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AJ or Ozzie, this team needs someone who can kick ass and hold players accountable, unlike Grifool. BTW, excuse me but I didn't watch the game or the game thread so my post is coming in after the fact. I did check in a couple of times during commercial breaks for The Voice. That's shows bad it's gotten, me watching the The Voice with the wife instead of my beloved White Sox.

What, and let Pedro and Eddie Rodriguez develop him LOL. They can't even teach the players we have how to do a proper rundown. Best hope is JR clears the deck and we bring him up next year, wait I'm fantasizing again that the White Sox actually know how to develop players or would actually hire the right manager to bring in a qualified staff with him to teach them the fundamentals.

If only JR would have brought back Ozzie instead of TLR. I don't care what people think about Ozzie quitting on the Sox. I have no doubt we wouldn't be in this situation today if Ozzie was the Manager. Ozzie would of kicked TA's ass and told him to respect the game, and he certainly wouldn't have told the players not to go full speed to first base. It's been a downward spiral ever since TLR was brought back. Ozzie know how to play the game the right way and wouldn't stand for anything less.

The Sox don't turn them into crap, they were done before they signed it's just that the Sox GM's have no clue what every other team in baseball knew about these guys. Sandy Alomar JR, Ron Bloomberg, John Jay, Jerry Reuss, Jamie Navarro, Yasmani Grandal, Mike Clevinger twice, Joe Kelly, Wellington Castillo, Derek Holland, Dallas Keuchel, Adam Dunn, Adam La Roche, Eaton 2nd signing, and Nick Swisher. Ken Griffey JR, Michael Jordon could be added to the list as well, and I'm sure there's more.

Not sure what his thing is, but' it's one of a kind. I mean have you seen his pregame routine of soaking his hair. Not sure I'd want to sit anywhere near him.

He puts his fingers down, apparently Pedro never heard of pitch-com

"Moncada, Jimenez and Robert going down at the same time was a statistical anomaly" Not really it was inevitable since Eloy and Robert have injury histories going all the way back to the minor leagues. Moncada's minor league career was healthy but his injuries began to mount once he hit the majors and he has had a succession of back, oblique, quad, hamstring, and foot injuries to go with the latest abductor which is similar to Roberts injury. I blame both the players off-season training routine and the Sox training staff. I still have yet to see another team strap a harness around their players during pre-game warmups and make them drag the trainer around the grass like I use to witness when my seats were in the outfield along the 3rd base line.

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Good choice, he can certainly deliver a good postgame flush in case the AL loses.

What's not to understand, JR's the owner. Enough said.

Not happening until his contract runs out.

You need something stronger than a beer to watch the White Sox

s%*# in s%*# out but still better than having Bummer. Nickey Lopez +0.1 2004 WAR to date Aaron Bummer - 0.1 2004 WAR to date That's a win!

I still grade the trade an A, getting anything more than a bag of balls for Aaron Bummer is a win.

Only the sox, guy hits his first extra base hit of the year against the Sox and it's a triple. Jeez-help us please.

Gotta love our #2 situational hitter.

This is his most interesting quote IMO...."I mean, I'm still the same person. I'm learning a lot more now," he said. "I'm sharpening up tools a lot more. Is he alluding to the Sox not being able to develop or instruct him how to field and become a complete ballplayer. Time will tell how much he sharpened his tools by his error count at the end of the year. Tim isn't the sharpest tool in the shed so I'm skeptical about how much he learned at Miami.

Aaron Bummer (Aaron Bummer), his last name says it all.

Well he definitely redeemed himself in 2005 with that hit that landed at the base of the left field wall if I remember correctly. He kept the dream of the Sox winning a World Series alive, if not for that hit I'm afraid we would have never given our pitching staff a chance to dominate the Astros in the 4 game sweep to win it all.. One clutch hit by a Sox player in a big game moment should make him eligible for the Hall of Fame, because sadly I don't see the Sox playing a meaningful game in September anytime soon.

Choke Crede? You mean the same Joe Crede who drove in the go ahead run against the Angels to win the must win game 2 of the ALCS (AJ dropped 3rd strike game). After losing the first game of the series had they gone down 0-2 heading to Anaheim for game 3 the series might have turned out differently and we'd still be searching for a WS championship. Granted AJ saved the day, but it was Joe Crede, Mr Clutch who drove in the winning run and sent everyone home on a high note. It was the most fun I've had ever at a Sox game leaving the park with the crowd chanting "LET'S GO WHITE SOX" as we winded our way down the stairs and out the gate. Choke Crede........I think NOT!, more like Clutch Crede!

Who thinks batting Eloy second last night was a good move by Grifool? I mean he's not hitting a lick .095 to be exact, chases balls outside the strike zone, doesn't know how to move runners over and he has no baseball IQ when it comes to running the bases. Eloy is a pinch hitter at this point until he proves otherwise.

We're still paying him, and actually he could do no worse than what's out there now.

I’m not doing that. I’m keeping my catcher in there. He puts the right fingers down. He knows what he’s doing back there.

JR's going run his new Stadium Sorts network into the ground before it even gets off the ground. I'm not paying to watch the Bulls and Sox. Why the Hawks would partner with this miser is puzzling.