2B is the real frustrating part IMO. A guy like Segura would have been perfect. He did not cost that much.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I would rather Colas play out there and struggle than try to use a stop gap guy like Mazara, or have Leury play out there all season.

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Let Colas play. The worst that can happen is that he is Joe Borchard, and if he is you pull the plug and send him back to AAA for a while.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

I agree. Who is the rightfielder they are supposed to sign who people believe will be better than Colas? And if there is one, then the bigger problem is that they made a huge mistake in evaluating Colas.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I don't have an issue with playing Colas. Not sure about his defense, but assuming that will be an upgrade over what they had out there last season. I do think it would make sense to have some veteran help out there, not sure if that is now Gavin Sheets or some free agent.

If they are going with Colas though, at least he is considered a top 100 prospect. The same isn't true about 2B. If they don't make a meaningful upgrade there, it does raise questions about the team being serious about competing if they have two issues (assuming Colas has some struggles) in the lineup that are not being addressed and bringing back the same team that underachieved.

I agree. They're leaving too many question marks if they're really trying to contend. That's the problem I- and MANY others- have with the Sox right now. They wasted all those years tanking and now they're still not trying. The answer seems to be canceling Soxfest to avoid the wrath of the fans.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

We don't go to games when they're good/great. Why would we show up at Soxfest? We would just watch it on television.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Seems like it is working

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

The Brewers did the same thing.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

I am not expecting a $200M payroll, but I am not expecting the same issues year after year to never be resolved. The drafting seems to not of changed either. We draft 1B/DHs. Even last years 1st rd pick is not gonna stick where he was drafted.

I think last year was a turning point for MANY Sox fans. People love to joke about their attendance, but unless they get off to a really hot April I think there will be MANY games were fewer than 10K are at the park. Paltry 12-15K crowds on weekends might be a thing too. Sure people may buy tickets to get their promo vest or jersey or whatever giveaway, but MANY will get their item and turn around and go right back home.

Here's how it will start- Drop 2 of 3 @Houston, sell out and win Opening Day, then draw 9K combined in 40 degree temps and lose the following two days vs SF.

At this point, I plan to spend $0 on White Sox tickets in 2023. That's not to say I won't end up at a couple of games, but I ain't spending a dime on these fuckers.

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It really is sad that for about half my life Sox have alienated fans.

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Elections have consequences.

What other Chicago franchise did that?

When the new park opened, they had Grass Police outside the stadium. Anybody remember that? They really really thought that ballpark was some kind of gem. Just like JR thought LaRussa was some kind of gem.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

TLR was a gem in the 90s. Just like that ballpark would have been a gem in the 1980s.

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Yep. I just had a conversation with my son about exactly this. When you look at the Sox team over the last three years, the weaknesses are the same. Holes at 2nd, catcher, and right field both offensively and defensively. And you can throw 3rd base into it also with Moncada being dead wood. And at the same time, logjams at 1b/DH/. This is just shitty GM/owner decision making. OF course the bad decision to hire laRussa and all of his stupid managerial decisions as well as roster decisions reall put them into an even deeper hole .I am a guy who hates holding fast when there are personnel problems and it is solvable especially when it doesn't involve spending a lot of money.

We are talking about Dead Weight ruining your everyday line-up. Grandal, Moncada, and a lack of a good everyday second baseman is ruining their chances to win on a regular basis and it is the same damned thing for three years running.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

I do not remember the "Grass Police." Story? Explanation?

This has been talked to death, but the new park (while not a gem) is not bad. It's at least as good as your run of the mill retro parks like Comerica or Citizens Bank Park.

We need a closer. Hendriks has cancer.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Well. This isnt good.

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Is that the good Hotckins or the bad Hotckins?

If it kills you it's the good one.

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Kind of funny. Spiral and CB have insensitive takes consistently.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

It's a joke from Curb, deni$. What racially charged bar are you watching the Packers game at tonight?

The worse of the two.

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Not a mult.

Shady Akers

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Hawaii (fuck) You

And for the record CB, I don’t obsess about race like many around here. It just doesn’t enter my head.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Relax, denis

THAT'S JUST AWFUL NEWS ABOUT LIAM. PRAYERS TO HE AND HIS FAMILY.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Cueto gets a 1yr deal in Miami.

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Sadly as a Sox fan, the championship window is almost closed already. It'll take a lot of career years to win anything this year.