chitownsportsfan

I hear this guy is tanned, rested and ready:

Loyalty is the lowest of the virtues.

I think JR meddles too.

If they give the gig to Getz this is 2 steps forward, 2 steps back. If I was in charge I'd make some phone calls to Theo, Dombrowski and others and ask them what the price to come to Chicago is. If it's too high, I'd pick their brains for who they think under them is ready for a promotion. I'd then give that person carte blanche to rework the entire org, from the guy watering the field to the baseball operations department.

My reaction to this news was similar, and it surprised me a bit. I really don't care if they leave Chicago. I'd be sad for the people in Chicago but as someone that is firmly in middle age and is 2k miles away? That has plenty of other teams to root for that don't actively engage in fan murdering decisions? I don't care.

You guys are cute.

I say this with all due respect: who gives a s%*#?

A cubs fan and his son walk into a bathroom following a man in a sox hat and his son. The Sox dad and his son do their business and as they are walking out the cubs dad says "what, they don't teach hand washing over on the south side"? Without missing a beat the Sox dad responds "no, we teach our sons not to piss all over their hands when using the bathroom".

Why the f*** would he feel entitled to day care from a team he no longer plays for? GTFO.

this are run values and FG adjusts them for position scarcity. I forget what metric they use to measure defense, but you can read -.4.1 as basically -.4 fWAR as quick and dirty 10 runs saved or produced is 1 WAR. Jake is a pretty decent 3B so if he's playing more there I can see him putting up a run neutral (after adjusting for position) season if he plays there while healthy. Jake is a useful player, maybe not a "good regular" but he's at least a solid regular, which is why the Sox got back some talent for him.

One of the problems with the "50 cents" approach is that you can only play 9 guys at once on the field. If you've got a real 4-5 WAR player you acquire in FA that can paper over some .5 WAR scrub playing 2B or RF. But when you sign average players (at best) and still pay the "winner's curse" premium you don't get that advantage and in order to field a good team you can't have .5 WAR scrubs elsewhere -- as the payroll piles up. There's a few clubs that are successful signing mid tier FAs but those clubs also have cheap young players coming up to give average production at the other positions. That's not the Sox, clearly.

5 dimes don’t add to a dollar. Someone inform the White Sox.

Boy the White Sox sure do give us fans a lot to talk about come mid August!

These guys stink.

It's a good look.

You can't play baseball like you play football that's for sure. To the extent "sparks" happen you at least need the kindling. As you noted, this team doesn't have enough good players to spark anything. Usually it would piss me off to have so many people taking shots at the Sox but right now I'm enjoying it. Give this sad sack org all the crap it deserves.

win more games.

Given the movement on his hairline just since June, maybe he is also embracing protein shakes.

Things you can hope to see if you live 100 years on earth: Haley's comet A full lunar eclipse A white sox world series appearance.

the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

I've been known to shitpost once and awhile but Ron is approaching levels of block. Not sure when his last actual attempt at conversation was.

paging @Quin

Part of being a good modern 21st century org is also figuring out how the f*** you integrate every highly paid asset's personality into your club. This is another thing the Sox blow chunks at. We've had so many guys b**** and moan while here, and while each individual case is different we've had so many consecutively that it's a pattern beyond the individuals it's an org wide failing to keep our guys happy and content. Not one single racial or ethnic group either. Pretty much all 'em have had beef with the Sox or beef with a team mate or beef with showing up and doing their job. We've got Sale tearing up jerseys, we've got TA moping, Kopech getting into it with fans, Moncada half assing it and frequently forgetting the situation, or Eloy, or the list goes on and on. Hire some damn performance experts!

Not just that, it's much worse. I had no idea. Basically taunted people that called him out, brought his baby momma (with the kid he dropped in her!) to the games instead of his wife, and on and. Dude honestly sounds like he was trying to speedrun a villain arc.