Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

This whole thread is bait.

7 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

9-14 = .391 win% which projects out to 63 wins. Nope, this is pretty much in their lane. But I guess as bad as things have been, the victory lap ceiling gets easier and easier to take.

There’s nowhere to go but up.

25 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

That’s even more massive trolling than Ron ever intended, and I think it was a sincere comment. 🤣

39 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

39 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Ill say, if the Mantle and Marris comment wasnt bait, it's an all-timer.

Surely they'll make us forget Bonds Sosa and McGwire too

And we'll all wake up with mint condition 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie cards with a pristine autograph affixed in our Christmas stockings

MaRis btw

maybe Barry Pepper will even come back to do a recreation of that 1961 homer race at GRF this year...

Edited April 23Apr 23 by caulfield12

29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

That’s even more massive trolling than Ron ever intended, and I think it was a sincere comment. 🤣

I thought I was the biggest and most consistent Colson believer in Soxdom. This guy's got him as Mickey Mantle! No one wants a silver medal, but I'm conceding gold to that!

Edited April 23Apr 23 by Look at Ray Ray Run

11 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

I thought I was the biggest and most consistent Colson believer in Soxdom. This guy's got him as Mickey Mantle! No one wants a silver medal, but I'm conceding gold to that!

Just think what he could have accomplished with two healthy knees and without a lifetime addiction to both alcohol & painkillers.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by caulfield12

4 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Damn, you changed your profile pic. Was gonna give you a present

Someone was saying in the game thread that they were sick of seeing his mug on every post I make and agreed. We're on to Colson.

13 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Someone was saying in the game thread that they were sick of seeing his mug on every post I make and agreed. We're on to Colson.

If you jinx him, I will come for you.

Soxtalk is not the only hate repository for Schriffen?

18 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

We're on pace for 63 wins coming off the worst season in modern MLB history and a subsequent 100+ loss season. Spare me the dumb troll. In fact spare this forum.

18 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

And on a pace for 63 wins.

Its April 23. Jose Soriano and Aaron Ashby are on pace to be the first starting pitchers to go undefeated in a full season since Buck O'Brien went 20-0 in 1912.

If they have one good week, their "on pace" record looks completely different.

You guys think they will win only 63 games? I'll take that bet.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by Nardiwashere

5 minutes ago, Nardiwashere said:

Its April 23. Jose Soriano and Aaron Ashby are on pace to be the first starting pitchers to go undefeated in a full season since Buck O'Brien went 20-0 in 1912.

If they have one good week, their "on pace" record looks completely different.

You guys think they will win only 63 games? I'll take that bet.

They just had a "one good week" which put them back up on a 63 win pace. I am still #team69, but in that general vicinity makes sense to me. It gets better, but there are still a TON of holes here that will keep them away from meaningful baseball.

if colson stays healthy, he's gonna hit a shitload of dingers

18 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

Wow, not even Mantle and Maris did that. How silly to compare these guys to M&M. Wait a minute...

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

They just had a "one good week" which put them back up on a 63 win pace. I am still #team69, but in that general vicinity makes sense to me. It gets better, but there are still a TON of holes here that will keep them away from meaningful baseball.

#Team69 can be a lot of fun. Optics be damned.

23 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Wow, not even Mantle and Maris did that. How silly to compare these guys to M&M. Wait a minute...

Yes, it was absolutely ridiculous to compare M&M to two players with a combined ~150 career bWAR, with one of those players being a Hall of Famer, especially considering M&M haven’t even played a full season of MLB baseball.

Good lord…

Edited April 23Apr 23 by WhiteSox2023

1 hour ago, Nardiwashere said:

Its April 23. Jose Soriano and Aaron Ashby are on pace to be the first starting pitchers to go undefeated in a full season since Buck O'Brien went 20-0 in 1912.

If they have one good week, their "on pace" record looks completely different.

You guys think they will win only 63 games? I'll take that bet.

Definitely understand your point, but Aaron Ashby is not a starter and Soriano is a monster.

26 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Wow, not even Mantle and Maris did that. How silly to compare these guys to M&M. Wait a minute...

Glad to see you also think Murakami and Colson are similar to Mantle and Marris.

Explains a lot.

4 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yes, it was absolutely ridiculous to compare M&M to two players with a combined ~150 career bWAR, with one of those players being a Hall of Famer, especially considering M&M haven’t even played a full season of MLB baseball.

Good lord…

I always love the gatekeeping of which players can and cannot be compared. It's a message board, for heaven's sake. Two teammates in a potential HR chase is evocative of the most famous one.

5 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Glad to see you also think Murakami and Colson are similar to Mantle and Marris.

Explains a lot.

I will be tracking the combined awards/accomplishments from Murakami and Colson…

5x MVP

27x All-Star

Triple Crown

Batting Title

2x Gold Glove

10x World Series

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I will be tracking the combined awards/accomplishments from Murakami and Colson…

5x MVP

27x All-Star

Triple Crown

Batting Title

2x Gold Glove

10x World Series

So then we don't need to hear about this troll-level silliness until both Colson's and Mune's careers are over. Great! Let's reconvene in 2040, shall we?

4 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

So then we don't need to hear about this troll-level silliness until both Colson's and Mune's careers are over. Great! Let's reconvene in 2040, shall we?

Troll-level silliness was making the comparison to begin with. Just like reassessing how good the Sox are after a win or two in a row when their overall record still stinks.

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Troll-level silliness was making the comparison to begin with. Just like reassessing how good the Sox are after a win or two in a row when their overall record still stinks.

This must the lurking thought police ss2k5 keeps warning us about. How dare somebody compare one potential HR title chase to another? Boiling 3 players on the same team having a historic collection of HR streaks down to "a win or two" is next level minimalization. Something amazing is happening on the White Sox. You and RubRub see yourselves as gatekeepers of happiness.

Being as dour as y'all are, and trying to mock people who are happy after a win is the true silliness. You make more sense when discussing poo or rub-rubbing one out.