Thome Makes Entire White Sox Organization Look Like Fools, Signs With Twins for Pennies

Secondly. It was SoxFest weekend, and they waited till after the event to announce this- I cannot imagine the firestorm if this had happened on Friday.

Metal detectors would have been installed at the event, and that still would not have deterred the suicide bombers.

that this was more about KW misunderestimating Jim’s market value? The way I read this, Kenny assumed he would be unaffordable going into the offseason, so he went out and got the three-headed DH, only to discover that Jim was still on the market too late three months later.

And I’m sure another explosion of arguments will commence below this so everyone have fun. I myself am conflicted between being severely bummed out about watching my favorite Sox go to the worst team imaginable for bus money and wondering why I give this much shit about this shit, so I’m gonna close my eyes and hibernate til there are games about which to thread*.

*Does not count as asking for gamethread

If (when) this fiasco explodes in the Sox’s collective faces, who gets the axe? The fool, or the fool who followed him?

people are finally crossing the line over to my side. Ozzie has pulled a bunch of BS over the years but this may be the all time worst. It didn’t have to be Thome. If they signed…lets just say Matsui… very few would care that Thome went to the Twins other than the damn they got our guy thing…. however, the Sox have nobody at DH… and knowing full well that Thome was on the move to Minneapolis ( i heard a report on friday before soxfest they were in negotiations)…. and plenty of fans calling for a Thome return at soxfest…. they decided “fuck it” and let the best option for our lineup sign in Minnesota, our closest rivals. This is inexcusable. If the twins win the division the decks should be cleared. Our pitching rotation can compete in October. Its a shame we didn’t surround it with a good offense.

ZiPS projects five (!) Twins players to have OPS+’ above 110. Compare that to what — two for the Sox, maybe three?

And the Sox can shut us all the fuck up by going and grabbing Russell Branyan or Johnny Damon, but at this point I’m done hoping. I’ve had faith all winter that the Sox would eventually come to their senses and bring back Thome, thinking that the “rotating DH” was just usual Ozzie bloviating about wanting more speed and whatever other non-sense he spews. Moves like this and trading Swisher for a pile of turd shout of a serious problem with how this organization is functioning.

And I don’t think I’m being too hyperbolic there. I think it’s fair to conclude that although the organization does a lot right (the most recent examples being the big in-season pick-ups of Peavy and Rios), there are still glaring weak spots.

But here’s what we know:

Kenny and Reinsdorf both wanted Thome to come back.

Reinsdorf allowed Ozzie to go ahead with the rotating DH plan, with the knowledge that he has to wear it.

JR opened the wallet for Peavy and Rios. He’s paying for a team that should into October, and he’s going to lean on Kenny to do something if it looks like that opportunity will slip away.

Hopefully the rotating DH plan is on a short leash, and somone pulls the plug at the first sign of trouble.

AJ and Johnny Damon are friends. Or, at the very least, are friendly.

They went to the same high school, they are neighbors in Florida, go on vacation together, etc.

Yeah, he’s a Boras client. But so is Andruw Jones.

He is going to be a year older and his production is going to drop (maybe a lot, maybe a little). The bigger thing is what are the Twins going to do with Kubel. Either Jim is taking at-bats away from him or Kubs is going to be playing the field which I would think is not a good thing.

That’s right – it’s the Sun bitches!!
Who rules?
Scotty rules!!!

While Jones fills in when Kotsay needs a day off, or when Q!/Rios need a day he can fill in while Q!/Rios fills in at DH.

I think Ozzie is right by saying that Thome wouldn’t get that many at-bats this upcoming season with the philosophy Ozzie has came up with. Do I agree with that philosophy? Not completely, but I do see where he is coming from.

I don’t see Thome playing a whole lot in Minnesota. They have Kubel who can play in the field, but really shouldn’t, and the idea of Thome playing first is comical.

this is much of what i would have wanted to say in yesterday’s ham and jam of a thread but i got caught up in trying to dispute silly little matters like how many games carl everett played in center field in 2005.

this situation is all wrong. it doesn’t matter if you’re using your brain, heart, gut, mind, eyes or ass. it doesn’t matter if the sox make the playoffs. it doesn’t matter if thome has a poor season or if he gets injured. it’s still wrong. apparently some people do not understand that a team that has a designated hitter position open should try to fill that position with a good hitter. if some people just don’t want thome, but still want to get a DH, fine. it seems to me he was the best candidate for the job, but whatever. to think that the sox will do just as well with what they have as they would with a real DH is foolish.

hey cheat, don’t blame thome for making the sox look like fools. ozzie (and kenny) pretty much have that covered.

gonna be listening to alot of sports radio

He will look all the more foolish for doing so because the copy you’re churning out, the arguments you’re constructing, are air fucking tight. Keep up the good work.

I loved last year seeing 3 back to back singles and it resulting in bases loaded since Thome , Konerko, and Dye were only station to station base runing. Even better was watching a strikeout and then a double play and now we did not even score a damn run with bases loaded with no outs.

I love the idea of a 40yr old with declining numbers, heel and back injury concerns, runs as fast as my car neutral, and can’t beat a shift.

Hell maybe we should just bring back Dye now we lost out on Thome!

But maybe I am wrong and Thome found a time machine back to like 2006 and nobody told me. OH they don’t exist and I am still excited to see a team that will still produce 200+ homeruns and will now also generate more scoring than dieing on the long ball.

Now that they’ll have all those extras each week, it’ll be great. Or maybe they’ll accidentally shoot them off when Thome launches another impossibly majestic homer to CF.

They probably are already.

You know it’s bad when acquiring Juan Pierre isn’t the worst move of the offseason.

hang em, in public as well

Oh the Horror!
What are you going to write when a month and half into the season Thome’s on the DL?
Understand I believe Jim Thome’s a great guy and an asset as an example for the younger team members, but I don’t beleive he will hold up for a whole season regardless of how well conditioned and prepared he is.
I’d rather see the Sox resign Harold Baines. LOL – just kidding.

see, the sox have engaged in treacherous psychological warfare, dangling thome in front of minnesota’s collective face, knowing they would pick him up and thereby bedazzling them into not signing the guy the sox are really afraid of, noted sox killer robb quinlan.

The Twins’ signing Tuesday of slugger Jim Thome probably meant a lost opportunity for St. Paul’s Robb Quinlan, the former Gopher who is expected to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

LINK

we win!

Forget the Twins, how do the White Sox stack up with Texas, Boston, Tampa Bay, Seattle, and Los Angeles for the Wild Card?

…that he needs to hit 120 dingers this year?

Didn’t someone around here, long ago, state that singles and doubles were more meaningful than home runs? Well then, bon appetit! 2010 is definitely your year!

all of us sox fans do not have to think about the same things.. come on stop the bullshit crying over thome … I loved when he hit homers and his good spirit in the clubhouse but come on people… He is almost well done if not there.. look .. 35% of his at bats were strike outs last year, getting higher every year if you look,, cannot run at all… cannot even play a position no longer, turtle like speed when contact was made , i was upset too, but jeseus christ, he is not even close to what he was even 5 years ago… we’ll be fine ,get over it .. if it was not for his bad back then his sore heel which kept him from even helping the dodgers much, Big Jim is close to well done, we will fin d help if we even need it.. everyone was bitching when we have turtles running , now it is time to move on.. if we really will need help, we will get it..