7 minutes ago, hi8is said:

I found the love of my life today while watching the game. She’s a keeper fellas.

I love her passion.

30 minutes ago, wegner said:

100% agree plus Quero is not normally like that, has had a tough season and probably got the hit of his career so far.

While PCA does crap all the damn time.

I've seen PCA do worse in garbage time in AA, it's a big source of my distaste for him

But EQ earned every bit of his celly today

10 minutes ago, hi8is said:

I found the love of my life today while watching the game. She’s a keeper fellas.

It was apparently her engagement party so you missed the chance to shoot your shot.

Edited 50 minutes ago50 min by WhiteSox2023

When do the Sox go north and play the Cubs.

I don’t see any reason the Sox can’t hit a bunch of homers at Wrigley and win that series too.

Twerent purty but it had a great personality.

2 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

When do the Sox go north and play the Cubs.

I don’t see any reason the Sox can’t hit a bunch of homers at Wrigley and win that series too.

The A's, M's, Blue Jays, Padres, D-backs and Cubs may all be there when it shakes out, and the Sox played them all tough. The rotation is smoke and mirrors, at this point. But with that top 5-6 of the order, they're never out of it.

1 minute ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

I've seen PCA do worse in garbage time in AA, it's a big source of my distaste for him

But EQ earned every bit of his celly today

Two things:

Bothers me how TA was portrayed at times compared to PCA.

He's also just not that good. Great defender sure but just an average hitter at best. Star player for now but I bet he dims a bit over the next few years.

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Two things:

Bothers me how TA was portrayed at times compared to PCA.

He's also just not that good. Great defender sure but just an average hitter at best. Star player for now but I bet he dims a bit over the next few years.

I was a bit surprised by that extension... doesn't he go long stretches where he can't hit?

I’m not saying this as if I know the answer definitively yet, but what if after all the crap that Chris Getz got, is it possible that he actually has this whole organization going in a good to great position moving forward?

He seems to have found a type of player they want. They want guys who play hard every night and are just ball players. Whatever you say about their individual talent level, they all play hard no matter what.

His talent acquisitions are starting to look better too. Mune obviously helps, but think about Vargas, Meidroth, Antonocci, Teel, B Montgomery, Vasil, Smith, Thorpe, Bonemer. Those are just the few guys who are good players. He’s had misses but every GM has.

I’m not sure what I think of Veneble yet. It’s been hard to judge his on field decisions because of where the team was last year until now. He’s had tons of limitations with the roster until now and even some now. I find his interviews boring. However, people that know him rave about him and his knowledge of the game. Most importantly is that he seems to have completely changed and set a culture. Massive win there. This was a Chris Getz decision and so far he seems to have gotten it correct.

Development at all levels looks better. They seem to be drafting better and higher draft picks seem to be developing properly. Also, guys at the major league level look like they are improving as well. This is due to the people he hired.

The number one draft pick is also about to be joining the organization.

It could all fall apart by July, but as of now Getz seems like he may be ok at this.

3 minutes ago, wegner said:

I was a bit surprised by that extension... doesn't he go long stretches where he can't hit?

He's been like a 85 wrC+ guy for most his career outside that hot 3 months to start last year. He's a great player it's just tied up mostly in defense which won't always carry him especially as he ages.

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Two things:

Bothers me how TA was portrayed at times compared to PCA.

He's also just not that good. Great defender sure but just an average hitter at best. Star player for now but I bet he dims a bit over the next few years.

It was certainly interesting seeing Kaplan talk about how "Colson needs to prove it" in a city where PCA gets treated like a future MVP based on like 8 good weeks at the plate.

Great defense at a high value position, I get that. But glove first bottom of the order OFs aren't usually 9 figure faces of a team.

Agreed on the TA thing as well.

4 minutes ago, CBJ03 said:

I’m not saying this as if I know the answer definitively yet, but what if after all the crap that Chris Getz got, is it possible that he actually has this whole organization going in a good to great position moving forward?

You can't argue with results and right now Getz' arrow is pointing up. That said, there was nowhere to go but up. Rebuilding off a 100 loss team is always the easy part. Hard part is actually doing something after.

Hot take: Both Quero’s celebration and all of PCA’s antics are great.

Baseball is better when players are showing personality and having fun.

I think he called her a “fucking b****” but tough to make out…

5 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

You can't argue with results and right now Getz' arrow is pointing up. That said, there was nowhere to go but up. Rebuilding off a 100 loss team is always the easy part. Hard part is actually doing something after.

I agree. Just seems like there’s a better foundation this time around to make this sustainable for more then a year or two like before.

2 hours ago, The Mighty Mite said:

I don’t miss Benetti at all. Still a ways to go but Schiff is getting better.

Disagree. He sucks.

13 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I think he called her a “fucking b****” but tough to make out…

Sucks to look like PCA. He can take his millions and shove it.

2 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

6th time this year the Sox trailed in the 7th inning or later and won the game.

They showed some heart and guts today.

Well done.

(Now as far as the "closer" situation"...that's another story)

So what you're saying is Willy's boys will just not quit?

31 minutes ago, CBJ03 said:

I’m not saying this as if I know the answer definitively yet, but what if after all the crap that Chris Getz got, is it possible that he actually has this whole organization going in a good to great position moving forward?

He seems to have found a type of player they want. They want guys who play hard every night and are just ball players. Whatever you say about their individual talent level, they all play hard no matter what.

His talent acquisitions are starting to look better too. Mune obviously helps, but think about Vargas, Meidroth, Antonocci, Teel, B Montgomery, Vasil, Smith, Thorpe, Bonemer. Those are just the few guys who are good players. He’s had misses but every GM has.

I’m not sure what I think of Veneble yet. It’s been hard to judge his on field decisions because of where the team was last year until now. He’s had tons of limitations with the roster until now and even some now. I find his interviews boring. However, people that know him rave about him and his knowledge of the game. Most importantly is that he seems to have completely changed and set a culture. Massive win there. This was a Chris Getz decision and so far he seems to have gotten it correct.

Development at all levels looks better. They seem to be drafting better and higher draft picks seem to be developing properly. Also, guys at the major league level look like they are improving as well. This is due to the people he hired.

The number one draft pick is also about to be joining the organization.

It could all fall apart by July, but as of now Getz seems like he may be ok at this.

Amateur scouting seems to be more on the same page with their development staff. They know what they can work with and what to pass on. If international starts firing on that burner, it would be nice. I'm guessing that projecting 12-year-olds is a whole different game than 16 or 20-year-olds. A few of those early trades also seem to have been sight unseen, or word of mouth. I'd also guess he had an entire pro scouting department he didn't trust or couldn't rely upon.

Beyond that, if he's assembled a team who scout, run numbers on and put together trades for Getz to pull the trigger on, who cares if he didn't know Acuña was a switch-hitter or not. I'm sure the guys who watched film of him and determined he was a candidate for Shoman tweaks knew what they were looking at.

36 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

He's been like a 85 wrC+ guy for most his career outside that hot 3 months to start last year. He's a great player it's just tied up mostly in defense which won't always carry him especially as he ages.

He'll be relatively cheap until his 6th year of control, then he balloons up to $30M/yr for 2 years.

What a fun win, walkoffs are one thing but against the cubs in this series that’s a completely different thing. There was a lot of fan heroes and villains born in this series, and that is really fun for the rivalry