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Maybe they can put together solid efforts in both halves of the season with increased run production and a better record in close games with better relief pitching also. With a deeper lineup and bullpen they could avoid prolonged periods of losing and have more late inning comebacks.

For quite a few fans a small upwards trend despite obstacles and building the foundation is all about the future of the franchise more than it's about instant gratification or placing blame. It's just about moving on and letting old prejudices die and not looking at things with jaundiced eyes. Children learn how to be a fan through their parents attitudes towards favorite teams. If you show disappointment and indifference. Children may see a subconscious connection to how you feel about them. Having a positive attitude helps in many situations, be it homework ,where looking forward to a good future is imperative to their efforts or other endeavors.

I hope it'll be a positive experience for the whole family, not about who wins but fostering a love for the game that leads to their old man playing catch and pitching to them for many years.

All depends if they think they are backing a winner like any other sponsor and how much income it brings in. It's not just about Murakami. It might be enough to hold onto Murakami into the 2027 season but with the strike looming and the brevity of the contract I'm not convinced commercial time bought on CHSN or luxury suite money or ball park ads will be a substantial enough payout to sway JR into a much bigger contract offer that would prevent Murakami from foregoing free agency.

So misappropriation of funds and philandering... alledgedly of course. It's always abuse of power that brings about downfalls but often not before atrocities.

I agree. I've been saying it a while, no more crap Aprils. Start that belief in yourselves early . The 2 consecutive AA Championships showed some of them what it takes to win. That's important. It starts with believing in yourselves and teammates.

If JR is still the owner good luck with that unless in those 2 years sponsorships and attendance skyrockets and the Sox are over .500 again. He likely won't make any major expenditures. Again its hard to predict the future with a 90 year old still expecting to leave his sons as little debt as possible . Maybe he can make a better deal with Justin Ishbia taking over sooner than 2029 if Ishbia uses his money to resign him.But we're getting way out over our skis here.

Joel McKeithan Asst. Hitting Coach

Roch Cholowsky hits 2nd & 3rd HR. No highlights in the video.

Austin Hays : "Anything is possible. It's baseball".

Depends on how good. .250 .350 .500 Yes

Neither is Acuna hitting them 😉

I suppose not but does getting all the facts right in all the other guys he has talked about instill real organizational change for you or, building a new training complex in the DR , or all the quality people he's hired and updating R &D or the big turn arounds in Colson Montgomery's and Crochet's performance , or the return in the Crochet trade, or picking out 2 successful Rule 5 candidates last year ? How about many of the rookies performing well or the better hitting of Sosa and Vargas from the previous year ? Many of these things accomplished with a rock bottom payroll. Houser was picked up mid season and did well. Other veterans weren't total duds despite the bargain bin salaries. Also seemed very opportunistic to grab Murakami and get back into the Japanese market, yes ? Some scouting and development wins for sure.

https://youtu.be/gZhHj13jsY0?si=dxU6O17EOGR9Pqc0 Aww shucks youtube didnt allow this video of country song called Skidmarks In My Underwear. It's very funny and sounds very professional. There are other songs just like it and other bathroom songs by a band called Arse Biscuits .They kind of rock actually.

Thanks Thanos 🙃

Bridgeport Bidet's - Feel the Clean !

100 more runs, 25 more homeruns, 20 more saves, starting pitching about the same as last year would probably get the Sox to 78 wins . Can't have a bunch of career years. Need to save some for Schultz, Hagen Smith, Braden Montgomery, Bonemer, Antonacci, McDougal, Oppor, Billy Carlson and 1:1 pick years and any others who pop up. The only one I really hope does great is Murakami since I doubt Ishbia wont arrive in time to white knight him an extension. Might get 2M attendence and more sponsors for CHSN. That might be the only way JR opens the wallet a bit and even then I have no idea how much because of the looming labor snafu. You can't really talk much about the future with a 90 year old. If Pope Power works no telling what Jerry's kids do. No matter what, they need to sell to Ishbia. Edit: Meant to quote @Chick Mercedes re:the everyone having career years .

I AI'd it and it said NPB max bat speed for him through 2025 was 85.7 which, if correct ,probably puts him way higher than 70th percentile from what little I know about bat speed. Highest average bat speed in MLB is O'Neil Cruz at 78.8 MPH but thats an average total for the majority of your hard swings. So even if Mune averages out to high 70s he'll be in the 95th percentile maybe around the same as Schwarber 5th) at 77.3. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/bat-tracking

He may get picked for the All Star game HR Derby.

Sox machine had a much longer conversation with Keith Law a couple of days ago. This shorter video talks about White Sox player development.

Why is Vasil Batman and what Benintendi told Vasil after he robbed a HR with Vasil on the mound.

I hope that was a slo mo camera joke and not an actual thing otherwise I laughed for nothing. 😉