The Mighty Mite

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One of the classiest guys ever to be associated with the White Sox besides being a very good GM. What an amazing job he did improving the 1971 White Sox by 23 games as the 1970 team lost the most games in Sox history and then almost winning the Division in 1972, if Melton hadn't hurt his back the Sox probably would have won the West. May he rest in peace.

That's been going for a long time, we need new ownership who will run the White Sox like the big market franchise they are meant to be.

I'm fine with Leury returning, he's a good guy to have around as long as he's not out there everyday especially in the outfield.

I tend to agree with you, though he had one of the greatest seasons in Sox history in 1972, I had issues with Allen quitting on the team in 1974 and as also didn't like it when as a favor we carried his brother Hank on the roster who was a complete waste so he would qualify for his MLB pension. When I think of him as a Hall of Famer I'm on the bubble but then I think if Santo is in the HOF then Allen should be in but then again if I could vote, I would take Billy Pierce over Allen.

Actually the Aparicio trade helped the Sox come with their 3 best consecutive years in Sox history when they won 94 games in 1963, 98 games in 1964 and 95 games in 1965. If we had the wild card back then the Sox would have made the playoffs all 3 years plus a few more times in the 1950s.

Nellie was traded in the twilight of his career but I was still very sad when it happened. Minnie, Aparicio and Baines were traded when they were still in their prime and the trades were hard to swallow.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day and hopefully this time next year we will be giving thanks for a White Sox World Series Championship.

Exactly, the Rays will trade him half way through the contract in a salary dump, maybe sooner.

Why didn't I think of that.

Right now I would platoon Sheets and Vaughn at DH, with Sheets eventually replacing Abreu at first base. I don't want Sheets and Vaughn anywhere near right field, we need to spend some $$$$ and sign a quality left handed hitting right fielder and hopefully Semien at second base.

Same to you, Pete. I was USAF but for you, Semper Fi.

To all my fellow vets, welcome home and thanks for your service.

Yep.

Towards the end Dye looked like he was running in quicksand.

My guess is Leury re-ups with the Sox.

So does the job go to Leury or are we going to try to make a second baseman out of Burger?

I've always liked Avi but at this point in time I'm not sure if he's the answer in right field, if we're willing to spend, there are better options. The Sox are in the period that the rebuild was all about, we came up short in 2020 so JR needs to step up and open up the purse strings.

What TLR said about Rodon is something I can believe, he's got Boras as an agent which is a minus with the Sox. Rodon just can't stay healthy so how much and how many years can the Sox offer him even if Boras wasn't his agent?

Wow, never heard that story, if true all 3 are scumbags.

Just wonderful.

I agree, a power hitting right fielder should be the number one priority. I wish Sheets was the guy but he and Vaughn are much better suited for first base.

Guardians is a horrible name to begin with, just go with the Cleveland Mistakes. Seriously, if they can't use the Guardians due to legal issues, I think the Cleveland Lakers would work, makes more sense than the Los Angeles Lakers who brought that name with them when they moved from Minneapolis in 1960.