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I just added more to my previous post about it but I just learned this. The phrase originates from the stage. Traditional three-walled sets have an invisible "fourth wall" facing the audience. When an actor speaks directly to the crowd or addresses the camera, they are "breaking" that invisible boundary. [1]

Breaking the 4th wall is a term used to describe how movie characters talk to the audience like they know its a movie usually in comedies whereas most movies are just stories. Deadpool had excessive use of breaking the 4th wall and Ferris Bueller famously did it and made "breaking the 4th wall" come into pop culture vernacular. It's funny but I originally wrote that post and put I will explain this pop culture reference if necessary since I had no idea what GLP1 was when Wegner referenced it. I figured Breaking the 4th wall was more well known than GLP1.

You jinxed it !! (JK)

You jinxed it !! (jk)

Some people can handle success others become idiots. It's a story as old as time. And it's likely they were idiots to start with .

This is where I don't understand the hate for Getz. The 1st rebuild fails because while they were tanking they never quite tanked bad enough to get top draft picks in a time where you could really suck like Houston and did and be drafting in the Top 3 for multiple years. But still they sucked at drafting and Player Development so the influx of talent dried up . A lot of people hated Getz automatically because of his ties to the Sox in the previous regime. But under his leadership the Sox purged a lof of that old regime. But still cries went up to purge everyone . But if that happened then Mike Shirley would be gone too and Getz also had the sense to keep Shirley and he's been nailing it while Getz also hired Directors of Hitting and Pitching for the Franchise Ryan Fuller and Brian Bannister in Player Development so now Shirley's picks have better tutelage on the road to The Show. 2 rebuilds and Getz had less talent to trade to get huge minor league talent except for Crochet. It's early but the Crochet trade may end up better than the Sale trade. Our draft picks and the guys from trades seem to be clicking and a Japanese Superstar fell into our laps and scrap heap pickups continue to shuffle in and out of the lineup and a few come up aces while a few get away if they don't perform immediately ( Mead). That's just the nature of cycling through a ton of AAAA guys. This will also happen but when I see people suggesting trading guys like Jacob Gonzalez, Billy Carlson or Grant Taylor ( from last year) for reinforcements for this year it's hard to fathom. Some prospects we trade away will blossom. That happens if you have a lot of talent like Dodgers with Michael Busch and Vargas and Yordan Alvarez. The difference of course is it doesn't matter to the Dodgers because they buy what they want and play in So Cal which is a preferred destination of not only MLB talent but also Japanese talent. The Sox can't afford to yet talent that they developed slip through their fingers when injuries and non performance can happen to our talented group of youngsters as we have seen (Teel, Vasil , Shane Smith , Quero,Murakami and a long list of pitching injuries and non linear development among our top MiLB pitchers.) The smart play is just stay the course and let things play out the closer we get to the TDL. How the Mune injury and contract , the eventual return of Teel , how Gonzalez plays, how Schultz pitches ,and the eventual call up of Braden Montgomery, the Dominican Academy and our 1-1 draft pick will determine not only the immediate future but the future of the franchise. The Sox can never be the Dodgers because no matter how much Ishbia spends (hopefully) Chicago is still not So Cal. Many may not have believed it in 2024 but Getz should have earned some credit by now no matter how much you hated him and hated how the 1st rebuild failure broke your heart through underlying franchise incompetence.

Probably was 2 weeks ago that the Sox 1st reached 2 games above .500 for the 1st time. They stumbled some on the west coast. But a day after hitting their high water mark of the season at 3 games above .500 they hit 4 games above. Next up... breaking the 4th wall and into Deadpool & Ferris Bueller territory !

I don't know if that is necessarily true. 1st of all 2029 may not be the year Ishbia becomes owner. It could take as long as 2034. Unless you were talking to a baseball owner on his way out the door eventually I doubt he knows how contracts of that magnitude work. They could be the sole responsibility of the one who signed him unless the new owner agrees to assume all debt or partial debts. Now if you believe that tweet about Ishbia saying "not on my watch" when asked by a fan sitting near him if the Sox would lose Murakami after he bought Murakami jersery's for his kids with him then OK maybe there's a shot. ( I might have the exact story wrong but that's the jist of it.)

Patience

I see you Steely Dan

Right when people start showing up to see Mune and this surprising team Mune gets hurt and Sox will need to dig deep.

Well that's just a long enough stretch for Gonzalez to cement himself as a guy who will be with the team even after Mune returns. Braden and Teel could also be waiting in the dugout to Meet & Greet Mune.

Good observation. Where can I subscribe to your newsletter .😁

Hill probably hurting from the pickoff attempt that smacked him in the ribs. Plus I don't think Vargas is batting 3rd, might be 2nd now. Right after I said injury luck has to get better for the Sox to continue trending up our biggest weapon goes down and a decent hitter against RHP and key defender goes down . EDIT: Also Leasure now on 60 day injured list. This game will be tough with guys like Nishida and Acuna in against Valdez. I have a feeling this is a game that Antonacci gets a HBP . Just make sure it's not in the head against Valdez. Also need Kay to continue his run of pitching dominance to keep it close. On that note Detroit sucks and Let's Fucking Go !!

Understandable but a lot of players have big differences in home and away splits just as Meidroth and Vargas have big difference in their RHP/LHP splits. You could say that their much less AB's against LHP are propping up their overall stats and hiding their numbers against RHP. It's also why we see Meidroth and Antonnaci both batting leadoff. It's those splits. With Gonzalez ,others here, more knowledgeable than I about finding AAA statcast info point to remarkable changes in his batted ball profile. Of course that doesn't guarantee success in MLB (Kelenic) but it's probably a better way of looking at it than his H/A splits.

Basically it comes down to this. There's a certain segment of Soxtalk that supported the 1st rebuild with all their heart but refuse to treat the previous 3 years as a rebuild . They treat it as just a lousy normal record. Then there are others who while not as adamant as THOSE people who have their loyalties to the wolfpack of condemnation of 3 years that held the upper hand. I have no idea why they could support the 1st rebuild but not the 2nd one. Is it just Getz being in charge of it or does it go deeper into their heart and soul and trust being being betrayed and now they are fragile. You see a lot of talk about you can still criticize and we are gatekeeping but it goes way beyond being critical. Hell I'll criticize JR till my typing fingers are bleeding and because of that I feel the chances of resigning Mune are not good and that would be a huge blow to the organization. And if you focus on just the record and don't view it as a rebuild then you're viewing it wrongly. It's that simple. Now THOSE people can ignore or say that the foundation Getz has built cannot be judged yet and its incomplete. However, the way the rebuild has advanced points to a lot of positives in that foundation. Look at how a lot of the Orioles top prospects have sputtered and compare it to how the Sox top prospects are coming up and actually doing well. Look at how Vargas has improved and Davis Martin. Look at how some of their 5th round draft picks have developed and how Colson went from bust to beautiful. Look at how Jacob Gonzalez has completely changed and bought into the Sox hitting philosophy. If you look at it in the context of a rebuild ( which is what it actually is) things are going great, but if you don't ,were just mediocre. We're not gatekeeping their fandom it's more about your perspective. The Hahn rebuild was a rebuild but this isn't a rebuild ? I don't care what JR said about a quick turnaround or Getz refusing to call it a rebuild early in his tenure just to appease Jerry's view. And if you actually believed that boatload of crap,well, no wonder your China doll panties are in a twist.

If you watch him he's always kind of twitchy wiggling around his shoulders. I'm as tall as he is and was fairly athletic but I had a bad back so I was always twitchy like that too already trying to keep it loose.

I thought he tweaked something in his back.Stone noticed a grimace and he reached for his back.But after the game he's lifting the big Gatorade bucket to dump on Vargas which isn't going to help a sore back. So maybe it was nothing .

At one point tonight Gonzo was 8 for 8 with 4 HRs in his last 3 games.

Yes it's his ignore list.

I just think Gonzalez plays 1st base. He's done it before.

Passan said he's coming up.

Unofficially. Kind of figured even if it's a mild hammy strain they will treat him with kid gloves.