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Smart move. Don't teams thrive on TV money the most anyway? Lower season ticket costs as goodwill gesture cause of the wretched economy and sell more concessions. Parking, hotdogs, beer, cha ching!

I just thought of something. Right now everything about the White Sox is depressing. Don't jump on me but I have a way to turn frowns into high fives. Hire Ozzie as manager, sign Abreu, then get to work on a stellar rotation and stellar defense. Pitching and defense wins pennants baby, not lift and pull. Oz was a fun Sox shortstop; an enjoyable slap hitter and Abreu is good luck charm. Also bring back Renteria in some capacity. Karma baby, needs to change.

In its own way this is a funny reply. Made me smile. When you describe it this way, it sounds like a miserable experience. Where do they hold it anyway? I think it'd be fun out in suburbia, downtown Naperville or somewhere. Or Lisle by the Sox facility there.

This organization is joyless right now. Coming off one of the most boring teams in memory. That said attendance was strong. They should have a soxfest. They could figure a way to take the focus off the team. Sox still have the most beautiful uniforms, hats, logos in the league. Give everybody a hat and they'd be happy on a cold winter day of soxfest.

Why do the Sox take so long? Take the Astros guy and be done with it. I can't see Ozzie. Does he have a chance? If the Sox picked Ozzie it would be the Sox front office doing Oz a favor as they did Tony. That'd be weird to go with a skipper just to reward one guy. Tony hiring was to right a wrong in the past when Hawk canned a Hall of Famer. Oz would be just to thank him for 05 and give him a chance to be managerial and not the mouth that roared. Taking quite a chance with Ozz since he's said so much bad stuff in past.

I disagree on some of this but respect your take. Really a shame at how his mouth doomed him. With one WS title at a young age he might have done enough as a skipper to be a Hall of Famer someday. One title young; great fit in Chicago. But inexplicably the mouth that roared and his kids were so spoiled they didn't realize they needed to stay away to save dad. They coulda settled for front row seats but had to get chummy with the press and visit the locker room. Sad his kids helped doom him when they coulda helped him reach great heights by staying in the stands not the press. Sox better hurry up and hire the guy from the Astros.

Truth be told, IMO Oz would be the choice if not for the comments on Castro. Can't overcome those. We're still in a cancel culture and Oz is still canceled despite the post game show. Also in 2006 he was fined by MLB and ordered into sensitivity training for inappropriate comments. Yes 06, the year after winning it all when Oz's ego got unleashed. I love Ozzereoo but in cancel culture forget it. He's unhirable. I think he'd be great with this team tho,. What about co-managers? Oz and Renteria. Or Oz and Big Hurt? Or Oz and Thome? Don't laugh. Might work if the co skipper could handle the pre game interviews when Oz tended to ramble on. Co managers might survive the cancel culture thing, probably not tho. Baseball owners can't chance protests and things would probably explode immediately after announcement of Oz hiring as manager or co manager.

If Moncada wasn't a great fielder I'd express great disdain at this post. But he definitely is not a reliable hitter. He kind of gets a free pass from many on this board considering his ineptitude at the plate

The Sox frankly should never be one of those teams with a "window." Not all clubs with money and big city status operate the tank/rebuild way. I'd say the odds of the Sox winning a title in the next 5 years are zero. So if I'm right that means one WS appearance in 22 years. Wow.

Common sense needed here: Getting rid of your best every day player because team has too many slow DH types and they can't all play 1B or DH. When it's the GM's fault you have so many players like that. Fire the GM. Keep the player.

I think Washington is generally beloved by all. Media, players, fans. If he's too old, whatever. But he's definitely beloved. Serious question is can he speak Spanish. Kinda important nowadays IMO. Communication.

Baseball, even the great teams, get hot and cold. Some teams are unfortunate enough to fizz in the postseason. The Sox caught fire at the right time in 05 and I was thankful Ozzie managed the Sox to the title. There were no guarantees we'd ever win another WS and voila it's worked out that way. I don't see how Rob Thomson can get all the credit for the Phils and the Dodgers and Mets skippers tons of blame. The Mets and Dodgers unfortunately are a victim of playing like hell at the wrong time, that's all. Otherwise, Rob Thomson is the new Earl Weaver. Is Thomson that great? Doubtful. But could he lead the team to an Ozzie this year? Of course. Stuff happens.

They sure seem relieved and happy when it was reported he's going to leave the Sox and the Sox keep the young guys for 1B/DH. I like Vaughn, but I doubt he'll ever have Jose's production. I like Eloy but he figures to keep getting hurt til he proves otherwise. I like Sheets as well but he's no Jose IMO.

I'm shocked there were 37 complete games. I'd guess they all were by older pitchers who threw complete games back in the day. Shocking there were 37. I'm also stunned the Sox had that many quality starts. A quality start is going six innings and allowing 3 runs or less? Hmmm. Not many Sox pitchers went into the seventh IMO. A lot must have gone six. If we had that many guys go six, the Sox IMO should revolutionize pitching. Only go with starters, Eight or so plus a closer. Let the starter go six. Then put in another "starter" for the seventh and eighth with Liam the 9th. Look, why let a starter keep you in the game thru six. Only to use 3-5 more pitchers the rest of the way. Out of those 5 pitchers, at least two will be horsebleep on a given night. There goes the game. If a Sox pitcher gets taken out in the sixth which happens a lot, it's even a bigger chance 2 of the 5 relievers to come in will blow chunks.

Yes! I will watch him, yes I will. Please sign him. Sox loss. Cubs gain. I despise the Cubs but Jose will shine in Wrigley especially if the ball is live next season. Jose is everything you want on your baseball team. Dumb move White Sox. All the peeps tired of Jose are missing the boat here. He's not that old.

I'd take a chance on Maddon or Ron Washington. Those are my two. Maddon can't go from a genius to awful in a handful of years. Washington seems to be beloved by all.

Exactly. Why would any team want Moncada? Yes he can field. Only way you keep him is if the Sox try to build a winner with pitching and defense. If you can build a team around Cease, Gio, Kopech, Cueto types and Hendriks and trade all our sluggers who can't field for guys who can field and throw ,then you keep Yoan. Not much reason to hold onto him in any other scenario IMO. Sox need to find a way to revolutionize the 2020s game. Get starters who can heaven forbid give you seven innings, yes seven full innings of excellence and then cover two innings of relief instead of 4 or 5. Build that pitching staff and defense, Hahn.

The ball was dead this season for gosh sakes. Also a starter only goes 4-5 innings. That means 2-3 at bats are against guys that throw 95 then after you foul two off get you out with a cutter. Granted some of these relievers are hacks but more often than not they either walk a guy or strike out a guy. Jose has more than 15 HR power. He will prove that for his next team if it's a live ball.

Typical b.s. Shows up in the real life working world too, Arguably the best player on the team, best everyday grinder in the organization, likeable, still productive, he's the guy the company gladly gets rid of. And nobody is really outraged. Been there too long. Need new blood, young blood, blah blah. All a bunch of crud. Jose Abreu should retire a White Sox. I truly hope he goes to the Cubs just to rub it in the Sox front office faces when he hits .305 with 35 homers. Once the ball is deemed "live" again he'll go back to lift and pulling. So sad. This hurts our team A LOT. Sox better respond with some good additions to the roster. Subtracking Jose is not a positive, it's outrageous. p.s. This is another sign of Hahn's failed rebuild and all those tank years going for naught. This was not the plan. Jose was supposed to be hoisting a trophy or two at the Sox parade or two,. Not leaving the team after a disgraceful .500 season.

If Jose got no Sox offer I hope he blasts Hahn, LaRussa, Jerry and the whole organization. He's a Sox legend possibly being kicked out the door. Still productive, was the Sox best regular this season. Not bringing him back should be mocked throughout the league. Some contending team will sign him, start him at first and bat him third or fifth and not think twice about it. Infuriates me.

Sheets appears to be just another guy. He's no factor. Please please get rid of Grandal somehow. Trade him to some team any team Tell Eloy to drop 15 pounds, get limber this winter and go to Zona for six weeks and learn how to play LF. so that leaves Vaughn and Jose splitting 1B and DH. If Jose doesn't wanna, fine let him walk. I'd think Jose would 'possibly' be willing to adapt to halftime DH or even more. Maybe Jose won't find a team that'll put him at 1B and will prefer DH. There' just no logical reason to trade your best player. Dumb.

I think all our guys had trouble lifting and pulling the dead ball. Also it's only gonna get harder for anybody but Judge to hit HRs cause of the explosion of the sinking fastball and other pitches. Hitters get fooled so often trying to his HRs. If the ball stays dead, 15-20 HRs isn't bad. If the ball enlivens, Jose can hit 30 again me think.

Sp sad. This article says Jose is gone. Makes me sick. This organization is very close to losing me as a fan for good. That means I wouldn't be posting here anymore once that happens which should make any haters I have happy. Everything the Sox do lately angers me. It makes no sense to get rid of Jose Abreu. So what if we have 4-5 DHs and no room for them all. Who they heck caused this problem?? Inept front office types. So get rid of Jose to help make room. It just saddens and sickens me to no end. At least let the new manager have some input on if he wants Jose around. You pay the guy 10 mill a year for three more years; third year club option. If Jose can get way more than that on the market, good for him. But Sox won't even try. They need a scapegoat or two and I guess Jose is one of 'em. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-white-sox-let-jos-151529554.html

Sox just had an old manager. Do some fricking research and hire a can't miss former player who is young. Not somebody like that clown the Royals brought in from Japan League that one year, I forget his name, but somebody young. I can see what's happening. Sox will hire one of those plastic, mummy like veteran managers between 58 and 65 who will manage the team through the painful era coming up. Face facts. We are the new Baltimore Orioles, a team going nowhere. Truthfully more than a manager the Sox need some GM who knows what he's doing and how to hire good scouts and acquire real baseball players not just compile an everyday roster of stud athletes prone to getting hurt and tall pitchers who throw way too many pitches leading into four innings of pathetic bullpen work from a bunch of no names. Sox always seem to have a name closer though. Geezus hire a new GM, Sox. And if you are gonna hire one of those three names, just don't. At this point make it Ozzie or AJP or even bring back Renteria.

That was the game we blew a 6-run lead in the ninth or something? When Sox blew that big lead, in retrospect the season was over. We knew the team was a trainwreck with a poorly constructed roster by a bad GM and an over the hill manager writing the lineup cards.