Greg Hibbard

I’m glad it went down this way rather than the 2001-2004 / 2010-2012 slow death march to mediocrity (with flashes of hope). Now I have my whole summer ahead of me without spending much money or time on this stupid team. Oh sure, I’ll go to a couple games with friends - but i doubt I’ll be watching many games outside of that.

Yes, and from 1990-2012 they had a top 10 record in baseball over that stretch, maybe even close to top 5. It's all in how you chop up the sample size.

I drank the Kool Aid through 2011. I mean, we won 90 games in 2006, and arguably were a better team. We just didn't quite make it. And then there was 2008, which was an electric season in its own way, and we lost the playoff series to the eventual AL champ. And Schuler had division titles in 1993 and 2000, and we were in the lead during 1994 when the strike hit. It was only recently that the layers began to peel back and I saw the onion for what it really is.

Should I change the title to “Moncada to probably miss most of the rest of his career” ?

The very worst thing that happened to us as fans long term was that the Sox FO luckboxed their way into a fluke 2005 World Series win. That win was brought to you by an insane number of career years and everything working out injury wise and budget wise just right, and gave everyone involved the confirmation bias they needed to justify their idiotic business model for the rest of time because against all sense, logic, and reason, it worked exactly once. The White Sox are the Chris Moneymaker of MLB.

I struggle with the notion in the first video that the Sox FO and ownership finds losing a preferable outcome. I get it, because they don’t open the purse strings to $300 million players. But I think it’s worse; the Sox have been trying to win, but have been incompetent in assembling the veteran pieces, some starting pitching, and bullpen to compliment the young core of this roster. They set so much money on fire.

1:10PM CDT NBCSCH lineups when available Gotta get a streak going getting a head start on this as I fly out tomorrow morning for work and don’t want to forget.

I agree. I want all the Burger I can eat.

I heart Reylo

Thank you big energy

I take back everything I’ve ever said these last two hours about Romy in LF

And there it is. Graveman looking electric, and Grifol yanks him for Bummer. For a damned lefty lefty matchup. to quote Twin Peaks “It is happening again”

If Vaughn can find his home run stroke, we might have a complete player on our hands.

Given our bullpen, why shouldn’t he throw more than 100 pitches?

Elvis Andrus ladies and gentlemen

If you have Romy and Eloy in the lineup, and they’re each playing a corner spot…why on earth would you have Romy in left and Eloy in right? This question needs to be asked 1000 times in the post game no matter what the outcome is tonight.

Eloy in RF. Wow.

Lineup per MLB app preview.

Might as well have a mildly humorous game thread title; it might be all we have left.

Probably Boilermaker by Jesus Lizard, because it has to be a Chicago band.

Look, I like Burger and want him to hit, and think he deserves a real part time shot this whole year to play a little DH. That being said, let’s be real. Burger hit a solo shot, then had an error on a routine play that should have been the third out, and the next batter hit a triple. So he got a point then gave back 2. When you say “ever,” did Moncada not care during the 2019 season?

Was Tim Anderson ever really projected to be a this good of a major league player by anyone? Is he a success story or a failure story? Moncada still is around a 3.5-4 WAR per 162 player. I still have confidence if he’s feeling good and playing he will rake, but that’s what’s missing for me. I don’t mind him being a 10 HR guy if he’s hitting .260 sporting an on base .350. I think the little injuries and illnesses go to his head quite a bit.

I disagree. Theres certainly nothing wrong with Robert’s talent, There’s nothing wrong with Anderson’s talent. There’s nothing wrong with Eloy’s talent. I’ll get heat for this, but yes, there’s nothing wrong with Moncada’s talent. They simply can’t stay healthy, can’t put it together, and in Moncada’s case, he’s a bit of a headcase and a primadonna.

Except both of these things can be true: 1) Tony La Russa was absolutely overmatched as a manager and made poor decisions throughout his Sox tenure that limited this team AND 2) Rick Hahn sucks at drafting and sucks at acquiring talent and this group doesn’t play well together and is talented but doesn’t know how to live up to it.

I came back from Galena this morning through pretty moderate rainfall almost the entire way. Im surprised they delayed this, because I would think worse weather is coming…