Balta1701 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 23 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said: This is what I am struggling with - there has to be something more to this… I think Lip is right and Jimmy also said on the naxi filled site, they are getting a lot of press inquiries for comments including from national media and had to give them something printable as they got close to the record. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 That was a lousy statement. As someone on here stated it comes out on a day Cleveland scores two runs twice on infield ground balls. That doesn't happen. And poor Vaughn sure looked like he mailed it in today. He's so streaky, I'm thinking if he sticks around for next season they seriously need to sit him a bit more often. I mean he goes from red hot over 4-5 games to 0-for-5 with 3 Ks. Cmon Andrew, figure it out for next season. .He's hitting in the .240s, still not a ton of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 hours ago, Chisoxfn said: This is what I am struggling with - there has to be something more to this… IIRC, he has said similar things in the past about not commenting until the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 (edited) Have a feeling the White Sox losing three in a row to San Diego (or knocking them out of the WC race, conversely) is going to be a huge story with how hot the Mets are right now (went from being no-hit to a late innings 6 run rally in the 8th/9th) and how close those four WC teams are likely to be in another week... There's pretty much no avoiding it. The rest of their games aren't going to have any bearing on the post season from here on out. There's just going to be NO AVOIDING the national media crush over this issue, or issuing some kind of public statement. Edited September 12 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I'm looking forward to the record, and loss 118. 118 will mean the Sox have averaged 100 losses a year since making the playoffs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Milkman delivers Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Do they even have a PR firm? I feel like that is one of those unnecessary costs in JR’s cheap-ass handbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Milkman delivers said: Do they even have a PR firm? I feel like that is one of those unnecessary costs in JR’s cheap-ass handbook. They have Community Relations, Media Relations, and Public Relations teams according to this link: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/team/front-office But Jerry probably still does what Jerry wants. Edited September 12 by WhiteSox2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaff Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Abe Simpson comes to mind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpton Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 25 minutes ago, Falstaff said: Abe Simpson comes to mind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 There is no question JR is the problem for the White Sox. But that doesn't mean it ends there. If the White Sox were owned by someone most would say is a good owner, would Chris Getz be the GM? Would Pedro Grifol lasted that long in the dugout? It goes on and on. Yes, JR sucks, but so do all of his suck ups. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 14 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Look the idea that this was "planned" is absurd. You don't make the moves the Sox made, both in the off season and during it, if you plan on losing 110 games. You look to push upur future ahead, and not worthless short term flotsam. It's insulting to try to play both sides of the fence. Without getting a top 10 pick being this bad was not intentional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydBannister1983 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 15 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: If you mean instead of losing 125 games they'll "only" lose 110 maybe you are right. Or maybe they'll even come close to playing .400 baseball! 😆 They won't come close to .400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 13 hours ago, Chisoxfn said: This is what I am struggling with - there has to be something more to this… I used to think there was a plan for positive direction with this franchise but that is no longer case I feel 100% that this is a completely rudderless ship of ineptitude. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 3 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said: I used to think there was a plan for positive direction with this franchise but that is no longer case I feel 100% that this is a completely rudderless ship of ineptitude. I'm thinking after setting the record, the next thing JR will "embrace" is a nice long rebuild. He saw how fans got excited to see prospects that didn't pan out, but he also saw his bank account grow. A rebuild builds that up, and lets him go forever without admitting he was wrong about Getz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I’m so tired of the “they show up” bullshit. Now we know where our play by play guy gets it at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I love how they talk about these guys "playing hard", but then are sliding stories about how lazy half of these guys are to their preferred leaks. Two faces, all of them. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Another record to break?🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 minutes ago, RibbieRubarb said: Another record to break?🤷♂️ Guess who LaRussa was working for before JR had to have him back? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 8 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: I love how they talk about these guys "playing hard", but then are sliding stories about how lazy half of these guys are to their preferred leaks. Two faces, all of them. Last year we supposedly got rid of all the team "cancers" except for Moncada and Robert...Jimenez now out as well. So what's the excuse this time? Getz is going to deservedly face more arrows headed his way as he runs out of excuses and justifications for the lack of positional talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 hour ago, Harry Chappas said: I used to think there was a plan for positive direction with this franchise but that is no longer case I feel 100% that this is a completely rudderless ship of ineptitude. Rudderless ship of ineptitude. Perfect summation. Feels like it has been that way since 2010/11/12ish with a rare moment of clarity when they went all in on the 2016 rebuild. And even then they half-assed it, with TLR the final nail in the coffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The Tigers get it. What a great promo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 minute ago, Dick Allen said: Guess who LaRussa was working for before JR had to have him back? Except Moreno is the one who okayed the Rendon worst contract in baseball. Drury is right there with a sub 500 ops. Adell never developed...and lots of pitching setbacks as well other than Tyler Anderson. Minasian has to try to trade Trout when he has only been healthy for roughly 1 1/2 of the past 4 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The Sox are too stupid to ever think of such an idea. Also, Jerry doesn’t care about promoting anything as long as he is still making money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Except Moreno is the one who okayed the Rendon worst contract in baseball. Drury is right there with a sub 500 ops. Adell never developed...and lots of pitching setbacks as well other than Tyler Anderson. Minasian has to try to trade Trout when he has only been healthy for roughly 1 1/2 of the past 4 seasons. I read something the other day where Giancarlo Stanton has been available more than Trout the last 4 or 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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