GreenSox

It makes a lot of difference.

You're probably right about that. Mets got really hot (and they're not the perfect team either). Damn Tigers are going to be hard to take down.

The Phillies remind me of the White Sox teams of 83, 21 (and 93 to a lesser extent); something was missing and you could feel it all season. In the Sox case, not the most athletic teams and the bullpens weren't always first rate.

The Royals did it off of their 50-something wins. They have one great position player. Perez had a solid rebound. A couple of other decent hitters. And that's it. It will be imperative to get a manager on board who is a)a good manager and b) has an excellent reputation. No clowns from the Pirates or anything.

They didn't do squat with their high draft picks anyway. Robert rebounds, Montgomery is the real deal. 1/2 of Fletcher, Ramos, Sosa, Lee, Vargas, DeLoach, Elko turns into average players. That's a start.

What are they going to do with him? Trade him for pennies on the dollar? Better off praying he rebounds.

I don’t know. I don’t think it’s gonna be that hard. Get three or four really good position players, surrounded by average players and make sure the pitching is sound; that gives you a chance. The thing is the White Sox head zero average players this year. Not one. Oh maybe Benitendi if you really stretch the definition.

Crochet obviously. Wilson, I guess. Maybe DLS and Foster. That’s it.

Zaidi seemed to be ultra-conservative to me; he just didn't seemed to get involved in the trades and FAs like the Dodgers, Padres and even the D Backs did. His former #2 is doing okay in Detroit, though. Posey will be interesting. Refreshing to have a baseball guy in charge.

I like Sizemore, but no. But we could do worse. Mattingly is a little to retreadish for my tastes. I like the Dodgers guy.

Can you do a thorough interview of a managerial candidate, when he’s coaching his team in the playoffs? I’m really not interested in the Sox hiring the bench coach of the Reds. The guy for the Dodgers sounded pretty good to me. Hope they give him a long look which may require the playoffs to be over.

Well, 2-4 war hitters are the bread and butter of most of the playoff teams. Right now we don’t have any, so get a few of those. . And by young hitters, I mean close to the majors prospects. And if that’s the way, the market is, stop drafting pitchers in the early rounds.

They need to trade him. It has nothing to do with cheapness and all of that. They need young hitters. Now if Getz really needs to step up with the trade execution. if necessary, deal with the 2nd and 3rd rate GMs (he was no match for the first-rate guys, although Anthropoulos was at least honest with him and didn't try to take advantage).

1 more win and its the '62 Mets, not the Sox, with the worst record in Modern history.

Flexen was signed to be the 5th starter on a bad team. Ends with a 4.95 ERA. Have to say that he did his job.