ChiSoxFanMike

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:54 PM) You're missing the point. The organization invested in flawed players to go from bad to mediocre. It reminds me of something the Mets would do. They should have focused on rebuilding the core. Right now, your young core is a slap hitting RF that weighs 250 pounds and is laughably bad on defense, a chronically injured slap hitting CF and a slap hitting 2nd baseman that can't hit a fastball and has poor baserunning technique to go along with bad hands.. That's not a core to build around IMO. Obviously, I'm not including Sale, Quintana and Abreu. I don't see the other players as anything worth building around or being major contributors. What about Rodon, Sanchez, Montas, Anderson, Danish, etc? Aren't those all players that are worth building around? Obviously none of them will likely be superstar quality (except for Rodon maybe), but they're all young, talented players that should be part of the core IMO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:46 PM) The problem isn't this team is too laid back. It is that they are wound too tight. And seriously, the idea that a manager would have to give "incentive" to a team to get better is just silly. This is the major leagues. If you can find incentive in things like "winning" and huge f***ing contracts, you aren't cut out for baseball. I may have worded it poorly, but that's what I was trying to get across. It looks like all these players want to do is to show up, play poorly, and then collect their check. I would think a manager should get his team to want to win, and not just focus on themselves and individuality.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) i am glad you are saying this, i truly hope you are right. but do you really think they can rally enuf to make up for the losses. Maybe they can, maybe they can't; we'll just have to see what happens. All I know is this: The Sox are a lot better than they played this week. Whether they can play catch-up and leapfrog the Tigers and KC is yet to be seen, but I think they'll at least make it interesting. The 2nd Wild Card spot gives them more of a chance. They're only a few games out, right?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) They slumped early. I am a firm believer in that. I still think they should s***can RV though. You have no disagreement with me on your last point. These players are a lot more talented than they have shown so far, but Robin has been a subpar manager in his entire tenure with the Sox. Something needs to change. Whether it's Gardenhire, Ozzie again, whatever, they need a fresh face in the clubhouse. Robin is so laid back that he never gives incentive to the players to get any better.

If and when the Sox start winning, we'll look back and laugh how we all argued like a bunch of nitwits over nothing. Winning games solves everything. It's only a matter of time when they'll turn it around. They're not that bad, they just had a horrible week.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 3, 2015 -> 07:09 PM) If this season falls apart they're not going to spend $100-120 million to fix it on a single pitcher who probably isn't even an ace in the first place. (For another reason, they would be MUCH better off allocating that money across 3-5 areas of weakness instead of putting it all in one basket.) Exactly. Samardzija isn't an ace and he shouldn't be paid like one either.

Maybe Ramirez, LaRoche, Bonifacio, Samardzija, etc just to name a few. Who do you think the Sox will trade if they decide to sell?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 3, 2015 -> 05:10 PM) At the time Ventura was hired, Parent was way more qualified than Robin. Now? Clean house, please. All of them. It seemed like everyone loved Cooper, but I was never particularly fond of him. I would give him the boot too, even though he's been here the longest.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 3, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) #FireRobin is my new favorite twitter tag. I think I just went through and retweeted like, 30 tweets with it. Let's get it trending! I've started to use that hashtag too haha.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 3, 2015 -> 05:01 PM) The problem is we would be stuck with Cooper or Parent probably. I doubt we hire someone during the season Either one of them would be better than Robin IMO.

I bet Ventura gets canned sometime this week.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) Disagree, as it's not like Sox fans comes out especially for him as it is now. If they can get 3-4 major pieces for the future, I think fans would understand. Who would the Sox demand from Boston for Sale? Betts, Swihart, Owens, Moncada?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Question starts to become if there's any reason to think they can compete next year. If not, then see ya Sale. I'd be very sad if they traded Sale. He's my favorite player currently on the team.

I'm not spending another dime on tickets until Robin's ass is gone.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) if 7 more guys will lean over the plate and get hit, we might just have a chance We are well on our way now lmao.

Bacon will hit a grand slam here. I can feel it.

This teams has the fundamentals of a little league team. You can blame that partly on the players, but the coaching staff is god damn atrocious too.

Does anyone else notice that Dick Allen has gone silent? I think he finally realizes that no BS excuses can be made for this sorry team. I'm all for supporting Ventura or anyone else, but enough is enough already.

Fire Ventura. Release Danks. Blow up the team. Do anything.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) I wonder if Abreu is among the guys who have been sick They said that he was.

We better hope that the Twins score 10+ off of Danks so the Sox have no choice but to move him.

Danks should have been out the door 3 years ago if this organization had a clue. Just eat the money for gods sake.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:06 PM) Wipe out this entire coaching staff. f*** it. This team is a disaster. I'm so damn tired of the Sox loyalty towards everyone in the organization. They should gut the entire team including the coaches except for Sale, Abreu, Rodon, and Avi.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ May 3, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) Season? Try evening. LOL. I was trying to give Robin the benefit of the doubt.

If Ventura doesn't get fired after this season, something is seriously wrong.