"Hall of famer baseball person" is all-time wasted phrasing

10 minutes ago, Orlando said:

One thing to consider is Portillos follows Al’s cheesy lol don’t feel bad about sharing his stuff! If it wasn’t for you we would not know Portillos.

Thank you Orlando! I appreciate that and the kudos! 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

At some point you would think Tony would respect Jerry enough to step down.

Hah! You think La Russa respects anyone.

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

Can someone repost the email addresses I can voice my displeasure to?

Brooks Boyer seems to respond to people pretty well. I wrote him a letter one time about an internship and he called me out of the blue. My dad wrote him one time saying whatever he saw was not baseball after the Sox got beat 20-1 by Minnesota in 2009 and he gave my dad free tickets.

Just now, Balta1701 said:

“I had one glass of wine”. So he also lied.

I get the whole "never blow" thing when it comes to breathalyzers and DUIs... but... if I had a single glass of wine at dinner, I'd have no issues blowing.  You don't blow because you know you're going to blow over, and know you're in the wrong, and the breathalyzer is irrefutable evidence that you broke the law.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

At some point you would think Tony would respect Jerry enough to step down.

At a minimum out of respect for himself.  I just can't possibly see how this will end well.

This couldn't be more of a disaster. Forget liking/disliking this as a baseball move. Feels like we've just shot ourselves in the foot.

8 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

 

I would have expected nothing less. The only exception would be him slurring a minority officer. 

8 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

 

Jesus Christ.  What an ass clown.  I'm sorry I wasted any time defending this hire.  

It was fortunate for Tony he managed so many years in STL which thanks to anheiser busch owning the state legislature has the most liberal alcohol laws in the country. My favorite was you were allowed 1 less open containers in your vehicle than people.

Do we have any belief that this was just the second time Tony put others in danger?

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

Can someone repost the email addresses I can voice my displeasure to?

Brooks Boyer is responding...I voiced my displeasure via email and he responded.

bboyer@chisox.com

Jesus ******* christ, fire this moron right now.

Edited November 10, 20205 yr by Sockin

Interestingly "Do you see my ring? I'm a hall of famer baseball person. I'm legit. I'm a Hall of Famer, Brother" is exactly what he said to Jerry after Ricky was fired. 

1 minute ago, BFirebird said:

Brooks Boyer is responding...I voiced my displeasure via email and he responded.

bboyer@chisox.com

Well what did he say? 

10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Oh, just wait until the video gets released. that's when this will get real fun!

...and it looks like even before that we'll get the drip drip drip of releases from the police report and other sources.  Maybe we'll get some nice quotes from people inside the org that will be contradicted by later evidence, sparking nice little side controversies.  We've got all the makings of a worst-case PR nightmare.

This just keeps getting worse.

3 minutes ago, Ben Waffleson said:

This couldn't be more of a disaster. Forget liking/disliking this as a baseball move. Feels like we've just shot ourselves in the foot.

I honestly wouldn’t blame Timmy and others if they demanded a trade. 

Just now, fathom said:

I honestly wouldn’t blame Timmy and others if they demanded a trade. 

Doesn't happen in baseball; the union is not for this tactic which is why you never ever see it in baseball compared to other sports.

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

I honestly wouldn’t blame Timmy and others if they demanded a trade. 

At this point, I imagine the players will be demanding the firing of TLR before they demand trades.  If the organization refuses, then you'll start to see the trade requests or mutiny.  

Edited November 10, 20205 yr by ChiHawks10

This is the response I got from Brooks Boyer on my email......

 

Thanks for reaching out.

 

Not much I can say but I get it.  I get the frustration, the disappointment and understand why fans are shaking their heads.

 

I think you are right that our attention needs to be on the players on the field.  Three Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove and hoping for a MVP that will be playing for us next season.  These guys have worked to the point of competitive baseball and I hope that when we start playing that the energy and focus goes on them. 

 

Again, thanks for reaching out.  I do appreciate it.

 

All the best and stay healthy,

 

Brooks 

Just now, ChiHawks10 said:

At this point, I imagine the players will be demanding the firing of TLR before they demand trades.  If the organization refuses, then you'll start to see the trade requests.

Yep that’s what I meant. Basically saying he goes or they go.

6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I would have expected nothing less. The only exception would be him slurring a minority officer. 

I was 100% expecting that and am genuinely surprised that's not how it went. 

1 minute ago, 2Deep said:

This is the response I got from Brooks Boyer on my email......

 

Thanks for reaching out.

 

Not much I can say but I get it.  I get the frustration, the disappointment and understand why fans are shaking their heads.

 

I think you are right that our attention needs to be on the players on the field.  Three Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove and hoping for a MVP that will be playing for us next season.  These guys have worked to the point of competitive baseball and I hope that when we start playing that the energy and focus goes on them. 

 

Again, thanks for reaching out.  I do appreciate it.

 

All the best and stay healthy,

 

Brooks 

Man, I fucking feel for Boyer here. You can tell why he's exasperated in this email.

Brooks boyer is giving y'all the macro treatment.

1 minute ago, 2Deep said:

This is the response I got from Brooks Boyer on my email......

 

Thanks for reaching out.

 

Not much I can say but I get it.  I get the frustration, the disappointment and understand why fans are shaking their heads.

 

I think you are right that our attention needs to be on the players on the field.  Three Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove and hoping for a MVP that will be playing for us next season.  These guys have worked to the point of competitive baseball and I hope that when we start playing that the energy and focus goes on them. 

 

Again, thanks for reaching out.  I do appreciate it.

 

All the best and stay healthy,

 

Brooks 

The energy and focus will be on the players if we don't have TLR as manager.  If he is still the manager, then odds are the focus will still be on TLR 100%, and for good reason.