WhiteSox2023

You know this isn’t happening. Getz will be doing some more failed dumpster diving as they drop the payroll to $100 million to be a bottom 5 payroll team.

Watch. He will now go the way of Bummer and Chavez and be productive for them.

His backstory is insane. He may have been high when that ball bounced off of his head… https://www.blessyouboys.com/2018/2/15/17016852/detroit-tigers-history-ron-leflore-former-all-star

Sure, he roped Getz into acquiring worthless Vargas. But Tosar is gone now so Getz will have to eat the blame at this point. Former director of player development… what a joke.

Instagram hootchies are calling his name…

So who gets the blame for the lack of hitting development then?

He was before my time but I actually remember his name. He actually wasn’t a bad player in his earlier years for Detroit. He was good earlier in his career but he was done by the time the Sox acquired him. But he was damn sure no where near as good as Lemon.

Also crazy that his teammate interjected about getting something for him. That would never happen nowadays. Back when it was only about winning. Bull didn’t care about Chet earning his living apparently.

@Lip Man 1, fucking absolute amazing stuff here and you basically answered my question with a copy and paste from your own archives. Please never disappear from this site cuz we will miss your historical advantages that none of us have. It’s still just absolutely amazing how Chet Lemon was a sabrmetrics superstar before anyone knew WTF that even meant! What a fvcking stud!

Even more ironic and hilarious, both Chet Lemon and Steve Kemp finished their careers with the exact same OPS — .797. Except Lemon was a stud defensive CF and Kemp played LF. Also… Career WAR Chet Lemon: 55.7 Steve Kemp: 19.5 Oops…

Awful. He hit 17 with the Sox and later hit 17+ in 6 seasons with the Tigers, with his single season high being 24 homers. Meanwhile, Steve Kemp topped off at 26 homers in one season and played left field? 😩 Analytics definitely weren’t a big thing back then because they would have said that along with his gold glove defense in CF (how did he never win one?), he was likely among the most valuable players in baseball, and he was still young at only 26. So brutal… He was basically a way better Mike Cameron.

Since this era of baseball was before my time, may I ask why in the holy fuckballs the Sox traded a 26-year old, .874 OPS, two time All-Star (at that point) center fielder for anyone, much less Steve Kemp?

I laughed…

Yeah, I am not sure I understand the strategy. I know these guys have to get MLB experience sooner or later but the Sox simply don’t have enough talent on the offensive side to get things jump started yet.

I don’t think they want to call up Montgomery yet and I would hope they don’t. I would also be surprised if Lopez gets claimed, even for the small remainder of his $4.3 million salary. Teams will wait to see if he is just DFA’ed and released if they have any interest. If a man is needed, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mandick is the next man up.

I assume he’s not being used as a starter to keep his innings down for the year?

How this guy is still getting playing time is beyond me. How much more do the Sox need to see from Sheets to realize he’s bad?

The BR bleachers were packed in the first half. After the first half blowout and a little drizzle in the second half, a lot of people left.

Your friends are intelligent fans and remind me of many posters here. 🫢

Do the Sox continue to do this to save Jerry some money? What is up with this? They have been doing it for the last few years.

Jimmie Maxson is the 6’4” WR and St. Rita transfer. Tyler Lofton is the big RB transfer from Marian Catholic. They both look legit so far. Unfortunately, they are both seniors so they will be one and done. #9 is LB Charlie Barkmeier and he is pretty good. CJ Gray is the QB and he is a junior. He has gotten so much better throwing the ball since he was a freshman. He used to mostly run but now he is gunning it around. Here is a video of the throw you are referring to: https://streamable.com/3q06o5 It was such a blowout that BR benched their starters after the first half and the refs invoked the 35-point rule and ran the fast clock in the second half, which was great. Here’s the recap… https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2024/08/31/brother-rice-football-cruises-past-phillips-50-0-in-season-opener/

Another one run game.

@greg775 is happy…

Brother Rice up 43-0 at halftime. This is a rout.