6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I agree. Also of note to the people screaming for the Sox to sign dudes in the last weeks of December with what's left in their allotment, all the known guys are signed. It's like we want them to scour the beaches for young guys throwing rocks in the water, and if somebody looks like a pitcher, give him $100k.

No they WANTED the money already spent 11 months before that, so it wouldn’t go to waste at the end of the period.

10 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I agree. Also of note to the people screaming for the Sox to sign dudes in the last weeks of December with what's left in their allotment, all the known guys are signed. It's like we want them to scour the beaches for young guys throwing rocks in the water, and if somebody looks like a pitcher, give him $100k.

Giving those rock skippers $10K each would have turned out more useful sidearming relievers than all their Paddy moves post Robert.

Edited January 18, 20251 yr by caulfield12

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

No they WANTED the money already spent 11 months before that, so it wouldn’t go to waste at the end of the period.

A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. 

Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. 

4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Giving those rock skippers $10K each would have turned out more useful sidearming relievers than all their Paddy moves post Robert.

They could sign every man, woman and child in the DR for $10k each and not touch their international pool. 

10 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

They could sign every man, woman and child in the DR for $10k each and not touch their international pool. 

$1.1 trillion...

You just somehow spent more than the Dodgers and the GDP of the entire country!!!

Edited January 18, 20251 yr by caulfield12

40 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. 

Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. 

Save the excuses, no one really cares.

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Save the excuses, no one really cares.

You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. 

1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. 

I am sure your first grade class loved that one.

26 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I am sure your first grade class loved that one.

They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. 

2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. 

Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. 

You act like this isn’t a common theme of the White Sox.  They usually trade their cash away for garbage.

2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. 

The return on saving $10-15 million to reallocate across the big league payroll is traditionally better than blowing $2 million on lottery tickets.

Player to be named later too for CLE...probably conditional on securing Sasaki.

Edited January 19, 20251 yr by caulfield12

baseball is pointless to watch now, and it's even more pointless if you're a Sox fan

I'm hoping that Sox attendance drops significantly next year to the point that it damages the brand for at least a decade. they all deserve worse. 

3 hours ago, WestEddy said:

You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. 

He’s right.  The majority doesn’t give a F.

1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. 

The Sox aren’t Cleveland even though we all wish they could be as good.  The Sox are a fucking dung heap compared to how well the Guardians run their team.  You already knew this though.

I’ve never seen so much apologizing for every stupid, cheap, and lazy move the Sox make.  It’s quite impressive.

Edited January 19, 20251 yr by WhiteSox2023

20 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The Sox aren’t Cleveland even though we all wish they could be as good.  The Sox are a fucking dung heap compared to how well the Guardians run their team.  You already knew this though.

I’ve never seen so much apologizing for every stupid, cheap, and lazy move the Sox make.  It’s quite impressive.

And the first-graders asked if you were Stranger Danger. 

40 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

baseball is pointless to watch now, and it's even more pointless if you're a Sox fan

I'm hoping that Sox attendance drops significantly next year to the point that it damages the brand for at least a decade. they all deserve worse. 

Can't even use the contraction threat like commissioner dropped on the Twins in 2001-02 because they still won't get any public stadium funding sympathy.

7 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

And the first-graders asked if you were Stranger Danger. 

Steve Urkel voice?

2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. 

I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic.  Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. 

6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic.  Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. 

Maybe he can do PR for Aaron Glenn after this debacle...undefensible.

Edited January 19, 20251 yr by caulfield12

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic.  Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. 

They're all quite driven. Most of them want to become scientists when they grow up so they can find a cure for whatever makes "old stinky butt" so illogical and angry. 

6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

They're all quite driven. Most of them want to become scientists when they grow up so they can find a cure for whatever makes "old stinky butt" so illogical and angry. 

Can you send some of those STEM thinkers over to do unpaid internships with the Sox analytics dept.?

https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-sign-first-player-from-south-sudan-joseph-deng

On 12/14/2024 at 10:40 PM, WestEddy said:

All these baseball people and players "buying in" to Chris Getz' vision. Why not Sasaki?

I had to bring back this epic post.

What baseball people and players?  Players that Getz fished out of a dumpster and managed to sign for peanuts?

Why not Sasaki?  Because he isn’t fucking stupid.

Edited January 19, 20251 yr by WhiteSox2023

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

You act like this isn’t a common theme of the White Sox.  They usually trade their cash away for garbage.

SS2k5 was deeply saddened that Marco Paddy was let go despite the great job he had done for over a decade. 

5 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

SS2k5 was deeply saddened that Marco Paddy was let go despite the great job he had done for over a decade. 

I look forward to you making excuses for the Sox either not spending all of their international allotment or trading it away for trash next year.