Dick Allen

Their attempts to address the offense thus far gives every indication they don’t have the ability to recognize that particular skill. Since Getz was hired initially, who have the White Sox developed that has come to the major leagues and met or surpassed what was originally projected? Maybe Burger, and they flipped him for garbage. Not Vaughn. Not Eloy. Not Moncada. Not even Robert. And just about everyone else has been below replacement level.

I see no hope for any offense for a long while. Getz can’t develop it. That has been proven. They probably will have to trade pitching depth for it, but the early returns on that is pretty lame. Deloache and Fletcher and Vargas.None seem like it would move the needle.

The other amazing thing, is the Sox have been able to do this during a season with the most parity in a long time. It’s possible no one wins more than 95 games.

I’ll never fault people for going to games. I had season tickets over 30 years so I’ve paid to watch my fair share of bad baseball. And I understand the love of being there. Maybe that’s faded for me a bit. I used to go 65-75 times a year. Last year was the first year I gave up my tickets. I went to around 20 games. This year I have gone to 1 game. In. Milwaukee. I’m at the point where I cannot give JR my money for this crap. I just can’t. I still watch most of the games, but at least I get my time spent traveling to and from back. My company has tickets to all the pro teams in town and occassionally has a raffle when they are available. They are all primo. The other day, the White Sox were the first where no one was interested.

A quote from Rick Telanders piece today No, it’s not a nice thing. But this failure should be honored as a symbol of badness, of what can happen when nobody at the top gives a damn. Or, maybe worse, when they do care but are too dumb or arrogant to know they haven’t a clue.

Congrats to Flexen on 20 in a row.

Apparently the broadcast crew has no idea the White Sox used their challenge.

Schriffen getting the outfield directions confused again.

Sheets with 1 homer since June 8th hitting clean up.

No, JR owed it to the fans not to waste a year. We get to see records. Stuff we never saw before or could have even imagined.

That Ramos thing could have been fixed by keeping Senzel on the roster 1 more day. And the next infielder up is Moncada.

It’s bizarre Colas or Ramos doesn’t get the call. It almost seems as Getz is calling up the guys he traded for so he can show JR, see, what you had here sucked, even though I was in charge of developing them. The guys most deserving are the guys I traded for.

CC Sabathia pitched with a bone spur for 4 years and dominated.

H pe was available during the 2005 playoffs and in 2021. Other than that, he only has time to waste thinking the state will build him a new park. He finally spoke last year and mentioned the fans deserve this situation get fixed quickly. Well, the fans deserve an explanation of what’s going on now. There’s bad, and there’s this. 4-40?

I get the whole as long as JR is in charge nothing will change bit, and for the most part it’s true. But someone else may have focused on someone other than Vargas. Someone else may have selected McCarthy instead of Fletcher. Right there you’re a little better off. The question I would have for you is if JR wasn’t the owner and the Sox were 31-107, what do you think Getzs fate would be? If it’s a goner, wouldn’t that make it the correct move? The last 12 seasons, the Sox have the second worst record in baseball. There needs to be huge change to get the stink out of the organization,

But it would waste a year. Look at what’s been accomplished this year.

It’s better than TJS.

A few more facts. 4-40 last 44 games. Worst 44 game stretch since 1916 when the As went 3-41. Sox 3 10 plus losing streaks. Had 13 total before this season. And since 2013, only the Marlins have a worse cumulative record.

JR has full and total control and there is nothing his investors can do about . Once he dies, his executor has full control. His investors are at his mercy, but they have done quite well even with his missteps.

Schriffen just said the offense has had trouble scoring runs over this recent stretch. What stretch is that John.? 2022-2024?

Apparently Soxfest is on for the last weekend in January. But it’s “reimagined”. I guess that means it will all be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the championship. Also, the 125th anniversary of the franchise with an emphasis on the good things that happened during the JR era. They will probably throw a lot of new stadium at the attendees, I would doubt the Sox front office will face the music.

The lasting memory I have of Ron LeFlore as a White Sox was him playing CF. Someone hit a routine flyball that bounced off his head, knocked him down ala TA with Jose Ramirez, and the batter running around the bases for a 4 base error.

This is, after all, the organization that thinks Miguel Vargas will be a middle of the line up hitter.

7 total wins in July and August.

Nice quote. One year later on 8!31/24 his team clinched worst record in the AL with a month left in the season. Nice hire.