MiddleCoastBias

We are nothing if not consistent.

Remember when Sammy Sosa was chasing the single season HR record and there were a bunch of "HR tracker" boards around town and hanging off apartment balconies, etc? I propose the banner is used as our shutout tracker on our march into the record books.

Thank you for some perspective. It's "fun" to watch the new levels of futility we're sinking to every day and setting new records of *bad*, but that only goes so far. We need something to look forward to, even if we have to squint to see the positives coming a in a few years.

He made his money. He had a fine career. He got an extra shot to play in the bigs that he made not have had otherwise. You say poor Shaw, I say poor us. https://youtu.be/lZxI7JKvNn0?si=zCRTNuCm4jhVh2HH

Update: White Sox 16, Mookie Betts 17.

Follow-up factoid related to the White Sox team having scored 16 runs as a team... Mookie Betts has also scored 16 runs thus far this season.

Personally, I'd rather just call up Brett Phillips. Sure, he swings a wet noodle of a bat, but so does everyone else on this team. The guy is FUN. He's a fan favorite in every other city, he plays great defense, and seems like a fun teammate for others to be around. We aren't winning games. We aren't going to score runs. You want veteran leadership to change the culture of this team? Brett Phillips can have a much bigger impact on this team than any other journeyman we think can be a bandaid for this team.

Before I can say it'll be 20 years, we have to see what happens with the next ownership group. I agree that this is going to be a long seven years or so until the new stadium gets built (assuming that happens!), and then I feel like 2030 will have a wide-open outlook. Not saying 2030+ will be great, just that we're definitely going to see different people running it, so at least we have that to look forward to.

After already seeing a couple 10+ consecutive batters retired, I'm more curious how many times we'll be no-hit this year. I'd set the line at 1.5 and lean to the over.

Reminds of that "I've got a dollar!" on a fishing pole insurance commercial from awhile back

I'm of two minds here: 1. I can't wait to be rid of him and 2. He might actually turn into a great reliever. I look at Liam Hendriks as an example and how god awful he was as a starter between MIN, KC, and TOR with an ERA+ of like 70 and a FIP close to 6 for four years. Toronto decides to bring him back and turn him into a reliever, focus his energy on just max effort for a short run. Like a bulldog with horse blinders on. Kopech is worth nothing to anyone as a starter anymore - he is what he is at this point. But I can squint and see the talent, MAYBE we can get that bulldog 9th inning out of him and he can turn his career around.

Hey, they're also unable to stream all of the spring training games online for *reasons*, remember?

With this team, we can create about 10.

4D CHESS. WE'RE BACK, BOYS

With Cease scheduled to pitch today, we get the rare Spring Training dugout #hugwatch usually reserved for the trade deadline.

Well in some positive news, Ramos looks like a dude

Needs more beard that he added this year

That's fair. But if I can watch every single one of my 10 year old nephew's games on a live webcast, you'd think a Major League franchise should do the same.

Minor pet peeve that always gets to me: when someone takes a photo of a two-dimensional subject (usually a TV screen but in this case the lineup card) at an angle instead of head-on. Anyway, go Sox I guess.

The Village of a Bedford Park Park

I never got to experience it but I assumed that was a reference, yeah. Also reminds me of Philadelphia. Thought how cool this moment would have been with us and then I made myself feel bad again.

I was on this same side until I saw that photo from inside the stadium. The three-tiered/stacked RF bleachers looks really cool. I'm still leery of what the pretty pictures may turn into once the pencils need to be sharpened, and fear that green space turns into characterless concrete, but I'll hold out hope.

Can you expand on this Miami Dolphins ownership group thing? I'm entirely unfamiliar with them (aside from the allusions to the owner of Related Midwest being an international criminal). Are you suggesting that partners in this development deal may also be lining up for the possible team sale/purchase?

I don't want to be a buzzkill but it's kind of underwhelming, once I get over the initial excitement? Like, the renderings look... good, not great? And then also consider that what we see in the renderings vs. what we actually get is usually way less exciting (go back and look at what the new Rangers stadium was supposed to be). It doesn't look like much outfield seating and no outfield terrace. And the terraced steps outside left field looks like an awful waste of space. I do think the concourse outside of centerfield could be really cool with restaurants etc, especially if they can get a permit to enclose the area and make it open container.

The feeling is mutual.