caulfield12 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, JTB said: I’m a dick for saying this but JR needs to sell or die soon. Then get the team sold post haste, fire everyone from Hahn to the A ball bat boy. Actually, I’d keep Grifol and the new staff just to see what they’ve got. Hire a new GM, scouts, the works. Trade everyone but Robert, Cease and Moncada. Take Cease and and Boris into a room, tell them we’ll give you 5 years here’s a blank contract…fill in the number, any number and it’s yours. I know this is a pipe dream, but it’s hard not to hate being a Sox fan with this regime in charge. Fuuuuuuuuck! Boris Johnson or Yeltsin? Boris and Natasha? Becker? Just joking. And Moncada's days are numbered with that contract. A rebuilding organization doesn't have the budget to carry that line item on the payroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Quote “I don’t have concern with the pitching, I really don’t,” Grifol said. “These guys have done it before, they’ve done it for a while now. It’s just one of those stretches. Obviously, there are adjustments to be made, they’re working on it, but concerns? I don’t.” I'm sorry, Pedro....'one of those stretches'??? It is the first week of the damn season... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Capn12 said: I'm sorry, Pedro....'one of those stretches'??? It is the first week of the damn season... What else can he say? His guys suck and he has no confidence in them? Edited April 8, 2023 by ron883 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Boris Johnson or Yeltsin? Boris and Natasha? Becker? Just joking. And Moncada's days are numbered with that contract. A rebuilding organization doesn't have the budget to carry that line item on the payroll. No politics in the Palehose subforum. I hate to do this, but reported. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ron883 said: No politics in the Palehose subforum. I hate to do this, but reported. How is it even politics when those authoritarian governments don't provide anything more than sham elections and opposition parties are banned lol? The moderating team must absolutely LOVE you...do they still even respond? Edited April 8, 2023 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 30 minutes ago, ron883 said: No politics in the Palehose subforum. I hate to do this, but reported. Don’t agree with this. My post had an autocorrect that I didn’t catch. Caufield’s post was a little jab at that, which is fine. I didn’t take it as political in any way. Although, it did make me re-read my post to catch the error. 🤷🏻♂️😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 We all know how Mr. 2000 is doing. Lenyn Sosa has a 1.420 OPS at Charlotte. Too bad he can't pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Pasqua Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) Ivan Calderon was a stud for us. Miss guys like that. Edited April 8, 2023 by Dan Pasqua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Capn12 said: I'm sorry, Pedro....'one of those stretches'??? It is the first week of the damn season... Giving up too many runs and homers. Lack of lefty starter and reliever. Diekman has to be DFA. Tough to lose when you get 9 runs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Highland said: We can only hope that the team isn't half as bad as it shown during the past few days. But it's hard to feel good about this pitching staff. It certainly doesn't look like a staff of a division winner or even a .500 team. It's pretty bad when you have to look to Clevinger to turn things around. Giolito was not only pitching meatballs but let Reynolds, their hottest hitter beat him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Grifol told the Pirates' radio guys he has to try to protect his bullpen somehow for the second half... There may not be a competitive second half by the time we get there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 6 hours ago, AJ'S Cousin said: Pedro’s management style is keep a starter in there and embarrass the hell out him. Everyone yelled at me last year when I wanted an experienced manager. Bochy, Girardi, etc. reminds me when the Bears had to have Tresman, had to have Nagy, before you yell at me maybe these weren’t the right guys but I wanted these “type of guys”. When you supposedly have a team that should compete is not the time for a rookie. Now I don’t want a TLR that ready for the old folks home but experienced. He is not helped by our bullpen, particularly long relievers. Diekman has already cost us 2 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Moncada hurt on nothing part 574264 But nothing as compared to Eloy who apparently is made of brittle glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Mock TWTW all we want. Sox early this season look like the recent teams of the rebuild. Virtually no WTW. Or maybe Fathom is right. Team has very little talent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankchifan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, joejoesox said: this is by far the worst team in baseball At least we got the most hits inMLB so far, and scoring lots of runs, but we do have the worst pitching staff in the majors so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 hours ago, ron883 said: What else can he say? His guys suck and he has no confidence in them? For real, right? Has there ever been a blaming coach? Like a guy who goes full priss and just tosses everybody under the bus lol. Nobody comes to mind at first thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Lucy's Avocado Farm Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Tnetennba said: Who is the last true home grown pitching success story? As in drafted and developed? Chris Sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Hard to say Rodon and Sale were developed. They were pretty much both drafted as almost MLB ready. We never really draft a guy, develop him over a couple years to have success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Jerksticks said: For real, right? Has there ever been a blaming coach? Like a guy who goes full priss and just tosses everybody under the bus lol. Nobody comes to mind at first thought Marmol with StL this week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I am choosing not to be miserable yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 9 hours ago, Dan Pasqua said: Ivan Calderon was a stud for us. Miss guys like that. Two of us used to be the only 2 in the right field bleachers with signs for the church of the United calderonists. He was a great guy and used to talk to us between pitches. Talk about a time when there was low attendance. They used to close the upper deck and sometimes try to kick the 2 of us out of right field but Ivan would stick up for us. In 88 and 89 I bet they averaged under 15000 a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilehoopster Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 49 minutes ago, Sambuca said: I am choosing not to be miserable yet. I agree. And I halfway agree with Pedro: starters will get things figured out and be solid/ above average. Until Crochet gets back, don’t like that bullpen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 minute ago, vilehoopster said: I agree. And I halfway agree with Pedro: starters will get things figured out and be solid/ above average. Until Crochet gets back, don’t like that bullpen. Thankfully Crochet and Liam should be back by mid May. Can’t get buried before then, tho. Sox need to right the ship, get the next two from Pitt and win the series in Minneapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Pitching staff is headed for total collapse. MLB will have to take over the team and pay Cub fans to attend games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilehoopster Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: Thankfully Crochet and Liam should be back by mid May. Can’t get buried before then, tho. Sox need to right the ship, get the next two from Pitt and win the series in Minneapolis. Thank you. I agree. I wanted to throw Liam in there too, but didn’t want to sound overly optimistic. I think he will help a ton too. I expect Clevenger to be, at least, solid today, and that is all Sox need to get a win today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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