Lip Man 1

Until JR is no longer in charge, until new individuals with no connection to the "family" are in charge of the baseball side of the operations things will always be done in a manner that seems to literally contradict what the name of the game is...to win. JR wants to win, badly, I've met him twice in passing and he seems like a nice person who has done a lot of good from a charitable standpoint. BUT... He wants to win HIS WAY, with his ideas of a salary structure, his ideas of what agents he wants the franchise to deal with, his way when it comes to dealing with the media (which like it or not is the bridge between the team and the fan base) and his way when it come to loyalty and accountability. His "philosophy" has filtered down through the organization because the people in key positions are all loyal to him and have shown an unwillingness to rock the boat. I understand that position certainly but it just reinforces the idea that nothing will really change until he is gone...until then you are simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Sometimes its your year, that's the way it went a lot of times for the Sox in 2005, now Cleveland is reaping the same good fortune.

My philosophy regarding pitching, starting pitching especially today is you damn well better have not five but SIX guys you can rely on since sooner or later someone is going to get hurt or go into a bad slump. Even better is to have a seventh guy stashed away in Charlotte (a rookie).

DVS of the Sun-Times is a Sox fan and you can tell by his writing this year he's as frustrated and tired of the nonsense as all of us. An example tonight: "There was no choice but to trudge forward, even with a rotation blowing tires as the team takes the final lap of an enormously disappointing season fraught with injuries. Heaping one more on the pile seemed fitting."

How much could gaining 20 pounds of muscle impact his mechanics?

Wouldn't it be nice if the Sox had this type of team instead on one who can't play hard because (heaven forbid) they may get injured yet again: “They’re a very athletic club they’re really good defensively, they play smart and have a really good bullpen,” Sox coach Jerry Narron said. “They don’t hit the ball out of the park but they generate runs going first to third, scoring from first on a double because they’re so athletic. We were talking about the Guardians lineup and they run out the same lineup every day.”

Cleveland wins on a wild pitch. Typical. They've got the magic touch this year, the baseball gods have spoken.

32nd game this season the Sox lost to a team with a losing record. And it is the 71st time in 145 games they have scored three runs or less.

The Sox post their third consecutive winning season but miss the playoffs in what was supposed to be a legit World Series possibility this season.

Sox love playing shorthanded!

I would not be surprised shortly after this season ends the Sox announce he is going to have surgery on the wrist/hand. Which if memory serves would be the second serious injury to that part of his body requiring surgery (his thumb being the other one)

They were the same way with his "lightheadedness' For weeks they were as confused it seems as the fan base.

Some very interesting comments along these lines in DVS story today at the Sun-Times: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2022/9/15/23355103/tony-la-russa-doesnt-travel-with-white-sox

Well they still are breathing, that's something I guess. They did play very well today though.

Just another frustrating player who simply can't stay healthy.

My advice is to take care of yourself, and hope to be around to witness new ownership.

Just now received an e-mail from the Sox promoting Diamond Suites for the 2022 postseason. Get yours now! ?

Just FYI, Cito Gaston later said that the Blue Jays knew exactly what Jack and Alex were throwing because they were tipping their pitches. Something Gene Lamont and the Sox coaching staff never picked up on. In that series the Jays beat Jack and Alex each time while losing every other game to Sox starters not named Jack and Alex. When I interviewed Jack I asked him about tipping pitches and he said it was possible and he also said the Jays were one of the best teams in the league at stealing and relaying signs.

As has been widely reported and JR has said himself, he's not selling and has told his family when he dies to sell the Sox and keep the Bulls.

Why should you expect anything different from this organization? I know some fans were saying months ago the Sox were going to use injuries as an excuse. All teams have injuries, the Dodgers if I remember right, have lost more potential positive WAR to injuries this year to anyone, Tampa had the second most WAR loss in a story I saw last month. They both are making the playoffs anyway. The Sox have actually been good at a few things under this ownership...disappoint their fan base, make excuses and blame said fan base (and the media) for their issues.

I guess the good news is that should they lose Thursday, everyone and his brother will finally realize this season is over. The question then will be, what will the organization do about it in the off season?

Anything is possible but it would be way out of character for him in my opinion.

When the Sox look back on this season they may notice how badly they played against really bad teams...some awful ones in fact. As of right now they have lost 31 games to teams with a losing record on the season. 31. All teams will lose games from time to time against bad teams, but man 31 of them (and the season isn't over... on paper anyway) is just a killer.

ALL teams had injuries and ALL teams went through a shortened spring training although I've interviewed a lot of guys who have told me spring training is to long anyway, those are simply excuses for an inept, dysfunctional and incompetent organization.

I wouldn't be surprised if he has some sort of wrist surgery in the off season.