Quin Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I know Spring Training is fluffy than marshmallows, but his interview with Vinnie Duber was hysterical. Time-stamped for your listening pleasure (misery)? On DeJong: "Has done it before. He didn't lose it. It's still there." - Hit .207 last year, was released by 2 teams. Hit under .200 in 2021 and 2022. On Lopez: "He hit .300 in the American League a few years ago." - So did former batting champion Tim Anderson! Lopez is a career .249 hitter, so 2021 is currently an outlier. On Maldonado: "I don't feel that he's a .180 hitter." - Technically correct since 2019. He's been a .191 hitter in five seasons since then. Grifol is going to be like TLR with Leury Garcia with us, but with 3 terrible hitters. 1 1 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 12 minutes ago, Quin said: I know Spring Training is fluffy than marshmallows, but his interview with Vinnie Duber was hysterical. Time-stamped for your listening pleasure (misery)? On DeJong: "Has done it before. He didn't lose it. It's still there." - Hit .207 last year, was released by 2 teams. Hit under .200 in 2021 and 2022. On Lopez: "He hit .300 in the American League a few years ago." - So did former batting champion Tim Anderson! Lopez is a career .249 hitter, so 2021 is currently an outlier. On Maldonado: "I don't feel that he's a .180 hitter." - Technically correct since 2019. He's been a .191 hitter in five seasons since then. Grifol is going to be like TLR with Leury Garcia with us, but with 3 terrible hitters. He's an idiot. 2 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 10 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: He's an idiot. I absolutely cringe every time the man speaks. I would love to see the Sox surprise this season and play some level of interesting baseball for a few months, but if the season goes off the rails, one benefit is that clown hopefully being jettisoned to the moon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 If they are good at offense, than I'm okay at offense. LOL. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 If they are good at offense, than I'm okay at offense. LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 This is going to be a loooooong season if people are hanging on this dude's every word. 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 19 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: I absolutely cringe every time the man speaks. I would love to see the Sox surprise this season and play some level of interesting baseball for a few months, but if the season goes off the rails, one benefit is that clown hopefully being jettisoned to the moon. There's no way he makes it past this season. Were going to lose 95+ games, I don't think there is any way that you can bring him back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Grifol on Grifol: “I’m an idiot when it comes to player evaluations.” 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I will be surprised if these three average hitting .215 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Why is there any thought he will be fired during the season. He took a playoff contender and turned it into a 60 win team because he could not manage a team. He's here all year at least. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) He almost makes Terry Bevington, the man who went to the mound and signaled for a reliever with no one warming up, seem competent. I would hope someone from the White sox tells him the fanbase reading this crap is not THAT dumb. Edited February 28 by Dick Allen 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: This is going to be a loooooong season if people are hanging on this dude's every word. Oh, I was just listening to the podcast walking my dog when I heard that line and had a moment of "this dude is truly awful at the spin." Just say that you expect the best from them, we're working with them, etc. A lot like his team, Grifol likes to make unforced errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 9 minutes ago, Quin said: Oh, I was just listening to the podcast walking my dog when I heard that line and had a moment of "this dude is truly awful at the spin." Just say that you expect the best from them, we're working with them, etc. A lot like his team, Grifol likes to make unforced errors. of all things, this one I don't care about. I don't expect a manager to come out and say "these guys suck, see you in 2030." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Just now, southsider2k5 said: of all things, this one I don't care about. I don't expect a manager to come out and say "these guys suck, see you in 2030." You are better off saying nothing than saying something obviously untrue. Give a meaningless word salad, its fine, just don't lie to our faces. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Awesome. Our manager just proved once again he has no concept of what good is. We are SO fucked. Not that we weren't already.?♀️ Edited February 28 by Tnetennba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: of all things, this one I don't care about. I don't expect a manager to come out and say "these guys suck, see you in 2030." To be fair, he literally said he didn’t like his team at the beginning of the offseason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Mofo is lucky he isn't a walking case of thrush with how often he puts his foot in his mouth simply by opening it. He can't get fired soon enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Can we replace him with Pujols yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 10 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: You are better off saying nothing than saying something obviously untrue. Give a meaningless word salad, its fine, just don't lie to our faces. You are a fan of the wrong form of entertainment then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Does he think we are stupid? We can Google players' stats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 9 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: Does he think we are stupid? We can Google players' stats. The bigger problem is when he acts on this stuff. When he says they can hit just fine in the spring, then in August he insists that they need to get their at bats because we're trying to win games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Just now, Balta1701 said: The bigger problem is when he acts on this stuff. When he says they can hit just fine in the spring, then in August he insists that they need to get their at bats because we're trying to win games. Oh yeah, that was idiotic last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseball_gal_aly Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Dick Allen said: He almost makes Terry Bevington, the man who went to the mound and signaled for a reliever with no one warming up, seem competent. I would hope someone from the White sox tells him the fanbase reading this crap is not THAT dumb. The organization thinks we are though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 56 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: of all things, this one I don't care about. I don't expect a manager to come out and say "these guys suck, see you in 2030." Some things are so obvious, you either insult the intelligence of the people who pay to watch your team, or if you really believe it, you shouldn't be doing what you are doing. Of course this is the team that signed an aging catcher to be an example, and he got dinged for jaking it to first base the very first spring training game. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, Dick Allen said: Some things are so obvious, you either insult the intelligence of the people who pay to watch your team, or if you really believe it, you shouldn't be doing what you are doing. Of course this is the team that signed an aging catcher to be an example, and he got dinged for jaking it to first base the very first spring training game. I mean if people want to waste their time being offended by anything this group does this season... sure have at it. But good lord, we all know what is out there in 2024. This team and everything about it are going to be awful. If you feel the need to be offended by that, I don't get it, but sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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