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I have no idea what this is.

Does that change the reality...sure, we can hope or wish for good results, no matter what Venable does he is likely to be second and third guessed anyway

he pitched tonight

A's don't challenge strike 3 on Yordan and he hits it out on the next pitch for a 3 run homer.

ELEVEN factoids today: September 27, 1920 – A 2-0 win over the Tigers gave Dickie Kerr his 20th win of the season in a game that took all of 66 minutes, one of the quickest games in franchise history. But it also gave the White Sox their fourth 20-game winner of the season with Kerr joining Urban “Red” Faber, Ed Cicotte and Claude “Lefty” Williams in that category. Major League Baseball wouldn’t see four 20-game winners on a club again until the 1971 Baltimore Orioles did it with Mike Cuellar, Jim Palmer, Dave McNally and Pat Dobson. This also was the final game the White Sox played before news broke nationally of the scandal that was soon to engulf the team and baseball regarding the 1919 World Series. Before the next afternoon’s game both Cicotte and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson admitted to involvement in the fixing of the series and owner Charles Comiskey promptly suspended eight players who were eventually found innocent in court but banned from the game by commissioner Kenesaw “Mountain” Landis. September 27, 1953 - The Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1 in 11 innings behind Billy Pierce. It was the last American League game ever played in St. Louis since the Browns would be moved to Baltimore during the off season after they were sold by future Sox owner Bill Veeck. Pierce went all 11 innings allowing only seven hits, striking out eight. September 27, 1959 - The Sox closed their championship season with a 6-4 win at Detroit and when the final stats were in, second baseman Nellie Fox pulled off a rare feat. Fox wound up leading all American League second baseman in fielding percentage, put outs and assists. This game also saw one of the more unusual triple plays in Sox history. In the third inning Tiger first baseman Gail Harris hit a ground ball that turned into the triple play because of baserunning errors by Detroit. On the grounder back to pitcher Bob Shaw, the Tigers Tom Morgan broke for home and was thrown out. During the play Harris attempted to get to second and was out as Sox third baseman John “Bubba” Phillips covered and tagged him. On that play Harvey Kuenn then broke for the plate and was caught in a rundown, Phillips to Johnny Romano to Luis Aparicio who tagged him ending the inning. September 27, 1963 - During the last home double header, the White Sox caught on to the folk music craze sweeping the nation. Between games against the Senators the Sox had a hootenanny promotion where folk groups and singers held a concert on the field. September 27, 1967- The Sox finished the season with the two worst teams in the league, Kansas City and Washington and the fans could smell that elusive World Series in the greatest pennant race ever. However, it all began to fall apart this night as the Sox dropped a double header to the A’s 5-2 and 4-0 after rain postponed the single game Tuesday. The Sox, in the middle of a pennant race, got over three days off, not having played since Sunday afternoon in Cleveland. Pitchers Gary Peters and Joe Horlen got tagged with the losses on “Black Wednesday” but the final embarrassment was yet to come. The normally fundamentally sound White Sox made three errors in the twin-bill disaster and got seven hits. September 27, 1981- In the first game of a double header in Oakland Sox starting pitcher Ross Baumgarten got shelled early. He faced five hitters and all reached base. Manager Tony LaRussa lifted him and brought in LaMarr Hoyt, hoping he could throw a few innings and save the bullpen. Hoyt did a lot more than that. In fact, he went all nine innings, shutting out the A’s on five hits. Even better, his teammates picked him up, wiping out a five-run deficit and winning 9-5. Because Baumgarten never recorded any outs, Hoyt got credit for a complete game…in relief! The Sox would also take the nightcap 10-3 behind a complete game from Jerry Koosman. September 27, 1993 - In front of a capacity crowd at the new Comiskey Park, the Sox won the Western Division by beating Seattle 4-2. It was “Bo” Jackson who clubbed a towering three run blast that just dropped over the wall in left that was the difference in the game. The homer capped off an incredible comeback season for one of the finest athletes in history. Also, in this game Sox starting pitcher Wilson Alvarez saw his streak of 30 consecutive shutout innings snapped when Seattle got to him for two runs in the eighth inning. The Sox went 94-68 and took the title by eight games over Texas. After a .500 start the first two months, beginning on June 1, the Sox got rolling and went 69-45. September 27, 2003 - In one of the highest scoring games in their history, the Sox battered the Royals in Kansas City 19-3. The Sox had a seven run second inning and a five run fifth. They collected 21 hits for the game. Pitcher Bartolo Colon won this one easily going the distance. Joe Crede and Carl Everett both had four RBI’s in the game. September 27, 2011 - Pitcher Mark Buehrle set the franchise record when, for the 11th straight season he made at least 30 starts, won at least 10 games and pitched at least 200 innings. Buehrle set the milestone during a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays. Those numbers were a testament to his ability, dedication and durability. September 27, 2014 - The Chicago White Sox have had a number of great players over the decades. One of them was first baseman Paul Konerko. On this day the Sox honored Paul with a ceremony and unveiled a sculpture of him. The numbers showed he was one of the best players in franchise history. Konerko hit 432 home runs and drove in 1,383 RBI’s with the Sox. He was a six-time All-Star, a World Series champion, the 2005 A.L.C.S. M.V.P. and the 2002 Comeback Player of the Year. He’d play his final game for the Sox the next day and retired after 16 seasons with the club. In May 2015 Konerko returned to U.S. Cellular Field and had his #14 retired. September 27, 2024 - The Chicago White Sox set the modern-day Major League record for the most losses in a season when they were beaten by the Tigers 4-1 in Detroit. It was loss number 121, snapping the tie they had with the 1962 New York Mets, an expansion team. Just three years earlier the White Sox won the division with 93 wins and had made the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in franchise history.

Arizona would also win a tiebreaker against the Phillies. (The two teams split their six head-to-head meetings this year, but the D-backs have a superior intra-divisional record, which is the second tiebreaker). Padres up 8-4 looks like AZ and Philly going down until Sunday

easy......you don't want to lay down against a team you might face

They are good relievers. Hicks is inconsistent - but he's good when he's on. What's your point? This woe are we stuff is for the birds.

Pecko just pitched Maybe Wesneski

I was referring to saves , Smith has 40 saves and Taylor has 10.

Last games mostly ugly but gave good clues as to who we can’t trust.

Looks like the Padres will clinch the top NL WC spot, so I think they'll get the late games. Red Sox and Yankees are locked into the 6 PM slot. If it's Phillies vs. Braves I think they will get the 12 PM slot and we'll end up in the 3 PM slot. If it's Diamondbacks vs. Braves, I can see that getting the 3 PM slot.

you'll see how serious they are if Davis Martin starts a game and Colson is the starting SS, because Martin bare minimum needs an opener, and at this point Chase or Acuña should be playing SS every single game for however long they last

I'm definitely not obsessed. I don’t think they'll win a game in the playoffs. That certainly is possible. I hope not. We'll see. Bats probably have to carry them.

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How did the Front Office fail this team. "Jerry" gave Getz the money and they were forced to shop in "Dollar General"for reinforcements.

Same amount as any other team. Just go ask their fans.

Don’t feed the troll.

FWIW, FanGraphs has our odds of making the LDS at 45.5%.

With the pitching situation that's a real possibility. Just hope to get a win, not get swept and send it to a game three, where anything can happen.

This. If they had won the division, I’d be so much more hopeful. Now I’m just expecting to get our dicks kicked in.

Ok man. You quote people's posts then get bothered with their responses. Classic, I'm the smartest guy in the room.

It matters to the players and absolutely does to the fan base. It's not like these guys aren't trying.

Oh, didn't even think of that. So I might not miss that game after all, hell yeah

Don't want to play the Astros. They own the Sox and have for the past several seasons.