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He's also the ONLY pitcher returning from the Opening Day roster from one year ago...

Seems like he's overdoing the emotions in an attempt to hype up the team when there's very little reason to be excited about them...just a bit over the top for now, but surely it will wear thin after a month or two. He won't be able to easily sustain it. Kind of like Connor McKnight, but with a different sort of vibe.

And the Tigers were 13th last year offensively...let's see him against the East and West. (back to 2000 arguments about over extrapolating results from too many Central-padded numbers)

Burger Avi Anderson failed to get the big hit in extras too. Altogether non clutch for anyone Sox related...not that there were numerous scoring opprtunities out there.

Please write in for President if that will get him away from White Sox...not quite old enough though.

There's always lots of room to fall from 14th to 15th in offense ... granted, Skubal could easily win a Cy Young and will shut down numerous teams this year.

There's always lots of room to fall from 14th to 15th in offense ... granted, Skubal could easily win a Cy Young and will shout down numerous teams this year.

Trade Crochet before he falls apart lol.

Burger and Anderson with four RBIs...Avi and Cronin figuring in as well. Burger DP just blew their opportunity for walk off though...

29. Colorado Rockies Ezequiel Tovar's seven-year, $63.5 million extension provides certainty at a key position.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39816781/mlb-2024-new-ballpark-food

CWS can/could wear a paperbag to be more easily identifiable...if he wasn't out of town already.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/plaschke-still-believe-shohei-ohtani-192152561.html Plaschke: Do you still believe in Shohei Ohtani? I'm not sure

15. Tigers at White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Tarik Skubal vs. Garrett Crochet Is the Skubal we saw in the second half last year — the one who might have been one of the best pitchers in baseball — the real deal? If he is, this Tigers team may have some real plucky potential in this division. The White Sox? Well, maybe not so much. But at least Crochet — moving to a starting role after throwing 73 Major League relief innings since 2020 — will always be able to say he was an Opening Day starter. MLB.com rated this as the 15th best Opening Day pitching match-up, haha.

What's the longest losing streak to start a season?? Longest Losing Streak to Start a Season: 21 Baltimore Orioles (1988) The 1988 Orioles easily own this mark as the next longest skid was the Cubs' 14-game drought to begin the 1997 season...

That was just to further cut his salary down to more palatable JR size...

https://sports.yahoo.com/march-madness-north-carolinas-armando-bacot-received-probably-100-dms-from-bettors-after-michigan-state-win-231502082.html Now they're going to pretend against college sports is "pure/sacrosanct" from betting? Ha, ha, ha...

Amazing job considering where that ISU program was just two years ago...

https://sports.yahoo.com/reusse-durans-injury-dark-cloud-100000754.html Compete from Year 1, Getz??? Especially when you now consider the current (what is likely to be a lingering) injury to close Duran...and the big hole in the rotation caused by the losses of Gray and Maeda. Replaced by Varland, Paddack (first year back from TJS) and the unlikelihood of getting much of anything from DeSclafini...not a whole lot of depth there. Minnesota practically daring the rest of the division to come after them. Only the Tigers really seem to be mounting a challenge.

Leone? Shewmake? Has to be one of the relievers. Eloy or Moncada injury...

"First of all, there's just tremendous truth in that..." At least good use of alliteration there, Getzie.

Monday's second round NCAA women's tournament matchup between the No. 1 seed Hawkeyes and No. 8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers, broadcast by ESPN, averaged 4.9 million viewers, marking the largest pre-Final Four audience in women's March Madness, Sports Media Watch reported Tuesday. In comparison, Iowa's first-round victory over No. 16 seed Holy Cross drew 3.2 millions viewers to ABC Saturday, becoming the most-viewed first round game on record, ESPN announced. The weekend's slate of games across ESPN platforms was the most-consumed first round of the NCAA women's tournament ever, with 1.5 billion minutes watched, ESPN said. For all the hype about Clark, however, Iowa isn’t the only team to put up big numbers thus far. Leading into Monday night’s WVU-Iowa battle, the 6 p.m. ET UConn-Syracuse game averaged just shy of 2.1 million viewers, while LSU’s 83-56 blowout of Middle Tennessee on Sunday also topped the 2 million mark.

All five AL Central teams are in the Bottom 13 teams on that list. Three NL Central in Bottom 10...Reds Pirates Brewers.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-2024-season-preview-prediction “I feel like we’ve raised the IQ of our club, which was something we wanted to accomplish out here,” Getz said. “I think we are going to reap the rewards as the season goes on.” “We brought in a ton of guys that we felt were talented,” said Grifol after Monday’s exhibition game against Triple-A Charlotte. “But when you bring in a lot of guys, what happens is you don’t know how they’re going to jell together. Over the offseason, and this camp, these guys have kind of turned into a team.” What needs to go right? Young talent needs to develop, perform The White Sox are not going through a rebuild, as has been mentioned many times before. At least, they aren’t following the path of a complete teardown… Bold prediction: Andrew Vaughn will be an All-Star Let me start this final category with a disclaimer: My 2023 bold prediction was Tim Anderson winning AL MVP. Anderson is my choice for NL Comeback Player of the Year in ’24 and was the driving force of the White Sox for many a season, but last year was the lone truly subpar showing of his career. With that said, Vaughn seems ready to turn his solid career numbers into excellence and is as comfortable as I’ve seen him as a Major Leaguer. Soroka and Robert pitching and hitting team MVP’s predicted by Merkin as well.

https://www.espn.co.uk/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39816436/holy-cross-iowa-most-viewed-women-ncaa-tournament-opener https://sports.yahoo.com/best-player-america-paige-bueckers-181742122.html Of course, a lot of people in America are going to argue JuJu Watkins (USC), Angel Reese or Hannah Hidalgo (ND), for example. MiLaysia Fulwiley of S.Carolina might easily be the most "talented" player. It's kind of unfortunate that Auriemma, in the process of bringing more attention back to his own player (who won those Player of the Year awards two years ago and came into her freshman year the highest rated player) that another racial aspect of this (the so-called Larry Bird Effect) whole media spotlight on Clark. Then, some of the double standards with her behavior and that of some of the players on LSU and S.Carolina (like the Cardoso shove/suspension) over the past two years or the Angel Reese "now you see me" nonsense. Heck, the Iowa coach Bluder stepped her foot into it last year by forecasting the upcoming matchup with LSU as "it's going to be a bar room brawl" and then Dawn Staley fighting back against those accusing her players of being termed "thugs" when that never actually happened. Then you had the Sheryl Swoopes comments on Caitlin Clark as well. And the media is just thriving on keeping these same story lines going, so UConn for the first time in decades is feeling a little bit left out. https://theathletic.com/5368725/2024/03/26/geno-auriemma-paige-bueckers-comments/ Even as an Iowa fan (and graduate)...I think her moving on from the NCAA level might be the best for all parties concerned, particularly herself. It's just getting to be TOO much. And Clark's letting her temper/competitive nature/whining get the best of her the last month or so as the pressure gets dialed up with each and every game. That type of thing won't happen at the WNBA level, as she'll have a hyper-talented cast of teammates to alleviate that pressure of trying to do everything herself and forcing the issue by taking ill-advised shots or getting upset now with almost any contact from the defense. Am actually looking forward to seeing what Iowa can do without Clark the next two seasons and excited about how they blend in their next two recruiting classes...can they defy all the odds and sustain their momentum, or will they inevitably "return to norm" as their long-time coach eventually retires?