30 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Shields was never signed by the White Sox.

This whole concept also goes to the larger discussion that Chris Getz apparently doesn't have the independence that we keep getting told makes this different than previous situations if all Jerry did was "sign off" on it.

A cadaver could see that he was toast from the day he got here. To your point from before we sent Tatis in lieu of picking up more of his salary IIRC. Ouch.

5 minutes ago, Stinky Stanky said:

A cadaver could see that he was toast from the day he got here. To your point from before we sent Tatis in lieu of picking up more of his salary IIRC. Ouch.

Shields was already done when he was still with the Padres, but Hahn traded for him anyways…

28 minutes ago, Stinky Stanky said:

A cadaver could see that he was toast from the day he got here. To your point from before we sent Tatis in lieu of picking up more of his salary IIRC. Ouch.

Again, Jerry being cheap.

11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Again, Jerry being cheap.

When he isn’t cheap it’s almost always a bad investment. Guy’s got a divine gift for getting it wrong.

14 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Again, Jerry being cheap.

Wrong again. This had nothing to do with Jerry Reinsdorf. You are just repeating a juvenile meme that always lands with a certain group.

6 minutes ago, tray said:

Wrong again. This had nothing to do with Jerry Reinsdorf. You are just repeating a juvenile meme that always lands with a certain group.

It’s what I was trying to make a point about. Sometime he is sometimes he isn’t. He’s great at getting it wrong.

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by Stinky Stanky

14 minutes ago, tray said:

Wrong again. This had nothing to do with Jerry Reinsdorf. You are just repeating a juvenile meme that always lands with a certain group.

The White Sox organization never invested into the system from the bottom up. That’s a Jerry problem, and he hired every wrongheaded believer in the world to follow him on the road to the worst ideas in sports history. The organization would never value the Tatises of the baseball world because the team was designed not to care

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by Chick Mercedes

14 minutes ago, tray said:

Wrong again. This had nothing to do with Jerry Reinsdorf. You are just repeating a juvenile meme that always lands with a certain group.

Technically speaking, Jerry Reinsdorf had to approve/sign off on the James Shields trade for Hahn due to the Sox taking on Shields remaining contract.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/jerry-reinsdorf-chicago-white-sox-baseball-legacy/

“He signed off on the “White Flag Trade” with the Sox 3½ games back in July 1997, approved the signing of misanthropic slugger Albert Belle and allowed former GM Rick Hahn to trade Fernando Tatis Jr. for James Shields.”

However, the Padres included quite a bit of cash ($29 to $31 million) to help pay for Shields’ remaining deal…

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by WhiteSox2023

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Shields was already done when he was still with the Padres, but Hahn traded for him anyways…

The Padres owner also publicly ripped him for his performance.

30 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:

The White Sox organization never invested into the system from the bottom up. That’s a Jerry problem, and he hired every wrongheaded believer in the world to follow him on the road to the worst ideas in sports history. The organization would never value the Tatises of the baseball world because the team was designed not to care

JR publicly said one time that he didn't believe in paying for potential. When Mark Gonzales covered the Sox for the Tribune he had a story that said the Sox spent the least amount of money in MLB on the minor league system for a period lasting five years.

5 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

JR publicly said one time that he didn't believe in paying for potential. When Mark Gonzales covered the Sox for the Tribune he had a story that said the Sox spent the least amount of money in MLB on the minor league system for a period lasting five years.

He went against this with the contracts handed to some of Ricky’s flops. I mean boys.

5 hours ago, Stinky Stanky said:

Sorry I interfered with the party line. Cuck is a bad word. It makes Mesad.

“Mossad cuck…” I think you’re in the wrong forum.

2 hours ago, tray said:

Wrong again. This had nothing to do with Jerry Reinsdorf. You are just repeating a juvenile meme that always lands with a certain group.

Do you have any actual proof here or are you just ingressing again?

7 innings for Teel catching the day game after a night game.

He went 1-4 at the plate with a hard hit (112 mph) single and 1 K.

Planned rest day tomorrow.

7 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

7 innings for Teel catching the day game after a night game.

He went 1-4 at the plate with a hard hit (112 mph) single and 1 K.

Planned rest day tomorrow.

1st AB was also hard hit, caught right at the wall - 382ft