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I've got Harry Caray's TV broadcast audio of the two batters Stone struck out in my library.

EIGHT factoids today: May 15, 1929 - Sox outfielder Art “The Great” Shires (Shires by the way gave himself that nickname) and manager Lena Blackburne got into a fistfight during a game at Comiskey Park won by the Sox 8-4 over Boston. Before the game Blackburne had suspended and fined Shires for wearing a red felt hat during batting practice and for not taking the game seriously. Shires left the park but later returned and confronted Blackburne where the two men exchanged blows. The two men would get into another fist fight later that season in September in a Philadelphia hotel room. May 15, 1941 - In a game in New York, Sox pitcher Edgar Smith allowed a hit to Yankee great Joe DiMaggio in the first inning. It would be the first hit in his record setting 56 game hitting streak. The Sox won the game though 13-1 with outfielder Taft “Taffy” Wright driving in four runs. That year he’d hit .322 and knock in 97 RBI’s. May 15, 1951 – It was a testament to the managerial genius of Sox skipper Paul Richards. It had been 30 years since the league saw a move like this. In the ninth inning of a game in Boston where the White Sox were winning 7-6, relief pitcher Harry Dorish was removed in favor of Billy Pierce to face the left-handed hitting Ted Williams, only Dorish wasn’t removed from the game, he was moved to third base! Pierce retired Williams on a pop up, then was taken out of the game and Dorish put back on the mound. Boston eventually tied the game but the White Sox would have the last laugh, winning 9-7 in 11 innings. The victory marked the start of a 14-game win streak, with 11 of the wins on the road. On May 30 after sweeping the St. Louis Browns, the Sox record stood at 26-9. May 15, 1954 – With a 7-6 come from behind win over the Philadelphia Athletics at Comiskey Park, the White Sox secured the franchises 4,000th win. It was catcher Carl Sawatski’s single with two out in the ninth inning that won the game. That year the Sox went 94-60-1…and still finished 17 games back of the pennant winning Indians! May 15, 1983 – You certainly don’t see this every day. In the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium with the Sox leading 5-1 pinch hitter Greg Walker sent a George Frazier pitch into the deepest part of the ballpark. Center fielder Jerry Mumphrey ran a long way and made the catch but his momentum was taking him away from the infield. Mike Squires scored easily from third base but catcher Marc Hill standing on second, kept right on going and beat the throw home with a slide. Walker got credit for two RBI’s on a single sacrifice fly! The Sox would go on to win the game 7-3. May 15, 1988 – It is an obscure record and one that probably will never be broken. Outfielder Dave Gallagher was picked up over the winter by the Sox after he was released by the Mariners and was called up to the club the day before. Playing in only his second game in a White Sox uniform he hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning to beat the Blue Jays 6-5 at Comiskey Park. The hit came off Toronto’s sidewinder Mark Eichhorn. It is the team record for fewest games played before hitting a walk-off home run. May 15, 1990 - Bobby Thigpen became the White Sox all-time saves leader in a 3-2 win over Baltimore at Comiskey Park. Thigpen pitched a scoreless ninth inning in nailing down his 100th career save, surpassing Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm on the White Sox all-time list. The save was Thigpen’s ninth of the year… before the remarkable season was over Bobby would nail down 57 saves which set the Major League record and be named Relief Pitcher of the Year. May 15, 1996 - The Sox scored 20 runs in a game. They easily handled the Brewers in Milwaukee 20-8. The Sox scored 20, yet only hit two home runs. Frank Thomas had one of them and knocked in six runs on the night. Harold Baines and Robin Ventura had three RBI’s each as well.

On the Sox website under injury updates they listed him as having thrown four pitches in his rehab start then leaving with an "injury." (Direct quote). That's all the notation said.

Welcome back to the land of the living (over .500) White Sox. After so many years of the Royals sticking it up Sox teams rear ends it's nice to see a change in fortune. Now please guys don't roll over and die to the Cubs.

That's a very valid point of view in my opinion. I'd assume they'd go for it (assuming JR allows them to) but your comment has made me double-think the original position of mine.

SEVEN factoids today: May 14, 1943 – Sox pitcher Lee “Buck” Ross threw a one-hitter at the Yankees, giving up a single to Nick Etten with one out in the second inning but shutting New York down from there. The game was played at Comiskey Park. The White Sox kept the outcome in some suspense, failing to crack the scoreboard until the seventh inning, when Wally Moses and Jimmy Grant tapped out run-scoring singles as part of the 3-0 win. The game only took 1:37 to play. Ross would end up 11-7 in 1943 — his only winning record in 10 MLB seasons. He had seven complete games and a 3.19 ERA for the year. May 14, 1963 - Sox pitcher Ray Herbert fired his fourth consecutive shutout beating the Tigers 3-0 at Comiskey Park. Herbert allowed six hits and struck out seven. His shutout streak began on May 1 when he blanked the Orioles. That was followed by shutouts over the Senators and the Yankees. In the shutout stretch he only allowed 15 hits in 36 innings with 22 strike outs. The previous season Ray won 20 games and was the winning pitcher for the American League in the second All-Star Game played that year. It took place at Wrigley Field. May 14, 1967 - Sox pitching great Gary Peters authored his second career one-hitter beating the Angels 3-1 at Comiskey Park. It was the second game in a double header sweep. Peters allowed only a second inning home run to former Sox first baseman Bill “Moose” Skowron and struck out 10. Peters would make the All-Star team for the second time in his career that season going 16-11 with a 2.28 ERA throwing 260 innings. May 14, 1977 - The Sox hammered the Indians 18-2 in a game that started at 10:30 in the morning in connection with a promotion for McDonald’s restaurants Egg McMuffin sandwich. Sox first baseman Jim Spencer would tie the franchise mark with eight RBI’s on the day. Spencer went 3 for 3 with two home runs including a grand slam along with a two-run shot and a two RBI single. Spencer would drive in eight runs in a game again later that season versus Minnesota in a 13-8 win on July 2. He is one of only five Sox players to ever drive in eight runs in a game and the only man to ever do it twice. May 14, 1998 - The Sox Greg Norton became one of only a handful of players to hit two home runs in the same game off Randy Johnson. Norton homered in the third and fifth innings of the Sox 5-3 win at Comiskey Park. He’d go 2 for 3 in the game with three RBI’s. May 14, 2005 - Sox speedster Scott Podsednik swiped four bases in a game against the Orioles at U.S. Cellular Field. Just a week earlier he grabbed four bases versus Toronto. He’s the only player in franchise history to steal four bases in a game three times, doing it again in 2006. In 2005 Podsednik swiped 59 bases in making an All-Star appearance. May 14, 2017 – As part of an eight run, eighth inning against the Padres, Sox third baseman Todd Frazier scored from third on an infield pop-up! Tyler Saladino popped up a bunt attempt which was caught by San Diego’s Wil Myers near first base. Myers though then turned his back and hesitated and when Frazier saw that he broke for the plate. The return throw was off line and high and Frazier scored sliding in. It delighted the Sox home crowd as part of a 9-3 win. 15 Sox players batted in the big inning, getting four hits, five walks, a hit batsman and an error.

Doesn't matter, it's not helping the kid at all if he can't control his stuff yet and the pressure starts to build on him mentally. He's got a great future and it's not worth screwing him up.

Since MLB can't or won't fire incompetent umpires like C.V. Bucknor and back in the day Joe West and Angel Hernandez, we need the ABS system more than ever.

I can't remember the last time they were at .500 or better...guess it was at the end of the 2022 season. Man that's a long time to be really bad. I'm thinking if Schultz has one or two more outings like tonight where he couldn't command his pitches he needs to go back to Charlotte. That's 10 of the last 14 for the Sox.

Much is going to depend on where the Sox are at the deadline and more importantly what JR decides given the almost sure lockout coming. He probably won't want to take much risk, if any until he knows what the next CBA will be like. Should they? If they are close...of course...but this is JR remember.

Bill was one of the finest people I ever got to know. I visited him at his home in Lamont one year he and his wife picked me up at the train station. My uncle and mom then drove out later in the afternoon to pick me up since I didn't have a car when I returned to Chicago. Bill came out and talked with both of them for I guess 20 minutes. Miss him, Roland Hemond and Jeff Torborg very much.

Three factoids today: May 13, 1957 - Sox pitcher Billy Pierce became the first member of the team and the first Chicago athlete, to ever appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The caption read, “Pride of Chicago, Billy Pierce.” In 1957, the year the magazine cover came out; Pierce went 20-12 with an ERA of 3.26. It was his second straight 20-win season. He led the league with 16 complete games, had four shutouts, two saves, threw 257 innings and had 192 strike outs. May 13, 1975 - Sox pitcher Jim Kaat’s 12-game winning streak ended as he was beaten 3-2 in Baltimore. Kaat had won his first five decisions in 1975 and his final seven decisions in 1974. He’d become a 20-game winner in both seasons averaging 290 innings pitched in those years. He’d also make the All-Star team in 1975. May 13, 1982 - SportsVision made its debut. The first regional pay cable service devoted exclusively to sports began operations with a game at Comiskey Park versus Milwaukee. The service was the brainchild of Sox co-owner Eddie Einhorn and while brilliant, was ahead of its time. The technology wasn’t there and more importantly, the attitude on the part of the fans wasn’t ready to pay for something they had been getting for free all their lives. At best roughly 20,000 fans subscribed to it. The service also included broadcasting games of the Bulls, Blackhawks and Sting (professional soccer). The decision to go to a pay service caused popular announcer Harry Caray to leave the team after 11 seasons and go to the Cubs despite an offer by the Sox that was worth more before the 1982 season began. SportsVision, in its original version, lasted until the end of 1983, then it was sold to the Cablevision Company and turned into SportsChannel-Chicago. The Sox blew out the Brewers in the game 13-2.

Sox have won 9 of their last 13 games now.

I wouldn't say it was a ho-hum win not after giving up the lead but they came up with the big hit at the right time. Most of their batting averages are still poor but I guess it doesn't matter if you can score when you need to. Like Hawk used to say, "Don't tell me what you hit, tell me when you hit..."

I wasn't part of the one-run crowd just winning or losing games in the 7th inning or later.