shakestreet 4,118 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 7 hours ago, supac720 said: Also the narrative that they put out (which I am dubious about to begin with) that they knew about the DUI actually makes them look even more stupid, not to mention the fact they plan to do nothing discipline-wise. But let's be honest here, the team could go 162-0 and they STILL wouldn't draw fans, or at least draw more than the Cubs on the North side. Whether that is systemic or whatnot, I don't know. I always thought if the team wins fans will come. Bandwagon fans jump on board all off a sudden everybody is wearing a white Sox hat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrunK 384 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) LaRussa is a piece of ****. Sorry chi sox fans, you don’t want this dude anywhere near your franchise at this point. Edited November 12, 2020 by KrunK 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sleepysock 840 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 8:51 AM, 2ndCitySox said: It looks horrible. And yes the Sox do draw fans, but only when they seem legitimately good. The Cubs had the benefit of a national audience via WGN and of course, a much more tourist-friendly part of the city. This attributes to much of their draw. I really wonder what would happen if you put Comiskey II on the Northside and Wrigley on the south. The White Sox and Cubs would likely swap popularity. The real question is why the White Sox didn't build their new ballpark in downtown Chicago when they had the chance. Big whoops there. But anyway, LaRussa. Total shithead. Can't believe the tone deafness on Reinsdorf's part. White Sox are on the cusp of becoming the most exciting team in baseball and they go and hire a geriatric habitual drunk driver who may or may not be racist. Would be funny if it wasn't so off-putting and depressing. The story should be Robert and Anderson and the rest of the fun young core they have and instead it's about this self-inflicted tumor. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 13 hours ago, KrunK said: LaRussa is a piece of ****. Sorry chi sox fans, you don’t want this dude anywhere near your franchise at this point. I'm hoping Reinsdorf wakes up and they undo this deal with LaRussa. Too bad Hinch already signed elsewhere, but there's plenty of good candidates out there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 8 hours ago, sleepysock said: The White Sox and Cubs would likely swap popularity. The real question is why the White Sox didn't build their new ballpark in downtown Chicago when they had the chance. Big whoops there. But anyway, LaRussa. Total shithead. Can't believe the tone deafness on Reinsdorf's part. White Sox are on the cusp of becoming the most exciting team in baseball and they go and hire a geriatric habitual drunk driver who may or may not be racist. Would be funny if it wasn't so off-putting and depressing. The story should be Robert and Anderson and the rest of the fun young core they have and instead it's about this self-inflicted tumor. Hiring LaRussa at the juncture in the team's development might be the White Soxiest thing ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chest-Rockwell 324 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Goodbye Dane Dunning...hello Lance Lynn Welcome to the southside, Lance. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Bat Theory 7,619 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Chest-Rockwell said: Goodbye Dane Dunning...hello Lance Lynn Welcome to the southside, Lance. Also Adam Eaton is b-a-c-k. Edited December 8, 2020 by The Big Bat Theory Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FouLLine 2,849 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 1:45 PM, 2ndCitySox said: Hiring LaRussa at the juncture in the team's development might be the White Soxiest thing ever. 100% Jerry's hire not Hahn's. Now they bring in Lance Lynn who came up with La Russa that should help him in the clubhouse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, The Big Bat Theory said: Also Adam Eaton is b-a-c-k. Here's hoping that his 2020 was an aberration Quote Link to post Share on other sites
En Votto Veritas 500 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Anderson - Eaton - Grandal - Abreu - Jimenez - Moncada - Roberts - Engel - Madrigal 👀 Giolito - Keuchel - Lynn - Cease - Kopech 👍 Bummer - Marshall - Heuer - Foster - Fry 🤔 That lineup is straight filth. Starters are solid with upside on the back end. Bullpen needs another impact arm or two to go the distance IMO. With Hendricks, Yates, and Hand yet to sign, any one of them would vault CWS to WS favorites in the AL in my book. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, En Votto Veritas said: Anderson - Eaton - Grandal - Abreu - Jimenez - Moncada - Roberts - Engel - Madrigal 👀 Giolito - Keuchel - Lynn - Cease - Kopech 👍 Bummer - Marshall - Heuer - Foster - Fry 🤔 That lineup is straight filth. Starters are solid with upside on the back end. Bullpen needs another impact arm or two to go the distance IMO. With Hendricks, Yates, and Hand yet to sign, any one of them would vault CWS to WS favorites in the AL in my book. Yep the rotation needs some depth. A guy that can eat innings at least. You nailed it on the bullpen. Sox have spent basically nothing so far so im interested to see who they target in FA. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
En Votto Veritas 500 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, 2ndCitySox said: Yep the rotation needs some depth. A guy that can eat innings at least. You nailed it on the bullpen. Sox have spent basically nothing so far so im interested to see who they target in FA. A bonafide closer and a guy like Rosenthal or Soria would be ideal, allowing Bummer to be the lefty in a fireman role. JA Happ or Quintana would be a nice fit for them, being a lefty and usually throwing a ton of innings. Either way, good time to be a White Sox fan for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
canaan_ko 246 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I'm stoked for Garrett Crochet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sleepysock 840 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 5 hours ago, En Votto Veritas said: A bonafide closer and a guy like Rosenthal or Soria would be ideal, allowing Bummer to be the lefty in a fireman role. JA Happ or Quintana would be a nice fit for them, being a lefty and usually throwing a ton of innings. Either way, good time to be a White Sox fan for sure. I'd be stunned if they didn't bring back Quintana on a deal similar to Eaton's. Seems like a very White Sox move. They can throw him in the rotation or use him in relief an spot start work like they did Gio Gonzalez, only he's obviously a better version of that. Hendricks would be an amazing get for them. Guys like Heuer and Bummer could close, but ideally they're setup men. I assume they'll go after a DH on a one year deal also (unless they plan on having Vaughn occupy the spot from the jump). Schwarber would make a lot of sense. All I know is that whoever is ultimately batting leadoff for them (probably TA) is going to be on all my teams. He scored 45 in 49 games last season. That's gonna be 120+ runs in the bank at a minimum if he's healthy. The power in this lineup is kind of insane. Leadoff dude gets on base, leadoff dude comes home on Moncada or Abreu or Eloy extra base hit is gonna be a skipping record all year. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 11 hours ago, En Votto Veritas said: A bonafide closer and a guy like Rosenthal or Soria would be ideal, allowing Bummer to be the lefty in a fireman role. JA Happ or Quintana would be a nice fit for them, being a lefty and usually throwing a ton of innings. Either way, good time to be a White Sox fan for sure. Yeah absolutely. I'm intrigued about the prospect of Q coming back. He would likely be pedestrian, but maybe he just plays better in black. And yes no doubt, I haven't been this engaged and excited about an offseason since 2006. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
En Votto Veritas 500 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 hours ago, sleepysock said: All I know is that whoever is ultimately batting leadoff for them (probably TA) is going to be on all my teams. He scored 45 in 49 games last season. That's gonna be 120+ runs in the bank at a minimum if he's healthy. The power in this lineup is kind of insane. Leadoff dude gets on base, leadoff dude comes home on Moncada or Abreu or Eloy extra base hit is gonna be a skipping record all year. In fantasy terms, the value is in Adam Eaton at the moment. He's currently slated to hit second for CHW and is going at pick #408. That's 369 picks after Tim Anderson. I love Anderson, the guy is the kind of baseball player every team dreams of having and in real life he's gold. But in fantasy he relies on a monster BABIP to maintain his average. He doesn't walk (career 3.4%) and I'm not paying Xander Bogaerts money for Anderson at pick #39 and at the deepest position in fantasy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChiSox1390 14 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 9:10 PM, En Votto Veritas said: Anderson - Eaton - Grandal - Abreu - Jimenez - Moncada - Roberts - Engel - Madrigal 👀 Giolito - Keuchel - Lynn - Cease - Kopech 👍 Bummer - Marshall - Heuer - Foster - Fry 🤔 That lineup is straight filth. Starters are solid with upside on the back end. Bullpen needs another impact arm or two to go the distance IMO. With Hendricks, Yates, and Hand yet to sign, any one of them would vault CWS to WS favorites in the AL in my book. Need to add Crochet in the bullpen, he is a HUGE impact arm. Hendricks / Hand should be main targets now. Q makes all the sense in the world to be the long relief / depth SP. Don't forget about Garcia on the bench, he is very valuable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ecofolux 242 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Imagine if the White Sox sign Bauer, and also acquire two good bullpen arms. They would be the best team in baseball. Definitely the most fun too watch imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2ndCitySox 4,654 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 1 hour ago, Ecofolux said: Imagine if the White Sox sign Bauer, and also acquire two good bullpen arms. They would be the best team in baseball. Definitely the most fun too watch imo They would league the league in psychos. I'm in. Bring Sale back and make him wear that Sox uniform from the 70's that included shorts. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ecofolux 242 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 10 minutes ago, 2ndCitySox said: They would league the league in psychos. I'm in. Bring Sale back and make him wear that Sox uniform from the 70's that included shorts. Bring back Carl Everett and make him head of HR 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ecofolux 242 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Hendriks to the White Sox https://www.mlb.com/news/liam-hendriks-white-sox-deal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chest-Rockwell 324 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ecofolux said: Imagine if the White Sox sign Bauer, and also acquire two good bullpen arms. They would be the best team in baseball. Definitely the most fun too watch imo Well there’s one good bullpen arm for ya. Enter Liam Hendricks. Personally, as a Sox fan, don’t love it. The shelf life on elite closers sustaining that level of “eliteness”, on average...yeah, it ain’t good. Not that Hendricks doesn’t make them a better team in 2021. It might. I mean, one would think it would or at least should But might not though. For all we know, from the moment Hendricks first takes the bump for the ChiSox, he’s just as likely to be Blake Treinen 2019 or, worse yet, Billy Koch redux for the south sliders, as he is Liam Hendricks for the past collective 135-140 games or so that he’s been closing major league ballgames between around the midway point of 2019 and the 60 game abbreviated 2020 season. Hoping for the best. Edited January 12 by Chest-Rockwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meh2 3,582 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Chest-Rockwell said: Well there’s one good bullpen arm for ya. Enter Liam Hendricks. Personally, as a Sox fan, don’t love it. The shelf life on elite closers sustaining that level of “eliteness”, on average...yeah, it ain’t good. Not that Hendricks doesn’t make them a better team in 2021. It might. I mean, one would think it would or at least should But might not though. For all we know, from the moment Hendricks first takes the bump for the ChiSox, he’s just as likely to be Blake Treinen 2019 or, worse yet, Billy Koch redux for the south sliders, as he is Liam Hendricks for the past collective 135-140 games or so that he’s been closing major league ballgames between around the midway point of 2019 and the 60 game abbreviated 2020 season. Hoping for the best. I’m not a White Sox fan, but if I was I think I’d be pretty ecstatic about the signing. The owner is finally spending money and it comes at a time when 90% of MLB owners seem to be crying poor due to the pandemic. They filled their biggest weakness with the best available arm on the market. It falls in line with the 3-year, $52 million contract the Rockies gave a 32 year old Wade Davis a few years back. Of course that contract didn’t work out, but Davis had been having elbow problems and showing signs of decline at the time. Hendricks is a stud and it seems like he really takes good care of his body. Enjoy the ride. The window is now wide open for the Sox and they’re going to be really fun to watch. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CrypTviLL 838 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Yeah... have to be happy about the move ownershipbwas never willing to oay big fir the big bois so ill be happy with getting whatever we can Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hanghow 458 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 8 hours ago, Chest-Rockwell said: Not that x doesn’t make them a better team in x. It might. I mean, one would think it would or at least should But might not though. This would be useful to describe every signing, trade, or draft pick ever made. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.