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| Author: | This Ends in Antioch [ Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | This team peaked in Iowa… |
I get it was Disney-ish. All manufactured, juiced ball nonsense. But that walk off was the best moment of White Sox baseball since 2005. |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
It was nice, but it was after the bullpen blew the lead. That game was about as frustrating as the rest of that season. I was bigger fan of the first half of the season when all the starters were dealing. Then the sticky stuff ban took effect and... |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Sun Jul 10, 2022 9:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
2005! |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
If Lynn is not 100%, stop trotting him out there. |
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| Author: | Nardi [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Frank Coztansa wrote: If Lynn is not 100%, stop trotting him out there. Stop waddling him out there |
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| Author: | This Ends in Antioch [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Frank Coztansa wrote: If Lynn is not 100%, stop trotting him out there. A man of his proportions will never be 100%. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Guy can’t be bothered to get into shape for 20 million |
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| Author: | Caller Bob [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:58 pm ] |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
good dolphin wrote: Guy can’t be bothered to get into shape for 20 million He signed that extension at the right time last year. |
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| Author: | DAC [ Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
What the hell happened to this team? I don't listen to local sports talk or follow baseball at all but I thought this team was supposed to be a WS contender. Who is underachieving? Is it injuries? How much of it is LaRussa's fault? I'll hang up and listen to my answer. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Everyone outside of Cease, Anderson, Zavala, and Hendriks have been underwhelming. Robert has played good D but lacks power for whatever reason and he's been ouchy as well. Everybody else has been underwhelming, and some of those guys have flat out sucked. Injuries are a part of it- again. They shuffled the training staff after last season, and its the same story. I find it hard to believe its just all bad luck with all of the soft tissue injuries the team has suffered. LaRussa isn't giving up runs on the mound or strolling to plate with a batting average under .200, but he also hasn't put the team in the best position to win more than a few times. He should have been launched three or four weeks ago, even if its rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I don't know if the team got complacent. I don't know if there are cliques in the clubhouse. I don't know if there is a lack of accountability. Maybe all of the above have happening or are happening. But the manager hasn't done much to fix it and neither has the front office. They are exactly 81-81 over their last 162 games (including the ALDS). Decidedly mediocre. Nowhere near good enough to win a pennant/World Series which was the bar for this season to be a success. |
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| Author: | DAC [ Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Thanks Frank for the reply. |
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| Author: | BigW72 [ Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: This team peaked in Iowa… |
Frank Coztansa wrote: Everyone outside of Cease, Anderson, Zavala, and Hendriks have been underwhelming. Robert has played good D but lacks power for whatever reason and he's been ouchy as well. Everybody else has been underwhelming, and some of those guys have flat out sucked. Injuries are a part of it- again. They shuffled the training staff after last season, and its the same story. I find it hard to believe its just all bad luck with all of the soft tissue injuries the team has suffered. LaRussa isn't giving up runs on the mound or strolling to plate with a batting average under .200, but he also hasn't put the team in the best position to win more than a few times. He should have been launched three or four weeks ago, even if its rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I don't know if the team got complacent. I don't know if there are cliques in the clubhouse. I don't know if there is a lack of accountability. Maybe all of the above have happening or are happening. But the manager hasn't done much to fix it and neither has the front office. They are exactly 81-81 over their last 162 games (including the ALDS). Decidedly mediocre. Nowhere near good enough to win a pennant/World Series which was the bar for this season to be a success. Honestly Frank....I think they were just an overachieving team in 2021 (despite all the injuries) that managed to beat up on a weak division. This year's team is more than likely a realistic portrayal of what they really are. Not much is different compared to last year but the win / loss record. They're a team that isn't very deep and one I'd call defensively below average. |
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