During the Q&A session with Farmer, Singleton, Mack and Thome someone mentioned Rooney. Farmer says, "John quit, he was offered a contract and turned it down." It was very cold no sugar coating it. This did not seem like a company line it was harsh.

 

Also Singleton was very impressive. Maybe the SCORE got it right, wouldn't be the first or last serving of crow for me.

 

Farmer and Singleton did a great job of keeping the players from saying anything questionable. It was a great session, not as good as Ozzie, KW and Hawk. All three had awesome presence and are right on. Ozzie has a future in anything he wants.

During the Q&A session with Farmer, Singleton, Mack and Thome someone mentioned Rooney.  Farmer says, "John quit, he was offered a contract and turned it down."  It was very cold no sugar coating it.  This did not seem like a company line it was harsh.

 

Also Singleton was very impressive.  Maybe the SCORE got it right, wouldn't be the first or last serving of crow for me.

 

Farmer and Singleton did a great job of keeping the players from saying anything questionable.  It was a great session, not as good as Ozzie, KW and Hawk.  All three had awesome presence and are right on.  Ozzie has a future in anything he wants.

 

 

That is rich... it is my understanding that Farmer and Rooney BOTH agreed to play hard ball with the Sox and hold out for more money... Farmer took the first offer the Sox have him and left Rooney hanging... Farmer is all class... ahh, NO!

Ozzie has a future in anything he wants.

 

 

Too hard to understand what Ozzie is saying for him to be on radio.

Farmer has always been "cut and dry" in his evaluation of persons and events. Notice how he'll summarize a player's strengths, weaknesses, and future. He rarely has to go more than two sentences. It's just his style.

Too hard to understand what Ozzie is saying for him to be on radio.

It's not hard to understand if you actually listen. I've never understood why people hae such a hard time making out what he says. I can understand him just fine.

I call Bulls***. The SCORE lowballed Farmer... the Sox didn't have anything to do with the contract offered. And Rooney is right... John refused a contract. A contract that was nearly $150K LESS then he was currently making.

I call Bulls***. The SCORE lowballed Farmer... the Sox didn't have anything to do with the contract offered. And Rooney is right... John refused a contract. A contract that was nearly $150K LESS then he was currently making.

 

YOU'RE BULLs***!

It didn't matter what WSCR offered Rooney, he was desperate to go to St. Louis, just like Mark Buehrle.

 

(Hopefully I was accurate to put that in green). But yeah, Farmer basically sold out Rooney and took the cheap-o deal so he can do the pbp all 9 innings, or that's surely what it looks like from a distance.

bottom line is this: Rooney is one of the best baseball play by play guys in the country, top three for sure on radio.

 

I will miss him.

 

Lots.

 

Farmer can handle an inning or two of pbp. Hard to imagine him doing 7 innings, 162 games.

I think it just hit me how much Sox radio won't be the same without John. Man, this sucks.

(Hopefully I was accurate to put that in green).  But yeah, Farmer basically sold out Rooney and took the cheap-o deal so he can do the pbp all 9 innings, or that's surely what it looks like from a distance.

Is it possible that Farmer actually took less money to try to make it easier for the Score to pay Rooney, and Farmer's mad that JR left?

Is it possible that Farmer actually took less money to try to make it easier for the Score to pay Rooney, and Farmer's mad that JR left?

 

Well yes...but if Farmer thought the Score would pony up with Rooney just because they saved money on him, then he was quite ignorant to how the Score operates.

Edited January 29, 200620 yr by whitesoxfan101

Well yes...but if Farmer thought the Score would pony up with Rooney just because they saved money on him, then he was quite ignorant to how the Score operates.

 

Yeah, I mean come on, they pay a hot dog guy money for chrissakes...

I was at a Farmer-Singleton "seminar" and its gonna be rough without a professional announcer close to Rooney's calibur there

I dont hate him... but Ive never been a big Farmer fan so dont know if ill listen to the radio much at all during games unless im in the car and forced too.

It's not hard to understand if you actually listen. I've never understood why people hae such a hard time making out what he says. I can understand him just fine.

Seconded. Its the same with my calc teacher in school (he's from Libya). If you are paying attention, its easy to understand. If you are sort of half listening/half doing something else, it'll be hard.