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Lack of common sense regarding new stadia floors me. Sox should move to western suburbia and build a nice complex in Naperville or Lisle or Arlington Park if they must. If it's Arlington Park partner with the Bears in a huge Cowboys like complex. Or just stay in Bridgeport and fix up the current stadia. ... This is just as the Royals should remain in their complex with the Chiefs because of CONVENIENCE for fans regarding parking and getting to the games! Moving downtown is so dumb.

Even Britt Burns went a full nine innings vs Orioles in the playoff game four. He might have even given up the homer in the 10th. Now ... LOL, five inning wonders.

225 wins will not get Greinke in unless a ton of starters in the 200-220 range get in before him. No way on Scherzer at 216 wins. And no way on Verlander at 260.

Dick Allen obviously deserves to be in the Hall. Tommy John? Compared to today's starters he's Cy Young. Put.Him.In.The.Hall. Better put in a bunch of past stars cause only 3-4 guys from today's era will ever sniff the Hall. Ohtani and who else, lol. They ought to have a category in the Hall called the "Lift and Pull Hall of Famers." You get credit for HRs and strikeouts both.

Yeah but Venable has to coach these stiffs. His whole reputation is ruined after they lose 110 or so. They can't pay a person enough to watch this kind of baseball day in and out. Why not wait for a real team to offer??

I like Ray Ray's posts cause they are relentless in blasting the Sox. And the Sox deserve all the negativity out there. True a manager doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things but we can hope this new manager will at least 'remind' Getz and other front office types how bad these players are when they catch heat for losing 15 in a row in April or May. Little surprised the new manager would take this job with such a poor roster. Venable knows how bad these players really are.

You were right all along about the line. I watched the replay and Rice ran out of gas on the season. They looked lost as you said about QB ball management. Coaches deserve blame too as they didn't even try an onside kick after the safety if that indeed is allowed which I think it is. So Fenwick just ran out the clock. Something about Fenwick's defense had the BR team intimidated. Rice pretty much had no chance on offense. I wish it was a Friday night lights game. Not sure why they had to play on a Saturday. Rice looked dead in the afternoon sun. I assume DGN will pound Fenwick at home unless they also get the Saturday blues.

Lot of things don't make sense. Can you imagine trying to sell season tickets for this team? How you gonna win without free agents to go with 2-3 average players on the current 40 man?

You gave good rebuttals to my plan but at least it's a doable plan if Jerry would release the funds to sign the guys in the areas I suggest. You guys may disagree but KC did spend last offseason on some guys that worked out and helped them make the playoffs and win a playoff game vs the Yankees. I would think our new manager would welcome some 'plans' rather than take the field with a 110-loss club in 2025.

I meant scouts who could identify talent and stress to the decision makers/Getz that we should sign those two. Those two might have really helped the Sox starting rotation which already had Crochet.

To say "never" is inaccurate and kind of insulting at least to me. I can accept your second part of the first paragraph saying "rarely" even if I disagree with it. Trust me I read responses to my posts for sure. I do. Why else would I be on here. I've learned a lot of things and always try to give a like or fire symbol to good posts. Check out how many I've liked. Tons. I think my post mentioning Lugo/Wacha for instance contributed something here.

Q: Couldn't the Sox have signed Wacha and Lugo with better scouts?

That's not very nice. I feel mods shouldn't mock readers/Sox fans but that's just me. Admitting to mockery is not conducive to good message board business by mods IMO.

Quin named some for me.

Good post but the Royals who were horrific in 2023 were able to sign some studs for 2024. Same now with the Sox. Good manager attracts players if you have some $$.

Soto wants 700 million. The way ballplayers go on extended slumps nowadays since they refuse to cut down their swings with two strikes, instead they'd rather continue to try to hit a bomb or whiff on a ball in the dirt, I don't think any player is worth near that. You'd have to have rocks in your head to pay any ballplayer not named Ohtani 500-700 million. I don't even blame Jerry for refusing to pay those kind of contracts. Look at Judge. he was one of the worst players in the entire postseason and he makes 360 mill over 9 years. Wasted money.

True Lip, but we now have a good respected manager.

But do you like my plan if the owner was willing to dish out a few bucks?

I posted one somewhere. We have a great manager so give him 2 veteran free agent starters at 15 mill a year; one good reliever to add to our young group of pen candidates for 10 mill a year; add one power hitting outfielder at 15-20 mill a year and add a second baseman with a clue for say, 8 mill a year. Bring up Monte and Echo and u give the manager a chance to pull a Quatraro. Go with Sosa at third I guess unless u wanna spend even more and find a good 3B. All my plan takes is good evaluation of the free agent market and Jerry not wanting to lose 100 again.

Good question. We got a stellar manager so why not pull a Royals and acquire 2 GOOD starters, one good reliever (we have a lot of other guys to try around a good reliever), and also a power hitting outfielder and a GOOD hitting second baseman for starters? It might cost Jerry a little money but for gosh sakes spend enough to finish 20 under .500 not 40 under!! Or else get out of the business and sell the club please. So my plan would be 30 mill a year combined for the two starters, 15 mill for the good reliever and 10 mill for the good second baseman. Try to bring up Monte in May to play SS. And bring up Elko for some pop when he's ready. THank u. the new manager and his pitching coach can work with the plethora of young pitching talent to go with the two new veteran starters!

Vaughn might be able to get up to 30 if he keeps trying to lift and pull rather than find a gap now and then for a 2B.

Sale shoulda been our modern day Buehrle. Pitch for the Sox many moons.

Surprised it's not Beni. He's been very very bad though he did blast 20 homers I think. I won't call him "trash," a word that's been on all the news cycles. It's kind of dehumanizing word.

That's a fact. The Royals were struggling almost every time they played the Sox, boatraced the Sox to get back on track and regain confidence. By the time the playoffs started they actually had a good set of pitchers, not quite enuf hitters to go with Salvy and Witt. In fact the Royals lineup was not much better than the Sox lineup. It was lousy.

somehow tanking became popular especially with fans who love the unknown prospects. Then those unknowns grow up (Moncadas, Eloys, lol) and join the big league club and stink. Wait til next year is one of the best sayings in sports history. Cause tank teams entice their own fans by the promise of a great future with guys 2-3 years from making the big league roster. It's a good excuse for the team being as bad as the White Sox.