Cmon. I am not clueless. I am controversial. Most of the players I mentioned reeked. You may have gotten me on Ellis Burks. Bobby Bonds was awful. The team had to get rid of him almost immediately because he was so bad. ... Explain to me why the Dybber isn't thought of much worse than he is. He's our Bartman, the reason we didn't win a WS that year!

 

 

Great call on Blomberg! He definitely deserves to be on the list.

Blomberg hit a HR to win the game on Opening Day. Then it was all downhill.

 

As for Bonds, he was not terrible for the White Sox. In 90 AB he hit .278/.347/.389. They were trying to use the rent a player that worked well with Zisk and Gamble the previous season, but the team sucked and Bonds was going to be a free agent so they bailed and traded him for young players, one was Claudell Washington.

Why does it seem like the Sox always get former superstars past their prime?

 

Dunn, Thome, Vizquel, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Griffey, etc.

 

The list goes on and on.

I agree. Ask Kenny.

Why does it seem like the Sox always get former superstars past their prime?

 

Dunn, Thome, Vizquel, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Griffey, etc.

 

The list goes on and on.

It could be said of a lot of teams probably but yeah the Sox have always seemed to specialize in this. I've been a fan a long time and they've done this since I can remember. A couple more were Rocky Colavito and Ken Boyer.

It could be said of a lot of teams probably but yeah the Sox have always seemed to specialize in this. I've been a fan a long time and they've done this since I can remember. A couple more were Rocky Colavito and Ken Boyer.

 

Don't forget Gene Freese or Tommie Davis.

Why does it seem like the Sox always get former superstars past their prime?

 

Dunn, Thome, Vizquel, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Griffey, etc.

 

The list goes on and on.

 

Erstad was a good ballplayer who was on the decline when we got him. Roberto Alomar too.

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Nick Swisher

 

hahaha. Avi Garcia would kill to have a season like Swisher did for the Sox.

 

The common thread among the worst player/playing time/personnel decisions (Kotsay, Erstad, trading away Swisher) of the past decade is Ozzie Guillen.

Ohh man no one has mentioned Will Ohman... That dude was bad and a douche....

 

How about Carlos Castillo..

As mentioned Billy Koch.. When he gave up the homer to carl crawford...

Jerry Kutzler

Don't forget Gene Freese or Tommie Davis.

Yes, Gene Freese is a bad memory. Sox traded Johnny Callison for him.

Defense or not.....Ron Karkovice was painful to watch with a bat in his hands.....

Half this board was so convinced (Insert Anything Here) was going to be great

 

Fixed

I am not clueless. I am controversial.

 

It does help in being controversial to pick positions you can actually defend without looking like you are clueless.

 

And short answer, Eddie Gaedel was easily the worse baseball player to have a Sox connection. Perhaps he was the worse player in the history of MLB. OOdd note, his autograph is worth more than Babe Ruth's.

And short answer, Eddie Gaedel was easily the worse baseball player to have a Sox connection. Perhaps he was the worse player in the history of MLB. OOdd note, his autograph is worth more than Babe Ruth's.

Eddie Gaedel was a St.Louis Brown. Not a White Sox.

Eddie Gaedel was a St.Louis Brown. Not a White Sox.

 

He came back and did promotions for the Sox, he was a Chicago guy, I know it is a stretch . . .

Statistically, Emilio Bonifacio is tough to beat. He brought nothing.

Has anyone said Avi yet? I'll go with him

It could be said of a lot of teams probably but yeah the Sox have always seemed to specialize in this. I've been a fan a long time and they've done this since I can remember. A couple more were Rocky Colavito and Ken Boyer.

1967: That was the year that I thought Colavito was going to push the Sox over the top. Boy was I wrong!

Wayne Nordhagen behind the plate or anywhere. Never had a clue when there was men on base, or anything going on in the field.

Sammy Esposito (part timer in the '50s) and Ron Karkovice (semi-regular in the '90s) were atrocious hitters that stick in my memory.

David Wells wins this "award" hands down, for me. Because not only was he terrible with the Sox with a God-awful contract, he was also a complete horse's ass and egomaniac to boot. Just terrible.

 

Another name to add that fans liked to loathe, perhaps fairly, perhaps not...Juan Agosto.

 

And the 1983 Jerry Dybzinski base running gaffe in the playoffs has to earn him a mention in this thread.

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Sammy Esposito (part timer in the '50s) and Ron Karkovice (semi-regular in the '90s) were atrocious hitters that stick in my memory.

I took his name can't remember too much I was pretty young. He didn't play much.

 

David Wells wins this "award" hands down, for me. Because not only was he terrible with the Sox with a God-awful contract, he was also a complete horse's ass and egomaniac to boot. Just terrible.

 

Another name to add that fans liked to loathe, perhaps fairly, perhaps not...Juan Agosto.

 

And the 1983 Jerry Dybzinski base running gaffe in the playoffs has to earn him a mention in this thread.

 

The one thing that struck me with Wells' tenure with the White Sox is every shot during the broadcasts when someone else was on the bump showed a young Mark Buehrle attached to his hip, and Buehrle making a huge leap forward. I always wondered if that was cause Mark was picking his brain and learning from the vet.

 

Also, the White Sox deserved a bad year from Wells after sending a damaged Sirotka in return for him.

Edited December 28, 201510 yr by QuickJones81

I took his name can't remember too much I was pretty young. He didn't play much.

Versatile glove man. Couldn't hit a lick.

Jesus Pena