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“One of the challenges we had coming out of having our first Southside City Connect jersey was how could you ever match it or top it,” White Sox Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Brooks Boyer said. “One of the thoughts that was pushed right away was that no one has ever done a collaboration between a Major League Baseball team and an NBA team. In a market like Chicago with a history of both teams, how great would it be to be able to collaborate with our partners in the Bulls, along with Nike and Fanatics, to do something that is unique and very different.” Both the White Sox and Bulls have specific elements throughout the uniform. The black and red colorway pays tribute to both franchises, and the pinstripes on the jersey serve as visual lineage to the Bulls’ iconic years in the 90’s and the White Sox history. The most subtle detail in the uniform comes in the neckline area, which includes all nine championships that both franchises have won in their histories. All three White Sox World Championships (1906, 1917, and 2005) are in white, and all six Bulls Championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998) are in red. Also, only team with TWO game caps, lol (more sales/revenues, yay!!!) https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-release-bulls-inspired-city-connect-uniforms

Couldn't work with Colas, can't fix Robert....so therefore can't be successful with Canario, lol? Seems like an associative theory or math thread, if A=B and B=C, then...other than occasional successes on the pitching front, they still haven't defined what their niche or wheelhouse even is, exactly. It's always these arguments where there's a handful of Romy Gonzalezes and Alex Calls out there, so maybe they simply drafted the wrong players, or couldn't develop the players they did draft or sign, so which is it, precisely?

He always "projecting" (if he stayed healthy, which never really happened) at something like a 2-2.5 fWAR middle infielder. Fine for a Top 5 draft pick, not really. That's where you need stars/franchise cornerstones, 5+ fWAR centerpieces. Fine for anyone outside of the Top 10 or beyond, sure.

Well, the Cubs did the exact same thing with Kimbrel...so nobody really benefited, because he was never a good fit as an 8th inning reliever with the Sox, and it led directly to doubling down on AJ Pollock (taking on the QO with Kimbrel but not Rodon) and then the terrible Benintendi extension. So if you follow the entire chain of events, it's pretty darned disastrous, overall.

For those who can't open those S-T articles... Shane Riordan, The Score's executive producer of the “Spiegel & Holmes” show, posted on X that he's no longer at the station. His dismissal, which happened Monday, wasn't related to a behavioral issue or anything he said on the air, the Sun-Times has learned. Neither Riordan nor The Score returned requests for comment.

I've never been an Andrew Vaughn fan, nor "added" his leadership WORP value to his substandard fWAR. I've only wished that he would have taken the same career team as Torkelson in DET, period, full stop. Why was Madrigal traded SO QUICKLY if he wasn't causing a major distraction/rift in the clubhouse? The White Sox have never bailed on a high first round pick so quickly under JR.

“They suck and I’m not talking about the standings,” added another, who could very well have been talking about the standings. The White Sox are 7-21, good for the worst record in the American League. And, it seems, one fan even saw the uniforms as an indictment on the entire White Sox' long, mostly boring history. “Stop making disconnected jerseys without the team’s colors,” they wrote. “Stop letting players wear equipment that is not the team’s colors. Stop trying to erase tradition and history.” On that note, a reminder that Jerry Reinsdorf owns both the Bulls and White Sox. “Really reminds me of how Jerry Reinsdorf has ruined two sports franchises, thanks,” said one fan. “A nice collaboration between the two biggest jokes of franchises in chicago 👌🏼,” said a commenter. https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-news-chicago-bulls-themed-city-connect-uniforms-mixed-reviews

Nick Madrigal was a big time Christian and his faith helped to tear the team apart...this might work with the Royals, when you have a majority of players sharing the same faith and even drafted for those reasons, but it doesn't work if that "leader" is the one voice in the wilderness and not backing it up with his play, either. Or nobody will listen if the guy's on the IL, let's put it that way.

They will wait until he's made his league's All-Star game and enjoyed the success of that in June before pushing him to Winston-Salem. That's the case with about 85-90% of high schoolers in their first full season of Low A ball.

.258 .340 .505 .845 Lillibridge's BA OBP SLG OPS in 2010 All-Star 2025, lol

I think I need to start a business buying directly from the New Era factories here and shipping individually to the US...still doubtful that's going to avoid the de minimus charges/customs fees, though. Every major shopping mall inChina now has MLB and New ERA outlets with hats and logo shoes being the two most popular items...75-80% worn by girls/young women who don't know the Red from the White Sox, just the logos and color schemes.

HaysDH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .373 1.154 LuxLF 2 1 2 0 0 0 .348 .898 Marte, N3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 .370 1.104

A bit similar to Gordon Beckham story...

Let Sox fans eat carrot cake!!! Marie Antoinette PS Campfire Milkshakes still available, but supplies are limited

White Sox ahead of 6 teams (see you Balt) and tied with another for RS/RA differential. Unfortunately this year just bad enough to lose a lot of pretty close/competitive games due to bullpen RISP and general lack of Xb pop. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2025/04/28/mlb-power-rankings-rockies-worst-record/83317549007/ MLB power rankings: Historically bad Rockies finally unseat the worst team ever

By that measure, the Marlins are a model franchise due to 1997 and 2003.

Elko’s Baseball Cube player ratings Power 88 (-3 compared to last season) RBIs 83 (-3) Durability 75 (+4) XBH 74 (-6) Hitting 71 (+3) Runs 70 (-8) Speed 33 (-3) Contact 22 (+1) Average 64.50 (-4.50) Even average MLB first base defense would be a significant step up from Vaughn. Much bigger target for infielders, us the reach advantage on arrant throws.

The worst team in baseball gave up on him...so he ended up with the second worst team. There have been hundreds and hundreds of previous Greg Joneses who didn't make it due to their hit tools not developing, unfortunately.

Brooks Baldwin has been on a nice little run recently but he's still hardly into plus fWAR territory due to his issues on the defensive side of the ball. He does have good speed...but it's unclear yet if he's going to be more than?a super utility player.

Too old. Won't be on our next playoff team lol. Same excuses for trading Burger...who certainly hasn't caught fire for the Rangers this year, at least not yet. But Andrew Vaughn is much more expensive and most certainly won't be on the next Sox playoff team and offers much less power...which is Elko's only real plus tool as another relatively one dimensional 1B. What's the worst thing that could happen at this point? Vaughn magically morphing into Torkelson with a change of scenery trade?

The Royals are last in home runs but .500ish due to pitching and Witt Jr. Is that more interesting? Maybe not...based on KC attendance numbers compared to let's say the Tony Pena-led "Nosotros Creemos" teams of Beltran Dye Sweeney that put up runs in buckets.

Deflection from what? Blaming Reinsdorf instead for the majority of this current predicament instead of Getz? There's more than enough of that, too. It's simply that a modern GM has to be a lot more accountable than an owner so set in his ways and incapable of change or evolving will ever be. The ivory towers are impenetrable and well insulated from criticism from down below.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/ops?page=2 Arguably 15 of these players could have been or were White Sox at one point or another. The problem is we'll bring up a Ben Rice or Austin Hays or whoever and it will always be he wouldn't be willing to sign with an AL Central team or JR won't authorize new contracts over $5 or we don't have the trade capital to pull it off...there can always be some sort of excuse or defense. That was Hahn...that was KW. If we're now relegated to puff pieces on Colson's athleticism for SS when he's hitting around .170 or whatever...it's a bit worrisome since this rebuild seems largely based on the young prospects becoming stars rather than big-time FA spending. Give him some time. Can't waste even a single year. But time keeps ticking away. Minus major major changes it's going to be four years of 100+ loss teams...and a product we can't even give away for free in the face of the Cubs having one of the most entertaining teams in baseball. Even the burst of Ishbia excitement has been been dampened.

Or Phil Maton? That's a lot of fWAR for a reliever though.