South Side Fireworks Man

He's past his prime but will continue to be played at 1B every day due to "respect" at the cost of playing time for young players like Vaughn and Sheets or forcing them to play out of position. I like Abreu but he should not be treated like he's still at the top of his game.

Yes! At 1B and DH.

AV AV AV AV AV AV AV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, he's a horrible manager so....

It's not even enjoyable to watch this team anymore. Yet here I am.

I remember when they called Joe Crede for that.

Great depth.

Here we go.

If it weren't for the inept defense Cease could have probably gone 7 innings today.

Maybe playing 1B/DH's in the outfield isn't such a great idea after all.

No.

All the way, I hope!

Yep, then they rehired Al Lopez but he had to quit in early '69 due to illness. Then they hired Don Gutteridge. BTW, Thank you for your service!

Yeah, I didn't start following baseball until 1968. If I remember correctly, I think the Sox lost the first 10 games that season. That was the auspicious beginning of my White Sox fandom.

I like Burger too.

I like AV.

Good post. Veeck came up with the "rent a FA" strategy after free agency came around which was actually a pretty innovative strategy at the time. '77 was probably for me my third most fun season as a White Sox fan. Number one would be 2005 of course with '72 (the season of MVP Dick Allen) being the second most fun, followed by '77 then '71 ("The Sox have risen"), then 2000. Even though they didn't make the playoffs in'71, '72 or '77, I enjoyed those seasons more than '83, '93, 2020 or '21. Those '70s teams were a lot of fun to watch on TV as well with Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Dizzy Dean, and Satchel Paige. Good times!

Nice catch Jose.

I still remember (and still resent) when the Sox fired Jimmy Piersall from the post game show for criticizing LaRussa after a bad loss. I never liked the Einhorn/Reinsdorf organization.

I didn't like LaRussa the first time he was here. Was against JR hiring him back. But I never thought he would be this bad. This is just ridiculous. JR has got to go.

Well, Beckham does have "that face."

Oh, I agree. But as a 1B playing out of position in the OF, he did a good job keeping that runner from scoring for the time being anyway.

He faked out the runner. No way was he going to get to that ball.

This is what the White Sox are. Remember last year a lot of people thought they were just coasting the last couple of months to get ready for the playoffs, then they were going to turn it on when it really mattered. It doesn't work that way. The Sox are good enough to make the playoffs playing in a weak division. But it's a flawed, injury prone roster managed by a bad manager. Disappointing result after suffering through the rebuild.

It's a good name for a double cheeseburger though.