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At least we avoided Mason Adams pitching a meaningful G162 against the Sox by one start and an early clinching. So there's that. And there's no doubt he has been better recently...regardless of the statistical measure. GEtz would simply argue he was merely meant to take some tough at bats against lefties away from Peters and provide him more rest down the stretch.

Better hope he's not drinking or that his Spanish words aren't accurately translated. AI CGI can insert Beltin' Bill Melton somehow as well.

His best broadcast of the season was an LA Sparks wnba game. Didn't know most of the bench players on either roster. But much more enthusiastic for basketball. Reported top contender three years ago Mike Monaco did a lot of US Open tennis quite well. Karl Ravech would be my choice...but salary demands likely too high, unless he has some unknown Chicago ties?

And the best overall record as an opener, 5-1. Hudson down to 5-4. Taylor/Eisert both 3-1. yay playoff shares!?!

That's why Benetti and I would get along so well...Civil War buffs. Instead of going to Disneyland/World or Hawaii, my dad instead brought me to 12 major battlefields and places like Arlington Cemetery while growing up. A further irony is travelling/living around the world when neither of my parents ever possessed a US passport.

100% Not sure how many young fans Benetti actually brought into the sport or became Sox fans. If you grew up in the 1980's or early 90s, most of his cultural references hit home. If you enjoy movies tv shows literary references, history etc., he was also your guy. But he left a lot of young fans and those in their 20s and 30s shaking their heads in frustration...when he just got to be too much of a performer and amateur comedian for his own good. Football provides him sufficient dead time for stories, but the faster pace of basketball brings out his best play by play instincts, depending upon a pairing with the right analyst (not named Bill Walton.)

Scully was great...even as he got into his 70s and early 80s. He could simply paint a picture with words and simultaneously never left you wondering what was going on in the game, but seamlessly combined play by play with so many stories of the past about the legends and history of the game. Paciorek and Hawk were great because they got along well and actually had fun together, like DJ with Farmer or Kasper. Camaraderie. Stone and Benetti were not a good mix as Jason's confidence and national profile continued to grow. Two competing egos rubbing together like the San Andreas fault line. Schriffen has simply never been accepted by Stone, or treated as close to an equal or partner. He obviously looks down on John and just barely manages to tolerate him without getting too frustrated. (Don't want to hear the term "professional at bat" from Gordon ever again. Or about Miguel Vargas' April 23rd swing change.)

Say what you want about nerdy/corny Benetti but he was: a true Sox fan, it wasn't forced appreciative of franchise history/legends more knowledgeable about baseball in general... not too close to certain members of the team, so ultimately more objective not as much a pawn/loyal cheerleader for the front office "comfortable in his own skin" maybe overly so to a point, as he enjoyed more acclaim and added national btoadcasts as well as college fb and bb

Game 1, 5 p.m. ET Tuesday (PCK/NBCSN): David Sandlin (CWS) vs. Peter Lambert (HOU) Game 2 5 p.m. ET Wednesday (PCK/NBCSN): Sean Burke (CWS) vs. Hunter Brown (HOU) Game 3, TBD*: Davis Martin (CWS) vs. Hayden Wesneski (HOU) (*if necessary)

"The 2026 White Sox won just 84 games, but did so in front of fans that reasoned 75 victories was an aspirational goal, and repaid the overage in enthusiasm. Could they have won more? They certainly thought so, and rue an early-September slide that cost them a division title. They also had 11 walk-off victories, were often stringing together pitching plans that would have made MacGyver nervous, and no team that’s tied itself spiritually to the papacy the way these Sox have can consider themselves starved of blessings." Fegan csuntimes

Or the Phillies/DBacks Or the Padres/Cubs Or the Rangers, etc. and then there's the 162 game comparison for so many modern day baseball records

The Rays having to go through Boston or New York first instead of Cleveland's path of having to defeat two teams with much worse records in Houston and the Sox feels even more disadvantageous. Plus, they're suddenly facing hostile as hell road games as well in the ALDS.

Have you tried Nugenix? Hurt and Flutie highly recommend.

Uh oh Why you should root for them: Just imagine the setting: The Padres are at home with a chance to close out the Dodgers in the NLCS (if the bracket allows it), leading by a run, with Miller's entrance cued up by the opening notes of Korn's "Blind" and the Petco Park crowd in a frenzy. Then, imagine that scenario repeating itself in the World Series against the AL champion, with the Padres' first title on the line. Your goosebumps would get goosebumps. -- Doolittle espn.com

If they go home early, it will be because the front office didn't adequately improve the rotation at the trade deadline. The White Sox approached the deadline with one clear need: starting pitching. General manager Chris Getz addressed it by acquiring Luis Castillo from the Mariners in the midst of a down year. The move proved disastrous. Castillo, who was moved to the bullpen, posted an 8.42 ERA across 31 innings while Chicago's starting rotation ranked near the bottom of the majors in ERA after the trade deadline. Sean Burke and Davis Martin, the club's top two starters, had strong but not elite seasons. Beyond that, quality depth is lacking. -- Castillo Why you should root for them: This year's White Sox are easily the most root-worthy team in the playoffs. You can scoff at the AL's mediocrity, but when it comes to Chicago, you have to remember that entering this season, even mediocrity felt like a long way away. The 2023 Orioles had a bigger two-year leap than the White Sox, going from 52 wins to 101. But before that, you have to go back to the 1930s to find anything similar. But it's more than the rags-to-riches angle. The White Sox are a young, power-hitting, selfless group that is a gas to watch. -- Doolittle No. 6 seed | 84-78 | AL wild card Wild-card opponent: Astros (48.8% chance of advancing) Doolittle's WS odds: 2.5% | DraftKings odds: +4000 Team temperature: 83° "easiest route of any postseason team"

It's why fans don't typically have front office jobs. It's also why the majority of players think the front office guys are dispassionate analytics geeks, like Stearns in NY or Breslow in Boston.

McKnight is like listening to an over eager to please yellow Lab puppy... not a big market big league announcer

The White Sox? Let’s just say nobody on this planet has seen the Sox even host a possible home clincher. The Sox have played only one potential postseason clincher at home: the 8–3 victory over the Cubs in 1906 World Series Game 6. It was a game in which Doc White, who was born in 1879, outpitched Mordecai Three Finger Brown, who was born in 1876. The one and only time the White Sox celebrated a home clincher, owner Charlie Comiskey immediately cut a $15,000 check and handed it to manager Fielder Jones to share with the players (on top of their usual series share), then repaired to the Pompeian Room of the Auditorium Annex (later the Congress Hotel), where according to the Tribune “wine flowed like water in the fountain” and Comiskey flashed “a roll of bills big enough to choke a herd of cattle.” Meanwhile, 2,000 delirious Sox fans called upon Jones and Sox players at their homes around the South Side, thanking them, carrying them on their shoulders and calling for speeches from them. si.com

Have to walk Alvarez and force Paredes to beat you

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-wild-card-preview-series-predictions-x-factors-and-more-for-red-sox-yankees-cubs-padres-phillies-braves-and-white-sox-astros-001627858.html#jump-link-no-6-chicago-white-sox-vs-no-3-houston-astros Braves Yankees Padres Astros in 3 well those are boring predictions!

Pham is eligible apparently

Calling Lifeline...

Purple RowDoyle Rules!Tell all your friends with this awesome new shirt from BreakingT!One of the stories we've heard is that Doyle's offense was adversely impacted by outfield wall collisions caused by his aggressive style of play...think Aaron Rowand. Could it also be he's finally feeling 100% healthy/rested??? Brenton Doyle’s 2026 falloff was significantly exacerbated by a combination of swing changes, a severe left oblique contusion, and a nagging left groin strain. After winning back-to-back National League Gold Gloves in 2023 and 2024 and hitting 23 home runs in 2024, Doyle struggled heavily at the plate before being sidelined by injuries in mid-May. [1, 2, 3] 📉 The Timeline of His Falloff and Injuries Early 2026 Slump: Before his major injury, Doyle slumped offensively, slashing just .207/.279/.270 with one home run across 43 games. He admitted that over-tinkering with his swing during Spring Training placed him on a "hamster wheel of changes" that disrupted his rhythm. [1, 2] The Oblique Contusion: On May 19, 2026, while making a characteristic fearless dive for a fly ball, Doyle suffered a severe left oblique contusion. The injury placed him on the 10-day injured list and proved to be incredibly restrictive, limiting his core movement and delaying baseball activities for weeks. Jul 1, 2026, 12:59 AM ET Colorado Rockies outfielderBrenton Doyle(groin, oblique) was scheduled to play a full minor-league rehab game in center field for Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday, but he was scratched from the lineup before first pitch due to groin tightness, according to MLB.com. Doyle has been on the 10-day injured list since May 21 with a left-oblique contusion. Also injured in Spring Training...which undoubtedly was the start of the swing changes/tinkering. "diagnosed with a sprained left wrist, keeping the two-time Gold Glove winner out of spring training action for the past three games" overall, sounds very similar to Kyle Teel's season...just one setback after another wrist oblique angle groin injuries van individually be death to a hitter, let alone all three on top of each other no walks obviously hurts his obp 8% below average mlb offensive line but still a valuable player with that defensive and base running baseline w/ White Sox .258 .258 .438 .697 92 ops+