Too many whiffs and too many issued walks. Both speak to a lack of fundamental discipline.
So eloquent, yet … so sadCardinals vs. White Sox...
And so, a weekend series that could have provided some real hardball meaning and excitement will instead be a exercise in fan frustration and futility and players going through the motions. Two teams having a really bad year going at it for little reason other than players earning a paycheck.
Two great baseball cities. Two legacy franchises with great history. Two cities hungry for success. What could have been a special baseball series. But not right now. Not this year. But when?
It’s pretty sad when a weekend series in early July is played between two teams with no hope of making the playoffs and so much baseball yet to be played for a couple months. Lots of getting on planes and hotel rooms and looking in the mirror and wondering what has happened to our ball club and how do we ever find our way back.
It’s a sad time for Cardinals and White Sox fans. The Cardinals are used to having success. For the Sox, success is usually a rare occasion. But the fans of both franchises are top-rate. If only the ball clubs were as special and caring as the fans.
And from somewhere up in the Sky, Harry Caray looks down with a scowl and shakes his head. Two ball clubs he used to broadcast both soiling great traditions.
And instead of saying, ‘HOLY COW!’... he mutters a different kind of ‘Holy XXXX!’ while he watches this spectacle from the really High Seats.
Should finally be open for business.
Just wish they could sell the owner off too.
Totally agree, Sage!A few years ago, the White Sox made some major trades and got highly-rated prospects in return. This began what Sox fans know as, ‘The Rebuild’.
Well... time has moved on. And the results of ‘The Rebuild’ are in. And the looks of it are not pretty. At all. Except for the Royals and the lame-duck Oakland A’s... the Sox have the worst record in the American League. And when you add in the National League record... only Washington and Colorado there have a worse records than the Sox.
Is this what Sox fans were promised? Is this the reward that Sox fans get for staying loyal and supporting the team all these years?
In short... it’s time for a Rebuild-of-the-Rebuild. The Sox have two or three young players that are worthy keeping and building around. The rest? Need to start following other teams because they will soon be playing for one of them... if not exiting the field and leaving their gloves and bats behind forever.
Some people try to succeed and they succeed. Some people don’t try to succeed but they succeed anyway. Some people try to succeed and they fail.
And some people run a baseball franchise and all they seem to know how to do is to fail... whether they try to succeed or not.
Sox Nation... we deserve better than this.
I pretty much have come to the conclusion that nothing will really change until and unless Reinsdorf sells the team ( and same for the Bulls) and all upper mgmt changes
Lynn and half of the pen to follow, I hope. Wouldn’t break my heart to see Kopech, Zavala, Grandal, Moncada (among others), the hitting and pitching coaches go, either.Giolito and Lopez traded to the Angels.
So it begins.
I believe Lynn and some other bullpen pieces are guaranteed to be gone by trade deadline (Joe Kelly in particular if anyone wants him). Grandal is also very likely to get moved, as he is another rental with some history of success. The other three you mention would be very unlikely to get moved, at least in my opinion (they would draw such little return at this point).Lynn and half of the pen to follow, I hope. Wouldn’t break my heart to see Kopech, Zavala, Grandal, Moncada (among others), the hitting and pitching coaches go, either.
Yes, and it would include a buyout option to the highest bidder...one can only hope.can Reinsdorf fire himself?
can Reinsdorf fire himself?
The crazy thing is that the Sox might actually play better after the trade deadline selloff, considering those that are being traded have severely underperformed this year.
Agree with everything you said, with exception of the bolded. The Sox made no real effort to bring him back. If they did, I am sure Jose would still be in a Sox uniform. It was a real mistake thinking that Andrew Vaughn or Gavin Sheets were the internal options to elevate at 1st base and letting Jose walk. The other key to Jose being the heart of the team was that he stayed virtually healthy for a long time, which enabled him to be that clubhouse leader. So many so called leaders to be for the Sox have spent considerable portions of the year injured or on rehab assignments.The White Sox this season have been a team with no heart... no identity (other than losing)... and suffering from absolutely no leadership on the field (and not much off the field, either).
Regardless of who stays and who is coming in... the first order of business is to develop a team personality that prioritizes playing together as a group and being dedicated to getting better and developing a winning culture. You won’t find any of those things on a guy’s baseball card. He’s got to have it inside... in his heart and in his mind and personality.
Jose Abreu was clearly the heart and soul of the White Sox for the last many years. And when he took his leadership to Houston... a void was created on the South Side that is as wide and empty as the parking lots on 35th Street when there is no game that day. Jose got tired of getting no help or support in his role and looked for another organization that knew how to win baseball games with a team personality.
Of the many holes on the field for the Sox – the biggest hole they need to fill is in Their Heart.