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QUOTE (Tannerfan @ May 1, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) I'm just spitballing here but what about Ron Washington? He was a passionate manager with a lot of success. I don't hate the guy as a manager but he's also a likely cocaine addict and a bit of a loose cannon with the media. JR would never touch him with a 10 foot pole. I'd prefer the Sox bring in someone other than RV, but I'm not sure who is out there really.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ May 1, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) He's not playing the best, and I know I should't get upset, but come on! This thread is way too negative. Two months ago everybody was talking about how good Hahn is for locking him up long term. It's 1/8 of the season. Eaton is the type of guy who seems to take things hard. I mean, he shaved his beard last night. Tell me the mental demons are swimming in his head right now. He'll turn the corner and be back to who we know and love. However for the time being, drop him in the order. Bat him 9 for a few games. Throw Michah or Melky up there. This team WILL BE FINE! Yes, its frustrating, and it seems to happen every year, but we are starting slow once again. Cream rises people. Sale, Shark, Quintana will pitch better. Melky, Eaton, Ramirez, LaRoche, etc. will all hit better. BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT. Watch the Hawks tonight, take your focus away from the Sox, and in two weeks when things are rolling get back into it. I always shave my beard after a breakup so I'm with him! New look new you!

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ May 1, 2015 -> 01:25 PM) There ya go! I say shake it up with MJ leadoff and Eaton 2nd. Maybe Eaton batting ahead of Abreu will help Eaton out. Micah's long term development is way more important than a few more PA for our most patient hitter in April (Jesus, can't believe I just typed that). Putting him in the top spot just puts way too much pressure on him IMO. On that other hand, putting a rookie up top is exactly the sort of move that might be needed to galvanize this bunch. So it will never happen, that's not RV, don't rock the boat blah blah blah.

Eaton is in a funk but Jacob May, Thompson and the rest of the AAA and AA outfield can't hold his jock at the moment and probably never will. We need to hope Eaton is a 3 WAR player. Otherwise we're once again f***ed in CF for the next 5-10 years.

Over at SSS one guy mentioned that the Twins broadcast crew was making excuses for the Sox talking about the travel and disjointed series with Baltimore. GMAFB. THIS IS THE TWINS FFS. You know things are bad with a club when the 2015 Twins are making excuses for you.

Even better: how are they in the division on the road?

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:53 PM) Better roster, same mistakes. Robin the common element. Plus, you can't fire 25 players.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:57 PM) Have to wake from hibernation to take a nap. The RV jokes have been the best part of this thread by far.

wow.

If any other manager in Sox history was as far under .500 as RV he'd have been fired last offseason. But, it's RV, White Sox hero and all around nice guy. Does Robin own any fedoras? Did his wife friend zone him at first?

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 10:36 PM) I don't think the team looks like one that is playing badly because of its manager. And it isn't really playing that badly, last two games excepted If you don't think this first month has been bad baseball...what exactly constitutes bad baseball? Did you just watch a Major League movie? The Sox have made pretty much every bone headed mistake in the book through the first few weeks.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:50 PM) BS Williams picked him and Williams had a huge say on the extension. If I'm Hahn then I go ahead and say "cya later". There's probably 10-15 clubs that would take him off our hands in a heartbeat. KW is poison imo. Ever since '05 he has carte blanche with JR. Not good.

Dick Allen let me ask you a question: what does Robin need to do this year to get fired in your opinion? Fall 80 games under .500 for his career? Lose 100 games? Piss on a fan from a hotel balcony? I'm really curious.

Probably one of the most dispiriting starts to a season I can remember in my 25+ years of fandom. Expecations verse reality, and the way in which they've lost combined with the thing in Baltimore, the fight in KC -- it's just a cluster of WHY, GOOD GOD WHY. They can turn it around they are 3 under but FFS is there anything right now that points in that direction? This looks like a bad baseball club to my eye. Not 80 wins bad. Like 70 bad.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:37 PM) you do that by benching eaton for 2 games and then playing him in the 9 hole for a week. Sends the message loud and clear Another anecdote about Robin and Eaton from spring...Robin was doing a pre game interview with the opposing team's color guy and they asked him about Eaton. Robin said "He's going to leadoff and play CF for us, hopefully in 150 plus games". He said it so matter of factly that I had to watch it again. He said it almost like Eaton was...a family member or something. I really think Robin is a nice guy but he's way, way, way too nice for this gig. Nobody fears the manager, it's obvious. And why should they. I refuse to believe that MLB players are this dumb on a nightly basis. We've seen it for the better part of 3 years now. Time to give him the hook.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) soxtalk is going to break the internet The Sox have broken their fan support so f*** it.

WTF is wrong with his arm that he can't throw his slider? GMAFB. Win now. If he gets injured he gets injured FFS that's absurd to limit a 26 year old's pitching like that.

I wasn't watching the game thank god how the f*** did tehy score 7 runs in one inning off Sale? And 2 errors I see. Good job boys. Fire Robin man this team needs a f***ing wakeup call nobody's job is safe.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) Have you ever played the game? I think you might have a different perspective if you did. Yes I played through DIII and was a starter my upper class years. I've talked about it numerous times. My claim to fame is going 0-3 with 3 k against Jim Dieters, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) legend who went on to be drafted in the 8th round by the tribe and made it as high as AA ball. I partook in a ton of showcases and for a minute was looking to play DII or Juco on scholie before going with my academic school of choice at DIII level. And I still feel the same about RV. I played for firey managers and calm managers. I always preferred the red asses personally.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:50 PM) Eh, it is just lifeless Robin doing unpassionate things, amirite? He better start winning or else his wife will be the only victim of sleepy Robin.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) Why even It's like Steve Francis when they traded his boy Cuttino Mobley away: why even get out of bed?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:29 PM) Chicago White Sox ‏@whitesox 1m1 minute ago Due to the @chicagobulls game airing on CSN (Go Bulls!), our game will move to CSN+. Hell why even televise it all.

You cannot compared a protected monopoly like MLB with any other business except the other federally protected sports leagues. It's not like a McDonalds franchise. It's not like a soda company. Apples to Oranges. When you buy into an MLB team you agree to play by the league's rules, including how revenue is split. You get your vote as 1/30 and that's it. Angelos knows all of this. If he doesn't like it he's free to sell his club (at a value that is incredibly enhanced from even 10 years ago mind you, maybe even to the tune of 200%) and try his hand at other ventures. Why do rich people buy sports clubs? Sure some do it for the love of the game and the prestige, but many buy in because the profit structure is guaranteed. I mean, the worst thing that can happen is the other cabal members decide that it's in everyone's best interests to move a club into your backyard. Compared to the risk of many of investment vehicles a MLB is almost fail safe. Hell, look at the Wilpons, who for a decade or longer have basically leveraged the Mets as their own personal piggy bank and were able to survive their massive Madoff exposure thanks to the revenues from the club. There's no defending Angelos this is simply a petty dispute between 1%ers. Two guys pissing on each others Bruno Magli's.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 01:38 PM) I just wanted to point out that the Astros are 14-7. I had no idea. Huh. I listened to an interview with their manager on Rome this morning. I was very, very impressed. Contrast with Robin couldn't have been clearer. I don't even know his name but he sure as hell seemed enthusiastic and had a great perspective on the day to day running of the club verse the longer view of ups and downs within a season. Of course, if they were 7-14 instead it might not have been so impressive. Just win baby.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) Be prepared to tip your cap to Jacob May or whatever his first name is. Yea I've had enough cap tipping to scrubs. The idea of "attacking the zone" against the Sox is usually just throw the ball anywhere and they will swing. So maybe the pitcher did "attack the zone" and have "good stuff" but FFS, at least have good at bats. Have not seen very many good at bats this season. I will also say that if Jose is going to be a leader he needs to go to Robin and tell him to play LaRoche more at 1B. There is zero point in tiring Jose and playing an inferior defender 6 days out of 7.