Tony

Here is how I look at it. - It's a very long season and it just started. Like any season, there will be large ups and downs. While it seems doubtful the Sox are ever fully healthy, they will certainly be stretches where they are more healthy than they are now, and they will be much better for it. - Like last season, they are 100% going to have to overcome some of the decisions of leadership. It is what many of us feared last offseason and it has absolutely come true. - Just like it was clear this offseason, it's incredibly obvious they simply didn't take the needed steps to actually improve this team. Yes, the core is very good. They will win plenty of games. But the Blue Jays have a very good roster. The Astros have a very good roster. The Rays have a very good roster. The Dodgers have a very good roster. We should expect and demand the best roster possible, and they simply failed in that regard. I don't know how you can argue against that. I still think the Sox win this division. Might end up closer than people originally thought, but they'll get fat this summer. But more importantly...who cares? I don't care about winning a division. No one should.

Ron….. Well said.

They have to actually be in the lineup to have a chance to hit.

Post game giving it to Tony, good for them.

End sentence. Stop making excuses. I'd rather see Luis Robert hitting than Adam Halesey in that spot. Full stop. TLR put them in a worse position, seemingly for no reason.

Dear Tony La Russa, Get Fucked. Signed, Everyone.

If he keeps Anderson-Abreu and Robert on the bench in the 9th, it really is inexcusable and is unable to be defended. He simply made this team way worse than it needed to be today, for seemingly no reason.

This is pretty incredible

I mean, I can't really blame Jason and Steve at this point. They've sat in Cleveland all day watching hot garbage. You need something to fill the time...

There isn't a logical reason. TLR often puts this team in an unfavorable position due to poor decision-making.

I don't think they'll have to spin it that way. Given his age, you blame the workload and travel schedule, we're forever grateful for his contributions, blah blah blah. And I do think JR is pretty loyal to KW and RH. I don't see that happening.

Add pick off throws to the growing list of "Fucking Embarrassing White Sox Moments of 2022"

I agree, if they really underperform and the season ends sort of similar to what happened to the Bulls this season...TLR walks away. And they won't fire him. Not a chance JR does that, the whole reason they brought him back (IMO) was to "right that wrong" Rick....who knows. I've never sensed any sort of urgency from JR to move on from KW and RH, so I would be fairly surprised if that happened. Should it happen? Totally different story.

This outlook is fine until you realize "shit" Keuchel probably is just Keuchel at this point.

If the same inning happened to Gio or Cease, that holds more water to me. With Dallas.....it continues to show how badly his stuff has deteriorated to a point where this just isn't going to work anymore....but we're going to find out because you're right...he's going to get more starts.

I know this team has had injuries, but I said it on Opening Day when the Sox tweeted out the roster. Far too many names on that list that just are not very good at baseball and they populate a roster that is supposed to have World Series hopes.

I'm for it.

Have you been watching or just following the box score?

Not sure I’ve ever seen anything like this

If the stories were true (which I believe they were) can you imagine how much things change if Ms. Wheeler was down for playing in Chicago?

After two days off, it’s pretty jarring how unprepared these guys are. And that’s not just on the coaches, I put that mostly on the players…but they should all be embarrassed

Big yikes

I can put up with a lot of things, but Beastie Boys slander will not be tolerated.

This also isn’t true. If you want to be accurate, the Sox would be in the 2019 season of the Astros rebuild. The Sox have made the playoffs in the first two years of their “run” Just like the Astros did in 2017 and 2018. The only difference is the Sox failed to advance in both of their appearances. Unless major changes take place, the Sox window is this year and the following season. After that, major pieces of the core with become free agents or be well past their primes. And that isn’t uncommon. Most teams have a 4-5 year window to cash in. I hope they do.