FloydBannister1983

It was also a treat every time he would accuse those skeptical of Sammy Sosa’s newfound power of being hopeless and bitter.

I remember a fun message board called JayTheJoke.com. My favorite Mariottism was when he wrote that Scott Skiles owed Shaq a debt of gratitude for his single game assist record. I wrote Mariotti and told him I was impressed with his sources, because Shaq was a sophomore at LSU at the time - so Mariotti must have had insider knowledge of Shaq giving Skiles a pep talk.

I stopped listening a long time ago but it was hilarious when Ronjey hosted the postgame and the drunks would call in.

Could have lost that game. Six of their seven wins have been by two or less.

There was no bigger Sox fan than my mother. She probably attended 5-10 games her entire life. So you have more disposable income and more time on your hands than others. You must be proud of yourself.

The Sox have won five of their six wins by two or less, one in extra innings. Their Pythagorean W-L is 7-24. They aren’t losing a lot of tough games. They are at the bottom of both leagues in run differential. What is this post? Root for them if you want but don’t tell people - who suffered through a rebuild, expected to have a championship window and get one playoff appearance - not to air their complaints.

I’m so out of the loop … I had to look him up. Thought he might be a player. What are the TV ratings this year? They have to be down from last year, no?

I love that picture

He played 59 games before arriving in Chicago at age 35. He maxed out at 108 after. It was a miracle he was relatively healthy while he was in Chicago.

Seaver wasn’t really washed up when they signed him. He was a couple years removed from a Cy Young and was pretty productive with the Sox. Thome was productive but I think that was by accident. The rest were typical waste of time.

It goes back to at least the 80s. They signed George Foster, Steve Carlton, Charlie Hough, Jose Canseco in the 90s.

I really believe the AAA team at the major league level would be more watchable. You would at least see guys not going through the motions. And they would have won 3 out of 23 games.

Nobody could win with this time but Grifol couldn’t win with the ‘27 Yankees. And, yes, even in a punt year (which they couldn’t afford remember) Getz had a responsibility to at least put competent players on the team. He should be fired first. I’m enjoying watching other teams this year and getting to know them better.

Yeah when I was a kid we always stuck the worst player in LF.

Why is Benitendi the proud owner of the largest contract in team history? He can’t hit, can’t field. What good is he?

True. Forgot about that stretch. They were cheated in 1992. So about 30 years.

In all likelihood absolutely nothing. Pittsburgh has been floundering since 1979. It wouldn’t surprise me to see the Sox still floundering in 2035, thirty years after their last World Series.

Usually plan it but 2026 will be using Cosport packages I believe.

We go to almost every Winter Olympics. Usually see most of the curling. 2018 was really something.

Sounds like The Bad News Bears (which I saw for the 500th time last night): “And we did hit 17 foul balls!”

They have won three games by a total of four runs. That’s luck. They could very easily be winless.

The Sox are 30th in all of baseball in run differential. On the wrong end. Next closest is 20 runs better. https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/run-differential More than half of their losses has been 4 or more runs. Their three wins are by a total of four runs. They are less than a handful of runs away from being winless. This is one of the weirder takes.

Of course he was going to get hurt again. Last year was the outlier. He got hurt all the time in the minors and in the majors. It was indeed a massive failure not to sell once he managed to play a full season.

Bbbbbutt, they hired Getz because they couldn’t waste a season with a new guy getting to know the organization. Of course you’re right. Getz is in over his head more than Hahn ever was and is at the same depth as Grifol.

And he is the proud owner of the largest White Sox contract, ever.