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Outplay Zach Remillard then pop off.

In order to be misunderstood the rest of baseball would have to be thinking about him to begin with.

I don't think we're misunderstanding anything about TA. He's woefully underperforming this season, and certainly seems to be distracted. His personal life is a mess, and his mistakes are public. He is a shadow of the guy who hit the walk-off HR in Iowa. We want that guy back. Maybe he misunderstands that.

We’re tired of you not producing this season.

You think it’s reasonable that TA believes he is greatness and that is why people don’t like him anymore? That is the opposite of reasonable. He has never been at the top of the heap or comparable to those that are, let alone great. Yet according to recent comments, TA believes that “everybody knows” that he is the best player “everytime I take the field.” When he is nowhere close to that, then that is a high level delusion, along with the persecution complex he’s exhibiting. He’s being criticized for poor effort and performance yet in his mind its because he’s a great black man. That is straight up ludicrous. He mentions Bo Jackson, where are all the haters for this actual great? Or Mookie Betts, who has three times the career WAR at the same age, a guy TA evidently believes everybody thinks he is a better player than every time he takes the field. A clear future HOF outfielder who plays a better shortstop than he does. It’s nuts that these thoughts could even cross his mind let alone pass his lips

The level of delusion of this man is straight up clinical

I am tired of watching him be the most overrated player in baseball so far in 2023.

Tim just keeps digging the hole deeper for himself doesn't he? It would be better if he'd just be quiet right now get mentally and physically healthy then see what he's capable of doing.

When you don't score runs you end up in these situations.

The worst, I mean absolute worst, thing that this organization can do is to hold onto Giolito and these fluky bullpen arms hoping they can win this division as an under .500 team. Just pure stupidity if they do that. I would hope they look at the big picture and do what they need to do to for future seasons. The hole they dug themselves into up to this point has doomed the season.

Tim let it be known that he cares what others think about him. That was a mistake, Fans in general don't give a good gaddamn about players. They don't view them as human beings with the same strengths, weaknesses, susceptibilities, emotions, etc as we all have. They just want to watch "their team" win. TA was a batting champion. No small feat for a shortstop.

Man, I'd certainly hate to lose the chance to get a long term rotation piece in exchange for 12 or so Giolito starts. Also, should be able to get something interesting for Middleton, and perhaps Reylo.

You’re......you’re doing that thing again to yourself....having hope.

Both teams on the road next week, Minnesota traveling to Atlanta (.649) and Baltimore (.618) for six games in which they may only win 1 or 2. Meanwhile the Sox look to have a solid chance of winning 4 or 5, and an outside chance at winning 6. Realistic best case scenario: Sox 5-2 Twins 1-5 = Minnesota 41-44 & Chicago 39-47 2 1/2 GB Crazy best case scenario: Sox 6-1 Twins 0-6 = Minnesota 40-45 & Chicago 40-46 1/2 GB Anaheim RHP Dylan Cease (3-3 4.22) vs. LHP Reid Detmers (1-5 4.02): Chatham native Reid's first start against the White Sox, hoping the Sox can pounce the LHS. RHP Michael Kopech (3-6 4.06) vs. RHP Shohei Ohtani (6-3 3.13): Shohei's chance to impress White Sox brass for his upcoming Free Agency. All kidding aside, Sox need to be patient and extend pitch counts to hopefully get at their bullpen. Touki will likely be the pairing after 4-5 innings. RHP Lucas Giolito (5-5 3.41) vs. RHP Jamie Barria (2-2 2.14). This is a winnable game with Lucas on the mound. Barria pitched the Sox tough in May, but again working counts and getting to the bullpen a key to this one. RHP Lance Lynn (4-8 6.40) vs. LHP Patrick Sandoval (4-6 4.16). Lynn pitched awful in his May start, but looks to have turning things around this month. The Sox are 2-0 vs. Patrick, hoping success against LH starters continue to close out the series. Oakland Friday LHP Tanner Banks (0-2 4.50) & RHP Jesse Scholtens (1-2 2.31); Saturday RHP Dylan Cease & Sunday Michael Kopech: 3-0 needs to be the target, 2-1 worst case scenario, for the Sox to return home within a few games of first place in the American League Central. Oakland has gone 1-9 in their last 10 games, and hopefully are spent after their mini June rally around the boycott game. Let's Do This!

12 under. Can we please stop pretending this team is a contender?

All three of the guys that just struck out should be DFA

Amazing that 4 of the 9 hitters have an OPS of .557 or lower

That Cease change-up

But every baseball player thinks he's the best player in baseball. Every great player should think they are the beast. That is what makes them great. Yet the Mike Trout's, Aaron Judge's and Shohei Ohtani's to name a few, probably do think they are the best, but you can be damn sure, not one of them would ever tell the fans or media that publicly.

Well, they're also not doing well because they currently have a bullpen game every fifth day because they don't have enough starting pitchers. They're also not doing well because they're still forcing DH's to play RF. They're also not doing well because they still don't have a 2B. Also, we are 10% into the Benintendi contract. He's been fine in a 'he can help your team' way, not in a 'largest contract in team history' way. I will be pleasantly surprised if that contract doesn't get worse and worse each year.

If TA thinks he is the most misunderstood player in MLB, it’s no one’s fault but his own. His Jackie Robinson comparison was a joke as his being the best player on the field, I wonder what Luis Robert thinks about that. If the rumors of dissension on the team are true and I think they are, we don’t have to look any further than TA as the culprit, this guy needs to go away and become some other team’s problem.

Huh? These are new quotes from TA’s interview with the author. here’s another new and deluded statement from TA: “That next year, [the video game] The Show came out, and Fernando Tatis was on there flipping his bat,” Anderson recalled. “I found that weird because it was like, ‘Uhh, y’all stole the sauce!’ “ dude actually believes he invented the bat flip. Maybe he should pay Joey Bats royalties

I am not overly concerned about 2023. Of course I want to win the division, but it seems more unlikely by the day, even if they keep this group together. In the unlikely they do win the division, this is not a team that is likely to advance. I wouldn't trade Gio for just anything (at this point, anyway) - but if you can get a backend top 100 prospect (or close), ideally a SP, you certainly have to consider it. I think Gio will be in high demand.

Eh, thought it was a reasonable puff piece. If he were hitting at all, no one would care one way or the other. I have always liked watching TA play and seeing him this bad is pretty heartbreaking, but I don’t really see a moral or psychiatric component to it. Maybe I’m wrong.

Does anyone know if there are tickets still available for those games in Oakland??

I'm rooting for them to stay in the division hunt because Rick Hahn should absolutely not be allowed to be trading any pieces off the roster.

How does Remillard not play over Frazier or Andrus at this point especially v a LHP. Frazier is dogshit. I guess bringing Halsley shows the continued stupidity as what possibly is his role?

He’s a GM that only looks at prospect ratings from 5-10 years ago

Maybe worst in Sox history

Frazier has no track record to warrant the opportunities he is given. Hes been awful. My lord they are such an inept organization.

Robert is reaching that 7-8 WAR player before our eyes. It completely changes everything about this teams future if he does.

It's quite sad that if they get to 5 back again tonight.....I'm back in!!

I think TA is a rare player who is extremely susceptible to good and bad stretches based on how his life is going. We saw it in 2018 when he struggled mightily for a whole season after the death of his friend, and we are seeing it now with his off the field problems this year. I don’t think there’s anyone alive who thought Tim at his very best was some sort of sustainable clip, but I also don’t think Tim at his worst is what he is either. I would be very surprised if he doesn’t have another good stretch in him like what he did from 2019-2021.

These guys will need to go 39-44 the rest of the way to prevent losing 90 games. They are going to lose 90 games. We have no pitching depth and our offense can't get on base. Its going to happen.

If they got the extra year back on Colas I think he should get another shot now. Hurting for LH bats again + the recent power surge.

I blame Dairy Queen. They made this guy actually believe he is in the same class as Bryce Harper

POTY

Drop the shovel Tim Listen, I follow enough gamethreads to know that Pedro Grifol is the most misunderstood man in baseball.

My thoughts. He’s basically a non entity outside of the south side of Chicago. He’s probably the third best shortstop in Chicago.

Ozzie Guillen had a higher career WAR through age 30 than TA, yet he thinks he’s the best player in baseball. I mean, come on, now.

Ah, TA, two years ago, you were loved and adored by the fan base. I even bought a jersey after the cornfield game. The problem is not us. Bottom line, you let us down… and with comments like these, you continue to let us down.

I’m wondering if he’s even tradeable anymore? What contender is going to want a horrible defender whose bat has turned into a wet noodle, not to mention the non-baseball issues

Narcissist it's always about him.

Amazing how Tim wasn't complaining about being so misunderstood, when he won a batting title in 2019 and was runner up in 2020.

so weird how when other teams get fast players they suddenly are a team with fast players that gets to take advantage of their fastness and ours just explode and then are told to walk everywhere.

I agree and the Sox do have one and his name is Billy Russo. He is the designated translator for Robert or any other Spanish speaking player that can't speak Spanish or has limited English speaking ability. I would sure hope Russo told Robert everything he said. I also read that Robert is trying to learn English, because he wants to be able to interact more with his teammates before and after the games.

That's what fans of sports teams do.

There is a better chance that we get swept by Oakland.

I don't care how many games back they are until they're no longer under .500. Sixth worst record in baseball at nearly the halfway point and 11 under, but hey, Luis looks great though and I'm totally here for it!

They “talk” about controlling the strike zone but everything is based on swinging. I think that’s the core problem. They focus more on swinging at good pitches than not swinging at bad ones. It hasn’t worked. The Orioles and others teach swing decisions. For instance, on a 2-0 count, if a hitter in the minors swings at an outside slider and hits a single, the Orioles would call that a negative swing decision. I’m not so sure the White Sox would. Way too results oriented.