SpringfieldFan
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Oh well, this is just who they are. The IL is just baked right into the Sox cake.
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Granted its a hot take but I swear I would fine Abreu every time he two hops a low outside pitch to short.
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53 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
The thing is, these guys aren't as bad as their current numbers. Regressing to the mean will happen, and it will be fun. At least for a little while.
They will be better, thank goodness. I wouldn't hold hope expecting them to get "extra" hot to make up for the suckiness so far though. Rolling a bunch of 1's doesn't make you any more likely to get a 6 on your next roll.
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10 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:
That has happened in literally every start. Soxtalk is panicking about every fucking little thing.
Well given the recent history of this franchise…
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Could there ever be a need for TJS for someone whose already had TJS?
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You ever been on a Little League team you played for because your Dad maybe knew a neighbor down the block who thought it might be fun to cobble together a team of of kids from the neighborhood, and eventually you played *that* team, the team which was made up of all the jocks who were stars for the local school? Well...
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1 minute ago, Green Line said:
Leury. Of course.
Make Leury trainer! He obviously knows what it takes.
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We can't curse the luck on the injuries. Its just who they are.
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So why does Cleveland get to roll *that* guy out against us but our 102 mph'ers always wind up with TJS?
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Wow all it takes is one win and around here it’s…
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54 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:
Leury Garcia from what he started out as, lol.
Well you have Narvaez and McCann.
Bummer, I guess.
Avi Garcia? Alejandro de Aza?
Joking. But in all seriousness, that recent moment when they were lauding the farm system for all those first rounders making an impact...Fulmer Collins Burdi Rodon and Madrigal all gone now, poof! Crochet injured. Vaughn out of position.
The deal is that even when they are able to stock the kitchen with some tasty ingredients, it seems to always wind up turning into an episode of America's Worst Cooks.
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1 minute ago, MexSoxFan#1 said:
Crazy how this team beat 2 plus 500 teams they faced this season but looked like dog shit versus mediocre teams...obviously that was before the injuries started. This team can not stay healthy.
Yeah injuries are not an excuse anymore. They are baked into the cake with this team.
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Hey Elon, have you ever considered making an offer for a baseball team?
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3 minutes ago, fathom said:
Yep, but it won’t be pretty as I assume attendance will absolutely plummet. I know a lot disagree, but Giolito should absolutely be trade bait if the ship sinks.
Sox fandom will simply not accept another tear down/redo under current ownership. This window is it.
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Any picture that is not a pitcher should just be Leury.
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1 hour ago, South Side Fireworks Man said:
I still remember (and still resent) when the Sox fired Jimmy Piersall from the post game show for criticizing LaRussa after a bad loss. I never liked the Einhorn/Reinsdorf organization.
Yeah, before the Reinhorn reign it was Caray/Piersall, Nancy Faust, Andy the clown, and arriving an hour and a half early to catch batting practice homeruns from both teams.
Now after 40 years of the Reinhorn era we have a sanitized experience with restricted park sections, piped in music, a cutesy mascot, yes men broadcasters, and corny pizza slice race videos on the scoreboard.
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6 minutes ago, chetkincaid said:
Why would anyone think Carlton Fisk would make a good manager in 2022? He’s 74 years old and hasn’t been around the game since he retired in 1993. The last time I heard anything about him in the news was when he caught drunk and sleeping behind the wheel of his pickup truck in a field in New Lenox.
You could swap "Tony LaRussa" and "2021" into that reply and get something awfully close to what we could have said a year or two ago. Not saying its a good option, but an imaginable one for this FO - for better or worse.
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48 minutes ago, SpringfieldFan said:
In the event he does get fired…who will be the next guy? Assuming it will be a guy with “Sox family” connections.
Ozzie?
A.J.?
Fisk?
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In the event he does get fired…who will be the next guy. Assuming it will be a guy with “Sox family” connections.
Ozzie?
A.J.?
Fisk?
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1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:
Loyola and Saint Peters say hello.
Forgive me, I’m a crusty ISU alum.
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4 hours ago, Green Line said:
If the Sox win today they're going to be tied for first unless Cleveland comes back from a 6 run deficit.
This division is really bad. I'd still be shocked if the Sox don't win it easily despite the last weeks shitshow. Too much talent to not finish with 85 ish wins, even accidentally.
Well that’s better than nothing but it’s rather like a mid major BB team with a so-so record winning their conference tournament and strutting into the big dance actually thinking they’re going places. Spare me.
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When the team really mired in bad times I'm just glad I can shrug it off since my business or career isn't dependent on it. That would *really* suck.
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2 hours ago, Leonard Zelig said:
Who’s next in line, Gordon Beckham?
TLR agrees to a golden parachute retirement on the condition Leury Garcia follows Don Kessinger as the second player manager in the history of the franchise.
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59 minutes ago, FoxForce2 said:
Seattle's Best is usually on some kind of sale in my area. Not a half-bad brew. I'm going with Dunkin for the most part though, both bean and ground.
I used to like Stewert's. I'd get a $4 can of it down here but then a few years ago it like tripled in price. It ain't *that* good...
When did we take the wrong turn?
in Pale Hose Talk
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I'll tell you exactly what the problem was: they couldn't leave well enough alone. Going into 2021 they were *set*. They had invested in great young talent, locked much of it up for future seasons, and that talent had arrived. They were ahead of the field and didn't need to do a freaking thing. All they needed to do was integrate the talent, get it on the field, and leave it there to cohere into whatever is was destined to become - and only *then* consider how to augment and fine tune it. They never gave that a chance to happen. When other teams made high profile acquisitions at the trade deadline the Sox just had make their own noise and that core never got a chance to really play together - a problem which was then exacerbated by the injuries and the decision to mix and match lineups both during the time they were shorthanded and after. The dream team never happened. It never had a chance.