November 9, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, PaleAleSox said: Yes. A chosen screengrab of a 15 minute press conference can tell you that. To be fair, they looked to have that disposition almost the entire time… but yea, saying this is his first and only managerial gig is extremely shortsighted.
November 9, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, PaleAleSox said: Yes. A chosen screengrab of a 15 minute press conference can tell you that. I didn’t need the screen grab to say that. History has proven my comments. Take a look at Sox managers over the past 20 years. Dude is grabbing the money while he can. This terrible franchise and team will sink his career.
November 9, 20241 yr I like the cut of his jib. i’m cautiously optimistic he won’t be a complete buffoon.
November 9, 20241 yr 37 minutes ago, thedoctor said: I like the cut of his jib. i’m cautiously optimistic he won’t be a complete buffoon. It's already been decided he is a bum who will never work again. Sorry.
November 9, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said: It's already been decided he is a bum who will never work again. Sorry. Nope, our terrible GM is going to ensure that when he can’t build a decent roster for Venable.
November 9, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, PaleAleSox said: It's already been decided he is a bum who will never work again. Sorry. But I thought all our hires were amazing?
November 11, 20241 yr On 11/9/2024 at 9:52 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Venable knows this is his first and last managerial gig. I bet he massively bumped up his retirement funding right after he signed the contract. $14,537,000 Career earnings, plus lifetime MLB pension I'm sure he's doing quite well if he invested his money wisely... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42315424/miami-marlins-hire-clayton-mccullough-manager Marlins end up taking Dodgers' McCullough, who was the early front-runner for the White Sox job Edited November 11, 20241 yr by caulfield12
November 11, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: $14,537,000 Career earnings, plus lifetime MLB pension I'm sure he's doing quite well if he invested his money wisely... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42315424/miami-marlins-hire-clayton-mccullough-manager Marlins end up taking Dodgers' McCullough, who was the early front-runner for the White Sox job Crazy that such a mediocre player made so much money in his career.
November 11, 20241 yr On 10/29/2024 at 11:35 PM, Vote4Pedro said: Good experience as MLB player and coach with winning organizations, contrary to Grifol. Very good hire IMO.
November 11, 20241 yr 14 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Crazy that such a mediocre player made so much money in his career. Crazy that such incompetent owners made so much money owning the Sox.
November 12, 20241 yr https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-will-venable-partnership-white-sox Merkin laying it on thick about Getz/Venable partnership...Dayton Moore quotes. Lol at Crochet getting Cy Young votes with the White Sox next year.
November 13, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-will-venable-partnership-white-sox Merkin laying it on thick about Getz/Venable partnership...Dayton Moore quotes. Lol at Crochet getting Cy Young votes with the White Sox next year. This relationship is in the best shape of its life!
November 13, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-will-venable-partnership-white-sox Merkin laying it on thick about Getz/Venable partnership...Dayton Moore quotes. Lol at Crochet getting Cy Young votes with the White Sox next year. Dayton Moore's comparison points...Bruce Bochy, Ned Yost, Bobby Cox. I think there's a theme here.
November 13, 20241 yr 42 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Dayton Moore's comparison points...Bruce Bochy, Ned Yost, Bobby Cox. I think there's a theme here. Two Hall of Famers and one who will at least get Veterans Committee consideration but come up short.
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