southsider2k5

Look, talk radio in general is a waste of brain power, but sports talk radio is the absolute worst. These guys are literally saying dumb s%*# to fill time and get people to call and email.

You don't get the attention of scouts that way.

Fork Found in Kitchen. This is why waiting until 2026 to trade him was so extraordinarily dumb, especially if they weren't going to pick up any money.

I know we look at the old days of 300 innings and pitching every four days, but pitchers weren't going 100% for those outings on every pitch like they are today. They would rather have 100% of a pitcher for 80-90 pitches every five days, than 90% of them for 120 pitches ever four days. They also have relievers they are pushing out with stuff that puts everyone to shame from the good old days. It's a different game, with different physical asks. If we were still asking for the average 85mph fastball, I am sure these guys could handle it just as much as the old days. With the emphasis on speed, spin, and velocity, versus accuracy and endurance, we can't expect the same things.

CHURN BABY CHURN, ROSTER INFERNO, CHURN BABY CHURN, BURN THIS MUTHA DOWN

I want to see him make the summer before I am convinced. There was a reason a lot of teams were not willing to get on him. Even now 1 in 3 trips ends in a K, and this is on his bender. Are you willing to bet a couple of hundred million dollars on this being who he is for the next six years, even with the red flags in his numbers? That's a tough call for me.

Yep, the Sox couldn't just have an honest conversation about what they were looking for in an announcer, they had to piss in the well before he left like a jilted ex-girlfriend getting dumped on prom night.

Hagen Smith 5 starts 3ip, 48 pitches 3ip, 50 pitches 3ip, 66 pitches 4ip, 59 pitches 2.1ip, 62 pitches. I really wonder when they start to extend him? Last year he maxxed out at 90 pitches, with 3 more starts in the 80's and another 10 in the 70's. Have to imagine it is coming soon here.

12 homers, 22 walks, 41 strike outs, in 126 PAs. 59.52% Three Outcomes percentage. Also fun: 25 hits for.... 12 homers 0 triples 0 doubles and 13 singles.

With the three batter minimum, they have to be deployed differently than the used to, at the very least.

Jerry. Jerry is the segment.

Of course it is broken. What else would it be?

A good announcer enhances the experience. A mediocre one is one you probably never notice or remember. A bad one is one that you audibly wonder WTAF is he doing?

I think a "train" to describe the people who had confidence in Gonzalez would look something like one of those one man manual pump carts used in the old days on a railroad line.

Full Stop Here: Jason Benetti left the White Sox because they wanted him to leave. Brooks Boyer pushed him to go find another job. If there is anything I hate, it is revisionist history.

I can see why you hate Jerry so much then.

I make no promises.

The whole Eating on the Air thing is absurd. No announcer eats on the air of their own. They get told by their bosses (looking at you Brooks Boyer) to do promos for stuff in the park and make it look amazing for what it costs. Blaming Jason for it is ridiculous.

Can I interest you in more bunting and utility players instead?

If you want to boil Soxdom down to an economics question, that is fully a personal utility question.

The Mune signing was about a close to universally loved as anything on Soxtalk.

The Sox are in their Switch Hitter era how. Gotta sell it both ways.