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Tim Elko undergoes ACL surgery, expected to miss eight months


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20 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

A few months ago you were telling us how he could step in for Vaughn.  

I think a lot of people wanted Elko called up cuz Vaughn was so bad.  Not sure the majority of people who wanted him called up thought he would break out.  It was basically, we suck at 1B as it is, may as well give Elko a shot.  That’s how I remember it at least.  I could be wrong.

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5 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I think a lot of people wanted Elko called up cuz Vaughn was so bad.  Not sure the majority of people who wanted him called up thought he would break out.  It was basically, we suck at 1B as it is, may as well give Elko a shot.  That’s how I remember it at least.  I could be wrong.

That sounds accurate. Vaughn was horrible. Elko deserved a look. Well, that look was "overmatched". In his 2nd look, even more so. I wanted Andy Wilkins to get a shot, back in the day. Chris Curley, too. 

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51 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I think a lot of people wanted Elko called up cuz Vaughn was so bad.  Not sure the majority of people who wanted him called up thought he would break out.  It was basically, we suck at 1B as it is, may as well give Elko a shot.  That’s how I remember it at least.  I could be wrong.

There was certainly a correlation between being over Vaughn and wanting Elko to get a shot. Simply being better than AV was a pretty low bar and I think generally that’s where most people’s hopes were. 

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1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I think a lot of people wanted Elko called up cuz Vaughn was so bad.  Not sure the majority of people who wanted him called up thought he would break out.  It was basically, we suck at 1B as it is, may as well give Elko a shot.  That’s how I remember it at least.  I could be wrong.

Yes, he started off super hot in AAA, Vaughn was scraping the bottom of the barrel.  We brought him up, he hit a homerun and then struck out like 10 times in 20 at bats, and WBWSF decided that he was going to the hall of fame.   Seems like Kreevitch did too

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8 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

No one is Meadicore, except to Getzie who either he or his team thought was worth acquiring.  Brutal.

I believe we are now using this.

watch the guy look like a blindfolded child wailing at a piñata for 4 months in order to see what they had.

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