Tony

Leadoff double in the 5th by Leury Garcia Twins lead 1-0. Danny Mendick up....and he bunts.

Bunting in the 5th inning. Got it

Thought about that as well the last two days. Little surprised we didn't see a "leak" from Nightengale or someone with a report on the Sox Front Office. But weird....looks like they are keeping it in house, what a weird concept.

How has Rick not had an aneurysm at this point? Spend 3+ years building a roster you think can compete, and this is the guy you have running the show.

Has anything been made of what Tony said at the end of that Jomboy video? He was asked what he would prefer in that situation over Yermin swinging, with a pitcher on the mound. Tony said "Ideally I'd send 3 pitchers to the plate, and have them just tap the ball back to the mound." 8 minute mark.

Awesome change

It's made national headlines and I can only image what sports fans that don't follow baseball think. "Wait, you're telling me the White Sox manager is mad at his own player for hitting a home run and wanted him to not swing, apologized to the other team for it, then the next day the player got hit by a pitch, and the manager said it's OK that he got hit?"

It's seemed that way for a while, but he keeps taking the mound every 5th day and the MPH isn't that far off from career norms. I think it's his delivery.

This took me 8 seconds to find.

Then why ask the question if all you are going to do is repeat your same points? You don't want to hear anyone else's opinion, you just want to keep defending Tony, because you met him once and he was "polite" to you. You're a waste of time.

No. Because even if I waste that time, you still won't understand. It's not worth it.

You’re completely missing what this entire conversation is about.

WE CAN'T LET THE PLAYERS RUN THE ASYLUM!

The more Tony speaks, the more I'm ok with Yermin doing what he did. LaRussa has admitted the take sign was on because he wanted to "respect the Twins" and keep sportsmanship alive. Having Yermin keep his bat on his shoulder during a 15-4 game for that reason, when stats are king and that's how these guys make a living.....no dice. Fuck LaRussa and his old school thought process. I would have done the same thing Yermin does.

To have your head buried this far in the sand is pretty impressive, I'll give you that.

The most shocking thing in all of it....there are fans still defending him. And yes, a new manager would make mistakes. And yes, this team would still perform well because of the current roster. But the absolute embarrassment that has been the Tony LaRussa experience has been at levels that I really couldn’t comprehend, and a majority of us were terrified of the hire when it happened.

Where is @tray when you need him most?

Just for record keeping

I really like the guys on this roster. Up and down, so many likable guys. And it kills me the guy leading them is basically the poster child for everything wrong with the franchise. I'm just exhausted by it. They make being a fan SO fucking difficult. Usually it's because they suck. But now they have built a roster that is actually a force and has a bunch of young stars......and the national conversation is around LaRussa's unwritten rules of baseball. Again, I'm just so sick of it.

Here is the scary thing for me, and it's not hyperbole. I just didn't care at all tonight watching the game. Seeing them get walked off provided me next to no emotion. I'm so exhausted by the circus that comes with this franchise. They make it so hard for me to actively root for them to succeed. It makes me sad.

That was 100% self-inflicted.

Liam Hendricks has just been bad, straight up. Guy can't be counted on.