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Texsox

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  1. Soxtalk rule #27 If you like the move, you credit your favorite front office person. If you dislike the move, you blame the front office guy you dislike the most.
  2. All true. This could be kind of reminiscent of the Comiskey family fighting after Charles died.
  3. It's probably unfair and inaccurate to judge someone on their best, or worst, day. But for me, it takes a lot of really good days to make up for the Beach scandal.
  4. We can't blame this on cheap labor. The team consistently underperforms their payroll. They are constantly behind the times. They were one of them last teams to employ a full time analytics guy then eliminated the position. It's actually mind boggling how inefficient and incompetent they are. Plus, just bad luck. Even when they take a safe pick like Madrigal it doesn't work out. They should trademark snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Random distribution would have every team winning a world series once every thirty years. If I thought I'd live another fifteen years I'd bet against them even appearing in a WS.
  5. Imagine if players could play regardless of the owner or GM. I know it's crazy. Executives have so much influence with on field performance. Lol this is a new low for you. Once you step on the field play the game. You probably blame Comiskey on the Black Sox scandal.
  6. It's so maddening. The answers are so easy. Why are we the only franchise that isn't successful at running a MLB team?
  7. How many losses do you think he caused by hurting their feelings? Is Timmy an all star of if Lynn blew him kisses? Quit making excuses for these guys sucking. Oh it's not them it's Tony. It's not them it's JR. It's this or that. No. It's on them. If they can't handle Lynn no wonder they s%*# their pants when they play the Twins. Those guys in Minny are mean to them. The Guardian hurt their feelings.
  8. What a bunch of whiny, self entitled, babies if Lynn caused them to be under .500 These guys couldn't handle a regular job if this affects them so much. No wonder this franchise sucks. They hire children.
  9. Yet here you are. I can't disagree with your assessment of how JR feels, I've never spent any time with him and don't presume to know how he feels. So you hate the owner, the owner hates you. It's a beautiful world. I believe he and his partners have benefit more from this mutual hate than you have. Go Sox
  10. Whoa, read all my posts. There are plenty of reasons for fans to want a change. So many in fact you don't have to make things up or distort the actual record to want him gone.
  11. Charles did it in the AL one hundred years ago. He also owned the team that was the biggest scandal in baseball history. Imagine if JR was the owner back then. The Veeck/Allen years were as mediocre as any other era. The franchise has sucked no matter the owner. It wasn't like JR bought a great franchise and it got worst. It's as good or bad as it ever was.
  12. The easiest way to build a successful track record as an analyst is to claim every Sox trade is a disaster. Trying to figure out the one on fifteen that actually works out for the Sox is the real test.
  13. I had the opportunity yesterday to listen to a successful D1 college head football coach talk about how they built their brand on integrity and respect. He's local and two of my former students are playing for him. I can't imagine a scandal like this in his program. I can't imagine my former students acting in that manner. I'd be crushed to learn that. I have great empathy for Northwestern supporters who have to deal with this. He also touched on when these problems happen it hurts all programs. It's always bigger than the school.
  14. Actually he's not under .500 and even more surprisingly teams have averaged higher in the standings than any other time since Charles moved the team to Chicago. https://chicagology.com/baseball/soxowners/ He's just another care taker of a historically horrible franchise not much better or worse than the rest of them. As others have noted the are plenty of reasons to want him to sell. Plenty of things he's done that aren't popular with most fans. In fact it seems there is enough to not have to distort or make up stuff to want him gone. But all time won loss stats are meaningless when the only comparison is from the turn of the 20th century versus turn of the 21st century.
  15. Is he well under .500
  16. All these pitchers leaving and no team wants their favorite catcher?? Damn it
  17. Know what is happening in your program. Make everyone aware that hazing is cause for termination. Players, coaches, everyone. Create a culture where players will report hazing. Communication, trust. If you can't do these basic job functions, you won't have a coaching job at the high school, college, or pro ranks moving forward.
  18. Agreed. It's as meaningless as stats about losses. Plenty of reasons to criticize him. But most "insert anything" stats can be attributed to the amount of years he's owned the team.
  19. No owner in Sox history has won more games than JR.
  20. Not too get in the way of your usual rant about JR but how many others had a chance for two losing decades? Charles and JR. The various Comiskey family members combined had a win percentage of just under JR. Veeck, combining his two stints was below .500. John Allyn again, worst than JR. Although after this season that may change. This has been a crappy franchise through and through no matter the owner. Some years are good to great, others just suck ass. https://chicagology.com/baseball/soxowners/
  21. I'm enjoying watching UTSA build beyond what would be expected. Good AD and Head Coach.
  22. What a difficult life she had.
  23. Every comment must start with White Sox Baseball is like the silly web site spin the wheel to see your discount feature, only in this case the wheel lands on a losing space each time.
  24. And this team will come back and be really bad once again. I still think they can put together a twenty game losing streak. Perhaps after the sell off.
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