South Side Hit Men

Chico Escuela had a better fWAR than every White Sox second baseman since Tadahito Iguchi.

Hahn spends much of his time going after twitter and media. He spends the rest of it fucking up the White Sox.

That's fine. I'm sure Pedro has a guy. If not, Hahn has a Michigan man he can insert in the position. White Sox Baseball

No. The NHL is a physical game played within an enclosed space, and the league has largely eliminated fighting with the instigator, third men in and other offensive minded rule changes. Teams do not have the luxury of carrying a "goon" in their active roster. Also, there is a difference in leverage in skates vs. firm ground, and NHL players have helmets and other equipment which protects the player in a fight, whereas outside of a batting helmet MLB players are more exposed to a fight injury, plus you have guys like Eloy coming close to injury just observing and milling around. With the recent rule eliminating allowed contact with the catcher, the remaining physical contact plays (HBP and what should be unintentional contact at a base) are not common and typically do not rise to the level of fighting.

He is the high leverage option, whenever that may be. May as well make Lambert the closer, can flip him if he can get 20-30 saves between now and 2024 deadline.

Tim is back to his lifetime OPS since the ASB (.734 vs. .740 career). Hope he can finish at this pace or better, and fetch trade value this offseason or next July.

ELOY!! 4-2 White Sox

Trayce Thompson is the lineup median at .652 Over: Eloy .773; Vaughn .752; Benintendi .693; Grandal .690 Under: Moncada .618; Elvis .611; Anderson .569; Colas .556

Kopech's First Inning: 11 Strikes, 19 Balls, 3 Walks.

Len solo tonight on the radio. Where are DJ and Jason?

Two White Sox in the lineup have over 31 RBIs this late in the season (plus Robert resting and Burger in Miami). Grandal & Benintendi (31) on pace for 40. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brewers-vs-white-sox/2023/08/11/717036/preview The Sox are on pace to score 618 runs. Excluding dead ball era seasons (1900-1920) plus lockout/strike years (1981 & 2020), there have only been eight Sox teams in the modern era which scored less than 618 runs. Five of these seasons were pre DH (3 also pre 1969 mound lowering). The other three were 90 + loss bad White Sox teams. Currently Oakland (409); Kansas City (454); Detroit (455); Cleveland (463) and Miami (470) have less runs than the White Sox’ 479. White Sox low run total 162 Games (2023 618 pace) 463 1968 * 531 1967 * 566 1972 * 574 1966 * 586 1976 (64-97) 587 1980 (70-90) 598 2013 (63-99) 617 1971 * The six seasons in the pre 162 game era were all during or just after World War II, with lack of MLB talent the primary driver, which likely also led to the acceptance of integration. 154 Game Schedule (under 587 run pace) 538 1942 (World War II) 543 1944 (World War II) 553 1947 559 1948 562 1946 573 1943 (World War II) Note * - MLB lowered the pitchers mound in 1969, and the AL added the DH in 1973 as a response to league wide run suppression.

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/white-sox-produce-fitted-in-black-documentary.html White Sox released a short trailer (included in the link above) teasing the documentary that will air on August 24. The hat's first non-baseball mainstream appearance came in Ice Cube's famous Steady Mobbin' music video that came out in 1991. With new uniforms in place, the White Sox also welcomed star players and personalities like Frank Thomas and Bo Jackson into the fold.

These hot takes from Betts and others are more embarrassing than anything that took place last Saturday, a one off, non premeditated fight.

The switch to salads has also done wonders.

He'd never say that about his Padres.

This has been more or less the story during three full "multiple championship contention window" seasons. C Grandal had a good hitting season, defense either poor or defensive catchers couldn't hit. 2B Madrigal, Cesar, Big Energy, Tiny Elvis RF Eaton, Scrubs, Sheets, Colas SP Quality until the playoffs in 2021, drop off in 2022, down to Cease and scrubs this season with Lucas traded.

I rather have Deivi Garcia then Middleton GMing either team. Texas’ Spenser Howard (AAA) was their other trade deadline acquisition. Not sure what the Yankees are trying to do beyond I guess survive with the s%*# load of injuries and poor performances this season.

Kenyan went on about shaving his beard to win for the Yankees. Didn’t contribute overall here (0.0 fWAR). The Sox sent the Yankees to last place where they belong. I hope the Sox go into Wrigley and take both games to ruin the Cubs chances. The Sox lost both home games, but Lynn is thankfully gone (7 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings), and Kopech who has been hands down their worst starter this season also won’t face them. Toussaint and Clevinger are slated to start unless they change things with the off day today.

Better yet, how are the churros?

This is how the Sox celebrated Fans and Fall last off-season.

"I’m wearing my shades so that you guys don’t see the shock in my eyes," Williams said. "It is disappointing. I’d be lying to you if I said anything other than that. "But Jerry (Reinsdorf, team chairman) really stepped up and stepped up in a fashion that is unprecedented. We all in that clubhouse talked about it this morning. We felt like we actually were potentially could close a deal today with him. We thought we were the high offer on the table, and we still feel — if the reports are accurate — we still feel that there was more potential for him to make more here then that reported deal." - Kenny Williams, January 4, 2024, on the White Sox offer of $750 million, or $2,000,000 payable annually over the next 375 years.

I'll have to try it, usually pick up their Italian Beef which is very good. Can make a few combos. Paired of course with Marconi's Hot Giardiniera.

Reported as fake news in the game thread, as his name was displayed the second inning he took the mound. That said, would have been OK with it.

American League - Toronto Blue Jays National League - Colorado Rockies and Montreal Expos and where they kidnapped. When Grifol was asked if Shaw was the new closer over Santos His response was "Let me sleep on it, baby baby let me sleep on it. Let me sleep on it, I'll give you an answer in the morning." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw/