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I wanted Harper for several reasons (RF, power LH bat), but his “star power” was probably equal to anything he offered on the field. Simply making a non relevant team relevant nationally.

May 30, 1951 - The Sox blasted the St. Louis Browns 8-1 to win their 14th consecutive game. It’s the second longest winning streak in franchise history. After returning to Chicago, Mayor Martin Kennelly presented vice president Chuck Comiskey, manager Paul Richards and the White Sox, the keys to the city in a ceremony. The Sox would go from “Rags to Richards” in 1951 ending their string of desultory seasons and pointing the way to the “Go-Go” 1950's. That year the Sox went 81-73-1 good for fourth place and their first winning season since 1943. May 30, 1960 - Outfielder Jimmy Piersall, who would become a Sox announcer in the 1970's and early 1980's, went on a rampage against the scoreboard and Comiskey Park. Piersall started by throwing the contents of the Cleveland dugout on to the field after he was ejected by umpire Cal Drummond for calling balls and strikes while standing on second base. He then went into the Sox dugout, grabbed a bucket of groundskeeper Gene Bossard’s sand and dumped that on the field. In the other game, Piersall didn’t move when a ball hit by “Minnie” Minoso came right at him. It went over his head for a double and adding insult to injury, the Sox thought it was a home run and set off the scoreboard! Finally, Piersall caught the last out of the game, then turned and threw the ball at the scoreboard which he hated. All in a day’s work, as Cleveland took a twin bill 4-1 and 9-4. May 30, 1966 - Sox pitcher Jack Lamabe fired a one-hitter at Comiskey Park beating the Red Sox 11-0. Lamabe didn’t allow a hit until Joe Foy singled leading off the eighth inning after he shook off catcher J.C. Martin. He faced 30 batters, striking out six and walking two. It was a sweep on the night for the Sox who shut out Boston in both games. The Sox won the opener 1-0 behind pitcher Johnny Buzhardt who only allowed five hits. In addition, this was the club’s third consecutive shutout, since the day before Tommy John blanked the Yankees 2-0. May 30, 1985 - In a night game at Comiskey Park, Carlton Fisk belted a rooftop home run off the Royals Charlie Leibrandt in the fourth inning with a man on base. It helped Tom Seaver and the Sox win 4-3. It was the start of a four-game sweep of the Royals and a week in which Fisk would hit five home runs and drive in 12 RBI’s. That season Carlton would set career highs with 37 home runs and a 107 RBI’s.

I'd like to see them rest Yoan vs. at least 1/2 the LH starters, let Burger start at 3B. They need to demote or DFA Alberto when Elvis returns. If they send Romy down, they are not serious competing today or tomorrow.

Sox have acquired JRs favorite, Cash Considerations for Jake Marisnik.

Rest in Peace Duke Ellis.

Damn baby, you must be the Chicago White Sox, cuz you look bad as hell

I have cut costs on the White Sox. I dropped my normal 10 game package I take my family to every year. In addition, I also usually go to several other individual games with various friends outside that package. Since I am missing those games this year, Reinsdorf is not getting my several hundreds of dollars I would have spent on food, beer and parking in each of those games. However as a long time die-hard Sox fan, I am totally pissed at the owner and GM. I have personally been as loud as anyone on this forum for my constant harsh comments about my utter dislike of Reinsdorf and Hahn. Trust me, it will not stop and I will continue to bash them on SoxTalk. I agree with you that fans should stop going to games to send a message. Unfortunately not enough of them will actually do it. I have stated that point on many posts. My bottom line is, I agree with any poster on SoxTalk....if they want to scream and heavily criticize this POS dysfunctional organization, that is run by the worst owner in baseball, then go right ahead and you will never hear me blast that poster for their harsh comments.

A few problems. The fans wanted Machado or Harper. An MVP caliber player that can carry an offense and take pressure of off hitters. The fans saw this team had s%*# defense and DH's playing in the outfield. We watched this team do next to nothing to address the lack of power. Yeah there was hope before, but they truly failed building and supplementing this roster as necessary.

The fact that he's injured so much that he's tired of the AAA team is comical.

Eloy has died, alleluia Eloy is risen, alleluia Eloy will die again, Alleluia, alleluia Welcome back Eloy and please remain healthy and prosper!

PADDY WINS SABR'S HEMOND AWARD The Society for American Baseball Research's Scouts Research Committee has announced White Sox international scouting director Marco Paddy as the recipient of its annual Roland Hemond Award. Paddy, 56, broke into baseball as a Braves area scout in 1994 and ascended to their director of Latin American operations in 2004 before moving on to the Blue Jays and White Sox in similar roles. He has overseen the signings of such players as José Abreu, Henderson Alvarez, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Luis Robert Jr. and Fernando Tatis Jr. The award honors both Paddy and Hemond, who spent seven decades working in baseball, winning World Series championships with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the 2005 White Sox. He probably helped more scouts (and more baseball people in general) than anyone else in the history of the game. Hemond co-founded the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation to provide financial assistance to those who had fallen on hard times. He also worked to find college scholarships for scouts and other people connected to baseball who wanted to further their educations, and he persuaded owners to approve a pension plan for non-uniformed personnel. Hemond died at age 92 in December 2021. Mentioning his name is still a guaranteed way to get a smile out of anyone who knew him. source MLB.com Jim Callis

Bro I very much like the RBI stat.

Pump it up until you can feel it Pump it up when you don't really need it !

Thing is his HOMERS ain't cheapies either.

Romy nearing 1.000 OPS since he's been back.

Was honestly hoping Seby would get him to 100 pitches just for the lols

Incredibly predictable that Tyler Anderson would revert to being a below average pitcher after leaving the Dodgers, especially to go to the Angels where pitchers that aren’t absolute studs seem to go to die.

No fucking way. He needs to start and Andrus cover 15% of games at both SS and 2B. Alberto serves no purpose with Burger able to cover 3B.

Romy Gonzalez, chaos agent

f*** the Vaughn haters

No doubt he looks for a pitch, and I love that. It’s more that his swing path is way off. Happened last night and then in his last at bat.

there's our 80 million dollar platoon LF, attaboy

Giolito's stuff is so terrible. The fastball on the strikeout looking was 90 mph. Most of his sliders are down the middle or nowhere close

For years everyone that I know would complain about how mediocre the Sox are . I think that now they are below that . now they are just bad.

Good post as usual, Dick. I'd like to point out the Sox are equal opportunity losers. They've lost to good teams, sure (Rays, Stros) but also gotten boatraced by the Royals (in KC) and Tigers and some other rotten teams. Sox appear to have another horrific road team and a .500ish squad for home games.

You keep making comments like this, but exactly what kind of discourse are you looking for right now?

Hahn was right when he said they were "mired in mediocrity". Unfortunately if he said that again he would be right again. I see the White Sox as a bunch of individuals not a team.

If they would have signed their core and solid young FAs (27-29), then it would have worked, but Hahn spent the money on a bunch of s%*# they end up DFAing or wishing they never signed if they were ever honest. Hahn also pissed away young cost controlled players for old s%*#, made the team worse with each and every deal. $75M Andrew Benintendi 0.3 bWAR Can he hit a home run over 5 years? Perhaps. $73M Yasmani Grandal 3.0 bWAR DH masquerading as a catcher. $56M Dallas Keuchel 1.0 bWAR Garbage playoffs, clubhouse cancer, DFA'd. $40M Lance Lynn 5.8 bWAR Pissed away a valuable cost controlled pitcher. He likes steak, playoff trash. $24M Kendall Graveman 1.5 bWAR More money to the bullpen sinkhole while RF and 2B rot in hell. $18M Joe Kelly -0.6 bWAR Even more money sunk into the bullpen. He had 2 good weeks. $17M A. J. Pollock 0.4 bWAR Hahn flipped s%*# for more expensive s%*#. Took buyout to escape toxicity, $17M Leury Garcia -1.0 bWAR Vast overpay for an overplayed backup. DFA'd 1/3 into the contract. $12M Edwin Encarnacion -0.3 bWAR Pissed away $12M on a team full of DHs. Absolute garbage. $12M Mike Clevinger 0.7 bWAR Child Abuse, Domestic Violence. Team had best stretch with him on IL. $9M Jake Diekman -1.3 bWAR Complete and utter garbage. DFA'd. $8M Adam Eaton 0.0 bWAR Toxic garbage, wouldn't rehab, DFA'd. $6M Craig Kimbrel 0.0 bWAR Hahn and Kenny's best idea. Picked up option turned this to more s%*#. Totals: $367M for 9.5 bWAR + 2/3 of seasons left for Clevinger, Grandal, Lynn, Kelly. 1 2/3 Seasons left for Graveman. 4 2/3 Seasons left for Benintendi.

It's almost like they are intentionally trying to act like the A's and Reds... alienating as many fans as possible. Meanwhile, the GS Warriors have a GM that led them to 4 titles and a genuine dynasty in Bob Myers and he's still getting pushed out. Would Hahn still keep his job if he killed someone in broad daylight at 35th and the Dan Ryan?

Kenny Williams literally said that on the radio the morning after Machado signed. In the same interview he said the White Sox couldn’t guarantee 2027/2028 to Machado because they had to be prepared to sign their next core and also insisted that their 8/$250 offer with 2 team options was actually worth more than the Padres offer because the team options would pay more money if they were picked up. I believe some of us noted this contrast at the time, it contributed to them being called clowns. (He also said the White Sox don’t do player opt outs).

This was stupid if true. You ALWAYS sign the MVP and HOF caliber middle of the order lefty bat in his prime. You figure out the rest 8 years down the road and if one of your core players bust, his money funds Harper's last few years. If everyone turned out to be worthy of the money, then you enjoy your multiple championships and use the money from said championships and fame to pay Harper, or trade someone to retool the farm.

Luck is the residue of design - Branch Rickey They've been losing "heartbreaking" games because the team as currently put together isn't good enough to win them. This team is DOA and has been for awhile.

Grandal is quickly moving up the leaderboard for worst contract by the Sox of all time. 4.1 WAR in 4 years. 18 million per WAR. At least we could get that out of Seby for the league minimum. Seby throws out more runners too. Grandall is at like 17% the last 3 years. A decent throw and Liam wouldnt have let up any runs that inning.

They’re not good, there was no death blow. Team was never going to contend with so many busts.

Pitching staff records 16 strikeouts, and we're on the losing end. Amazing stuff really.

Because Pedro refuses to ever deviate from his script. He’s a horrible, horrible manager.

Close SoxTalk to get revenge on Hahn, lol? He would probably be elated to have less noise in terms of constant online criticism and invective.

Ump screwed him on 2 calls too

Why? If the cancer is gone, why the f*** not? He's healthy. Cancer is gone. Life goes on.

Boston legit had a chance to use the phrase “don’t let us win one” and make it happen, but lmao well I’m sure silver is extremely upset about ratings now this is just terrible

Eloy is the best hitter on the White Sox. He brings a level of excitement that few other players on the team can each time he steps in the box. He is not an easy out like some other players on the team have been this season in key situations. Anyway, what difference does it make when your starting pitcher gives up a grand slam and your relievers can't hold a lead? One player and even an entire offense can only do so much to help a team win. Sox pitchers have been inconsistent and mostly dreadful this season. But hey, why not make Eloy or Tim Anderson the scapegoats ?

I'll be curious what attendance is tonight. If I knew last week he'd be back tonight I'd have planned to attend. The fact he wasn't making rehab appearances then they give 24 hour notice seems kind of a miss but maybe pre-sale for today was high. Liam deserves to be honored this eve and I'd have loved to be there.

I think it's too early to give up on Vaughn, you'll have to just write this season off and hope some of these guys can bounce back next year. whatever's causing Vaughn to suck is also infecting the rest of the team, that's why I don't think the problem is necessarily one specific thing or another and instead the entire team trying to overcompensate for how bad they were then first 2+ months, and baseball isn't really a sport where you can just grind harder to fix your problems

He can’t be counted on long term

And it would reinforce Jerry to do nothing next off-season.

I can’t take any joy from that. An unlikable team winning a crappy division. I’ve already tuned them out and that would not interest me.

It’s obviously too late at this point, but it’s almost like the white sox don’t even know you’re allowed to trade players. I cannot fathom the thought behind developing 8 interesting first basemen at the same time, and trading none of them while allowing yourself to field replacement level players at several positions.

Putting Burger at second is another example of self-destruction.

Yep, more brain dead decision making by this top notch organization

Yikes. Just do the right fucking thing and send Vaughn to either a platoon or AAA. There's literally no other franchise dumb enough to try this. He will either hurt himself, removing our best current hitter, or he will miss routine plays and put even more pressure on our mediocre staff.