Everything posted by Texsox
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Thorpe season ending bone spur surgery in elbow
Ready by ST from an easy fix. Fans of championship organizations will feel optimistic and believe their superiority in everything will result in the best possible outcome. We know he'll never pitch again.
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The headline says it all...
I'll accept the premise that if a team is close to championship level promoting someone in house makes sense. (I'll disagree that the team was that close, but that's a different argument) Now that there are few, if any, players on the forty man roster that a championship team could be built around I believe a reevaluation of the GM position is warranted. Perhaps after this reevaluation JR may still believe Getz is the right guy (again I'll disagree) but at least it would mean a realization that it takes a different skill set to start from nothing versus starting with a championship core that needs just a little tweaking.
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2025/2026 College Football Thread
I've always said nobody cheers for the manager or head coach. I was wrong, after listening to him speak in person a few times I started paying attention to UTSA football. He's been an amazing recruiter and hell of a nice guy. Bonus he was a Texas High School coach.
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Fire Everyone Except Jason Gilliam
This is the feel good thread of this season.
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Column on the "strangeness"...
Paywall. I'm over my limit of free articles. It sounded interesting
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Fire Everyone Except Jason Gilliam
After a less than careful review of the Sox organization I can find only one guy that really stands out for consistently having his guys ready to win. They look confident, they look ready, and they deliver and that's due to the diligent efforts of Jason Gilliam, the visiting team clubhouse manager. Here's to you Jason! This season wouldn't be as memorable without your professionalism and attention to detail.
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Who is our ShortStop, right now?
He's just trying to get out of the house(s)
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Who is our ShortStop, right now?
Someone will volunteer as tribute
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Golf/PGA TOUR thread
Earlier this month one of my former players completed her first stage of Q School pre-qualifying for the LPGA Tour and is advancing to the finals. She'll either be on the Epson or LPGA tours. Another one of my former players is featured in the fall issue of the USGA Golf Journal for her work with adaptive golf (page 66) . It is such an obvious fit for her passion to help others and golf. https://golf.com/news/features/adaptive-golfers-more-competitive-opportunities-ever/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFhGRBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHS_dizLbONcnJSF_q_dIrDeyymEUfr-BTfuGfZeodwKya0j5XJgDvoEeRw_aem_rjdL7xd06bqcmeILh2wHDA
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Nicky Lopez placed on waivers
Exactly. Keeping guys who may be on the 40 man in 2026 healthy should be the priority while having short timers eating innings. There isn't any reason to even play this month, but they have to field a team. It's like the NFL pre season.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
I'd like to see the details and the assumptions in their models, wouldn't you?
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
Until you look down on the field.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
ROI. The return on investment for parking lots is relatively quick and they are easy to pivot and create a new development if necessary. Also no long-term expensive maintenance and upkeep. Attracting investors to buy land and make minimal improvements isn't as hard as finding investor money for a stadium.
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Robert
Absolutely correct. The only decision is when. I believe a GM might take a chance that the team's lack of success is the issue and that a rebound is highly likely. But even then no where near what we would have expected a couple years ago. Also the longer you wait to trade him the less time you have for any prospects to be MLB ready.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
We should remember that all sorts of incentives are given to "greedy mega developers" every day by local, regional, state, and federal governments. It all happens under the banner of economic development. With the revenue structure in baseball these stadiums are really just TV studios for an unscripted reality show.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
Agreed. But I'm not certain that even if it was a world series season, that the average taxpayer would support it. It also hurts that the majority of taxpayers aren't baseball fans and could easily think hey, we already have one team, do we really need two? Only baseball fans really understand.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
I think it's also the position of most voters.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
With the White Sox attendance trend could they partner with CPS and build a state of the art high school stadium and just share?
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Nicky Lopez placed on waivers
There are a bunch of guys eating innings so we don't rush anyone to Chicago before they are ready. Salaries are crazy the one year average is more than most people earn in a lifetime.
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Chet Lemon in bad shape from multiple strokes
I hate to hear that. I have some great memories of getting my driver's license and heading to games. He was the guy.
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Baby/Parenting Thread
Please let's keep it civil.
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Sox looking at building in South Loop
I get new and nicer but I'll be a little sad when the team moves. Although what happens to the Soldier Field site could change my feelings.
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Clevinger accused of Domestic Abuse again, while with Sox, by a different woman
Temporarily closed. Thank you.
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Clevinger accused of Domestic Abuse again, while with Sox, by a different woman
I believe there is a parenting subreddit y'all could argue these points. Let's get this back to the crap baseball player he was and how everyone in the organization who thought bringing him back was a good idea should be fired.
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8/26 - I just Googled it, and there's a game happening right now - Tigers (Buddy's Pizza) @ Sox (Vito & Nick's - change my mind)
I'm a general, universal, every franchise in baseball conversation. How bad of a mess does a GM have to inherit until he deserves a couple seasons to fix it?