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Father Time will do so.

Nancy being diplomatic: “Things had changed musically and my role was somewhat diminished.” said Faust of her departure. “But since then I’m aware of what’s going on at other ballparks and I think the role of the organist is somewhat highlighted again. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-longtime-organist-nancy-faust-returns-on-mothers-day

Nancy playing today at the park will probably be the highlight of the game.

Exactly. And they aren't the first team to have done this with their revenue sharing money. Bob Costas was on the Dan Patrick show a few days ago and ripped the Pirates a new one.

Good veteran managers cost real money. Years ago JR went on the record saying he never thought managers (or head coaches) made that much of a difference.

Nice column/conversation with Nancy: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/11/vintage-tribune-nancy-faust-white-sox-memories/

10th game this year the Sox held an opponent to three runs or less and lost. 4th game this year the Sox took a lead into the 7th inning or later and lost. The Sox have scored three runs or less in 28 of the 40 games played (70%)

With the White Sox it's never a situation where "everybody is back."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/chicago-white-sox-pope-leo-xiv-superfan-cubs/

From talking with him I don't think respect had anything to do with it, he admitted he wanted to stay and was immature (his words). Remember he also got into a blowup with TLR before a game in Milwaukee, left the team and went back to Chicago again he said he was out of line. That happened either in 1980 or 1981. Roland Hemond had to talk with him to get to the root of the issue. He wished he could have stayed with the Sox but his actions backed Roland into a corner and he did what he could.

The ABC network ran a one hour special tonight on the Pope and had a segment in it about what team he roots for, the spoke with his brother who again said he is a Sox fan.

But one that unfortunately Chet brought on himself as he said in my interview and Kemp drove in almost 100 RBI's in 1982 so it's not like he was like chopped liver.

My complete interview with Chet from 2004: https://www.southsidesox.com/2025/5/9/24426467/chet-lemon-q-a-chicago-white-sox-detroit-tigers

From my interview with Chet in 2004. He explains how things developed where the Sox had little choice but to deal him: ML: You hit .302 in the strike shortened season and played your usual solid defense but on November 27, 1981 you were shipped to Detroit for Steve Kemp. The reasoning as I remember it was that the Sox wanted more balance in the lineup and Kemp was left handed. (Author’s Note: Harold Baines was basically the only power threat from the left side as opposed to having guys like Fisk, Luzinski and the newly acquired Tom Paciorek who were all right handed hitters.) Were you ever told by the Sox why they let you go? CL: "That may have been part of it but there was another reason." "In spring training 1981 I had verbally agreed to a five year contract that would have made me the highest paid player on the team. It was a great negotiation. Eddie Einhorn, Jerry Reinsdorf, Roland Hemond, my agent and I all sat around a table one day and worked everything out including some deferred compensation. For some reason I hadn’t gotten around to actually signing the document though. A few weeks later they signed Carlton Fisk and his numbers came out. When I saw those I told my agent “hmmmm maybe we need to renegotiate.” Everything that I did in five years, I did in Chicago and now I wasn’t going to be the highest paid player anymore? I know it was childish on my part but that’s the way I felt at the time." "It created some problems. After a period of time I said that I’d just play my next year out (1982) and then see what happens in that off season. I guess the Sox thought that I was automatically going to go the free agent route and that wasn’t necessarily the case. However I did know that other clubs were interested, I knew that Earl Weaver of the Orioles wanted me badly and that the Sox were close to trading me to them at one time." "It was weird how some things happened. I mean "Bull" Luzinski, whom I respected, and thought did a great job for us by supplying power, came out and said something like ‘if he’s not going to sign then we need to get somebody for him.’ After the trade I did play out my option but Detroit re-signed me to a 10 year deal which gave me security. I had some no trade clauses in it so I had some control if I was going to be uprooted again."

The Sox were swept in the four-game series. And in the process, they fell to 10-28 to match the worst start in franchise history through 38 games. They share the distinction with the 2024 and 2018 clubs.