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 Post subject: Re: Sox sign Morneau
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The White Sox have a long history of getting once great players when they are old and suck.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
George Foster
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sandy Alomar
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Sandy Alomar again
Jose Canseco
Jimmy Rollins
Justin Morneau

Can you think of anymore? This is fun.


Seaver didn't suck with the Sox.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Beardown wrote:
The White Sox have a long history of getting once great players when they are old and suck.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
George Foster
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sandy Alomar
Roberto Alomar
Sandy Alomar again
Jose Canseco
Jimmy Rollins
Justin Morneau

Can you think of anymore? This is fun.



Seaver didn't suck with the Sox.


I know. I corrected myself in a subsequent post. I was too young to remember those seasons, but I just always figured he probably sucked. Then I looked at the stats just now. He didn't.


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Justin Morneau @ U.S. Cellular - Career

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=site%7CCHI12%7Cmorneju01%7Cbat%7CAB%7C

M'eh ... it's fine.

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He doesn't get to face Sox pitching anymore though.

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Beardown wrote:
The White Sox have a long history of getting once great players when they are old and suck.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
George Foster
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sandy Alomar
Roberto Alomar
Sandy Alomar again
Jose Canseco
Jimmy Rollins
Justin Morneau

Can you think of anymore? This is fun.


Don't get me started Ken Boyer...Rocky Colavito.....on and on

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Not too relevant considering most of those numbers are pre-concussions. Still, all they need is a part time backup 1b and part time DH

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He doesn't get to face Sox pitching anymore though.

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Beardown wrote:
The White Sox have a long history of getting once great players when they are old and suck.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
George Foster
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sandy Alomar
Roberto Alomar
Sandy Alomar again
Jose Canseco
Jimmy Rollins
Justin Morneau

Can you think of anymore? This is fun.






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(who promptly got good again after leaving town) :lol:

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I don't remember George Foster as a White Sox, but I was in graduate school at the time.

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He doesn't get to face Sox pitching anymore though.

:lol: yeah. How much of that damage was off of Danks and Gavin Floyd?

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 Post subject: Re: Sox sign Morneau
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Beardown wrote:
The White Sox have a long history of getting once great players when they are old and suck.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton
George Foster
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sandy Alomar
Roberto Alomar
Sandy Alomar again
Jose Canseco
Jimmy Rollins
Justin Morneau

Can you think of anymore? This is fun.


George Bell
Tim Raines
A.Dunn
J.Thome
M.Ramirez
A.Laroche


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Beardown wrote:
George Bell had 2 decent seasons with the Sox. Sucked in his last year with the Sox. Then he retired. So no to him. Yes to Manny.

Frank is right about Tom Seaver. He had a 3.94 ERA in 1984. And a great 3.14 ERA in 1985 in 35 starts at the age of 40. Wow. I didn't realize that. Won 31 games in those 2 years (I know, wins don't matter). So I stand corrected.

By the way, just thinking out loud. Is that 3.14 ERA the greatest ever for a 40 + year old starting pitcher? If not I would think he's at least in the top 5.


Nolan Ryan had a 2.76 at 40 and a 2.91 at 44.

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Raines and Thome were really good for the Sox. Bell was decent.

Cubs fan Juiced is having lots of trouble in this thread

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I think it is a good signing. Morneau won a batting title as recently as 2014 and his splits were nearly even on the road or at home in Colorado. Plus, they are paying him just 1 million, so talk about a low risk move...If he can come back to anywhere near the form he had 2 years ago, it's a phenomenal move. If he is a shell of his former self, it was a low cost move. it's another indication the Sox are going for it in 2016 still, rather than blowing it up and doing a complete rebuild. That is a mistake in my opinion. But it doesn't surprise me, as this has always been the Sox M.O.

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I think it is a good signing.
There is the kiss of death.

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I think it is a good signing. Morneau won a batting title as recently as 2014 and his splits were nearly even on the road or at home in Colorado. Plus, they are paying him just 1 million, so talk about a low risk move...If he can come back to anywhere near the form he had 2 years ago, it's a phenomenal move. If he is a shell of his former self, it was a low cost move. it's another indication the Sox are going for it in 2016 still, rather than blowing it up and doing a complete rebuild. That is a mistake in my opinion. But it doesn't surprise me, as this has always been the Sox M.O.


Steve, we are in agreement.

The guy maintained a good OBP and average when he played over the last couple of years. His power is gone but he is currently a better DH possibility than Avi.

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This will have little impact on the team. Waste of time.

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