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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:18 PM) He doesn't need to go, but he should only be used in low leverage situations until he proves otherwise. So that would be when the Sox have a 20 run lead. It spells mental midget. There must be some guys on the farm who will never make it that could do the same thing. Sounds like a wasted roster spot or everyone gets a trophy.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) Renteria, book it He's already settled in as a Sox. That worries me.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:30 PM) Do players respect him or take advantage of him? If you have ever read Lip's older post or on the other site he's on, rumor has it players like it here because there is no pressure. That's from an inside source.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:30 PM) If this season ends up looking worse where we're likely not contending, I wouldn't mind some young guys coming up to get some at bats and experience the rest of the way (Coats in a corner spot-Melky DH, Davidson up to get at bats between DH,1B,3B, more Saladino at short (not quite ready to call up Anderson personally), call up Kevan Smith while releasing Avila because: why not?). That's equally depressing. Few have faith in the farm system.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:56 AM) Apparently Cooper or no one on the staff picked up on it. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs...p-some-pitches/ May explain why he's 'suddenly' doing well in San Francisco this season. Sounds like what happened with David Wells and Nick Swisher as soon as they left the organization. Mark I would side with him going back to the NL has more to do with it. Sox do not have luck with veteran NL pitchers.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:20 PM) Just the idea that Jones did end up pitching in the 7th, but only after the lead was gone. I'm mesmerized by the stupidity involved in that thinking. He's a mental midget as well. Too often when the lead is blown someone in the mental midget dept. will pad the loss.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:20 PM) That April looks like fool's gold. Honestly it is hard to judge a team after the first month since guys are still finding their groove and getting in the swing of things (no pun intended). They found their groove. You are seeing it. No clutch in any aspect of the game unless you add choking to that list. Scouting and developing seems to adore mental weakness.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:08 PM) Yeah, not much else to go with here. This isn't Robin, it's the roster. To improve you will have to change both.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2016 -> 07:08 PM) BUMPED JUST FOR ROBIN'S IDIOTIC LINE-UP No Eaton. Sands hitting 5th. Rollins actually hitting down in the order when the only pitchers he can hit are left-handed. If our manager thinks so little of Garcia, maybe the GM needs to make a change and actually find a hitter he does believe in. I we could only change those names to Albers and Puke.

I hate this team. I want to punch them in the nuts.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:04 PM) Except when you predict disaster every single time Albers and Duke enter and are right more than 75% of the time. Have to TRY something different. I don't care if Duke's getting paid $5 million or whatever this season and next to get out lefties. He's not getting the job done for a pretty good stretch now. Tigers are on their way to being 2 1/2 games back. +1

At one time in MLB guys use to get their asses kicked for mental midget performances.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 27, 2016 -> 08:54 PM) It's amazing our hitting coach still has a job (not saying it's entirely his fault, but coaches don't usually hang around through bad times). They could go through 70 hitting coaches and produce the same result.

Albers should be released. No more Tony Pena clones.

So let me guess Ventura managed the team to another loss via the mental midget pen.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:31 AM) There are two different issues here, Robin and Ozzie. Robin's demeanor reminds me of Tony L during his tenure as manager. I think he will be appreciated more years after his career. Today it is very frustrating. Ozzie? Seriously why even bring up his name? He will never work in baseball again. Nostalgia is dangerous. That would take a lot less brainwave activity to do that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:21 AM) He probably did get fired in Miami at least in part due to his comments on Castro, though. He did. That was it. I don't even see why this part is debatable.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:33 AM) Is it better to have won and lost than never to have won at all? It feels like many on the board wish we had been .500 from the start. Or they want the team to tank bad enough that Robin gets fired

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 25, 2016 -> 06:37 PM) Certainly not a bad place to start. Its time to clear out the dead wood. Including perhaps don cooper. I'm always on the fence with Cooper. Firing Cooper because someone better is out there is no like firing Ventura because someone better is out there.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 25, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) My favorite line is the "I know there's a lot of baseball left" part making it sound like we're in last place or something. If there wasn't baseball left in the regular season we'd be in the playoffs. and looking like they don't belong in there

QUOTE (hi8is @ May 25, 2016 -> 07:16 PM) If only we would have signed Cespedes. Imagine what his OPS would have translated to in terms of wins above Avi. I don't know. If he wore that Sox uniform....he'd be like the others. In a slump, at least 3 other guys would slump.

Just face it. It won't get better until this team is gutted from the top down. They don't invest in an experienced manager. Somewhere former players who step in to manage their team should realize you will be remembered as the hated manager and forgotten as the great player. I do wonder if the Sox are the only organization who asked someone to become a manager with that person having no intent of getting back into baseball. Even a guy like Frank Thomas were to become manager we would probably not like him either. I no longer want Sox retreads. It hasn't boosted the teams popularity. I don't think former players should ever manage the team they play for. It's the best way to crap on your legacy. The patterns of incompetence year after year are the fault at the top. We can't change this. So my interest in the team is challenged. I dislike everything White Sox except for Sox Talk. It's the only thing that keeps me interested. I so want new ownership and someone way outside the organization. Most successful owners are very good at handsoff. They also don't allow things as nepotism and employ their buddies. It's difficult for a major league team to lose money these days. I want an owner who wants to win but without a Jerry Jones ego. I want one who tries to get the best scouts and instructors. Those would be evaluated by performance. We see the same mistakes like being clueless at baseball, folding under pressure and yet those people in the organization remain. I feel duped thinking it may be different this year and I know there's a lot of baseball left but how many times will it take for Charlie Brown to realize not to try to kick the football? I feel like this team is cursed. The nice start most likely was due to new players on the field. But one they get assimilated into that Sox uniform they become a Sox and it's downhill after that. This is a mystery I can't solve. I think back when Thomas, Alexi, and Beckham (you can even go back to Thad Bosley) came up. When was the last time a guy from the minors brought excitement to the team? Now it's boneheaded mistakes like bad base running or misplaying a fly ball or the typical exhibit of mental weakness. The only hope I can see if there's a complete change in the top otherwise we will see more of this.

Good managers still can't win with bad players. This organization could stop being a training ground for managers anytime now.

According to the box score one of the mental midgets have up a run out of the pen. Don't stop now boys.

I was hoping this thread was sarcasm but I guess some or one is serious about this, eh?