Dick Allen

If you listen to White Sox telecasts, home runs for the opposition almost always get some juiced ball mention. When the Sox hit them, it's brut strength.

People forget, a few of years under the Rick Hahn regime, the Sox got the 3rd pick in the draft, the 8th pick, and the 10th pick when they were trying to win. Tanking has only slightly moved the draft position needle,

Of course he doesn't have the horses to win, but unless his style changes with better players (Moncada attempting a bunt the other night sort of makes it seems like it wouldn't) what he is showing is he is not the guy you want guiding a stacked roster.

It's one of the reasons I am not optimistic about next year. Even with the Moncada and TA breakouts, they are near the bottom of the league in OBP and slugging, and need a lot of pitching. Hard to turn all that around in one year. I know Kopech will be back, but how many guys hit the ground running immediately after TJS? Plus, it wasn't like he had things figured out when he went down.

I wonder how many players in major league history did have a batting average of .018 at any time during the season. I

How does a guy hitting eighteen bat 6th in a major league line up? He'll probably homer his next 3 ABs, but eighteen is his batting average.

It seems it's Calhoun or one of Lillian's Japanese players.

Defensively, he is really good with pop ups and really good throwing to 2nd base on DP attempts. Everything else, he is horrific. But the bat isn't nearly as dead as some here have reported.

It's Kole Calhoun. He's the odd man out with the Angels, and Stone was singing his praises last series. Calls him a big bat, GG quality fielder. A bit of a stretch but whatever.

Baseball Night Chicago Fact or fiction, Rick Hahn will make a major splash this offseason. Big Hurt: “fiction”

You should hire a lawyer.

If you are pinning your hopes on the White Sox signing JD Martinez, be prepared to be disappointed.

And catchers can't catch them. Wakefield was probably the last of the big time knuckleball pitchers. He started. He closed. You would think with everyone having to be prepared to hit 95-100 gas, someone thowing about 65 and dancing would be effective. Think about how a closer throwing 100 would look after 2 or 3 looks at a knuckler.

Yes he did. He was fired by the Hawk.

How do you explain his Augusts?

But you insist there is no such thing as clutch, or in other words pressure ABs. BTW< his best month by far over his career is August. It's really easy to look up.

The company's website list this work on it, so there probably is something to it.

I was never a fan of those uniforms. They always looked like space suits to me, but once every other week is OK. Adds a little color. Black, white and a touch of silver gets a little boring after a while, especially with a bad team.

Nike is taking over the uniforms next season so if they are going to make some sort of switch, now might be the time. But their current logo is so important to them, they ditched the sock on the road sleeve several years ago. I find it hard to believe that this thing makes it on a uniform. I have nothing against the black tops except that they wear them far too often.

This is false.

Kind of like when the Sox fired Gene Lamont 26 games into the 1995 season. Won the division in 1993. Was winning in 1994. Basically give McDowell away and signed over the hill Krukand Sabo, and then blame the manager because the team sucked. Then take it a step further and make Bevington the manager. Not one of Ron Schuelers best moves.

It would seem hard to blame DD if Sale is more hurt than they are letting on. He did get them a WS, and obviously ownership signed off on his extension if not negotiated it.

Well caculated and we’ll execute?Seemingly on the cusp of greatness? Are all of Rick Hahns relatives on this site?

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

Their defense looked like a championship caliber team. Their offense was pathetic. Maybe, hopefully, it was just rust. The problem is so many people were looking so forward to that game, and expectations were so high, it just bums everyone out. We will see next week. Another bad game and the panic sets in.