The Mighty Mite

Dehydration for Diaz, your old pro was right.

Has he started his rehab in Charlotte yet?

One thing about the Rays and Sox through the years, regardless of where they are in the standings, the games are always grinders with hardly ever a blowout.

Sheets!

I’m guessing Diaz has a heat exhaustion problem, not hydrating enough? I’ve experienced it while playing golf in the hot Florida summers, not fun.

Burger looking good at the hot corner.

Robert really seems disinterested.

And it wound up in Ocala. Is Jason auditioning for a comedian on a cruise ship?

Robert needs a day off.

C’mon Jason, the Atlantic Ocean? Maybe the Gulf.

I wonder how many more seats the Rays could have sold today but they made a decision to not sell seats in the upper deck a few seasons ago. The official capacity of the Trop is now 25,000 and some change as the Rays thought that only selling seats in the lower level and club level would make the Trop a more intimate setting.

JR and company, who else. The original park was as sterile as an OR.

Robert doesn’t have a clue.

#%^#$@*# clouds.

Does Eloy think it’s really cool to wear your hat like someone who belongs to a gang? At least he remembered how to hit home runs.

Yep, the Blackhawks of the 1960’s were really something special, original 6 Hockey at its best, the rivalries were intense, we fans knew every player in league as there were no helmets or masks. Every game was like a playoff game. Blackhawk tickets were like gold but somehow someway we always found a way to get in to a game at the Madhouse on Madison. In 1963 and 64 while still in high school my best buddy and I bought season tickets for the last 7 games of the regular season that insured us playoff tickets of course at 1.5 times the price of regular season games. We always had dates on Friday night as Saturdays nights were reserved for Hawk games on WGN, most of the time from Montreal or Toronto.

That would be Charlie Montoyo who also managed the Blue Jays, the Sox probably hired him as an insurance policy if Grifol turned out to be a complete disaster. I’m not blaming Grifol yet, he’s got a roster full of un-inspired under performing stiffs.

Exactly, so typical, what a clown show.

Right on all counts plus they had great pitching and defense, they also had the best Sox manager of all time in Al Lopez but he made a big mistake in not giving giving Billy Pierce a start in the Series, I know he didn’t want to start a lefty in the Coliseum with the short left field which was only 250 feet down the line, game 2 at Comiskey should have been Billy’s start then Shaw in game 3 in LA, Wynn again in game 4, Donovan in game 5, Shaw or Pierce in game 6 back at Comiskey and Wynn for game 7.

Still my favorite Sox team even though they didn’t win the World Series like 2005 but these were my boyhood heroes and of course Nellie Fox was my favorite, I cried the day he died at the young age of 47 and again when he finally made it into the Hall of Fame. I was very fortunate to attend game 2 of the World Series at the young age of 13.

Why would they be lucky, they have basically been in the same division and except for 2005 and a couple more years have been basically a failure with Cleveland and Minnesota having better track records.

I’ve been a Sox fan since 1952 and because of 42 years under the pathetic ownership of Reinsdorf I’m very close to giving up on the team that has been part of my DNA all these years. So many great memories but a lot more heartache, at 77 years old, I’ve had just a few too many heartaches. My only hope is that JR sells very soon, like maybe tomorrow. Living in Florida now for 30 years my ties to Chicago are gone so why follow teams from a city that I don’t care for anymore, I still have some love for the Blackhawks but not much, I haven't cared about the Bears and Bulls for decades. I’ve become quite a fan of the Rays and Lightning, these are 2 great franchises especially the Lightning who have the best owner in pro sports, in fact the Lightning was voted the best franchise in pro sports a couple a years ago. The Rays probably have the smartest people in the front office in MLB, what they have done since 2008 with a small payroll is remarkable. So far in 2023 because of the Rays great start this year the vibe in the Sunshine State is the most I’ve ever seen for them, I can tell by the attendance, normally last nights game with Sox would have drawn about 10,000 but 18,000 showed up, their last home stand they drew quite well, not great but for the Rays pretty good. If the Rays keep playing like they have and the Sox continue playing like crap, don’t be surprised if they outdraw the Sox this year. So back to the Sox, last night was a perfect example of how bad this team is. They had a chance especially with Robert at the plate a couple times to put the game out of reach. You knew somehow, someway the bullpen would blow the game. One thing I’ve noticed is guys like Robert, Vaughn and Eloy is that with their open stances is that they continue to have trouble with balls on the outside corner and have trouble hitting the ball to the opposite field, 4 of our guys last night who have square stances got hits to the opposite field, those being Benintendi, Grandal, Burger and Sosa, why aren’t our guys making adjustments, opposing pitchers keep throwing breaking pitches on the outside corner to Robert and Eloy and all they do is strike out or hit weak grounders, Eloy got a pitch that he could handle and hit it in the seats but the way things are going he won’t get many too many more pitches to hit, just a steady diet of breaking balls low and away. Where and what is the hitting coach doing about this or are especially Robert and Eloy too stubborn to make adjustments. Second base and right field continue to be a problem though it’s too early to say Colas and Sosa aren’t the answer. Another thing, IMHO the hiring of TLR was one of the most detrimental events in the history of the franchise, it affected the whole organization from many in the front office to the players and to the fans and threw the rebuild into shambles. The players knew that TLR was past his prime and out of it and just stopped performing to their capabilities after the 2021 All Star game, in one way it doesn’t say much about them as players but we really don’t know what went on behind the scenes. Another thing is some of our guys are plain flawed, some with constant injuries, some are meant to be a DH with no business playing in the field and some that are just not smart ballplayers and 1 or 2 just don’t give a damn.

Harold Ramirez can hit.

Not sure but back in 1959 the Sox scored 11 runs in one inning on 1 hit with a bunch of walks and a few errors.

I’m in shock.