Dick Allen

I think Nightengale or someone else reported LaRussa was signed for 3 years. I would bet anything he manages for 2 at most.

Personally, even though it didn't play out today, IMO it give a huge advantage to the home team. Knowing how many you need beforehand is nicer than not knowing, and with a guy on 2nd. knowing 1 run will do is huge.

It was the correct call, but it should have been called on the missed tag, he went out of the lane. He was where he should be when it bounced off his helmet. The weird part is he took forever to call it.

For a guy who supposedly is the worst defensive catcher to ever put on the tools of ignorance, Collins has looked fine.

His stuff is so good. If he ever gets consistent command., he is a top of the rotation guy.

Really good. Might be time to become re-excited about him. If he can consistently get a slider over, he is going to be tough to hit.

I think Moncada's error has to be Madrigal's fault.

The ABC weather guy just said you won’t be watching the White Sox today.

If you are going to have him on the 26, sitting him is ridiculous unless he is about to sign an extension. They are trading about 25 ABs during his rookie year for a full year of his prime. Stupid. If he isn't good enough to play every day, send him down.

That's the thing I don't get. He was going to use Bummer and Hendriks no matter what. At some point, he had to realize Foster wasn't working that outing.

I never saw Ricky lift his starter with a 4-1 lead and not take out the reliever until the inning was over and the team was trailing 8-4.

If the first 150 plate appearances tell the story, Soxtalk would have Yermin and no one else on the roster. Eloy was crap. Moncada, crap. I vividly remember someone telling me about TA's weak exit velos. Abreu has been hated. No one wants Eaton. Robert can't hit. Vaughn needed to be traded before he ever stepped to the plate. Grandal is a waste of money.

So I keep reading he is just not strong enough. Considering the White Sox do have a weight room and players are on a program, is there even the slightest possibility the guy gets stronger as time goes on?

Thanks for asking. She is pretty much the same. I took her to a pulmonologist yesterday. She had 8 tests and has to go to the hospital today for 2 more. I think she has had over 20 vials of blood taken the last couple of weeks, and every test comes back normal, except for her elevated white blood cell count. The issue is, if it is the vaccine, (and while in the beginning they were saying it could be, but not really buying it, now I think they are thinking it's really possible), they have no treatment. Another issue is she was diagnosed with asthma a little over a year ago. Last fall she had a really bad cough. Her primary thought it was related to the asthma, but they did give her a CT scan in November. She called several times for the results, and never got an answer. We figured no news is good news. When all this started, her primary looked at her records and eventually saw the CT scan, which she missed earlier, and now they think she may have fungal pneumonia which she would be walking around with for about 5 months since the CT scan. Of course, there doesn't seem to be one test that can give the answer. It's very bizarre. She has top of the line insurance, and gets this type of care. The pulmonologist basically told her that her neurologist blew her off yesterday. I could only imagine what people with shitty or no insurance must get.

Now you use Bummer?

It’s Oliver O. Oliver, played by Ray Rayner.

Do you think it’s a hammy or did he bang his knee off the base ?

He made an even better deal buying the Bulls. They paid nothing. Just assumed some debt. And Michael Jordan was already on the team. Many of the same investors. They print money. Barry Rozner interviewed an investor during their record setting horrid period just after they broke up the dynasty. He was embarrassed how much money they were making. Lee Stern, who is or at least was a White Sox investor, and owned the Sting, wrote a book a few years ago, and I saw him interviewed. He said JR offered him as much of the Bulls as he wanted, and he wanted zero. Said it was the biggest mistake he ever made.

Tonight's the last late game for 5 months.

Did Frank Thomas make the thread title?

He probably can. He played a little LF last season.

There was a time about 10 years back when KW was telling everyone who would listen the Forbes numbers were wrong, not even close, but then used the Forbes numbers that stated they used the highest percentage of their money on player salaries.

Texas governor won't throw out the ceremonial first pitch in protest over the All Star game being moved.

Looking at the first several games, the bullpen needed a closer and perhaps another arm or two. I'm not panicked. Its way too early for that. Would like a nice performance out of Hot Carl today.

No one has looked especially good on defense yet. Moncada has made a couple of nice plays, but shaky a couple of times as well.