caulfield12 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-pick-up-fourth-straight-loss-in-series-opener “Today we got our ass kicked. You go home and you reflect and tomorrow is a new day. You can only learn from today and then tomorrow you start the day and that’s it. This day is over,” Grifol said. “If you start mentally crushing yourself on what’s going on or what’s happened or our record or what I’m hitting, it’s going to get even worse. “You have to start fresh every single day. How else are you going to do it? You can reflect, but you reflect to learn. You don’t reflect to live in that negativity space where it will just continue to crush you if you can’t flush it.” “We can’t deny what’s happening. Our record sucks,” Grifol said. “But what are you going to do about it? We have to come tomorrow and get ready to play. You have to forget about today. Learn and move on.” “You've got to just keep attacking. You can't get these back. They're in the past. You've got to just keep moving on,” said White Sox second baseman Nicky Lopez, who had two of the team’s eight hits. “Take it one day at a time. Try to regroup. “This game has a way to beat you down and get slapped in the face, but it's a game of adjustments too. You've got to just keep coming every single day with a positive attitude and hopefully at the end you're where you want to be. But it's easier said than done. A lot of people sometimes struggle with it, the mindset thing." Edited April 23 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Line Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Pedro said flush it.. DRINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 They have to fire him at some point soon. Getz gave him a horrible roster, but Pedro will be the first fall guy Pedro is in over his head, but what a crap sandwich this team is. Almost automatic outs every day at C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B and LF. A minor league starting rotation. A make shift bullpen Getz should also be fired, but that would require Reinsdorf to admit a mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 ty for highlighting these quotes Caulfield EDIT: The meme is wrong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 This dude is getting dumber by the week and is losing his freaking mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 31 minutes ago, Quin said: ty for highlighting these quotes Caulfield Sorry...can't credit Pedro. Nicky Lopez. But you can't sever their lifelong Royals' Connection. (Should have included Nicky's name in the thread title in order to avoid confusion lol.) Definitely sounds like a Pedro-ism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Sorry...can't credit Pedro. Nicky Lopez. But you can't sever their lifelong Royals' Connection. (Should have included Nicky's name in the thread title in order to avoid confusion lol.) Definitely sounds like a Pedro-ism. Ah s%*#. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 @caulfield12 I fixed. Arguably better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpton Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 11 minutes ago, Quin said: @caulfield12 I fixed. Arguably better. I think it should be "Today we got our ass kicked, again" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 (edited) https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/what-has-happened-to-the-chicago-white-sox-and-how-did-they-get-so-bad Entering play on Monday, the Chicago White Sox are a Major League-worst 3-18, but just a few years ago, they looked like they were ready to take the league by storm. What's happened? Furthermore, when teams rebuild, we ask them to not only play with prospects, we ask them to spend. The White Sox did, spending money on free agents Yasmani Grandal (an All-Star) and Dallas Keuchel (a Cy Young winner). They went and spent big on Liam Hendriks, an All-Star closer, before the 2021 season. They brought in Lance Lynn in a trade with the Rangers before the 2021 season, and then extended him. They added Joe Kelly before the 2022 season. They brought in Andrew Benintendi before 2023. They did everything that fans and pundits ask a team to do when they appear ready to win. In addition to developing prospects and spending in free agency, we ask teams to take care of their own. They did that too, inking Jimenez, Luis Robert Jr. and Anderson to long-term deals at young ages. These deals all looked like wins for the organization at the time. The question is what happened to this team full of potential that made two playoff appearances? Well, let's just start here: Lynn was dreadful in the 2023 season, going 6-9 with a 6.47 ERA before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's now with the Cardinals. Keuchel was let go in the 2022 season and is currently in Triple-A. Kelly had an ERA over six in the 2022 season and had ERA near five in the 2023 season before also being dealt to the Dodgers. Lopez and Giolito were traded also during the 2023 season while Abreu was allowed to walk in free agency after 2022. Moncada, Robert Jr. and Jimenez are all still in the organization but all of them have spent considerable times on the injured list over the last three years. Anderson's numbers plummeted in 2023 and his team option was declined, so he signed with the Marlins this past offseason. Cease was traded to the San Diego Padres. There was also the stink of the Tony La Russa managerial tender, questions about in-fighting in the clubhouse, and GM Rick Hahn was fired. The White Sox are once again in a rebuild. They did everything right the first time, will things work out better this time around? Edited April 23 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 64-120. That's a lot of reflecting and learning, yet they are still doing everything wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 All snark aside...Pedro, this whole "zen trying to mask anxiety" approach you're doing clearly isn't working. FFS try something else man. You literally have nothing to lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Pedro, nobody likes you, please leave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydBannister1983 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 15 hours ago, spiderman said: They have to fire him at some point soon. Getz gave him a horrible roster, but Pedro will be the first fall guy Pedro is in over his head, but what a crap sandwich this team is. Almost automatic outs every day at C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B and LF. A minor league starting rotation. A make shift bullpen Getz should also be fired, but that would require Reinsdorf to admit a mistake Nobody could win with this time but Grifol couldn’t win with the ‘27 Yankees. And, yes, even in a punt year (which they couldn’t afford remember) Getz had a responsibility to at least put competent players on the team. He should be fired first. I’m enjoying watching other teams this year and getting to know them better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.