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No reason to get worked up about this team. If you are a fan of baseball just try to enjoy the games and observe the progress or decline shown by certain Sox players. Sox are not contenders so no reason to get upset, just watch if you like the game of baseball. Time for no expectations. The team is injured. The team blows. Maybe it'll be better next year; maybe not. We fans have been through horrible seasons before.

Carjacking and home invasions are unacceptable. If I lived in Chicago you better believe I'd get a gun and have it ready to go in case of carjacking or home invasion. We're done as a society if these violent crimes become commonplace. If let's say there's a 50 percent chance you could get carjacked every time you get in your car, wow, civilized society will be over with. It's vicious and animalistic to brutally take somebody's vehicle or bust in their homes and ransack the place. I could list reasons why I believe these type of crimes are increasing but I don't want to risk getting banned from the site.

If he rips an ACL cutting to his left or right for a grounder or pop up or wrenches a knee getting tangled up at second, the Sox might as well throw up their arms and give up til starting over in 2023.

It's funny when things are going this badly the things that pop into a fan's (my) head. Like I'm thinking barring some sort of miracle health elixir to cure our team, the team isn't exactly constructed to win in the future. I think the only scenario that makes sense regarding Sox success is the four good starters get healthy, stay healthy, and flat out dominate baseball. Then reality sets in and I'm reminded pitchers don't pitch deep into games any more and that might not matter. What I'm saying is ... this is the first time I've looked at the team and questioned what I believed fact - that the Sox would copy the Blackhawks' amazing run and win maybe 2 or 3 titles in 5-6 seasons.

I don't think he's that bad. Either does the left-leaning NY Times. ... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/opinion/elon-musk-twitter-business.html

The rebuild is iffy now. Can't-miss Eloy appears to be a bust cause of injury. He was a key piece of the rebuild and he can't stay on the field. Robert is sensational. Let's hope this minor injury is his last. Cease looks like the real deal and has been great, but in modern baseball, starters aren't that important. Lots of guys can go 5 1/3 innings then give it to the bullpen. It's pretty obvious to me starters are being phased out. They'll be going to all relief pitchers sooner rather than later. Guys like Cease will be unhittable for their 2-inning stints at least.

Jose should re-invent himself and only go to right field and right center til he gets comfortable at the plate again. I'd take single after single from him to RC and RF.

Of all the rich guys/gals out there, why pick on Musk? IMO he's one of the more 'likeable' rich guys out there. Watch the SNL episode. He was funny and actually a good actor and he seems to 'care' which I can't say about many rich guys and almost all politicians in 2022. Peace out.

Hard to voice opinions this season cause of all the injuries. Anything you say could be amended with 'because of the injuries.' I'll just say "in greg's mind" the season is over right now for the White Sox. I think everybody should assume this season is already over. The team is pathetic at home and on the road and in the division. Now as a caveat I'll add ... if and when the team gets back to 100 percent health or 90 percent health, my statement, which could rightly be considered hyperbolic, could be amended. Until the squad gets healthy, I'm just assuming this team blows, does not have the roster makeup to make up for injured players. It is horrible defensively, below average pitching and some of the worst hitters to grace big league diamonds. Still love the Sox; just giving up in late April (til possible improved health of team dictates change of mood).

Not saying you are wrong but it'd be weird if true. Because the last handful of years it's been HR or strikeout and seemingly baseball was/is fine with turning games into home run derby. Suddenly they wanna bring it back to speed and balls in play? I don't know about that. I think it's still hitters trying to hit HRs and pitchers throwing sliders in the dirt to strike out eager hitters.

BTW, losing today's game would make no sense if Sox, beaten up as they are, truly are a contender. At home against a miserable division opponent,. Cmon baby just win. p.s. Are there any more fans there today than yesterday? I saw a pic in the first inning of Wednesday game and NO WAY there were 1,000 fans there for the first inning at least. I mean you could send somebody down there to count fans. 12,000 fans? Cmon. there were 500 fans there at most (unless it was fake news photo, doctored, photo shopped).

Not being a jerk here, but I just gave my take on Abreu in the Jose thread. Peace out.

This is a no brainer. See how Abreu hits this season (and how he fields). If he heats up and has an Abreu-like season, you try to sign him. His last contract was huge, so he obviously doesn't need the money. Next year will be his age 36 season. Sox need to see how he progresses in his age 35 season. Again, if he turns back into Jose, you sign him for 3 years, 45 million and call it a day. If somebody wants to pay more than that, well, regrettably let him walk. Now if Jose hits between .200 and .220 and dips to 15 home runs or some such total and he wants to keep playing, see if he'll take 3 years 21 million total. If he's insulted and your talent evaluators (I can't believe I'm trusting Sox scouts here) think he's toast, let the Blue Jays have him for 54 million over 3 years. I hate to say it, but you have to let this year play out with Jose. He's at 'that age' where most fans want you gone and most baseball statmeisters say you are of extremely low value. Since I love Jose I say keep him. If he stinks all season, obviously I'm a realist and I'd be OK with letting him sign with somebody else. All depends on the kind of year he has.

I would think no rational Sox fan is high on Eloy any more. If Eloy produces in the future, fine. But he's no longer a viable piece to the WS puzzle cause of his being unable to be available. He's a bust (only cause of injury) as far as I'm concerned. So yes to Vaughn in LF.

I could see Vaughn or Burger have a really rough day or two or 10 if either played second. I wonder what the MLB record is for errors in one game and one week. Either would break those records easily unless they got lucky and had few chances in the games they played. If either plays second over a healthy Harrison, then Harrison has the best job in Sox history. Just show up, go through pregame warmups and batting practice and receive mega dollars for being a spectator. I don't like Harrison but if he can't beat out Vaughn/Burger option, LOL.

Yes. With the current options, it's Leury at 2B every single day. No Harrison. Bad acquisition. Leury must step up and get his 500 at bats if necessary. Cmon. Burger and/or Vaughn at 2B is a total embarrassment to MLB. I understand not wanting to move Yoan, but just ask Yoan what he thinks of helping out the team til Sox get a real second base option someday.

Yeah, he does not project as a second baseman at all. Good post. He will be an unmitigated disaster at 2B. Now Moncada is different. He could play 2B. I wonder if he'd take one for the team. He's a fantastic third baseman but it'd be nice to have Burger's bat in the lineup instead of the lousy current options for 2B slot. Are there any second basemen out there the Sox could pick up off waivers soon? Anybody but Harrison at 2B is my motto right now, even Leury.

Just read the game thread. To the fans credit Vaughn did not get hammered badly. More Tony/Hahn for having so many DHs on the team. I love me some Vaughn but I'd like to ask the Sox front office why they never put guys in positions they are unfamiliar with during their time in the minors? That's the time to teach some of these guys new positions. Sox have a terrible organization.

I'm sure he realizes his production blows (.203, 2 HRs, just 6 RBI) but what's he supposed to do, hold a news conference and say: "I am not producing (bleep) and until I am I shouldn't be in the lineup." Ballplayers don't do that.

I worshiped Avi Garcia in a non religious sense. One of my faves.

Getting ready to read the game thread. I'm assuming Vaughn got roasted for that bloop to left that fell in as the Sox were blowing the 3-0 lead.

I apologize for ripping Vaughn a bit the other day. I've always 'liked' him as a prospect. I made a mistake regarding my recent 'eye test' on Vaughn. Today's eye test was awesome. Just the fact he had the great baserunning play to go with the bomb and double make my eyes dance in happiness. I'm sure Tony will find room for him in the lineup almost EVERY DAY the rest of the season. He deserves that kind of playing time to get his career well under way. Cease looks for real (I know he's been good before), the bullpen was fine and Burger just might be getting comfortable at the plate to where Tony needs to find him a lot of at bats. I can see why the people wish Moncada could move to second and have Burger's bat in there at third, ending the bizarre Harrison experiment/acquisition. I can see why Moncada would not want this move. WInning is everything; nice win finally over a pathetic KCR team.

I hear you about umping. Your plate is already full. I wonder if our LL just made sure the coaches who had to ump games made sure if they couldn't do it, they'd get some other adult to fill in for them. Not sure. ... I was thinking about this even before reading your post. Bak in the day, I can think of only one of our LL and Babe Ruth teams that had a dad of a kid coach his kid's team. I realize the past many years parents almost exclusively coach teams with their own kid or kids on it. That's fine. I'm not blasting you. You obviously from your posts are a stellar individual. It's just curious back in the day at least on the south side coaches rarely if ever had a kid on their own team. I can remmeber one team, the Larks, had a dad/son combo of coach/player and u know how kids are, that poor kid got teased a lot. Times have changed. I do think in your instance it'd be too much if you had to ump two nights a week in addition to all your coaching duties. But perhaps you could make sure a representative of your team umped. Hassle, for sure. I think parents who have a clue such as yourself should be welcome to coach their own kids' teams, but I can also see the value of way back when having parents involved NOT AT ALL. I tell u, it made for a stellar childhood. I remember my team, the Bears, made the Mt.Greenwood world series and my dad got wind of it, maybe I told him (dads didn't talk to kids much back then) and wanted to go to our "World Series" Game One. We lost a low scoring well played game and I remember driving home my dad the grump said, 'You played a good game (at 3B). That was a good game." Of course it wasn't good nuff for him to come to Game Two of the three game set the next night, LOL. I don't even know if he asked me if we tied up the series at 1-1. We didn't. Lost 2-0 in best of 3.

Firing him won't turn this team into a contender, but he wouldn't be missed if Jerry canned him. Can you imagine Hahn making the call to Jerry asking if it's OK to fire Tony? That scenario will not occur.

Hyperbole should be allowed starting now. Lot of people I'm sure want to say some very negative things about this pathetic team.