South Side Hit Men

Hard pass. They only took out whatever trash Hahn was able to handle two weeks ago. They still have dumpsters full left in the FO, clubhouse and throughout Jerry’s organization including Clevinger. “We make junk disappear. All you have to do is point.“

@Autumn Dreamin, do you watch the minor league games regularly, or just for select players? Loved your recaps, now that the ML team is dead for the next few years, will follow the minors more closely. Thanks for your updates!

Big Energy acquired by Texas in a minor league deal. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/rangers-sign-josh-harrison.html

This will be Tim's last game until sometime next week, TBD based on any reduction he receives tomorrow.

Thanks for the update. This was my first inclination. Hope he is reinstated ASAP.

Eloy off with a sore groin, sad since he typically plays well against the Cubs.

Interesting poll in terms of the split between when the Sox will receive their biggest prospect haul. All depends on if they will try to move Tim, Cease, and Eloy this offseason, also Yoan if he bounces back next year. Quero had an excellent game yesterday, and the Sox sure could use him and Lee performing well to close out the 2020s.

This thread is longer than the game thread through regulation yesterday.

And bribed Congress millions to pass an exemption to federal minimum wage laws.

RH Javier Assad will take the mound this evening to face the White Sox. He is a converted reliever and was stretched out to 7 innings in a win at Toronto on the 11th. He faced the Sox once in a relief appearance last series, retiring all five batters he faced. Hopefully the Sox learned something from that appearance and film from his recent starts. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/javier-assad-665871?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pitcher-chart-august-16th/

E minor featuring the official band of the 2005 Chicago White Sox.

Hell hath no fury like a Rick Hahn scorned. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/keynan-middletons-mom-said-the-white-sox-kicked-his-kids-out-of-daycare/ "On Wednesday night, it may have hit an all-time low with a few instances of pettiness against Middleton, as they didn’t put his name on the scoreboard when he was pitching and according to his mom on Twitter, they kicked his kids out of daycare."

First question: Which acquired prospect will perform best (Highest total White Sox fWAR will be the metric)? Second question: Which Trade Window will perform best (Same fWAR Criteria) - 2023 Trade Deadline, 2024 Hot Stove/Offseason or 2024 Trade Deadline? For both questions, the poll is about prospect return, not whether the White Sox won/lost trades (individual or cumulative).

Kudos to Pedro for sending Elvis in the 9th, which led to the all important insurance run. Don't stop now boys.

Joe Kelly What? K Graveman Who?

Hope they sweep, for the second week of playoff spoilers of hated teams.

Sleeps with one eye open.

Give Benintendi an extension! Beat these motherfuckers!

Peak Sox apathy with the game thread flipping to page two after the game becomes official. Yoan has nine hits (9 for 22) over the past 5 1/2 games. Hope Yoan and Tim finish strong, are fully healthy in 2024 and can contribute / be flipped if the Sox commit to tanking again.

If a relationship started when they were both minors (17 / 14), puts it in a different light. The DR has a stricter age of consent law (18) than most states here (as low as 13 in ten states, 16 in a majority of states). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_States

Per gameday, that umpire was complete bullshit in the Colas at bat, starting with the called first strike well outside the zone. Could have blown open the game right there. OK working around Bellinger there.

Nice start today, hopefully Touki can keep the ball in the yard his final 3-4 innings. Yoan is looking healthy the past week, James Fegan wrote about it this weekend.

Tim returns to the lineup with the nine starters Rick Hahn proclaimed would compete for a 2023 World Series Championship.

1994 and subsequent destruction of Les Expos de Montreal should never have happened. Montreal vs. Chicago would have been epic.

It enhances his status. As much as I like Jerry, I like Loria even more. Hands down the worst MLB owner in my lifetime, and I do remember the Marge Schott era. Kudos to Joe Girardi for telling Loria to “Sit down and shut the hell up.”