The Mighty Mite

You hit the nail right on the head with JR, some give him a pass for 2005 and if the Sox hadn't won the World Series, JR would go down as the worst owner in the teams history. The man has alienated Sox fans on so many different occasions it's amazing that so many of us stuck have with the team.

No doubt that injuries have hurt but I have bigger issues with TLR. The man should have never been hired, I was against the signing from the get go. I'm not sure at his age if he man can relate to our guys, I'd love to see a younger guy at the helm. I'm also wondering if at 86 years old J.R might be losing it and running a baseball franchise is too much for him. What his thought process was in the hiring TLR would be interesing. The team since the mid point of 2021 is basically a .500 team and was a flop in the Playoffs as we watched TLR make a lot of bungling moves which had all of us scratching our heads. Living in Florida I watch a lot of Rays and Marlins games along with the Sox and to me when I watch the Sox there is something missing, I see a lot of bad fundamentals, I see dumb baseball and I see a team with no sense of urgency, I'm not sure these guys are as good as everyone and themselves think. A team just doesn't start playing winning baseball at the flip of a switch, you have to work at it and sometimes I wonder if the work ethic is there with them.

The Sox won thier last 10 games but could only pick up 3 games on the Yankees and finished 1 game out. I remember a glorious 4 game sweep over the Yankees in August, a Monday through Thursday series and old Comiskey was rocking.

Horlen was one of the best Sox pitchers ever but was number 1 in hard luck losses. I thought when he pitched the no hitter in September of 67 the Sox were on their way to the A. L. Pennant.

Outstanding pitching in 1967, led the league in ERA. If the Sox just had some hitting they would have won the pennant and still might have but in the last week the Sox lost 5 straight to the 2 worst teams in the league, the A's and Senators.

Had to be in 68 or 69, only 2 years they played together on the Sox. His best years were in 63 and 64, right after the Aparicio trade with the Orioles that brought him to the Sox, then the accident in 1965 that I mentioned in an earlier post hampered the rest of his career.

One of my favorites. A shame his career was never the same after sustaining back and neck injuries in an accident after a Blackhawk-Canadiens playoff game in April of 1965.

We pass by you when we go to the beach on Boca Grande.

I've been a White Sox fan since 1952 and forgotten more about the Sox than you will ever know and at 76 years old I have remarkable memory.

Exactly, maybe they're thinking Burger can handle 2B with Harrison on board as an insurance policy.

Robert is only going to get better. Question, taking hitting out of the equation, who is the better centerfielder, Engle or Robert?

Agree, if we get an upgrade at second base, a right fielder who can hit and field and a SP to fill Rodon's shoes, then we might be #2 in the Power Rankings.

That works for me, he has a good eye at the plate.

Wouldn't bother me to trade Moncada, his career has not progressed as well as we thought though he has turned into a fine third baseman.

Sheets and Vaughn are not right fielders, Vaughn is adequate in left. Leury should never play the OF, please Sox, sign someone to play right field that can field and hit and someone better thsn Harrison for second base, I'd rather see Leury at second. So far, the Sox have not made one trade that has improved the club. Sheets and Vaughn should be the DH's on a platoon basis.

Lopez was a great manager but really screwed up in the 59 Series, as did 3B coach Tony Cuccienello when in game 2 he sent Sherm Lollar home with the tying run in the 7th inning with no outs and slow Lollar was out by a mile, saw it person at old Comiskey.

Can't believe anyone would give that much money to a guy whose damaged goods.

This.

Exactly, who can relate to these people.

Putin is a KGB bully, he would love to see a rebirth of the USSR, this could be the start.

But it was Tom Seaver that got his 300th win. Do you remember slugger Roy Sievers who had 2 productive years with the Sox in 1960 and 1961.

I'm 76 and as traditional as can be but I am open to some things like a going to conferences with geographical divisions, I'd like a shorter season while adding to teams in the playoffs. I'm for the universal DH. I'd like expansion with 2 more teams for a total of 32 with 2 conferences made up with 2 divisions of 8 in each conference.

What a great story.