Chicago White Sox 2024

#301      
Why??????….. do we keep hearing from Sizemore, and Pedro how this team of players “plays hard every game”….”I am proud of these players and how they are going about their business”?
C’mon man…..they are the suckiest team ever….how about a little “we suck and the players are just not getting it done”?
This really blows!!!!!
 
#302      
Why??????….. do we keep hearing from Sizemore, and Pedro how this team of players “plays hard every game”….”I am proud of these players and how they are going about their business”?
C’mon man…..they are the suckiest team ever….how about a little “we suck and the players are just not getting it done”?
This really blows!!!!!

He has to say these things. This is how Managers have to pretend that their team is better than they really are... and to keep Ownership from getting mad at them for telling something truthful. Can’t have that.

Everyone can plainly see how bad this team is. Sox Ownership has done a magnificent job of creating a civic embarassment and fully disrespecting White Sox fans of all ages.

As for the History Watch...

The White Sox Season is now about 23 weeks old.

Sox have won 31 games. That works out to about 1.3 wins per week.

(The next ‘worst’ teams to the Sox this year in MLB have 51 wins (Colorado, Miami) - 20 more than Sox!).

Sox have four weeks left in the season. At 1.3 wins per week that works out to (being generous) 6 more wins for the season. Sox would finish at 37 wins for the season (with 125 losses).

1916 Philadelphia A’s won 36 and lost 117 (the White Sox were 89-65 that year).

1962 New York Mets won 40 and lost 120 (the White Sox were 85-77 that year).

Will the Sox even win those 6 more games this month? Maybe, if the opposition just has six bad days in them.

It's hard to imagine that any professional franchise could devolve to a level like this -- in any sport, anywhere.
 
#304      

The White Sox running into each other in left field is a symbol of the entire franchise – lack of communication... lack of someone taking charge... lack of basic talent... lack of direction. The Season in a nutshell.

This once-proud franchise continues to embarrass itself in new ways every day.

They have become so bad that you almost have to feel sorry for these players. But I feel more sorry for us Sox fans. The players are making good money for this. We are not.
 
#308      
White Sox players are going to be remembered for being part of this historically-losing team for the rest of their careers -- and well after their playing days when they retire. This will become part of their biographies and career notable marks. But White Sox Ownership is going to be remembered for this Season even more. For this is where things all started for the collapse seen this season. Bad decisions after bad decisions for years.

How did things go bad so fast for the Sox today? Abreu (Team Leader) gone. Anderson (Team Energy) gone. Giolito gone. Cease gone. Jiminez gone. Lopez gone. Kopech gone. That's the heart of your team and what was seen as the future. No adequate replacements ready to move right in and on to the playing field for Sox. Poor choices of Managers to hire. Ran off a popular Sox TV announcer who was smart to leave town before this Season started. Now only yes-men who aren't allowed to be honest about what any fan can see right in front of their face every game. Shopping at the bargain-basement floor to get players... or kids out of the Minors not ready for prime time.

When the Sox were horrible back in 1970 they quickly made changes and turned things around the following Season by winning 23 more games in 1971 and then 8 more beyond that in 1972 (for 87 wins). So in two years after 1970 Sox got 31 more victories per season over the 1970 season.

This was all pre-Reinsdorf. Different leaders back then. The energy quickly returned to the team... and to the Sox fan base. The Sox organization had momentum going but lacked the money they needed to keep on building on that.

Today the Sox have an owner with lots and lots of money. Which he won't spend. Sox fans are discouraged once again and the energy is gone. And there doesn't seem to be a big push to get that stadium deal done right now in a Bears Town.

And if Crochet and Robert are traded away in the off-season... the Sox might lose even more games next Season than this year.

Hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel right now. But... one single White Sox victory is still worth more than all the other teams wins put together (for we in Sox Nation).

Even if next Season the Sox do only win -- one! (Which might happen!?).
 
#309      
Update – White Sox History Watch

The 1932 Season for the White Sox is so far the worst total single season for the franchise. Finishing 49-102 for a winning (?) percentage of .325.

Here’s how the 2024 White Sox compare to that dreadful 1932 team...

After 147 Games

1932 – 47 wins, 100 losses

2024 – 33 wins, 114 losses

So the current White Sox at this point in the Season are 14 GAMES WORSE than the worst Sox team of all time.

In Happier Times...

1959 – 90 wins, 57 losses

2005 – 89 wins, 58 losses

The 2024 White Sox Season truly is one for the Ages...
 
#310      
I am not a Sox fan (Cardinals) but I hope the Sox FO got a nice collection of prospects in exchange for all the players they traded. If so the pain won't last too long.
 
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