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I don't think we can dump all this in Renteria's lap
WBWSF replied to vilehoopster's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I've always thought that this so called rebuild has not been taken seriously by the Owner and management. This has always rubbed me as if the team wins, fine and if they lose, so what. As long as the owners are making money I don't think they really care if this team starts winning. Still, this has gotten to the point where some changes have to be made. After Saturdays night loss Renteria should be fired ASAP. The White sox lost on a walkoff home run that wasn't a home run. All Renteria had to do was challenge the play and the replay clearly showed it was not a home run. Even the White Sox TV announcers confirmed that before todays game. Renteria should have been fired before todays game. -
Let Boston take Hahn and have JR sign DD.
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When the White Sox brought in Carson Fulmer last night, Steve Stone mentioned that Fulmer has to start taking advantage of being called up again. Stone said the 2020 rotation is going to be Giolito, Lopez, Cease, Kopech and probably Rodon and Dunning. Some people seem to think that Stone has become a mouthpiece for JR and judging by his comments last night, he seemed like he was telling White Sox fans don't expect any pitchers to be added via free agency.
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I never thought the attendance would be as high as it has been the last few years. Last year the team drew 1.6 million with a team that lost 100 games. I remember the 1970 team that drew less that 500,000. I never thought they would draw this many people with such bad teams. Seems to me that the attendance has been decent because of the low ticket prices and the decent promotions like dollar dog Wednesday and T-shirt Thursday. It doesn't cost as much as going to the Northside of Chicago where everything is super expensive. I hope they don't start over charging like they did in the past.
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Sox @ Braves 6:05 CDT NBCSN-CHI Lopez vs Keuchel
WBWSF replied to Jack Parkman's topic in 2019 Season in Review
Wouldn't the signing of Dallas Keuchel have helped this team this year? Instead they've had Manny Banuelos, Ross Detwiler, Odrisamer Despaigne, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Ryan Burr and Carson Fulmer in the starting rotation. It gives some people the impression that the team is losing/tanking on purpose. AND of course, laughing all the way to the bank in doing so. -
I will never give up my goal of being the White Sox GM until I'm at least interviewed for the job by JR or if he ever responds to my letters telling me he's not interested in hiring me. Until then I will keep writing him letters requesting to be interviewed for the GM job. Who knows, JR might come to his senses and interview me. I would absolutely impress him enough where I'm sure that he would hire me.
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David Glass has sold the Royals. He thinks being 83 years old the franchise would be better off with a younger person owning the team. Isn't JR 83 years old?
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The White Sox were 6th most profitable team in MLB in 2018.
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If I was the owner I would not of signed Chatwood. That would of been the job of the GM. I would not interfere with a GM. If I had a successful GM like Larry Himes I would let him run the show.
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Tyler Chatwood is 5-2 this year with a low ERA.
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1) Harry Caray would have finished his career with the White Sox, not on the Northside. Both JR and Einhorn hated Caray and Caray hated them. I always thought JR and Einhorn were jealous of how popular Caray was. I would have signed Caray up as soon as I got control of the team. He belonged on the Southside of Chicago. 2) Sportsvision was a flop. It didn't do well because the Chicagoland area wasn't wired for cable at the time. I would have waited until the area was wired for cable. 3) The White Sox would be playing in a stadium in the South Loop at Roosevelt and Clark. When JR was looking for a new stadium the City of Chicago wanted to build a stadium at Roosevelt and Clark. JR declined the offer. He wanted to move the team to Dupage County in a stadium where he owned the land. He would have reaped tax benefits at that location even tho the stadium would have been owned by the State of Illinois. Southside Sox had a very extensive article about the the South Loop stadium in column that was written by RobHart780 on November 9, 2012. Bruce Levine wrote a similar column a few years ago. 4) The new White Sox stadium would have been a stadium that White sox fans would have been proud of. JR changed the original design of the present stadium. He wanted the 2nd level of suites which made the upper deck what it is. The critics savaged the new stadium because of the dreadful upper deck. One of the writers kept calling the upper deck the Reinsdeck. The lower deck is a wonderful place to see a game. The upper deck has ruined the park and it was JRs doing. I would have never approved this stadium with this upper deck, never. JR should have gotten a kick in his rear end for messing with the original design of this stadium. 5) The only positive things you can say about JRs ownership is that the franchise has made him nothing but money. The only other positive thing you can say about his ownership is winning the 2005 World Series. Other than those 2 things,his ownership has been a flop.
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I wish I would have had the money to buy the White Sox when Bill Veeck sold the team. The franchise would have been better off with me as the owner instead of JR.
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JR and his investors are making too much money now. He's not going to sell a goldmine. I wish he would sell but its not going to happen. I know of three groups of people who want to buy the White Sox but unfortunately the team is not for sale.
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I think I'm the only person to be banned there by request. I posted there and made a slight dig against White Sox management. I received a email from them saying I'm banned for 30 days. He started scolding me saying I can't say this and can't say that. He then threatened me and said if I ever post like that again I will be banned forever. I then emailed him back and said I will never participate in WSI again, so go ahead and ban me forever. I ended my email by saying farewell. I thought that would be the end of it, it wasn't. I went thru my sites a few weeks later and I noticed I wasn't banned by them. I then emailed them again and told them to ban me forever which they finally did.
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A friend of mine told me that WSI is no longer around. Is that true? Gee, what a loss if its true. I don't know why anybody would possibly post over there.
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Abreu “as valuable as anything” to Sox: Merkin
WBWSF replied to caulfield12's topic in Pale Hose Talk
If Hahn gave a 34 year old Adam LaRoche a 2 year $24 million dollar contract, I would like to think he will give a 32 year old Jose Abreu the same 2year $24 million contract. -
Sitting at the game yesterday I couldn't help but remember that Oaklands pitcher Chris Bassitt was once a member of the White Sox organization. He was traded by Hahn with Marcus Semien for jeff Samardzlia. Bassitt would sure look good in the White Sox rotation. This trade was another bad one by Hahn.
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Ivan Nova has pitched very good since the All Star break. If he continues to pitch this good the final 2 months of the season. I'm wondering if the Hahn will bring him back in 2020.
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SoxTalk fan pulse: How far away are the Sox from competing?
WBWSF replied to Jack Parkman's topic in Pale Hose Talk
The 2019 season would have been a lot better if Kopech and Rodon had been healthy. Hopefully both will be able to pitch successfully in 2020. That being said, I still wish that JR would sell the team. -
It came out recently that Henderson Nevada has tried getting the Arizona Diamondbacks to move to Henderson. They offered to build a baseball only stadium for $1 billion dollars. So far the Diamondbacks haven't agreed to anything. The people in Henderson believe that they are going to get a MLB team sooner rather than later. I hope they don't make the same offer to JR.
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I try not to pay attention to what Hahn says, but hopefully if being aggressive adds some quality free agents to the team I'm all for it. I go to most of these games and White Sox fans deserve a better team than what we've seen the last 7 years. The White Sox crowds have been good this year. This team should draw more people than last year. I think that White Sox fans should be commended for coming out this season. White Sox fans are starving for some winning baseball. Hopefully it starts in 2020.
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The fragility of some fans on this board recently...
WBWSF replied to Greg Hibbard's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Its not only pathetic but it seems like this situation is accepted by JR. I guess if he's making nothing but money, the losing doesn't bother him. -
Colome remains with White Sox, who always had ample interest in him
WBWSF replied to Sockin's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Most White Sox fans were disappointed that Hahn didn't acquire any major stars this past off season. Other than Colome and McCann Hahn didn't acquire anybody who helped the team. Wouldn't it be nice if he acquired somebody in the next few days who can actually help the team for the reminder of this season and next year?
