WestEddy

Coverage of the victory today on Sox on 35th. White Sox 8, Cubs 1: Offense explodes in Cactus League opener | Sox On 35th

1) It would be very cool if Antonacci suddenly develops power. 2) Meidroth has to be worried about 2 guys, now, Ant-man and Bergolla taking his bench fallback. 3) If guys like Tyson Miller could revisit previous success, we could have a sneaky good bullpen. 4) The Cubs only ran 4 major leaguers out there today. It's still fun to beat them.

"Want owner to be able to light cigars by burning $100 bills" barely edged out "winning".

First Spring opener victory since 2022.

I'm actually a bit bummed Pereira was scratched. Allegedly, he's been going nuts in batting practice.

He doesn't know the shortcut through Reservation land.

Somebody just mentioned this...

Bryan Ramos probably would have looked good about now.

Grok tells me this about opening day roster players remaining in the game two years later:

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There are intra-team scrimmages going on. Weird how we're only seeing a HR or so, and not more. Can't wait for games to start.

The PTBNL from the Angels in a deal that sent Gordon Beckham west in 2014

Disheartening.

I like the misuse of the apostrophe for pluralizing mantra. That's a pure red flag for me, Makes me very concerned about who's behind the account. Russian bots? Has a very definite "while you post about the White Sox, your wife flirts with Twin fans on TikTok" feel to it.

Joking.

Tirso Ornelas is probably a get. Seems like a similar profile as Yanquiel Fernandez, Jack Suwinski, and Jarrod Kelenic, really.

You sure about that? Was looking for a weird, random cover of Getting Better, and stumbled upon the leaders of the 1960's Uruguayan Rock 'n' Roll Invasion. I love these kind of rabbit holes.

I really struggle to figure out what you're kvetching about. Colson Montgomery is going to be the opening day SS. If he gets injured, or falls off tragically, they have Bergolla, Bonemer and Carlson behind him, and they'll probably draft a SS at #1 this year. Are you expressing anxiety in a non-Sox hot stove string that the White Sox will field a team without a shortstop at some point in the future?

No, you just said that nobody predicted Colson would stick at SS. That would include you, right?

Oh, and now Walker Buehler. Am I watching Citizen Kane, where Preller signs away the entire opposing team? LOL. Everybody with a brain knew Colson could play SS. You predicted he couldn't. Deal with it. [sunglasses dropping emoji]

Oh, I'm fine. The Padres put themselves right in the World Series convo with Ty France, Nick Castellanos, German Marquez, and Griffin Canning. I guess they're ready to take on the Dodgers. LOL. Oh, Johnny Jeter, Nate Colbert, Tom Phoebus.