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I will be honest, it might have gotten him in the door at the beginning, but it is no where near why he is one of the best in the business. I can't think of another person in sportscasting who has the versatility that he does. He sits down in three different sports and sounds like he does any particular one of them all of the time. He's sits down with different partners and sounds like he has been on the air with whoever it is, forever. He has a light touch, and is perfectly willing to get his partner engaged as much as possible. Dude is one of the best in the business.

Reminds me of when we lost Eloy for 6 months trying to rob a homer in the WBC final for the Dominican Republic... oh wait that was in ST. What about every other ST injury that happens all the time??? I'm bummed about this too but what are we doing here? Players get injured in any setting. We just had a prospect get drilled in the head in a backfield game today. Should we stop the minor league backfield games????

Hello Darkness my old friend.

Does he know there’s no parking lot in the new stadium plans?

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It’s like a hammy pull. No one is thinking he needs his leg amputated. It’s a sport in which injuries happen, just like in ST. It sucks but it is what it is.

In his eyes, he brought six NBA titles and a World Series Championship to the city of Chicago. Flip it. How much more does Jerry need to give this city? Of course I don't agree with what I just wrote, but it's abundantly clear in his actions the last two decades he has very little passion or even interest in running franchises that have a goal of winning. His goal is profit. As a fan, I don't agree with that at all, I think both are obtainable, but it's harder to accomplish. Which leads to Jerry's other "trait" He's incredibly lazy. This whole idea of Jerry being ultra loyal is horseshit. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson, Frank Thomas...all have been basically shunned by their former Chicago employer. He didn't hire Chris Getz because he's loyal, he hired him because he didn't want to go through an actual search committee, learn to work with someone new...they already had a guy in the payroll system, so just give the job to him. He shows a complete lack of interest in evolving with the times, citing David Eckstein as one of his favorite players as late as 2024, along with bringing up Branch Rickey in his press conference in hiring Getz. Branch Rickey has been dead for over 60 years. He is a stain on this city, and when he finally goes, it will be the most significant and impactful thing to happen to this franchise since 2005.

Spanky is back.

I totally was not in the fetal position while soxtalk was down saying "my.... precious" and shaking uncontrollably. No sir-ee.

THIS IS NOT FUNNY!

In fairness it’s the biggest game Teel will play in all year (well until tomorrow - if he is able to go).

He looks like Brett Lawrie I don't like it.

I am thinking of suing the Sox for unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.

Maybe we can get Kenny out of retirement to deliver the message?

I'm guessing this will end any chance of Frank appearing on the pre and post game shows again.

Hitting the ball into the river would be nice.

Teel was still in uniform walking around high fiving teammates after the game, so unlikely to be too serious

Nationals thought it was the actual drink.

Better outfielder than Benintendi

I know it’s not nice to judge, but those ballhawk guys strike me as being giant fucking losers.

You score 7 and lose. It's a curse. Won't be lifted until the Reinsdorf name is out of the picture

hey, at least we’re hurting the Cubs and Montgomery and Murakami had good games.

You big dummy

As a big sport fan you see a lot of really amazing talent but you very rarely see excellence. In my life on teams I root for it's been probably like MJ, Megatron and Barry, Derrick for a short time, and then like Sale and Garrett and MB and Frank. I really appreciate Sale and Garrett, even if ultimately the franchise wasn't able to do anything to capitalize on their talents. Same with my poor Lions superstars. If anything it might amplify their excellence to have come out of such horrific environments.

Alright, lets go back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back and it will be tied!

At least with the day off tomorrow, these relievers should be rested enough to get lit up again.

God I am so happy baseball is back

I'm satisfied with the Houser trade. It's not clear that any team was willing to give up anything for him. I don't regard Mead as untalented and I would gladly have him over Peters or Hill in a vacuum. I don't think it's crazy to give up on him considering the handedness and position he plays. The Sox also got more than Mead in the deal. I think the market inefficiency that interests Getz is 26-man roster spots which he expects/expected to have in spades and can use as a place to try out players who are out of options. That said, willingness to walk away from a player who he no longer thinks is worthwhile is probably something to be commended in general even if we would prefer that every acquisition pans out.

Buddy ncorgbl has seen the contract and it is not in there

The Sox have managed to burn down Nancy Faust, Hawk Harrelson, and now Frank Thomas in recent years. How's that for some red flags.

Another self inflicted wound by an incompetent, dysfunctional and inept organization.

That’s correct, but occasionally he can nut one out.

The process is super strict — no shoes, no hats, knees exposed, back against the wall — and to account for potential shrinkage

Naive is thinking your feelings are more important than the lives of others.

Every god damn thread turns into the same thing.

Thank you admins for the work you put in. I know it's a labor of love that people like me can enjoy for free. I'm sure I speak for others when I say that we appreciate what you do.

Haven’t we all?

But how is it “totally meaningless?” It’s not the MLB, it’s a different baseball entity. Just because you’ve decided YOU only care about the MLB season doesn’t mean the rest of the baseball world needs to. The overwhelming majority of all professional players don’t ever get to the World Series, meaning that this is likely the most significant championship they’ll ever get to play for. There are thousands of fans around the world, some from countries whose cultures hold baseball in higher esteem than the United States does, who care much more about this tournament than anything that happens in the MLB. I couldn’t possibly care less about the NFL, and every year I feel the media shift away from baseball pennant races toward NFL camp coverage, and I hate it. That doesn’t make that coverage “totally meaningless.” It’s just not for me.

Was he high-fiving them with his foot?

Here at the game. Don’t know anything about him but that Alberto dude has something. Tall as s%*#, great extension and velocity, solid off speed offering.

Shut it all down. We need trucks and street sweepers, can’t do this

Felt nice about the future Sox until I saw that putrid Nick Shitlicker Swisher tribute on the OF wall.

Meanwhile, Steve Stone takes entire series off and avoids west coast trips altogether.

I'm pretty lenient on this team but letting him go was worse than losing the most games in baseball history.

Robert hit 14 HRs each of the last 2 seasons and put up a wRC+ of 84. Austin Hays just hit 15 HRs last season and had a wRC+ of 105.