South Side Hit Men

"There are multiple GMs with a worse record than my tenure limited to recent MLB history, let alone four North American Sports Leagues. Obviously Soxtalk poster Chicago White Sox is a negative fan and doesn't know what he is talking about. Everybody fan I meet tells me I am awesome, as does my boss and our owner. I will continue to lead the Chicago White Sox as I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me." - Rick Hahn April 28, 2023 MLB General Managers (1950 - 2022) with a decade plus consecutive tenure with one club: .622 George Weiss 1,243 - 756 (New York AL 1948-1960) - 7 World Series & 3 AL Pennants .593 John Schuerholz 1,594 - 1,092 (Atlanta 1991-2007) - 1 World Series & 4 NL Pennants .589 Brian Cashman 2,322 - 1,622 (New York AL 1998-2022 (current)) - 4 World Series & 2 AL Pennants .580 Bob Howsam 1,122 - 813 (Cincinnati 1967-1978) - 2 World Series & 2 NL Pennants .571 Buzzie Bavasi 1,617 - 1,217 (Brooklyn & LA Dodgers 1951-1968) - 4 World Series & 4 NL Pennants .551 Hank Peters 1,036 - 845 (Baltimore 1976-1987) - 1 World Series & 1 AL Pennant .547 Chub Feeney 1,724 - 1,425 (NY NL & SF Giants 1950-1969) - 1 World Series & 2 NL Pennants .546 Al Campanis 1,649 - 1,369 (Los Angeles Dodgers 1969-1987) - 1 World Series & 3 NL Pennants .545 Paul Owens 942 - 785 (Philadelphia NL 1973-1983) - 1 World Series & 1 NL Pennant .541 John Hart 927 - 786 (Cleveland 1991-2001) - 2 AL Pennants .536 Walt Jocketty 1,117 - 968 (Saint Louis NL 1995-2007) - 1 World Series & 1 NL Pennant .533 Brian Sabean 1,727 - 1,511 (San Francisco 1997-2016) - 3 World Series & 1 NL Pennant .533 Billy Beane 1,552 - 1,362 (Oakland 1998-2015) .530 Joe Brown 1,772 - 1,573 (Pittsburgh 1956-1976) - 2 World Series .529 Dick O'Connell 1,194 - 1,062 (Boston AL 1961-1977) - 2 AL Pennants .527 Frank Cashen 907 - 814 (New York NL 1980-1990) - 1 World Series .527 Ron Schueler 817 - 734 (Chicago AL 1991-2000) .521 Charlie Finley 1,091 - 1,005 (Oakland 1968-1980) - 3 World Series .521 Ken Williams 1,014 - 931 (Chicago AL 2001-2012) - 1 World Series .520 Harry Dalton 1,149 - 1,062 (Milwaukee AL 1978-1991) - 1 AL Pennant .520 Fred Claire 891 - 822 (Los Angeles Dodgers 1988-1998) - 1 World Series .519 Jim Campbell 1,733 - 1,605 (Detroit 1963-1983) - 1 World Series .518 Dal Maxvill 814 - 757 (Saint Louis NL 1985-1994) - 2 NL Pennants .511 Jed Hoyer 776 - 742 (Chicago NL 2012-2021) - 1 World Series .510 Pat Gillick 1,352 - 1,297 (Toronto 1978-1994) - 2 World Series .509 Jon Daniels 1,186 - 1,143 (Texas 2006-2020) - 2 AL Pennants .508 Sandy Alderson 1,200 - 1,164 (Oakland 1983-1997) - 1 World Series, 2 AL Pennants .506 Bing Devine 898 - 877 (Saint Louis NL 1968-1978) - 1 NL Pennants .499 Dave Dombrowski 1,050 - 1,056 (Detroit 2003-2015) - 2 AL Pennants .499 Michael Rizzo 1,110 - 1,115 (Washington NL 2009-2022 (current)) - 1 World Series .496 Jim Bowden 779 - 849 (Cincinnati 1993-2003) .491 Terry Ryan 1,023 - 1,062 (Minnesota 1995-2007) .489 Woody Woodward 837 - 876 (Seattle 1989-1999) .489 Roland Hemond 999 - 1,042 (Chicago AL 1973-1985) .488 Jack McKeon 764 - 803 (San Diego 1981-1990) - 1 NL Pennant .488 Kevin Towers 1,108 - 1,161 (San Diego 1996 - 2009) - 1 NL Pennant .486 Douglas Melvin 1,024 - 1,081 (Milwaukee NL 2003-2015) .484 Tom Grieve 760 - 810 (Texas 1985-1994) .480 Calvin Griffith 2,643 - 2,866 (Washington Senators & Minnesota Twins 1950-1984) - 1 AL Pennant .470 Neal Huntington 989 - 1114 (Pittsburgh 2007-2019) .466 John Holland 1,341 - 1,534 (Chicago NL 1957-1975) .464 Phil Seghi 943-1,091 (Cleveland 1973-1985) .464 Daniel O'Dowd 1,129-1,302 (Colorado 2000-2014) - 1 NL Pennant .461 Rick Hahn 700 - 817 (Chicago AL 2013-2022 (current)) .458 Dayton Moore 1,115 - 1,318 (Kansas City June 8 2006-2021) - 1 World Series & 1 AL Pennant .457 John Quinn 1,022 - 1,213 (Philadelphia NL 1959-1972) Source Baseball Cube - Note: No GM Records listed prior to 1950. Consecutive tenures under 10 years, even when a GM served more than 10 years total for a franchise, are not included above.

Pedro just got tossed. f*** this scumbag Eflin. Somebody should spike his ass on a play to first.

That's the fucking way! Nice drive Vaughn!

What the f*** are these players doing out there. Zero IQ, Zero discipline, ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.

Jerry doesn’t have a long term mindset, but the next owner should dedicate at minimum each Saturday or Sunday game each week on over the air television (WGN would be my choice). This would give exposure to the team that no other local teams currently provide (NFL/Bears leaving soon). M I don’t know how free TV rights for Spanish Broadcasts would impact their CSN deal, but if they aired 40-60 games on 44/60, you can help grow the Spanish speaking market, and folks can also watch in Spanish or mute and follow on radio. The Sox lost generations of fans in the 1980s with their ill fated move to SportsVision. They can start regaining their market share of fans back over time with smart forward thinking marketing and broadcast decisions.

Is he any heavier than when Hahn hastily gave him his two year extension in mid July, weeks before he started having knee issues? No. He has been the same weight his entire time here. Not saying he shouldn't lose weight, because at minimum it would elevate pressure on his knees. That said, Stone's comments weren't constructive in anyway, he was just trying to score gig points on his side hustle. It was good he was man enough to apologize publicly, and its good that he stopped trolling Sox fans on Twitter (hard to tell if he did that on his own).

If I was hired as GM March 1st, I would have been honest with the fan base about this team's prospects. I likely would have been criticized here, but the four bench players I would have brought north were Leury Garcia (Inf-OF), Billy Hamilton (OF-PR), Seby Zavala (C) and Lenyn Sosa (Inf), [Burger for Moncada IL and Romy for Anderson IL]. Even if Leury and Billy are poor hitters at this stage, they are valuable for the defense and pitching staff since they were solid defenders wherever you put them, and are among the few players who can help prevent 4-5 out innings. The Sox entire pitching staff is dying with this defense. Even after jettisoning Abreu, the Sox are still stuck with half their starting lineup as DH only types (Sheets, Burger, Vaughn, Eloy). This drafting position choices / roster construction has been fatal to this alleged rebuild. Robert is the only positive dWAR player (0.9), several basically 0 (Vaughn, Zavala, Sheets, 10D, Moncada, Burger, Eloy) and the rest below average (Andrus, Sosa, Grandal) or abysmal (Alberto, Gonzalez and Colas).

This needs to change for a win this evening.

Tampa Bay Rays Lineup: 1B Y. Diaz (R) SS W. Franco (S) LF R. Arozarena (R) 2B B. Lowe (L) DH H. Ramirez (R) 3B I. Parades (R) C C. Bethancourt (R) RF M. Margot (R) CF J. Siri (R) SP Zach Eflin (RHP) 3-0 2.81 ERA See if I can get a win which has eluded my game threads since 2021.

This needs to happen here for the rest of the season.

Let me assert my firm belief, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

That just happened yesterday. The "victim" is the wife of a VP within the MLB office, so the offending reporter was shitcanned by ESPN.

I like the straight single gate entry doubleheaders like the one played last week, since Jerry must credit back parking and ticket revenue. Would prefer a rain out Saturday forcing another single gate on Sunday, but the current forecast has it flip flopped. Doesn't mean it won't change.

Weather looks poor until the Thursday getaway game. Chicago (Midway) Weather Forecast for the remainder of the Chicago White Sox Homestand: Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45 F. North wind 5 - 10 MPH becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 MPH. Saturday Night: A 50% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy with a low of around 42 F. West wind around 10 MPH, with gusts as high as 20 MPH. Sunday Afternoon: Showers likely, mainly after 1 PM. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51 F. Chance of participation is 60%. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a low around 40 F. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy with a low around 44 F. Thursday Afternoon: Mostly sunny, a high near 63 F.

Chicago White Sox losing streaks milestones on the horizon: Latest Eight Game Losing Streak: April 19 - Current (Seventeen additional 8 game losing streaks) Latest Nine Game Losing Streak: July 9 - 23, 2017 (Seven additional 9 game losing streaks) Latest Ten Game Losing Streak: July 26 - August 4, 2013 (Five additional 10 game losing streaks) Latest Eleven Game Losing Streak July 7 - July 18, 1956 (Two additional 11 game losing streaks) Lone Twelve Game Losing Streak September 10 - 22, 1927 Lone Thirteen Game Losing Streak August 9 - 26, 1924 Lone Fourteen Game Losing Streak September 27 - October 1, 1967 + April 10 - 21, 1968 Lone Fifteen Game Losing Streak September 27 - October 1, 1967 + April 10 - 25, 1968 A Sixteen + game losing streak would be a new White Sox team record.

Kelly and Romy should have pitched the final two innings after it was 13-2. Not sure why they burned Lopez, assuming they are trying to win a game later this series.

I booed David Wells knocked out in the first inning vs. the Cubs in a game the Sox would come back and win in the 9th. We were far in the upper deck, but it looked to us David Wells was puking, and we assumed it could be drinking involved, so he was booed. They said he had a bad back after the game. David was the only player I ever booed. We all booed La Russa relentlessly in 1985 and 1986,

The 2017 and 2019 starting lineups were overall better than this. (bWAR) 2017: C Narvaez (1.1) 1B Abreu (4.9) 2B Sanchez (3.4) SS Anderson (-0.4) 3B Frazier (1.8) LF Cabrera (0.9) CF Engel (-0.7) RF A. Garcia (4.4) DH Davidson (-0.8) 2019: C McCann (3.6) 1B Abreu (2.5) 2B Sanchez (1.4) SS Anderson (4.2) 3B Moncada (5.2) LF Jimenez (1.5) CF Engel (0.9) RF Cordell (-0.6) DH Alonso (-1.0)

Here are the details from the CST story: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/4/27/23701435/white-sox-yoan-moncada-dealing-with-disc-issue The pain caused by the disc radiated into Moncada’s glutes. It’s possible Moncada would need surgery after the season, but the odds are in his favor against that. “My understanding medically is that about 80% of them, they’re able to calm down naturally and then you go on with your life,” Hahn said. “And then about maybe two out of every 10, you have to have some sort of intervention in the offseason. It’s trending the right way right now. “Hopefully he continues to progress over these seven or eight days and have an assignment soon after.”

April Scoreboard Watching: (9-14) Detroit 3 vs, Baltimore 0 (Top 5) Minnesota 1 vs. (6-19) Kansas City 0 (Bottom 2) (9-14) Washington 1 @ New York Mets 1 (Top 4) Los Angeles Angels 8 over (5-21) Oakland 7

Ricky is in his 60s and set for life. Not every human being is like Jerry Reinsdorf, obsessed with sucking in every single dollar on planet Earth until the day he croaks.

He initially lingered on the roster until being placed on the IL, so my first inclination is he may have had pain, but this wasn’t formally diagnosed until the past week or two. Would like to know if anyone asked a follow up question as to when when Yoan first exhibited symptoms and when this issue first diagnosed.

Wow that juice is obscene. Old enough to have bet a nickel line in Vegas (-120 + 115) and fine through a bookie here (-120 +110). Westgate Sportsbook typically has the best juice for gamblers in Vegas, Stardust s and Boyd were on point too back in the day. Don’t bet MGM or Ceasars.