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I like the Castillo pick. Does Mune count?

David Sandlin

Only one of two things he is known for. The other being that he was traded to the Seamen for a good lefty reliever in Matt Thornton.

The other interesting thing about that series was that in the important first game with the score tied at three in the 7th inning, Sherm Lollar hit a deep drive to left with Fox and Landis on base, Minnie Minoso went back to the fence stuck his arm up and the ball bounced off his glove, over the fence, for a three-run home run. The Sox won the game 7-3.

Orioles are now a game behind Cleveland for last wild card. I just looked it up and the Orioles won the season series over our Sox.

Going to be hilarious if Astros advance in post season with both their GM and dead man walking Espada fired by that meddlling jerk Crane.

Six factoids today: August 31, 1926 - In a twin bill at Detroit, Sox infielder Ray Morehart cranked out nine hits in 10 at bats! Morehart went 5 for 6 in the opening game, and then capped it off with a 4 for 4 performance in the nightcap. Two of his nine hits were doubles. The Sox would gain a split on the day. August 31, 1935 – It was the highlight of his career. Sox rookie pitcher Vern Kennedy threw a no-hitter against the Indians. It took place in Comiskey Park. The Sox won it 5-0. The no-hitter was saved in the ninth inning when with one out, outfielder Al Simmons made a diving catch on a ball hit by Milt Galatzer. Kennedy didn’t even realize he had a no-hitter going until the final out! He also had the game breaking hit in the contest; a bases loaded triple driving in three runs in the sixth inning. It was also the first no-hitter in the American League since 1931. August 31, 1964 - Sox catcher Jerry McNertney was part of the cover shot for Sports Illustrated. It was one of the few black & white covers ever done by the magazine. The caption read, “Orioles vs. White Sox.” August 31, 1993 - Outfielder Tim “Rock” Raines became only the second Sox player to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. It took place at Yankee Stadium as he victimized Sterling Hitchcock and Rich Monteleone helping the Sox coast to an 11-3 win. Raines went 3 for 5, with two runs scored and four RBI’s. His home runs came in the fifth and ninth innings. August 31, 2023 – After the firing of both Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn, White Sox fans were hoping that owner Jerry Reinsdorf would go out and bring in a top-notch executive from a consistently winning organization to rebuild the franchise which sank to new lows both on and off the field. Instead Reinsdorf decided to promote former Sox infielder Chris Getz to the G.M. position. Getz had been in charge of the White Sox minor league operation for the past seven years, an operation that saw it usually rank near the bottom in Major League Baseball and failed to develop anyone outside of a very few higher draft picks to produce for the big-league club. White Sox fans, and even many in the mainstream media, were highly critical of the decision but not completely shocked given Reinsdorf’s history. Reinsdorf justified the move by saying that at his age he didn't want to waste a year that bringing in someone from outside the organization would need to get acquainted with everything. August 31, 2025 – In the sixth inning of a 3-2 Sox win over the Yankees at Rate Field, rookie Colson Montgomery hammered a slider from Luis Gil to center field for a solo home run. The 412-foot blast for Montgomery gave the shortstop 10 homers in August. That total tied Jose Abreu in April and June 2014 for the most by a rookie in a calendar month in White Sox history. On the season it was number 15 for the former first round draft pick.

Taking down MIS in a longer series than 5 games...good luck with that one. PCA MVP or not.

He’s a hero 24/7 in my book.

That’s pretty sad and in poor taste, whether it was truly his wife’s idea or his. Definitely not worth looking like a cheapskate with what he’s about to sign for.

"Private Equity/Angel Investors" Fine, will go with "entire Sox bullpen" collectively if they can survive September

Yay??? https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/tarik-skubal-says-his-wife-made-him-take-his-espresso-machine-from-tigers-clubhouse-to-los-angeles-184711340.html Not as good as Skubal's wife taking the luxury expresso makers back from DET and AZ Spring Training Complexes... That doesn't bode well for Boras or whoever his agent is signing any FA deals with the Tigers lol.

Assuming your belief that Ishbia wouldn't accept building a new stadium where the parking lots are right now if given no other choice, I'm sure he'd try to look someplace in the suburbs. And let me shut down IMMEDIATELY your next post which would say something crazy along the lines of 'well I guess he'd move the team to Nashville..." 😆

Drew Thorpe

Very true and I'd love to get a split as well.

When Ishbia takes over it may be what you and most Sox fans are desperately wishing/hoping for.

Anything is possible but I'd say the odds of the MLBPA accepting a salary cap (which would trigger a floor) are slim and none.

Justin Ishbia.

Except Griffin is basically as cheap as they come. There's no world where JR wants to add a $20+ million commitment for next year unless A. it provides a tax write off advantage B. JR believes a minimum salary floor is coming and they need to start adding to get to let's say $130-140 million with a very limited number of quality FA's to bid upon

VERY fair point but generally speaking those guys have had some success and have been pretty reliable. There's no question the Sox are lacking in starting pitching at all levels it seems due to injuries, regressions and JR's 'fiscal philosophy' when it specifically comes to paying for premium pitching. And that philosophy certainly isn't going to change heading into next season, if there is one.

Agree with you but I also have to say, and I can't believe I'm doing this, that we don't know what restrictions or conditions Getz was put into by JR regarding the deadline. Maybe JR had nothing to do with things, in which case it's completely on Getz for the stupidity, but based on past history I wouldn't put it past JR to be involved in matters and decision this past end of July.

What's the quality front end even, lol? Burke, Kay and Fedde?

So will I but the lack of a quality back end for the rotation is causing stress on the rest of the staff. That shouldn't be happening right? Fegan last week wrote the pitching staff was "exhausted."

Plus the Guardians are getting $2.8 million back to spend on the overage/faked identity LA intl signing... Marco Paddy - Baseball Operations Leader | Latin America Scouting ..."Excited to share that I’ve officially started as a Financial Services Business Development Representative at Salesforce! A huge thank you..." 25 CHW 72-63 $102,161,232 26 WSH 65-73 $98,225,193 27 ATH 53-83 $97,339,345 28 STL 68-69 $91,836,093 29 MIA 68-68 $82,145,481 30 CLE 68-68 $77,648,749

I promise you if Getz could get a mulligan on that trade, he would