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Northwestern had over 400 yards rushing, that is insane.

I’m a TickPick guy. Have used that App for the last couple of years. I messed up ordering tickets for a play on there once…right date, wrong city…they credited me for my error. Nothing but positive experiences.

Did you say he called you?

I haven't heard from him in years. How's he doing?

Does anyone here use SeatGeek often? I used to but back in 2021 I got screwed by them once and they never delivered my tickets for a game so I stopped using them after that and just used stub hub. I decided to try SeatGeek again for Sox playoff tickets seeing as they are now the official ticket reselling partner of MLB and Foul Territory promotes them. I purchased ALCS tickets yesterday, still waiting for them to be delivered (which is fine, I get that sometimes it takes a few days), but the same seats I purchased are still showing as available and have even increased considerably in price since I purchased. That’s making me nervous that I got scammed again through SeatGeek. Anyone else have similar experiences with them?

wasn't there an extensive survey done that suggested income levels for the two fanbases in Chicago were virtually inseparable...that Blue collar local neigborhood vs. finance/VC bros (Northside and NW suburbs) was an oversimplified misnomer?

I have it on good authority that a player like Vasil was supposed to have STFU and go away, right?

Why you should root for them: This year's White Sox are easily the most root-worthy team in the playoffs. You can scoff at the AL's mediocrity, but when it comes to Chicago, you have to remember that entering this season, even mediocrity felt like a long way away. The 2023 Orioles had a bigger two-year leap than the White Sox, going from 52 wins to 101. But before that, you have to go back to the 1930s to find anything similar. But it's more than the rags-to-riches angle. The White Sox are a young, power-hitting, selfless group that is a gas to watch. -- Doolittle espn.com https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50071297/mlb-2026-how-tarik-skubal-free-agency-play-predictions-possible-suitors White Sox named one of three sleeper contenders for Skubal But ESPN writers don’t have much confidence American League Division Series ALDS: Winner of White Sox-Astros vs. Cleveland Guardians Cleveland Guardians 19 Houston Astros 3 Chicago White Sox 2 19/24 espn baseball writers pick CLE before WC series

A couple days after ACL surgery… AJ ain’t fucking around… StreamableWatch AJ Knee Post Surgery | StreamableWatch "AJ Knee Post Surgery" on Streamable.One of his teammates ran his mouth and his OL coach shut the guy down quickly…

https://www.kctv5.comPHOTOS: Royals release new renderings of proposed stadium...The Kansas City Royals have given their fans some more visuals to consider as plans for the new ballpark get finalized.Not to mention the new Royals' stadium will be in shouting distance of historic Union Station... 3td largest US station when it opened in 1914...integral part of KC history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Union_Station also $600 million in public financing "The Royals, along with Hallmark Cards, stated the 85-acre development surrounding a park-like central square with fountains will have “little if any precedent worldwide for a professional sports project, and the expected private investment of $2 billion or more would be the largest in Kansas City history.” That $2 billion-plus figure refers to the broader Crown Center development, including the ballpark village — a separate, roughly $1 billion project that is being paid for entirely by the Royals, with no public funding involved. The baseball stadium itself carries a separate $1.9 billion price tag, split between public and private funding."

Because throwing tantrums is easier than having a rational difference of opinion that is rooted in reality?

Interesting to see how that fits. I wonder how it compares to the Michael Reese site, which the Bears already said is too narrow for what they want. At any rate, I wouldn't put too much stock in what Kaplan is saying about this....his wording in that clip above sounds pretty vague.

Andrew Benintendi – the only one of the group to post at least 400 plate appearances in both years; a key veteran bat in 2024 and still active in 2026 Tommy Pham – traded at the 2024 deadline, reacquired late in 2026 Lenyn Sosa – in his first full 2024 season, traded to the Blue Jays in April 2026 Miguel Vargas – struggled in 2024 after a midseason trade from the Dodgers, then had a breakout in 2026 On the mound, five pitchers from 2024 were still in the 2026 rotation or bullpen. Sean Burke – debuted in 2024, now a regular rotation member in 2026. Davis Martin – 50 innings in 2024, now a rotation staple in 2026. Erick Fedde – traded at the 2024 deadline, now a regular in 2026. Jonathan Cannon – heavy 2024 role, but only two MLB games in 2026 after injury. Jordan Leasure – 33 relief appearances in 2024, but out since May 2026 with injury

EIGHT factoids today: October 3, 1906 - The White Sox clinched the pennant while in their hotel room in Cleveland on an off day after the New York Highlanders (Yankees) lost a game to the Philadelphia A’s. Frank “Yip” Owen shut out St. Louis the day before 4-0 putting the Sox on the cusp for the pennant. That year the Sox would go 93-58-3 beating the Highlanders by three games. Then then would upset the Cubs in the only all-Chicago World Series. October 3, 1965 - By pitching the eighth inning and giving up only one hit and earning his fourth hold, Eddie Fisher set an American League record for most games in one year, with 82. The White Sox beat Kansas City 3-2. Fisher would be named A.L. Relief Pitcher of the year in 1965 with 15 wins, 24 saves, an ERA of 2.40 and 60 games finished. The Sox would win 95 games that season. October 3, 1972 – Terry Forster was one of a trio of hard throwing, young White Sox fireballers coming out of the bullpen in the early 1970’s. He along with Bart Johnson and Rich “Goose” Gossage struck fear in the hearts of hitters because of how hard they threw a baseball. But Forster was also a terrific hitter. For the 1972 season the 20-year-old batted .526, 10 for 19, with three RBI’s and one run scored. The Sox trailed Minnesota 4-3 in the ninth inning with two out in the next to last game of the year. Tony Muser was on third and pinch runner Jim Geddes on first. Hank Allen was due up but manager Chuck Tanner called on Forster to pinch hit. He promptly ripped a single to center tying the score and sending Geddes to third. Then incredibly Forster was given the steal sign and took off for second. When Twins catcher George Mitterwald’s throw sailed into center field Geddes scored, Forster had the only stolen base of his career and the Sox led 5-4. That would turn out to be the final and the 87th win on the year for the “Outhouse to Penthouse” White Sox. October 3, 1993 - The Sox rung down the curtain at old Municipal Stadium in Cleveland by beating the Indians 4-0. Jason Bere got the last win in the cavernous stadium which was replaced in 1994 by Jacobs Field. October 3, 2005 - As baseball was wrapping up the regular season, the Sox Paul Konerko appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated sliding into second base in a game against Cleveland. The cover’s caption read, “Playoff Scramble. Who’s Out, Who’s In? White Sox vs. Indians. Yankees vs. Red Sox. 4 teams, 3 Spots” October 3, 2010 - She was beloved by Sox fans for generations as the organist at White Sox ballparks. Nancy Faust played her last White Sox game as the team beat Cleveland 6-5. Nancy took over as Sox organist in 1970 and in the ensuing 40 years rarely missed a game. Her lasting contribution was unearthing a little-known rock song in 1977 which turned into an anthem used by numerous pro and college teams. Nancy started playing Steam’s, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” when an opposing pitcher was being removed from the game. It caught on like wildfire with Sox fans and became one of the things identified with the franchise. When she was hired by then vice-president Stu Holcomb her position was out in the center field bleachers near the scoreboard. After a few years though she was moved behind home plate in the upper deck to be surrounded by fans and closer to where the action was taking place. Eventually that positioning led to a professional relationship with broadcaster Harry Caray. Then Sox owner Bill Veeck heard Caray singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” one day, secretly positioned a microphone and had Caray’s voice piped through the stadium P.A. system so fans could sing along with him. It was Faust who supplied the organ music to the song and like with the “Na Na Hey Hey” song Harry’s ‘Seventh Inning Stretch’ became a part of Comiskey Park lore. October 3, 2012 – Sometimes even a journeyman player can have one of those games. For White Sox first baseman Dan Johnson it happened in Cleveland on the last day of the season. Johnson had just 17 at-bats in the year going into the game. He was in the starting lineup primarily because the White Sox didn’t want Adam Dunn to get two strikeouts and break Mark Reynolds’ single-season record of 223. So what did Johnson do? He only blasted three home runs, driving in five in the Sox 9-0 win. He was granted free agency that November. October 3, 2022 – It caught the baseball world by surprise, it elicited everything from derision to head-scratching and it was a risky move perpetrated by White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf as he convinced his friend Tony LaRussa to come out of retirement to try to lead the Sox to a World Series. LaRussa was in his late 70’s, had been out of a dugout for almost 10 years, had already been elected to the Hall of Fame, and had some personal issues but Reinsdorf, against his front office, got his way. The move seemed solid when LaRussa led a beat-up team to 93 wins, a Central Division title and a spot in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history. The 2022 season though was a different story. With talk of World Series by the front office and the players, the Sox stumbled out of the gate, seemed to show little emotion or urgency, lost a dozen games where they led in the seventh inning or later, had a pair of eight game losing streaks and were never able to put things together. For LaRussa, the situation was worse. His on-field decisions were bizarre; his press conferences saw him stumble and mumble seemingly forgetting things at times and he was caught looking like he was asleep in the dugout. It turned out he was having health issues which resulted in a pacemaker being implanted in February without common knowledge and then an issue with it which caused him to leave the club on August 28, never to return to the dugout because of doctor’s orders. It was also later revealed he had cancer. On this day, in a press conference at Guaranteed Rate Field, LaRussa retired with a year to go on his contract. He managed the Sox the first time from August 1979 through June 1986 and then from the 2021 season to the 2022 year. He won two divisional titles in that time in 1983 and 2021 but his post season White Sox mark was a dismal 2-6. Most baseball people felt the move in total, was counter-productive to the White Sox rebuild but Jerry Reinsdorf insisted and got what he wanted…it simply did not work out the way he was expecting it to.

ya mb mixing up my Tanners

Sure, but it's not all or nothing if he can catch on with some other team. He could take a pay cut but actually get to pitch and maybe have a better time. Even back in NPB, he'd still be a millionaire but presumably go back to being treated like a star pitcher rather than a roster afterthought.

It’s true but to Jason’s credit, that seems to be related to the cerebral palsy.

Banks?

It's like a 12 year old using excel for the first time put that together.

Holcomb looks fine on the sideline. But Fenwick still got stomped by BR and their backup QB Rocco Galasso 42-21. Top 5 HS teams are Loyola, LWE, BR, ESL, and MC. Playoffs are gonna be must watch.

The truth is, everything that unlikable people do is going to be annoying. You can’t make that go away.

If a play-by-play announcer is asking the same question so frequently that it becomes a meme or a cliche, something's wrong with the broadcast. If John and Steve and the producer think viewers are intently interested in 3-0 count strategy, then Steve should know to talk about it without being repeatedly prompted. If Steve doesn't jump in on his own and John thinks there's value to the viewers in bringing it up, then the burden is on John to tell us why we should care. (Baseball Reference actually tracks each team's swing percentage on 3-0 counts, so that could be an interesting way into the discussion. And even John saying something like,"Yesterday, Vargas swung at a 3-0 pitch, but that was with a big lead" gives viewers context and tees up Steve to talk about how strategy differs in different situations.) Repetition is inevitable over a 162 game season, but the best announcers are always looking for opportunities to bring new information to the viewers, rather than asking the same question the same way again and again.

That asshole?

Mattress Mack came through for a whole lot of people I know 😁

I think I’d put aside my personal happiness for one baseball season for 18 mil. But, that’s just me….