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First Penn alumni since 1912 in World Series...Jake Cousins

Jake Cousins to close it out? Getz slight misfire there...how much cash did JR get back? Not enough to erase Maldonado. Lux's lack of stellar defensive instincts showing up as well this inning. Dodgers left two runners on third with one out in the late innings as well. Of course Edman and Ohtani due. Cortes and ex Sox Tim Hill warming.

Can't give Chisholm two easy stolen bases. Now three in one inning...latest by Volpe.

THernandez Muncy k*** W.Smith Lux due up...

Edman Kopech Kahnle...Sox fingerprints all over. Treinen slider vs. Judge coming.

Oops or nope...?

Edman just saved a run. 2-1 NYY lead on a massive Stanton homer that was higher than the light stanchions.

So much for the death of starting pitching Greg.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41989757/dodgers-jack-flaherty-attributes-velocity-dip-timing-issue Considering he's velo current #4 FA pitching option...not the greatest timing for Flaherty to lose velo

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-pistons-somehow-got-a-technical-foul-for-having-6-men-on-the-court/ar-AA1sOAMX?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Honestly...keeping Sizemore would probably poll as a more popular move with what's left of the fanbase than hiring Phil Nevin.

So that’s all any scuttle about the Jerry selling is gonna be: Leverage. You’ll miss me when I’m gone (to NASHVILLE, snort). Sure, if a megabillionaire wants to fly into Chicago and offer Jerry 150% of what the team is worth, covering what his family loses selling vs. inheriting his White Sox, sure, yeah, he might sell. He’s old, and his team is years away from getting back to the top of the division. Don’t let your anger toward Reinsdorf cloud what is a playbook move — if there’s been a move at all (don’t forget this is all tweet wrapped inside of a feeling in hearsay reporting at this point). Jerry may truly believe that the one thing that will outlive him isn’t Championship Plaza outside of the current park but The 78, a presumed marvel of locale and fan experience. And if we get past his enormous and offensive ask of a billion dollars from a state that can’t and shouldn’t afford it and recognize it as another negotiation ploy, Reinsdorf is probably right. The 78 would long outlive him or memories of 2005 (well, it would live until a new park in The 79 is built in 2080). https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/so-jerry-reinsdorf-is-going-to-sell-the-white-sox-and-lose-millions-for-his-family-and-send-a-125-year-old-team-to-nashville-of-all-places-at-the-same-time-he-s-building-his-sandlot-field-in-the-78-got-it/ar-AA1svY3o

Could that area near Kauffman and Arrowhead that had like a Red Roof Inn and a Taco Bell once upon a time look like a destination zone? Not likely. One of the reasons the Kansas side wants to start all over from scratch.

Player evaluation/scouting vs development/instruction...

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https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brebbjo01.shtml Forgot to include Brebbia being released and then going to the Braves, granted SSS

I mean...are they dynamic or athletic players who can run and throw exceptionally and flash at least 3/4 out of the five traditional scouting tools??? Or have the potential to at the very least? Projections...? Solid to above average hitter still might be a major victory for the Sox.

My biggest problem with Thorpe is the Padres have had a TON of pitching prospects go in and out of that system and none of the starters traded have done a thing but Gore and Quantrill and Weathers to a lesser extent... Gore was pretty much the equivalent of a Giolito, already a well known quantity, traded for one of the biggest stars in the game. Now the Pads have given up a helluva former bullpen of studs. Just not many starters have made it. (Ofc you can argue Thorpe is more a Yankees' prospect if that makes one feel better.)

Albeit with limited tools... If they signed a veteran in Adames Kim or Torres to lead the team and play SS...heck, someone exactly like Edman would be fine, because it better not to Amaya or Baldwin. But those guys all have too many better options. It's not going to be Soto or Alonso, that's for sure. There's just no way JR will spend the money for anyone beyond DeJong and Kevin Newman retread types that are well under $5 million. Lopez's $3.8 million seems like the ceiling here.

Beyond Vargas, they should also be studying the Burger/Eder trade, Santos to SEA, Fletcher instead of McCarthy and the process behind each one of these heretofore "bad" trades...trying to ascertain exactly where things went wrong in the evaluations. For example, Fletcher had more years of control and wasn't in ARB yet, was that the main factor...but why identify players already in their mid 20's when they will be well past their prime years of production when the team is next competitive again? Not trading with any other Central teams other than KC? How in God's name was that logical/reasonable...when the Sox won't be a factor in the division until at least 2027, and that's at the earliest, the way things are looking right now (barring another Skenes being available 1-1 in the 2026 draft)? And why bring back CLEVINGER when the entire goal the last two years was ridding the team of "bad influences/bad clubhouse/chemistry guys"?????

On paper, almost all of the Hahn moves at least MADE SENSE...you could at least understand the thinking behind them. Of course, he had Sale Quintana Eaton and Frazier/Robertson/Kahnle to trade off, two of them with friendly team-controlled contracts. And higher draft picks as well, compared to #10. What is the current value of Crochet and Robert right now compared to those four aforementioned trade packages above? 1/3rd? And then you have the fact that Minnesota, Cleveland, KC and Detroit are all currently better positioned than the Sox...maybe Minnesota will have to rebuild until/unless they get new ownership in the face of competition from those other three AL Central teams. And then you have a situation where the White Sox might end up producing the LEAST amount of money compared to even small markets like CLE and KC for their broadcasting rights.

Well, the only argument here left is gate keepers KW Getz Barfield and eventually Beckham played the sport professionally...compared to Hahn and Haber as ivory tower sons of privilege who have run off into hiding with their tails between their legs.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41986732/browns-sue-city-cleveland-seek-clarification-modell-law City will attempt to block Cleveland Browns from moving out of downtown area after 2028...team suing in return

What does our new Marine Corps guy have to say about all of this??? He's the director of leadership, culture and continuing education. This isn't a position that needs prior baseball experience at all.