JoeBatadatz
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Three-legged-stool concept. If any leg is weak, the stool tips over. Listed in the order of JR importance.
- Leg 1: Financial Stability of Franchise: Check and double check. All investors around the table could NOT be happier. No fans, no problem...no rent. Strongest leg.
- Leg 2: Competitiveness of franchise: Weak leg. Huge fail. But never mind....see Leg 1.
- Leg 3: Fan satisfaction. Weakest leg. One of JR's first moves was to take the Sox off the air and went to magic-box-pay-to-watch. No big deal now, but the Sox lost a full generation of new fans, while alienating the entire fan base.
So we have Leg 1 holding everything else up. To us fans, it's just a crooked mess.
JR barely knows or cares that we exist, and that's been apparent for 40 plus years.
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On 3/22/2023 at 9:49 AM, Tnetennba said:
Soft implies weakness, or a lack of toughness. It’s such a masculine tough guy word used in this context, one that should really be excised from usage. No one really knows how hard Moncada works, or his pain tolerance. Some athletes can play through pain better than others. Baseball is a grind, and to play everyday, banged up, sore, and to do it again and again is anything but soft. Moncada is definitely dramatic when dealing with pain and injury. But that doesn’t make him “soft”.
No.
But it does make him a guy in a linebacker's body....with a soccer player's reaction to every tweak.
Grow a pair. Get the ...k up, and at least act like a world class athlete.
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"Who Really Thought This Organization Wouldn't Screw This Up?"
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36 minutes ago, Paulie4Pres said:
Hating on a player because he doesn't conform to the prototypical white-boy baseball player from the 1950's always strikes me as absurd.
People are different. People have different cultures. People have different styles, and tastes. Who gives a flying f*** if he wears a chain and tilts his hat? He's paid to hit the ball, not conform to some boring ass preconceived notion of what a baseball player should look like.
Personality is a good thing.
Hating? White Boy? Conform?
Tickled a raw nerve apparently.
But you'll be OK....really.
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11 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:14 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:
Definitely because of the injury . Last time he played the OF he came up limping and was taken out so that might be the last time you were referring to. He's still limping around and being pinch ran for late in games when he gets on. They don't want him sprinting too much.
And the NEXT time he plays outfield, an injury will not be far behind. A danger to himself and those around him. Maybe the crooked hat and 10-pound gold medallion throws off his equilibrium. Maybe if he spent as much time cultivating his physical conditioning as he does cultivating his "look"?
DH is a real and honorable position. We should know, we have several.
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10 hours ago, T R U said:
This roster can’t and won’t win a championship. Way too many slow unathletic DH types also were out money to spend apparently.
It would take quite the retooling to salvage the poor roster construction.
9 hours ago, PorkChopExpress said:It was over when they hired TLR.
It's this simple.
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The dude is making a fortune for him and his partners. Smashing success in his eyes. If lightening strikes again, he'll take it. If not, he'll keep counting and counting.
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On 6/9/2022 at 10:42 AM, JoshPR said:
I feel him and Robert are built like body builders not ball players so flexibility is an issue
I saw Moncada at spring training when he first came up and I felt the same way. Simply does not "look like" a baseball player. Add to that his apparent inability to smile and even fake like he's happy to be here....I've simply lost interest.
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21 hours ago, Pants Rowland said:
I seriously have come to the conclusion that the Chicago White Sox are just a bad organization. It's really not one thing but a combination of ineptitude in so many directions and their free agent additions are just one part of the big picture. Hahn did a nice job getting quality talent for a handful of trade chips a few years ago, and some signings out of Cuba have been a bright spot, but overall I do not think this organization provides the support their players need to have any sustained level of success or overcome any hint of adversity.
Close thread please. Thanks for participating everybody.
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On 5/26/2022 at 1:00 AM, Chisoxfn said:
Eloy is going to come back and go on a massive run for this club!!!
Oh he'll have a game or 3. But mostly he'll look like a Great Dane competing against Border Collies in agility drills.
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Same problem as forever. KW sitting on ol Uncle Jerry's lap.
KW (answering to any suggestion from JR): "Gee Uncle Jerry, I think that's a great idea!"
JR (answering to KW wanting to sign "his guy" of the month): "Kenny Boy, you're the EVP of baseball operations. Let RH know what we've decided".
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Based on the frequency and nature of his past injuries, this is not bad luck. He's about as graceful as a Great Dane.
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Ownership looks at winning as a bonus, not a priority. Knowing this, I will never be more than an extremely casual fan. Took me about 50 years to get there tho.
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On 1/30/2021 at 9:28 AM, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
I've been fine with having him back this whole time.
Me too. I'm just hoping it's the right "him".
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5 hours ago, A-Train to 35th said:
Let's say Tony were to resign since Jerry won't fire him without looking like a bigger idiot than he already does. My guess is Jerry would be Jerry and go cheap and make Joe McEwing the manager. Gotta feel for Rick Hahn.
I really don't tho. He's a smart guy....he had to know he would be the lapdog to the lapdog to the owner. Not saying I wouldn't have taken the gig, but all of MLB has gotta know Hahn's payoff will be with another team.
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13 hours ago, Two-Gun Pete said:
If this team fails to make the postseason, I prefer to fire everyfvkcingbody from KW down to the clubbies, then doing a thorough search for the best possible team president to rebuild the entire organization from the ground up.
Would first need to have KW surgically removed from JR's lap.
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On 4/18/2020 at 2:35 PM, greg775 said:
OK, Soxtalk. What happens if somebody tests positive, which the way this is going, is almost 100 percent certain? What is the plan?
If a player or employee falls into the high-risk category (ie over 60) he/she would stay home from the start unless they are willing to take the risk. If an otherwise healthy athlete or employee chooses to play, begins showing symptoms and tests positive, he/she would go home to recover. Herd immunity follows eventually.
Play Ball.
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Framing is no different than taking a flop in the NBA. Or a soccer player writhing on the ground to show how badly he was fouled. It's all schoolyard crap in a professional sport with careers and $millions at stake. This is why instant replay is everywhere and hopefully taking the human naivete out of the equation. Or human limitations to properly track a 95mph slider.
Time for electronic umps at the plate. They won't give a spit about gamesmanship, how you hold the glove, how smooth you are etc. It's a ball, or it's a strike.
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On 7/13/2019 at 9:50 AM, MnSoxFan said:
I heard a story about this from Jack Morris when he was interviewed as a Twin one time. Jack was in the bullpen when the 1st game was ending. He said that the smell of pot in the air was as thick as he had been around. Fans were really getting into the entire evening.
Also, a buddy of mine was in the upper deck, he did not participate on the field. Not sure this is true or not, but he said when fans stormed the field that there were some kids who slid down the foul pole from the upper deck to 1st deck and then hopped onto the field.
This is absolutely true, I was sitting on the lower deck right behind the foul pole in RF.
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I'm mostly better served forming my own opinions based on what I hear/see. I mostly ignore those who pontificate and try to tell me who/what I should like.
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I never followed the optimism on him so I had no per-conceived notions about his abilities. But when I saw him in LF early in the season, it was obvious (to me anyway) that he has zero business being in the outfield. There is not an ounce of gracefulness in the way he moves. Unfortunately, that is something that cannot be taught.
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1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:
The the Sox spin is their offer was better, they loaded up with his friends, and he still went to the freaking SD Padres. So they admit they are at rock bottom as a franchise.
If you're Machado, you and your agent know the White Sox are a poorly run franchise. If equal (or close) money were on the table, do you (A) buy extra sun screen and move to San Diego, or (B) stock up on long underwear and play for the Mickey Mouse club?
They've been at rock bottom. They've now extended their long-term lease.
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19 hours ago, SoxAce said:
Avi is very popular in the clubhouse so this will sting a bit for the players. Sox desperately need to cut the high strikeout, low OBP fat they have on the team though
Perhaps. But I've observed Avi at Spring Training year after year, and he is an absolute tool with fans. Picture a string of kids lined up on the wall just wanting a hand slap. He's only 4 ft from the wall and and he maintains his "tough guy" strut and just glares at them. And this is not an isolated incident.....it's his MO. Contrast that with Abreu who goes out of his way to make every kid feel special. every chance he gets.
I say good riddance to his career year and bring on whatever the future may bring.
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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 8, 2016 -> 05:35 AM)He said Drake Laroche was a leader. Hated him ever since. See ya.
LOL, I felt the same way initially! But his play last year made be overlook that.
Sox vs Guardians, Sat
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TA standing over him for a second too long followed by the slow exaggerated step-over is a classic punk-ass move. Like most pure punks, TA couldn't back it up and ended up on his punk ass.
Basic schoolyard rules here.