5 minutes ago, CeaseAndExist said:

CONTACT THE SPONSORS!!!

Even the animals are boycotting Dog Day Afternoon until more veteran relievers are picked up for the "dog days" of August.

12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Even the animals are boycotting Dog Day Afternoon until more veteran relievers are picked up for the "dog days" of August.

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Edited March 24, 20224 yr by Big Hurtin

Man.. I can't get over this disaster

7 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Man.. I can't get over this disaster

Would you say this is...Rick Hahn's personal disaster?

 

 

9 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Man.. I can't get over this disaster

Disaster? 

5 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Disaster? 

Just because we still have a great team doesn’t mean we can’t call out a completely botched offseason.

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

If the Chicago media has a backbone, I really hope someone asks Hahn what the fuck the plan was for this offseason and how did we end up spending $50M on a bullpen, $11M on utility guys, and address absolutely none of the other needs Hahn mentioned at the end of season press conference.  Unfortunately outside of Fegan, the rest of these guys simply are water carriers.

Too bad there was no Soxfest this year where we could ask Hahn and company those very things at the town hall meetings!

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by smellysox

4 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Just because we still have a great team doesn’t mean we can’t call out a completely botched offseason.

If the Sox play deep into October, is it still a botched offseason? 

I understand some of you guys are frustrated and miserable, but RELAX.  

Calling our situation a "disaster" is comical if you put things in perspective.    Not only for baseball but life in general. 

I think a lot of you guys need the games to have started like yesterday.   Let's all calm down a bit. 

5 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

If the Sox play deep into October, is it still a botched offseason? 

I understand some of you guys are frustrated and miserable, but RELAX.  

Calling our situation a "disaster" is comical if you put things in perspective.    Not only for baseball but life in general. 

I think a lot of you guys need the games to have started like yesterday.   Let's all calm down a bit. 

Yep....real gamethreads put me in a zen like level of calmness....."OH COME ON THROW STRIKES!!!"

1 minute ago, wegner said:

Yep....real gamethreads put me in a zen like level of calmness....."OH COME ON THROW STRIKES!!!"

I should have thought about that.  Hell, just the lineup cards being posted turns into the End of Days.

4 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

I should have thought about that.  Hell, just the lineup cards being posted turns into the End of Days.

This is the end, my only friend, the end, of our elaborate plans, the end, I’ll never… or should we go with Strange Days?

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by caulfield12

19 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

If the Sox play deep into October, is it still a botched offseason? 

 

If the Sox don't make it to at least the ALCS, it's a botched offseason. If they make it to the ALCS and lose, it's a mediocre offseason that could have been better.

On the Big Time Baseball podcast, Heyman said the Rangers are the likely favorites for Conforto. He mentioned WSox, Giants and Rays also as possibilities.  He suggested the Phillies should want Kimbrel.

2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I remember when I thought the Sox would actually pursue impact talent

What fools we were!

37 minutes ago, wegner said:

Yep....real gamethreads put me in a zen like level of calmness....."OH COME ON THROW STRIKES!!!"

At least then we can scream about actual games instead of hypothetical moves this shitty FO did or didn't make.  Not that we'll stop screaming about that.?

46 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

 

Calling our situation a "disaster" is comical if you put things in perspective.    

 

The team isn’t a disaster because of the great core in place but this off-season has absolutely been a disaster, it’s pretty easy to separate the two.

48 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

If the Sox play deep into October, is it still a botched offseason? 

 

"A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the infromation until that point."

1 hour ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Disaster? 

yes.  This offseason has been a disaster.

Conforto also isn't vaccinated. The Sox mandated all their minor leaguers get the booster shot. I wonder if vaccination status could have been a possible snag in negotiations between the Sox and Conforto.

Are any of the free agents they signed this winter unvaxed?

Would seem odd to require it for your minor leaguers and then target guys in free agency who are not.

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by Bob Sacamano

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Are any of the free agents they signed this winter unvaxed?

Graveman.

It's a possibility that he got the vaccine after the signing though. After all, the Sox did give him the 2nd highest reliever contract this off-season. I'm sure $ can always convince someone to take a vaccine. 

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

Graveman.

It's a possibility that he got the vaccine after the signing though. After all, the Sox did give him the 2nd highest reliever contract this off-season. I'm sure $ can always convince someone to take a vaccine. 

Yeah who knows what his status is now. Just seems hypocritical to require it for the minor leaguers but bring in unvaxed guys anyway. I know they can’t require it for the MLB team but it can definitely factor in to who they bring in.

3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

If the Chicago media has a backbone, I really hope someone asks Hahn what the fuck the plan was for this offseason and how did we end up spending $50M on a bullpen, $11M on utility guys, and address absolutely none of the other needs Hahn mentioned at the end of season press conference.  Unfortunately outside of Fegan, the rest of these guys simply are water carriers.

Now, thats not fair.

Most of the gerontocracy that is Chicago's baseball media are either asleep, or are actively rooting for their scrubs from the press box.

Take useless piece of shit Bruce Levine, for example. He first said that the SOX "checked in on Semien," before pivoting to "Linking the SOX to Conforto," before finally bullshitting his way to hypothesize about a "SOX trade with Oakland."

None of that came to pass, and none of it ever WAS going to come to pass. And he knew it. The overwhelming majority of the baseball-covering media in Chicago either actively sucks balls, or sucks the scrubs' balls, or both.

 

To your point, the baseball media have basically let KW/RH off scot-free on all their various fuckups over the years. And so, its a fools errand to wish that they'd call RH put for being incompetent and stupid and weak and overmatched now. Why do you expect any different? They're mostly cheering for the scrubs in the press box.

 

Therefore, its incumbent on you the fan to put a target on RH's/KW's/JR'S stupidity and incompetence. Don't accept their work as being "good enough." And don't accept the baseball media's bullshit.

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by Two-Gun Pete

15 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah who knows what his status is now. Just seems hypocritical to require it for the minor leaguers but bring in unvaxed guys anyway. I know they can’t require it for the MLB team but it can definitely factor in to who they bring in.

Trevor Story agreed to get paid $140 million on Sunday, but was not vaxxed . Boston was going to back out of the deal. Story got vaxxed on Tuesday.

May be one reason Conforto is still out there.

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by Dick Allen

1 hour ago, fathom said:

On the Big Time Baseball podcast, Heyman said the Rangers are the likely favorites for Conforto. He mentioned WSox, Giants and Rays also as possibilities.  He suggested the Phillies should want Kimbrel.