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Second time this week front office “analytics geeks” coming under fire…first was Pete Alonso versus Stearns Contreras also played coy with a question about the team's lineup:

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-win-al-wild-card-series-2026 Merkin "feel good" piece

Braves Phillies exactly 50/50 Just don’t feel that overwhelming home field advantage in ATL White Sox running at 40% for G1 G2

https://kalshi.com/markets/kxmlbeoty/pro-baseball-executive-of-the-year/kxmlbeoty-26 https://kalshi.com/markets/kxmlbalmoty/pro-baseball-american-league-manager-of-the-year/kxmlbalmoty-26 Venable over Cash 79/19 Apparently combined into just mlb executive and not by league Getz at 53% Neander tb and Arnold mil as well

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1792673301884016

By that argument, sports message boards and talk radio and podcasts will always be completely worthless...yet how would Chicago survive without Bears/Cubs-related criticism? The actual ratio of media talk about the Bears to elapsed game time of those 17 on the schedule plus pre and postseason must like be 100-150 to 1. And that grace period Ozzie got for brilliant managing from 2005-2008 had totally worn out its welcome by 2009-11. Or just like Rick Hahn's AL Executive of the Year in 2019 had less than a four year shelf life. All execs and managers are hired to be fired...

Reminds me of a spring break trip to Florida Keys in 92 listening to NCAA tournament on radio in the van and knowing Iowa was going to get trounced by the inevitable 1 seed in the second round while Iowa under Dr. Tom would invariably be 8/9 and win first rd. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1992-03-19-iowa.html Beat Texas in a high scoring affair, then crushed by Duke. Also was at Columbus in 1991 after an on campus massacre shocked Iowa City, wore all black helmets and somehow beat OSU on the road…and biggest disappointment was losing to Keith Byars in the pouring rain in 1985.

No discounts on PCA jerseys? What are the rumors?? All those newly acquired FA pitchers, + Imanaga Happ Suzuki all out? Ricketts will actually spend or sit on his profits again?

For the next trick, Caitlin Clark will advance in the playoffs against the defending champs and Iowa will beat Ohio State while cows/pigs simultaneously take to the air in flight. Best sports week ever, except for the 2005 World Series...not going to count on any more good fortune even with the Pope's divine intervention...or maybe it's intercession in this case.

How else was Reinsdorf going to retire $150 million in accrued debt? Borrow it all from MLB?

The win marked Chicago's first postseason series victory since 2005, a drought exceeded in MLB by only the Cincinnati Reds. It was not supposed to happen, at least not this soon. Not for a team just two years removed from a record 121-loss season. Not for a team so young and so inexperienced. "We've got a young, hungry group, some veteran guys that we lean on," second baseman Chase Meidroth said. "But it's been the same all year. We believe we can win every game." ***Venable said that if the double steal wouldn't have happened, Meidroth would have been asked to put down a sacrifice bunt. Instead, he was free to swing.*** "I was looking for something middle up," Meidroth said. "He's had my number all year. Really good fastball. I got something middle up, and I was able to cash in for the team. Yeah, that was awesome." Braden and Colson struck out, right? Five in a row, actually. espn.com

That would be pretty difficult. He passed away in 1999...but he brought me to all the games I could handle as a teenager, even though he really wasn't a big baseball fan himself. My most poignant memories are actually driving over from the QCities with one of my best friends and his father (huge Sox fan, passed away at 77 to Lewy-Body Dementia) to so many weekend games in the summertime.

Main front page story at SI.com https://www.si.com/mlb/white-sox-sweep-astros-al-wild-card-series-takeaways Meidroth star turn

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/white-sox-owner-jerry-reinsdorf-jokes-he-may-convert-to-catholicism-after-playoff-series-win-letter-from-the-pope-045956069.html

Venable's calm demeanor worked well in a short series beset with high tension. He's also relentlessly supportive of his players, and they obviously respect him and the vets on the team. Bullpen choices almost perfect, especially Kay Hicks Fedde today.

Stammen or Murphy NLMoY Venable over Cash/Vogt ALMoY GEtz vs Tampa/CLE front offices Milwaulee or SD for GM

You know CLE will go Messick G1 and Gavin G2. Then you are on to the Griffin/Bibee spot. Thankfully bulllpen can recharge on Sunday Tuesday Friday...

He's still throwing hard, it's just the command that is lacking. Confidence closed to shot for him and Hudson.

FRESH SHEETS

Craig Breslow back to being under fire

Mr. Brooke Fletcher Morejon almost too deliberate

he's really been overused down the stretch both of them, actually FA deal to Sox lol? in the Top Ten atm

they need Adam to balance out all the 98+ plus guys normally he's 92-93 but super amped tonight there's been years he was the best relieve but struggled with injuries and rehab

Marine layer just knocked that one down Tatis always locked in for postseason games

Four outfielders/DH's