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Update on possible future call up's/help: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/05/24/white-sox-prospects-jacob-gonzalez-braden-montgomery

Another lost bullpen season it appears.

You completely lost me on this one.

Unless the pitching somehow gets much better (being healthy would be a good start) it's hard to see how they can actually stay in the race even in the mediocre Central Division. On paper the Phillies, Braves, Dodgers and Yankees should have field days against them.

SIX factoids today: May 24, 1929 - In one of the greatest pitching performances in the history of baseball, Sox starter Ted Lyons threw all 21 innings in a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to the Tigers. He allowed 24 hits in the 21 innings and faced an incredible 85 hitters. His opponent that day, George Uhle, pitched 20 innings and faced 79 batters himself. Only five other pitchers ever threw more innings in a game, none by Sox pitchers. May 24, 1946 - Sox manager Jimmy Dykes was fired by the organization. Dykes was in charge for 12 years, 13 days, the longest tenure in franchise history. His White Sox record was 899-940. The 899 wins is the franchise’s most ever by a manager. He also was involved in a footnote that could have changed White Sox and baseball history. In March 1938, the White Sox played a benefit exhibition against the Pasadena Sox, a group of young players from that California city. Holding forth on the local team was a 19-year-old black youth who made several brilliant plays. Dykes said, “Geez, if that kid was white, I’d sign him right now.” In March of 1942, Dykes allowed the phenom and another black baseball player, Nate Moreland, to try out for the White Sox. He sent them away without an offer. Perhaps he allowed the tryouts only to deflect racial criticism, since no Major League team had yet expressed any positive attitude toward integration. In any event, nothing came of it. How history might have changed if he had been able to offer a contract to that phenom, a lad named Jackie Robinson! May 24, 1961 - For the first time since the 1950 season the Sox dropped into last place in the American League for a time after they lost a double header in Baltimore 5-3 and 6-4. The plight of the Sox actually caused some Chicago aldermen in city council session to publicly ask what was going on. The Sox would rebound though to end the year in fourth place with 86 wins. May 24, 1967 - Sox first baseman Tommy McCraw had his career day. In a game at Minnesota, McCraw slammed three home runs and knocked in eight RBI’s as the Sox pounded the Twins 14-1. On the day he went 3 for 6, with three runs scored. The eight RBI’s, tied a franchise record. May 24, 1983 - The 1983 season turned around completely on this evening as the White Sox destroyed Boston and pitcher Doug Bird 12-4. Bird, who hadn’t lost a game in two years, was roughed up as the Sox blasted five home runs on the night. Greg Luzinski hit one of them which was his fifth shot in five games. It was the start of the drive that would lead, four months later, to the Western Division championship and 99 wins. May 24, 2011 - Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin wrote his name in the franchise record book when he hit three home runs in a game against the Rangers. Quentin hit them before and after a rain/high wind delay of almost three hours which caused the game to end at 1:27AM local time. He went 3 for 5 on the night with five RBI’s in the Sox 8-6 win.

From Sox Machine's recap: *Fedde in May: 16 IP, 28 H, 18 R, 18 ER, 7 HR, 9 BB, 9 K. It'd look a lot more like the end if there were an obvious candidate to replace him.

The problem is there really aren't any good answers. The guys who had TJS last year still aren't ready or they are hurt yet again. Smith is hurt, McDougal is hurt, it's only May so you probably can't trade for anybody and remember JR is still running the show and doesn't want to spend money. Sox are between a rock and a hard place. So what else is new?

Fedde and Leasure have not been good.

Two factoids today: May 23, 1954 - The Sox quest to find a competent third baseman appeared to be at an end as G.M. Frank Lane sent infielder Grady Hatton and $100,000 dollars to Boston for All-Star George Kell. It was the first time the Red Sox had sold a player outright since the “Babe” Ruth deal. Kell’s best year was 1955 when he hit .312 with 81 RBI’s. However, he had a bad back which limited his playing time and he was traded to the Orioles early in 1956 as part of a six-player deal. May 23, 2024 – Over the decades when it came to the White Sox facing the Orioles you could almost always count on something strange, bizarre or unusual taking place at some point with the result usually costing the Sox an opportunity to win. On this night at Guaranteed Rate Field, the Sox had scored four runs in the ninth inning and had the tying runs on base, trailing 8-6 when the game ended in one of the strangest ways possible. Andrew Benintendi hit a pop up in the infield. Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson drifted over to make the play when base runner Andrew Vaughn was called for interference even though Henderson had plenty of time to make the catch. It ended the game as Henderson was credited with an unassisted double play!

Cleveland doing Cleveland things yet again, they really have a solid organization.

In Giants BP he was hit in the back by a ball and has a bruise.

Four factoids today: May 22, 1928 - Sox center fielder Johnny Mostil tied former center fielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch with an A.L. record 12 chances in a 4-3 win over the Indians. Mostil took advantage of a cavernous Comiskey Park center field to grab 10 fly balls (including all three outs in the top of the third) among all the chances. Mostil also initiated an inning-ending double play in the top of the sixth, snagging a liner off the bat of future Sox player Luke Sewell. As if scampering deep to center and into left and right field for fly balls wasn’t enough of a testament to Mostil’s speed and quickness, he also scored the eventual winning run on a wild pitch by George Uhle — from second base! Mostil also had three hits on the day, scoring two runs. May 22, 1977 - Richie Zisk became only the second Sox player in franchise history to hit a home run into the center field bleachers under the exploding scoreboard at Comiskey Park. He joined Dick Allen (1972) as the only Sox players to ever accomplish it. Zisk’s blast off the Tigers Dave Rozema in the eighth inning didn’t help the Sox win however. They got beat 14-3 despite recording 12 hits on the day. May 22, 1990 - Sox catcher Carlton Fisk struck a blow for baseball traditionalists. Fisk got into a verbal exchange with Yankee outfielder Deion Sanders after the two-sport star drew a dollar sign in the batter’s box before an at bat at Yankee Stadium, and then failed to run out a pop up. Fisk followed Sanders back to the Yankee dugout while shouting, “Run the ball out you piece of s%*#.” The next time Sanders came up to bat he said something to Fisk. Carlton started to go after him when John Hirschbeck, the home plate umpire intervened. Fisk was asked after the game what else he told Sanders. "There is a right way and a wrong way to play this game. You're playing it the wrong way. And the rest of us don't like it. Someday, you're going to get this game shoved right down your throat." May 22, 2019 – It was a night of firsts for the White Sox in a 9-4 win over the Astros. Things started off in the third inning when Houston had runners on first and second with no out. Future Sox player Jake Marisnick hit a shot down to third base. Yoan Moncada fielded it and stepped on the bag for the out, fired to second baseman Yolmer Sanchez for out number two, who relayed the ball to first baseman Jose Abreu just in time to nip Marisnick for a triple play. Then with the Sox up 4-3 in the sixth inning, outfielder Charlie Tilson launched a grand slam into the right field seats. It was Tilson’s first big-league home run. It was the first time in franchise history the Sox had both a grand slam and a triple play in the same game and only the fourth time in 40 years that had happened in baseball.

Harry wasn't on the Sox announcing staff in 1983, he left after the 81 year to join the Cubs even though the Sox offered him more money to stay. Harry in his biography later said he left because of the SportsVision experiment and because he couldn't stand the new owners.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/05/21/bears-stadium-megaprojects-bill-arlington-heights-obstacles-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-northwest-indiana

You must have a thing for births and deaths.

Three factoids today: May 21, 1905 - White Sox pitcher Frank Smith fired a one-hitter in beating the Senators 2-1 at South Side Park. Washington scored their only run and got their only hit in the first inning as Smith walked former teammate Charlie Jones to open the game then after an out, he was driven home on a single by Jake Stahl. Smith helped his own cause in the fifth inning by hitting a double then when he was on third base came home on a bobbled ground ball resulting in an error. It was the decisive run in the game. Washington made three errors on the afternoon with the game played in front of over 25-thousand fans. May 21, 1943 - The White Sox won the fastest nine-inning game they’ve ever played, 1-0 over the Senators at Comiskey Park. Johnny Humphries threw a three-hitter in a game that took just one hour, 29 minutes. Humphries in fact scored the game’s only run, doubling to lead off the fifth and getting singled home by Thurman Tucker. May 21, 2009 - The White Sox tied the team record for worst defeat based on run difference in their history, when they were annihilated 20-1 by the Twins at U.S. Cellular Field. The 19-run difference was first set on May 10, 2002 in Anaheim. Bartolo Colon, Lance Broadway and Jimmy Gobble gave up all the runs. Colon at least had something of an excuse…of the eight runs he allowed, seven were unearned!

It's actually the Phillies, Braves, Dodgers and Yankees. Philly has been red hot since Mattingly took over.

Three factoids today: May 20, 1920 – At Griffith Stadium in Washington on this afternoon the White Sox would set the team record for the most runs ever scored in an extra inning. In the 16th inning they were able to score eight times to beat the Senators 13-5. The Senators made nine errors on the day leading to nine unearned runs. Sox Hall of Fame pitcher Urban “Red” Faber worked all 16 innings allowing 18 hits, three earned runs and faced 64 batters! May 20, 1973 - A Sunday afternoon bat day double header with the Twins brought the largest crowd out to ever see a game in the original Comiskey Park. 55,555 packed into the stadium filling every single inch of it, including standing on the catwalks that connected the left and right field bleachers with the center field scoreboard area. To his dying day, two-time White Sox owner Bill Veeck refused to believe that figure was accurate, he thought it was too low. The Sox split the pair of games that afternoon. May 20, 2006 – The Cubs/Sox rivalry never got hotter than on this day at U.S. Cellular Field when Cubs catcher Michael Barrett sucker punched the Sox A.J. Pierzynski which started a brawl around home plate. The game was the national telecast on the Fox Network. In the second inning Brian Anderson hit a fly to left field. A.J. tagged up, ran over Barrett who was blocking the plate, then went back and slapped his hand on it. Barrett took exception and punched Pierzynski on the side of his jaw. The punch didn’t faze A.J. but both benches cleared. As a result, Barrett, A.J., Anderson and John Mabry were ejected. The Sox, behind Freddy Garcia, won the game 7-0. Tadahito Iguchi belted two home runs, one a grand slam and drove in six RBI’s on the day.

One of the more unusual one-hitters in team history to be sure. Four pitchers combine on it. Ranks right up there with other 'bizarre' one-hitters. The complete game one-hitters that Rich Dotson (1983) and Freddy Garcia (2005) LOST and Jack McDowell's strange complete game one-hitter at Milwaukee (1991). Paul Molitor started the Brewers half of the first with a home run...after that Milwaukee got nothing from Jack the rest of the way.

7th time this season the Sox trailed in the 7th inning or later and won the game. Taylor sure made a strong case tonight to be the closer in my opinion.

I think it does make a difference although history shows there have been clubs that literally hated each other yet still did very well on the field.

Correct, it will be part of the factoids on Wednesday.

Or maybe the Sox coaching staff should come up with a different way/pattern to try to pitch to Naylor?

Typical. As Ozzie once said, "That's the way we roll..." If the Sox are going to look for pitching reinforcements it looks like it's going to have to come via trade because yet again it seems most of their better prospects in the system can't stay healthy. And should any 'difference makers' become available from teams out of it, I wouldn't expect the Sox to be active participants in those discussions given JR's 'attitude' towards top quality pitching and the uncertain labor situation upcoming.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/19/chicago-bears-stadium-slag-heap-hammond/