Chicago White Sox

Harold certainly has his sources, but he also possesses some ridiculous biases and one of those is apparently hating Hahn beyond any rational level.

Wow, what an excellent, unbiased summary of the clusterfuck of this hire. Well done Passan.

Balta - this is far & away your best post ever

Talk about one big kick to the dick

Why not do both if possible?

I think Hahn needs to hold his ground on this. I personally think the pitching coach hire is the most important one because of the amount of young arms we’ll be relying on in the coming years. I definitely don’t want Don Cooper 2.0. As for the bench coach spot, we’ve got a golden opportunity to bring in a high potential candidate and let them learn in a low risk for a couple of years before being handed the reigns. It also adds another young coach that can help bridge the gap between 76 year old La Russa and our 20 & 30 year old players.

Apologies, I’ll stop with the commentary

Dumb post

If I’m Hahn, I’m pushing to keep Menechino, Coolbaugh, & Hasler in their current roles. I’d also be pushing for Zaleski as pitching coach and a younger guy of my choice as bench coach and future successor (Jirschele, Fuld, etc). That leaves the 1B & 3B coaching roles for Tony’s buddies. Seems like a fair compromise given how fucked Hahn got here.

It’s a multi year deal.

Keuchel got on Twitter and tweeted a “let’s go” more or less after Ricky was fired.

I’m really starting to worry that we’re going blow our chance to have an extended run. Either we’ll bring in way too many La Russa “guys” as our big offseason additions or Jerry will force Hahn to go “all-in” and trade young controllable pieces like Vaughn, Madrigal, Kopech, etc. for veterans.

I was hoping I’d be in better spirts after having a night to digest this, but honestly I feel like how La Russa looks in this picture right now

Good good would that be the worst possible hire

Then Hahn should simply leave. And with the Cubs job likely opening up, he may have a shot across town soon. Pretty shitty how Jerry has completely undermined him with this hiring.

You are insane

Talk about the owner making his GM look like a total asshole. What an absolute clusterfuck of a situation. Does La Russa even report up through Hahn or is he basically Rick’s peer?

There are a lot of things to worry about, but my god the thought of La Russa getting say on personnel decisions is a fucking nightmare. Sorry to be cold, but Jerry Reinsdorf can’t die soon enough.

To be fair he is a great father to the kids from his second marriage and is a huge support of light skinned animals

No way this could go wrong.

Which would 100% confirm that Jerry trumped the interview process and basically make Hahn look like a total asshole

It’s got pro’s and con’s. The people are nice, but totally different and not in a good way. The food has its positives, but the pizza sucks and they don’t know what a Vienna Beef dog is. That being said, the weather is amazing, it’s hillly / green, lots of cool bars / breweries, and way better taxes!

Hattie B’s is far & away the most popular, but Prince’s would also be a great choice.

Makes a ton of sense to be honest assuming he can be sent to AAA. We have a ton of 1B / DH types and OFs, but could use a veteran infielder waiting in the wings.

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