South Side Hit Men

MLB Double #200 for Josh Harrison.

Nice to see Tony attempting to win today. Must have put down a sizable wager in today on the betting app.

Was never a fan of the signing since day one. That said, it's just another sunk cost. No sense cutting him now, the Sox still need innings eaten. The Sox need their core four back (Lucas, Cease, Kopech and Lynn) and two workable options (Lopez, Cueto, Velasquez) to cover #5 and an injury before one could even consider cutting Keuchel. He can still give you 100 innings, and with the injuries and caution with Kopech, it's prudent to keep him at least until Labor Day. Doesn't have to start every fifth game, can be a long man out of the bullpen.

The long delay between the 8th and 9th (long ass Top of 9) really impacted Lorenzen, IMO. But it was nice to see the Sox battle back. Maddon should have had Tepara warming to start the 9th, saved Iglesias for an actual save situation (tomorrow, or if necessary today). Closers seem to shit the bed with a 4 + run lead.

Time for Sheets to make many here eat crow.

Hendriks warming up, you need three NOW.

Turn out the lights, the party's OVER. (In Vegas)

He was safe per Len and DJ.

Leury Legend!!!

That 40 minute Top of the 9th has impacted Lorenzen.

The top of the 9th feels like two hours.

Right Groin tightness for Ohtani. Could cost him the game tomorrow.

Rick Hahn 627-748 .456 "You are what your record says you are." - Bill Parcels

Not saying Sheets is a good defender, but Pollock has never played RF and has looked uncomfortable and terrible out there. Cost them the game in Detroit. His primary worth is if you can salvage his bat and keep him on the field for 100 games. They have needed a RF for three years, and Hahn has come up with Mazara, Eaton, and rotating spot (Leury/Sheets/Engel).

Really cool exchange between Trout and Vince after the ump called for a rain delay. Both wanted to play through it. https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-wants-to-take-at-bat-in-pouring-rain Umpires should defer to Mike Trout when it comes to weather related decisions. https://calltothepen.com/2022/01/28/los-angeles-angels-mike-trout-keeps-flying-weather-geek-flag/

Straight ball he hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are afraid.

Through the chill of winter Running across a frozen lake Hunters are out on his trail All odds are against him With a family to provide for The one thing he must keep alive Will the wolf survive?

Nice to see Velasquez start well, hope they can score a few more to build a comfortable lead for the bullpen.

I agree this specific instance primarily impacts the Dodgers and the authority of the Commissioner's Office. That said, owners in general have an interest in testing the boundaries of escaping the terms of a "guaranteed" contract. Other MLB suspensions (performance enhancing and recreational drugs, on field actions such as fights and bean balls) were doled out in a narrow negotiated range between MLB and the MLBPA. I don't believe the MLBPA intended for this wide range of discretion when they agreed to the Domestic Violence Policy. That said, it will be interesting as to whether the Union will join Bauer in actively fighting this, or it has agreed to the terms of the suspension, as it has done throughout the past several months of his fully paid suspension. Public relations wise, it puts the union in a tight / bad PR spot to back Bauer, and puts the owners on the moral high ground. There have been no public releases regarding the suspension by the MLBPA. Noted defenders of the MLBPA have tweeted in support of this suspension (see below).

Bauer is a POS, but I don't see a credible arbitrator upholding this ridiculous suspension length when compared to the length of prior MLB domestic violence suspensions. It's a negotiating starting point by the owners. The Dodgers will waive him and pay off for whatever games are left on his contract upon any reduction of the suspension. They have made it clear throughout this process they have no interest in him returning. The two interesting scenarios at this juncture are what, if anything, with the MLBPA do to challenge this suspension, and whether another MLB team will take a chance after he is reinstated. Perhaps he'll sign with a Japanese or Korean team to stay sharp in the interim, not sure how open these leagues would be to signing him.

Can't stop the Jeter Not with a curve, not with a heater

James McCann becomes the 62nd MLB catcher to catch 2 or more no-hitters. He becomes the sixth White Sox (Bold) and eighth player in MLB history with at least one game caught in two leagues (italics / underlined). Of the 315 Official No Hitters in MLB history, 144 or nearly half (45.7%) were caught by these 62 catchers. Thirteen of these 62 catchers caught two no-hitters from the same pitcher: (Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Nig Clarke, Lou Criger, Silver Flint, Ryan Hanigan, Fran Healy, King Kelly, Ernie Lombardi, Jimmy Peoples, Wilson Ramos, Johnny Roseboro & Carlos Ruiz (twice - Halladay and Hamels, the second a split NH)). Many fans are aware of Johnny Vander Meer's back to back no-hitters across two starts. One trivia piece most fans including Sox fans are aware of is the fact that the Chicago White Sox are the only team in MLB history to have been no-hit across two consecutive days (May 5 & 6, 1917 vs. the Saint Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park (Saint Louis, not Cicero)). However, the second no hitter on May 6th followed Game 1 of a Doubleheader, the Sox losing 8-4. May 5, 1917 - Saint Louis Browns 1 vs. Chicago White Sox 0, Attendance 4,000 May 6, 1917 - Saint Louis Browns 3 vs. Chicago White Sox 0, Attendance 20,000 Four No-Hitters (2 Catchers) Carlos Ruiz (NL Philadelphia (4) 2010 Roy Halladay (twice); 2014 (C. Hamels (6 IP), J. Diekman (1), K. Giles (1) & J. Papelbon (1)) & 2015 Cole Hamels) Jason Veritek (AL Boston (4) 2001 Hideo Nomo; 2002 Derek Lowe; 2007 Clay Buchholz & 2008 Jon Lester) Three No-Hitters (16 Catchers) Alan Ashby (NL Houston (3) 1979 Ken Forsch; 1981 Nolan Ryan; 1986 Mike Scott) Yogi Berra (AL New York (3) 1951 Allie Reynolds (twice) & 1956 Don Larsen (Playoffs)) Roy Campanella (NL Brooklyn (3) 1952 Carl Erskine; 1956 Carl Erskine & 1956 Sal Maglie) Bill Carrigan (AL Boston (3) 1911 Smoky Joe Wood; 1916 Rube Foster & 1916 Dutch Leonard) Del Crandall (NL Milwaukee (3) 1954 Jim Wilson; 1960 Lew Burdette & 1960 Warren Spahn) Lou Criger (AL Boston (3) 1904 Cy Young; 1905 Bill Dinneen & 1908 Cy Young) Silver Flint (NL Chicago (3) 1880 Split Catcher Game with King Kelly - Larry Corcoran; 1882 Larry Corcoran & 1885 John Clarkson) Jim Hegan (AL Cleveland (3) 1947 Don Black; 1948 Bob Lemon & 1951 Bob Feller) Charles Johnson (NL Florida (3) 1996 Al Leiter; 1997 Kevin Brown & 2001 A. J. Burnett) Ed McFarland (NL Boston 1898 Red Donahue & AL Chicago 1902 Nixey Callahan & 1905 Frank Smith) Val Picinich (AL Philadelphia 1916 Bullet Joe Bush; AL Washington 1920 Walter Johnson & AL Boston 1923 Howard Ehmke) Buster Posey (NL San Francisco (3) 2012 Matt Cain; 2013 Tim Lincecum & 2015 Chris Heston) Wilson Ramos (NL Washington (3) 2014 Jordan Zimmermann & 2015 Max Scherzer (twice)) Ray Schalk (AL Chicago 1914 Joe Benz; 1917 Eddie Cicotte & 1922 Charlie Robertson) Luke Sewell (AL Cleveland 1931 Wes Ferrell & AL Chicago (2) 1935 Vern Kennedy & 1937 Bill Dietrich) Jeff Torborg (NL Los Angeles (2) 1965 Sandy Koufax & 1970 Bill Singer; AL California 1973 Nolan Ryan) Two No-Hitters (44 Catchers) Joe Azcue (AL Cleveland 1966 Sonny Siebert & AL California 1970 Clyde Wright) John Bateman (NL Houston 1963 Don Nottebart & NL Montreal 1969 Bill Stoneman) Drew Butera (AL Minnesota 2011 Francisco Liriano & NL Los Angeles 2014 Josh Beckett) Victor Caratini (NL Chicago 2020 Alec Mills & NL San Diego 2021 Joe Musgrove) Nig Clarke (AL Cleveland (2) 1908 Addie Joss & 1910 Addie Joss) Walker Cooper (NL Saint Louis 1941 Lon Warneke & NL Boston 1950 Vern Bickford) Johnny Edwards (NL Cincinnati 1965 Jim Maloney & NL Saint Louis 1968 Ray Washburn) Ray Fosse (AL Oakland 1975 (Vida Blue & Glenn Abbott caught by Gene Tenace, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers by Ray Fosse) & AL Cleveland 1977 Dennis Eckersley) Charlie Ganzel (NL Philadelphia 1885 Charlie Ferguson & NL Boston 1892 Jack Stivetts) Joe Girardi (AL New York (2) 1996 Dwight Gooden & 1999 David Cone) Ryan Hanigan (NL Cincinnati (2) 2012 Homer Bailey & 2013 Homer Bailey) Ron Hassey (AL Cleveland 1981 Len Barker & NL Montreal 1991 Dennis Martinez) Fran Healy (AL Kansas City (2) 1973 Steve Busby & 1974 Steve Busby) Randy Hundley (NL Chicago (2) 1972 Burt Hooton & 1972 Milt Pappas) Ron Karkovice (AL Chicago (2) 1986 Joe Cowley & 1991 Wilson Alvarez) King Kelly (NL Chicago (2) 1880 Split Catcher Game with Silver Flint - Larry Corcoran & 1884 Larry Corcoran) Randy Kemmier (AA Columbus (2) 1884 Ed Morris & 1884 Frank Mountain) Ernie Lombardi (NL Cincinnati (2) 1938 Johnny Vander Meer - Back to Back) James McCann (AL Chicago 2020 Lucas Giolito & NL New York 2022 T. Megill (5 IP), D. Smith (1 1/3), J. Rodriguez (1), S. Lugo (2/3) & E. Diaz (1)) Tim McCarver (NL Philadelphia 1971 Rick Wise & NL Montreal 1972 Bill Stoneman) Miguel Montero (NL Arizona 2010 Edwin Jackson & NL Chicago 2015 Jake Arrieta) Miguel Olivo (NL Florida 2006 Anibal Sanchez & NL Colorado 2010 Ubaldo Jimenez) Jim Pagliaroni (AL Boston 1962 Bill Monbouquette & AL Oakland 1968 Catfish Hunter) Lance Parrish (AL Detroit 1984 Jack Morris & AL California 1990 (Mark Langston (7 IP) & Mike Witt (2 IP)) Heinie Peitz (NL Cincinnati (2) 1898 Ted Breitenstein & 1900 Noodles Hahn) Jimmy Peoples (AA Brooklyn (2) 1886 Adonis Terry & 1888 Adonis Terry) Mike Piazza (NL Dodgers (2) 1995 Ramon Martinez & 1996 Hideo Nomo) A. J. Pierzynski (AL Chicago (2) 2007 Mark Buehrle & 2012 Phillip Humber) Darrell Porter (AL Kansas City 1977 Jim Colborn & NL Saint Louis 1983 Bob Forsch) Walter Robinson (AA Philadelphia 1888 Ed Seward & NL Baltimore 1893 Bill Hawke) Ivan Rodriguez (AL Texas 1994 Kenny Rogers & AL Detroit 2007 Justin Verlander) Buddy Rosar (AL Philadelphia (2) 1945 Dick Fowler & 1947 Bill McCahan) Johnny Roseboro (NL Los Angeles (2) 1962 Sandy Koufax & 1963 Sandy Koufax) Jack Rowe (NL Buffalo (2) 1880 Pud Galvin & 1884 Pud Galvin) Mike Scioscia (NL Los Angeles (2) 1990 Fernando Valenzuela & 1992 Kevin Gross) Hank Severeid (AL Saint Louis (2) 1917 Erine Koob & 1917 Bob Groom) Ted Simmons (NL Saint Louis (2) 1971 Bob Gibson & 1978 Bob Forsch) Terry Steinbach (AL Oakland 1990 Dave Stewart & AL Minnesota 1999 Eric Milton) Dan Sullivan (AA Louisville (2) 1882 Tony Mullane & 1882 Guy Hecker) Gene Tenace (AL Oakland (2) 1970 Vida Blue & 1975 (Caught 6 Innings, Vida Blue (5 IP) & Glenn Abbott (1 IP)) Bob Tillman (AL Boston (2) 1962 Earl Wilson & 1965 Dave Morehead) Gus Triandos (AL Baltimore 1958 Hoyt Wilhelm & NL Philadelphia 1964 Jim Bunning) Art Wilson (NL New York 1912 Jeff Tesreau & FL Chicago 1915 Claude Hendrix) Chief Zimmer (NL Cleveland 1897 Cy Young & NL Philadelphia 1903 Chick Fraser)

You're skipping June, and adding this horse shit month. My statement was for 2021.