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ESPN predicts 120 loss season for the White Sox
SpringfieldFan replied to hankchifan's topic in Pale Hose Talk
So we’re only three or four players away!!! /sarc -
ESPN predicts 120 loss season for the White Sox
SpringfieldFan replied to hankchifan's topic in Pale Hose Talk
So, Detroit lost 119 in 2003. What were they able to do to get to the WS three years later (aside from #1 picks which don't happen anymore)? -
New $15 Campfire milkshake leads MLB food debuts
SpringfieldFan replied to caulfield12's topic in Pale Hose Talk
If my paycheck went up at the same rate...I'd be driving a nicer car. -
Me feeling is like just kind of floating in limbo. I know this team roster has to completely turn over at least twice before it has a chance to be playoff viable. That known, it’s impossible to even hang hopes on what I will see on the field thinking it might be a step in building a path towards any future contention window. This now just is what is and will be.
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Agreed. Corner OF doesn’t demand much defensively so that’s where teams put the mashers who can’t field (unless they DH). Therefore, to be really worthwhile he needs to be *at least* as good offensively as the typical corner outfielder who already hits well.
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Sox A ball player engaged to a celebrity of sorts…
SpringfieldFan replied to caulfield12's topic in Pale Hose Talk
If Susan Sarandon shows up I'm out... -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Knowing this org, Titanic Inc. would soon buy the naming rights to the stadium. -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Funny, I could have sworn I put Soxtalk in my browser address and not Bearstalk. -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Fair -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I don’t think we (the taxpayers) should just give JR a stadium, but should we expect him to just give one to us? Where’s equilibrium? Maybe we should pony up escalated ticket prices? -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I'm a simpleton but I don't know why I should have to pay for the venue to be built and then pay again to get into it. If the thing makes money, shouldn't it pay for itself? -
Funny, I thought the name was spelled “Leury”.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Neither here nor there but I’m not sure about Einhorn wanting to start a USFL team. The USFL Blitz had already died in 1985 and I recall hearing Einhorn briefly mentioning wanting to start a Chicago *baseball* franchise in a new offseason league. Anyone recall that? -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
At this point I’d be happy enough staying at GRF if they go back to decent scoreboard fireworks and not the cheap generic ones they use now. How about opening up early enough to let us in the place to watch batting practice? This is all the kind of thing that strips the culture and that’s what diminishes the “ballpark experience” more than anything. It’s not the park alone; Comiskey 1 smelled funny and it always seemed like something was dripping on you - but the experience was undeniable. Would it hurt them to put out a little and not go cheap and “managed” with everything? -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
This makes sense. I would think the Nashville folks would see them as a new creation as well and leave the past as the past. I do not think identities should be portable to different cities. It just doesn't seem right. I am not a Chicago native but I think a similar argument could be made if they moved to another Chicago location completely removed from the south side. The south side is just baked into the cake. -
Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
It's interesting. As fans if makes us wonder what exactly we are fans of. Its surely not the ownership. Neither is it completely the players because they come from all over and come and go, understandably seeking the best contracts. That said, I grew up and am still four hours away from the games but only being able to get up a couple times each year just made the experiences more special. Would it change if they moved to be five hours south of me? I don't know. In a sense it would seem they would effectively become a different team, even if they kept the name. I guess I would remain a fan, if for no other reason that there would be no Chicago alternative outside of the Cubs. Its all hypothetical though anyway...right???? -
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
SpringfieldFan replied to southsider2k5's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Back in the 70's my dad would park us on the neighborhood streets several blocks south of old Comiskey (it was allowed back then). He would turn down the kids on the block who offered to "watch" our car for 5 bucks and we would hoof it all the way to and back from the game. Obviously still alive today to tell about it. -
Point well taken but I think its kind of a yes and no. The winner will likely come out with 90+ wins - but precisely because the division *is* pathetic. A 90 win team would get many those 90 wins against the awful teams in the division via the unbalanced schedule. For trivia purposes, the 2022 Central overall record was 383-428 (an average of 77-86) and the 2021 overall was 397-413 (average 79-83). Not great.
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Your Personal Sox Likeability Hall Of Fame
SpringfieldFan replied to wegner's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Steve Lyons Tom Paciorek BO -
What are the Sox trying to do here, really?
SpringfieldFan replied to Chick Mercedes's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Back in 1984 in the USFL the entire Chicago team swapped locations with the Arizona team leaving only the team identities behind. Yeah, they need to just do an Arizona-Chicago MLB swap like now. -
Keynan Middleton rips White Sox 'no rules' culture
SpringfieldFan replied to maxjusttyped's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Lance Lynn Adds To The Rumors About White Sox Lack Of Rules (brobible.com) 😬 -
Direct Quotes from Ramirez on incident
SpringfieldFan replied to caulfield12's topic in Pale Hose Talk
We will all chuckle at this someday when Ramírez is in a Sox uni at the end of his career like the Alomars, Albert Belle, Visquel, Thome & Manny. -
The White Sox have had 5 managers in the last 12 years.
SpringfieldFan replied to joejoesox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Well we now know replacing the players hasn't worked, replacing the coaches hasn't worked, and replacing the manager hasn't worked. So...what does that leave???