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No thanks on Miller

Twitter account who claims to have sources on literally every team. Seems legit.

Colson Montgomery's HR power, at least for a SS, is elite. He has carried the Sox in certain stretches this season. As with almost any HR hitter, Colson is going to have a lot of K's so patience is required. The big 3 White Sox power hitters are in a HR drought right now. Very frustrating.

Well they lost today to the shitty Royals so maybe not as big as a threat as you think.

Let's see some dingers tonight! Make the Rate shake!

Fucking incredible. Ha.

I prefer the royals win over tigers, 3-2 kc victory. Ground to be gained today,Sox!

From my interview with Mike: ML: Talk to me about “Disco Demolition.” How did the idea first get started and how did you develop it? MV: “The idea actually started two years earlier in 1977. Jeff Swartz, a guy who worked for United Artists, suggested it to me. In 1978 in connection with Coke, we had a dance contest at Comiskey Park. There were 25,000 kids dancing on plywood stages that we had on the field. We thought it might be an idea to have a night for people who hate disco.” “Anyway I get a call one day in 1979, from Swartz who says to turn on my radio to WLUP, that there is a guy named Steve Dahl who is going to blow up disco records at a shopping mall. I listened, then called him at 10:05 AM, as soon as he got off the air, and offered him the chance to do that at Comiskey Park. He was going to do it in front of 3,000 kids. It didn’t take long to convince him he could do it in front of 40 thousand kids.” ML: Let’s talk about that night, what went wrong, and what would you have done differently? MV: “My mistake was thinking that we’d get about 35,000 for the promotion. It turned out there were 60,000 inside the park and another 30-40 thousand on the streets around the park. Traffic was backed up all the way out to O’Hare Airport! Who had any idea that many kids would come out? WLUP was a 5,000 watt station; it wasn’t a giant like WLS or WCFL from when I was a kid.” “The other thing that happened was that we moved some of the police off the field. We had an adequate security force for 35,000 fans but not for 60,000. Outside of the park there were some temporary ticket booths staffed by older people. The kids were starting to get out of hand and started rocking those booths. We moved some of the police off the field outside to help. What happened next was the worst thing that could possible happen, the crowd began thinking as one and they realized there were only 35-40 police on the field. When a crowd begins thinking as one there is no such thing as crowd control. They said ‘let’s go on the field!’ ML: Some Sox fans feel DJ Steve Dahl could have done more to help calm the situation; instead he left the park with the riot in full force. Could he have done more to help? MV: “He could have made an effort. I, my dad and Harry Caray were all down on the field trying to regain control and he wasn’t... but the responsibility was mine. It was a bad decision.” “It was also a slow news day and that generated a tremendous amount of publicity, it was also an election year and Jayne Byrne used the situation as an election photo-op. What I most remember is newspaper guys like Bill Gleason saying what a tragedy it was. I know what a tragedy is, my daughter is losing her sight... this wasn’t a tragedy. The sun came up the next day; the Sox played another baseball game a few days later. It was the fourth forfeit in baseball history but how many take the same umbrage at 30,000 Dodger fans throwing baseballs on the field causing the fifth forfeit in baseball?” (Author’s Note: That took place on August 11, 1995 when Dodgers fans threw baseballs by the thousands on to the field with one out in the 9th inning in a game against the Cardinals. St. Louis was awarded a forfeit win.)

Anybody seen the documentary on Netflix about Mike Veek and the White Sox. Mike Veek give his insight into the Disco Demolition fiasco.

He's not cooked like most of the players the previous few years.

Royals do us a solid and take one from the Tigers.

They won?

Thanks for nothing KC. Such a terrible team.

Good lineup. Let’s fucking win this thing. Need to erase the stink from yesterday for sure.

Sam is the man! What a season!

bad game with blown opportunities on both sides of the ball. oh well, 1/162. Bounce back today and all is forgiven.

One of the strangest thoughts/posts in this site’s history. Practically nonsensical.

It's truly unbelievable how people don't understand how rare Colson is

I get it from the cost controlled but giving up one of our top position prospects plus a schult or smith feels steep. Now I would do it for a few of our pitching prospects - but I’m saving our elite positional talent for front end starting pitching or to have on our big league club. If you told me we signed Skubal in the offseason as Ishibias big first move then id be more stoked.

You want to trade our starting SS while trying to make the playoffs?

It all depends on where the Sox are in 10 days given their schedule and what the cost would be. And I'd also include where Detroit is in 10 days. Their schedule for the next two weeks on paper is easy compared to the Sox. I think they are the threat, not Cleveland or Minnesota.

I think Crazy Train is overplayed and it hasn't made me feel a thing in years. But man, when I hear the "All Aboard" when there's RISP and I realize Sam's about to bat, I get goosebumps