JoeC

That said, I'd defer to @ptatc

I disagree there. Strength and flexibility of the supporting muscles around the knee, along with preventing excess strain on the knee through (in his case as a pitcher) proper landing mechanics, can prevent knee injuries. Sure you can't account for everything, but knee injuries are preventable, at least the "wear-and-tear" types of ones, and also meniscus tears (typically caused by excessive torqueing / twisting).

Well, at least they've got one thing going for them, it sounds like....

At this point, i hope Cleveland wins it all.

Ozzie is pretty confident that he knows who the next manager is. JR seems egotistical enough to hire Ozzie to prove Ozzie's prediction wrong.

If Benetti is gone, we need Brockmire.

Yep. It's such a White Sox thing to just assume linear development of prospects, and whatever you get at the end is what you get.

A talented player with a hole in his game that is never developed. Seems to be a pattern for the Sox.

Half agree. Teams should have plans based on the best in sports medicine. Players should execute to that, whether on their own or in groups (like agencies, teammates, etc). Teams provide direction, and players execute to that.…. at least that’s my impression.

I would love to have someone like Ron Washington as a bench coach. Time to get an analytics guy at the helm with a skills-oriented old school "baseball guy" to be a complementary piece as a bench coach and to mentor the manager on the finer points of leading a clubhouse.

No, I would say not being conditioned is on the training staff / Sox staff. BTW, I consider "conditioning" to be the ability to withstand the rigors of the increased running that comes from playing in the OF. Being physically incompatible with the position is on Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn. To that end, you can't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees.

The "conditioned for" part is what pisses me off. I feel like a competent team would fix that "conditioned for" part to reduce the wear-and-tear. This team's approach is "just don't try so hard." THAT's the Sox's solution to injury prevention.... not actual conditioning.

I am fully expecting something similar to this with the next hire: https://www.theonion.com/lou-piniellas-first-big-move-as-cubs-manager-is-to-resi-1819568767

Nor is he an analytics guy....

Yeah I get what you're saying. Just pointing out the surface-level humor.

…so… geriatric foreign-born managers?

I've never heard anyone call it "Shitcago" - I've only heard people mention that "they" call it Shitcago.

To me, the Naylor HR game. 2-for-1 special - deflated the s%*# out of us, and inflated the hell out of Cleveland.

The URL provides a nice summary.

I like it. They should adopt a football-style "progress of offense (or defense)" penalization, like they do for balks. Illegal shift? every runner moves up 90 feet. Offense commits some sort of minor infraction (like stepping out of the box too many times, etc.)? Runners get pushed back 90 feet. Runner on 1st has to come back to bat.

Yeah I think that’s fair.

Again, if you’re a coach, shouldn’t you know that BEFORE the first time?

Again, shouldn’t a coach know how slow his players are? Shouldn’t the coach know that his players were told not to run hard?

Some of those early sucking seasons also can be blamed on KW, but yes. to me, Hahn has 2 years to prove that he can put up of shut up. Give him full control of the personnel decisions so that all of the blame (or credit) lies at his feet. Can’t fully judge someone’s performance if they are constantly being undermined and overruled by their management.

Can’t do that if you’ve undermined their decision-making abilities every step of the way like hiring an incompetent manager and allowing that manager to make personnel decisions like roster construction.