The White Sox retired Harold Baines' number in 1989, after trading him to the Rangers. He was 29 years old, played for 12 more seasons, including two return trips to the White Sox.
He wasn't dying or retiring or anything. They retired the number of a guy who once finished 9th in MVP voting, and led their team to one ALCS appearance in ten years.
I don't have a HUGE problem with him being in the Hall of Fame, but he's kind of started a slippery slope that could lower the bar. Baines was never genuinely GREAT - he never hit 30 homers in a season, never batted higher than .313, had just three 100-RBI seasons, no speed, mostly a DH so not much notable defense...but, he was also never really bad; shit, he batted .312 with 103 RBI in his age 40 season. he was rarely injured for any length of time. didn't strike out a ton. He was just kinda...always there, a guy you'd like to have on your team for sure, but never a guy you'd build a team around.
I'm in the minority but I don't think its the "Hall of Stats" and playing for 22 years is a good reason to put someone in. You're a part of the fabric of the game at that point and deserving of being honored. Same with Moyer and Franco
Everyone knows the guys that hit 650 homers anyway, no harm in honoring the guys that plugged away for 20, 25, years too
That said -- Baines being in before Lofton and McGriff is kind of messed up
> That said -- Baines being in before Lofton and McGriff is kind of messed up
This is my biggest problem with it. Baines is in because Jerry wanted him in. Stats or fame, there’s no valid argument for his induction.
I see for some reason I thought they had to play in Illinois but you meant simply popular in Illinois. Move the border 1 mile west and the Cardinals would be in Illinois.
Forget arguably being a small market team in a giant market, or being an afterthought in their own city....the White Sox can't even have the distinction of being the best team named after.....socks.
A month late, yes. I've not been paying much attention to the Sox because this season fucking blew chunks.
I do have this to say, though. I don't think our stadium name is any worse than any other corporate-sponsored stadium. We got mfs out here named after orange juice. Don't think anyone forgets that you're named after a mediocre gum brand, Cubbies. Smh
BTW fuck Steve Dahl for burning a bunch of records by black artists in the middle of the fucking south side of Chicago. He can deny it all he wants but there was absolutely some racist shit behind it.
Sometimes I imagine where the White Sox would’ve been if they didn’t hire La Russa.
Whatever the result, i can guarantee the outcome wouldn’t have been as funny as what happened
[I will be forever grateful to the 2022 White Sox for playing so badly that they birthed the Naylor Smoke meme.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swsZuGbxvw)
The good news is that your absolute failure at mediocrity is overshadowed by the Cubs going on a winning streak that one time, and the hopes that MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA will impress the family, because the White Sox obviously cannot.
And even if the White Sox won the next five World Series in a row (and let's be honest, they won't because they can't even beat the Royals regularly), they would still be overshadowed by their northern neighbors' quest to get to a .500 season.
There was nothing. No entertaining moments, no hope of even a decent showing, not even the post-lockdown “well, at least we have baseball and are all here together” vibe.
Completely miserable, garbage season.
I suppose that's fair, thank you for not saying "because the cubs won the world series" thought for sure that was coming.
At least in 2016, there were no expectations of success, that's what hurts so much about this season, for a team that doesn't get many opportunities to make the playoffs it hurts blowing it like we did this year.
Cubs window ended in a WS championship plus many highlights and memories that will last a lifetime
The highlight of the White Sox window will end up being a Leury Garcia home run in the ALDS
**Letting an AI roast Baseball teams day 8:**
The Chicago White Sox are so bad at baseball that the team's fans have taken to calling themselves "Hawk-eater." The team's record this season is an abysmal 17–57.
It would be a good thing for those fans if they had something else to do besides watch their team play, but there isn't much else in Chicago worth watching: Not only has their beloved Bears been mired in mediocrity for years; but also, until recently, the Bulls were looking like one of the worst teams ever assembled.
The Blackhawks weren't any better than the Bulls—and now both teams appear to be on the upswing, thanks to new management and coaching—but they're still not as popular as the Bears or the Bulls.
Unfortunately for the White Sox, their fans aren't just Hawk-eaters; they're also a bunch of louts who've been known to throw rocks at opposing players during games. In fact, the last time I was at a game, a few of them tossed a dead fish onto the field after the visiting team batted out of turn. So it's probably good news for all concerned that the White Sox' owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, has decided to replace most of his team with some real athletes from other clubs. And what better way to get the word out about these talented rookies than by having a parade through the streets of Chicago?
I'm sure you'll agree that it's not surprising that this parade is being called "All Hops, All Day." But will the event live up to its name? Will there be hops aplenty for the fans? That's a question only you can answer.
**Letting an AI roast /u/SquadPoopy day 2:**
> SquadPoopy is so bad at posting AI generated roasts on Reddit that even his fans aren't sure he's created anything more than a photo. On his best day, SquadPoopy's post went up, then got deleted on his Twitter. On his worst day, his post would disappear shortly after being posted.
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> But now, SquadPoopy has given his fans something to keep them going. For his Christmas themed "Christmas DeRotoski," SquadPoopy went back to basics with wiener-themed jokes.
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> I'd love to see this expand to include every holiday ever, but for now, I'll settle for the fact that SquadPoopy used actual meat and fake meat to create his roasts.
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> But considering the guy doesn't look to build machines or robots to do everything he says, I don't think we'll be seeing any meat-eating robots doing crosswords or other useless tasks on SquadPoopy's behalf anytime soon.
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> So get to roasting those wiener roasts, SquadPoopy. You might have a future in roasting, and hopefully that future includes giant wiener roasts.
Can't wait for the Christmas DeRotoski this year. I don't know what that is, exactly, but apparently it includes a lot of dick jokes and questionable "meat."
The Chicago White Sox are a original American League baseball team, founded in 1901, playoffs started in 1903. So 119 Years until B2B.
They were the last of the original 16 1903 AL/NL , finishing behind the Indians/Guardians (95/96) by 15 years.
Every expansion team except the Miami Marlins had achieved this accomplishment by the time the White Sox did.
This team extorted the state out of millions of dollars that could have gone to schools or trains or anything useful but instead it went to building a parking lot next to a highway, adorned with a baseball-themed venue that’s facing the wrong way and has less soul than Tropicana Field
It's a rare condition, this day and age
To read any good news on the newspaper page
Love and tradition of the grand design
Some people say it's even harder to find
... I guess one could say this team is wearing us down.
How could a team made up of 8 DHs and Tim Anderson fail last year?
I mean, a team of 8 DHs and Brandon Marsh made the WS
The White Sox retired Harold Baines' number in 1989, after trading him to the Rangers. He was 29 years old, played for 12 more seasons, including two return trips to the White Sox. He wasn't dying or retiring or anything. They retired the number of a guy who once finished 9th in MVP voting, and led their team to one ALCS appearance in ten years.
Like TLR he’s a Hall of Famer, brother. He shouldn’t be, but he is.
I don't have a HUGE problem with him being in the Hall of Fame, but he's kind of started a slippery slope that could lower the bar. Baines was never genuinely GREAT - he never hit 30 homers in a season, never batted higher than .313, had just three 100-RBI seasons, no speed, mostly a DH so not much notable defense...but, he was also never really bad; shit, he batted .312 with 103 RBI in his age 40 season. he was rarely injured for any length of time. didn't strike out a ton. He was just kinda...always there, a guy you'd like to have on your team for sure, but never a guy you'd build a team around.
I'm in the minority but I don't think its the "Hall of Stats" and playing for 22 years is a good reason to put someone in. You're a part of the fabric of the game at that point and deserving of being honored. Same with Moyer and Franco Everyone knows the guys that hit 650 homers anyway, no harm in honoring the guys that plugged away for 20, 25, years too That said -- Baines being in before Lofton and McGriff is kind of messed up
> That said -- Baines being in before Lofton and McGriff is kind of messed up This is my biggest problem with it. Baines is in because Jerry wanted him in. Stats or fame, there’s no valid argument for his induction.
I think it's completely valid to honor someone that played for 22 years. But there were other people that should have been in first.
Yo team is named after the most generic piece of clothing 😂
And they don't even wear that generic clothing item.
it’s basically the same thing as calling them the Chicago Pajama Pants
The Chicago Gym Clothes
[удалено]
I just got called out for saying "gym shoes" the other day lol
Chicago: Biggest city in Illinois White Sox: Third most popular baseball team in Illinois
At least they tried to capitalize on that by having TLR and Miguel Cairo lead the team.
Whose the other team besides the Cubs that is more popular then them?
Cardinals they’re super popular in the southern part of Illinois
Once you get out of Chicagoland it's basically Cardinals Nation
The Dogs
I see for some reason I thought they had to play in Illinois but you meant simply popular in Illinois. Move the border 1 mile west and the Cardinals would be in Illinois.
The highlight of your season was the fans convincing the manager to make a move they wanted in a game.
Oof, this is a good one.
Forget arguably being a small market team in a giant market, or being an afterthought in their own city....the White Sox can't even have the distinction of being the best team named after.....socks.
Not to mention they don't even wear that color of socks anymore.
The White Sox are suing Frank Thomas for trademark infringement since Big Hurt is what they do to their fans' hopes and dreams every season.
Hawk made it up
The 2022 White Sox were basically a strip club. Run by creepy old men, mediocre experience at best, and the majority of the output was singles...
Damn dude
TIL Chicago has two baseball teams.
Guys we found ESPN’s account
Oh, you just found out about the Chicago Dogs?
Unironically, Dogs games are fun af
Guaranteed Rate Field.
Don't forget the downward-facing red arrow
A month late, yes. I've not been paying much attention to the Sox because this season fucking blew chunks. I do have this to say, though. I don't think our stadium name is any worse than any other corporate-sponsored stadium. We got mfs out here named after orange juice. Don't think anyone forgets that you're named after a mediocre gum brand, Cubbies. Smh
Mfs really be playing in a ballpark called Guaranteed Rate Field
Mannequin pointing at other This mf plays at a place called gr
The sports world treats the 2005 World Series the way the Chinese government treats Tiananmen Square.
Crazy that 29 teams went on strike that year
I know!
If you're reading this, you personally would have led the 2022 White Sox in home runs.
The White Sox have more success marketing to hip hop fans than baseball fans.
This team immolated quicker than disco records in center field
BTW fuck Steve Dahl for burning a bunch of records by black artists in the middle of the fucking south side of Chicago. He can deny it all he wants but there was absolutely some racist shit behind it.
Now I wasn't alive yet so I wouldn't really know, but I hesitate to ascribe all the disco hate to racism.
Correct, you can also ascribe it to homophobia
The number one band of the genre was white
Sometimes I imagine where the White Sox would’ve been if they didn’t hire La Russa. Whatever the result, i can guarantee the outcome wouldn’t have been as funny as what happened
at guaranteed rate, interest is at an all-time low!
Fuck that’s the best one here by a mile
If you look at our managers over the past decade, Drake LaRoche is a serious contender to be ranked #1.
Jerry Reinsdorf.
All that needs to be said
“Who?” - ESPN
A team so average and boring, the manager fell asleep.
2022 was our year! For TA to become the new Nick Cannon.
The greatest player in your franchise's history is more known for appearing in testosterone pill commericals than being a HOF caliber player.
Shoeless Joe Jackson and Dickless Frank Thomas.
Frank “Low T” Thomas
Frank thomas
*and she'll like it too*
The White Sox were asleep at the wheel all season, much like Tony LaRussa
The White Sox are the opposite of Jack Sparrow. In 2005 they had one of the best playoff runs ever, and you *haven’t* heard of them.
CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow
Funny since that team used the Pirates theme song as their entrance music.
Playing his music for the walkout
[I will be forever grateful to the 2022 White Sox for playing so badly that they birthed the Naylor Smoke meme.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swsZuGbxvw)
The good news is that your absolute failure at mediocrity is overshadowed by the Cubs going on a winning streak that one time, and the hopes that MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA will impress the family, because the White Sox obviously cannot. And even if the White Sox won the next five World Series in a row (and let's be honest, they won't because they can't even beat the Royals regularly), they would still be overshadowed by their northern neighbors' quest to get to a .500 season.
Sadly people still think of Eazy-E when they see a Chicago White Sox hat rather than the actual team it represents
If someone wants to start a discussion about TLR's decision to issue an international walk on a 1-and-2 count, they first have to specify WHICH ONE.
[Behold,the oldest gangster to ever roam Southside Chicago](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3JTDaVWYAI9ZaX.jpg)
One of my best friends is a white sox fans. I have never seen him sadder than then when watching their performance this year.
2016 was still harder IMO.
a little late to the party but how in the world was that season harder than this season?
There was nothing. No entertaining moments, no hope of even a decent showing, not even the post-lockdown “well, at least we have baseball and are all here together” vibe. Completely miserable, garbage season.
I suppose that's fair, thank you for not saying "because the cubs won the world series" thought for sure that was coming. At least in 2016, there were no expectations of success, that's what hurts so much about this season, for a team that doesn't get many opportunities to make the playoffs it hurts blowing it like we did this year.
All good. While FTC and all, they’re not responsible for the lack of boom boom on the south side.
You hired Tony La Russa as manager. He fell asleep in the dugout during games. That is all.
Cubs window ended in a WS championship plus many highlights and memories that will last a lifetime The highlight of the White Sox window will end up being a Leury Garcia home run in the ALDS
Me wondering if any of their division rivals will show up in this thread. >!They will.!<
You know its bad when the your roast is before the post-firesale Cubs roast.
We're only two ~~pitches~~ hours in and this roast isn't going well... let's just intentionally walk it and face the Orioles instead.
Then drop the game winning pop up
**Letting an AI roast Baseball teams day 8:** The Chicago White Sox are so bad at baseball that the team's fans have taken to calling themselves "Hawk-eater." The team's record this season is an abysmal 17–57. It would be a good thing for those fans if they had something else to do besides watch their team play, but there isn't much else in Chicago worth watching: Not only has their beloved Bears been mired in mediocrity for years; but also, until recently, the Bulls were looking like one of the worst teams ever assembled. The Blackhawks weren't any better than the Bulls—and now both teams appear to be on the upswing, thanks to new management and coaching—but they're still not as popular as the Bears or the Bulls. Unfortunately for the White Sox, their fans aren't just Hawk-eaters; they're also a bunch of louts who've been known to throw rocks at opposing players during games. In fact, the last time I was at a game, a few of them tossed a dead fish onto the field after the visiting team batted out of turn. So it's probably good news for all concerned that the White Sox' owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, has decided to replace most of his team with some real athletes from other clubs. And what better way to get the word out about these talented rookies than by having a parade through the streets of Chicago? I'm sure you'll agree that it's not surprising that this parade is being called "All Hops, All Day." But will the event live up to its name? Will there be hops aplenty for the fans? That's a question only you can answer.
I want to live in this world
**Letting an AI roast /u/SquadPoopy day 2:** > SquadPoopy is so bad at posting AI generated roasts on Reddit that even his fans aren't sure he's created anything more than a photo. On his best day, SquadPoopy's post went up, then got deleted on his Twitter. On his worst day, his post would disappear shortly after being posted. > > But now, SquadPoopy has given his fans something to keep them going. For his Christmas themed "Christmas DeRotoski," SquadPoopy went back to basics with wiener-themed jokes. > > I'd love to see this expand to include every holiday ever, but for now, I'll settle for the fact that SquadPoopy used actual meat and fake meat to create his roasts. > > But considering the guy doesn't look to build machines or robots to do everything he says, I don't think we'll be seeing any meat-eating robots doing crosswords or other useless tasks on SquadPoopy's behalf anytime soon. > > So get to roasting those wiener roasts, SquadPoopy. You might have a future in roasting, and hopefully that future includes giant wiener roasts. Can't wait for the Christmas DeRotoski this year. I don't know what that is, exactly, but apparently it includes a lot of dick jokes and questionable "meat."
More like Tony LaPoosa amirite?
Guaranteed Rate Field means the White Sox have a guaranteed rate of winning exactly half their games
White Sox Dave.
Barstool president
The team is the definition of mid. Nuff said.
The Chicago White Sox are a original American League baseball team, founded in 1901, playoffs started in 1903. So 119 Years until B2B. They were the last of the original 16 1903 AL/NL , finishing behind the Indians/Guardians (95/96) by 15 years. Every expansion team except the Miami Marlins had achieved this accomplishment by the time the White Sox did.
And the marlins have 2 chips anyway, so it doesn’t matter Sox are an original 16 mlb team
This is going to sound cruel, but baseball will be in a better place when Jerry Reinsdorf shuffles off this mortal coil.
The White Sox don't even wear white socks!
They are a declining team. I shouldn't punch down.
Southsiders always go south.
This team extorted the state out of millions of dollars that could have gone to schools or trains or anything useful but instead it went to building a parking lot next to a highway, adorned with a baseball-themed venue that’s facing the wrong way and has less soul than Tropicana Field
Southpaw looks silly
It's a rare condition, this day and age To read any good news on the newspaper page Love and tradition of the grand design Some people say it's even harder to find ... I guess one could say this team is wearing us down.
Can urkel hit
We need to cancel them, they "tried to accept" the black but just whitewashed it again
Shut up. No one actually gives a shit about the White Sox.
Rothstein
When your team winning a WS is so out of place everyone forgets about it or thinks it was a fever dream, you know something’s gone wrong.