February 14, 20242 yr https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/02/13/white-sox-pedro-grifol-manager-spring-training-cactus-league ‘‘But there’s a reason I am where I am, right? You don’t just get handed these [manager] jobs, right? This is one of 30. So over time, you know, I’ve earned the right to be here." ?
February 14, 20242 yr 13 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/02/13/white-sox-pedro-grifol-manager-spring-training-cactus-league ‘‘But there’s a reason I am where I am, right? You don’t just get handed these [manager] jobs, right? This is one of 30. So over time, you know, I’ve earned the right to be here." ? Lol at tone deaf Pedro. No douchebag, the "reason" you are here is because you're skilled at being a smooth talking corporate bootlicker who agreed to accept a cheap salary, so the organization decided in its infinite wisdom that you'd fit like a glove.
February 14, 20242 yr Author 49 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said: Lol at tone deaf Pedro. No douchebag, the "reason" you are here is because you're skilled at being a smooth talking corporate bootlicker who agreed to accept a cheap salary, so the organization decided in its infinite wisdom that you'd fit like a glove. I still think if the Sox get off to another dreadful start (which is certainly possible) he's fired around Memorial Day.
February 14, 20242 yr Just now, Lip Man 1 said: I still think if the Sox get off to another dreadful start (which is certainly possible) he's fired around Memorial Day. Normally I think you're wrong, and then I read things he says.
February 14, 20242 yr Pedro is a moron. This team won’t be relevant again until both those clowns are gone. I don’t want Pedro anywhere near Montgomery Ramos or any of the younger players.
February 14, 20242 yr 46 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Normally I think you're wrong, and then I read things he says. Most managers will just provide the most obvious Spring Training fluff that that no one will care about. Grifol likes to go the opposite route and spout non-sensical crap that just absolutely pisses Sox fans off.
February 14, 20242 yr 24 minutes ago, Green Line said: Where is the humility? He has none after the one and only dumbest team in the MLB gave him a manager job when no one else would have.
February 14, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: I still think if the Sox get off to another dreadful start (which is certainly possible) he's fired around Memorial Day. We can only hope that that jabroni is jettisoned by then ??.
February 14, 20242 yr But this article is even better… https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/13/white-sox-manager-pedro-grifol-wants-more-from-tony-la-russa
February 14, 20242 yr 11 hours ago, hi8is said: But this article is even better… https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/13/white-sox-manager-pedro-grifol-wants-more-from-tony-la-russa He's gotta be trolling us at this point. There's no way he's this stupid.
February 14, 20242 yr 14 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: So over time, you know, I’ve earned the right to be here." ? What does that even mean? There are probably 100 other guys who have "earned the right" to manage via sitting on a major league bench for 10 years.
February 14, 20242 yr Over time, like about a week, it was clear Pedro was in way over his head. Now he's got an ego as well? He's managed 1 season, a team he said would win both sides of the ball, and go out with the attitude of kicking the opponents ass. He's 40 under .500. A total clown.
February 14, 20242 yr 16 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: "But there’s a reason I am where I am, right? You don’t just get handed these jobs, right?" This part's a lot funnier if we don’t take it as rhetorical, and pretend he's genuinely asking.
February 14, 20242 yr If I was a coach waiting 10-12 years for a managing gig I would have drawn up a master plan and strategy for winning baseball.
February 14, 20242 yr I have issues with the Tony La Russa bit, but nothing in the main article cited here is offensive. And the quote above cuts off the other sentence which says: Quote But I’ve got to continue to prove that, you know, [hiring me] was the right decision. I get it that Sox fans are pissed. Rightfully so. But this article is a nothing burger.
February 14, 20242 yr 24 minutes ago, KipWellsFan said: I have issues with the Tony La Russa bit, but nothing in the main article cited here is offensive. And the quote above cuts off the other sentence which says: I get it that Sox fans are pissed. Rightfully so. But this article is a nothing burger. This is one of those where the actual correct response, the one that doesn't sound terrible, is to acknowledge there's a problem and vow to fix it. He could easily have doubled back on the other things he said in this interview. "Pedro, some fans want to know why you haven't been fired yet, how do you respond to that"? "Well, honestly I understand their frustration, we lost 101 games last year, our defense was poor, we had a lot of things to fix. The fans have a right to be frustrated with that style of play and that level of performance. But this year, I think we have a good group of guys in the clubhouse, we are going to be better on defense, I don't know how the season is going to wind up but I expect the fans will see progress and improvement on the field, and I hope they judge all of us by the improvement they see." Contrast that with: ‘‘It didn’t look right, maybe, in their eyes last year,’’ he said. ‘‘But there’s a reason I am where I am, right? You don’t just get handed these [manager] jobs, right? This is one of 30. So over time, you know, I’ve earned the right to be here. But I’ve got to continue to prove that, you know, [hiring me] was the right decision.’’ See the difference? In one he's telling the fans they're wrong and he didn't get handed the job for no reason so he must have done a good job so all those other peons must be wrong, that "maybe it didn't look right in their eyes last year" (really, maybe????), in the other he's saying that the fans who pay his salary have some genuine complaints and he expects to do a job this year that will satisfy some of those complaints.
February 14, 20242 yr I would like to ask Pedro when was the last time a team trying to win lost 100 games like his team did, during his only season as a manager. Edited February 14, 20242 yr by Dick Allen
February 14, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, Dick Allen said: Over time, like about a week, it was clear Pedro was in way over his head. Now he's got an ego as well? He's managed 1 season, a team he said would win both sides of the ball, and go out with the attitude of kicking the opponents ass. He's 40 under .500. A total clown. You'd think a guy hired by the same folks that gave us horrendous stretches from late stage Guillen, just along for the ride RV and asleep (and drunk) at the wheel TLR would perhaps be a bit more humble. Manager of the White Sox? That's a clown gig bro.
February 14, 20242 yr Yes Pedro, there is a reason why you're here. It has little to do with your managerial acumen and more to do with who your boss is. Your boss's boss that is. There is also a reason why you are *still* here, and it has absolutely nothing to do with whether you ever earned a job in the first place. It's because your boss's predecessors fucked up this 40 man roster so royally that even the best manager in the game couldn't win with the train wreck left behind. You are still here only as a placeholder, and very likely as the scapegoat to appease angry fans when your utter incompetence shows out again and your team still looks like a clown show. You weren't fired after the 101 loss abomination you helmed in 2023 simply so your firing in 2024 can be sold as a righting of the ship next offseason.
February 14, 20242 yr 14 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: Yes Pedro, there is a reason why you're here. It has little to do with your managerial acumen and more to do with who your boss is. Your boss's boss that is. There is also a reason why you are *still* here, and it has absolutely nothing to do with whether you ever earned a job in the first place. It's because your boss's predecessors fucked up this 40 man roster so royally that even the best manager in the game couldn't win with the train wreck left behind. You are still here only as a placeholder, and very likely as the scapegoat to appease angry fans when your utter incompetence shows out again and your team still looks like a clown show. You weren't fired after the 101 loss abomination you helmed in 2023 simply so your firing in 2024 can be sold as a righting of the ship next offseason. He's the Jim Boylen of the Sox. Great job JR! You've managed to hire two of the worst managers in the history of pro sports on both your clubs!
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