The Mighty Mite

The difference in ballparks has to be the reason they rated 1977 first, I didn’t know they used that in the calculation but based on just plain numbers I’ll still go with the 2000 team as the best hitting Sox team I have ever seen.

I don’t know how they came to those conclusions but just comparing the 1977 and 2000 team the 2000 team led 978 runs to 844 runs, had 216 home runs to 192 and team batting average was .286 to .278. Despite those stats I will agree that the first 4 months of 1977 was the most fun I’ve ever witnessed by a Sox team, old Comiskey was really rocking that summer but unfortunately that team had only fair pitching and the defense wasn’t great either. I wonder how the 2006 isn’t on that list either.

Probably the best hitting Sox team in my lifetime.

This day in White Sox fan history, yours truly married Mrs. Mighty Mite 54 years ago in 1969.

I’m sort of ancient and old school and still look at BA, Homers and Ribbies, lead the league in all 3 and you win the Triple Crown, I had to look up wRC+ and I’m still not sure what it means.

I’d stay with Vaughn and hope he gets better, he’s wasn’t horrible with 21 homers and 80 RBI, I was disappointed that he never figured out to lay off the low and away pitch, Robert early in the year was constantly striking out on the same pitch but he figured things out. As for Eloy, it’s time to say goodbye.

The whole organization is a mess, what does it say about things when Robert didn’t even know who the bench coach was, how does something like that happen.

My guess by the lousy job he did year is they wouldn’t want him back.

The more this jerk opens his mouth the more it confirms what an utter buffoon he is. If Getz only does one thing, it has to be getting rid of this cretin. I’ve never despised a White Sox manager as much as this guy.

One thing is that JR isn’t getting any younger and probably doesn’t want a full rebuild so maybe he will surprise us and sign the best free agents he can except of course for Ohtani, he won’t open up the checkbook that much.

Agree but how can this team get better, they only have a couple of players any other team would want, we might have to trade Robert where some team would overpay with good ballplayers to get him. The other solution is the signing of premier free agents but from what I’ve read there are slim pickings in the free agent market this year.

Not sure but one funny thing I remember is when Leo Durocher was hired by the Cubs in 1965 after the Cubs finished in 8th place that year, at his press conference when hired Leo stated that the Cubs were not at 8th place ball club, he was right on the money as the Cubs in 1966 finished in 10th and dead last in the NL with a record of 59-103.

It’s a start but keeping Grifol is a huge mistake.

Definitely something wrong and it makes you wonder if the hitting coach picked up on it.

I attended game 2 of the 1959 World Series with my favorite uncle who managed to get the tickets and my mother, to this day I can't figure out what possessed Cucinello to wave Lollar home especially as there were no outs, that was a huge game and I've always felt if the Sox had won that game they would have gone and won the Series.

I'm OK with Elvis but as only a backup, he finished pretty strong with a nice second half and one of the few players who busted his butt and showed like he cared.

I'm OK with TA playing second base.........in Oakland or Kansas City.

At the time I thought they would finish at 66-96 but they surprised us and finished even worse at 61-101, friggin 40 games under .500. Blow it up, I never want to see some of these clowns in a White Sox uniform again.

Pathetic.

The 70s were pretty bad, Sox and Cubs except for a couple of nice seasons were bad with no playoff appearances, the Hawks had a couple of trips to the finals in 71 and 73 but were really bad later in the decade and after many years of sellouts were drawing 10,000 a game, same with the Bulls. The Bears were horrible for most of the decade but made the playoffs IIRC in 77. Bottom line the 70s were the worst decade I can remember for Chicago sports teams with the Blackhawks in 71 the only season when any team came close to winning it all.

61-101

Too funny by Ozzie but close to the truth.

Or they keep him and pay him another 25 million in 2025.

I think he’s on the books for 24 million next year, that’s a lot of gelt for a guy that spends quite a bit of time on the IL.

I can believe that, Grifol is a jerk.