11 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Guess assuming loss more likely in extras on the road…

We were the home team, no?

2 hours ago, JoeC said:

We were the home team, no?

Correct. Sox had home field advantage throughout the playoffs that year.

On 11/24/2023 at 11:45 AM, Lip Man 1 said:

JR's not selling regardless of what attendance is. Far to much money coming in from domestic and international streams.

But, I read in the paper today that the Sox lost money in 2023....ya right! 

This team is a disaster, and I'm not sticking around to watch it.

3 hours ago, JoeC said:

We were the home team, no?

Yeah...we still would have had the advantage then, burnt it was a nervous feeling down 1-0 and with ace Contreras having lost to Byrd and desperation time for an offense that had been kept in check in cold weather.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Yeah...we still would have had the advantage then, burnt it was a nervous feeling down 1-0 and with ace Contreras having lost to Byrd and desperation time for an offense that had been kept in check in cold weather.

From my memory, Escobar was unhittable and in a groove. He was mowing them down one by one until that play.

Dropped third strike or not, that play threw Escobar off. Without it, I agree - we would have lost.

On 11/24/2023 at 10:56 AM, AJ'S Cousin said:

 they caught lighting in a bottle in 2005. If AJ doesn't steal 1st base in game 2 against the Angels we'd have down 2-0 and going to LA. We might have been toast, but my cousin (LOL) bailed us out or we'd still be looking for our 1st WS win since 1917. 

I've never seen somebody try to spin the most dominant post season in MLB history as some sort of squeaker.  Fascinating

52 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

I've never seen somebody try to spin the most dominant post season in MLB history as some sort of squeaker.  Fascinating

The Sox were one of the finest post season teams ever but that's a pretty strong statement. The 1976 Reds and some of those Yankee postseason clubs can also make that claim.

There have been twelve undefeated untied teams in MLB Postseason history, of which the Yankees have six. Four of the six were back to back (1927-1928 and 1938-1939). They also swept the 1998-1999 World Series.

19th Century:

1. 1884 N. L. Providence Grays (84-28) over A. A. New York Metropolitans (75-32) 3-0 21-3

Pennant Era (All 4-0):

1. 1932 New York A. L. (107-47) over Chicago N. L. (90-64) 37-19
2. 1928 New York A. L. (101-53) over Saint Louis N. L. (95-59) 27-10
3. 1938 New York A. L. (99-53) over Chicago N. L. (89-63) 22-9
4. 1927 New York A. L. (110-44) over Pittsburgh (94-60) 23-10
5. 1939 New York A. L. (106-45) over Cincinnati (97-57) 20-8
6. 1954 New York N. L. (97-57) over Cleveland (111-43) 21-9
7. 1966 Baltimore (97-63) over Los Angeles N. L. (95-67) 13-2
8. 1914 Boston N. L. (94-59) over Philadelphia A. L. (99-53) 16-6
9. 1963 Los Angeles N. L. (99-63) over New York A. L. (104-57) 12-4
10. 1950 New York A. L. (98-56) over Philadelphia N. L. (91-63) 11-5

Division Era:

1. 1976 Cincinnati (102-60) 7-0 over Philadelphia (101-61) 3-0 19-11 & New York A. L. (97-62) 4-0 22-8

Wildcard Powerball Era: None

How do we still not know the dollar value here? 

1 hour ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

How do we still not know the dollar value here? 

"If you have to ask...."

I’m shocked at how little he’s getting paid

 

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

 

Hard to really complain too much about $1.75M. 

Just now, ChiSox59 said:

Hard to really complain too much about $1.75M. 

Yep, let him play good defense for two months until Montgomery is promoted 

4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Hard to really complain too much about $1.75M. 

Oh yeah, I figured $3M tops. Guy is lucky he didn’t get an MiLB deal after his last few years.

17 minutes ago, fathom said:

 

Wow…Hahn would have given him 1/$5M or 2/$8M easy

4 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Wow…Hahn would have given him 1/$5M or 2/$8M easy

Getz: same trash players but financially optimized for JR

2 minutes ago, bmags said:

Getz: same trash players but financially optimized for JR

Lol…so very true.

Wonder if all $1.75M is guaranteed? With the state of the roster it really doesn’t make sense to have an old and bad player take up playing time. We have what, like 5/6 guys under 26 that can play MI? 

5 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Wonder if all $1.75M is guaranteed? With the state of the roster it really doesn’t make sense to have an old and bad player take up playing time. We have what, like 5/6 guys under 26 that can play MI? 

They’ll get their reps if they earn it. It’s not like Dejong (or Lopez for that matter) are stopping Sosa, Rodriguez or even Romy from playing time if they earn it. Hard to say that any of those dudes have earned an opening day starting role at this point. 

12 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Wonder if all $1.75M is guaranteed? With the state of the roster it really doesn’t make sense to have an old and bad player take up playing time. We have what, like 5/6 guys under 26 that can play MI? 

I think they simply want prospects to have to force their way on the roster by having cheap veterans as placeholders.  I also think they’re trying to address the clubhouse culture with high makeup guys.  DeJong obviously sucks but at this price it doesn’t really matter.

1 hour ago, fathom said:

I’m shocked at how little he’s getting paid

Same.  I figured 6-7M.  Shocked the Sox didn’t grossly overpay. 

16 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

Same.  I figured 6-7M.  Shocked the Sox didn’t grossly overpay. 

Zero chance. I k ow I get to say this after it was known, but DeJong was waived and instead of having a Andrus-like heater…was just worse.

1 hour ago, fathom said:

 

Makes the Leury deal as a result of ONE Grand Slam in the playoffs seem even more ridiculous in retrospect.

2 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Makes the Leury deal as a result of ONE Grand Slam in the playoffs seem even more ridiculous in retrospect.

It was a three-run home run not a grand slam.