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I would say the trick is to find talented people, but maybe that is the problem?

This is about right. No one should be making Super Bowl reservations quite yet, but we have seen a pretty nice leap in both talent and play, which is what we all wanted to see.

I get it. I do football games, but don't see football the same way I do basketball. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I KNOW it comes out in my technical reading of it when I call a football game. There are intricacies that are missed, 100%, and it is obvious to a baseball fan when it happens.

The hilarious part is that Caleb had him dead in his vision as he escaped on his touchdown run and was like f*** that, I will do it myself.

You are a White Sox fan, so it is probably more like a -1 WAR 37 year old 2B who will play 1B poorly.

That's not how it works unless they negotiate a buyout, which isn't what happens if you release someone.

Benny is a great argument that Getz doesn't have nearly as much freedom as we keep getting told, because one of two things would have to be true. Either Getz wants him on the roster, or Getz doesn't have the power to dump him. I know which one makes more sense to me

No, the dark side is realizing this didn't just start.

Welcome to the dark side.

They SHOULD just buy him out like a respectable MLB franchise.

Give it 7 or 8 years.

One of these days everything will quit being someone else's fault. Probably the day they fire Getz.

Nobody is saying anything next because there will be a lockout.

Vaughn was also making about 1/3 of Benny, and even so we took on a similar contract to get it done.

No. Because it isn't happening.

Whose LF is he better than? Therein lies the problem.

Yes, because there aren't any guys in the game hitting for high average with no power.

Hmmmmmmmmmm....

I think the buried the lede. Wasn't Shultz supposed to be here and going in AFL? I don't recall seeing anyone else mention this.

Which is kind of fitting...

He WAS more valuable then. He isn't today. This isn't that hard.

The Rockies lose 119 games, they go out and hire Paul DePodesta to run their baseball team.

Not realizing that things change in a year isn't the flex you think it is.

I will be honest, the Sox are in a position where they need developmental wins more than the do in season wins. They have a roster to fill for their next playoff team, and they need to start taking the developmental pains of playing the young guys. Heck the Sox season turned around last season when they quit playing the clowns, and started playing the kids.

I mean I get everyone is down on the White Sox right now that doesn't have a vested interest in selling a story here, but the reality is that there are only 30 of each of these jobs. There are very, very few people out there who can say no to one of them knowing that another chance will soon come. For most of these dudes, saying no is probably the last chance they get. Take the job.