hit .300 or better at current rates.