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  1. All I know is, no matter what I'm going to enjoy this season more than 2023. Zero expectations, no chance for dissapointment.
    13 points
  2. Bold predictions: Crochet pitchers three innings of scoreless ball Five relievers are used to complete the game Shaw is one of those relievers and gives up three runs Hill also gives up a run, but the other three are perfect Offense only scores one run on a Robert solo shot A base-running gaffe kills our best shot at a rally The defense makes a handful of nice plays Pedro says something really stupid during the post game
    11 points
  3. Crochet is a huge positive. Deivi Garcia looked quite good. This year is all about identifying actual assets and churning the rest of the roster. This game will not be the low point of the season.
    8 points
  4. You are very likely correct. He's a smooth talking corporate bootlicker who will do or say anything to get the gig. Dude gave them all the confirmation bias they wanted in interviews and also dropped big hints that he would be a "cheap date" which prolly led to JR giving Hahn a wry smile and an affirming nod of the head on the other side of the interview table. Pedro is a fucking loser, but then again this is a fucking loser organization so it's a compatible marriage.
    8 points
  5. Personally developed? Personally? What in the f*** are you talking about? Crochet was great. But talk to me when he repeats this every 5 days all season long.
    7 points
  6. 7 points
  7. I love that they could only ask Getz like a question and a half cause the half inning was so quick.
    7 points
  8. Luis Robert saw what happened with Ohtani and decided he doesn't need an interpreter anymore.
    7 points
  9. Special shoutout to the preview cutting off the bottom 5 of the line up so I don't have to think about them.
    7 points
  10. Bro the mopes you're yelling at have been living and dying with this franchise for decades. We know what the Sox' median season is. We know what the spreadsheets say. Like, focus on some positives sure (even I have) but just don't yell at people not blowing sunshine and rainbows before the season even starts.
    7 points
  11. Comrade, I've been online for awhile. See, I didn't name myself after the first White Sox team I was ever aware of like you did. I have been called a Ron Schueler lover, a KW stan, a Rick Hahn fanboi, and now that I have a Getz obsession. I'm a White Sox fan. I don't follow them to shorten my life by decades like you do. I just follow them. I don't try to make people feel like sh*t for being positive. That's malarkey. I'm not really aware of this type of fanhood. You like a team, so you attack everybody who thinks players on that team will do well? Even when they have track records of doing well? I thought you were factually based. Sounds like you are too emotional to follow this sport. I don't think you've ever done anything patiently.
    7 points
  12. Chicago White Sox - bringing you yesterday’s mediocrity… tomorrow.
    7 points
  13. All these dude's flat-out competing and they're still adding on March 22
    7 points
  14. "We brought in so many low level players we don't know which ones are worse"
    7 points
  15. 6 points
  16. I really don’t like the baby lettering on these New Jerseys, guess I won’t be getting a Maldonado authentic afterall
    6 points
  17. Heard the radio for 5 minutes this morning in the car and sox machine josh and crew were calling crochet an opener and an embarrassment. I love watching Crochet shove on the clowns. Even though we left him in a little long.
    6 points
  18. While Eder hasn't looked good at all.. It was absolutely a trade I'd make again under those circumstances.
    6 points
  19. They are both getting paid to talk baseball and don’t have to sit on the hot seat like a manager. Not a bad gig if you can get it.
    6 points
  20. 6 points
  21. Yes. The man who made his fortune first in real estate isn't looking to capitalize on the last great and empty piece of real estate in the downtown area to capture a piece the the latest and greatest trend in baseball revenue of the ballpark village in an effort to maximize cash flow and cram as much value into the franchise before he dies so as to top off his legacy buried in real estate and cash... Nah that doesn't sound like Jerry at all. It's not like he just stood up and tried to sell this exact program to the people and state government. Nope, the Sox aren't involved at all.
    6 points
  22. I honestly don’t mean to be a dick, but please take a break from this website and discuss this subject with some real life people. You are struggling to accept the reality of this situation and now are just continually repeating your own made up narrative to appease your personal desires. Jerry Reinsdorf 100% wants to relocate to the south loop full stop…that was confirmed when he went to Springfield to make his case and when the team’s PR people started discussing their plans publicly. I do apologize for the hostility of my past interactions on this subject because I assumed you were just trolling, but at this point it seems like your inability to grasp the situation stems from something much deeper rooted and will require help from non SoxTalk posters to overcome.
    6 points
  23. 1. Not the White Sox 2. Not the White Sox 3. Not the White Sox 4. Not the White Sox 5. The White Sox
    6 points
  24. What in the world are you talking about? Your need to constantly carry water for this org has you spitting more word vomit than Pedro Grifol.
    6 points
  25. My prediction for how this season goes: The White Sox surprise by hovering a couple of games under .500 for the first half of the season, led primarily by a monster first half by Yoan Moncada and a surprisingly healthy Eloy Jimenez. As the summer grinds on, poor managing by Pedro Grifol, faltering pitching, Eloy's inevitable injury, and selling off of Moncada and other flippable veterans cause the Sox to fall off and wind up with a total of between 69 and 73 victories which is still much better than most expected.
    6 points
  26. You’re trying to make people eat crow after 1 game. Yes, you’re clearly being measured.
    5 points
  27. No on ever said he was going to suck. Most of said he won't stay healthy. I don't want to be right.
    5 points
  28. Given he’s been in the organization for the last 7+ years, what was he expecting?!?!?
    5 points
  29. i have the expectation that this club is going to lose 110 games and im still upset with todays performance from our terrible hitters
    5 points
  30. Remember, this is with everyone healthy in the lineup
    5 points
  31. Team may set a record for least amount of runs in a season. 5 thru 9 is worst in MLB.
    5 points
  32. No clue how many pitches they are allowing Crochet, but you take this performance every day of the week. Looks great.
    5 points
  33. Good for him. Maybe he shouldn't have been absolute dogshit last year.
    5 points
  34. Y'all be writing that without realizing that this is the official policy of the White Sox. Both in game and front office.
    5 points
  35. The least excited I have been about baseball and white sox in my 35 years of watching baseball
    5 points
  36. Thank you. Just to be clear, no treatment, I have Non-Hodgkin's, which isn't curable, but it's slow growth, and I'll most likely die of something else in 20-30 years. After my initial chemo 15 years ago, and radiation for a new tumor 3 years ago, it's just treated like a chronic condition. I get regular check-ups and scans, and COVID vaccinations every 2 months. I do have to be careful, as Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma is cancer of the immune system. But again, thank you for the well wishes. Watch out for night sweats, enduring cold/flu symptoms, or excessive fatigue. And if your 40, get a damned stress test, already. Medicine is your friend. Use it. Thanks. /soapbox
    5 points
  37. I work in banking so let me give me two cents (I may be late but I'm too lazy to read the rest of the thread): What you posted isn't out of the ordinary at all. Most celebrities, athletes, people of high net worth don't have their money in personal accounts. Most create corporations/LLC's and have direct deposits to fund their personal accounts which also helps them not spend as much (ideally). It'd be very unsurprising if Ohtani didn't have some type of LLC set up with a few "signers" on it who can essentially do anything on an account with the exception of close it, open another inside of the entity, or add more signers. I'd assume in this case Ohtani's lawyer, financial advisor, and (apparently) his translator were signers, and therefore Ippei could've easily sent a 4.5M wire on his own My assumption is what's already been posted: Ohtani signed off on the wire or gave the approval for Ippei to send it and then retracted his statement when he realized there are laws against wiring money for illegal gambling FWIW, anything over 10k is reported, yes, but wires don't fall in that category. It's only if it's physical cash being withdrawn or deposited from an account. Even a $20k check/cashiers check/20 money orders totaling $20k ($1k max per money money is the rule) isn't reported unless the person getting the cashiers check/MO is giving paper cash in exchange Keep in mind in business accounts it's a lot more laid back. In a personal account I can't go to a bank and deposited paper cash into your account unless I'm on the account as an owner. It would have to be a check/MO/cashiers check. In a business though, anyone can deposit cash into an account. The only thing that prompts the report is over $10k of cash in a single day. If I went to a Bank of America now and took out $6k and then another branch tonight and did it again, that is reported, but if I wait for tomorrow for the other $6k, I'm good. Of course doing $9k one day and $8k the next and $9500 the next day is called layering/structing and is just as bad, but again, a wire for 4.5M is not reported
    5 points
  38. Sox should hold a raffle. 25$ a ticket. On August 1st, the winner gets to fire Pedro personally in front all the other ticket buyers. All proceeds go to Sox charities. It will be the largest donation they've ever received.
    5 points
  39. Brooks "West Eddy" Boyer over here...
    5 points
  40. I had season tickets for 30 years. I hope they win every game they play. Last year when they hired Pedro, I was fired up. He seemed perfect. Turns out the guy was a fraud. He is awful. Then JR finally comes to his senses and fires Hahn and KW. He doesn’t search for a perfect replacement, he hired Getz because he said Getz knew the organization and he couldn’t waste a year. I liked his first trade. It’s somewhere on this site if you don’t believe it, but after that, and until the Cease trade, which again, I thought was pretty good, I gave a B grade, all he acquired was and is crap. This will be a wasted year. They are terrible. Not even trying. Call me a whiner. I consider myself an educated consumer. I was sold a bill of goods. I won’t be fooled again. The organization is full of bullshitters, and it starts at the top.
    5 points
  41. “Paul DeJong sampled a Bong” sounds like the start of a Humpty Dumpty style poem
    5 points
  42. wasn't one of the biggest complaints about last season that there was no minor league depth? every major league team will deal with injuries and the White Sox were historically bad last season in terms of their call-ups. I'm reminded of this fangraphs article which shows that the Sox opening day roster compiled over 100% of the team's total WAR. as in, the call-ups and trade acquisitions produced negative WAR. with that in mind, I don't see how it could be viewed as a bad thing for a team to sign a player to a minor league deal who hit .730ish OPS and 10 homers last season. it's sort of like, why wouldn't you do that?
    5 points
  43. He shouldn’t have signed Maldonado at all. Because he’s bad. But you know this already.
    5 points
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