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it's funny you say this, because I was watching some games and I thought it was so goofy that these 12-year-olds are trying to (unsuccessfully) trick the umpires. Are their coaches teaching them this? the only good thing imo about ABS is that 'framing' will go away.

they have a really good team. their pitching has been good for a couple years but their offense was going bonkers before adding two very good hitters. I think they could come out of the AL.

What else am I doing tho....Sox comeback incoming.

I thought this would be a good series to sit out. Good choice.

Yeah who knows. I just wonder why he would go from the worst hitter in the league to immediately being very good. Did it just finally 'take hold'? Maybe. I would think any player would want to earn $10 million compared to zero dollars though. Unless they don't realize how bad the situation is...who knows what goes on in his head, but he was really fuckin bad and now he's pretty good.

What if being traded was just a wake-up call? I thought it was interesting how, last season, Vaughn was being marketed as a 'fan favorite' kind of guy...then a few weeks into this season, he says something like, "I'm struggling but I'm going to keep doing what I've always done because it's always worked". I think he thought he was just punching a clock and there were never going to be consequences for his 'disappointing' play. That the front office and fans liked him a lot. So maybe now he's breaking out in Milwaukee because he's (correctly) thinking to himself, "I need to play better otherwise I won't be in the MLB much longer". Definitely think he's on a hot streak, he's not a 1.000 OPS player, but that he's also a better player than he showed during his time here. Maybe the Brewers are doing something different with him, but maybe he's just willing to do anything different at this stage of his career. In terms of his walks, the White Sox are much better at this aspect of the game than they were last year. They're actually one of the best teams in the league this season at it compared to last year when they were dead last. Even Lu, who hasn't taken a walk in about three months, is about double his career rate coming into the season (5.6% vs 10%). Meanwhile Vaughn halved his walk rate as a Sox this season and is doubling it up in Milwaukee. This season averages out to 6.1% while is slightly lower than his career rate. So why did the Sox as a team get better (individually and holistically) at taking walks except Vaughn who got worse? I think it implies he wasn't listening to the coaches' instruction and now that he's been traded and potentially non-tendered, he's willing to listen. I think he's a good fit to have his contract picked up in Milwaukee with his play there. I think you'd rather have Vaughnie at ~10mil than Rhys Hoskins for $18mil if he can even OPS at his typical .730. Hope he can continue his play and I'm also glad he's not on our team anymore. Meadzy seazon approaching...

I'm gonna listen to it when I get a chance, I just like trash-talking Hahn. 😃 It's very likely I'm just jealous of Rick because his first name kinda sounds like mine and it's just a reminder that they gave that nerd the GM job instead of to me; but realistically I think you have to have played at least college baseball (or softball) to be the 'general manager'. Hahn was very good at contracts. Kin Ng is very good at statistical analysis. But having been a part of the 'club' seems to be an important factor in any sport. I do think the braintrust at SoxTalk or at any sports forum would be a better 'front office' than most of them.

personally I don't understand why he's doing media appearances and why he's on TV now. this is the least charismatic man I've ever heard of. I have the urge to give someone a wedgie just by opening this thread.

in my view, they were dead on arrival. Fenway and Wrigley are actual cool places because they're genuine historical landmarks that speak to the history of our country and favorite sport. Baltimore's stadium is just an ode to nostalgia, 'the good ol days' that never existed, a piece of architecture that has no definitive place in time or space. Nothing about the game experience itself is 'retro'. It's expensive and they're shoving every advertisement they can of think down your throat. If it was really 'retro', there wouldn't be fucking ads and luxury boxes everywhere. New era of consumerism and corporate profiteering is very much derived from nostalgia. I think it's because we realize the world is not so good these days but all we know how to do is buy stuff and have no ability to imagine a better future. I'll give the 'retro' ballparks credit in the sense that they're actually parks and not multi-function blob stadiums, the only cool one in history being the AstroDome. But New Comiskey is a dedicated ballpark and I think it's a great stadium. I hate the sea of parking lots, but I've heard many of the residents of the area prefer it that way, that the ballpark is physically separated from the housing. In terms of 'futuristic' ballparks, I think there are ways you can make them 'environmentally-friendly' or even into a bird sanctuary. There are a lot of cool architectural innovations these days, the 1920s was not the pinnacle of architecture. Hell, go full retro and just rebuild the Colosseum.

mcbain voice: that's the joke. if there was a white sox fanbase, james fegan would be a billionaire and own the team. the white sox fanbase is like 30 people on soxtalk and those two people who got married at the game and did a little dance. highlight of the season btw

"I'm a racist but I'm too much of a coward to just say it". why don't you just say what you're thinking, sox guy. you literally did, but you danced around the idea like a little passive aggressive b****. are you a little b****, sox guy?

Nonsensical. I've seen a couple of these lists and they are entirely meaningless. I compare the Sox to the Cubs and the Cubs are performing 'better' than the Sox on these dumbass listicles, meanwhile Cubs fans are irate that their team didn't do jack and at least we did....something. The "Athletic" aka NYT sports section is a fuckin rag. I think they're trolling White Sox fans for the page views, but it's not even a large fanbase. I think these guys are just dumb and bad at their jobs.

I knew the game started, and I was busy and had it on in the background, then I checked in like “the Sox are up 1 zip, let’s see if we can hold it”…then the game was over. I thought it was, like, the 4th inning. Welp. Take the win. Nice showing from Civale.

What a weird fuckin game.

I thought this game just started. Obviously the game didn’t start at 11:00pm I turned it on like “hey the Sox are up” and then the game was over. I’ll take it.

Horrible pitches.

cool, thanks. I looked at his MILB profile on my phone and it said his last game was 7/13....which was either wrong or I'm illiterate. probably the latter. a double and three walks 👀

Doesn’t look like Mead has been assigned to the active or even 40-man roster yet. Is that normal? I don’t know if it’s just delayed, but Julks has been purportedly assigned to Chicago since the trade (not for houser but the lost in space guy who I didn’t even realize was on the team).

Depending how the rest of the season plays out, I hope they think about adding a real player in free agency. Could you imagine Kyle Tucker on this team? Perfect fit. Never gonna happen. Pete Alonso isn't gonna happen either. Naylor or Hoskins seem like realistic targets, but also like fool's gold. If they trade Luis, Mullins would be a really good replacement too. I think Tucker would transform this team though, swap out Benintendi's (lately good) production for Tucker's consistent .850 OPS/solid defense/5 WAR and suddenly the team's biggest hole is it's biggest strength. Realistically, we probably don't sign anybody high value. Win a little bit in 2026 with the internal group and then maybe players will actually want to sign here.

I didn't see a game, but I watched my friend's graduation there. It's a cool park, they even had the fountain going. To my eye, I thought very well-maintained for its age, although the city and state might be skeptical. I would plan on it being much hotter than Huntington Beach. Maybe not an issue for a night game, it'll probably be very pleasant, but if you end up going Sunday I would anticipate being uncomfortably warm. You should definitely go, I suspect it's another one of these parks that is scheduled for deletion.

St. Paul Saints the new best show in town...well in the adjacent town.

Sure, but what if they just re-signed him as a 30-year-old if he's productive? I'm a big fan, I think it would've been a shame if he was uneventfully traded for a lotto ticket. For a real player? Sure, but that wasn't gonna happen. I think if he's healthy into his 30s, he's still at the very least an every day player at a hard-to-fill position (especially if you're the White Sox and allergic to signing/developing outfielders).

i don't think the pope would approve of this thread.

What if this guy was just a Sox the rest of his career? I'd be OK with that. Who else is going to play center field? I'm sort of glad they didn't trade him, we weren't getting anything back and there's no point in dumping him.

Curtis Mead hasn't been 'good', but he's not far removed from being a top prospect. Pretty good value IMO, certainly better than nothing. Also he's Australian, so that's pretty cool. Maybe he'll say things like "crikey, mate!" when he hits a home run. Still, not super optimistic that the Sox can take a struggling young hitter and 'fix' him if the Rays couldn't. Maybe the Fuller hiring has actually been helpful though.