shoeless.db wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:52 am

McGuffin: Young. Very young.

I snorted when I read this... hilarious.

And, how dare the Black Sox utilize Dr. Kocherschmetlz's deranged brother for your needless firings...

Deranged? Clearly you meant “visionary.” His color coded reports are bleeding edge stuff!

[iMac video clip] (Camera shows the interior of Benny Vitale’s new office at Black Sox Park: a clean, mid-century modern look with lots of Scandinavian style furniture, blond wood and stainless steel. The only picture on the wall is a large portrait – of herself standing amid a grove of trees and c...

recte44 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:01 pm

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Brilliant.

Just last season (shows how alert I am) I discovered the assessments for how managers affect their players’ development, and now I’m going through and trying upgrade all those positions ... and grab younger coaches so they don’t retire on me!

By Rick Mariotti Minor Leagues Beat Writer Chicago Sports Online The Chicago Black Sox last week dismissed the entire coaching staff - including the manager - of their Rookie League team in Monclova, Mexico. Sources said the move came at the direction of new Sox General Manager Benedetta “Benny” Vi...

I'll need to book a flight to Athens and get tickets so I don't miss Medusa bobblehead night. Do other bobbleheads turn to stone if they look at her?

Hard to imagine you can’t make a decent profit with a payroll between $60 million and $70 million. You’ve got a good start at turning things around. Keep going!

Chicago is hellbent on spending 50 PPs to increase the “Teach Hitting” rating of our new Rookie League hitting coach, Gabriel Calderón , of the Monclova Aqua Sox. His reputation is non-existent, his focus is unclear, and his facial hair is pedestrian at best. But at 36, he’s even younger than the ne...

Chicago would like to spend 50 PPs to increase the “Teach Pitching” rating of our new Rookie League pitching coach, Jaime Otero , who comes to the Monclova Aqua Sox highly recommended as young (41) and cheap ($15,000 a year). Don’t worry, though, he’s got a gig with DoorDash in Monclova to supplemen...

To: Benny Vitale, General Manager From: Bill McGuffin, Asst. General Manager About: Black Sox Arbitration Cases As you requested, here’s a breakdown of how we did on our arbitration cases. We lost more than we won, but none of the decisions were particularly out of line. We low-balled some of the te...

If it's really your last season, I hope you have a blast with it!

Let's tidy up some unfinished business from last offseason with Chicago’s major league hitting and pitching coaches, shall we? Please top off the “Teach Hitting” rating of batting coach Valentino Mercati by spending 13 PP. This should take him from 137 to 150. And while we’re at it, please top off t...

Benny does not drive tow trucks. She makes other people drive tow trucks. And like it.

The end of an era? One year probably doesn’t qualify as an era, but I’m betting it seemed like one long-ass year to Aviators fans ...

Just don’t put me next to Kocherschmeltz ...

Sweet story!

shoeless.db wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:49 pm

I like the move. That Vic Caleca was a bum.

I know. What a loser!

By Mike Talley Black Sox Beat Writer Chicago Sports Online The Chicago Black Sox have hired the sister-in-law of team owner Vinnie Vitale as their new general manager following the abrupt departure of her predecessor, Vic Caleca. Benedetta Vitale – a 38-year-old businesswoman with an MBA from North...

Since our AA guy already had a copy of Tewksbary Hitting, we’d like to buy one for our Single A guy (Nicolaas Albert, the hitting coach at Grand Junction),so he can finally figure out what this launch angle stuff is all about.

Please apply 60 PPs to improve Albert’s Teach Hitting rating. Thanks!

We had a last-week-of-winter snow storm here today - big fluffy flakes, and it wasn't too cold out. My wife and I took our dog for a long walk at a park that stretches along the White River, and it was beautiful and serene. A perfect way to forget, for awhile, all the awful stuff going on in the wor...