"What does that mean to the Guardians, who take raw talent and guide him to the big leagues, through a plan that sees him navigate position changes (second base, shortstop and third,) to become a family man and hometown hero in Cleveland? It means they have one of those “good, solid young men” DiBiasio speaks of. A family man, A man of character. The kind of man who can lead the Guardians to greatness through perseverance, hard work and loyalty."

“Your highest paid player better be your best person,” said DiBiasio.

The Villager Newspaper Online

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The Cleveland Guardians are one of Major League Baseball’s most successful franchises. Year after year they finish close to the top, making the playoffs and giving fans plenty of thrills. Competing in

When's the last time this last sentence was close to being true for the Sox???

Grandal Benintendi Robert (didn't remember Charlie Montoyo's name or who he even was), TA, Jimenez, Moncada, Lynn, Keuchel...

Kimbrel and Giolito were probably the closest to that description over the last decade. There weren't many. Burger, too.

The White Sox are usually loyal to a fault, but for all the wrong reasons. Not lining up with the values listed here for being deserving of two way loyalty/trust.

Whether it's Mune, Colson, Teel...pick your foundational piece to build around that will be a White Sox for life and give them that first $100-200 million deal.

Maybe it's Cholowsky? Or even Braden or Bonemer.

But you need to pick someone or the ship will continue to founder on the rocks.

The face of the franchise.

There hasn't really been once since TA and Abreu.

They forced it on Andrew Vaughn and it simply didn't fit.

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1948

12 minutes ago, soxrwhite said:

1948

But also third best record in MLB over the last 12 years.

White Sox are 29th or 30th.

By that standard, being Marlins' or White Sox franchise fans since the 1990's would be much more rewarding???

Certainly the much more efficient allocation of resources.

At least we're not the Mariners Padres or Brewers then???

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

But also third best record in MLB over the last 12 years.

White Sox are 29th or 30th.

By that standard, being Marlins' or White Sox franchise fans since the 1990's would be much more rewarding???

Certainly the much more efficient allocation of resources.

At least we're not the Mariners Padres or Brewers then???

Those "3rd best record in the last 12 years" banners hang forever.

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Embrace the Basement isn't much better...

And no more cracks about SD?

You won't find any Padres fans exchanging 2019-2026 places with the White Sox...despite no WS.

Reminiscing over 2005 won't help the Ishbias to develop a new generation Sox fans...unfortunately.

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1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Embrace the Basement isn't much better...

And no more cracks about SD?

You won't find any Padres fans exchanging 2019-2026 places with the White Sox...despite no WS.

Reminiscing over 2005 won't help the Ishbias to develop a new generation Sox fans...unfortunately.

You make no sense whatsoever. It's argument for argument's sake, at best.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Embrace the Basement isn't much better...

And no more cracks about SD?

You won't find any Padres fans exchanging 2019-2026 places with the White Sox...despite no WS.

Reminiscing over 2005 won't help the Ishbias to develop a new generation Sox fans...unfortunately.

I won't find any Padres' fans because I generally don't look for them. When Mr. Ishbia calls me every night to ask me about my reminiscing over 2005, he says it drives him to add a thousand new young fans a day. So, yes it does help, immensely.

2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

I won't find any Padres' fans because I generally don't look for them. When Mr. Ishbia calls me every night to ask me about my reminiscing over 2005, he says it drives him to add a thousand new young fans a day. So, yes it does help, immensely.

Better strategy than your Elko Attendance Wave I guess.

Can we at least troll someone like the more creative Rockies' social media team over the Yankees?

https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/sports/rockies-troll-mets-after-doubleheader-sweep-in-queens/

new Kings of Queens

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3 hours ago, tray said:

You make no sense whatsoever. It's argument for argument's sake, at best.

Well we're even lol.

Except I haven't invested hundreds of hours of fighting a one man war like (Don't) Quixote for a return to glory on the northern side of 35th Street.

Ishbia will die before that happens.

He's not a billionaire hedge funder due to making rash ill-advised investments.

And are you War Machine or something?

Will you finally wave the White Flag when the first pylon penetrates the earth at the 78?

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