The Mighty Mite

Only 3-4 true Major Leaguers on the roster, I still can’t figure out what what Getz is doing and what the game plan is, he continues to bring on has been or never were players from other organizations, I may be wrong but everyone of them has been a failure as as much as Getz has thus his F- grade.

There’s a good possibility this team will be just as bad as last year.

There’s a reason nothing has been built there since it was railroad yard, I’m not sold on it being a place that would cure all the Sox woes. I’m thinking of the suburbs like the Braves entertainment area or even building a jewel of a ballpark on the site of old Comiskey with an emphasis on building up the area along with a modern day Comiskey with no upper deck in left field so the skyline would be visible, of course no posts and the lower bowl with seats down the lines facing the infield, Busch Stadium in St.Louis would be a good model but as I said with no UD in left field. PNC Park would also be a great model without the huge scoreboard in left field as that would block out views of the skyline. Somehow the fan base must return to past levels, that’s a monumental task as Reinsdorf has basically destroyed it, Ishbia if he buys the franchise is going to have to spend a lot of money and bring in quality free agents and give the fans some kind of hope.

Correct, the ballpark is in fine shape, easy to get to, plenty of parking and excellent public transportation. The problem is that the perception by many is that it’s in a bad neighborhood, real Sox fans know that’s not true. I never had trouble going to over 200 games from 1955 until we moved to Florida in 1993 but history shows that the Sox were never a huge draw at 35th and Shields, one of the few MLB teams that has failed to draw 3 million in a season, came close twice but no cigar, pretty sad for a Major market team.

He came on pretty good the last month of 2024.

Eddie Einhorn was a bigger jerk than Reinsdork.

It’s pretty hard to be positive with the White Sox on their way to a third 100+ loss season in a row. At least the possibility of new ownership is a positive but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Gene Hackman who won 2 Academy Awards and one of my all time favorite actors has passed at age 95. His wife and dog were also found dead in their home, authorities say no foul play so maybe a gas leak or even suicide. IMHO The French Connection is the best cop movie ever with Bullitt a close second. “You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie?”

I feel for Venable, did he have any idea what he was getting into?

Has any team ever gone winless in Spring Training? I agree, the 2025 White Sox could be worse than last years disaster.

Thank heavens for Hockey and no not the Blackhawks, I’m a huge Lightning fan.

Naturally the possibility of new ownership is exciting. I’m pretty excited about Teel. I’m fairly excited about Montgomery. When you know we are looking at another 100+ losses in 2025 it’s hard to get excited about anything else, we have a ton of guys that have to prove themselves this year so a year from now if some of these guys pan out things will be more exciting going into 2026.

Sox down 9-0, I know it’s Spring Training but this culture of losing has to stop.

Great movie, round up the usual suspects.

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For some reason I’ve always remembered another guy the Sox received in that trade by the name of Dominick Zanni, lasted a year and a half with the Sox.

Very reliable out of the bullpen with those great Sox pitching staffs in the 1960s. Another pitcher along with Wilbur Wood who Hoyt Wilhelm taught how to throw the Knuckleball. May he rest in peace.

I can’t get excited until JR actually relinquishes control of the franchise, if and when that happens it will be one of the happiest days of my life.

I trust Getz with following through with a successful rebuild as far as I can throw him.

With moves like this one has to be really concerned with Getz and his modus operandi. IMHO the guy is a disaster and has no business being the GM of a MLB franchise. I’m starting to despise him as much as Reinsdorf and Grifol.

Exactly, they continue to alienate what remains of a small fan base and in a few years no one will care if they decide to leave Chicago. A little bit of me still cares but it continues to dwindle.

So what has happened since Jerkdorf said that he’s was open to selling the Club, have there been any offers?

You’re right but the White Sox have been a big part of my life, the last 2 years have been horrible and this year will be horrible also, just can’t get myself to laugh about it. Depression is probably the wrong word, what is right is utter detest for Reinsdorf and what he has done to the franchise. I turn 79 on Wednesday and am in pretty good shape but who knows if I will be around to see the Sox as World Series contenders again, with Reinsdorf still running things I’m not holding my breath.

I don’t remember that either, after Addison turned the Sox down, Governor Thompson, Mayor Washington and the State of Illinois agreed to build the new stadium but only where it is right now. Back in the 1960s Mayor Richard J. Daley and Arthur Allyn talked about a Sports Complex with a new Sox stadium, a new Bears stadium and a new Blackhawks arena in the “78”. Bears wanted nothing to do with it and that was that.