The Brutal Decline of the Chicago White Sox

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[@ChefDynamic]

A tweet from lifelong sox fan Jay Cuda sums up the ownership philosophy of reisndorf perfectly; the white sox have 5 front office personnel in analytics, 2 in scouting, and 50 in ticket sales. For other teams, having less than 20 in analytics and less than 10 in scouting is unheardof, while having 30+ in ticket sales is the same. And yet they cant sell tickets

[@shiftygypsy89migh41]

i live 20 minutes for the park and love the WS but im also not paying 40 dollars to watch a teeball team get rocked on.

[@alhollywood6486]

It's not true, even a simple Google search shows there's more than 2 scouts, come on.

[@yourself867]

@@alhollywood6486 Scouts are not front office. This is talking about people at the front office heading up scouting. The Sox do indeed have 2 (Mike Shirley, Garrett Guest). The Dodgers, for example, have 9. I think OP overstated his position but it is still valid.

[@alhollywood6486]

@@yourself867 Yeah that's fair. Don't get me wrong, Reinsdorf is a terrible owner, and I know the organization is run like a Chicago political organization, based on loyalty instead of competence.

[@chicagodude8888]

I can’t believe it’s taken people this long to recognize him as the piece of shit owner he is. It’s also a bad business model to rely on promotions and half priced brats to get people in the stadium when Wrigley is on the other side of town where casual fans congregate for “the experience”. His model is spend just enough for second place and give fans hope they’re a piece of 2 away from winning a championship. He no longer has Konerko Buerlue Thome AJ or any of the other core players of the past for that business model to work and we have the 2024 Whitesox. Add the Bulls too.

[@bdablader95]

The 2023 white Sox caller said best "they just don't care anymore "

[@carystorm1863]

I saw a video that was leaked and Riensdorf was addressing a bunch of owners ,he said as long as you contend doesn't matter if you make the playoffs coming in 2nd will keep the fans happy ,I was shocked,I'm a cubs fan lived 3 blocks from Wrigley but my 1st game was a Sox game 69 or 70 I remember Dick Allen hit a Homer that day so it hurts to see this even for a die hard Cubs fan I feel their pain, but the owner plus their manager stinks should've been fired last season.

[@Harrja]

There’s one common denominator between the White Sox and Bulls…

[@lovedavantlamour301]

Well the bulls have Coby white , and with Justin fields leaving and luis Robert hurt he looks like the one bright spot in the entire city as far as their 5 major franchises go . I know you were talking about Jerry but coby makes the bulls different

[@truth9322]

@@lovedavantlamour301Caleb Williams, DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, Deandre Swift, and Cole Kmet would like a word with you...

[@lovedavantlamour301]

@@truth9322 you talking about dude who wears dresses and said “ da bears “ like an lgbt advocate right

[@HutchIsOnYT]

@@lovedavantlamour301who cares

[@WastedTalent369]

@@lovedavantlamour301that same dude would beat the shit outta you let’s be honest 😅

[@Frank14174]

It hurts to be a White Sox fan but I will always stick with my team

[@aidenawe9359]

Same

[@devinmorrison2993]

Dont they suck not only talent wise but as an organization in general.

[@alexandercastillo1224]

God you’re so real for this. please they need to lock in.

[@Seahawks1115]

Respect it cant always be bad has to be good eventually

[@moncreebrown948]

Yep, been a fan since I was 9 years old in 1993.

[@therealchucktaylor3392]

Yoan Moncada was suppose to be halfway to the hall of fame by now 😂😂😂😂

[@shiftygypsy89migh41]

bustcada*

[@llee8825]

Moncada was never going to be great. Boston was smart to trade him after his first MLB season when he batted .213. Only the Sox were dumb enough to trade for him and his low batting average, and overpay him.

[@weiyoan9207]

I use to expect monads can be a 30/30 player but now I just give up from him the swing just so bed same lvl of gallo

[@whyicare]

isn't he or will soon be on the 250 club. That is 250 strikeouts in a season. He will join other Chicago prospects like Michael Busch, Christopher Morel and Patrick Wisdom given that they are regular starters for the whole season.

[@KaisasDad]

From now on when a team trades a star Pitcher for a lazy crappy player the other team LIED about - Historians will say they got Moncada-ed.

[@JRAgo67]

It was mentioned late, but the Sox mediocrity at best and disaster at worst is all due to Jerry Reinsdorf’s leadership. Just like the Bulls, he prefers his teams to be aggressively average so he keeps his costs down and can still sell tickets. He’s the owner and it’s his prerogative to run the team like a part of his portfolio instead of building a consistent winner, and he has certainly enjoyed the increased wealth and value of each team because of it. But had he not lucked into Jordan and had the stars align for an improbable 2005 World Series win, he would legitimately be at the helm for two of the least successful franchises in all of sports.

[@carystorm1863]

Yes there's a video where he addresses owners telling them as long as you contend coming in 2nd will keep the fans happy Reinsdorf doesn't care about winning that's a fact ,bulls as well.

[@yannickjohn6930]

Frugal owners never make things positive for a sports team... Look at the A's, or Bengals, or any New York NBA Team. Look for the Liberty for good basketball.

[@davyt0247]

And he has fired broadcasters for being more liked by the fans than he is, when he does nothing to improve the team.

[@np1000]

Bulls led the league in attendance this past season. They also are consistently in the top 5 year after year. Unbelievable.

[@drygnfyre]

Maybe it's a hot take, but I honestly would say the Bulls are, overall, one of the weaker NBA franchises. They have been completely irrelevant before Jordan and after Jordan. Basically, 1991-1998 is the only stretch ever the Bulls were something. To me, that does not make them even top 5 NBA franchise. I'd put the Spurs ahead of them when you factor in things like consistency and overall win percentage. They obviously will never be the worst with the six titles, but it's really more a case of they lucked into the GOAT.

[@taqiyyaconcarne6908]

The White Sox didnt win a division title in 1994; the season never finished because of the strike.

[@collinkingsbury7952]

The key word to remember here is that it was the strike SHORTENED season. Players still won awards (Gwynn and O’Neill took home batting titles that year). With that being said, the white Sox did win the division as they had the best record in the AL Central when the regular season ended

[@brianschick5606]

@@collinkingsbury7952 They didn’t win the division. They were in first place when the season stopped. There is no 1994 division title banner at Comiskey, but there is a 93.

[@pukebastard9705]

Is that the year Montreal had a super team as well?

[@grizzgrizzly7208]

No they didn't win nobody won anything outside of individuals same reason why technically the Braves won their division 15 consecutive seasons even though the Expos were in 1st when the strike started

[@drygnfyre]

@@brianschick5606 Which led to the tragedy of the Montreal Expos. They were the best team in baseball and many analysts and writers believed it would have been their year for the World Series, maybe even win it. But the strike ended any chance they had, and the team really never recovered from it. Not to mention the prospect of three consecutive World Series champions from Canada.

[@woundedcrow4606]

I’m a Cubs fan and in my early 40’s and it was rough for a long while. Sox fans would just brazenly approach me and tell me “Cubs suck”, and just stand there. No follow up. No “I’m just busting balls”. Just an ice-cold lack of respect for you and all things you hold dear. Now that the Sox are terrible, I should be justifiably tormenting Sox fans, right? Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I genuinely feel bad for REAL Sox fans. The entire franchise is a car crash. Nobody wants the players that the Sox want to trade, and nobody wants to pay up for the players they don’t want to trade. They have no exciting prospects. They have a boring stadium. A crotchety fool for a color commentator. No brain-trust. A stubborn ass of an owner. It’s a sea of misery. I feel sorry for Sox fans. The future is bleak.

[@briansierzega]

Cubs fan as well. How crazy is it that the Sox want a new stadium?

[@woundedcrow4606]

@@briansierzega everyone wants a neighborhood ballpark now, but it’s pretty crazy. Seems gluttonous. Wasteful. I remember going to Comiskey as a kid now want to get rid of another stadium. Weird for sure

[@briansierzega]

@@woundedcrow4606 I loved going to old Comiskey, even as a Northside fan. I probably went to more Sox games than Cubs games because it was cheaper..lol But the place was iconic! There’s an architect from Chicago on KZbin named Stewart Hicks. He did a pretty good video within the last week or two on sports stadiums in general and how they impact the neighborhood around them. [focusing on Wrigley and (whatever Comiskey goes by now)] Check it out…It’s pretty interesting.

[@TS1964]

So proud of your moral superiority ... Or maybe you're just a lil too sensitive? Cause as a Sox fan of nearly 60 years, I remember the press, TV and radio giving the Cubs much more coverage regardless of record. But I guess you don't remember that huh? "Wait till next year" Please, stop pretending to be so righteous and just admit both fans support the team they choose to support. Your feelings don't factor into reality.

[@woundedcrow4606]

@@TS1964 I’m not above being a prick. Most people who are Sox fans aren’t really Sox fans. They’re just contrarians who hate the Cubs. They don’t even like baseball and just latched onto the Sox because they wanted a sense of superiority over Cubs fans. You don’t choose the teams you like. The teams you like choose you. I have no sympathy towards fake Sox fans because they couldn’t care less anyways and are already just waiting for football to start. Real Sox fans don’t choose their team. You should’ve probably realized that by now

[@Bewbscueser]

Since this video dropped the Sox have lost another 8 in a row. Their run differential is 50 runs worse than any other team. This is shaping up to be the literal worst team ever.

[@BackupPlans1]

Update July 31: White Sox are 27-84 and on an active 17 game losing streak. Jimenez, Pham, and Feede have been traded to better teams. Their current run differential is -229 and they are 40 games behind Cleveland.

[@MDCSWildcats86]

@@BackupPlans1 Entering the 2024 season, the record for losingest AL team is the 2019 Tigers (119).

[@drygnfyre]

Now that they've long been eliminated, it's interesting to look back on this. They have the modern record for losses (121), but their win percentage is a very slight tick above the 1962 Mets. If you go past the modern era, the 1899 Spiders are still the worst with 134 losses. So they could be the "literal" worst team of the modern era, but it depends which metric you pick (losses or %).

[@BatFan1]

As a Padres fan, watching the White Sox demise in recent years shows there is no right way of doing things. Fans have grown restless here in SD for Preller's propensity of dealing prospects and signing big name stars with the goal of winning now, and the White Sox was a team I kept my eye on as a franchise that was doing what I hoped we would do here in SD. Speaking of which, you should do a video on the Padres history of trading top prospects and/or would be all stars and how those turned out and you'll soon realize why this franchise has only had a handful of great seasons in its history.

[@n8doggy733]

it was brutal and it happened quick

[@Le_JYT]

I’m a die hard Yankees fan, but the white Sox have been my second favorite team forever and I treat them like they’re my 1 sometimes, so it’s upsetting to see the failed rebuild

[@garretttiedje3994]

Failed is an understatement. I don't know if the big league team could beat a college team. Unless Garrett Crochet is on the hill. As a Sox fan I can't even turn a TV to watch.

[@rich7787]

Just out of curiosity, why did you pick the White Sox? I’m all for having more than one team to root for, so I’m not criticizing. I went with the Nats as my second team to root for but swapped them for the Phillies at the start of 2019, lol

[@Le_JYT]

@@garretttiedje3994 upsetting is an understatement too, guess I was tired when writing this

[@Le_JYT]

@@rich7787 Chicago is my favorite city besides New York, plus I loved their jerseys and at the time the rebuild was looking to be going well, so I started following them further.

[@rich7787]

@@Le_JYT Makes sense to me, I really thought that team was destined for greatness. Being from Detroit that didn’t make me happy, but they truly seemed destined to compete for a WS

[@022171]

Eloy is made of glass and Yoan simply doesn't care.

[@keithpodhradsky1314]

We knew Eloy was made of glass, hence we gave him up.

[@joesaiditstrue]

neither of them care, they don't stay in shape in the off-season, which is the reason why they're always coming down with a soft tissue injury. they refuse to take care of their bodies when the season is down

[@022171]

@@joesaiditstrue After Eloy got hurt recently (yet again) Frank Thomas said when you're DH, you can't just sit on the bench between at bats. You need to be on the stationary bike, taking swings in the cage, etc. In other words, keep your body warm.

[@victorvillarruel-nh3ll]

It all goes to bad owner and bad trades they insane

[@whyicare]

I wouldn't care either if I am making multiple millions of $ especially I secured a long-term contract.

[@brianschick5606]

You didn’t even talk about the biggest story of the White Sox: Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn getting fired mid year?

[@isaiahburr9762]

A firing that was like 5years overdue

[@tomcruze7898]

5 years? Lol, that was like 15 years overdue.

[@geraldschultz9325]

They needed to be fired long ago 4:07

[@grizzgrizzly7208]

Kenny Williams needed to be fired at least 15 years sooner he lived on 2005 equity for wayyy too long

[@jayt4465]

Their team was built on Yoan Moncada, Luis Robert and Eloy Jiminez providing offense. All three are always injured. They need to move on from Moncada and Jiiminez even if you have to eat their contracts. You can't rely on them.

[@joesaiditstrue]

All 3 are gone after this year, so at least there's that. I just hope they move away from mostly Latin players. That type of style (all bat, low OBP) has killed this franchise because they don't have the development infrastructure to tease out these bat to ball skills from these Latin signings. They literally hoped and prayed that Robert, Jimenez and Moncada would just take their natural talent straight to the big leagues and it would just work out. Sox always doing things the cheapest way possible.

[@merrittorius]

Were literally the fictional cleveland fan base in the beginning of the movie "Major League"

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Tony Larussa was innovative in that he allowed rampant steroid use in his clubhouses. With tighter controls, he didn't have that available.

[@Wanderlust598]

With tighter controls, he won more World Series. LaRussa won more post steroid testing than pre steroids.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

@@Wanderlust598 What are you smoking?

[@Wanderlust598]

@@jonahfalcon1970 I'm looking at the facts. Two world series wins after testing, only one prior to it. What are you smoking?

[@jonahfalcon1970]

@@Wanderlust598 He got smoked by two teams (Dodgers, Reds) that he had no business getting smoked by, and the only reason he won in 1989 was because the Giants were traumatized by the earthquake. He's the Doc Rivers of baseball, and PS. Doc won a championship too.

[@Wanderlust598]

@@jonahfalcon1970 Lol, I'm done with you, you're too goofy. He's top five all time in most regular season stats and won WS titles with Cardinals teams in 2006 and 2011 that had no business winning.

[@NeoDaOne]

WSox fan here. I did not believe this team at any point in the last 5 years was gonna accomplish anything. I did not fall for the smoke n mirrors. Reinsdorf is one of the worst owners in baseball. He has hidden under the big market in Chicago while he runs the team like its Oakland. He is cheap. Hires terrible yes people to spew his propaganda of "he wants to win" but does everything the opposite of. He is the cancer you cant get rid of unless he gets rid of himself. As long as he remains the owner, WSox will never succeed. Its that simple. I have not watched a single game this year and wont again until it has been announced and approved of a WSox sale to some other billionaire who cares about winning as a business model.

[@dangardner7904]

My sentiments exactly. Running the White Sox is Jerry Reinsdorf's hobby.

[@Rowgue51]

They're just terrible at actually evaluating talent. They never stop to think about why another team would be willing to trade a top prospect to them for a bag of balls. Well run teams are able to sus out whether a player is actually an MLB caliber talent regardless of how highly rated a prospect the guides say they are, and they are willing to cut bait with guys that don't live up to their rating and find guys that were clearly overlooked.

[@whyicare]

The team that evaluates talents well is the St. Louis Cardinals.

[@joesaiditstrue]

Sox couldn't identify a baseball player if it bit them in the @$$

[@karsonmapes]

chris sale was unbelievable

[@davyt0247]

The Angels would like to have a word.

[@Acethestoner]

I never knew being a Sox fan was bad for my mental health. It’s that bad. But I still love them no matter what 🖤

[@burningphoneix]

The team was completely constructed terribly. Even if all the hyped prospects panned out (they rarely do for any team), the only one who could actually defend is Moncada and Robert. Tim Anderson, Abreu, Vaughn and ESPECIALLY Eloy are liabilities on defense. Left field, right field and 2nd base were holes that were never addressed and the FO prioritized the Bullpen and starting rotation despite them already being good. Oh and Lucas Giolito was a spider tack babby who rode a gimmick (High changeups) till the league caught on.

[@llee8825]

The Sox were dumb to trade away Sale, Tatis, and Siemian. My boys Abreu and Anderson were our sole consistent batters averaging over .300 yearly. Except for Tim's last year because he was deeply unhappy here.

[@joesaiditstrue]

Cease also a spider tack poster boy

[@joesaiditstrue]

​@@llee8825I was deeply unhappy he was here too

[@BuffaloBillsJP]

@@llee8825Well Anderson is gone and he still sucks

[@llee8825]

@@BuffaloBillsJP I watched Tim's swing which was changed to adapt to his knee injury. That maybe the cause of his recent hitting woes. But when things are possibly rocky at home with the wife over the cheating scandal, the psychological stress may be another cause. His ex side chick may also be causing drama and problems for him. Tim made a huge mistake stepping out on his wife Bria.

[@elilundy4443]

As a huge Sox fan, you somehow under did everything wrong with the team…Jerry, Hahn, Getz…whole franchise is rotten

[@aidenawe9359]

And Kenny

[@GhostShark357]

Love this channel keep up the great work!!!!

[@n8doggy733]

not bad, for an Angels fan

[@sir.muffiniii7011]

@@n8doggy733what

[@CatholicBaseball8]

No excuses, we now see it wasn't LaRussa fault, something is going on with someone(s) in the clubhouse/personal. Also, once Jim Thome refused to bunt in the 2006 season, it was the downfall of small ball, to a team that tries to hit home runs but cannot do so. Robert/Anderson are over rated in my opinion, their k to bb does not make them a premier hitters. The White Sox have not had a winning month since they traded Nick Madrigal. We also picked up really bad hitters this year Maldonado & DeJong.

[@doomnarok]

Can't believe the white Sox didn't win a world series with Jackie Robinson on their roster

[@WillboBaggins23]

Here after 82 losses. Love it. Aged like fine wine

[@jwclapp1183]

They were first called “The Black Sox” because Comiskey was so stingy with the money that he wouldn’t even pay for their uniforms to be cleaned. So, they got so dirty that their socks were black.

[@whyicare]

Well, the team's washing machine was out. The team's car was unreliable and there was no public transportation available to take the dirty laundry down to Chinatown.

[@RogerLambert-s5f]

No, Comiskey was just a penny pinching cheapskate.

[@howtobebasic2122]

As of today, September 21st 2024, the White Sox Lost 120 straight games this season Breaking the record for the most losses in modern Baseball History

[@richcascio]

In 2017 I was in a White Sox fan club on Facebook. I am a long time Sox fan over 55 years. In the Facebook fan group I said Moncada was not worth the Chris Sale trade. For making that statement I was kicked out of the group because they said I must be a cub fan lol lol😊. I hope all in that group see this video.

[@lordsosa9383]

you got kicked out of that group ?????? hahahahahha what a big noob you are sweet soft man

[@rogercarlson6300]

At least the White Sox have the BEST City Jerseys!

[@keithpodhradsky1314]

They look like gang bangers. Great idea to remind people of the gauntlet they have to run to get to the stadium.

[@Nichrysalis]

​@@keithpodhradsky1314Bruh. What a lame bigoted take.

[@jasonmilly3320]

Having the best shitty connect uni, if it’s even possible for one to be the best, isn’t much a flex

[@his_purpose3]

2 months later and they haven't even cracked 30 wins yet, but what they have done is go on their second 14 game losing streak of the season. The 2024 White Sox are on pace to be worse than the '03 Tigers.

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

This team is chasing records in losing.

[@Tr-fj4hr]

I’m a Sox fan and I have to admit, the hopelessness is palpable at The Rate. The only other comparable atmosphere is the Oakland coleseum

[@stevenrun34]

Fitting I find this video as the team prepares to set the AL record for consecutive losses. Lets gooooooooo!

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

My best friend in high school played for the White Sox for 6 years on AAA. He never made it to the bigs as a white Sox but he did go to the Bigs as a Yankee for a little while.

[@jimwerther]

Name?

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

@@jimwerther Yes he does have a name. Thanks for asking

[@jimwerther]

@@mylittlepitbull3143 Brilliant response. Why the secret?

[@GizmoBeach]

Not as brutal as the Marlins owner fire-sale after the 1997 season but that team only lost 108 games despite being absolutely gutted in all areas. And the trades didn't stop even as the season went on. The White Sox this year are on pace for 42 wins.

[@reymundocantu7997]

Gets straight to the point, and explains in great detail. You a goat 🐐 🙏🏽

[@bluudashork013]

Aaaaannnnnndd the Whitesox hit 120 losses today

[@bochafish]

This is a great video, touched a bit on everything. Tough times, but go Sox.

[@jjw6961]

0:17 "all the hardship they had to endure over the years since their last WS win in 2005" lmaooo you lost me right out of the gate on this one.

[@commodorezero]

Before 2005 theyd been to the WS once since the Black Sox scandal now its twice. 2 pennants in 105 years. I think that qualifies as hardship.

[@bradleyminoski2020]

@@commodorezeroThere a teams in MLB with far worse stretches (Pirates)

[@mrlaw711]

LaRussa, with his special consultant status, has had quite an impact on the success of the Pale Hose.

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

LaRussa was the Joe Biden of MLB, just way too old. Ron Washington was also a bad old hire with the Angels, meanwhile MLB teams just seem to wanna keep hiring tired old guys that only work with older high salaried teams like the Braves, Dodgers, and Astros. How about taking chances like the TB Rays or the Rams in the NFL with Sean McVay and lay off the 65+ guys. Maybe this reflects poorly on how MLB is lagging behind the other two sports leagues NFL and NBA.

[@etiennescarbinski7890]

Chicago doesnt deserve two mlb teams, Nashville White Sox sounds great

[@JazzyJeff910]

I love rise and fall videos. Please do one of my Nationals.

[@Nichrysalis]

At least we still got the stadium elote.

[@williamsn411]

If you haven’t done one already, I’d like to see you do a video on why the Pittsburgh Pirates have been so bad for so long.

[@michaelleroy9281]

At least the Pirates have one of the best parks in baseball

[@drygnfyre]

The Pirates have the same issues that teams like the Rockies have: ownership just doesn't care. Nutting runs the Pirates cheaply and only really cares about fans showing up. It's all about doing just enough to look competitive, without actually being good enough to actually win. And as long as fans keep showing up and money is being made, nothing will ever change. It's just such a shame. PNC Park is widely considered one of the best parks in the league, Pittsburgh itself has a great history in sports, a well-run Pirates team would be great for MLB. But unless ownership changes, don't expect it any time soon.

[@brianschick5606]

White Sox fans do not believe in curses, we don’t make excuses like Northsiders.

[@nikoniko3483]

Why is the audio so quiet, wtf

[@Nichrysalis]

Guillen = GEE-in Robert = RAW-burt It's not gee-YEHN or ro-BEAR. I know because I'm a fan of this dumpster fire of a team. Pray for my soul.

[@relix7373]

Intentionally walking a guy in a 1-2 count is so confusing I truly have no clue how you could come to that decision lmao

[@ashwinranji8790]

Tony La Russa being hired was the worst decision by a baseball team i've seen in the past 10 years.

[@jasonmilly3320]

What about the firing of said hall of famer who took them to the playoffs? But that wasn’t good enough even for White Sox standards. Firing a hall of famer for some random nobody to become the worst team in history isn’t a worse move?

[@ashwinranji8790]

The 2022 season was embarrassing. Dude intentionally walked guys on 1-2 counts and slept in the dugout and made some dumbass decisions. The 2021 team just ran through a terrible division. It’s not his fault the team was injured to shit, But he hadn’t managed in 10 years and it showed on multiple occasions the game has passed him by

[@drygnfyre]

It really was. Even people who don't really pay much attention to the White Sox were like "wait, what?" La Russa is such a great manager but his best days were well behind him and his more old school approach didn't make sense of the kind of team the White Sox were trying to build. Of course, La Russa being friends with Reisdorf had a lot to do with it. Predictably, the culture clash in the locker room happened pretty fast.

[@ashwinranji8790]

yeah and the game has changed so much since 2011, he clearly couldn’t adapt

[@paydrough]

I’m a Tigers fan but went to my first White Sox game while in Chicago last month. Well, first 2 games. Ended up being a double header against the Nats. Every stadium worker and ever fan I interacted with were nothing less of awesome! So they do not deserve this. I hope things turn around for them. Even tho I’m all Detroit.

[@8House]

I didn't get very far in this video. Made The Cut needs to do some research. All baseball owners were relatively cheap back then, baseball was not a multi billion dollar business and there was no free agency. That being said Charles Comiskey had one of the highest payrolls in the game in 1919. It is not his fault that 8 (yes all 8) of his players decided to betray him.

[@keithpodhradsky1314]

Sox fans have used the excuse that Comiskey was a cheapskate FOREVER. Like that justifies screwing over your fans. Just like they claim Jerry is doing now.

[@drygnfyre]

I don't think he means "cheap" as in "frugal," I think he means "cheap" as in "petty." There's a difference. The owners in the early days of MLB were mainly the latter.

[@Apis6969]

I called the team overrated in 2021 and no one believed me, Tried telling yall 🤷🏽

[@DaDitka]

If you had told me, I would have believed you. I've been a lifelong Chicago fan and believe me, if someone tells me that one of these teams is overrated and is going to crash, I would agree. It seems like Chicago is the city where pro athletes go to die. Generally speaking.

[@Nichrysalis]

Nobody was crowning them in 2021 lol. Sox fans were hopeful, yes, but nobody had high expectations.

[@Apis6969]

@@Nichrysalis nobody??? Lmaoooo everybody did

[@rogerbee1234567]

@@Nichrysalisembarrassing cope

[@natebellville3621]

Detroit Tigers - Hold our Faygo

[@ellanes77]

That’s a crazy shirt you are wearing

[@tarigarden78]

I'm praying they don't ruin Colson too.

[@Alex-ij7hr]

No offense but he sucks too in triple A

[@aidenawe9359]

@@Alex-ij7hrstill early though

[@KaisasDad]

I'm sick of Millionaires who demand to be motivated.

[@moonytheloony6516]

Congrats on Loss Number 120!

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Chicago White Sox? Thats a weird way to spell Seattle Mariners. I have watched the Mariners waste the careers of substantial parts of the careers of Ken Griffey Jr, Ichiro, Randy Johnson, ARod, Felix Hernandez, Jay Buhner and Edgar Martinez. I have seen them waste a record setting 116 Win Season. I have seen them become the first 100million Payroll Team to lose 100 Games. The White Sox have atleast Won the World Series...and they did it just under 20 years ago. Meanwhile the Mariners have never even had a Series Lead in an ALCS. I was a Mariners fan until they nutpunched me into not even watching Baseball anymore. Thats how badly run the Mariners have always and will always be.

[@drygnfyre]

They also wasted one of the best postseason comebacks ever when they beat the Blue Jays after being down 8 runs or so. So good it got an entire Secret Base video.

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

i havent really kept up with baseball in over a decade. this is the first season i have dove into in a long time. i was wondering why the white sox were such utter trash! my best friend was a sox fan so i watched alot of games with him growing up

[@Riviscira]

You can only lose 100 percent of your earnings but win 2000 percent, never stop gambling 👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻

[@flutebasket4294]

How's Jackie doin'?

[@areyoufriendly]

SO much talent over the years. It’s basically baffling they suck so often. I’m a die hard Cubs fan, but I’ll be pissed if they move to Nashville, because Sox park has good food and you can sit anywhere you want😅. The unique rivalry is pretty great too though.

[@drygnfyre]

I really doubt they move. It's just a typical tactic to get a new stadium built. And sadly, it usually works. It was like when the NFL was going to move ever team to Los Angeles if they didn't get new stadiums. Now that the Rams are back, you see cities like San Antonio, Toronto, etc. being used as bargaining chips. Right now the MLB is using Nashville as the bargaining chip similar to Las Vegas, although the latter will most likely have the A's soon enough.

[@lynxlife13]

The shield's trade almost made me crash my car that day....he just had his worst performance a few days prior to the trade to the trade

[@Drollpanther]

The Tatis trade isn’t anywhere close to the worst ever. Tatis has fallen off a cliff ever since he got busted for Roids

[@keithpodhradsky1314]

Those weren't players sleeping in the bullpen. Those were the four fans they have in the bleachers.

[@highanglelarry]

You should've put Muncys reaction after hitting that homer.

[@johantrenier1685]

Let’s face it Rick Renteria should have not been fired.

[@flodysox323]

Since this video of how bad the Sox decline is, they started a losing streak that tied the AL record. What a shame.

[@komickaze85]

Your audio is really low compared to the other videos. Maybe your mic isn't working right, or you're not using one. I have to turn it up 10 points every time. Great videos, though.

[@drewferd2720]

Ever since Jose Ramirez knocked out Tim Anderson

[@BobHose]

the thing is they haven't traded anyone big like Eloy or Luis they have the talent

[@Alex-ij7hr]

Luis can be traded, Eloy no one wants

[@aidenawe9359]

Talent has never been the issue for them. They have the same problems as the Angels and Pirates. Have the talent but can’t build around them.

[@MFPhoto1]

Charles Comiskey was not the cheapskate you make him out to be. The 1919 White Sox had the highest payroll in baseball. Only Joe Jackson was not being paid his worth, because he was still playing under the contract he signed with Cleveland. The Sox purchased this contract, but Comiskey made it clear that once the contract expired in a year or two, he would pay Jackson what his was worth. Note that Comiskey also refused to raise ticket prices for the World Series. He charged the regular season price for tickets to the series.

[@1Dager3]

I was interested in the mova globes because of this channel but then I saw the fooking prices & said fook that lol.

[@vewaddell]

The White Sox have always been bad at roster building. It takes a complete team to win in an MLB marathon of a season. You can have seven superstars but there are many other aspects to a complete team: solid 5 or 6 man rotation, backup players, utility infielder, speed off the bench to pinch run, pinch hitters, middle relievers, and late game defensive replacements. Most good baseball teams have a role for everyone on the roster. Sox have rarely appreciated the whole team approach. One symptom is their frequent poor defense. Pitching needs defense. Ozzie understood that.

[@ghostnight845]

White Sox are the Mets of Chicago 😢 but with a super cheap owner.

[@oreally8605]

Jerry doesn't want to get good players. He can easily buy the best players like the Yankees but he's happy with losing. We're 15 and 45 with a .250. Not even. 500.

[@GitzenShiggles]

The hardest 2024 first-half schedule in baseball doesn't help.

[@jarrbear13]

I’ll say this again. In 1919, the White Sox had a top 5 payroll and the first and second highest paid pitchers. The owner wasn’t cheap. It’s a myth spread to save the faces of the players and give fans a reason to forgive them.

[@hateusernames2]

White Sox are having a hard time

[@Hogtownboy1]

I like your content ,but,please use adverbs. At 00::40 it should be "come back strongly" not strong ;a otherwise great video

[@a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Do one for the Blue Jays next.

[@aidenawe9359]

The Marlins too. There downfall is even worse than the White Sox.

[@drygnfyre]

The Blue Jays feel like the ultimate "meh" team to me. They're rarely the worst team in baseball, rarely the best team in baseball, they had back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993, but then they just kind of went back to existing. They feel like the AL version of the Pirates or Rockies, but a little bit more respectable when it comes to wins. They are a team that never seems to generate any noise at all unless they are sort of in the playoff hunt.

[@fcolli24]

Man am I sick of people bringing up the Tatis trade. He was 17 years old and had played in 0 professional games. He was legitimately a kid but people love to talk as if the Sox traded away a prime talent. Nobody knew what he was going to be. For all we knew, he could've sucked.

[@musik210]

Ro-bear...? first time hearing someone call him that. always that it was Robert

[@scriptednetwork836]

It took me to the sponsor segment to figure out the guys voice was not AI.

[@John__Dough]

The fact that Sox fans were so cocky and boastful, thinking they were going to dominate their division for a decade, makes their downfall even that much more sweeter to me. I love it so much!!!😅

[@keithpodhradsky1314]

Their farm system has sucked for quite awhile.

[@patrickmayo107]

I feel like the clubhouse culture problems they've had the past 3 years are even more wild considering that the players wanted Rick Renteria replaced as their manager for not holding them accountable enough following that 2020 playoff loss.

[@kinocorner976]

You forgot to mention. That the white Sox players were actually paid better than most teams in the league.

[@wcarlosbrown]

In all honesty. When the terrible , soon-to-be dead owner & front office chose between Machado/Harper, thats how we shouldve known this rebuild wasnt going to work. Teams that are serious sign both. You dont choose nor lowball 26yr old unrestricted free agents

[@nuwildcat90]

They weren't known as the "Black Sox" for throwing the 1919 World Series. Since Comiskey wanted to charge the players to launder the uniforms, the players refused to pay so the uniforms were just rinsed with water without being laundered with soap. The dirt-covered uniforms resulted in them receiving the moniker "Black Sox".

[@Mechaxthemaskedgamer]

They could probably start looking for draft steals. It's a long shot but who knows, they need to tank in order to get back on top

[@mikegiammaria]

Getting ready to watch the Yankees and the Braves. Jerry, do you know who's pitching tonight? Chris Sale and Carlos Rodon. Good thing we can't use a couple of pitchers these days. Sell the team, Jerry.

[@cyberpimp29]

The "Cell Block" is just an ugly field in a bad location. The actual park experience was fine, other than the brutalist architecture and god awful bill boards. There is good access to food, drinks and restrooms from virtually any seat in the park. So if you want to see some bad baseball at a bargain, look no further...

[@HeySalina]

Also, for what it's worth, our farm has a ton of talent outside of the Top-100. This is the most talented minor league system I've covered on the South Side.

[@aidenawe9359]

They could of had a top 5 farm if they traded Robert last offseason.

[@aidenawe9359]

Also they have a good farm system even if they don’t trade Robert

[@oldpostreviver2624]

very low volume

This was posted two week ago..now 16-47.