WestEddy

I have been to a batting cage that had a video of a pitcher winding up and throwing, then the ball sailed out at you. That has to be 25 years ago, so maybe it was a pre-cursor?

I would guess that's all farmed out to the stats department from scouting, and they come up with a ranked list of targets. I don't know what a GM does on a day-to-day basis, but like any high-level middle manager, they delegate. Sure, he probably opens up his own spread sheets at times. It's a dumb mistake. It makes Getz look dumb. Just because. It doesn't change my opinion of him, and I imagine it hasn't changed yours, either.

If this mistake gets beyond the reporting of Getz's joke, that would be insane. I would like my sports reporters to report on the actual sport, not a blown up story that has no bearing on anything.

Right-handed hitting is one of the two ways that switch hitters hit. So if he saw Acuña hit once, he could assume he was hitting one of the two main ways switch-hitters hit. The people invested in criticizing every single move find this latest chapter "very concerning". Those who don't care understand that people have brain farts, sometimes over the course of a week. If he kept calling him Ronald, then was surprised to find it wasn't Ronald Acuña, yes, that would be concerning. If an old woman named Luisa Angel Acuña showed up to Sox camp ready for the batting cage, that would also be concerning. Neither of those troubling mistakes happened, however.

Now the White Sox can sign him for 3/$110M, and everybody can be happy about that milestone.

Tito Fuentes played in the 60's and 70's, as did Paul Blair and Bill Russell. You've probably even seen Eddie Murray play. He made it into the late 90's. You're welcome for the knowledge. Reading my posts made you smarter. I suppose you'll have to read my lifetime internet oeuvre to get above thinking Oliver Dunn and Vinny Capra are better at baseball than Shane Smith. And seriously, if Chris Getz drafted or traded for the wrong guy, that would be a problem. He didn't.

This will be Murakami's walk up music

Yes he would. If he delegated the scouting and compiling the pool of players he was going to target in trade, I could certainly see him getting confused. But I'm the "Getz can do no wrong" guy. What do I know?

If Colson gets 600 PAs, last year's pace would see him hit 44 HRs. I think the league will take him a little more seriously this time around.

I don't even remember what I voted. I "feel" 33 at this moment. 41 for Mune.

I grew up in a deli, I love that stuff. I still get the 2 hot dog deals at Patio Beef and Wolfy's on Peterson, but yeah, healthy choices when I can.

My guess is they have the scouting director assemble a list of guys they wanted, Acuña was on that list for reasons, Getz conducted the trade and got confused. I would hope they didn't game plan Acuña being part of some clever platoon plan. If LuisAngel can eclipse Robert's 84 OPS+, they can call him an Olympic Female Weightlifter, for all I care.

I'm sure you're not into this, but Jewel carries Field Roast brand faux dogs and sausage. I do those when I don't want to take 15 minutes off the end of my life by eating a hot dog. Same taste and texture.

It's weird how people who regularly castigate the Sox for their record-setting 2024 losses can't understand why bad teams add veterans at the edges to avoid catastrophe.

Astros, Pirates Have Discussed Joey Bart - MLB Trade Rumors Joey Bart's name had come up in discussions with the Astros about Isaac Paredes. Now that could mean that Bart was the 3rd PTBNL, or the headliner.

Fegan's day two notebook: - Adams, Bush and Berroa all throwing off a mound - Thorpe has yet to throw White Sox spring notes: Erick Fedde returns to the rotation, looking for a return to form - Sox Machine

CHGO - Sean Anderson day 2 Podcast. Talks about the Spring Training hats. Spends way too much time talking about PECOTA's projected playing time. These kids talk way too fast. Slow down, fer Chrissake!!

Spring Training trade talk:

Berroa's only got one option, so this is really the year he has to prove it.

ESPN preseason listicle of One Guy to Watch for all 30 teams. MLB spring training 2026: One player to watch on every team - ESPN

Fedde, Hicks, Dominguez. Sounds like a 4-2 win, to me.