Everything posted by Dick Allen
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24-25 NFL Thread
They need to address the offensive line. They cannot get away with mediocrity at best there. It's not a great OL to start out, and when every starter is hurt, it's Division III.
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24-25 NFL Thread
I read somewhere that Eberflus signed an extension and there is no way he isn't coaching the team in 2025 unless there is some health reason. Seems fishy. This season goes down the tubes, I don't see how you can possibly bring him back.
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Justin Dunn signed
The Reds are having Pete Rose Day when they play the White Sox. The Sox are the homecoming opponent for every team. Maybe Dunn can ruin that day, and haunt his former team.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
The fact of the matter is, if the site was a fraction of the money maker the developer and JR claim it is, it would have been developed long ago.
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24-25 NFL Thread
Caleb Williams makes Justin Fields look like he gets the ball out quick.
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Potential Crochet Trade discussion Thread
Of course he was full of it. He said the Sox offer was for more money, but for some reason the team couldn’t afford to match the Padres offer of less money.
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Potential Crochet Trade discussion Thread
Well because of his age, he will be a bargain. Why doesn’t Getz just sign him? I’m sure he will be impressed with Chris’ vision of the future.
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G.M.'s meeting preview...
No GM has ever been able to accomplish what Chris Getz was able to accomplish in his first year on the job.
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Jerry Reinsdorf open to selling the White Sox per Britt Ghiroli
What about the jobs lost in Bridgeport. The jobs thing has always been a farce. They are creating very few new jobs. Just transferring from one location to another. There are literally over 100 companies in Chicago alone that employ more people and create more revenue than the White Sox. Shouldn’t they be entitled to new rent free offices built by the state? Enough with JR. There was a question on the ballots in one of the wards this past election asking about using public funds for a Bears stadium. The voters gave it an overwhelming no. And that’s the Bears, far more popular than the White Sox, and they would actually contribute $2 billion. Politicians going against their constituents wishes aren’t politicians much longer. JR and the McCaskeys are going to have to find another way.
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G.M.'s meeting preview...
They put it back up. You used to be able to watch a video to remove it, but the video doesn't work.
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White Sox claim Penn Murfee
Penn Murfee is a new piece of the White Sox bullpen. Jimmy Lambert and Matt Foster are now free agents. At the very least, it's a good name for a reliever.
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G.M.'s meeting preview...
I'm still going crazy over DVD players.
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Saw a reference to this NY Times/Athletic article posted here last fall...but even if just 25% of what Dave Wilder asserted was true,
In a way he was wrong. They aren't underaged. They just claim to be. There are suspicions Jose Abreu is a bit older than his listed age. How would anyone know? i saw a picture of Jose Contreras in 1982. He didn't look 11 years old.
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Saw a reference to this NY Times/Athletic article posted here last fall...but even if just 25% of what Dave Wilder asserted was true,
I'm sure there are tons of guys playing right now with fake dates of birth. I bet every team has several in their organization.
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G.M.'s meeting preview...
I saw something that blew my mind. Jake Eder is older than Juan Soto.
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G.M.'s meeting preview...
Shocking really. 3 years ago, if someone said there was a decent chance Eloy and TA would be done by the end of 2024, even the biggest pessimists would have laughed.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
Yeah the Yankees were clearly so poorly coached they played in the World Series.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
This is the 2013 White Sox. If you want to pin their sucking on Robin Ventura, I will counter and say the roster was a bit problematic when it came to winning. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2013.shtml
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
If Katz figured out Kopech, why didn't he let your guy Getz know before he gave him away for nothing? For all the things you somehow think the White Sox do right, 61-101 and 41-121 then stare you down.
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2024 playoffs...World Series: Dodgers/Yankees
Didn’t the Yankees pass on Flaherty at the deadline? If he wins tonight, that should be a fireable offense.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
Who did your boy get for Jake Cousins? He picked Bryan Shaw.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
If that rumor is even possibly true, how can you have any faith in building a team with the 10th pick? Is there anyone in the Sox minor leagues that actually projects to being a decent hitter in the major leagues? They better get some hitters for Crochet. The messed up with Fedde. Made a nice signing to get him, then blew it.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
Thinking the White Sox are going to build a contender through the draft and trades is a fantasy with the current braintrust.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
So you're saying because of Shirley, the Sox should have the same success at 10 they would have had at 1, like the other teams you had mentioned? If Shirley is that great, I can't wait for the big Jacob Gonzalez break out. FYI, since 2017, the #10 pick has a cumulative negative career WAR.
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Venable named new Sox Manager-per Merkin
We don't know if that is true. He did turn down an interview with the Mets last year. He may have been offered the Marlins job, but speculation is the Cleveland guy has a history with their GM. I think he was the best available, so that's good. The White Sox should be offering a ton of autonomy, but who knows?