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Hosmer clearly the key, lol…

I was comparing to the equivalent of MSU/MI...not Cubs/Sox.

They all missed less games per season than TA7, Jimenez, Robert and Moncada in their Sox careers except Moncada is slightly ahead of Rowand and then Crede had one major injury (and not repetitive injuries over and over and over again) after his four most productive Sox seasons. If we keep adjusting for every day that Moncada and TA7 are missing in 2023, it gets even closer and closer. Fact, Herm Schneider had the least player days missed in the AL due to injury compared to every trainer in the AL in the 90s and 2000s. Meanwhile the three trainers since then have all been pretty abysmal and two have been dismissed or pushed out.

Maybe…if you look at that 2005 team Jenks, Crede and Rowand broke down fairly quickly. Dye was that same exact size when I saw him playing with Macon in 1994 and then the Royals. Pablo Ozuna had been popped in the minors. Hard to draw any conclusions. Guys like Everett, AJ, Konerko and Uribe pretty much maintained similar physiques and had relatively long/er careers. We know all about the positions of Thomas and Thome (2006 onwards) on the use of PED’s. Carlos Quentin would seem like a pretty obvious possibility because he was a really big dude…like Canseco…and he just completely fell apart due to the toll injuries and taking everything so hard psychologically (dealing with failure). Too cerebral and in his own head way too much.

Burger doesn't have enough lateral quickness/quick twitch reflexes for third... he certainly doesn't have the range and burst for second. Doesn't matter about his arm. He's also going to be in a world of hurt turning double plays and throwing across/against his body because he's lacking in overall athleticism. Jumping over base runners and/or deftly side-stepping them? No no no... can't do it.

2013 Hahn starts 2023 KW and Hahn both depart... ten years is more than enough evidence accumulating to make significant changes. A decade of all Sox fan lives is a pretty precious commodity that's being taken for granted.

Having an incredible breakout. Of course Cubs needed a better guy there than Michael Fulmer. That's not the guy who lives in the van down by the river with Chris Farley is it? Just remembered it was Daniel Norris lol. Heyward of all Dodgers with the key at bat of the game.

Mookie Betts at SS so Outman and Trayce Thompson can play RF and CF...never thought I'd be typing that about five years ago.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/michael-kays-excuse-for-stantons-lack-of-hustle-off-base/

See old Memorial Stadium in CLE, the "mistake by the lake."

James Outman announces he will never play for the Chicago White Sox (in the future) until/unless Rick Hahn is replaced as GM...

Going to have to be like the Cubs throwing "undervalued/buy low" veterans like Wisdom Bellinger (potentially undervalued long term but not cheap), Mancini Hosmer Barnhart etc., at the problem. That's unfortunately much harder to do with veteran pitching due to cost the scarcity of high quality arms that go unsigned late.

White Sox lose Ethan Katz to ___?___ PAC Ten or SEC baseball program...

Now you can do one for Greg about his views on souvenirs/concession/parking prices, having a beer with Ozzie and the 2005 team at Applebee's in Lawrence, Chicagoland high school memories vis a vis the current diminished state of Catholic school education, the Royals and "lift and pull" corpseball....add the TA7 and now Burger to catcher schtick in there as well. Oh, haircuts during Covid, encountering "interesting" strangers in the Subway sandwich line...Covid policies in general. That's a wide breadth of material to cover, but ChatGPT4 can surely handle it.

Now you've gone and done it... Ron and KyYle and about 4-5 others will descend like locusts. The saddest thing about this season isn't being proven right about Hahn...it's just that ONCE AGAIN we have to watch other teams in baseball to actually experience high-quality baseball. I honestly don't know if we would be in much better shape had we retained TLR, but it's hard to imagine things being much worse, especially the future outlook and exactly where the heck do they go from here. And my prediction has been fulfilled at 3-2-1....just like clockwork.

Dodgers starting Luke Williams at SS instead of the rumored Mookie Betts insertion there...that would have been something to watch. Obviously has played 2B much more recently at the big league level.

It didn't even look or sound real, it looked like it was written by Boyer, his family or a PR agent/agency. Trading for All-Star outfielder Jimenez didn't make sense since he was in the minors...I guess he'd played already in the Futures Game at that point, but obviously not an MLB All-Star (yet). Overlooked the entire FA record and the last two deeply disappointing offseasons, as well as the failures to sign Machado, Harper and Wheeler (leading to the fallback of Keuchel), among a thousand different smaller sins. (Surprised it didn't not how many of those first round draft picks made the big leagues...conveniently overlooking how many became significant long-term contributors with the White Sox.) Nothing about Brian Ball and the "swept under the rug" lawsuit, either.

Or Max Muncy in LA...

Except negotiating with Lucas TA7 Cease Kopech isn't nearly as easy as those original team friendly overtures. And Vaughn over half the fan base would be against a long term deal. Just like other division teams couldn't get Berrios and Guardians now with Bieber. Worked out better for Minny... arguably.

If only we had mid to late 90s Ventura back...

4. Twins (11-7 record, 1st in AL Central) "What’s different: Pitching. After posting a 3.98 ERA and 22.1 strikeout rate in 2022, Twins pitchers have the second-lowest ERA (2.69) and lead the Majors with a 29.1 strikeout rate in 2023. Pablo López, Sonny Gray and Joe Ryan have been a three-headed rotation monster while the bullpen has the fifth-lowest ERA (2.77). Challenge ahead: Keeping Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa healthy. It’s no secret that those two players are the driving star-level players the Twins need to get back to the playoffs. To their credit, the Twins have gotten off to this strong start despite both of them performing well below their career norms so far. Why it can stick: Their pitching looks legit and sustainable. López has a sizable velocity bump and a filthy new sweeper. Gray is bombarding opposing hitters with nasty breaking balls. Ryan’s new splitter has perfectly complemented his fastball and sweeper. Jhoan Duran and Jorge López have headlined a deep and dominant bullpen." mlb.com

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36234065/fernando-tatis-jr-san-diego-padres-players-mlb-return-peds

Congratulations to Brian Anderson, the one-time White Sox center fielder, who has returned to the Chicago area as an assistant baseball coach for Northwestern University...

Maeda's probably due to an IL trip after getting drilled on the ankle.