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    Fire Rick Hahn

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    Player development is the lifeblood of winning organizations and the Sox just do not prioritize it. Most of my strong fandom(since 2000) the Sox have had one of the worst farms in baseball. I can't remember a time outside of the early 2000s and after the Sox sold Sale/Quintana/Eaton where the Sox weren't toward the bottom of MLB farm rankings. 

    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jack Parkman

    22 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

    The state of the White Sox in 2023:

    What's worse for their chances to win?

    1. Going into the season with only four major league-caliber starting pitchers in the entire organization

    or

    2. Going into the season with five starting pitchers, but having the entire team deal EVERY DAY with booing, criticism, and reporters asking to them to go on record about whether or not they support a current teammate who they're pretty sure is a child abuser.

    They're both shitty but I think that the second one is worse. 

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    Fire Rick Hahn

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

     

    JR, who says he hates to pay for potential, is missing the whole point of how to run a consistently winning franchise. You're paying peanuts for potential. You're paying through the nose for your own and upper managements bad  decisions .

    See this is what I'm talking about with regard to picking a damn lane. 

    Picking neither paying top dollar for proven talent nor paying for potential is like driving right on top of the center line. It's a disaster waiting to happen. 

    Fire Rick Hahn

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jack Parkman

    Hahn sucks. He should be fired. 

    Kenny sucks. He should be fired. 

    Jerry sucks. He should sell. 

    Thoughts are all valid and not mutually exclusive. 

    However, MAYBE if Jerry hired better management over the years we wouldn't be as pissed at him. Like say, if they could develop players from their minors like the 90s Braves did or the Rays do now. 

    A team with an analytics infrastructure like Tampa and the ability to have a $150M payroll could be a sleeping giant (I'm taking $30M from payroll and investing it in other places in baseball ops) 

    My issue with Jerry isn't about what he spends or doesn't spend, but rather that he needs to pick a damn lane. Dude is stuck operating in the late 20th century. He needs to join the 21st century. 

    If the budget really is a sticking point, then the prudent thing to do is operate like the Rays but with more cash. Maybe you don't have to trade players as soon as they reach arb 2 like clockwork, but don't let anyone leave for nothing and be willing to make hard decisions. 

    Again, my issue isn't with the budget but rather how they're using it. 

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    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jack Parkman

    6 minutes ago, ron883 said:

    So he's already guilty in your mind?

    The statistics are overwhelming in that direction. 

    False accusations are incredibly rare. 

    Not to say they don't happen, but jumping to this conclusion you'd be right 98/100 times. 

    I was that idiot with the Heimlich stuff from a few years back. I did the research, learned and became a better person because of it. 

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    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    Just now, hogan873 said:

    I don't know what the Sox might be on the hook for with the contract, but they can't wait around and see what the MLB investigation reveals.  He needs to be released, like today.  Sox look bad enough now for even signing the guy.

    Some have said that this stuff is collectively bargained and they're bound by that. 

    They might have to let the process play out. 

    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jack Parkman

    4 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

    But in the Instagram post she said she left him after he supposedly choked her.....

    Timeline questions are coming up for sure 

    Definitely need more info

    I was listening to the score and there was basically a no comment from Clevinger's agent. 

    The fact that they didn't even issue a denial.........looks really bad. 

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    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Jack Parkman

    20 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

    I'm truly not sure how much longer I can follow this team. Absolute losers all around.

    I'm feeling the same way. 

    Do the Sox realize they've already alienated the majority of their fanbase to a certain degree? 

    Are they trying to piss off the fans so nobody cares when they move the team? 

    That has always been my tin foil hat hypothesis. 

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    Mike Clevinger under investigation for domestic violence

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    2 minutes ago, fathom said:

    Not if he violated some clause in his contract.  Also, it’s real shitty teams weren’t told about the investigation.

     

    4 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

    The accuser has been in contact with MLB since last summer. I hate Mike Clevinger. I hate Rick Hahn.

     

    Why do I not rule out the possibility the White Sox knew all along, and knew he would eventually be suspended, and they wouldn't be liable for the the contract. All so they can say they tried, but s%*# happens?

    I wouldn't put DA's cynical hypothesis beyond the Sox. 

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