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Seeing the starts that both Vaughn and Burger are off to this year really dispels the idea that the Schaumburg camp was just a glorified batting practice session. These guys both made huge leaps and are holding their own so far at the higher levels.

Why does baseball take so much pride in being old fashioned? If this were basketball, the unwritten rules people would be upset that we weren't using peach baskets anymore, and don't get me started on the jump shot instead of the rightfully just set shot. The beautiful part about the game is that each generation makes it their own, and plays it the way that they want to play it. If you aren't supposed to swing 3-0, write the exact parameters in a rulebook, otherwise shut up and play the game. If you don't want someone swinging 3-0 down 11 against a position player, don't get down 11 and put a position player in to pitch.

He obviously missed Tony's Hit a Home Run sign.

If Tony is the manager, and Eaton is on the roster, he will be starting.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/19/tony-larussa-losing-white-sox-after-ripping-yermin-mercedes/

If he was really worried about his player, he could have also contacted Baldelli and told him that they fixed it. But instead he set his player up by publicly making it a big deal.

I don't think I have seen the word "punk" used so many times in decades.

There it is. If a player injury was his main concern, why did he NEVER PROTECT HIS PLAYER after the Twins threw at him? He excused it and said he had no problem with it.

This is a steaming pile of hot garbage. The biggest rebuttal to it is that at no time, no time at all, did Tony EVER say ANYTHING about protecting Yermin, or saving his from injury. It was about protecting the game, and how the game is played. He also never once tried to protect his player once something did happen. They threw a fastball behind his guy, and he stayed in the dugout. Tony never talked about Yermin's health. Not a single time. Every chance he got he spoke about respect, and respecting the game. He DID say how he DIDN'T have a problem with what the Twins did, even when he COULD have mentioned injuries caused by thrown baseballs. On the bright side, after the stretches made to come up with 18 of these things, you should be limber enough to run a marathon. Either that or you have a future as a propaganda minister for some despot needing an excuse generator.

Tony also said he didn't think they were throwing at his player, and even if they were it was all right. He had a million opportunities to protect his guy, and took none of them. This wasn't about protecting Mercedes.

Tony isn't using his.

This is stellar.

Dude is struggling to manage in a game that has passed him by. Even if this accidentally happened, it is a volatile situation that could meltdown at any time.

That's a great picture.

And you can also laugh at the posters on Soxtalk all you want, but you can't hand wave away a good chunk of the Sox roster taking Yermin's side here, and not a single one, even his own coaching staff, taking a public stand with Tony. THAT should be red flag for anyone whose head isn't buried somewhere.

Add Gio to the list.

You have really lost it. Of all of the people to give cult like devotion to, this is the 2nd strangest one. No idea what the politics has to do with it, but the only derangement is by those who can see this disaster unfolding in really slow motion and thing that everything is fine. You need to accept that the man isn't the best person to be managing the White Sox these days, and he is making a lot of self inflicted dumb mistakes. Laugh react or not, anyone who can't accept that has no idea about the game of baseball.

There is NOTHING out there on him.

What was the reason for the roster change? Someone at Charlotte hurt or released?

Holy Crap I didn't realize that was Lil NIcky in that one.

On the contrary, not being able to have any objective opinion on this manager means there is plenty of space in your mind to be occupied.

Dylan needs to Cease and desist with that, lol.

First off I want to thank this franchise's savior, the all-mighty Tony LaRussa who managed this team so hard, including giving Giolito the get lots of strikeouts signs, as well allowing Liam Hendriks to throw his best slider, even thought it might upset the Twins players. It is a gutsy move, but also allowable in the unwritten rules, as Hendriks was throwing his authentic slider and not his other one. Obviously Tony will have to punish the offense, including Mercedes for missing the drive in runs signs multiple times today, but that will be taken care of not in the locker room, but in his office. Amen.

And the fact he has actually gotten some hits in this series.

The plan would be for Giolito to be a willing party. The Sox have approached him with multiple deals over the years, but he hasn't been willing to sign up.