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If someone had said that the Sox would hit 3 HR's tonight 99.9% of us would have said at least 1 would come from the Big Three of Vargas, Colson and Mune. Drew Romo hit a HR, then Chase Meidroth extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a HUGE 3 run HR in the 5 run 5th inning and then in the 8th, Derek Hill hit a 2 out PH solo HR to give the Sox the final margin of victory 6-5. Antonacci continues to excel in the leadoff spot and went 2 for 4 with a double, SB and a run scored. His BA is now .280 and OPS .795. Vargas also had 2 hits and his OPS is .854 In another weird roll reversal Dominquez came in the game in the 8th and proceeded to get the Royals out without drama on 10 pitches with 7 of them being strikes. The 9th went to Bryan Hudson who was working on 15.2 innings without giving up a run streak. Bobby Witt hit a sinking line drive that Derek Hill snagged on a dive for the 1st out. Pasquantino then hit one to Meidroth's left and he ranged over to pick it and make a good throw to Mune for the 2nd out. Salvy Perez flew out to Hill in foul territory to end the game. 7 pitches , 6 strikes 3 outs . Hudson got his 2nd save of the year and extended his scoreless streak to 16.2 innings and lowers his ERA to 0.90 and Dominquez got the W and his ERA is now 3.24. Don't think this is a permanent switch but you never know. Could've just been the hitters they had to face. Venable felt comfortable switching them this game and it couldn't have worked out better. Fedde pitched credibly after getting off to a rocky start in the 1st inning giving up 2 solo HR's. He settled in to give up just those 2 runs in 5 innings. Sox record in 1 run games improved to 7-5. Sox had no errors. Kyle Teel hit a HR in 4 AB today in the 1st game of his rehab assignment in Charlotte. He will DH tomorrow for Charlotte. Guessing he could be back on May 29th at home against the Tigers barring any setbacks.

I don't think Danks pays much attention to the contracts JR has handed out lately . 2 years $34M has been the biggest contract in 3 years. Beating $5/$150M was never even a consideration for a 34 year old without a position to play.

I imagine Gomer Pyle saying Golllllly . Must be rough to have had your balls cut off as a Mod. Must suck not being able to delete any post that pisses you off now.

Look buddy it's a rebuild . They are ascending and people take that into consideration except maybe for you , telling us all you're not trying to squash dreams because you are the optimist in your group. You're so full of s%*# it's leaking into your posts . You're playing both sides of the fence. You say you agree with a poster who thinks the Sox can win up to 82 games but were telling us a little over a month ago that the whole situation was embarrassing because you can't put 2024 behind you. You have used "embarrassing" so many time in posts to describe the Sox it's hard to keep up. Some of us have seen the rise and predicted it. We don't change our opinions based on the current state of the team as you have been doing while hedging your bets that they may still regress. Fence sitter. Fair weather fan. Wet blanket.

Guess we know who uses Verizon or has data limits .

I jumped the gun on laptop since I don't own a laptop figuring it's just about the same as a desktop computer which is where I see it. I thought if you use a tablet you might not see the banner also since it's more like a phone.

My only guess would be that they are prioritizing guys who aren't going to come up and walk a bunch of guys. That's without looking at any stats . There could be other things involved too like how they respond to coaching or if they fit into the I support my teammates culture.

I have to not use Wifi or use my PC to get Soxtalk. Have to change my settings on my phone constantly turning Wifi on and off. Off for Soxtalk on for everything else.

A chump by any other name .. How about sheep or that we should be embarassed ? Maybe do some long research into his posts 1st before you defend someone but you do you.

Mason Adams ?

His watch started when he entered into an agreement to buy the team , started paying off team debt and buying property that could be used for a new stadium. He also already owns more of the Sox than perhaps the Reinsdorf Triad. I realize that we are in an age where anyone could tell a lie and make it sound believable for attention but he was at that May 9th game. I saw the footage in a tweet although on my phone it was hard to see and it may have been posted just once in the game thread.

You probably use your phone for Soxtalk where the banner doesn't show up. On a laptop or desktop PC it's right there at the top like it's always been with Moncada, Giolito, Robert, Anderson and Jimenez as if this was still 2021.

This is 2026 so when you said historically bad baseball I thought you were referring to the current state of the American League all being around. 500. I forgot youre still stuck in 2024 and all perspectives should be based around that season. Right now the Sox are no worse that half the A.L. teams. Keep quoting those playoff odds and telling us how bad they are. Winning this division doesnt appear to be that hard this year. Teel is starting his rehab assignment tomorrow.We could be a month away from Braden Montgomery joining the lineup. We have 3 top hitters driving the offense not 2 as you stated. This team is getting better . Why fight it so much ? I just watched a Sox on 35th podcast and the 3 guys on it were all having fun covering the team. It has more to do with the current players and a promising outlook than any distorted perspective from losing so much for 3 years. That sentiment works both ways. Your opinion is distorted just as much.

Thank you ! This is the kind of thing that would be fun to discuss if its not made up of course. That's the issue but maybe deserves its own thread or at least more followup. A bombshell tweet like that the guy had to be inundated with comments and questions.

Was there a tweet out there by a fan who was sitting close to Ishbia yesterday and said he talked to Ishbia about signing Murakami ? Watch the latest Future Sox podcast episode. James Fox and Ian alluded to it but never talked about it. Maybe it was nonsense but Id like to hear about that. Ill have to find it and post it.

I can certainly see why yesterdays game thread was archived so early even on an off day for all this quality content instead. Here I ( and others) was posting stupid information about Colson's consecutive game on base streak, Meidroth's hitting streak and Hudson's consecutive scoreless innings streak for fans who might be interested in what's going on since they might be back to watching the Sox again or coming back here for information. Oh and Martin's 17 games started in a row without giving up more than 3 runs streak. Please everyone feel free to post a White Sox Winner game thread after every victory. I apologize for not doing it yesterday and confining the celebrating to just the game thread. I know it wouldn't exactly be celebrating a World Championship but Soxtalk would've had to exist for over 100 years to get only 2 such threads like that so celebrating each victory while the rebuild is on the upswing is essential.

I was just giving you a little grief because you said some nice things but it didnt last too long. Of course things could be better. You dont go from where they were in 2024 to the playoffs over night. For the last 2 years I said the team was getting better and moving in the right direction and for 2 years there are those who still think the worst. This level of PTSD is silly. It's just baseball. People are truly toturing themselves.What good does thinking the worst do ? Objectively if you just opened your eyes you could analyze and see what I've seen and feel much better. I'm not just being stupidly optimistic . I read everything on whats going on and I store it and recall it .I just don't think people focus on the right things . Thats why I know made up stuff when I see it. I don't miss much.

Colson Montgomery's consecutive games on base streak ended at 21. Chase Meidroth extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Going back to April 5th and his last 17 appearances Bryan Hudson's scoreless innings streak is at 15.2.

And really the Cubs are the better team and itll be tough even at home and playing well to beat them. The Royals series means much more . Lots of division series left to play .

Id have to be pretty silly to over react to Randal Grichuk being anything more than a weak side platoon bat just plugging a leak because on injuries. Hey sometimes the part timers can come through and help out once in a while. Hill hit a key HR, Romo hit a few, Grichuk got us back in todays game, Peters has hit like. 340 in the last 17 games and got a walkoff hit. Hudson has stopped some of the BP bleeding with Tyler Davis contributing meaningful innings too. It adds up.

Why continually torture yourself by comparing the low payroll Sox in the waning years or JR's life and ownership in a massive rebuild to thriving franchises ? Yes I know being a Sox fan is a lousy thing so what ? I dont compare it to being a Yankee fan or Cubs fan. We arent those franchises .cursing the fate of being born into liking the Sox doesnt bother me as much as other die hards. If these thing truly bother ed me Id just find something else to frustrate me or give me a more pleasurable experience. Maybe Im just fascinated why others choose misery over contentment. I have no choice in how the team is run. Complaining about it doesnt fix anything. I still have complaints sure because I care but not to the point where it puts me in a bad state of mind or where I have to make up things to try to convince others that its even worse than the actual truth. Look forward not back.

And Im only mentioning Mantle and Maris because it was a pair of teammates hitting a lot of HR that begin with the letter M just like Murakami and Montgomery. Its just a little fun baseball history mixed in for perspective and comparison and giving them the same nickname as the historic players had when they were hitting bombs in 1961. I don't remember that season. I just appreciate baseball history and iconic players and am having fun. Everyone should try to have more fun, just not at the expense of other people. Thats not fun thats cruelty.

There's so little for the Panicans to panic about these days that they make mountains out of molehills just to stay in practice.

Wow not very objective. I expect more from you than the average joe but you sound just like them. Should have just stopped with who the hell else is available at this time of year who teams are parting ways with who are good ? Oh no one ? So guys like Grichuk is who are available . Honestly, objectively and unbiasedly who would you reasonably expect to take the place of an injured OFer in early May who could possibly be released when OF injuries start piling up ? Punting on Beni , Hill, Acuna, Kelenic, Peters , Hays or Grichuk doesnt make finding a replacement this time of year any easier. You're just plugging a leak here not setting your playoff roster or trading for an impact player . Holy over reaction Batman. He's been a pleasant surprise since they got him.That's all you can expect.

Very good post. It sure beats the woe is me, typical White Sox stuff as if this stuff doesnt exist all over sports .Every team in every sport has guys who take longer to heal and predicting the amount of time they will miss is in general. It's an approximation. My Grade 2 pulled hamstring is not the same as anyone else. Body types, weight, muscle mass, blood flow all kinds of things differentiate injuries and healing time depends on your body's response to treatments .