chitownsportsfan

That's fine but play better baseball. Guys can be "too comfortable" -- see Robin Ventura. Sloppy fundamentals and execution have plagued Ricky's teams his entire tenure. I'll tell you one thing: it's easier to swap out the manager than the 25 man roster. If the Sox are floundering in July I'd hope and expect that they make a move towards the future and get a real manager in here. I continue to think Girardi would be great for the young guys.

The only way I have of judging if a manager is good in the locker room is if players have good years for him consistently because they are relaxed and yet ready to play That hasn't happened AT ALL and the team constantly looks completely out of sorts -- like we've seen with all the collisions already. For a so called "Latin Whisperer" the latin guys on the team under him haven't performed that well.

Thanks, I've missed this promo the last two years, finally got it this year when I didn't plan on buying MLB.tv, worked out well. Thanks again.

We have a manager that doesn't seem to have any strengths. He's not good in the locker room, he's not good with the pitching staff and he's not good with lineup construction or in game adjustments. He's just a guy, in a long, long string on the South Side outside the few years Ozzie was engaged and around.

Not a huge fan of moving Moncada up to leadoff after he's had great success to start the year being more aggressive earlier in the count. If he was a 10 year vet sure, but he's not. Hopefully he doesn't alter his approach too much and get out of whack. Curious to see if Rondon can catch some lighting in a bottle.

one of those days where if you're not in the sun you're gonna be freezing your ass off I take it. meanwhile another sunny mid 60s day here in Santa Monica, er, Seattle.

Nice to see the lineup up and down (for the most part) contribute. If you squint you can see the rebuild working on a day like today. That said, mercy, maybe one year the White Sox will start the year with 25 guys on the roster that are actually MLB quality. Too much dead weight on the 25 man again, with most of that coming in the form of Palka and Engel.

WAKE UP RENTERIA

i dunno about any long term improvement but if he can come out at 95 more often than not he's got a helluva lot more margin for error.

we got a stew going.

Dude Moncada has to get that ball.

jason is so awkward.

The Sox have half a dozen Davidson types already hanging around the periphery. I might have been OK with him in a platoon role but reality is he's a 1 WAR type that is a dime a dozen.

This thread is OVAH!

For once it would be nice to actually play back to back as well. Why do the Sox ALWAYS get the opener then day off? Can we just ONCE OPEN IN A DOME??????????????

and starting him is a sign...

as someone who just has visited chicago a bunch and lived vicariously a bit through a college gf from homewood that song and video just always gives me all the chicago in the summer nostalgia feelz.

Bruh...

uh no, league average is like 2.2-2.5 WAR. Yolmer ain't that. He's been above replacement. Look I like Yolmer. He's a rare Sox Latin signing and development that worked. That said he's a very limited player as a starter and IMO moving Moncada to 3B to accommodate him is absurd.

This season is going to be fun.

lazy, incredible laziness. Couldn't even be bothered to shuffle once and flip the hips for an easy double play. That's just incredible.

Get in front of teh fucking ball.

Good thing they moved Yolmer back to 2B for his defense! FUCK THIS FRANCHISE.

WTF is Renteria thinking letting him go this long on opening day when he's o bviously fucking got nothing in the tank and is coming off a season where he missed time with a bum shoulder?

game's over, just get Eloy up again before I leave for the bar to watch an actual fun good team in Michigan.