I wonder what goes through Reinsdorf's head when he flips the game on to see that Alex Rios is batting 4th.

I wonder what goes through Reinsdorf's head when he flips the game on to see that Alex Rios is batting 4th.

 

Who thought he was worth acquiring again?

Who thought he was worth acquiring again?

 

Somehow I doubt he was acquired to be our cleanup hitter.

 

EDIT: And again, for the thousandth time, Kenny told Ozzie to play his best players and to ignore their salaries.

Edited August 30, 201114 yr by BigSqwert

Who thought he was worth acquiring again?

A good fraction of this site, for one.

Somehow I doubt he was acquired to be our cleanup hitter.

 

EDIT: And again, for the thousandth time, Kenny told Ozzie to play his best players and to ignore their salaries.

 

Rios was not acquired to be the cleanup hitter. Someone else was though . . .

It's always a great strategy to put in one of your worst hitters in the cleanup spot.

 

I'm sure that is Kenny's fault though.

Who thought he was worth acquiring again?

 

I saw the talent and was excited about the waiver claim. Oops.

Edited August 30, 201114 yr by LittleHurt05

Rios shouldn't even be playing. Let alone be batting 4th.

Who thought he was worth acquiring again?

 

This is when Ozzie kept trying to run DeWayne Wise out there as his CF.

Somehow I doubt he was acquired to be our cleanup hitter.

 

EDIT: And again, for the thousandth time, Kenny told Ozzie to play his best players and to ignore their salaries.

 

 

This is when Ozzie kept trying to run DeWayne Wise out there as his CF.

 

Isn't Wise's picture on the outfield wall where he made the best catch in Sox history?

Isn't Wise's picture on the outfield wall where he made the best catch in Sox history?

 

Little known fact is that they have his OPS on the wall as well. The problem is that it was so small, no one can see it.

I wonder what goes through Reinsdorf's head when he flips the game on to see that Alex Rios is batting 4th.

 

lolwut

Isn't Wise's picture on the outfield wall where he made the best catch in Sox history?

 

Juan Uribe begs to differ....

Little known fact is that they have his OPS on the wall as well. The problem is that it was so small, no one can see it.

nicely done!

Little known fact is that they have his (Wise) OPS on the wall as well. The problem is that it was so small, no one can see it.

 

. . . And still 98 points higher than Rios' OPS for the Sox that year.

Edited August 30, 201114 yr by Marty34

Juan Uribe begs to differ....

 

There have been some good ones. I'm sure Ken Berry and Chet Lemon made some good ones too.

But Wise's?? Pretty damn good.

There have been some good ones. I'm sure Ken Berry and Chet Lemon made some good ones too.

But Wise's?? Pretty damn good.

They never played in this park.

. . . And still 98 points higher than Rios' OPS for the Sox that year.

 

Nice way to narrow it down to fit the narrative. It was .744 with Toronto and fell to .530 when he got the Sox, a drop of over 200 points. Good job at indicting Ozzie's job performance again Joe. With you in his corner, he can't possibly lose his job.

Nice way to narrow it down to fit the narrative. It was .744 with Toronto and fell to .530 when he got the Sox, a drop of over 200 points. Good job at indicting Ozzie's job performance again Joe. With you in his corner, he can't possibly lose his job.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Kenny "The Genius" Williams outsmarted himself with the Rios claim.

Doesn't change the fact that Kenny "The Genius" Williams outsmarted himself with the Rios claim.

 

It absolutely does. When you acquire talented veteran players, and they have a pattern of regressing to have their career worst years when they get to Chicago, how does that indict the GM and not the manager? The GM gets the talent, and the Mgr gets them to perform. The talent is getting here, and then faceplanting when it does.

Doesn't change the fact that Kenny "The Genius" Williams outsmarted himself with the Rios claim.

Like he knew that Rios was going to return to being bad...?

 

 

Rios had a very good 2010. Where was the warning?

Rios struggling so much is also an indictment of Walker...and it's pathetic that neither Ozzie or KW have the guts to make a change.

Rios had a very good 2010. Where was the warning?

Frankly, the whole 2008-2009 seasons were sorta warnings for him.

Like he knew that Rios was going to return to being bad...?

 

 

Rios had a very good 2010. Where was the warning?

 

.684 OPS after the all-star break after an .878 OPS before the break. That could be construed as a warning. Though nobody could've truly predicted this kinda sucktitude.

Like he knew that Rios was going to return to being bad...?

 

 

Rios had a very good 2010. Where was the warning?

 

By the same token, if you believe he's the same player he was last year you have to play him regardless of what he's done the first 5 months of the season.