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You mean hiring a 77 year old guy, with health concerns, and a history of alcohol abuse, was probably a terrible idea? You don't say. People have been questioning his health and mental health since....he was fucking hired. This is just such a shocker, right? Just reinstates what a TERRIBLE FUCKING HIRE this was to begin with. I don't wish ill upon TLR, but I'm sure he will be fine. This reeks of giving a guy a respectable out, for someone who never should have been hired to begin with.

If this isn't an indictment of TLR sucking the life out of everything I don't know what is.

Then I hope the stadium is COMPLETELY EMPTY.

You apparently, since you logged into a Sox message board and entered a winner thread.

If we all chip in could you keep it down until this season is over?

At this point I'm convinced Herm was actually a cleric who just channeled healing magic while walking around the stadium.

Weird how they wouldn't just put him on the paternity list, even if gone for a day or two. They really love playing with a short roster.

White Sox organization gets an F in business management. Hahn buddies at Harvard should do a case study on the Sox and what not to do.

You're just in denial because of your own personal feelings for Tony. The guys in that clubhouse love and respect him. They're playing hard for their ailing skip.

Love a good sunken cost fallcy

Wasn’t it public knowledge that Eloy was going to have periods of leg soreness after he tore his hamstring?? Not sure why all the hate for a guy who’s been decent since the all star break and this also happened a couple of weeks ago and he was in the lineup the next day. Let’s just see if he’s in the lineup tomorrow. Without him, this lineup is truly pedestrian.

First pitch homer by Mullins off Bieber (I know, who cares)

The team's conditioning needs to be addressed this offseason

I think I'm on the "if we can trick a team into giving up quality for Eloy, he's the one to go" train.

Weirdly enough his season this year reminds me of Yuli Gurriel's last year. Gurriel won the batting title last year, ok power but not really enough to scare anyone. Mediocre defender at 1B. Gurriel is a few years older but if that's where Jose's career is really headed I'm not sure you bring him back next year.

Jose is consistently behind the count when there's guys in scoring position. He goes up there trying to make contact no matter where the pitch is. He gets down in the count and then swings at some terrible breaking pitches cause pitchers know they don't have to go in the zone with him with 2 strikes. His struggles in those situations are all mental and approach related. He's in his own head.

Josh Harrison’s last solid season was in 2017. Pollock is 34, has a bad arm, and played less than a dozen games in RF. What woukd make Rick Hahn think it was a position he could play? Kelly’s contract stated he couldn’t pitch in consecutive games over the first three months of the season. What other GM would take on that “gamble”, let alone for a second season at $2M more? This wasn’t supposed to be a tanking team trying to fill out three key positions with mid 30s guys on their final contracts.

Hahaha, I nailed it. God forbid we give a guy in Mark Payton who has done nothing but earn it in AAA, in order to save the 40 man roster spot of 2-3 relievers who will never step foot in the Chicago clubhouse again. Fucking unbelievable. I am sure Payton would suck, but we already know Haseley sucks and Payton has measurably outplayed him in AAA. In any event, Haseley goes right back to Charlotte on Monday when Yoan returns.

So he will have been out 10 days but not on the IL. My God this organization is inept.

The time for win streaks are OVAH! That ship has sailed. These last two seasons were wasted away by a pathetic owner, worthless VP/GM and senile, drunk and now unhealthy manager! Guardians have 34 games left to the Sox 32 games. Guardians finish: Sox need to then finish: 17-17 22-10 .685 16-18 21-11 .656 15-19 20-12 .625 14-20 19-13 .593 With the bottom .593 scenario, and that is if you truly believe the Guardians will choke and go 14-20, then understand this reality: the Sox have never played .593 ball over any 32 game stretch this season. The best case scenario if we truly want massive change in this pathetic organization, is for this Sox team to lose as many games as possible. Jerry needs to be embarrassed to the maximum level, so he is ripped and feels the heat by the national and local media sources.

Except AV is a good bet to be close to as good as Abreu and you don’t have to ruin his value by sticking him in The OF, and he costs 1/30 as much as Abreu will. It also opens DH for Eloy and frees ~$15M AAV to sign a real OF that helps other team needs. Look, I love Jose Abreu. Build him a statue. I don’t think the org will let him walk. But they absolutely should.

2022 RISP Jose: .244/.344/.472 Vaughn: .341/.392/.455 2022 RISP w/ 2 outs Jose: .237/.357/.475 Vaughn: .342/.413/.439 2022 "Late and Close" Jose: .292/.378/.319 Vaughn: .294/.342/.544 Yet this board is desperately trying to jettison the younger guy that is only getting better. You have your 1B of the future, slot him cleanup every day and let the man hit. Hell, he'd likely lead the league in GIDP and carry on Jose's legacy.

Eloy hand hurt also waving to Mom out rest of year ?

Eloy was kinda cute at first. Time for him in the rear view mirror.

No. They play better baseball with less ability.

They need to pull Pollock after that and DFA his worthless ass.

This team has so much power it's a crime they don't have anyone with 20 homers.

Sheets' defense causes me emotional pain.

Hahn has sunk to a level of pettiness and butt hurt only a lawyer can reach.

Payton has earned a promotion. It's a bad message to send down to your farm when you refuse to promote, all because you want to hoard bad players on a 40 man roster.

Want: Oscar Colas Get: Adam Haseley

Dammit, Tony!!!

Good thing guys like Yoan Aybar and Jason Bilous are on the 40 man. 6 total OFers on our 40 man, and 2 of them (Eloy and Vaughn) are debatable at best, as OFers. What a debacle this organization is.

Tony's fault

The mets are fun as shit. It may be bandwagon as hell but they're gonna be my NL team since I live here and most of my die-hard baseball following friends in the city are Mets fans, including my brother-in-law.

Yep, why use the lists that the MLB provides for such events...just play short handed!

And this interim manager should be Ozzie Guillen. As the only manager to win a world series on the south side in most of our lifetimes, let's see if he can create similar magic or if this team needs to be blown up. Tony may be done forever and it's not too soon to start thing about the future. Br>ng back the greatest manager ever and let's win a ring in Tony's honor.

Same couple from Oakland? Trying to score in all 30 parks?

I'd rather have diarrhea

Tony watching that W from the hospital ^

Can we please learn our lesson about rehiring retreads of our own?

It was nice of Hahn to be invisible the last two days. What a gigantic coward.

Nothing is going to change until JR sells the team.

Sox are treating him like he’s Coach K, when the reality is he’s been a total flop this tenure.

Sox snap a 5 game losing streak with a 4-1 win vs. the Royals at home. Lance Lynn pitched 7 strong innings. Pollock and Andrus hit HR's.

World Series!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/08/31/tony-la-russa-white-sox-manager-out-health-heart-tests/7952912001/

Yeah I'm going with this. He's too old to be managing. It's too hard on him. He'll simple retire due to health related issues.