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Yeah, why do you think we want her

I've always believed that a man must be in love with his work, his wife and the White Sox for total happiness.

I said it two years ago and I’ll say it again - Patrick Williams absolutely sucks. He somehow continues to get worse. Such a bad 4th overall pick.

so we are an organization that went from one of the Worst GMs in baseball and one of the worst in team history to a guy who clearly wasn’t qualified for the job and was hired without a competitive interview because he couldn’t possibly look like he deserves the job if he had to interview… And average would be a problem? Do you realize what a monstrous upgrade average front office performance would be?

October 28, 2005 – It was one of the largest turnouts for a championship celebration in Chicago sports history as nearly two million people lined the parade route, according to the Chicago Police Department, in the downtown area/South Side to honor the World Series champions. White Sox players and management addressed the crowd and Paul Konerko presented the last out/game ball to owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

He was making the team regardless of the Eloy injury. (yes I know you’re joking obviously)

Sure it looks great now but they're gonna be regretting the hell out of that contract in 2030! Dumbasses!

MLBN must be getting ESPN disease and have wiped the White Sox existence out of their memory. I just heard Greg Amsinget say last night's walk off home run was the 1st World Series walk off home run since Kirk Gibson. Sorry Scotty Pods.

Totally agree. Getz will be singular decision maker

I love calling this the typical KW pick because pre draft this board was apoplectic about possibly going Abrams over Vaughn because Abram’s was just a typical KW “athlete” pick.

Please give us 6 more games of that.

I tend to think if it there's some evidence that cricket fans will actually enjoy baseball and pay to watch it (why wouldn't they), why wouldn't MBS's sports driven economy extend to something "disruptive" and "innovative" like baseball? Maybe it's America's pastime, but it's a fun sport that anyone could like. And cricket is arguably South Asia's pastime despite colonialism... maybe baseball has a better reputation because it wasn't created by the British? There's some evidence to suggest that colonized countries appreciate American ideas because we weren't their conquerors, for right or for wrong. I agree, but personally I don't like the idea of paying 16-year-olds $5million on the expectation that "investing" in a child will pay dividends one day for an American corporation. I don't like the idea of getting into bidding wars with countries over prospects with even worse labor standards than us, I'd like for the sport to be publicly owned personally, but maybe this is proof that that's not possible unless you're relying on an entirely domestic player base. That saddens me. Maybe that only exists in the NFL. Frankly, I see no reason why a public good like sports should be profit-oriented, except that there might be competition with leagues that will make it profit-oriented. What a world.

He's a bottleneck on the bases. He seems like the typical KW pick. The Sox have a history of trying to develop plays at a position of need. I still remember them,trying Viciedo and Fields at 3rd. They even put Yermin behind the plate at Charlotte. Hopefully Getz doesn't work that way.

Jury is still out on Vaughn imo. He takes good at bats, I bet that warning track power could turn into homers eventually. I think he actually wants to get better. I think his defense is underrated too, he's turned plenty of wild throws into outs that I don't think other first basemen make. I don't believe that's counted in WAR or typical defensive metrics. UZR seems to be the one most people like, which I would agree with, but the first baseman has completely different duties, more like a catcher than other position players. Mostly unrelated, anyone else surprised how few MLB stars UC Berkeley actually produces? Looks like Marcus Semien, Mike Epstein, Sam Chapman, Mark Canha, Jeff Kent are the best players that school produced...maybe more, but those are the ones I've ever heard of. I guess Sox "legend" Geoff Blum. All of them were raised in California too. Don't really follow college ball, but I always assumed they had a really good program.

Vaughn has proven to be a decent hitter. Defensively he is at best average at 1B, partially because he is short and wide with big feet and alligator arms. No development time in he Minors was ever going to change that. IMO, 1B is not a position that management should make a priority to upgrade. Pencil him in there for 2024.

Just got our 1st smart TV and dumped cable and was looking to see what streaming service I needed to watch Sox games next season. But then I found the Mystery Science Theater 3000 channel on Pluto, so I'm all good now.

With the Padres and Astros jobs opening up, do you think either team will request permission to speak to Pedro about taking over their team.

He hustled. Great with fans. Resilient/perseverant. Strong family man. Figured out ways to overcome Sox development issues. Improved considerably on defense over time with practice. Attempted to improve his hitting with the help of his own tech as well as his wife's interventions. Not associated with club's nightlife/attitude issues. Always cheered on his teammates. Actually seemed to have fun playing the game and appreciated the opportunities and responsibilities that came with it. Also wouldn't have been one of those players grumbling about Sox fest or offseason PR events/hospital visits/events with children involved. Unselfish.

If she ended up in charge of the whole thing with Getz learning on the job from an exec with experience. I might start giving a s%*# again.