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If Kenny-Hahn are adamant about turning Eloy into serviceable outfielder, they ought to bring in JDM to compensate during the times Eloy will be on the disabled list. Mookie Betts ? Be still my beating heart.

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Chairman Reinsdorf and I see eye to eye on very little. But he was absolutely spot on about Sale's coming breakdown. I believed it too. Horrid timing for Dombrowski.

Dombrowski on the South Side of Chicago whether you like him or not is a moot point. The present owner will have to pay him big bucks, bestow the title of president of baseball operations (which means a complete and total cultural change) and most certainly raising the payroll commiserate with other big market players. Ain't none of the above happening. It will be interesting where he lands. Out West is my guess. He and Maddon might hook up somewhere after the Cubs get rid of him. If my calculations are correct the Cubs lovable should be working on their FOURTH straight world series championship. Things are not quite working out. It's borders on mortal sin to even contemplate it, but St. Theo may be on the hot seat. Tuning into the Cubs dynasty on their new cable access station was going to be all the rage. The Ricketts may have to rethink that. The next World Series in Chicago (whenever and however that happens) will be played at G-Rate Field.

Well when I see Halley's Comet more often than I do my favorite baseball team compete for a WS Championship, what else am I to conclude other than this organization lacks stellar decision-makers in the front-office and stellar difference-makers on the field? And in the sports world, the buck stops with ownershipship. The phase "Organizations win championships" was something Reinsdorf whined to Krause when they felt they weren't getting the glory, laud and honor due them during the Jordan years. Well, Reinsdorf, it works both ways.

A manager of that caliber will want full control over the selection of his staff. Reinsdorf will insist on retaining Cooper which would be a non-starter. Of course it's a moot point because Reinsdorf doesn't believe managers have much impact on-field outcomes - translation: he ain't paying the type of money required to lure Girardi.

Reinsdorf has been in a perpetual state of rebuilding since he bought this team in 1981 team for peanuts - the only way he could have. Then he got into game and realized he was way out of his league competing with owners with REAL money. Even now he would have to sell off his sports assets to even come anywhere close to that paper billionaire status he currently enjoys. The next owners have to be affluent sportsmen for this organization to be the major market juggernaut they should have always been. The Chicago American League Ballclub has not exactly been historically blessed with stellar ownership. Their fleeting success has come despite ownership/management. Had they been better equipped to deal with the Yankees offensively, some of those 26 world series championships they have would belong to us. The White Sox had stellar pitching throughout the years. Unfortunately, this is an organization which has never been to post season in two consecutive seasons. The closest they came was 1917 and 1919.

It sounds forced - almost as if this sorry ass management put Gio up to it.

The Sox are fortunate they weren't outbidded because lord knows they couldn't have discovered this guy on their own. He was a known quantity throughout MLB front offices. If the Sox bat Robert behind Eloy they will both have great seasons because Eloy will get better pitches to hit and Robert is an all-around better offensive player. But with Wrong-Way Peter Peachfuzz as the manager, I'm not holding out much hope that'll be the pairing.

It's Reinsdorf's algorithm....LOL

This team is capable of drawing 3 million a year but remember when the attendance rises so does the owner's rent to the state. He probably has an algorithm that tells him how minimally competent the organization can be to max his profits.. LOL. He has the algorithm well-tuned on the West Side. I pray the next owners are affluent sportsmen. It would be a first in the White Sox storied history.

And that's your opinion. And just like you, I'm entitled to mine. Unless they plan on signing Max which I seriously doubt, of the pitchers currently in this organization he'll hit 20 victories before any of the rest of them will. Being capable of throwing 105 mph threw a brick wall is not in itself the sign of a great pitcher.

Bravo Rey-Rey. I go through my changes with him but damn I still believe he's the best pitcher on the staff. I didn"t say thrower. I said pitcher. He has the best arsenal of pitches on the staff. Like Cease, he needs to be coached-up better. Renteria-Cooper just can"t relate. Has nothing to do with age. It has everything to do with keeping your mind fresh and current and being open to new ideas and challenges. I heard the late, great Wizard of Westwood say at age 95 he would be a better coach at that juncture then when was younger. How terrifying is that for the opposition ? And I believed him !!

I do too but it'll take new ownership who are well-heeled sportsmen . That would disqualify anyone from this current cabal.

If it's got anything to do with the dollar bill (and it always is that ownership) you won't see either of them until sometime in 2020.

Reinsdorf has provided Sox fans with a cavalcade of losers in this position to be sure. But Don Gutteridge was actually worse than Bevington and Renteria and that's saying something. I have no idea what Reinsdorf had on Ventura but he clearly was forced into a job he neither sought or was qualified for. Robin is one of my all-time favorites and to have his memory and stature sullied by that despicable owner is unforgivable.

How long will it be before this organization allows us to be talking about our playoff match-ups in September instead of all of their internal dysfunction? It's really tiresome. I want White Sox September baseball to mean something. It's been so damn long

No one at MLB level can help him. That's the problem. Renteria and Cooper are not taking this team to a WS. They need a fresh perspective in the field management department - at least.

Cease has a great arm. Needs some help with his head. Unfortunately, Coop is not equipped.

Kiss of Death if there ever was one.

The Sox are operated by fossils.

Like the owner. Doesn't know when to shut it down. Reinsdorf should have taken his last curtain call after his successful one year revival of Damn Yankees in 2005. Instead some 14 years later we still feel the pain when he did the mambo.

There you go

Cubs already got lovable Baby Ruth as their DH should the NL go that route. That's why Eloy was expendable. If Eloy was a stellar outfielder, he'd be in the Cubs line-up. Eloy is a DH. Kenny-Hahn need to face the facts.

Has nothing to do with that. Reinsdorf knew this was a once in generation opportunity to nabbed 2 superstar players in their prime without any competition from the usual major market players. This financial flexibility crap has more to do with the ownership wallets than an investment in the team. 2005 was the ownership blueprint which is why that team was a one-hit wonder: Championships for this regime have to be coincidental with achieving their bottom line. Starting with Ellis Burke, Reinsdorf has been about catching lightening in a bottle. In 2005, he caught it with an entire team. That team has produced exactly one hall of fame player - and he didn't even get a chance to play.