45 minutes ago45 min I got the marketing email for Tim Anderson retirement day and was kinda like...almost anti-. Kinda curious how you all feel.Prior to the year maybe a game which reminded us of a team were we used to know some of the players names was exciting.There was a time where Tim Anderson was remarkable to me. I'd often point out that the sox player development strategy in 2010-2022 was like mr. glass in unbreakable where you just keep blowing up trains and seeing who can survive. Tim was drafted in a pretty terrible draft as a longshot, had a bad hitting profile but extraordinary hands. Was often times horrible at short and then sometimes brilliant. The kind of player who never puts it together for us and then he probably hit his 99th percentile outcome. And then it came screeching to a halt.But he was also the poster child of a truly miserable era for me. 2022 I went to many games amazed at how the park was trying to will that team out of its lethargy and they just couldn't do it. They were all rich, lazy and injured.When TA did TA stuff and tried to start a fight with Jose Ramirez and got knocked out cold in one punch and never could get up...I mean was there ever a better metaphor for that white sox group? This team seems to be the opposite. They were not crowned early, they were not paid early. Many looked down and dusted, and they've kept coming back.TA was the one guy in all of that group that rose to heights not dreamed of. Him and Abreu definitely deserve celebration from that era...but I just don't really want to remember that era at all right now.
33 minutes ago33 min Yeah, feels like this could have waited another 5 years.2018-2021 Tim was a ton of fun to watch. The ascension into a legit big league SS, batting title in 2019, looking like an MVP candidate in the shortened 2020 season before Jose running away with it, the Field of Dreams walk off in 2021, first Sox division championship in 13 years. He was the first truly national marketable player for the Sox in a long time....and then BOOM it all crumbles fast. Tim had some off field issues in his private life and it sounds like form his interview today that he is doing well personally, so that is good to hear. Excited for the return of the Southside uniforms that night though.
29 minutes ago29 min He had one of the most historic falloffs of all time and seems pretty sensitive. Maybe they are just trying to make him feel better.
19 minutes ago19 min Can’t stand it and can’t stand him… but almost everyone deserves an infinite chance for a clean slate.
18 minutes ago18 min There were so many things behind the scenes with TA that derailed him, the team, and his growth as a player/human. I will never pretend to understand those things. On the field TA gave me many reasons to cheer for him. He actually was one of the few in that rebuild who reached most of his potential.His falloff was also quick and dramatic. The whole Jose Ramirez thing was overblow because Ramirez landed a lucky punch as he was back tracking, BUT that signified that White Sox team and TA during that year.I have no problem recognizing him BUT I'm sure others will (and outside of some White Sox fans, people will make fun of TA for his issues and getting knocked down by Ramirez). Edited 17 minutes ago17 min by 2Deep
14 minutes ago14 min 5 minutes ago, hi8is said:Can’t stand it and can’t stand him… but almost everyone deserves an infinite chance for a clean slate.Couldn't imagine why you feel this way.
13 minutes ago13 min Just now, nrockway said:Couldn't imagine why you feel this way.Feels like at least 3-5 years away...Did they ever recognize Ray Durham, for example?
12 minutes ago12 min Tim Anderson, the player, was awesome. The guy brought us so many great moments. That is what I intend to remember him as. He is scum off the field for sure, but his issues in regards to that has 0 to do with my fandom of him.
7 minutes ago7 min Author 22 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:He had one of the most historic falloffs of all time and seems pretty sensitive. Maybe they are just trying to make him feel better.I unno. Him and Jonathan Schoop were always compared when they came up. Both hit similar cliffs.
5 minutes ago5 min Author Basically I think the white Sox should operate as if time as a franchise went 1894-20122025-present
4 minutes ago4 min I loved TA. Dude made himself into an all-star SS after primarily growing up as a PG. The off of the field stuff was sad, but his legs and the perpetual injuries just killed his biggest asset.The Field of Dreams game is one of my all time baseball moments. Still remember exactly where I was.
4 minutes ago4 min The definition of "too soon." A central theme of this season has been exorcising the demons of the post-2021 implosion. Now we dedicate a night to that team's posterchild? Not to mention celebrating the "retirement" of somebody who's still playing age is odd, basically a celebration that he's officially completed his tragic flameout. That said, I'm all for celebrating TA as a player when the time is right. Really like him a lot. Edited 1 minute ago1 min by 35thstreetswarm
3 minutes ago3 min Sox fans stopped caring about him when he couldn’t hit anymore and had an increasing amount of defensive lapses. The baby mama on the side didn’t help, considering she was posting pictures of him on social media as if he didn’t even care what his wife would think. Getting knocked out like a clown by Jose Ramirez was probably the last straw.
2 minutes ago2 min 1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Sox fans stopped caring about him when he couldn’t hit anymore and had an increasing amount of defensive lapses. The baby mama on the side didn’t help, considering she was posting pictures of him on social media as if he didn’t even care what his wife would think. Getting knocked out like a clown by Jose Ramirez was probably the last straw.How do you really feel?
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