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Guys we have a short window, but if TLR is fired within the week he will have been fired in 1986 and 2022 when Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick were in theaters, respectively. Thank you Tom Cruise!

This definitely feels like an inflection point with Ozzie and Stone breaking bad on Tony. Kenny being around is telling. He’d fire Tony if it were entirely his call. I don’t think anyone knows what will happen

C'mon SS2K5, nobody is buying that your erection requires that much blood

Maybe make Menechino manager so he can't be the hitting coach anymore?

About time.

A producer on one of the shows at the Score. That is one step above poster at Soxtalk as far as being tied in to the front office

Do not get met that excited that quickly. I might pass out from the blood loss to my erection.

Just announced, Pilkington a late scratch. S. Bieber to start Game 2 as well.

True, but in his last 13 appearances he’s at 13.1 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 19 K. Still impressive. Of all players/coaches to complain about right now, he’s probably the last one deserving of it other than Cease

Ventura is one of my favorite players ever. I love Ventura the player, disliked Ventura the coach. Most teams do not just hire old legends that have name value. The meatheads who call the score can come up with their "Hey Big Hurt for hitting coach, Mark Buerhle for pitching coach, Paul Konerko for bench coach and Thome for manager" nonsense. None of these guys have experience running a team. This is not a rebuild. This is a team ready to compete. If you do that, burn it to the ground and start over. Because you are not serious about competing.

I'd love that Bench Coach job....great seats and you clearly do jack shit.

The most passionate we've seen TLR during this tenure with the White Sox is when he was absolutely burying his own player for hitting a home run when he wasn't supposed to.

Seeing 2 HR’s in the same game for the Sox feels like seeing Haley’s comet

I bet Leury the player manager wouldn't even play himself as much as TLR.

My name is Wegner and I'm a White Sox Fan. Hi Wegner. I too shall strive.

"Let's Play Two!!" - Ernie Banks "Let's Lose Two!!" - Tony La Russa

seems relevant!

Hahah I certainly don’t. Not one bit. If he wants to be in-game batting practice for a shitty NL team instead of hanging them up that’s on him.

Oooh, I’m going strive mightily for LaRussa to get canned, kicked upstairs, whatever.

Colas in RF tonight for the Barons.

Colson HR. Streak continues. No MILB TV this series. Very sad.

I’m not getting my hopes up either. Knowing our luck Cleveland and Minnesota may start losing a few games on purpose so the Sox keep TLR around just a little bit longer ?

I’m going to. Why not? If I end up disappointed how does that differ from any other day this season?

Some guy with a beard I stopped following a while back because he was talking trash about French Silk Pie. I’m not sure why I was following him in the first place, honestly. Hopefully he knows more about the inner workings of the Sox front office than things that taste delicious.

I don't know, but I think I'm in love.

I beg to differ. We do know. But if we say it too often, that will mean we are not good White Sox fans.

Tony is such a gigantic asshole for blaming Martin for not pitching around Ramirez

Bieber going to pitch game 2 also?

Tony would probably think it’s people protesting to help him keep his job. Stop the steal!

I thought this was funny.

Absolutely, no rentals and look to trade guys like Cueto, Pollock and Abreu. If anyone wants Yoan, Giolito (for a big package) or Grandal, make it happen.

It’s hard to imagine a manager ever having a worse season that Tony. Sucks on the field and players not getting along in the clubhouse. He truly killed this franchise.

Tony was waiting until he had 2 strikes.

Disco sucks (July 12th)

birmingham is our only decent coaching staff anyway.

Speaking of TA, anyone notice he grabs his nutbag a lot?

Who is rushing? He killed High A in June and is playing CF. If he can play CF, I'm sure he could easily play RF in MLB.

Not too late though to make a statement and fire Mennichino. Who cares if won’t change anything. Start holding people accountable.

Ed Farmer used to say Buehrle pitched like his car was double parked on 35th St. Sox hitters now hit like that.

won't get no hit at least

HAHA I was at that game !!

Man, you really need to drop the manufactured Instagram drama. It wasn't even close to the same stratosphere as Yermin, lasted all of one day, and the Sox fan post that stirred up all the drama wasn't even accurate. Plus, if you don't think damn near every pro athlete had an ego, I don't know what to tell you.

I think therein lies one of my main issues. The team in 2020 exceeded expectations. It was supposed to be the last year of the "rebuild." Instead, the team was thrust into contention (yay), and the organization shifted its focus from player development to "win now." Well, player development was far from complete for a lot of guys. Instead of having dugout leadership that emphasized the development process like RR, we got TLR, whose idea of "development" is to bench you in favor of Leury. Yes, these guys are professionals, etc., but the guys I'm talking about (Moncada, Robert, Eloy, Vaughn, Burger, Sheets) are still kids who need guidance and development. Shifting the focus away from player development to "win or die trying as long as you don't have to run too hard; also, Leury's playing today" has been to the detriment of those guys.

The bigger question is will they score over 4 in total today!

Hopefully he is as good as his ego seems to think.

Overall the white Sox are 4th in batting average. However they are 19th in OBP, 23rd in slugging, 21st in OPS. They are 25th in the league in strikeouts (meaning very few strikeouts). With two strikes, the White Sox are 7th MLB in batting average. However they are 20th in OBP, 20th in slugging, 20th in OPS. If those numbers seem identical it’s because they are. The problem with this team is not specific to two strikes, it is the hit the ball on the ground/go the other way approach. That may work for Anderson, but guys like Moncada, Vaughn, Robert, even Leury need to be pulling the ball to use their power. Because of the lack of power and lack of patience, they aren’t generating runs and teams aren’t afraid to pitch to them so their walk totals are low. Whether this approach is deliberately being taught by Menechino or he just can’t fix it, that is the problem - not their 2 strike approach.

This is accurate Ricky had the balls to instruct and when necessary, pull his players, pull stars when necessary to impart a lesson. He wasn't trying to be their Great-Great Grandfather. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/animated-rick-renteria-sends-another-message-tim-anderson-benching-we-dont-give Ricky got upset when players made correctable mistakes. Tony gets upset for unwritten rules, bat flips and bean ball war bullshit. Ricky demanded that his players always run it out and never quit. Tony demands they don't run to first base. Players didn't miss many games playing hard everyday. Then again, half the team wasn't 35 year old guys Tony could remember as it is now..