The Mighty Mite

It would be classic and as iconic as the Lee Elia rant of 1983.

I was pretty good friends with Jimmy back in the 80s as we played quite a bit of tennis together at the Wheaton Sport Center, we talked a lot of White Sox baseball, he hated TLR and everytime they lost a game he would call me up and tell how me how LaRussa screwed up the game. It all came to a head when LaRussa, Leyland and one of the other coaches confronted Jimmy at the the radio studio where Jimmy had the post game show, how brave was that, 3 against 1.

Like I said he would need a complete change of stripes and convince people that the Sox were going to turn this around damn fast and NO I don’t expect this to come close to happening.

JR is worse, besides that the Maple Leaf franchise is a Cash Cow, they have sold out every game since the end of WW2.

The only way a free premier agent signs with the Sox is if JR changes his stripes and brings in the best GM and front office people he can find and also hires a well respected Manager.

Just think what Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall would be saying about this team and season.

Most of us weren’t around at the beginning but the White Sox did go 88 years without a World Series Championship, me personally, I went 53 years until we won it all in 2005 as I became Sox fan in 1952, we did make to the WS IN 1959 but lost to the Dodgers. I remember well the Maple Leaf teams of the 1960s who won 4 Stanley Cups, they beat my Blackhawks quite often but it was a great rivalry, hated Eddie Shack and a few other Leafs.

You would think the law of averages would have one of these moves by Getz pan out with a guy that can actually play the game. I honestly think that these guys won’t win another game this year, 31-131 has a nice ring to it and would be 30 games worse that the 2023 White Sox juggernaut.

Because the Dodgers have the best organization in MLB, they know how to evaluate talent with excellent scouts, know how to instruct and develop players in the minors without rushing them to the big club and then to cut bait if the need arises. The Rays are pretty good at this also but of course don’t have the money that LA has.

That team had Major League players like Aparicio, Melton, May, Herrmann, Knoop, Berry, Horlen, John and Wood just to name some. The pitching was pretty bad with Horlen and John who had off years. Gary Peters was traded away and they were counting on Bart Johnson but he wasn’t ready.

He never had a chance at the runner going to second, should have taken the sure out at first. You can be bad but don’t be dumb.

Probably doesn’t make much of a difference but why aren’t Vaughn and Benintendi in the lineup.

Please wake me up, this is the worst nightmare ever.

Too funny, how about when they made JC the color man with Harry, I think Harry started to drink more.

Remember it well, they came home after winning a doubleheader opening day in Oakland, they won the home opener on a walk off hit by Rich McKinney

It was ugly.

And they made an amazing turnaround, improving by 23 games in 1971 and coming close to a Division title in 1972.

The 2024 White Sox, a team and season which will live in infamy.

I’ve never forgot it, does a s%*# job and gets promoted.

100 million dollar payroll next year, what kind of lineups will we see in 2025.

Sosa shouldn’t even be on the team much less batting third. All this losing has gotten to Sizemore, his brain is pickled.

To what end, with no help on the horizon in the minors and they aren’t spending money, that leads me to think they are either selling or when the lease is up, moving.

It’s hard to fathom that a Major League team can be that bad.

Exactly, last offseason I kept scratching my head asking myself what the hell is this guy Getz doing. This off-season might be the most important in team history, they have to spend some money and bring in some free agents as there is isn’t much help in the minor league system. If they don’t then there something else going on and I’ll leave it at that.