Dick Allen

Wasn't last year and this year supposed to be part of the multiple championships?

It's nothing new to this group. That's why if your not going to change the group, you have to change the dynamic, and make them be on time, do all the drills, do all the stretching etc.

There are rules in every grown up business. Middleton's problem was there was no consequence for skipping or arriving late to drills. It was all OK. No consequences for sleeping in the bullpen. And that was the pitchers. He insinuated the position players were far worse. Obviously, these players should have enough pride to do what ever they can to make themselves as prepared as possible. But many do not. Many are the product of being babied and placed on a pedestal their entire lives because they were good at baseball. It's probably why the quote about having your best players be your hardest workers, makes everything a lot easier comes into play here.

I don't think any Sox fan wants him to crash and burn. I do think there is a growing number wanting him to be someone else's problem.

What about these things he is posting? I really wonder if he's bipolar or something. He wasn't like this before. He took some disadvantaged kids to KC and visited the Negro Museum. He did a lot of other things as well. Maybe his wife was the driver of these things. But now? You wouldn't want your kid reading his posts.

While I have no doubt injuries have been a huge part of it, TA admitted his off the field issues have affected his play.

IDK, where do you draw the line? If he's a wife beater? Obviously, if we cancelled every player that has ever cheated on his wife, there would be hardly anyone left. I just hate the brazen way he's gone about it. It's not only disrespecting his wife with all the photos on social media, it also affects or will eventually affect his kids. You want to have an affair, be discreet. TA came across as a guy who wanted to be a role model, and did a lot of charitable things back in the day. Now he's just being a selfish guy who apparently thinks providing funds is the one responsibility he has as a husband and father. All I know is if I was neighbors and friends with the Andersons, my wife wouldn't let me hang with TA ever again.

Should have known. He's team Pedro. I guarantee he's read the article. It's funny, he and Jason were just gushing about Middleton the other night.

At the very least, there will be token changes. Pitchers will have to show up for PFP. No more sleeping in the bullpen....won't make a difference this year. Bring in a team that demands accountability.

It's weird, sometimes he carries the water, especially on twitter, and other times, he sort of blasts them. And the Score is the place he blasts them since it isn't their flagship.

I thought the whole article was pretty damning toward Pedro. Then I remember both Hahn and KW gushing over Pedro saying he was even more than they thought he'd be. This team is a total disaster.

I get that, but no rules? Middleton is a fairly lousy pitcher, but a really respected guy. If he says there are no rules, there are no rules. Pedro has to go with Hahn, KW, Chris Getz, Hostetler, and few more.

His IL stint last year were the caution lights, a sharp curve is coming. If the cancer had anything to do with it, who knows. But this was going to happen no matter what.

Pedro is establishing a culture.

If TA gets his suspension today, and doesn't appeal it, he's concussed. If he is concussed, there is no way the White Sox or TA would want it out there.

Not to mention his .576 OPS and -1.6 bWAR. I'm starting to wonder if he has mental health issues. He's a different guy than he was 3 or 4 years ago.

Middleton is a middling reliever, but he has a reputation as being a solid guy. Not a malcontent. I believe he popped off for all his ex White Sox teammates who do give a f***. Pedro has to go with the rest of the clown car.

Kiley McDaniel said he is one of the top 10 prospects in the game.

They hit 4 homers and scored 7 runs last night. That usually means a woeful offense performance today. Seby out with an oblique injury.

It is funny how fist fights work. In hockey it’s a 5 minute penalty. In football it’s a penalty, an ejection and a fine. In the other sports it’s an ejection, fine and suspension. For most people if they fist fight at work, it’s termination. And if you do it on the street, it may be jail.

Kiley had them at 30th last year, and 26th to begin the season. It seems he is right in line with most of the others. I don’t know why you would consider BA the gospel, and the rest garbage. They used to ranked White Sox prospects based on what Dave Wilder told them. They will be mid teens at worst anyway. It seems crazy to me, but they have added a bunch of prospects that are on their top end recently.

JR almost moved the White Sox to Tampa. Think of how bad that would have been for him. From a baseball perspective, the would probably draw even less than the White Sox do. They would probably have been worse because of the division. Not to mention JR might have had to sell the Bulls because of the backlash, before they won 1 championship. Think of how much that would have cost him. The Reinsdorfs should have some sort of shrine to Jim Thompson. He made them hundreds of millions if not even a billion.

Seby isn’t on the the active roster. Must be hurt

Well he did get hurt at work.

Ramirez said he had been talking to TA earlier. They were still upset he knocked the hand off second the night before, and got the call on replay. I don’t blame TA at all for that. He then said TA was the one who said he wanted to fight, so he fought. Maybe he is lying. BTW, if anyone listens to the Cleveland feed of the play it is hysterical as their announcer says down goes Anderson like Howard Costello said down goes Frazier.