The Mighty Mite

The Pythagorean for the 2025 Sox was 71-91, there’s a chance the 2026 Sox come close to 80 wins, I think 75 wins is about right but I really think we got a nucleus of guys who really think they can win, they just might really surprise everybody this year.

I would love to know how Ishbia feels about Getz. Would he keep Getz and company on board if he became owner much earlier than expected. My guess is that if the Sox show some real improvement here in 2026, Getz would stay around in an Ishbia regime.

True, a half year does not make a career. From what I saw last year was his fielding was damn good, better than I thought. He has excellent power but the thing that he needs is to be is more consistent, he was very streaky. I don’t expect him to be a 40 homer a year guy but 25-30 a year would be about right with 80-90 RBIs and an OPS of .800+. As good as he was last year playing shortstop, I think eventually he winds up at third base.

If the Sox move to Indiana they might as well move to Nashville. How many fans would attend games that live north of Madison Ave?

I really don’t know what to expect this year, I think the nucleus of Monty, Teal, Meidroth, Vargas and Quero will only get better but the pitching is a question mark, I hope Murakami is in for a big year but again I don’t know what to expect. We still don’t know where Sosa is going to play. I don’t think they will lose 100 games again, if things really go well I can see 75 wins but if things turn sour it’s more like 65 wins.

In my youth in the 50s and 60s the upper deck was closed just about every weekday and only open on the weekends.

You are so right, growing up in the 50s and even in the 60s, Wrigley was just another ballpark as was Fenway, they were considered no better than Ebbets Field or Crosley Field or Yankee Stadium and on and on, no one raved about them. If you asked people in Chicago back in those days most would have said Comiskey was the better ballpark, a lot of us thought Wrigley was sort of a joke with power alleys that were only 365 feet.

Something I’ve thought about, 2 very important things have happened in the last 40+ years that has affected the plight of the White Sox. 1. Wrigley Field has become a National Landmark and the Cubs are the darlings of Chicago baseball. 2. Because of JR the White Sox are now a laughing stock and the fan base has shrunk. There’s been other issues, but these 2 to my thinking have put us where we are today. Before these 2 things happened, attendance for the 2 Chicago franchises down through the years were just about even with spurts for the Cubs in the 1930s and the White Sox in th1950s up until 1966. On any other given year before the 1990s the team that had a better year for the most part outdrew the other team, so Comiskey's location didn’t hurt the Sox that much. There is not a damn thing that the White Sox can do about Wrigley Field. What the Sox must do with new ownership is to build a consistent winning team that would build up the franchise to acceptable levels were they would draw around 2 million a year and when they are competitive draw close to 3 million, they can’t continue to be competitive once every 10+ years or so and can’t make it out of the first round of the playoffs, they won’t build the fan base that way. The Sox are like the Mets and the Angels, they will be the second team in their respective cities and there probably isn’t anyone alive that will see that change. The difference is the Mets and Angels still have decent fan bases as they have larger populations to draw from than the Chicago area has. New York has 15 million, LA has 12 million while Chicago is about 9.5 million. Bottom line on all this is that a new Sox ballpark without a decent fan base isn’t going to matter whether it’s built at the 78 or 35th and Shields, at this point I’m OK with either location.

Love that photo of old Comiskey, the Palace would still be with us if the Comiskey family had the money that Wrigley had, Wrigley Field down through the years was maintained better than any of the old ballparks that were built in the early 20th century, that’s why along with Fenway it’s still standing.

Somewhere in the middle of the Metro area like where the Eisenhower and 294 meet. The thing about the 78 though close to the loop is that there is an infrastructure problem, it would be great if you’re taking public transportation to get there but driving there would be a nightmare.

I’m really old school and the only reason I would go to old Comiskey or the new ballpark was to see White Sox baseball and always thought that Comiskey was easy to get to either by car or public transportation, nothing else like restaurants or entertainment venues mattered, we were there for Baseball. Our last 25 years in the Chicago were spent in western DuPage county which was a drive but the White Sox or Blackhawks didn’t tell me to move there. I truly think there are more than a few better places in the metro area than the 78 including 35th and Shields.

What am I missing here, Hicks is 17-35 lifetime with a 4.41 ERA. Never had a season with a winning, we did the Carmines a big favor.

I’m not sure the Sox mis-managed Robert, there was something missing with the guy just like Moncada, Robert seemed like he was averse to making changes with his struggles with the bat, then there was his injury prone problem. I’ll miss his glove (IMO best Sox centerfielder ever) but really nothing else.

It’s hard to believe there’s not a place to play for a guy that led the team in homers and RBIs on a team that lost over 100 games again, I think Sosa is a potential 30 homer guy. If he stays someone has to go, Benintendi is the obvious choice but the Sox would probably have to pay part of his salary and that is against everything JR stands for.