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@Look at Ray Ray Run I think you are correct that Robert has that chance. I'm wondering in the modern style of player contracts if we'll see anyone stay on the roster to be best ever status. As we move towards earlier and earlier free agency I don't see top players staying with one team for more than four or five seasons. That might not be enough to make them a franchise's GOAT.

If you like watching a player it's pretty easy to catch any game, anywhere. So meh, if I see he's pitching and it looks like a good matchup I'll watch. Modern fandom is changing.

This should be interesting.

Sorry if my post offended you.

Imagine if Tony was still in the dugout. That's another five or six losses.

Fixed. I believe the majority of fans here have worked through the five stages of a typical White Sox season. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and here we are now, at acceptance. Next year will be better. The Hawks have a star and the Bears will be better. That shortens the already too long baseball season to something manageable. Toss in a summer vacation and Sox baseball will be sustainable for the next great build. (Can't call it rebuild, because who wants a rebuild of this disaster?)

I have a much bleaker forecast. I think the world has changed since parity. Too many other things to do, new interests. Nothing lasts forever. Society is more mobile, fandom won't be based on a physical address. I'm not certain if it will be humans playing in fifty years. Humans make too many mistakes. We already want to eliminate umpires. We want managers to make decisions as if they were extensions of a computer, why not just eliminate the human and put in a computer and have the players read their instructions? Next step are AI generated players. Watching from home you won't even know the difference. Optimum performance, optimum strategy, optimum umpiring.

Doesn't everyone need someone yelling at them to do their jobs? Could you image professionals in any other business doing their jobs without a coworker to hold them accountable.

They need his bat in the lineup.

He really needs to move the team. The business on and off the field isn't working in Chicago. Why keep fighting it? Other teams with losing records in smaller markets are not having these declines. A new stadium in a new city getting a MLB team for the first time would crush the attendance numbers. JR is such an idiot businessman for staying in Chicago.

If you always predict that every move the Sox make, draft picks, trades, free agents, managers, etc will fail, you will be right at least 75% of the time, maybe even more. I wonder what the average is for good franchises?

Grifol pledged the Sox would be fundamentally sound, control the strike zone on both sides of the ball and earn the trust of fans. But Sox hitters’ chase rate is the second-worst behind the Tigers, and their walk rate is last. Defense was stressed during spring training, but the Sox are near the bottom of most runs-saved metrics. Fortunately they fired their analytics guy so this stuff isn't important.

Another old boomer talking about how it was his day. Old people need to stfu. /Sarcasm

Most nights forfeiting game two would be better than actually watching it. The Athletic might send a reporter. Maybe JR thinks that's what we mean by "blowing it up". Championship Window Demolition Night would be a great fan organized event.

Coop will fix'em. There was a time kids when the Sox coaching staff could fix pitchers with potential. Way back around the turn of the 21st century. It was a magical time. It almost doesn't seem real anymore. Now we snap defeat from the jaws of victory.

I love an acquisition where the cash considerations were probably paid in Walmart gift cards.

Once again politics and life leave me pissed and sick. Five millionaires get unlimited rescue help, drowning immigrants are give razor wire by Texas governor Abbott.

Draft the best athletes available and trade them later if there is a log jam. There is no extra credit if you drafted your starting line up.

Will any of these guys DH and play first? No. Then I'm good. I set a very low standard and the team met the goal. Even a low standard is a standard.

https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/03/should-mlb-teams-be-bunting-the-ghost-runner-to-third/ While portraying Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane in the movie version of Moneyball, Brad Pitt explained this line of thinking further: “If someone bunts on us, just pick it up and throw it to first. They’re giving you an out – just giving it to you. Take it. Say thank you.”

More clues about the mysterious G-man. Roots as a humble waterproofing sales professional. Did you ever feel threatened going into people's basements? Seems scary.

The Sox need to find him a gig with a financially sound media company.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor*? f*** it we're Sox fans and we've had worse teams out there. We are also a group of really knowledgeable baseball fans that can see beyond the mounting losses and occasional win. I'm suggesting we start a series thread much like the game threads. Whomever wants the honor, (I'd suggest @chitownsportsfan for the first one since he inspired this idea with a great suggestion, can preview the series and find a couple reasons why we should watch.) Win the series and start the next one and we'll ride your streak like Sea Biscuit. Lose the series and someone else does the preview. It might not be any heavy lifting, get the ball rolling and other posters will add to it. What to watch for could be an interesting match up, players being called up, maybe something from the opposing team. Hell, the last time I was really excited was to see if we could set some losing streak records. But find a couple reasons why we should watch. We could start with the Cardinals or after the AS break. *Animal House reference. Sadly some of you never heard of the movie.

That's a great idea. I'm going to start a thread but chance it slightly.

I haven't looked at the standings in weeks. I haven't memorized the schedule for the next couple weeks. I haven't thought about playoff chances. We made two passes through Chicago this summer and didn't catch a game (I assume tickets were available lol). Cancelled my MLB package and Athletic. Didn't check to see if they were playing in any cities our road trip took us near. Drove from Texas to Maine and never listened to a game. I'm planning on cancelling my sat radio as well. It's happened a couple times before. Late 80s when my kids were born. Again around the turn of the century when I moved to Texas. But I always knew I'd be back. This time, maybe not. I thought during retirement I'd spend a couple weeks following the team on a road trip and catch spring training every year. Now I'm thinking I'll be a bandwagon jumper if they ever rebound in my lifetime. I'm thinking Omaha will be my new favorite baseball party each year.