Hahn Time

According to today’s Tribune, White Sox general manager Rick Hahn took on his critics during a podcast last week.  For all the naysayers out there, and Hahn may have some idea as to our growing number, “the fact is whether it’s next year or the year after or whenever this run begins and we start getting closer to having parades around here, all that [naysaying] will be forgotten.”  Alright, class, let’s analyze.

First, did you notice the interest in parades?  Maybe Hahn can drive one of the clown cars.  And did you notice the general manager say the rebuild may not take off “next year or the year after or whenever”?  I did.

Talk about the basement of purgatory.  “Whenever” implies yet more burying of top prospects in the minor leagues (first Dylan Cease, now Luis Robert) while filling the 25-man roster with retreads.  Hahn apparently thinks Sox fans—the loyal, authentic ones who don’t question his judgment—are possessed of infinite patience, the kind that doesn’t question why 31-year old Ryan Goins is playing third base instead of top-30 prospect Danny Mendick or why pitcher Ross Detwiler gets to accumulate pension time on the Sox’s dime.

Yes, the rebuild is definitely Hahn time, if you will.