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Jim Margalus story on Getz and "foundation": https://soxmachine.com/2024/09/good-luck-seeing-a-foundation-in-hole-white-sox-dug/

Great point.

The second quote was from last year when Getz was hired. It was not part of JR's statement yesterday.

Getz has to justify the trade remember. 😆

First off JR has made it clear if he wants to do something he is going to do it (See hiring TLR) and it doesn't matter what his staff says but according to what has been posted at the Sox site and as part of DVS Sun-Times story, more and more of the media were asking to get a statement from him especially now with the national media focusing on the ineptitude.

This is just a guess. Again he's not selling while he is alive because of the capital gains tax hit as well as the additional Illinois tax hit. I'm guessing he'll say along the lines of how this is a disappointment, it is not acceptable and the organization is doing everything they can to correct it (LOL) and because this is JR and he is tone-deaf he'll use this disaster and again plug for a new taxpayer funded stadium saying how it will be good for the franchise (translation: him and his family) and the fan base.

I don't but some others posted in the past that was an acceptable goal.

If you mean instead of losing 125 games they'll "only" lose 110 maybe you are right. Or maybe they'll even come close to playing .400 baseball! 😆

Remember lousy attendance means JR doesn't have to pay the state and in some cases they have to pay him! I'm sure it bothers him from the standpoint of lost parking, concession revenue but outside of that given his lease, I suspect it doesn't bother him that much.

They've either got really big stones or absolutely are completely tone deaf to what is taking place.

Very nice analogy with the groundhog. He's come a long way from this statement hasn't he: “Eddie and I never discussed how to talk to reporters. We’ve just been ourselves. I always though Jack Kennedy was the kind of person I looked up to in that regard. He always gave the media a fair shake and understood you guys have a job to do. Without responsible people willing to divulge some accurate information, it’s hard to do it right. It was a much better approach then Nixon, who figured the media, was his enemy. Doing it Kennedy’s way just makes a lot more sense to me. After all, nobody can buy the kind of advertising Chicago teams get. What other line of work finds newspapers assigning people to follow you around and write about how the business is doing every day? At Balcor, we have to hire a public relations firm to get our names in the paper. When baseball teams get that for free, it makes sense to cooperate.” – Jerry Reinsdorf to Bob Logan. From the book ‘Miracle On 35th Street.’ Pg. 154. Published 1983.

DVS story on this for the Sun Times, includes JR quotes from last year. This final two lines in his story are priceless: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/09/11/jerry-reinsdorf-this-year-has-been-very-painful-for-all

Especially the owner.

They can "fix" him by DFA' ing his sorry ass.

They'll hire whoever is so desperate they just want a job and are willing to work cheap.

Which staff? The current ones or the ones who got fired? And the part about continuing to work is a joke. Did he watch the baseball stupidity and ineptness this afternoon for example? Guys looking like the last thing they wanted to do was be out there on the field? Please...

Baggy pants buffoons. from DVS post game story: "Lane Thomas beat out a slow roller to third baseman Miguel Vargas with two outs in the first inning, allowing Steven Kwan to score easily and Jose Ramirez to race all the way from second with run number two. When Thomas beat second baseman Lenyn Sosa’s throw to first for an infield single in the third after Sosa’s diving stop in the third with two outs, Kwan and a hustling Andres Gimenez scored. Adding to the “what’s next?” element of the afternoon — and season — Gimenez was on base because first baseman Andrew Vaughn was late getting to the bag after picking up Gimenez’ tapper in the infield grass. If “lollygagging” comes to mind, you’re not far off. It’s not something that has come to mind at all in the case of Vaughn. Perhaps he just miscalculated Gimenez’ speed. Fans in the small afternoon crowd let Vaughn hear it, piling on when Vaughn successfully fielded the exact same play when Ramirez grounded to first right after Gimenez’ at-bat." All you can do is laugh at the baseball-stupidity. 😆

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/09/11/for-white-sox-the-road-to-record-for-most-losses-season-has-been-made-of-rock-bottom-jerry-reinsdorf-chris-getz

Great column, includes Getz quotes from spring training and compares them to a few days ago: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/10/chicago-white-sox-its-121-or-bust/

Got it.

That was Kenny.

This comment from a friend and a long time Sox fan summed things up pretty well: "It’s sickening. And it’s also a lie, because while a GM has to walk a line (sell tickets!) Getz absolutely did not feel anything near this way in spring. He 100% thought he’d improved the team, even if by a game and I’m guessing he thought sheer luck would cap him at 90 losses. So beyond the absolute offense we take at his casual words now, he’s also lying. This isn’t about 2000 or 2010, where memories fade, this is six friggin months ago. I am not so much of a diehard that they still can’t kill my fandom. I’ll always carry it with me but it is a flickering ember at this point. And seemingly we are not yet at bottom."

The stiff also over ran a pop up today.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/09/09/trading-crochet-still-likely-offseason-scenario-for-white-sox