RKMeibalane
08-06-2002, 10:12 PM
This is the first-class organization that Reinsdorf had in mind? Give me a break! The 2002 Chicago White Sox are one of the most dissapoiting teams I have ever seen. Now, I know how Mets fans felt when their 1992 squad finished 72-90, just two games ahead of the last-place Phillies in the National League East.
I have never seen a baseball team that is as disorganized as this year's White Sox. It's pathetic. Jerry Manuel has lost control of this team. Every day it seems, players are yelling at each other in the clubhouse, someone is unhappy with playing time, or and someone else is worried about who he is going to sign with before next season.
The on-the-field action has been mediocre at best. Sox officials promised that the team's potent offense would more than comphensate for an inexperienced pitching staff. Fans were told that the trio of Thomas, Ordonez, and Konerko would provide season-long fireworks. Konerko and Thomas have provided fireworks, all right, but not the sort that traslate into winning baseball games.
Manuel should have been fired after that disastorous week in late spring when the Yankees and Indians stomped the Sox in six striaght embarrassing games. But no. Reinsdorf refused to do his job, and instead, allowed Manuel to continue tinkering with the lineup and Kenny Williams to trade half the roster for a jar of dill pickles.
How much longer is this garbage going to be on display? I don't remember the last time JM used the same lineup two nights in a row. His tinkering is one of the reasons why the Sox have not been able to establish any consistency this season. After all, how can a team sustain any momentum in generates if the players responsible aren't in the lineup each day?
Williams should be fired, if for no other reason, because he accquire Royce Clayton and Todd Ritchie in consecutive years. Those two men aren't worthy of being part of Major League organization. Ritchie was on pace for twenty losses. Only his demotion to the bullpen- two months too late- may prevent that dubious achievement from becoming reality.
Attendance at Comiskey is at an all time low. This is yet another result of the Reinsdorf administration. JR fails to realize that fans aren't going to attend games unless he starts putting forth effort on a daily basis.
It is not lost on anyone who visits this board that Reinsdorf has apparently been giving the Bulls his undivided attention this summer. It would be nice if he did the same for the Sox, but that may be asking too much of him. The man obviously doesn't care anymore. He needs to sell.
The 2003 season will soon be upon us. What the Sox roster will look like in February is anyone's guess. What's for sure is that countless fans have said they never want to go through another season like this one, and it's not even over yet. As long as the Sox are run by a group of idiots, nothing will improve. In fact, things may get much worse. I can think of one thing that would eventually solve all of the Sox problems. I leave you with the following statement:
Jerry Reinsdorf, get the HELL OUT!
I have never seen a baseball team that is as disorganized as this year's White Sox. It's pathetic. Jerry Manuel has lost control of this team. Every day it seems, players are yelling at each other in the clubhouse, someone is unhappy with playing time, or and someone else is worried about who he is going to sign with before next season.
The on-the-field action has been mediocre at best. Sox officials promised that the team's potent offense would more than comphensate for an inexperienced pitching staff. Fans were told that the trio of Thomas, Ordonez, and Konerko would provide season-long fireworks. Konerko and Thomas have provided fireworks, all right, but not the sort that traslate into winning baseball games.
Manuel should have been fired after that disastorous week in late spring when the Yankees and Indians stomped the Sox in six striaght embarrassing games. But no. Reinsdorf refused to do his job, and instead, allowed Manuel to continue tinkering with the lineup and Kenny Williams to trade half the roster for a jar of dill pickles.
How much longer is this garbage going to be on display? I don't remember the last time JM used the same lineup two nights in a row. His tinkering is one of the reasons why the Sox have not been able to establish any consistency this season. After all, how can a team sustain any momentum in generates if the players responsible aren't in the lineup each day?
Williams should be fired, if for no other reason, because he accquire Royce Clayton and Todd Ritchie in consecutive years. Those two men aren't worthy of being part of Major League organization. Ritchie was on pace for twenty losses. Only his demotion to the bullpen- two months too late- may prevent that dubious achievement from becoming reality.
Attendance at Comiskey is at an all time low. This is yet another result of the Reinsdorf administration. JR fails to realize that fans aren't going to attend games unless he starts putting forth effort on a daily basis.
It is not lost on anyone who visits this board that Reinsdorf has apparently been giving the Bulls his undivided attention this summer. It would be nice if he did the same for the Sox, but that may be asking too much of him. The man obviously doesn't care anymore. He needs to sell.
The 2003 season will soon be upon us. What the Sox roster will look like in February is anyone's guess. What's for sure is that countless fans have said they never want to go through another season like this one, and it's not even over yet. As long as the Sox are run by a group of idiots, nothing will improve. In fact, things may get much worse. I can think of one thing that would eventually solve all of the Sox problems. I leave you with the following statement:
Jerry Reinsdorf, get the HELL OUT!