MiddleCoastBias

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

I forgot Eloy was even on the team, jeez. This argument is moot anyway because another injury to someone will free up a spot and solve the logjam before it becomes a real concern.

It's indicative of how this season has gone that no one wanted to start a game thread until 15 minutes after the game was officially supposed to start.

I think this is a great case study to see if the Rays really do have magic pixie dust to scrap nobodies into a great bullpen. We know he sucked with us this year, kind of interested to see if the Rays can get something positive out of him. Not an empirical study, just more fodder for our online arguments.

*keeping this thread on Sox apparel and not white collar crime for a moment* Yep, the $50 hat I was looking at was the "limited edition" 1917 hat. I want it, but that's stupid steep for just ... a hat. And on that topic of collector mindset, I know they're catering to younger folks with their branding new releases as "latest drop" and all, but maybe start releasing normal hats that someone over the age of 22 wouldn't be embarrassed to wear. I'm torn between "grow the game and the fanbase!" and "these are all dumb, give me something an adult can wear."

While we're on the topic of Sox gear, anyone notice how expensive baseball merchandise is getting? (blah blah inflation, I get it) I buy a lot of 47 Brand hats for all sorts of teams but I particularly look for any of their new hats with old Sox logos. They have a non-fitted hat for $50! And other regular hats are $40. Feels like a few years ago they were only $25. /old man rant of a 30-something

It'll be awesome if Middleton can come out of nowhere and turn into a 'guy' for the bullpen. I like what I see!

Thanks, I hate it. (Adam Dunn for 2! Wonder which NL team that was against)

The difference is that the Mariners sent Kellenic down to work on things and get it right outside of it pressure to perform on the big league team. He then had a .922 OPS in AAA vs. his .534 OPS on the Mariners. I get Colas seemed upset last year that he wasn't promoted fast enough because he thought he was ready. Now he's had a chance to see that "hey, maybe there are some things I can work on" and a stint in Charlotte will give him perspective and time to work on it.

I cancelled the day Machado signed with SD. I've been streaming online in the years since. Foolish me bought it again this year expecting big things.

I think the front office is holding out hope that it's "just a difficult schedule through April" and "we'll get better when we're healthy in May". DVS points out that we faced the toughest schedule in April and will face the easiest in May. Maybe the April teams' winning % are so high because they've played us and the May teams' winning % are low because they haven't played us yet ? https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/1650948295634612231?s=20 Continue your rate through a weak May schedule and we might actually see some shakeups, but not until then.

Well they see our hitters striking out on uncompetitive sliders every night and they think "hey why can't I do that?"

- Kenny, right now

Agree again, though that scenario puts us back a few steps in 5 years or whenever we think the team is sold. We're about to start another big rebuild in a year or two (max), and that means a few years of the same front office putting their stink all over drafting and player development in those years before the sale. If I'm a billionaire wannabe-owner, it's more attractive to take over a fresh start rather than a third or fourth restart managed by the same failsons front office. Cohen-lite would be our best option in that scenario, someone willing to spend more to set the stage how they want it. But who else could there be out there with 1. the motivation Cohen had to buy a team and 2. the cash to burn?

This is the type of big-picture total package of moves that an owner makes before selling the team - strip it to the studs, get rid of all of the contracts, and let the new owner(s) build a franchise as they see fit, fresh start. None of this will happen (the trades, firing the top staff, Jerry selling, etc), but this team is primed for this exact type of shakeup with how things sit right now. A smart owner would see this and would recognize the opportunity.

Agreed on this. We'll sign a 36 year old Michael Brantley as the final piece to help us "compete" next year. Sign enough guys to confirm that if you squint you can in fact see a baseball team, but not a competitive one.

*Jerry Reinsdorf liked this* We're playing right into their hands, holding on to the false hope that they give us every year that MAYBE they'll get healthy and put it all together. We keep coming back for more and they keep shoveling more of the same crap at us - and we take it. Sox fans have an abusive relationship with ownership and management, and we can't break ourselves from it.

Combined two for two since this post...

Not saying we need Eloy or Sheets in the outfield, but just know that Robert and Colas are a combined 3 for their last 41 ABs. https://twitter.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1648705945243926529?s=20

With this quote from Grifol, I prefer to live in a world where Grifol also agrees that Hahn should be fired.

George Clooney in "Gravity"

"Here Comes the Boom" by Nelly https://youtu.be/nqWZqQXk_Ao Unfortunately I have less power than half a Nick Madrigal and I'd be laughed out of the league. Just feels like a fun, cocky psych-up intro to walk out to.

I like walkup songs. They're playing music and sounds thoughout the game anyway, might as well make something personalized for the players. It makes it fun for the fans too. Shane Victorino's walkup song was a Bob Marley song that everyone loved to sign along to, always got the crowd into it. I remember everyone was upset when MLB cracked down on the length of the walkup songs and it cut his short.

For Baltimore? These Orioles aren't the pushovers that they've been for the last 6+ years - they've got some kids that can really play. On the season they're also outscoring the Sox by 14 runs.

Yeah, we need to line up Cease with the day games, and make sure Giolito does NOT get day games. Gio has expressed how much he hates them because he can't go through his full routine, and that was before he got shelled for 8 runs or whatever it was on Marathon Monday in Boston.