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We need a diehard Sox fan who happens to be Hedge Fund Manager to buy out JR. Are there any headhunters in the forum? get er done.

At 21 years old Dick had to play minor league ball in the Jim Crow South during the Civil Rights Movement. Then he was totally mistreated by the press in Philadelphia which led to some of the fans turning on him. I know this is not what you are asking but I wanted to point out the real politics that had the biggest impact on Allen's life. The baseball politics and maneuvering of getting into the HoF is a talking point in itself.

Great news!!!! Dick Allen was a stud.

I did have a transistor radio in bed when the Sox played in the Angels in Anaheim

The earliest I can remember ever seeing the White Sox or baseball on TV was 1966 at my grandparents' house on a Sunday with all my relatives in the house. The image of the black and white tv is still burned in my memory along with my uncle saying " Stankey's Stinkies".

He should get on Dr. Phil and tell us all about it.

Players I do not want on the Sox: "I was in a position to where I hate to say I was going through the motions. You know you’re not playing for anything other than your own career, and when you don’t want to play a selfish game because it’s not a selfish game, it makes it really hard." Players I want on the Sox: " I am in a position to show leadership through work ethic, attitude, and communication to inspire my teammates to never quit and pull together as a team." Real World : If your wife/girlfriend asks you if she looks fat in an outfit, answer : "no, you look great" , anything she's cooks is delicious, her new hair style is awesome.

I am a Sox fan today because of Bill Melton and the group he came up with. I will always think of Bill along with the changing of the guard with young guns coming onboard, Bart Johnson Terry Forster, Ed Herrmann, Carlos May, and Rich Gossage a year or so later I had the pleasure of meeting Bill in person at Camelback when I took my dad to Spring Training. What a great guy, heaven just got better.

I always believed the Sox would have won the West in 1972 with Belt' in Bill in the lineup. Detroit was an aging team at the time, you never know. I will say the Sox had a magical season single handily fueled by Dick Allen, add in a 30 HR season from Melton and it would have been game on.

This is my all-time favorite SI cover. It's hard to explain how big of a deal it was to back in the day to get on the SI cover.

No now, no tomorrow, no next week

Suddenly 121 losses don't look so bad.

I read a fan say he lost his emotional attachment to the Bears, it was probably after the Hail Mary pass at Washington. We need White Sox Spring Training to get us charged up, LET'S GO !!!

Whoa Nelly, I may not have ever warmed up to George Halas or the McCaskey's but to go over to the Packers? I think that would take time to reflect and walk the earth to decide ....NEVER 🙂

Being a sports nut my whole life the only team I actually really care about are the White Sox. If the Cardinals were still in Chicago, I probably would cheer for them over the Bears. My comparison for franchises would be the Sox & Cardinals, two sad sack teams.

The Gilded Age of MLB

If MLB had a S&P 30, the Sox rating would be CCC.

Sox Festivus will include the airing of grievances, Festivus pole, wrestling and of course autographs for the youngsters .

First intern assignment: shovel snow at JR's house

Nicky has value but not on a team like the White Sox. I could see a contending team in need of a late inning defensive player/base runner/ spot starter. I would be surprised if Lopez doesn't get signed.

I have selective amnesia about the 2024 season which could be mistaken for Alzheimer's by some. To be totally honest I have an optimistic view of the Sox, JR aside. Any Sox fan that wants to gripe about the team has carte blanche. The fact that they are posting here shows that they are still fans. Fans pointing out faults are better than fans overtaken with apathy.

I am all for keeping Crochet and extending him.

I want the Sox to keep him and consider extending him at the end of the season. Also get involved in the FA market, what does JR care about the cost ?, just sell the team in the next 2 -3 years.

In 1967 I was 10 years old, we went on a 2-week family vacation. We drove from Chicago to New Orleans and then to Biloxi Mississippi, Mobile Alabama and Pensacola Florida. I saw firsthand the way blacks were treated and couldn't believe it. I could just imagine a ballplayer like Dick Allen growing up in Pennsylvania and the culture shock he went through and the emotional scars he endured. So many black and brown players before Allen paved the way and are never heard of or talked about, it's sad. 1966 was the year the first Black football player was allowed to play in the SEC.

In 1963 Dick Allen was the first black professional baseball player in the state of Arkansas. This might sound unbelievable but add in he did this at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. If you want to look at Allen's career stats and discount him because he didn't hit 500 homers or 3,000 hits, I think you have to understand the struggles he went through in Arkansas and then Philly for being born black and how that impacted hiss baseball career. if I had a vote Dick Allen would have already been in the HoF. Dick Allen's Journey - BallNine