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The true turnaround of the franchise doesn't happen without a new stadium and $200+ million payrolls....

Former Sox pitcher/property Shane Drohan on the mound... part of that massive off season trade with Red Sox On December 6, 2023, the Chicago White Sox selected Drohan from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft.[7] On February 22, 2024, Drohan underwent a nerve decompression procedure on his left shoulder,[8] and was placed on the 60–day injured list to begin the season.[9] On June 9, Drohan was activated from the injured list and subsequently designated for assignment.[10] On June 12, Drohan was returned to the Red Sox organization.[11] In 2024. between four minor league teams he was 2-0 with a 7.71 ERA .[6]

Most would hire former jock and Playgirl model Steve Stone to manage their investments...Zuckerberg getting bullied in youth dodgeball stereotypes only get you so far. Gus Johnson, for example, is also a big geek, but he's fine as a play by play guy for three different sports.

We have a huge Mariners fan here on this board. That's simple. You have an abundance of pitching and the 1/2/3 farm system in all of baseball...yet still can't get past .500ish Houston and Texas. Safeco is the toughest environment for hitters ... so you're going to have trade for or draft or overpay to sign Japanese players like Sato to add them to that offense. Naylor was a huge fail, Raleigh slumped miserably and Julio Rodriguez hasn't hit like a superstar for three years now. Suarez wasn't the solution last year. 80% of the focus has to be on finding great young hitters. Just like the White Sox have the opposite problem...80% of their focus has to be on the pitching side to balance out the team.

Do you hire nerds/geeks/dorks to manage your investments or the typical high school QB/cheerleading captain? 80% would go with the former. But Benetti also has CP, so it's not like it is his fault he has had to overcome a disability. In that sense, I would stand with him against Brooks Boyer, Hahn, Getz.

There's nothing wrong with Comerica. Tigers' attendance has been better than the Sox for the most part over the last twenty plus years. Even the Royals are moving away from their miles of parking lots to a built in entertainment/shopping district oriented around Crowne Centre.

SoxTalk for free could/would have told them that...initial reaction was 80-85% against the trade.

Most neutral Midwesterners will cheer for Brewers. It's not like Milwaukee is in the AL still. At least 50% of White Sox fans can at least sympathize going 78 years without a WS title in terms of CLE When a team beats you twice now you owe them some level of respect ... and self reflection for why you're not there Cubs' fans that knocked them out a decade ago might have some empathy And admiration towards their organization for getting the most out of every $$$ and every player/coach/staff member

TB was over $40 million in that R&D Twitter post

Hiring from outside? Brian Bannister Watson Jin Wong Jirschele's son Grifol there are two more i'm forgetting Doug Sisson maybe advice from Dayton Moore He basically brought over half the staff of the Royals...

Okay WEddy let's hear your insightful ideas on what the Padres could/should have done to be even more successful as a franchise, as the smallest market franchise in the NL West by far???

Seems he was more amped up to face the White Sox. Night games more electric, plus deciding G5 and coming back from 2-0 deficit against divisional rival that he hadn't recorded a win against all season long. Entire baseball world watching as well.

Whatever ththe want to call him... 5-1 streak now Kwan has misplayed a couple of balls against Diaz but records the final out Sox fans getting more annoyed, not that they had the pitchers to pull this off

4/5 final playoff teams there in the Bot 7 then you have the Cubs/Red Sox ownership groups driving their fanbases crazy Pirates and Marlins the most criticized for not spending...Reds are up there too

Shadows too tough now... CLE exposing some TB offensive weaknesses.

Guardians still have to get through G4 without one of their two aces on the mound. TB likely to go with Nick Martinez. Ball high. Wrong call. 0-1/0-2 count hard to fight back from. Milwaukee still the clear favorite.

2009 last WS win for NYY Only four years removed from Sox 2005. Getz has been left with bottom 5 payrolls to work with, hamstrung by JR's debts and penurious ways...owner more concerned with profitability than winning the AL Central since 2020-21. Suffered by association with Hahn's bloated/inefficient 2021-23 spending.

You can report your fellow poster for casting aspersions on any expat living in China while you're at it...seems like a bit of a double standard that this has been brought up repeatedly. 1600 is the one who has nationalized over 30 companies/industries and intervened in a plethora of markets.

Halpin from the heart of Silicon Valley, prep bat High School St. Francis (Mountain View,CA) Drafted/Signed 2020-3-95-Cleveland Indians Signing Bonus $ 1,525,000

Fair enough. But a certain someone's husband mysteriously spent 6-8 years in the political capital of China, aka Beijing. Also HQ for the Chinese version of the CIA just down the street from Tiananmen Square. Who is HIS leader, lol?

Guardians score first... TB has their work cut out for them today against the Big Rig.

So did Sheets in SD. Burger has basically been about the same. Romy Gonzalez before he got hurt in Boston. Alex Call has gone on to have a solid/workman-like career. McCarthy has had 2 of 3 really good seasons...Mena and Dominic Fletcher haven't been heard from since. Was that Barfield or Getz though? Bigger/long term picture, Marcus Semien and Tatis went on to become MVP candidates with other teams. Otoh Vargas is the closest since Quentin in 2008 to doing the same (MVP candidate) from outside the organization. Turned out not to be sustainable due to injuries and just being too hard on himself...didn't have e the same psychological coping mechanisms as Konerko.

His style does work better for basketball and football. Still working on spinning those baseball stories into a broadcast like a Scully, Harwell or Eucker, rather than trying to entertain and be a comedian with his 80s and 80s jokes and array of cultural references.

"One message I thought was really well received on my end: A lot of people that followed the White Sox or tracked the White Sox, they really felt there was a team within our clubhouse; how they went about their business, how they played for each other. It was really giving us credit for helping the game, helping the game of baseball and the industry," he said. How do you sustain or replicate that from one year to the next?

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