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You're damn right that many Sox fans blame Jerry for the 1994 strike......and they were absolutely right in their anger. The thing is, not only did it put a stop to what could have been a deep playoff run, that was pretty much the end for the competitive window for that core of players that burst onto the scene in 1990. After the strike, the team fizzled out in 1995 and beyond. Thanks, Jerry! Mark Buehrle was so awesome. What an incredible career he had for the Sox. He earned that retired number and statue. I looked up Brian Downing's stats and was amazed to see that he ended up playing for 20 years. He had quite a nice career with the Angels after the Sox trading him away for 26 games of Bobby Bonds. I'd say that was a terrible trade, but the minor leaguer we got in that trade along with Bonds and Thad Bosley was.....Richard Dotson, a key member of that 1983 starting rotation. That kind of reminds me of how the Sox traded away past and future All-Star SS (and 1978 World Series MVP) Bucky Dent for one season rental Oscar Gamble. At least Gamble was a key part of that magical 1977 team though he was gone after one season, but the minor leaguer we got from NY along with Gamble was.....LaMarr Hoyt! Again, a key member of that 1983 starting rotation (Cy Young winner!). And of course, when we eventually traded away Hoyt to San Diego, our return included a minor leaguer named.....Ozzie Guillen. So, that Dent trade ended up with us getting Guillen with one season of Gamble and that 1983 Cy Young season from Hoyt in between. Funny how that worked out. I still remember Harry Caray gloating in 1985, when Hoyt was doing great for SD, at how the Sox traded away such a stud pitcher for Luis Salazar and some minor leaguer. I think that traded ended up being okay for the Sox after all. 🙂

“Clubs weren’t willing to pay for that much more control,” an NL executive said. “Whether it was because of labor concerns, short-term focuses, or prospect overprotectiveness, it seems like the market segmented itself into rentals, and players with control, but that second group seemed bucketed together, whether it was two, three or four years of control. “To me this is the continuation of a trend we saw last season where certain rentals – Merrill Kelly and Tyler Rogers stick out – had pretty strong returns, and the players with control didn’t return as much as you thought. mlb.com

Walk off?

Big deal. Hagen is going to walk way more than Jac.

Wander Franco concurs. That said if you added career fWAR from Eduardo Escobar, Tatis Jr., Al.Ramirez, Luis Robert and Abreu...would surely beat White Sox drafted position player fWAR output from 2012-2025. Pitching is a different story ofc.

Seems like some pretty big reforms to the international operations the past couple years. Probably takes some time to bear fruit. If it will at all. Paddy been gone almost two years now but I imagine most of these players are his picks made by whatever meager resources the previous front office provided. Personally, I’m team “Leave Dominican Teens Alone”.

where's the Sox diet/nutrition/wellness guy??? worse than Moncada's Hostess Twnkie obsession

Antonacci with the Airheads.

Skubal with era so far 6 ER 11.66 ip 4.63 era out of game trailing KC 3-2 after just 5 ip and almost 100 pitches

TEN factoids today; August 11, 1912 - The Sox purchased the contract of future Hall of Famer, catcher, Ray “Cracker” Schalk from Milwaukee. He’d wind up leading the league in games caught in a season seven times. August 11, 1941 - In the first game of a double header at Comiskey Park between the Browns and Sox a fight broke out. It happened in the seventh inning when pitcher Elden Auker hit the Sox Joe Kuhel in the shoulder with a pitch. As Kuhel was going to first base he said something and Auker charged him. Kuhel hit him in the face with a punch and blows were exchanged before Sox coach George “Mule” Haas and pitcher Ed Smith pulled Auker away. Browns utility infielder Alan Strange left the bench to join the fight. Kuhel then challenged Auker to meet him under the stands to continue the fight. Umpire John Quinn then ordered Auker taken into police protective custody to avoid any more incidents. Kuhel, Auker and Strange were ejected. In the ensuing melee Sox manager Jimmy Dykes jumped on the back of the St. Louis mascot and drove him to the ground. The teams split the twin bill, the Sox winning the first one 14-9, losing the second game 10-3. August 11, 1964 - The Sox finally won a game against the Yankees 6-4, having lost 10 straight to them that season. Then they made it a double header sweep winning 8-2. Why was winning a game so important? Simple… the Sox won 98 games this season and finished one game behind New York! Making things tougher for Sox fans was that the team closed out the season winning nine straight, unfortunately the Yankees reeled off a streak that saw them win 15 of their last 19 down the stretch to clinch the pennant. August 11, 1965 - Sox star left hander Juan Pizarro came the closest in his career to a no-hitter. In the second game of a double header at Comiskey Park, Pizarro fired a one-hitter in beating the Senators 7-0. The only hit came in the fifth inning, a single to right, off the bat of future White Sox player Woodie Held. Pizarro also walked two hitters but those were the only baserunners. August 11, 1969 - Promising Sox outfielder Carlos May lost part of his right thumb while serving with the Marine Reserves in California. A number of mortar rounds were fired off on the range but apparently the mortar in May’s unit didn’t. The misfire was never noticed in the confusion. May was ordered to swab the barrel out as everyone thought the shell went off. It didn’t, and he when he pushed a metal rod with a swab at the end into it, the shell made contact with the firing pin and went off. The rod, as it was ejected, took off part of his thumb which was later found by another Major League player Bob Watson. It was too late to surgically reattach it though. Intensive rehabilitation followed and May had to have a special batting glove made to protect his right hand. Even though his season was prematurely ended he was named American League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. May would come back and have some very good years especially 1972 when he was named to the All-Star team. August 11, 1972 - It was one of the longest games in Sox history and was the start of a four-game series that may have been the best in the decade. The Sox went to Oakland fighting the Athletics for first place in the division, and the day before, the game was called by curfew with the score tied at three after 17 innings. It was picked up on this day and went another two innings before Joe Rudi ended matters with a two-run home run off Stan Bahnsen, as the A’s won 5-3. Sox slugger Dick Allen walked five times in his eight appearances tying the team record. Catcher Tom Egan also had eight at-bats in the marathon contest. In the regularly slated game, Cub castoff Dave Lemonds and Cy Acosta outdueled “Catfish” Hunter allowing two hits in a 1-0 win. August 11, 1973 - Sox catcher Brian Downing got his first Major League hit, an inside the park home run off the Tigers Mickey Lolich at Detroit in the fourth inning. The last time Downing played a game against Detroit it was in Chicago, in his Major League debut back on May 31. He had just entered the game when he caught a foul pop up, diving in the process, and tearing up his knee which sidelined him until this game. August 11, 1991- In only his second Major League start, the Sox Wilson Alvarez tossed a no-hitter against the Orioles in Baltimore. Alvarez was handed a big lead early on and made the most of it, shutting down the Birds. Lance “One Dog” Johnson made a diving catch in right center field in the eighth inning, off the bat of Chris Hoiles, to save it as Alvarez had his greatest moment in winning 7-0. August 11, 1994 - The unthinkable finally happened as Major League players struck the rest of the season because of the unwillingness by owners to negotiate fairly on a new contract. (A charge later upheld by Federal Court judge and future Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor.) At the time of the strike, the Sox were leading the division, had the second-best record in the A.L. and the fourth best in all of baseball. They were on their way to back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in franchise history. Many Sox fans blamed owner Jerry Reinsdorf for forcing the strike, being a hard-line owner and sabotaging his own teams chance to get to that elusive World Series. Frank Thomas ended the shortened season very close to the Triple Crown, hitting .353 with 38 home runs and 101 RBI’s. He did get his second consecutive M.V.P. award though. August 11, 2011 - Mark Buehrle tied the franchise record when he made his 18th consecutive start, allowing three runs or less. Buehrle tied the record in a 6-3 win at Baltimore. He went eight innings allowing three runs on six hits with six strikeouts. The record was originally set by Frank Smith in 1909.

"I've never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption). Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I'm the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on 'white privilege', do ya research on that one," Carrington said in her retort. "I actually went to school, one of the top universities (Stanford) I might add, to educate myself on this exact subject. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it." Dijonnai Carrington not explaining what she precisely meant by "white privilege" lol https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/espn-filled-absolute-morons-dave-124645080.html Dave Portnoy enjoying his moment back in the sun

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/angels-245m-nightmare-left-fans-113000694.html Rendon and Angels' fans

Speaking of... Jac Caglianone, just hit his 21st homer against LAD 110.8 EV .268 .810

That's what happens when most of your regulars are hitting less than .250

Yep, there used to be a little Sox museum in the main gift shop on the 100 level right behind home plate. Then they got rid of it to expand the gift shop. This was before they built that huge gift shop on the north side of 35th St by Gate 5. Now that they have so much gift shop space, I don't know why they can't provide some space for a little Sox museum somewhere. Last I heard, all that old memorabilia plus the WS trophy are on display in either the Scout Seats or Luxury Suites area. So typically Reinsdorfian of them - make that stuff only accessible to the corporate and luxury clients by putting it in a place where 95% of the fans are never going to see it. Hopefully that will change under Ishbia - whether it's at the current park or a new stadium. And to be clear, this is separate for my desire for them to establish some sort of team "hall of fame" to honor the many impactful players and personnel who don't rise to the level of having a statue or a number retired. Dick Allen, Wilbur Wood, Podsednik, Jenks, etc.

Sean Burke hasn’t been a bright spot?

Red Sox/ESPN Conspiracy 102 Red Sox just 2 1/2 ahead now of White Sox Was +9/7 at start of sweep then +13/3 Now +10/5

1-5 pick Boston Smith only had a $50,000 bonus in the sixth round out of Wright State, pick 171. And no obvious position.

But he (Hagen Smith) is rated much higher than Boston Smith would have been if Sox had kept him. I don't get it.

Hasn't helped that we've faced a ton of quality pitching from the left handed side. I think Getz needs to find another right handed slugger to compliment what we have on the left handed side. So much of our power comes from that side.

In what, 24 hours or so, Getz traded Vielma and Smith. Gotta get rid of those guys who can hit.

Where would Vielma be if we didn't trade him for Doyle? But, I agree with your thesis.

You can sign a journeyman reliever to be as bad as Joe Rock. The guy has a 2 WHIP in both the minors and majors right now.

2024 was so unbelievably bad it’s almost hard to believe.

No Mune????? Antonacci=poor man's Tom Holland. Too bad no Odyssey costumes!! No patience for a 2 hour 40 minute show, or no 70 mm IMAX tickets available in Chicago?