April 22, 2025Apr 22 21 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Just hire Carlos Pena off ESPN...Beane's not even working specifically in baseball in his new role with John Henry/Fenway Sports Group. Transitioning media types into actual jobs hasn't been working too well recently in other areas.
April 22, 2025Apr 22 23 hours ago, poppysox said: I just watched Moneyball for the fourth time. Perhaps Getz could find some inspiration by quickly viewing.🙂 I can see the Sox converting one of these catchers into a first baseman to be sure. That movie was funny because they make it seem like the path to victory is through taking a walk...only the A's had the best rotation in baseball, I don't think they even mentioned pitching in that movie. how about moneyball except it's about giving good players lots of "money" to hit the "ball". Edited April 22, 2025Apr 22 by nrockway
April 23, 2025Apr 23 4 hours ago, nrockway said: I can see the Sox converting one of these catchers into a first baseman to be sure. That movie was funny because they make it seem like the path to victory is through taking a walk...only the A's had the best rotation in baseball, I don't think they even mentioned pitching in that movie. how about moneyball except it's about giving good players lots of "money" to hit the "ball". Yes, at that time it was Tim Hudson, Barry Zito and Mark Mulder. Three aces. And they pretty much were in the movie for about 1/10th the amount of time as Scott Hatteberg or Chad Bradford, lol.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 13 hours ago, nrockway said: I can see the Sox converting one of these catchers into a first baseman to be sure. That movie was funny because they make it seem like the path to victory is through taking a walk...only the A's had the best rotation in baseball, I don't think they even mentioned pitching in that movie. how about moneyball except it's about giving good players lots of "money" to hit the "ball". The closer had a storyline in the movie.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 1 hour ago, FloydBannister1983 said: The closer had a storyline in the movie. Billy Koch…former White Sox as well.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 30 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Billy Koch…former White Sox as well. No it was Chad Bradford in the movie. He wasn't the closer, though. I don't think Koch is even mentioned in the movie.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 Vaughn in a heated race for worst player in baseball so far. -.6 fWAR is impressive in 20 odd games.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 Chad Bradford, the steal of the century... a whole 10 career WAR. How could Williams let that fine middle reliever go for a catching prospect. A heist it was, as Olivo only had 8 career WAR. I like analytics, and KW made some goofy moves, but the harangue over Chad Bradford in that book along with the beat-down of KW because of that trade, was ridiculous.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 23 minutes ago, GreenSox said: Chad Bradford, the steal of the century... a whole 10 career WAR. How could Williams let that fine middle reliever go for a catching prospect. A heist it was, as Olivo only had 8 career WAR. I like analytics, and KW made some goofy moves, but the harangue over Chad Bradford in that book along with the beat-down of KW because of that trade, was ridiculous. And Kenny still has one more World Series victory than Billy Beane. Maybe they can put that in the sequel.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 What I would do to have PRIME 2005 & 2006 Kenny Williams as the GM right now. Kenny sucked at manny things but he at least gave a crap and tried........and also got Jerry to spend some money
April 23, 2025Apr 23 11 minutes ago, WestEddy said: And Kenny still has one more World Series victory than Billy Beane. Maybe they can put that in the sequel. Yeah, whatever happened to that guy?
April 23, 2025Apr 23 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: The Sox are rebuilding, they're supposed to be bad!!!!!1111
April 23, 2025Apr 23 1 hour ago, 2Deep said: What I would do to have PRIME 2005 & 2006 Kenny Williams as the GM right now. Kenny sucked at manny things but he at least gave a crap and tried........and also got Jerry to spend some money Minus Javy Vasquez...also, a lot of arguments Rowand and Everett leaving that 2005 squad sapped team of leadership. And would have been nice to see prime Gio Gonzalez.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 49 minutes ago, Tony said: The Sox are rebuilding, they're supposed to be bad!!!!!1111 The same excuse for the life of Getz as Sox GM. The Sox are always rebuilding so they will always be expected to suck. What a genius idea for job security but it only works if your boss is the worst owner in baseball who doesn’t care about winning.
April 23, 2025Apr 23 4 hours ago, Tony said: The Sox are rebuilding, they're supposed to be bad!!!!!1111 Normal bad, not historically bad.
April 24, 2025Apr 24 Is this Palacios guy a good acquisition? How the heck did we acquire him. He got on base two of four times tonight. Nice.
April 24, 2025Apr 24 55 minutes ago, greg775 said: Is this Palacios guy a good acquisition? How the heck did we acquire him. He got on base two of four times tonight. Nice. No, he sucks too. Pirates mostly.
April 24, 2025Apr 24 18 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Lost in here is the fact that Amaya almost has been given enough at bats to qualify. Just a tremendous job all around.
April 24, 2025Apr 24 Is there an official Getz acquisition tracker? (probably missing some) Hits Cash Considerations Shane Smith Chase Meidroth Kyle Teel Braden Montgomery Cam Booser Mike Vasil Jury Still Out Matt Thaiss Miguel Vargas Jeral Perez Alexander Albertus William Bergolla Jared Shuster Drew Thrope Jairo Iriarte Samual Zavala Misses Mike Tauchman Austin Slater Nick Maton Mike Clevinger Nicky Lopez Mike Soroka Braden Shewmake Michael A Taylor Dominic Fletcher Steven Wilson Martin Perez Penn Murfee Zach DeLoach
April 24, 2025Apr 24 1 hour ago, DFAthewave69420 said: Is there an official Getz acquisition tracker? (probably missing some) Hits Cash Considerations Shane Smith Chase Meidroth Kyle Teel Braden Montgomery Cam Booser Mike Vasil Jury Still Out Matt Thaiss Miguel Vargas Jeral Perez Alexander Albertus William Bergolla Jared Shuster Drew Thrope Jairo Iriarte Samual Zavala Misses Mike Tauchman Austin Slater Nick Maton Mike Clevinger Nicky Lopez Mike Soroka Braden Shewmake Michael A Taylor Dominic Fletcher Steven Wilson Martin Perez Penn Murfee Zach DeLoach Soroka wasn't a total miss....he did well enough he got almost double 2024 salary from the Nationals...
April 24, 2025Apr 24 2 hours ago, Texsox said: One day closer to him being fired. Subracting one from infinity doesn't really improve things.
April 24, 2025Apr 24 On 4/23/2025 at 2:14 PM, caulfield12 said: Minus Javy Vasquez...also, a lot of arguments Rowand and Everett leaving that 2005 squad sapped team of leadership. And would have been nice to see prime Gio Gonzalez. They scored 127 more runs in 2006 than in 2005. They didn’t lose because Aaron Rowand (who loved ripping the fans) was traded. Their pitching failed them.
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