Capn12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 I'm late, because I didn't even know/care that they were playing already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 According to DVS of the Sun-Times, Flexen going 20 straight starts without his team winning is also a Major League record. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 I wonder how many books will be written about this train wreck of a season? Lip? Yr an outstanding author and a straight shooter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:07 PM, fathom said: Rick Hahn Expand He's looking better than Getz right now for sure, in comparison. Some of the DDL moves last year were solid like Quero and the instinct to remove Anderson from the equation...albeit way too late to save a sinking ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:09 PM, chetkincaid said: It’s not going to be any better next year unless the old man cleans house and we know that ain’t happening. Expand The 1970 White Sox drew a little less than 500,000. If the Sox do what we think they are doing to do this off season, the 2025 Sox should draw less. This is supposed to be a major league franchise. It isn't even close to that. JR should be told by every Illinois politician there will be no new stadium unless he invests in his team. This is a travesty. Cue the fireworks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:29 PM, The Grinder said: I wonder how many books will be written about this train wreck of a season? Lip? Yr an outstanding author and a straight shooter.... Expand But the sensationalist gossipy behind the scenes speculation is what sells now....not solid objective journalism. Exposing the sordid underbelly of the organization...stories like Kopech Anderson Gio's "betrayal" Moncada Burger's comeback Liam's cancer fight etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 (edited) On 9/2/2024 at 10:31 PM, Highland said: The 1970 White Sox drew a little less than 500,000. If the Sox do what we think they are doing to do this off season, the 2025 Sox should draw less. This is supposed to be a major league franchise. It isn't even close to that. JR should be told by every Illinois politician there will be no new stadium unless he invests in his team. This is a travesty. Cue the fireworks! Expand They've spent more than their four Central Division rivals since 2012. It's HOW the money is spent that is precisely the problem here. Edited September 2, 2024 by caulfield12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 (edited) .224 winning percentage. Now on pace for a 36-126 record. Sizemore sounds defeated in his postgame interview. He is probably regretting taking on this shitshow and eating the record. Edited September 2, 2024 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:41 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: .224 winning percentage. Now on pace for a 36-126 record. Expand It probably won’t happen but I hope they lose the next 23. It would be such an embarrassment for JR and the MLB that he’d likely be forced to do something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:47 PM, chetkincaid said: It probably won’t happen but I hope they lose the next 23. It would be such an embarrassment for JR and the MLB that he’d likely be forced to do something different. Expand Basically almost 1/2 the playoff spots would be decided by the Sox if they did somehow manage to finish 31-131. Lovable Losers? Can't even manage to steal Cubs' identity there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:41 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: .224 winning percentage. Now on pace for a 36-126 record. Expand I wrote it earlier, but it can be said again. If someone writes/says “the Sox may not win a game in September,” everyone here would react the same…head nod and thinking “yeah, could happen.” It’s absurd how bad the Sox are and that is even a remote possibility, but here we are. Fire every single person involved in putting this train wreck together right to the sun! f***! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:36 PM, caulfield12 said: They've spent more than the other four divisional rivals since 2012. It's HOW the money is spent that is precisely the problem here. Expand This is obvious, but if all this team does this off season is cut salaries more, we will get another 120-loss season. There will be no reason for any fan to attend a game next year or for years after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 Worst run differential in modern history…-345, ‘32 Red Sox. Sox currently at -301. It’s possible if not probably this is broken. Put another feather in your cap Getz! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:47 PM, chetkincaid said: It probably won’t happen but I hope they lose the next 23. It would be such an embarrassment for JR and the MLB that he’d likely be forced to do something different. Expand No he wouldn't, he's still making money remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saufley Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:01 PM, Highland said: I am glad I am not watching this. This is beyond a joke. First, 14 in a row. Then 21 in a row. Now 11 and counting. The season can't end soon enough. Expand I haven't watched them all year! Heard on the radio that after today's game over the last 45 games the Sox are 4 wins and 41 losses. Can that be? Reinsdorf has really ruined this franchise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:50 PM, Highland said: This is obvious, but if all this team does this off season is cut salaries more, we will get another 120-loss season. There will be no reason for any fan to attend a game next year or for years after that. Expand Valid point but unlike in days of yore attendance doesn't drive the bus anymore AND keep in mind it actually benefits JR NOT to have fans show up! Remember his deal with the state specifically says if the Sox draw less than a certain amount he doesn't have to pay the state money AND they actually have to pay him a certain amount making up the difference until the threshold is reached. Just an unbelievable deal benefiting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 11:03 PM, Saufley said: I haven't watched them all year! Heard on the radio that after today's game over the last 45 games the Sox are 4 wins and 41 losses. Can that be? Reinsdorf has really ruined this franchise! Expand 4-41 is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 11:03 PM, Saufley said: I haven't watched them all year! Heard on the radio that after today's game over the last 45 games the Sox are 4 wins and 41 losses. Can that be? Reinsdorf has really ruined this franchise! Expand If you dont watch any games, go away. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:50 PM, Highland said: This is obvious, but if all this team does this off season is cut salaries more, we will get another 120-loss season. There will be no reason for any fan to attend a game next year or for years after that. Expand Yet they're 27th in attendance, and only trailing WC team and recently first place KC by about 2000ish fans per game. Rock bottom STILL hasn't quite hit YET. Which is either 1970 or the late 1980's before the new stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 11:04 PM, Lip Man 1 said: Valid point but unlike in days of yore attendance doesn't drive the bus anymore AND keep in mind it actually benefits JR NOT to have fans show up! Remember his deal with the state specifically says if the Sox draw less than a certain amount he doesn't have to pay the state money AND they actually have to pay him a certain amount making up the difference until the threshold is reached. Just an unbelievable deal benefiting him. Expand They've only hit it once recently, and just barely, and it was definitely a mark over 2 million to pay relatively negligible ticket taxes, around 2.2 or 2.4 or something like that in attendance. Likewise, the bottom threshold was somewhere between 1.2 and 800,000, but it's going to take a lot to trigger that subsidy as well. Of course, you can already look at the parking lot revenues as "free" money for the Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted September 2, 2024 Share Posted September 2, 2024 Have we even won 2 consecutive games yt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 3, 2024 Share Posted September 3, 2024 Congrats to Flexen on 20 in a row. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted September 3, 2024 Share Posted September 3, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 11:00 PM, Lip Man 1 said: No he wouldn't, he's still making money remember. Expand Going 31-131 would be a national news story. You’d see it covered by everyone in media. That’s why I said it would be an embarrassment for not just Reinsdorf but the MLB as a whole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted September 3, 2024 Share Posted September 3, 2024 I think the bigger disgrace is that this team has actually won 31 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydBannister1983 Posted September 3, 2024 Share Posted September 3, 2024 On 9/2/2024 at 10:36 PM, caulfield12 said: They've spent more than their four Central Division rivals since 2012. It's HOW the money is spent that is precisely the problem here. Expand Spending a lot on piece meal signings for a year or two is not the same as serious signings like Harper. He gets out of it quickly with the former. He shouldn’t get credit for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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