#fire pedro grifol

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

for his birthday i think luis robert should get a little treat if he gets a hit. maybe even a full birthday cake if the sox win

[reinsdork]

August 8th, 2024

Grady Sizemore steps in as interim manager after Pedro Grifol is fired.

[sa7abnews]

White Sox slash next year's season-ticket prices amid one of the worst seasons in MLB history

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White Sox slash next year's season-ticket prices amid one of the worst seasons in MLB history

The Chicago White Sox announced big season-ticket price cuts on Wednesday. Then just hours later, Yankees captain Aaron Judge hit his historic 300th career home run against them. When the Yankees won 10-2, it marked Chicago’s 93rd loss of the season. With 93 losses halfway through August, the White Sox are entering coveted territory with the worst teams in baseball history. Currently, the White Sox are on pace to finish 38-124. If they did, that would beat the 1962 New York Mets – the first year of the team’s existence – for the most losses in a single season. This comes after a 101-loss season in 2023.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAnd so, attendance has struggled. The team has the fourth-lowest average attendance in the majors this year at 18,307 per game, which is down from 21,405 last year. And now, the team’s senior vice president and chief revenue and marketing officer, Brooks Boyer, admits they simply have to cut prices for season-ticket holders next year. AARON JUDGE MAKES REMARKABLE MLB HISTORY WITH 300TH HOME RUN”It’s going to be a little bit different, understanding what has transpired here overall the last couple of years,” Boyer told reporters on Wednesday. “After looking at that, understanding where we are organizationally, we thought it was important that it’s something we do for our season-ticket holders who have been very loyal to us.”The team’s failings resulted in the firing of manager Pedro Grifol, who was replaced with interim manager Grady Sizemore. Fans who spent the money to see the team possibly win a series against the first-place Yankees on Wednesday night got to see Sizemore make the decision to intentionally walk Juan Soto to set up Judge with two men on in a 6-2 game. Judge made them all pay for Sizemore’s decision, belting his 300th career home run to extend the Yankees’ lead to 9-2.Chicago was officially eliminated from winning the American League Central after Tuesday’s loss, mathematically clinching more losses than the first-place Cleveland Guardians. This means that even if the Guardians were to lose every game for the next month and a half until the end of the season and the White Sox won every game, then Chicago would still have more losses. Realistically speaking though, Chicago is on pace to finish 59 games out of first place, which actually would not be the most in a season. That record belongs to the 1906 Boston Braves, who finished 66.5 games back. But for any fans still interested, the first 2025 season-ticket payment is due Sept. 30. Boyer added that the team is sending out invoices this week because it prefers to know what its season-ticket base will be so it “can make some decisions” in the offseason. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

[matthewandersonelmhurst]

Pedro Grifol Fired as White Sox Manager amid MLB-Worst 28-89 Record http://dlvr.it/TBgM7y

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White Sox fire manager Pedro Grifol http://dlvr.it/TBg8F6

[kansascityhappenings]

David Glass said he only had one regret in the 20 years as the Royals owner

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David Glass leaned on the Royals dugout rail, talking earnestly with third-base coach Mike Jirschele and clutching a baseball in his hand. It was mid-afternoon, 88 degrees and humid.

“But I’m here because where else would you want to be on a Saturday evening but the ballpark?” Glass said with a smile. “I’m not going to stop enjoying baseball. I went to my first game in 1946, and I’ve been a baseball junkie ever since.”

The current Kansas City franchise owner was in his element. Ahead was the impending sale of the Royals to a group headed by Kansas City businessman John Sherman, but Glass was savoring a day in the dugout and on the field.

With the front-running Houston Astros in town, Glass watched as sidelined catcher Salvador Perez tested his surgically repaired right arm by firing throws to coach Pedro Grifol.

“This is our 20th year with this team, and it’s been a lot of fun the whole time,” Glass, who has barely spoken publicly since word first filtered down that the Royals had been sold, said. “And making the decision to sell the team is one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever made. But it’s the right thing. There’s a time for everything, and it’s the right time.”

The sale is expected to become final, pending approval by league owners, during the off-season. But for now, the season is still on, and the 84-year-old Glass is savoring every moment.

“I love the game, I love Kansas City, I love the Royals and I wish them well,” he said. “The new owner, John Sherman, will do a great job with this franchise. I think he’ll have this franchise back in the playoffs and, ultimately, in the World Series, and I’m looking forward to that.”

The Royals, after enduring many lean years, reached the World Series for the first time under Glass’s care in 2014, losing in seven riveting games to the San Francisco Giants. They bounced back the next year to win another American League pennant and beat the New York Mets in the World Series.

The championship banner joins one from 1985 as the only ones in franchise history.

So does Glass have regrets? He could come up with just one.

“The one thing I think about is we won the World Series in 2015, and when it’s over, there’s so much stress, there’s so many people you need to tend to and things that you need to do,” Glass said. “If I had it to do over again, I’d slow it down some and enjoy it more. But the next one Kansas City’s in, I’ll slow that one down and enjoy it.”

Glass leaned back on the dugout rail once more, and greeted Grifol and other coaches and players. And an hour later, when the Royals were winding up pregame practice, Glass was still in the heat, on a step attached to the batting cage and engaged in conversation with manager Ned Yost.

He still had that baseball in his hand.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/09/14/david-glass-said-he-only-had-one-regret-in-the-20-years-as-the-royals-owner/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/09/15/david-glass-said-he-only-had-one-regret-in-the-20-years-as-the-royals-owner/

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

i hate this stupid fucking team

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

sox traded dejong i fucking quit

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

also congrats to the white sox for successfully losing 75% of all games this season

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

and for their 80th loss i will never introduce myself as a sox fan again

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

"after watching this game, you're gonna need like 30 [beers]" - ozzie guillen 2024

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

"lowe would still be on first, in a perfect world" in a perfect fucking world we would not be 27-75!!

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

in celebration of the 27-75 record i will personally beat the shit out of grifol