Dick Allen

It's kind of hard to tell your 84 year old boss, the 76 year old manager he handpicked doesn't have it anymore. I really think, at least I hope, that the reason KW and RH provided no blow back when JR mentioned his horrific idea, was they thought there was zero chance Tony would say yes .

I doubt it. The one thing that might have happened if a non pitcher was on 3rd is they might not have thrown through on Leury's steal attempt.

Bevington did some weird crap and the players hated him. He will always be known for signaling to the bullpen with no one warming up, but no one mentions the time when a bad call went the Sox way and he went out to argue anyway. Both managers were screaming at the same umpire. Oddly enough, Tony's run in Oakland ended while Bevington was still around and JR wanted to bring him back, but Schueler didn't want him,and he wasn't hired. That was a sharper 50 year old version of Tony. One thing this not knowing the rules proves is Tony isn't this mad baseball genius spending his days looking for an edge. That wouldn't be sincere. Wouldn't be legit. .

Tony is the manager. He should know the rules. We would expect Renteria to know the rules. Fans expect Matt Nagy to know the rules. Whether that cost the Sox the game, we will never know but why is no one questioning Tony's covering for Hendiks, saying he is a closer and since he wasn't closing it was not a good spot for him. Then why the fuck is he pitching? Nothing the guy says makes ay sense like his Yermin being scratched story. Maybe he has had too much to drink over the years and is getting pickled.

One thing JR won't do is admit he was wrong. We are stuck with Tony until Tony realizes he has lost whatever he had. I think, especially if they miss the playoffs, he will call it a day after one season.

Ozzie questioning why Billy Hamilton was hitting. Second time they counted on him late, second time he struck out.

You're right.

Ozzie doesn't blame LaRussa for not knowing the rules. Why should have to know the rules?

Tony didn't have to use Hendriks as the runner. He didn't know. He also said Hendriks is a closer so the 10th inning wasn't his thing, but for some reason he had him out there. God he is bad.

Even Our Chuck just said there was some questionable coaching decisions. I hope Phil Rogers wasn't watching his spoiled White Sox fan ass.

White Sox fans were calling for Tony's firing from 1980 through when he was fired, except for the second half of 1983. This isn't ageism. It's not liking how a guy runs a team. When you are stacked, it doesn't matter. Tony has had the great fortune of managing teams with great players. Once those great players left or got hurt, his teams were bad.

I told you before all the injuries you will be seeing guys play in places they never played under Tony. But Lamb and Vaughn trying LF does at least make some sense.

And he is now out for supposedly an extended period. That was a nice non signing.

Madrigal is having a better season than Tommy LaStella. Go figure.

I would guess most training staffs do the same thing 99.9% of the time. There might be a rogue trainer or 2, but these are the elite people in their field, and they keep up with all the latest things.

I agree, but why would they help the Sox out? Trade a popular guy to the Sox, He helps them win, and your prize is a couple of middling prospects and financial relief. Wouldn’t go over with their fanbase .

At this point you just hope he can come back with the same speed and quickness he had. It would be an even bigger disaster if this made him a corner OF or a DH/1B.

I cant see the Cubs trading Bryant to the Sox without getting back so,etching they could really hang their hats on. They can get mid level guys from anywhere and not help the Sox out.

I don’t think they said that. I think they said he would be re evaluated today.

No, but I have a really bad feeling about this one.

It would have required an offer to consider signing elsewhere.

Providing an update on an off day means bad news.

I think some day the training profession is going to figure out once and for all how to prevent hamstring injuries, which would save a couple of these guys. Whether that is a year away, 10 years or longer, who knows, but I think it will happen. They somehow figured out how to prevent a couple of pitcher injuries you used to hear about a few times a week now rarely do. Torn labrums and torn rotator cuffs.

Luis Gonzalez is Tony's new toy. An OF of Lamb, Leury, and Gonzalez might make Tony cancel his blue pill prescription. Then he's got Hamilton to PR for Lamb if he ever gets on base.

Vaughn had 2 of the 4 hits. That should earn him some time off.