Highland

I agree with everyone else. There is no reason for Kopech to start another game this season. Probably not next season as well. His falling off the mound wind-up is awful. I realize the Tigers are not as bad as usual, but they shouldn't sweep anyone in their home ballpark. This season can't end fast enough.

One thing Reinsdorf has been good at is hiring people of color in key positions. His biggest problem is that he wants to hire people who he likes because they make him feel comfortable. So, the Sox get people like Getz and Ventura. And this is one reason why the Sox have been to the World Series only once during Reinsdorf's tenure.

In any other corporate situation, there would be a move to oust JR as CEO. But in this case, no one is in a position to challenge him. The staff has to know the ship is sinking but they can't or won't do anything about it.

I guess the Chris Getz hiring isn't a motivational tool. This is a 100-loss team whether they lose 100 or not. Just make sure that those anti-Reinsdorf banners get taken down. That is a priority. What's his face in the TV booth talked about a good crowd. Is he delusional or does he think we're stupid? Oh, Stoney. Can you shut up? Just shut up?

Even if one could make the case that LaRussa did a good job, the decision to bring him back was a stupid one. Typical JR. Don't really consider anyone else and then hire a crony for some dumb reason. Maybe Getz will do a good job in the end, but the same dynamic was there. So, it's not shocking that things never seem to change. Because they haven't.

Acting like bullies won't change the way fans feel right now. The team is failing on the field and JR is thinking of a new stadium. It might be a good idea to do something real this off season. Regardless, the sentiment won't change no matter if signs are taken away or not. Franchise keeps hitting new lows.

Looks like the Cubs are going to the playoffs one way or another. The Sox are going home and most of them are already there. So much for taking over the city.

If JR is so concerned about "losing a season," he should have done something decisive back in April. The team was 7-21 and obviously going nowhere. But he sat on his hands like he always does. The truth is he doesn't want anyone from the outside looking at and evaluating his team. He'd have to face up to the simple fact that his way doesn't work and really never has. Perhaps Getz will do a good job, but he has JR to answer to. Things look bleak.

The timing of this is supposed to show that this was Getz's call, and that he has some independence. Instead, it looks like he is taking JR's orders on this. This is not a great start. This is just another indication that this is a bad hire.

The issue I had with the LaRussa is that it was handed over to a crony with little or no thought. That's how we got Harrelson as GM, then Bevington, Ventura and Grifol as managers. This is how we get Getz now.

If this was supposed to be funny, it's not. I saw the McConnell news conferences. I am no fan of his, but I felt sorry for him. Age catches up with all of us in debilitating ways. Another JR attempt at humor that failed.

Really, there's not much left for Sox fans. This season has been one of the worst, and nothing we say or do will have any influence. The team really needed a good baseball man from outside the organization, but instead the same old thing happened. What's left for me? No expectations.

I didn't watch the press conference. What in the hell does this mean?

Looking for positives is hard when the team stinks and they still have an unsolved shooting at the ballpark.

Yes, there was an upside. But he didn't have command. Hitters were glaring at him because his 99+ fastball was getting close to their heads. He wasn't head-hunting; he just didn't have good control. Regardless, Kopech has been a part of the rebuild that hasn't worked out.

I hated the way they treated Kopech from the start. They made him out to be the team's savior before he threw one pitch at the major league level. Years later, he still doesn't know how to pitch. If he is still in the rotation next season, you know more losing is on the way. Back to the rebuild. How about that new stadium?

All the talk about a new stadium gets to me when I look at the condition of this team. Face it. The Sox have one great player --Robert. That's it. The pitching staff is a mess, and you have under-achieving on the left side of the infield. Screw JR and a new stadium. Get a real team first. Then JR can pay for his own stadium. But right now, this team is in worse shape than when the Reinsdorf-Einhorn group bought the team in 1981. Then JR said he needed a new stadium to compete. He got one. Then what we get? A strike. A White Flag Trade. Yeah, let's hope for a new stadium.

The O's aren't exactly taking defensive swings. Almost 100 pitches in four innings. Just another Kopech start.

The Sox won five in a row but that was sometime, somewhere in a galaxy far, far away.

Grifol stated that fans don't understand Moncada and that Moncada will produce more as his back keeps improving. Any kind of offense will help.

On the post-game show, Ozzie went on a rant against a publicly funded stadium. I agree with him. No way should JR get two publicly funded stadiums. There is no way JR should have leverage with the team he has now.

Looks like he is. They should play him every day to find out.

Because they don't have anyone else.

Refused to watch this game. Checked the score to see the Sox have given up runs in double digits again. It has been like that since the start of the season. Whoever heads up the FO has a hell of a job ahead of them. But don't worry, JR wants to win. Ozzie will tell you that, you working class scum.

As far as I am concerned, the Sox can move to Nashville or any ville. This whole operation is pathetic.