South Side Hit Men

I would have created one but don’t watch Clevinger games. Entering Opening Day Norridge Caputo’s on Harlem and Montrose. Shopped at their OG location on Wrightwood & Harlem since the 1980s.

Hope fans reciprocate and don’t buy tickets for the 2024 season or beyond without a completely new owner, BOD and C Suite.

People wanted Ricky gone including Ozzie, Garfien and Stone, and got the two replacement managers they deserved. / thread

My post addressed the Katz comment alone. I don’t give a rats ass about Lynn beyond celebrating the fact he is gone. Lance Lynn pitched like garbage because he is 340 lbs of garbage, and he quiet quit since Houston obliterated his ass in the one meaningful game Lynn pitched. Katz is not to blame for it.

Yes, but if they were absolute garbage, like most of the hitters and much of the remaining staff, nobody would want them. We can revisit in October to see if there is any noticeable change in any of these pitchers the rest of the year beyond perhaps Lynn giving a f*** in LA. I hate the Dodgers, so I hope he pitches in October and gets bludgeoned like he did against Houston.

Their position players are worse, and the league only wanted one of them. The Sox were able to trade half their pitching staff. I doubt there will be a substantial difference between their performance over the final two months and what they did the first four months. Lynn may be the exception primarily because he may actually give a f*** which should of been the case here but wasn’t unless someone bunted against him. Tanner Banks Touki Toussaint Jesse Scholtens Brian Shaw Declan Cronin Lane Ramsey Brent Honeywell Jr. Jose Ruiz Alex Colome Sammy Peralta Injured Liam and Crochet Mike Maddux or Leo Mazzone wouldn’t be able to do much more with this staff before or after the deadline.

MLB didn’t “clear” anything. They simply decided not to suspend him and concluded their investigation without comment. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-completion-of-mike-clevinger-investigation Would wager if there were extra zeros on his deal like Bauer’s, there would have been a different outcome.

November 15, 2023 Rick Hahn announces changes to White Sox’ coaching staff. Names xxxx xxxxxxx as new pitching coach. “He is the Pedro Grifol of pitching coaches, and that’s what we looked for to make the necessary adjustments to contend in 2024.” Welcome a new FO to revamp everything, but Katz is far down the list in terms of trying to fix this organization piece mail , and the alternative will most certainly be worse with Hahn’s track record.

Inherited Roland Hemond and post Hawk Larry Himes were the exceptions. Jerry’s first major hire was Hawk Harrelson to replace Roland. That didn’t even last one season. Himes built the lone successful player core in Reinsdorf’s near half century of ownership. Of course Larry was fired for not kissing Jerry’s ass. That’s all one needs to know as to why the Sox went from a 50/50 parity in this town to 1/3 vs. 2/3. Reinsdorf’s group actually paid more for the Sox ($20M) than the Tribune did for the Cubs ($19M).

Rick Hahn (Position Player) and Kenyan Middleton (Bullpen Pitcher) are both telling the truth.

Only good thing tonight beyond Robert's HR and Cronin was paid attendance was under 26,500 for this "premium" game. Based on a search of the Milwaukee game tickets, it looks like they will not break 30,000 the rest of the season. If Hahn works for the White Sox in November 2023, attendance will absolutely crater next season.

Sox join Louis.

Len says the Sox are 0-10 when Sox pitchers strikeout 14 or more hitters, will be 0-11 without a comeback. Four of these games were extra innings.

Len says the Sox are 0-10 when Sox pitchers strikeout 14 or more hitters, will be 0-11 without a comeback. Four of these games were extra innings.

Definitely not.

Yankees have two guys under .696 OPS, Sox have three above that mark, and they didn't trade away a single position player.

To be fair, I can't see the Sox scoring more than 2 today. Might not get 2 hits. Blaming it on T R U. Hope @wegner's sandwich is on point, and Yankees fans are not sinking to Red Sox fan level.

Kenny flew in yesterday to meet Bill Cowher, Wonder if this will be his last appearance at Comiskey Park as EVP.

I guess, but it seems the office regularly drops a game or two off of suspensions in the 4 + game range.

I'd prefer Trayce Thompson play if Colas is off, have Sheets in Charlotte unless Vaughn or Eloy are on the IL. For Tim, I don't think they can make Tim cancel his appeal, he'll likely knock off a game or two from the suspension / pay cut. Haven't heard if the hearing has been scheduled.

I recall seeing articles or tweets with the change in pitch mix for Diekman. For Lynn, I believe much of it is personal motivation. He even admitted the bunt on him in Anaheim really got him motivated, and he pitched very well after. This is an article I was able to access via the Atlantic that may be free for everyrone. https://theathletic.com/4752610/2023/08/06/dodgers-lance-lynn-rotation-trade/ For Diekman, it appears Tampa has him focus on his fastball and changeup. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jake-diekman-518617?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb&season=2023

Yes, Redhot Ranch is my favorite option, the pre/post game drinks at Marz or Skylark. Did tailgate my one game this season, nice relaxing pre/post game with beers (Hop Butcher and other craft beers) and Italian subs from Caputo's, which is finally opening their Norridge store tomorrow that I'm excited about. Of course the Cardinals shut them out 3-0, and they lost the Spring Training game I went to in 2020, so I haven't seen a win in person since the 2010s (they won several games in 2019 for me!).

Ozzie is a bigger cancer on White Sox Baseball than anyone in the current clubhouse. Need new blood in the FO and get rid of this clown hovering over the team like a dark cloud undermining every manager while trying to weasel his way back into the manager spot. Jerry and Kenny made/make a lot of mistakes, but banning Ozzie from returning as manager has been one of their good calls over the past decade.