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I don't have the more expensive cable to watch the game. I'm do have a station where it is televised in Spanish. I'd listen to the radio feed if it was Benetti. Getting rid of a Nat'l TV broadcaster was just another middle finger by Jerry.

Getz wanting to do the same things all organizations have doing doesn't make him a genius. I'd also say theat fired hitting coach probably will never get a job as a scout either. Right now the worst "scout" in the organization is TLR. Isn't this the 3rd organization where his expertise involves a 100 loss organization.

Who knows if someone buys the organization. All of these organizations are into pitching but offense went down in baseball. But we ignore that the Twins were going to give up one worthy prospect for a current successful pitcher on the worst team in baseball on an affordable 2 year deal. Then there's the catch 22 with any prospect Would his development be rushed or unlearn important things being in an inferior farm system. Then Getz does the thing most dumbass GMs do at the trade deadline is to trade just to make a trade. Only the better teams seem to get better with those. Sometimes the habits of running baseball teams can be moronic. Just maybe pitching is becoming overvalued when teams are not willing to give up young position players. Just think may baseball teams had bad pens and I wonder how many GMs are going to do the Hahn thing and have most of the money tied up in a pen. It's always been the most inconsistent part of baseball. Great one year, suck the next.

People fail to realize he's not use to facing hitters in the NL. That can run both ways. I get it that fans are upset but their team was not a distant second to the Dodgers. The came close to winning the division. Who knows how it would have played out in a 7 game series. If Cease were a White Sox this season I bet his era would in the upper 4s. With such a bad pen how many runs would be assigned to him along with horrible defense? He's still a young pitcher and lacked postseason experience. Padre fans should be thankful every day JR is not their owner. You would see White Flag trade 2024 or White Flag offseason 2025. (remained to be seen) Yes they are the Dodger's b**** but how many years were the Sox the Twin's b**** and then ne a distant 2 or rd place team. Then there was 2022 where they quit against Cleveland. While ti can't be measure I always thought the Sox were a mentally weak organization.

The missing component is your farm system playing the way the set by the manager. You can't have 4-5 different philosophies and expect to win. Players should have a better sense of fundamentals instead of hoping they get fixed in spring training. It's always been the Sox weakness in every part of the game. If a player can only hit homeruns, can't run these bases, catch a baseball then you better be an Ohtani at the plate.

LOL! Once again baseball is not a predictable sport. Some players do better when they are surrounded by talent. Of course when your farm system is nothing but a future DFA list I could see that. Yet do those players pay for themselves by attendance?

Most useless position in baseball. No one really knows what they except manage when the manager gets ejected. BTW I think the Sox had an asst. bench coach as well.

"Oh we'll have none of that", said Reinsdorf.

I'd never believe that unless it came from the Twins GM. Of course none of those rankings really mean anything. That guy will get the Sox stink on him and be bad. Just wait when the cesspool of suckage continues and Noah Schultz will be the next player in the make Birmingham better parade. They are off than keeping Fedde. Sox fans should fear this offseason. Maybe the "sell the team" chanters will buy tickets. I believe next year will be even more embarrassing. I hope the state puts a restraining order on Jerry entering Springfield. They should laugh at him the way he laughed about signing Ohtani. Pretty sad when bitterness towards an owner rivals that of world dictators.

Maybe he just sucks at baseball. As minor league director no one was knocking on his door. Some and even he can make all the excuses they want but I'd wager he is just bad at it. He is the Grifol of GMs. He wasn't the only rookie GM this year. Did the Marlins do something equally that stupid other than surrender in April? This team will most likely be bad for eternity. I could not even come close to making that kind of excuse for such a dumbass trade.

I wish I had 2 minutes of my life back after that "read". The "I gotta inject something political" is a big turnoff for me. Typical "yawn" modern urinalism.

All states need a F'off bill. When an owner wants state money to build a stadium - the bill says f-off. I can't believe the worst owner in baseball is that deluded. Shiny and new stadium and s%*# baseball doesn't draw fans.

Maybe Ohtani shouldn't be a leadoff hitter

How much of that Sox money was wasted in DFAs or in the interest of making Birmingham better.

Everyone is into the Rays model but the real challenge comes when paying your 5 war players. Baseball is the least predictable of sports and yet we treat it like it's not.

an overall lack of depth, with little immediate help from the minors on the horizon A lot of teams can run into this. I don't think teams are as willing to give up their best prospects over perceived best prospects. A GM like Getz is easily fleeced.

It's the crapshoot all small market habitual losing teams do by signing with the hopes of moving them at the trade deadline. The reality is teams with good farm systems don't fall for that unless you consider a Vargas as a food prospect.

I wish it was less like summer and more like fall out here. Discounted rate ($115) for seniors 55+. Tempted.

I'm wondering if the trade was worse than the Burger/Eder trade.

That wouldn't be a bad organization to buy. There's plenty of competence where an owner doesn't have to mess with much. Imagine if they got an owner that would spend money. Jerry's team will be in the basement for a long time. Their fans were frustrated but new ownership doesn't always makes things better - see Chicago White Sox.

That's how postseason baseball works. Teams always trying to tweak in the offseason and look great on paper but sometimes the needle doesn't move.

This thread should be called Bad Ideas Continue. Getz makes Birmingham Better

When you are better at sustaining shitty baseball fans don't show up since it is rarely long term. Plenty of owners don't believe in building a fan base. We have one who is very good at destroying them.

Kershaw is the same way. Still you need those horses to get you there. It might have premature to take him out so early. Some guys get better as the game goes on.

Getz would trade all of them to make Birmingham better