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Haha, oh well. Has even one of Getz’s trades turned out well for the Sox? Even the Cease trade looks questionable at this point. BAD owners and front offices produce BAD.

Apparently, the Bears just missed out on Matt Judon so they pivoted to Taylor. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bears-trade-for-seahawks-pass-rusher-after-missing-out-on-matt-judon/amp/ But the Bears only spent a 6th rounder on Taylor, rather than a 3rd rounder which the Falcons gave up for Judon, which seems like a much better move.

I doubt that will ever be a problem. BR has a very loyal alumni and the football team raises a ridiculous amount of donation money each year. Last year, they doubled the donation expectation just for the football team alone. In other news, my younger son made the “A” team for the freshmen/sophomore Downers Grove South Mustangs. He’ll be starting on the OL as a freshman. I’ll post some pics of him once I get some good ones. Amazing how having kids starting in HS football leaves you almost giving two sh1ts about the Bears, but that’s how it is. You will always enjoy watching your kids and family play the sport more than the beloved Bears. Sacrilege, I know… Even better if these rugrats of mine get a scholarship to college, so I don’t have to pay. 🤣

Pretty much how I think the decision was made. Epic failure by both Barfield and Getz.

Benetti absolutely won at life by getting away from Jerry and his clown show organization. Benetti is WINNING!

Even worse, Fletcher was a recommendation from our assistant GM Josh Barfield, who was the D-backs director of player development for four years before joining the Sox and had supposedly seen and evaluated what a good player Fletcher was. And apparently, Getz was stupid enough to listen to Barfield and take back Fletcher over Jake McCarthy for Mena. So not only do we have one GM that can’t evaluate talent, we have two GM’s that can’t!!!

You may be right and I think it has to be Danny Wrong [Wright] that you are remembering.

I was told he had trade value at the deadline.

He is the Tigers’ Andrew Vaughn.

Is it too late to take Jake McCarthy over this weak little fourth outfielder?

18 stolen bases too. If Mena was traded for McCarthy, we would all agree that it was a great trade. Instead, we got back a little person that can’t hit.

I was getting the same error. I just had to reboot my Pi-Hole. But it can be just a matter of time to refresh DNS servers.

Good point. 🤣

No, the Sox should not keep making trades like this in which they poorly assessed the return and ultimately got robbed. While Burger is going to put up around an .800 OPS and 30+ home runs last year and this year, Eder will finish with cumulative ERAs around 6.50 in the same back to back years. At the end of the day, they got a garbage return for a player who had value.

Are you on a PC/laptop? If so, did you try flushing your DNS? Open up a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and type in: ipconfig /flushdns And hit Enter.

Or she already knows that there is no proof that she ever had a gun in the park during the game because the police helped her cover it up at the direction of her friend, the mayor, and her friend smuggled the gun out of the park for her immediately after the accidental discharge. This is the story I heard from a friend, who has a buddy in the CPD. Even before contemplating the ridiculous physics it would take for a bullet to enter the park from outside, Occam's razor tells you the answer. This woman has been lying her ass off this entire time and is now trying to cash in because she knows there is no evidence against her and that they will settle with her so she goes away for good. The likely settlement will involve an NDA so she can never discuss the incident again. Her shadowy interview with ABC7 was an embarrassment. https://abc7chicago.com/amp/white-sox-shooting-victim-interview-guaranteed-rate-field-chicago-public-schools/13839792/ The article you linked also says that she is “seeking damages in excess of $50,000 dollars.” My guess is that it is probably quite a bit more than $50 grand.

A blind monkey could have made better moves.

Maybe clear your browser’s cache? I only had an issue early on due to my Pi-Hole DNS server and ad blocker not obtaining the new DNS for the site. Once that updated, the site has been flying for me with no ads or errors.

Stone Pony is now just another loyal peon of Jerry’s. Long gone are the days of The Legend questioning the team as he did with the Cubs in 2004. He is milking this gig into retirement, not that he even needs the money, but probably because he is bored. I believe he is still divorced and his main companions are his dogs.

Okay, the picture is deceiving then. I know the names don’t have to be the actual team names (e.g., Southside), but I don’t like it because Serpientes means Snakes, not specifically Diamondbacks. But I am just being nitpicky.

But you are though. Your own words… ”The average DH is about.750, so finding those hitters should not be too difficult. Burger is a little bit better than that, though.” A .050 difference in OPS is not “a little bit better than .750. An OPS that is .050 higher is a big difference. And guess what? It is difficult to find .800 OPS hitters! As I already stated, Getz couldn’t even find one hitter than could maintain a .750+ OPS this season, and barely a .700+ OPS before he traded him (DeJong). So now you have reverted to talking about Burger’s combined offensive and defensive WAR to prove why, a player that you described as a DH, is only worth 1 combined WAR. By YOUR OWN description of Burger, he shouldn’t be playing the field and should be at DH. Well, Burger’s fWAR on “offense only” is 6.2. So if you only start Burger at DH, the role in which YOU described him as, he actually has a ton of value, as long as he isn’t playing the field or is very limited in that role, so his poor defense doesn’t completely cancel out his offensive output. It’s completely obvious how biased your argument is. You are looking for ways to make Burger look less valuable than he is. On a competitive team, if Burger was employed as a DH only, and perhaps a part-time 1B, he would be incredibly valuable to that team. Definitely more so than a bust pitching prospect that may never pitch in the big leagues. Eder currently has a 6.56 ERA along with a 1.68 WHIP in 96 innings in AAA, and he’s turning 26 in just two months. It was an absolutely horrendous trade… period.

A little bit better than that? Burger is an .800 OPS DH. .050 points better in OPS is a big difference from .750. Keep trying to minimize it. The Sox can’t even find a single player that can maintain a .700+ OPS, much less a .750 or god forbid an .800 OPS. Our savior Eloy’s career OPS is .788. Moncada is at .756 but at least he has a glove, oh wait, he can never stay on the field anyways.

Except Harold actually thinks it was a good day, not just because Kenny and Hahn were fired, but because Getz was promoted.

Really? What is that, urine yellow? 🤣