The Mighty Mite

Delong looks like he’s disinterested.

Pham with a bomb after Luis and Benintendi had terrible ABs.

I’ve been a fan since 1952 and have so many memories so I have to start with my boyhood heroes of the 1950s, the GO GO SOX years which led to the Sox winning the 1959 American League Pennant and as a 13 year old I was lucky to attend game 2 of the World Series with my favorite uncle and my mother, we lost a 4-3 heartbreaker after winning game 1, 11-0, the Dodgers went on to beat us in 6 games and what still pisses me off is manager Al Lopez not giving Billy Pierce a start in the Series. Lopez IMHO was the best Sox manager of all time but he screwed up with not giving Pierce a start. The last 64 years have brought some wonderful memories starting with 1962 when at 16 years old I snagged a job as a vendor at Comiskey and Wrigley, the Cubs were horrible in those days and couldn’t draw flies to Wrigley so I made all my money at Sox Park. I stopped working Cub games in early July and was still able to go back to my Caddy job at Edgewater Golf Club in Rogers Park when the Cubs were in town. The Sox continued playing winning baseball in the 60s and we came close to winning the 1967 Pennant with amazing pitching but horrible hitting. Things went south in 68 as I experienced my first losing season as a Sox fan, 16 years of winning exciting baseball, it was a rude awakening for me and things got worse in 69 and 70. Roland Hemond and Chuck Tanner came aboard in 1971 and things started to turn around. In 1972 Dick Allen came to the Sox and the team fought pretty hard but came up short against the A’s, if Bill Melton hadn’t hurt his back in June, I think the Sox probably would have won the Division. The next few years were tough but then the 1977 Southside Hitmen brought us the most fun filled summer that I can remember but we came up short again. If I had to pick the best game I ever went at Comiskey I’d have to pick the first game of a Sunday DH against the Royals on July 31, 1977, It was a 4 game series and the Sox won on Friday and Saturday, on Sunday old Comiskey was packed to the rafters with over 50,000 on hand, the game was tied after 9 at 2-2, the Royals took the lead 4-2 in the top of the 10th but with the fans cheering them on, the Sox as they were never out of a game with the offense like something we have never seen before came back and won the game 5-4 with single by Ralph Garr in the bottom of the 10th. I’ve been to hundreds of games at old Comiskey but never were the fans so delirious with joy as we were that day, the Old Palace was literally shaking from the rafters from the all the cheering, screaming and yelling going on, I thought the old ballpark was going to come tumbling down, never experienced anything like that at a ballgame, it was unbelievable with the cheering going on for over 10 minutes. I attended many Blackhawk games at the great Chicago Stadium and that place was as loud as it got but for that one Sox game in 1977, it was louder. lm pretty sure the Sox now had a 6.5 game lead on the Royals and Twins but unfortunately the Royals came back and won the nightcap and the Sox came back to earth and only played around .500 the last 2 months of the season as the Royals won the Division and we wound up 3rd but that summer was amazing while it lasted. The 80s and 90s gave us a couple of post season trips with the 83 team playing the best 4 months of baseball I’ve ever seen the Sox play, they were just unbeatable from late May to seasons end and they won the division by 20 games only to lose to the Orioles in the playoff series, I will never forget Britt Burns pitching his heart out in game 4 only to lose on a homer by Tito Landrum in the 10th inning, Burns was in tears as he left the mound after being relieved. We finally put it all together in the great season of 2005 with a World Championship with an unbelievable post season as the Sox went 11-1. Another division win in 2008 was exciting with the Blackout Game. Since then the Sox have been pretty bad with this season being an absolute nightmare. I could be here all day with memories but with a lot more heartache so I’ll stop now. EDIT: Sorry about the gaps as I kept hitting the return button on my I Pad. I started my post early this morning but had a 7:15 tee time so I posted some memories but after lunch I added a few more.

I’m not holding my breath on a new stadium but I’m all for it and really hope it happens. If what you say is true and no money will be spent on free agents then we are in for at least a few more 100 loss seasons, the only hope is that things change and the farm system starts to produce true Major League ballplayers.

He has some value and will bring back something but not a haul.

I agree, this isn’t like the last rebuild where we had some players that we traded and at the time brought us what we thought were going to be huge stars, If this team is to improve JR is going have to spend some of that money that he’s piled up in the last 43 years. The only guy that can bring something of value is of course Crochet and maybe Fedde.

This.

These bums have flat out quit, no pride at all, f*** them and shame on them.

Without going political the news of the day is that Joe Biden has dropped out of the race for President but will finish his term. It sounds like the people in charge don’t want Kamala Harris to take over as President which will give us a completely open Democrat Party Convention next month, should be fun and bring back a lot of memories when there were always open conventions.

2 out of 3 ain’t bad.

Royals have their Ace going, just forfeit the game.

Sounds like a plan, let Bench Coach Charlie Montoyo take over on an interim basis, he managed the Blue Jays for 4 years and has the experience and it wouldn’t cost poor JR that much plus Luis Robert might finally figure out who Montoyo is.

Baldwin last night had 2 big chances to get the Sox back in the game with 2 runners on base and struck out both times, I don’t think the kid is ready, why rush him in a season that’s a complete disaster.

If that’s the case then bring in anyone who has to be better than this buffoon we have now.

Enough is enough, Fire Grifol today who quite possibly is the worst manager in the history of MLB, bring back Guillen who will no doubt call out some of the sorry asses on the team like Benintendi. These guys have no pride at all, show no emotion and except for some pitchers keep embarrassing themselves. It’s also time to send ILOY packing, hasn’t hit a home run since May with just about nothing but ground ball singles.

I’m watching Ozzie going off on the team, I’m still upset the way he left the Sox but right now I would bring him back to manage the rest of the year, the players are mailing it in showing absolutely no emotion and maybe Ozzie would light a fire with these guys.

Actually I’m amazed they are on a pace to draw around 1.4 million.

No one in the entire organization is doing their job, this franchise is as dysfunctional as it gets.

2 botched plays, inning should be over.

Because our GM is a moron and in over his head.

He’s a left fielder period.

Tommy Pham has no business playing RF.

He was good playing a Little League left field in Fenway.

Royals off and running with already a 3-0 lead. It's batting practice against Cannon.

I’ve been a Sox fan since 1952 and I never thought that I would see such a pathetic display of baseball, this is worse than hell. I’ve seen some bad Sox teams like 1970, the late 80s and the last rebuild but this is beyond what I can describe with words.