I've been mad about the Getz hire and this entire season. His quotes make it much worse. I wonder if JR gets that the quotes make him look like a fool.

Remember when he said it would be an aesthetically pleasing brand of baseball that pitchers would love to play in front of?

This situation reminds me of the hapless Bears with their GM search and how they continually got it wrong. Eventually the Sox will get this right, it is not going to happen with JR owning the team.

1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

I've been mad about the Getz hire and this entire season. His quotes make it much worse. I wonder if JR gets that the quotes make him look like a fool.

I'm sure he's drying his tears with $100 bills.

1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:

Why would they be excuses when they do the same thing every season.?  Counting on them was a mistake 

Hope that all of their young players pan out, dumpster dive to fill in their holes with vets that are near or past retirement, and pray for no injuries.

This is White Sox baseball.

This comment from a friend and a long time Sox fan summed things up pretty well:

"It’s sickening. And it’s also a lie, because while a GM has to walk a line (sell tickets!) Getz absolutely did not feel anything near this way in spring. He 100% thought he’d improved the team, even if by a game and I’m guessing he thought sheer luck would cap him at 90 losses. So beyond the absolute offense we take at his casual words now, he’s also lying. This isn’t about 2000 or 2010, where memories fade, this is six friggin months ago.

 

I am not so much of a diehard that they still can’t kill my fandom. I’ll always carry it with me but it is a flickering ember at this point. And seemingly we are not yet at bottom."

 

21 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

This comment from a friend and a long time Sox fan summed things up pretty well:

"It’s sickening. And it’s also a lie, because while a GM has to walk a line (sell tickets!) Getz absolutely did not feel anything near this way in spring. He 100% thought he’d improved the team, even if by a game and I’m guessing he thought sheer luck would cap him at 90 losses. So beyond the absolute offense we take at his casual words now, he’s also lying. This isn’t about 2000 or 2010, where memories fade, this is six friggin months ago.

 

I am not so much of a diehard that they still can’t kill my fandom. I’ll always carry it with me but it is a flickering ember at this point. And seemingly we are not yet at bottom."

 

Is this from someone who talks to Getz or is this speculation?

41 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Is this from someone who talks to Getz or is this speculation?

He literally said it himself.

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“I definitely feel like we've improved the roster,” said Getz, who was arriving in Arizona on Monday

https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-white-sox-spring-training

8 minutes ago, Iwritecode said:

He literally said it himself.

https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-white-sox-spring-training

The sticking point here isn't what he said in spring, it is what he believed in the spring.  It is very different if he said they improved, but was privately saying they would look 100 games,versus if he said they improved and spring and is now downplaying it because it looks bad.

What he said publicly about how he felt about the team in ST is different than what he said publicly now. 

So either he was lying then or he's lying now.  Either way, not a good look.

Edited September 10, 20241 yr by Iwritecode

4 minutes ago, Iwritecode said:

What he said publicly about how he felt about the team in ST is different than what he said publicly now. 

So either he was lying then or he's lying now.  Either way, not a good look.

Trying to gaslight the fans and JR

Great column, includes Getz quotes from spring training and compares them to a few days ago:

 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/10/chicago-white-sox-its-121-or-bust/

 

On 9/10/2024 at 12:55 PM, southsider2k5 said:

Is this from someone who talks to Getz or is this speculation?

False dichotomy