The Mighty Mite

We will never see another 300 game winner, Kershaw might have a chance.

Things have really changed, I remember in 1959 Billy Pierce pitching 16 innings in a game that went 18 innings in Baltimore and ended in a 1-1 tie because of curfew laws. Juan Marichal once went 18 innings in a game he won 1-0. Guys like those 2 and Gibson, Jenkins, Koufax and Drysdale were always throwing complete games and on 3 days rest. Now we get 5 innings from starters and think thats great.

I disagree on Cooper, he wore out his welcome. As far as Katz, I'm not sure if he is the answer either.

Where's Rick Renteria these days?

Exactly, thats a 16 million dollar gamble.

We had that little streak at the end of the season but the rest of the second half wasn't the stuff Champions are made of. 1st half 54 -35 2nd half 39-34

Anytime you win the division you did something special and I'm happy for that but something happened after the All Star break and I wish I were an expert and could analyze exactly why they were so mediocre in the second half and really outclassed by the Astros in the playoffs.

Too early to give up on Eloy but he sure didn't live up to expectations, could be he wasn't 100% coming back from the surgery, I don't think Robert and Grandal were 100% either.

I won't watch the Astros-Red Sox and hope the NL Champs beat crap out of the AL Champs.

Pretty please, NO.

Exactly, they lost Glasnow to TJS and traded Snell and let Morton walk. Thats 3 quality pitchers that were missing on the 2021 playoff roster.

Me too, i remember pulling so hard for them in the 67 and 75 World Series.

For sure.

I've noticed that too, these are the playoffs, unless they are hurt there has to be more hustle.

When looking at population you have to look at the Metro area and while the city has lost residents the Metro area has not. When I was growing up in the 50s the city's population was 3.6 million and the metro area was a little over 5 million. Now the city is at 2.7 million but the metro area is just under 10 million, still 3rd largest in the nation. The White Sox aren't moving anywhere when the lease is up except maybe a new stadium close to downtown.

Gotta hold em.

The way the Sox played in the second half, no one should be surprised by this for shit performance in this series.

How about 2 or 3.

Simply unbelievable, TLR has lost it.

Just take 1 game at a time, all you can do.

They dumped on Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall right in the middle of the celebration, called them scumbags.

40 years of blunder after blunder. Reinsdorf and Einhorn showed what classless jerks they were on the night the Sox clinched the Western Division in 1983.

I agree, we could say "where's the beef".

If we lose in 3, 4 or 5 games or even come back and win, there are some issues with the team 1. TLR was not the answer as manager, this was a mediocre team after the All Star break with a lot of questionable moves by LaRussa which has continued in the first 2 games against the Astros. We won the division in spite of bim. Hiring him was another bad move by Reinsdorf in a long list of many. 2. We need a rightfielder who can hit and hit with power. Sheets and Vaughn could be the answer but their defense is the problem. I love Engel but only as the 4th outfielder. Scroll down, I messed up as I'm getting old. 3. We need a second baseman, are there any Altuve clones avaiable, Luery and Hernandez are not the answer. 4. We need another starting pitcher, maybe 2 as Rodon is injury prone and Kuechel really regressed, hopefully Kopech and Lopez can fill the void. 5. I have concerns about Eloy, maybe the injury screwed things up things with him and he comes back strong next year. 6. Catching is a problem, Grandall is no Officer Karkovice defensively plus we need a better backup guy, an ideal situation is signing a guy who would take over the catching duties with Grandall the backup which would also free him up as the main DH. 7. The bullpen needs 1 or 2 more reliable guys especially if Kopech becomes a starter. 8. Abreu is no spring chicken, he will need more rest next year, Grandall could spell him more at first with Jose DHing. 9. What happens to Jake Burger, he's ready to play in the Majors. I wasn't a big Moncada fan in the past but his defense was outstanding so do the Sox trade Burger? Can he play second, probaby not. What could we get for him maybe in a package with Vaughn as I think we should keep Sheets. I expect a busy off-season if Hahn looks at things honestly and hasn't fallen in love with his players and is wearing blinders.

The Madrigal trade will go down as one of the worst in White Sox history. I hated it when it went down and nothing has changed.