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The Rate is a launching pad too. Maybe not to the extend that Charlotte's park is but I hope he feels at home very quickly !

I was doing some research on Japanese good luck objects now that Murakami is on the bench. So I found an article https://japan-avenue.com/blogs/japan/japanese-good-luck-charm?srsltid=AfmBOoqGQ58oWuvpeDZYVIlklkjNZe_CgCVTVGc6xypepwzSU3ZgoCa6 After perusing them one finally caught my eye , Inu Hariko, the loyal dog figurine who watches over the family. Murakami's good buddy Vargas often brings barking into the dugout and clubhouse and the Sox also promote Dog Days. They are cute like a lot of anime stuff is cute. Would be cool to see a few of them hanging in the dugout or clubhouse. Let's go Boyer you need more than bidets to make Muni feel at home here in Chicago. Also for the cat lovers among us there is Maneki Neko, also a cute anime looking figurine.

Plus 10D hit a 2B and HR yesterday so maybe it carries over while he's feeling good.

How very kind of you . Gracias amigo. I took my creative writing classes long ago very seriously.😉

I never read comics very much growing up. I didn't have money. I'll take a wild guess and say Spider-Man

A brief retrospective on TA.

Nah Imma do my thang. I'm supposed to eat s%*# through years of a lot of people pretending this isn't a rebuild just like the 1st rebuild was but somehow it wasn't to you and some others stuck in the past ? f*** that. Being right is being right because others were wrong and don't like hearing about it and want to keep suppressing the truth . Freedom baby it's a wonderful thing. Why you keep putting me in your mouth ? Everybody you're supporting makes fun of you and your posting style for years and I'd stick up for you. You want me to admit I'm wrong ? Fine I was wrong for ever sticking up for you. But I still like Greg and WB Tra La La La and others who are the butt of jokes around here. That's what immature is, attacking those who won't fight back. God Bless America ! I guess it's easy to be a Fascist in return for fake online comrades.

Because in spite of JR they are building it back up. Isn't that what you want ? I have no idea how it will end but if the goal is a World Championship with the current owner and current players it's likely not to end well. But in the meantime I'll be happy with progress against all odds. Money doesn't solve everything ask the Mets. You will be much happier with Ishbia and my guess is since even with money you still need a solid foundation and a pipeline of talent. That's what Getz is trying to accomplish as do those who believe in the new White Sox way that he hired. There's a lot of pulling on the same rope. Welcome to the 21st century . Hard to believe you actually support that old regime that could not adapt to modern baseball. There's a lot of culture building and likeable young people doing a helluva job built on hard work and a positive outlook. I'm sorry all the fans can't understand that and continue to live in the past. But it's not just Bobbleheads that bring fans to the park. Keep spitting into the winds of change.

@Autumn Dreamin will be proud of you for posting that. Big Quero fan.

I love this story and had never heard it before so thanks for sharing it.

To get as many AB's as possible against the majority of starting pitchers. That's all we really need him for now. Give him a lot of AB's and see if he can show his bat off. This doesn't mean he wont get time at DH or other positions occasionally. They want to put call ups in a position to succeed but since they were forced to call him up they will make it easier on him by just letting him concentrate on hitting and staying mostly at 1 position.

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 .😁