2 hours ago2 hr I like TA. He played hard on a team where few did. Somewhat surprised, but glad to celebrate a Sox All Star position player of which there have been very few in my lifetime.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, almagest said:Man some of you guys are just no fun at all. TA was incredible for 4 years here and has one of the greatest moments in franchise history. If I still lived in Chicago I'd 100% be at that celebration game.TA got slammed here for having an extra kid.
2 hours ago2 hr 35 minutes ago, wegner said:I was at the ballpark picking up my Pope jersey last week and it was at a part of the ballpark where they had all the all-stars for each position listed like all the 3B, CF, C etc. That was cool to see but yes they definitely need to do more.25 minutes ago, bmags said:I think next stadium will be a good time to coordinate a bit better. They have a lot of statues, they are awesome (i mean that). They have the decals on the walls - they seem half-assed. I don't want a yankees museum but I would like it be a bigger deal to have your jersey retiredThey have these on the bridge across 35th St from the ramps/gift shop/bar to the stadium. Yeah, that's pretty cool to see. The Brewers are another team who have successfully done this by creating a "walk of fame/wall of honor". https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-walk-of-fame-and-wall-of-honor
1 hour ago1 hr I dont mind this at all. I was a big fan of TA and hate how his time ended. Gasp, a professional athlete, is not a role model. While I do not agree with his personal decisions and by no means respect what he did to his wife and family, I wonder how many of us would be ok with having our dirty laundry being aired with the entire world. Many of the people trashing him, have the same or a worse moral compass. To each their own. I will be in NY for work, if not I'd go to the game.
1 hour ago1 hr 3 minutes ago, Rocky said:I dont mind this at all. I was a big fan of TA and hate how his time ended.Gasp, a professional athlete, is not a role model. While I do not agree with his personal decisions and by no means respect what he did to his wife and family, I wonder how many of us would be ok with having our dirty laundry being aired with the entire world. Many of the people trashing him, have the same or a worse moral compass. To each their own. I will be in NY for work, if not I'd go to the game.A fair perspective but from many accounts TA was inviting his jumpoffs into the front row at the same time his wife and young daughter were traveling with the team. I mean, he was a DOG from all accounts. I don't really rate infidelity that high on the list of sins, but dude was pushing the limits of what any married man can get away with, famous athlete or not.
1 hour ago1 hr 3 hours ago, caulfield12 said:Feels like at least 3-5 years away...Did they ever recognize Ray Durham, for example?It took them 23 years to recognize Ray Durham. I spoke with Ray after that and he was very aware of that time gap. I agree with most. Much too soon. We're trying to move past that era. I honestly see people at the ballpark with Kopech or Moncada jerseys and I get irrationally angry lol. I can name a lot of people from this organization that deserve a night ahead of his. They simply saw the sellout from the Ozzie game and saw another chance for some more green, thats all this is.
1 hour ago1 hr 50 minutes ago, pcintelligence said:TA got slammed here for having an extra kid.*extra marital affair
1 hour ago1 hr 2 minutes ago, TheBooneLoganEra said:*extra marital affair**that became publicThe first openly polyamorous athlete is gonna disgust so many older fans but is gonna get such a pass from younger ones.
54 minutes ago54 min Tim Anderson retires after 10 MLB seasons - Sox MachineFormer White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is retiring from baseball, he announced Monday in a Zoom call with Chicago-area media. “I still love the game, but it’s just brought too much pain to me, so goi
54 minutes ago54 min 1 hour ago, pcintelligence said:TA got slammed here for having an extra kid.I could not give any less of a s%*# about what TA did in his personal life, or what any athlete does for that matter, unless it's an actual crime like domestic violence.If the consequences of his infidelity contributed to his decline as a player, that's his problem for being an idiot.
53 minutes ago53 min 24 minutes ago, Quin said:**that became publicThe first openly polyamorous athlete is gonna disgust so many older fans but is gonna get such a pass from younger ones.I’m pretty sure I remember seeing a picture/video of TA in the passenger seat of a car his baby mama was driving while pregnant with his unborn child. I think it was Instagram or Snapchat.
53 minutes ago53 min 27 minutes ago, Quin said:**that became publicThe first openly polyamorous athlete is gonna disgust so many older fans but is gonna get such a pass from younger ones.Eh, I dunno, Wilt Chamberlain has a folk tale like reverence built around his womanizing.
48 minutes ago48 min 3 minutes ago, almagest said:Eh, I dunno, Wilt Chamberlain has a folk tale like reverence built around his womanizing.This is true but social media made TA’s affair very public, as in we could see it live. No one was in a hotel rooms seeing Wilt give the Stilt to multiple women.
38 minutes ago38 min I dunno, most of the tepid to negative reactions on this thread have nothing to do with Anderson's personal life and more to do with the weirdness of the timing and circumstances.
33 minutes ago33 min When was the retirement day honoring Juan Uribe? When was Alexei Ramirez's retirement day of honor?
31 minutes ago31 min 17 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:This is true but social media made TA’s affair very public, as in we could see it live. No one was in a hotel rooms seeing Wilt give the Stilt to multiple women.I think the athletes of yesteryear would have a dramatically different public opinion of them if we were able to see everything they did on TikTok & Instagram Edited 31 minutes ago31 min by almagest
25 minutes ago25 min 26 minutes ago, almagest said:Eh, I dunno, Wilt Chamberlain has a folk tale like reverence built around his womanizing.John Salley once said that the only teammate he ever had that he would confidently say did not cheat on their wife was Mark Price.
23 minutes ago23 min I don’t care what they do in their private life…but how did he forget how to pull the ball in the air?
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