South Side Hit Men

He was a Rule 5 pick. Now this late into a meaningless season, and knowing how his career turned out, it’s easy to say he should have been rostered the final two months regardless, but De Leon was a solid 2 WAR pitcher for the Sox the two seasons he pitched here. Meanwhile Bobby Bonilla went on to make 67 errors at third base across two seasons (32 and 35 in ‘88 and ‘89) before Jim Leyland said enough is enough and moved him to Right Field to salvage his bat. Also, it’s highly unlikely the Jerry Reinsdorf would sign him once he became a Free Agent after 1991, though he could have been a difference maker in 1990.

AL Owners and Bowie Kuhn quashed any move of Chicago to Milwaukee after 1969. The compromise to allow Seattle to move to Milwaukee was reached one week before the start of the 1970 season. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bud-selig/

It’s insanity. Unless Eloy hits a home run, not likely with an injured groin (last HR 7/6), he is risking exacerbating his groin injury if he manages to reach base, or requires a pinch runner when you already have a limited bench with three catchers and Vaughn wearing a walking boot. This abysmal roster management results in infielders botching plays late in RF, because you have at least two position players on the active roster who should be on the IL (Eloy and Vaughn), with a third spot wasted because Perez is up for no legitimate reason. Fire Rick Hahn yesterday.

And there were forces beyond just day to day poor management that caused the three other epic failure seasons. 1932 49-102 Charles Comiskey died 10/27/31. Settling estate in Great Depression, low point post Judge KKK Landis 1920 destruction of the championship core. 1948 51-101 MLB Desegregation Era. Many Sox fans rather team lose than sign black players. Minnie Minoso was signed in 1951, the start of the great 1950s teams. A few holdouts are still upset in 2023. 1970 56-106 White flight post 1968 riots, Sox played in Milwaukee 1968-1969 exploring sale to Bud Selig which was blocked by AL owners. 2018 62-100 Rick Hahn was born March 20, 1971. His parents are friends with the Reinsdorf family. This has resulted in fans embarking on a second Lost White Sox decade, with a generation of fans under 21 unable to remember the last successful White Sox postseason team.

Sox would have been better if Pollock stayed one more year. The Sox would have avoided five years of Benintendi.

Leave the burger, take the cannoli. Career OBP Jake Burger .289 OBP Ozzie Guillen .287 OBP

The Chicago Sting played ten seasons in the NASL and won two Championships. Jerry has one advancing playoff team / championship in 43 seasons after the 2023 season ends.

Top Ten White Sox Position Players 2013-2023 (fWAR) 27.4 Jose Abreu 18.5 Tim Anderson 14.3 Adam Eaton 13.9 Yoan Moncada 10.7 Luis Robert Junior 6.2 Alexei Ramirez 5.7 Avisail Garcia 5.5 Eloy Jimenez 5.4 Tyler Flowers 5.2 Adam Engel Top Ten White Sox Pitchers 2013-2023 (fWAR) 20.7 Chris Sale 19.5 Carlos Quintana 14.8 Lucas Giolito 11.9 Carlos Rodon 11.4 Dylan Cease 7.7 Reynaldo Lopez 6.6 Lance Lynn 4.4 Aaron Bummer 4.2 Liam Hendriks 4.1 Miguel Gonzalez

Hawk did not leave the Sox in such shambles approaching a 20 year generation of White Sox Baseball. Rick Hahn is the worst GM not only for the White Sox, but across all four sports, and one of the Top 5 worst GMs in the 150 year history of the game.

White Sox say Spider is aiming for a Tuesday return. https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/white-soxs-andrew-vaughn-aims-for-tuesday-return/

Rick Hahn, The Most Painful Whammy Ever.

Yep, swings at shoulder / neck high pitch to end it.

Tim 2 for 5.

$6M + 1970s technology = Lee Majors $75M + Rick Hahn = Andrew Benintendi

Twins 7-9 Hitters: 4-9, Sox 7-9 "Hitters" 0-10

Batting Averages (Bottom 5 in the box score) .218 Burger .211 Andrus .216 Sheets .195 Colas .161 Zavala Bench: Perez .167 Wearing a walking boot: Vaughn .244

He's crippled, should be on the 60 day IL if he isn't traded by the deadline.

Twins bottom of the order: 6 Buxton (.707) 7 Farmer (.710), 8 Vazquez (.584) 9 Taylor (.681) White Sox bottom of the order: 6 Burger (.791) 7 Andrus (.571) 8 Colas (.488) 9 Zavala (.516) Eloy better move or score Robert here.

That woman in the 1983 jersey jinxed the entire game. That and the poor defensive positioning against Correa and Andrus' inability to catch a throw from Zavala.

Middleton deserved better there. Hopefully Santos locks it down to close out the 7th and pitches a clean 8th.

Nice to see Cease buckle down there and keep the lead. Time to add more runs.

I wouldn't be playing that shallow against Correa.

Way to come through Yasmani!

Lowest OPS in the Hahn Era (100 + PA) by season: .378 Trace Thompson 2018 .399 Leury Garcia 2014 .484 Tyler Saladino 2017 .496 Oscar Colas 2023 YTD .500 Leury Garcia 2022 .522 Josh Phegley 2013 .547 JB Shuck 2016 .549 Jose Rondon 2019 .576 Micah Johnson 2015 .589 Nomar Mazara 2020 .589 Danny Mendick 2021