The cubs are having the same issue as the Blackhawks.  Jack your prices up and then when the product is not championship caliber you lose people.

The flip side of that is the Sox have low prices and when they then raise them all hell breaks loose. 

I have a 20 game plan in the upper deck and my plan decreased by 10%. 

The price is based on what is charged for premium games and the number of games you have.

 

 

 

12 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

I wanna start seeing WAR data collected on managers. Sox are like, Tony gave us negative WAR. no manager is an upgrade and saves us money. Makes sense!

 

I beat @Sleepy Harold at posting a tweet! I can die a happy man now. 

Just now, SoxBlanco said:

 

Pedro Grifol--come on down! You're the next manager on The Clown Show Spectacular!

FWIW

No s%*#, Buster.

Sure. Anything will be better than TLR or Ozzie.

1 minute ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

No s%*#, Buster.

Why do you post stuff like this?

I wish him the best. 

Was a firm believer that a good manager could come from anywhere, as evidenced by a whole lot. Really wanted Kevin Long but it was pretty much just for Eloy. Would pay upwards of Leury Garcia's salary to poach kevin long.

However:

- If he cannot sack joe mcewing and dbo then I already hate him, sorry pedro.

Where does Grifol fall as far as analytics goes?

1 minute ago, bmags said:

Why do you post stuff like this?

Ha, I was just wondering what the point of his post was. Thanks for asking. 

Man, they shouldn't have ever fired Renteria. 

 

9 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Ha….the Royals didn’t want him. Shouldn’t that tell you something?

Don't know much about him.  Maybe he will be a great manager.  I just find it ironic that Hahn said he wants to hire someone with recent experience from a winning organization, then they hire someone from a losing organization that just passed him over for their own managerial opening.  

You just have to laugh at this organization.

2 minutes ago, MysterySource5000 said:

Where does Grifol fall as far as analytics goes?

I don't think that even matters at this point.  Everyone is just going to be happy that JR didn't hijack the hire this time around. 

Since so much faith should be warranted and placed on Rick Hahn. 

Uninspiring to say the least

It's not TLR, it's not Ozzie, it's not a former player who is not actively coaching (AJ, Thome, Getz, Paulie, etc). Solid.

Weak

I could see why people would be underwhelmed but no reason to really hate it....yet.

 

He was probably the guy that accepted what the Sox were willing to pay. They probably told all the candidates what the pay would be and they all said NO. 

2 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

I don't think that even matters at this point.  Everyone is just going to be happy that JR didn't hijack the hire this time around. 

Since so much faith should be warranted and placed on Rick Hahn. 

That remains to be seen.  Let's wait for the official announcement.

this is an outside the box pick. He obviously did well in his interview. Not the typical right hand man for a contender. We don't know most of these guys anyway. He isn't Tony, and not part of the family, and there were several who would probably work as cheaply. Ill give him the benefit of the doubt.