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No, trying to sieze some high moral ground and look down your nose as those who you deem as not good enough fans is what rings hollow. Save your lectures.

He is just trying to tell everyone that he is a better fan than most. I, for one, am very impressed

Honestly, I really wanted Jerry taking the all-time loss record with him to the grave. The dirty old bastard is getting bailed out.

It's important to remember he was also the GM last year...

20 games under .500 in May, if you’re enjoying it more power to you but this team is garbage. At least there are some young bright spots this time around, I’ll give you that much.

Chris Getz says this to himself in the mirror every morning when he wakes up and brushes his teeth.

It's the only thing enticing about him right now, so you should probably keep doing it. I'd put him in bubblewrap if I felt like I was going to get a massive package for him, but that ship has sailed.

He stepped very awkwardly finding the bag at 1st base while covering. But don’t let that stop your narrative.

If not for the horrible team in CO we would be the laughing stock of major league baseball. Our GM needs to be fired. What a horrible product.

In Sox world, a “Damn good player” is a major league player above replacement level.

It would be really nice if we hit on both Montgomerys and they can provide 50 HR a year and 100 XBH. We have some table setters and lineup movers, need some boppers.

I sorta want to like this post but at the same time we're still playing like 32% ball and we don't really have any "damn good players". We have a couple guys who might be pretty damn good eventually but for now the best we can really say is we might have some solid regulars. Crochett was a damn good player. Smith is for now a solid 3rd starter. That's what I'm saying.

General soreness 🫡

Will share the White Sox and accompanying writeups. Love that Law considered Bonemer for this, and not surprised on him dropping Smith off. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6385849/2025/05/29/mlb-top-50-prospects-2025-roman-anthony/

Does he though or is he just another guy that says a player is whatever his stats are at that moment. If he's considered an "evaluator" I'd expect him to be able to see past the nose on his face at least a little.

Brooks has homered in the first game of the DH. He has been unconscious in Charlotte.

Great performance all around. Enjoyable watch. Nice to see Chase keep his streak alive in the 9th.

he's a 1.5 WAR vet on a 3 WAR vet contract -- we'll be lucky to get a warm body in A ball and a semi prospect in AA. That said, I hope he gets hotter than s%*#.

T J S

Thanks for the thoughtful post as usual and I appreciate your perspective! I don't know if it's Devil's Advocate, because I agree with everything you wrote. I personally don't agree with 'corporate handouts', but for instance the City of Chicago offered Amazon (allegedly) $2bil worth of tax breaks if they set up shop here. Ostensibly there might have been some economic surplus for the city which factors into this decision-making I'm sure (I'm skeptical but one sees the logic), but the logic is wholly different when it comes to sport teams due to, I think, the failure of the previous generation of arenas to produce revenue. Of course, there are tons of cash cow arenas now. I just read an interesting article about a hockey arena in Edmonton or Alberta or somewhere on the Canadian periphery producing a bunch of tax revenue for the municipality. There's things to read about the impact of new minor league stadiums, even...clearly there's potential, some singular company has been buying every single minor league team, right Even if you look at the Braves or Rangers, dubiously successful developments, you see something the city of Chicago could learn from and try to implement with a private sector partner. I'm very "pro-public sector" and am skeptical about any "private-public-partnership", but sport seems like an environment where it makes a lot of sense. The team means more to Chicago than simple tax revenue or jobs it's part of our spirit -- even if spirit doesn't show up in quarterly reports, that it's a source of funding, it should be considered. I'm pretty annoyed by the new Bridgeport alderman's "whatever, man, the related company has it figured out" take on the whole thing. I'd be very disappointed if a South Side institution moved to the Loop. It would call into question my fandom. I would wonder how that scar on the landscape could be filled, if not by the Chicago Fire. Not sure if you have been in the vicinity of 35th and Shields recently, but the area is quite nice and gentrifying. I will always be pro-public housing and argue in favor of what was destroyed, but the logic of the area is simply different than it was 20 years ago. This is now a place you could build an "entertainment district" (I'd go there off-season. closer than up north, potentially more 'lively' than hyde park) that would be well-used and JR would make money hand over fist, especially because (I'm pretty sure) he owns all the vacant land. If the City is serious about its strategy to invest money on the south and west sides, this is a real opportunity. Play hard ball and get real concessions out of it that might benefit the people of the city. My bias is toward more free sport-related, literature and science-adjacent opportunities for kids and there's definitely available land nearby the ballpark to build such a facility. The Sox do an OK job of this already, but an arena in a 'liberal' city could be a good opportunity for a PPP that makes the team some money and benefits our kids at the same time. I think if we had a better team, it would be an easier sell. I tend to think no movement will happen on a new SoxPark any time soon, and why should it, the ballpark is already great. Very underappreciated piece of architecture and I love that I can spend 10 bucks and sit pretty much wherever I want. oh also: on the useless concrete bit, that's why I wrote trees specifically because you might be able to measure the economic/ecological impact of such things and it costs basically nothing. Planting more trees is generally a good idea if you can find space for it and it's easy to do and (reasonably) easy to maintain (though there's definitely a cost)...and to allude to a previous point, I don't think you can ignore the positive impact of living around a forest, a natural space, etc...I can't prove it, but Chicago is very good about this generally. Milwaukee is even better. Some fantasy I have for future ballparks is something of an eco-arena, well-situated in its natural habitat but is forward-thinking in its energy use. It's occasionally a fun story when hawks decide to nest at SoxPark, why not create an environment for them specifically?

106 left we'd need to win 47 to get to 65. So quick maths that's almost a 45 percent winning rate. Not happening, but I'll give you we won't break our own record or come close to the Rockies. I'll go with we win 58. Which would be enough to give Getz a passing grade imo. that's where we are at. cue alonzo_mourning.gif

You can't get a good team without good ownership.

At least the Sox can lead the MLB in something — injuries!!! More excuses for Getz.

All the spotlight on Colorado simply means there's LESS pressure on Getz and JR to provide a winning product...same thing holds true for Pittsburgh, Miami, etc.

This core is still power hungry.

Report was all around defense to be passable at all the positions.

2024 was the worst attendance going back to 1989. It was bad.

Peak HIMYM

Kyle Teel is on BA's list of 10 MLB hitting prospects who stood out In May. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/10-mlb-hitting-prospects-who-stood-out-in-may/

Imagine an owner who basically hates the fans in line for a second new stadium.

Very interesting story but as the report concludes: It remains to be seen whether the Bears’ new hire or the Pritzker administration’s work with an outside adviser will lead to any major movement in Springfield on legislation to help the team with its stadium plans. But with the legislature facing a shaky budget picture and other major challenges ahead of its scheduled Saturday adjournment, winning support for such a plan — which is sure to be met with stiff opposition from Chicago lawmakers — is no guarantee.

Bump.

I was hoping he would recover, but it seems obvious the injuries sapped the fast twitch in his legs. He has no explosiveness left, and that was his game.

Stop thinking.

I think what you just said is that right now, Michael Taylor is the better player.

He wasn't great as a reliever until he left here. Weird right.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor! Noo!

Okay, man. Yeah. No other players in the league get hurt hitting the bag awkwardly. I forgot it’s just Sox players.

Your post is well thought out, please allow me to play Devil's Advocate: Given the chaos and uncertainty from Washington who knows how much if any Federal funds will be available moving forward for Chicago or the state of Illinois. It would be a very big political risk under these circumstances for any politician to say they are in favor of giving millions and millions of dollars to a billionaire. Said billionaire who already got one stadium built on the public dole without spending one thin dime of his own money. That would probably be political suicide for that politician. Pulitzer prize winning author John Heylar in his book “The Lords of the Realm” said the lease agreement JR got for the original stadium, to site one example was the best “sweetheart lease” agreement in baseball. JR can’t claim the city/state didn’t bend over backwards to help him once already. In the same book Helyar quoted JR directly when he was asked at one point how he became successful. JR’s answer was, “O.P.M.” Other people’s money. There’s an old saying, “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me…” JR wants to play the same game again in a totally different set of circumstances. Situations that are not in his favor this time around. He could try to do two things in my opinion that might, repeat might sway some votes although I don’t think even these would move the needle much. He could call a press conference and announce the White Sox are agreeing to spend X amount of dollars towards the project. He could also tell Getz this off season that he’s tired of being a laughingstock and allow him to spend whatever it takes to make the team competitive in 2026. Fact: Since the start of the 2007 season the White Sox have had only five winning seasons. They have been one of the worst franchises in MLB since that time. It's one thing to ask for millions of dollars if your franchise is competitive on a regular basis. it's quite another to ask for it when the franchise is basically a running joke in the sport. Yes there may wind up being only “useless concrete” but useless concrete doesn’t cost millions and millions of tax payer dollars does it? I just don’t see how under the current situation this gets done. JR is basically S.O.L.

This is an outdated political take from the governor IMO. It's pandering to Democrats, right, but this is the exact sort of ecosystem the laissez-faire types want: no governmental oversight over their projects and retain all the profits. The governor will end up harming the South Side of Chicago with his logic and produce another sea of vacant lots that will never be built upon. And no plan on what to do with the land. If they planted a bunch of trees there, I'd be all for it. That won't happen, it'll be useless concrete because of its 'development potential' that likely will never again be realized. The present location is great and the city/state could 'invest' like they 'invest' in countless other giant projects that are less meaningful to the residents of the city and state (and with less revenue-producing opportunity to boot). The City alone invested over $500mil in Lightfoot's "Invest South/West" program, and what gains have been realized? There's plenty of money for a ballpark, and the city/state should be thinking about how the people can benefit from it.

When is the last time Sox batters had 18 walks in a 3 game set? They saw almost 200 pitches in this game. Legitimately like two swings away from a series win here, and maybe 1 more away from a sweep. Former Mets Houser and Vasil combined for 9 scoreless innings in the series. Holding Soto hitless is pretty impressive for this staff overall.

Fun bad!

We had a very competitive series. Nice to see. Blew some games but we're a bad team. If we are going to be bad at least be competitive most of the time until the inevitable error or bad pitching performance late.

Maybe one thing everyone can agree with is you never have too much pitching.

His last post was "They did it!" when we beat the Astros on May 2nd. I am very sad that he is gone.

False! There's at least one! I grew up in AH/BG, and my mom still lives there and she's a fan lol.

I watch a lot of Sox games (unlike some posters...) and have been enjoying some competitive games against good teams. If you don't watch the games and want to just post sarcastic comments about the team, go ahead, but your comments ring hollow. The team has been improving and we have some damn good players and pitchers.

Thank god for the rockies