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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 08:28 PM) The funny thing is, if the Sox only made changes in the radio booth the same people complaining now would be complaining that the Sox only made changes that aren't going to improve the team. The changes that need to happen need to happen at the top, who calls the games in the booth is utterly meaningless. You are correct that changes need to be made in the front office and the dugout. But, if those reporting the game on the radio are (IMO) boring then fans won't listen. I know I don't turn on the radio!

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 02:05 PM) Yeah Farmer and DJ were why we didn't make the playoffs. This board is hilarious sometimes. Didn't say they were responsible for not making the playoffs BUT, they are both boring!!

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 05:46 PM) Just the start of little to no change with an organization that has had three straight losing years, six out of nine and are becoming more and more irrelevant each day. Mark Exactly!! 2016 is already looking very depressing. If they can't make deserved changes in the radio booth I don't see anything good to happen (being fired) with the manager and coaching staff.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Sad with the amount of Sanchez we've been seeing over the final week and a half. You already know what he is, why not run Micah out there That would be a good question for the manager to answer.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Sep 27, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) This would be a good decision Am I wrong or didn't I hear about him being a mini Miggy when we got him? Maybe in looks only. What a depressing organization.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 26, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) All right, an hour after the loss and we're still under 25 posts for our game threads with still a week left in the season! Congratulations Rick and Kenny! Only reason I posted is because I just got home and wanted to find out the score. So, another pitiful loss. Time for changes to be made. I guess why should I care anymore??

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:29 PM) I seriously just lol'd at work. Well done Yes!!! So true.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) Exactly. People are so focused on LaRoche vs. LHP, they completely ignore how horrible Abreu was vs. LHP. LaRoche is supposed to be bad, Abreu not. The team was just horrible at the start and it snowballed. Any time it seemed they might turn the corner, another clunker. It was a bad year. The Sox talent level isn't as bad as it is made out to be. Every team has holes. Mike Olt was the Cubs starting 3B on Opening Day. The cubs started Olt and were waiting for Bryant. We start Olt and are waiting for who?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 01:59 PM) Excellent, EXCELLENT post Captain. I was going to comment on something along these lines myself. Thank you for beating me to it and doing so in such a good way. The Sox probably WILL win more games than last season. The organization will use this as partly to justify bringing Ventura and his coaching staff back for another year. They'll tell what remaining fans are left, "we're making progress!!!!!" (and then because the coaching staff is the same start off with another unfocused, bad defensively, fundamentally and base running component to the season immediately putting them into another April hole.)) But I can't help think of the famous axiom "there are lies, damn lies and statistics..." - Mark Twain. Even though the Sox will have moved closer to the .500 mark, are they really better? Are they really closer to becoming what Rick Hahn himself stated that he wanted "to be a consistent, winning franchise." Look at the reality of this roster: DH, catcher, 3rd base are offensive black holes (in a league where power and run production is high because of the DH). Left and right field are below average offensively and again from a power / RBI position. The middle infield has very little power / run production capability. The Sox are going to lose at least one starting pitcher (Shark), maybe two if they trade Q and Danks is on his last legs. That's 60% of the rotation. The bullpen while better still has areas of concern and at least one key member of it is in his 30's. Defensively this team is poor, they lack fundamentals, can't steal bases, create runs. The minor leagues still aren't producing any type of "impact" major league caliber players on offense. The off season free agent class by all accounts from those posting on this site isn't great and the Sox will probably have less money to spend this year because it's logical to assume many of those who bought into the hype last off season and got season tickets won't be coming back. I'm at a loss to figure out a way the Sox can solve enough of these issues again in a single off season to realistically "contend" let alone win even a watered down post season spot in 2016. Yes, I'm deliberately taking the most negative approach because to me that's exactly what the Sox front office needs to do and work from there. That way if some things do actually go their way next year they might find themselves ahead of the curve in some areas. Yes mathematically 63 to 73 to let's say 76 win is "progress". But the reality is those are all still bad, losing records for a franchise that is becoming more and more irrelevant in their own market with every passing season. There hasn't been such a sustained run of poor baseball by this franchise (six losing years in nine) since the late 60's through the 70's. That's a long time ago. Conditions have changed since then, the competition is more intense...can this organization find their way out of the mess they themselves created? That's the million dollar question isn't it? Mark I, for one, appreciate your showing the most negative approach because I believe that is how most Sox fans feel!! Yours and Captains posts are right on!!

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 04:17 PM) They need to hate on somebody Balta. It's Montas, or Beckham, or pick your player of the day. It's game to game and sometimes play to play. To be honest, Beckham should not be defended by anyone. If he is on the Sox roster next year it will show how really bad the team is!

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 05:09 PM) Two more years to add onto the lemon that is the "Jerry Reinsdorf Era" as owner of the Sox. Very little in terms of credibility coming from him and/or of his management team when they speak in platitudes about such things as a "three year plan". Meanwhile, another season near the bottom of all MLB teams in attendance and TV ratings. Anyone NOT think we are in desperate need of new ownership and a complete overhaul in team management, after all of these years of ineptitude from the current crew? For a guy that claims to be such a fan of the game how can Reinsdorf be such a bad owner of a bad baseball team? Where's the pride?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) Well, I am not surprises Danks, or any other Sox pitcher, gave up a home run. I think we have like 127 offensive homers and I wonder how many our pitchers have allowed? This is probably the biggest disappointment and maybe outright failure of this team and that's our offensive output. We live in a hitters ballpark and yet have like the second worse offensive homerun output in the AL Yea, that Sox lineup doesn't scare anyone except us Sox fans. An active offseason that also includes changes made to the coaching staff is what I am looking forward to. If that doesn't happen I give up for 2016.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) We're definitely the worst team. I think last is ours. Reinsdorf has to be so proud of this team, manager and coaching staff.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) You watch this team this year and it is absolutely amazing that no one seems to be on the hot seat I guess that is because this is year one of the three year plan.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:46 PM) God the Sox are so terrible, it's beyond Fun Bad; which has characterized past teams. This is just......sad. No hope for this team. 10-1 now. May as well keep your ass in the dugout Cooper. Nothing you can do This team is a disgrace! Ownership best make some major changes once the season ends. Start with Ventura and Cooper and the rest of the coaching staff. JR needs to show the fans he has a clue as to what is going on.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) Thank goodness. What's he make in his swan song year? 15? Didn't LaRoche sign a 2 year $25 mil contract? Each year $12.5?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 12:26 PM) That's 16M that could be spent on the offense for a team that desperately needs it. Also, I see a huge problem with paying a pitcher that kind of money for a 5+ ERA. Just my thoughts. Who knows, maybe he would do better with both Ventura and Cooper not in the Sox dugout. Maybe not but who knows.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) Per score Does anyone listen to the score anymore. I don't!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:36 PM) It's been an embarrassing year for the White Sox, and what's troubling is they can't even sell us on hope. Nothing short of a complete dismantling of office personnel, coaches, scouts and players will help this team. There's no, "oh lets make a few shrewd moves and we'll be able to compete. Nope.....it's going to take all the right moves to contend in 2017. If Hahn doesn't start by trading Quintana for a haul we may be screwed even further. I'll go as far as to say it will be the most important trade easily in the last decade for the White Sox. We have to realize how depleted we are offensively, how pitching is our surplus, and how valuable someone such as Q is considering talent and contract. Hahn HAS to succeed, and we shouldn't expect less as fans Does anyone really think Reinsdorf will clean house? I would be so surprised and happy. The first move would be for Ventura to get fired and I'll maybe believe it could then happen. But I don't think it will.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:15 PM) Just a real bad decision not to get out of Robertson's contract when the Yankees claimed him. It's amazing how bad our major FA signings have been over the last 5 years. You have to remember though, at the time we were going for it!! At least KW was.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 03:30 PM) Woof. As a die hard, just like everybody else who is in here right now, that is badddddd. My overall excitement for next year is about as low as it can be too. I don't even know how you fix it.. In years past I had ideas. This year? I don't have any. So true. Sad to say I just don't care anymore! Maybe an RV getting fired or a KW moving on might help. Otherwise, who cares?

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 07:02 PM) I wouldn't be opposed to gutting the entire organization from top to bottom except for Hawk, Sale, and Rodon. Sale is one the best in the game, so he can stay, Rodon has a ton of potential, and Hawk is an all-time legend that should be in the booth for however long he wants to. Everyone else can F off and I wouldn't care. Every morning I wakeup hoping to hear the good news that either Ventura has been fired or Kenny has moved on. Well I can hope.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 06:59 PM) For real. I wish we had a different fill-in announcer. another loyal member of the White Sox family, I guess.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) Swirsky in for Hawk. I don't think there's any doubt Grandpa is cutting back next year. Well he was going to cut back this year until he was fooled into thinking the Sox would be challenging for a playoff spot. Wait until he sees what the front office does in year two of the "plan"!