FloydBannister1983

Interesting read coming from a former Gold Glove winner. He knows a thing or two about fielding.

Kittle didn't play 1B. He played LF. Squires won a Gold Glove at 1B the year before Kittle was called up and was a fan favorite.

But I don't see that the OP has said he won't be good. Granted I could have missed that post. I went back and looked and he's said that the two aforementioned players have performed better this year and he agreed with another poster that Ray Durham would be a reasonable comp and that he won't be as good as Mike Trout (not many will be). That sure doesn't seem like doom and gloom.

I'm not sure how positively quoting some statistics of some other players = doom and gloom.

One glaring difference is that Houston hired a new GM right before the start of the 2012 season (hired 12/8/2011). It may or may not matter.

I hope he improves on that .634 OPS at AA or we won't be watching him in Chicago.

Noted. Awaiting your replies to the comments regarding Bill Murray, Bernie Mac, etc.

The embarrassment is that the Cubs, while tanking, were still outdrawing the all-in White Sox by about a million fans per season.

+1 It is impossible to believe he just started experimenting with the stuff in 1998.

It does when the people in charge of the train wreck are still engineering the shiny new train.

Yes. I well remember them getting shutout 3-0 to lowly Kansas City that year and losing a close game to Detroit when they forgot how to hit. Reminds me of Clayton Kershaw in the postseason.

Huh. The numbers don't show that. Sale was 3-3 that September with an ERA less than the team average. The rest of the team was 10-15 in games Sale didn't pitch.

Depends on what the definition of "rebound" is. Since 2000 the White Sox finished in the top ten in attendance figures one time, in 2006 when they finished 9th, still behind the lowly Cubs. Even in the World Series year of 2005 they finished 17th. I'm not sure they would or would not fare better in another city without a baseball team, Indianapolis for example.

Why did you put "error" in quotes? Are you implying that he hasn't committed any errors?

I'll have two of whatever you're drinking.

Outsider? What was he doing before he was hired to be their manager?

Touché.

There is an ignore button.

Where was his criticism? Here's what he wrote: "1. Because of his agent. He's hitting the open market eventually and will not be giving the Sox a "discount" especially if he is pitching well. You trade him when he still has a few years on his contract to help maximize the return. " That's reality. That's not a criticism. I myself wonder when we will see the guy who is going to demand a nine figure deal. He's been a solid MOR starter but nothing that would command nine figures.

He will most likely be in a Cubs uniform next year, unfortunately.

Please, no.

Mark McGwire never won an MVP.

It just makes them tough minded. I'm not the one that said Anderson had a bad season due to the loss of a friend. I don't think even Anderson said that. I think people here made up the excuse that Anderson had a bad season due to the loss of a friend, as though they had intimate knowledge of Anderson's psyche.

Not suggesting anything other than the assumption that the 2020s will be a decade of dominance couldn't be more far fetched. The casual Chicago fan has probably been lost forever and even if the White Sox rebuild is a success it will be the Chicago Bulls or Indiana Pacers to the Yankees LeBron James teams. Decent teams that just won't have what it takes to compete with the big boys, unfortunately.

Didn't John Lester pitch a shutout on the day his uncle died? And there were at least two gold medalists in the Pyeongchang Olympics that dedicated their medal to their recently deceased parents no less. Those are some tough minded athletes.