Sam McDowell

But there'll be collateral damage if at some point you don't make the obvious move, which is to change the hitting coach.

And that collateral damage is going to be that Matt Quattrero is not going to make it.

So at some point, J.J.

Piccolo, and I'm sure John Sherman would be brought into the discussion if you're going to change managers.

And John Sherman are going to have to wrestle with the idea of how long are we going to continue to damage Matt Quattrero's standing with our fan base at the expense of not making a move with the hitting coach.

The 7-15 part of the equation on any time during the year, 19 of 48 playoff teams.

The last four years worth of playoff teams, 19 of them had had a stretch of 7-15 or worse over 22 games.

But it's the start.

The start of the season is different.

It kills you.

It just sucks the life out of you.

It stands out.

It doesn't get buried.

It becomes more of a mental thing.

It wears on you.

Yeah, they were 8-14.

You're nine games under.

They were one game better, and then they would go 16-2.

Yeah.

They also had the White Sox in there.