South Side Hit Men

Pedro just got tossed. f*** this scumbag Eflin. Somebody should spike his ass on a play to first.

That's the fucking way! Nice drive Vaughn!

What the f*** are these players doing out there. Zero IQ, Zero discipline, ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.

Jerry doesn’t have a long term mindset, but the next owner should dedicate at minimum each Saturday or Sunday game each week on over the air television (WGN would be my choice). This would give exposure to the team that no other local teams currently provide (NFL/Bears leaving soon). M I don’t know how free TV rights for Spanish Broadcasts would impact their CSN deal, but if they aired 40-60 games on 44/60, you can help grow the Spanish speaking market, and folks can also watch in Spanish or mute and follow on radio. The Sox lost generations of fans in the 1980s with their ill fated move to SportsVision. They can start regaining their market share of fans back over time with smart forward thinking marketing and broadcast decisions.

Is he any heavier than when Hahn hastily gave him his two year extension in mid July, weeks before he started having knee issues? No. He has been the same weight his entire time here. Not saying he shouldn't lose weight, because at minimum it would elevate pressure on his knees. That said, Stone's comments weren't constructive in anyway, he was just trying to score gig points on his side hustle. It was good he was man enough to apologize publicly, and its good that he stopped trolling Sox fans on Twitter (hard to tell if he did that on his own).

If I was hired as GM March 1st, I would have been honest with the fan base about this team's prospects. I likely would have been criticized here, but the four bench players I would have brought north were Leury Garcia (Inf-OF), Billy Hamilton (OF-PR), Seby Zavala (C) and Lenyn Sosa (Inf), [Burger for Moncada IL and Romy for Anderson IL]. Even if Leury and Billy are poor hitters at this stage, they are valuable for the defense and pitching staff since they were solid defenders wherever you put them, and are among the few players who can help prevent 4-5 out innings. The Sox entire pitching staff is dying with this defense. Even after jettisoning Abreu, the Sox are still stuck with half their starting lineup as DH only types (Sheets, Burger, Vaughn, Eloy). This drafting position choices / roster construction has been fatal to this alleged rebuild. Robert is the only positive dWAR player (0.9), several basically 0 (Vaughn, Zavala, Sheets, 10D, Moncada, Burger, Eloy) and the rest below average (Andrus, Sosa, Grandal) or abysmal (Alberto, Gonzalez and Colas).

This needs to change for a win this evening.

Tampa Bay Rays Lineup: 1B Y. Diaz (R) SS W. Franco (S) LF R. Arozarena (R) 2B B. Lowe (L) DH H. Ramirez (R) 3B I. Parades (R) C C. Bethancourt (R) RF M. Margot (R) CF J. Siri (R) SP Zach Eflin (RHP) 3-0 2.81 ERA See if I can get a win which has eluded my game threads since 2021.

This needs to happen here for the rest of the season.

Let me assert my firm belief, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

That just happened yesterday. The "victim" is the wife of a VP within the MLB office, so the offending reporter was shitcanned by ESPN.

I like the straight single gate entry doubleheaders like the one played last week, since Jerry must credit back parking and ticket revenue. Would prefer a rain out Saturday forcing another single gate on Sunday, but the current forecast has it flip flopped. Doesn't mean it won't change.

Weather looks poor until the Thursday getaway game. Chicago (Midway) Weather Forecast for the remainder of the Chicago White Sox Homestand: Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45 F. North wind 5 - 10 MPH becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 MPH. Saturday Night: A 50% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy with a low of around 42 F. West wind around 10 MPH, with gusts as high as 20 MPH. Sunday Afternoon: Showers likely, mainly after 1 PM. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51 F. Chance of participation is 60%. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a low around 40 F. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy with a low around 44 F. Thursday Afternoon: Mostly sunny, a high near 63 F.

Chicago White Sox losing streaks milestones on the horizon: Latest Eight Game Losing Streak: April 19 - Current (Seventeen additional 8 game losing streaks) Latest Nine Game Losing Streak: July 9 - 23, 2017 (Seven additional 9 game losing streaks) Latest Ten Game Losing Streak: July 26 - August 4, 2013 (Five additional 10 game losing streaks) Latest Eleven Game Losing Streak July 7 - July 18, 1956 (Two additional 11 game losing streaks) Lone Twelve Game Losing Streak September 10 - 22, 1927 Lone Thirteen Game Losing Streak August 9 - 26, 1924 Lone Fourteen Game Losing Streak September 27 - October 1, 1967 + April 10 - 21, 1968 Lone Fifteen Game Losing Streak September 27 - October 1, 1967 + April 10 - 25, 1968 A Sixteen + game losing streak would be a new White Sox team record.

Kelly and Romy should have pitched the final two innings after it was 13-2. Not sure why they burned Lopez, assuming they are trying to win a game later this series.

I booed David Wells knocked out in the first inning vs. the Cubs in a game the Sox would come back and win in the 9th. We were far in the upper deck, but it looked to us David Wells was puking, and we assumed it could be drinking involved, so he was booed. They said he had a bad back after the game. David was the only player I ever booed. We all booed La Russa relentlessly in 1985 and 1986,

The 2017 and 2019 starting lineups were overall better than this. (bWAR) 2017: C Narvaez (1.1) 1B Abreu (4.9) 2B Sanchez (3.4) SS Anderson (-0.4) 3B Frazier (1.8) LF Cabrera (0.9) CF Engel (-0.7) RF A. Garcia (4.4) DH Davidson (-0.8) 2019: C McCann (3.6) 1B Abreu (2.5) 2B Sanchez (1.4) SS Anderson (4.2) 3B Moncada (5.2) LF Jimenez (1.5) CF Engel (0.9) RF Cordell (-0.6) DH Alonso (-1.0)

Here are the details from the CST story: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/4/27/23701435/white-sox-yoan-moncada-dealing-with-disc-issue The pain caused by the disc radiated into Moncada’s glutes. It’s possible Moncada would need surgery after the season, but the odds are in his favor against that. “My understanding medically is that about 80% of them, they’re able to calm down naturally and then you go on with your life,” Hahn said. “And then about maybe two out of every 10, you have to have some sort of intervention in the offseason. It’s trending the right way right now. “Hopefully he continues to progress over these seven or eight days and have an assignment soon after.”

April Scoreboard Watching: (9-14) Detroit 3 vs, Baltimore 0 (Top 5) Minnesota 1 vs. (6-19) Kansas City 0 (Bottom 2) (9-14) Washington 1 @ New York Mets 1 (Top 4) Los Angeles Angels 8 over (5-21) Oakland 7

Ricky is in his 60s and set for life. Not every human being is like Jerry Reinsdorf, obsessed with sucking in every single dollar on planet Earth until the day he croaks.

He initially lingered on the roster until being placed on the IL, so my first inclination is he may have had pain, but this wasn’t formally diagnosed until the past week or two. Would like to know if anyone asked a follow up question as to when when Yoan first exhibited symptoms and when this issue first diagnosed.

Wow that juice is obscene. Old enough to have bet a nickel line in Vegas (-120 + 115) and fine through a bookie here (-120 +110). Westgate Sportsbook typically has the best juice for gamblers in Vegas, Stardust s and Boyd were on point too back in the day. Don’t bet MGM or Ceasars.

Tampa fans are fortunate Jerry never moved the Sox down there.