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Severe storms were forecast for the past two days. Is that when you think attendance figures should be bandied about sarcastically? You appear to be hell bent on trying to damage this franchise. How many games each year do you attend?

The opening series with Detroit set the tone. Sox could have and probably should have won 2/3 of those games but they didn't. Grifol was responsible for not having every player ready to compete, physically and mentally, from Opening Day. Multiple strained and pulled muscles? Blame the players if you want but ownership pays the manager and a conditioning staff to have players prepared before every game and every at-bat. That was not the case. What the heck were they doing at Spring "Training." Moving forward, the team is obviously short on talent but Grifol has to come up with a line-up and a strategy to scratch across a few runs. No need for Grifol to stay up at night analyzing film. Instead typical baseball strategy for a weak hitting team is called for - take more pitches to try and get walks...bunt....hit toward the opposite field... move around in the box from pitch to pitch....grind out every at-bat. And please move slow players and guys that hit a lot of grounders down in the line-up to avoid double plays. Well, I am tired of waiting for the Sox to do any of that so IMO, Grifol has to go as soon as possible. It's not too late to at least have a course change that can win some games. Don't wait until the All Star break to give this guy his walking papers.

AV's upside has been somewhat limited IMO, because of his lumbering football linebacker body type and his inability (at least to this point) to adjust to scouting reports. All too often, pitchers exploit his vulnerabilities at the plate (i.e., inability to cover off-speed pitches on the outer half). We would all like to see AV hit 25+ home runs this year but instead, he looks like he wants to lead the league in HIDP. Bottom line is that AV has to get hot and start hitting some bombs.

Benintendi and Vaughn are carrying this team on their shoulders I tell you.

I you are a cub fan go ahead. Nothing positive comes from losing...nothing. You break the spirit of the players and the fans and diminish the franchise in every way imaginable. That is why I don't trust or respect the opinions of those who relish in WSox losses.

Do you easily fall for Con jobs? Let me guess which candidates you are voting for. Never mind.

The area 78 stadium proposal was created solely by the filth that owns that strip of land, and that isn't Jerry Reinsdorf. Sox are not going to relocate to crooked creek and no one should expect taxpayers or Reinsdorf to throw 2 Billion dollars at that developer. Amazon and others pulled out of there and the Sox should distance themselves from it as well. There are other alternatives and right now there is nothing wrong with GR field. Meanwhile, as everyone knows, the problem is not enough talent on the current roster. Adding talent may be easier said than done, but it must be done.

That would be a firing offense as well but beyond that, that Getz is a real chickenshit.. "I'm not allowed" really?

If I had an employee who openly remarked that his/her job or any assigned task was "easier said that done," I would fire him/her.

He opined about that prospect only one time that I am aware of (and no he never told his family that), yet it has been misconstrued and bandied about thousands of times in the media and by others. Jerry is more likely to leave ownership decisions to his heirs and business partners, with the proviso that he wants them to keep the White Sox in Chicago.

Cub fans hate Eloy. That's one of the reasons he is my favorite WSox player. Mostly though, he brings some excitement for fans with every at-bat.

Yes he is. Just saw it on Twitter(X). Perhaps Montgomery will be called up if Moncada will be out for an extended period. Just do it.

The 1977 WSox probably drew more fans than almost any other WSox team in the history of the franchise. The reasons for the attendance draw were basically twofold - Harry Carey and a team that hit a lot of clutch home runs. The '83 Sox had a great team but the fan support started early on with Fisk, Luzinski and Kittle hitting roof top shots. I realize that winning games is the ultimate goal, but a lot of fans come out to see home runs. Our line-up, even at full strength, has not produced enough home runs at GRF to create any reason for a lot of fans to attend.

You must not go to any games based on your comments. Eloy and Vaughn stretch their hamstrings before games on the field (and for Eloy, between at-bats as well). Both of them also use rubber band stretch rings around their ankles prior to games to exercise their legs. You think Eloy is a moron? I think about the same of those (not including you) who post nothing but negative nasty trash on this message board. Eloy is a special talent and because of his size, he is susceptible to injury. So is Aaron Judge https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/aaron-judge-player-injuries It's easy for some to hate others, especially those who don't necessarily look like them. Eloy is a great player and one of the nicer players I have ever met. He will mash this year once the weather warms up, like he did in ST.

That piece of land near the lakefront would be a nice location for the WSox.

It is hard to remain competitive when management and scouts make very poor decisions year after year. There was no reason to trade Cease at this point as the most recent example. Without him the rotation is really awful.

Why would any sports team invest a Billion dollars without owning the underlying and surrounding real estate? If when you understand the dynamics of Related's 78 proposals,what they have been trying to do will become obvious.

Those were not fighting words. We are in our 60's and 70's and don't duke it out with youngsters but we always enjoy conversation with fellow Sox fans, especially genuine fans, and any rational people we meet. We discussed the ridiculous idea propounded by a greedy developer to move Sox park into a congested South Loop Office high rise park with no parking....at tax payers expense. Everyone (including those we met while tailgating or spoke with later outside Turtles, thought that the 78 idea was preposterous. Perhaps go to a few games, drive around the neighborhoods North and West of the park and have a drink at one of the bars adjacent to Armor Park. Look at the Chicago skyline from there. The latest 78 concept was a Hail Marty pass by Related to finally obtain public financing by crammimg a baseball stadium within a silly rendering (which they finally tinted green to patronize South side fans). It's not gonna happen.

Illinois got taught today. Got their asses handed to them.

The Opener is always a wonderful experience win or lose and yesterday was no exception. GRate was in top condition and showed no signs of deterioration inside or any need for replacement It doesn't. The field was in optimum condition and will look even better when the ivy in Center field greens up. Tailgating was as it always is for an Opener, crazy good with tremendous camaraderie among Sox fans including sharing barbecue tricks, food and spirits and memories of prior seasons and games. I had some great interactions with other fans tailgating before the game and after the game at Cork and Kerry. As you know, Crochet was fantastic and our bullpen held the game within striking distance. Luck was not with the Sox on that day. A few balls were smashed by Sox hitters including a deep line drive by Eloy that the LFer made a shoestring catch on. That one could have changed the game. Eloy was on everything and could easily have sent the game into extra innings with one swing. Baez taunted us by throwing a balls at the screen in front of us and exchanging some bad looks and verbal taunts. Maybe Grifol should order a few brush back pitches when he comes up next time. The biggest problem this season will be Cub trolls that are aimed at trying to depress Sox fans and spin everything in the most negative light. Many of them are on this forum... really negative people. Meanwhile, the Sox know what they have to do including bolstering the bottom half of the line-up with one or two guys that can hit for power and constantly looking to improve the rotation. This team needs to start adding some talent instead of looking to trade it away.

I'll be at the Opener tomorrow. Want to meet up to discuss this further in "real life?" I'll wear a red White Sox hat and an Eloy jersey and will be hanging out with friends in the Center field concourse.

" Jerry Reinsdorf 100% wants to relocate to the south loop full stop…that was confirmed when he went to Springfield to make his case and when the team’s PR people started discussing their plans publicly." I don't appreciate your disrespect, arrogance and passive aggressiveness. But go ahead if that makes you feel that you are smarter and more experienced in the subject than others, including those you know nothing about. The White Sox have options moving forward. Related apparently doesn't. Related and the prior ownership tried several options to develop that site over the course of decades and all have failed. Don't blame me for not trolling for Related. The reasons for the failures to develop 78 go well beyond the facts in my posts. Most involve money and more specifically, the need to use other people's money (i.e., Illinois and Chicago tax payers) . Pritzker has left the door open but his comments pretty much telegraph that he believes there should be private funding for any new sports stadium. As an IL tax payer, I concur.

IMO, wholesale changes to the rotation and bullpen from last season make it extremely difficult to predict which way the 2024 season will go. In 2023, they were, trrible. (Barkley). Of course, it doesn't look good now, but sometimes low expectations can lead to a fighting underdog that over-performs and creates fan excitement around them. Sometimes even the harshest critics lose short term memory and are among the first to jump aboard a new bandwagon.

Contrary to the title of the posting, the Sox are not and have not been looking to relocate to the South loop. The plan and promotion of that concept was generated by a developer who owns land and have (unsuccessfully) sought numerous ways and means to develop it for a few decades. The 78 thing is the latest pipe dream of Related development for many reasons including those mentioned by SSHM above. IMO, the Bears and the Sox would likely consider moving if and only if they were to relocate on land they own and have control over, including to some extent, development of surrounding land and revenue generated from it. The only way I see the Sox entering into another lease (if that is the way they choose to go) would be with the cooperation of the ISFA, the Governor, Mayor and respective legislatures on all matters. In the political climate we are now in, that seems unlikely. No public funding, especially for unnecessary projects.

"Oh, and don’t mind the in-stadium shootings" There was one shooting I recall over the past few decades - a woman who got by security with a pistol under a fold of fat and accidentally shot herself in the foot. GRF security screens everyone entering with metal detectors, just like the airport. Sports stadiums have thousands of people drinking alcohol so sometimes brawls break out but generally they all do a good job.