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I agree that way we can finally end all the talk from some (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, SAY no more!) about the Sox moving to Nashville! 😗

I have answered that question for you before. Perhaps you forgot you've asked this multiple times. You may now go back to worrying about when the Sox will be moving to Nashville! 😗

Series will not only impact the Sox and the Astros but teams like the Orioles and Rangers. Hope they play well and at least get a win. Don't get swept. Would be nice to win tonight with Cleveland idle.

That's what happened in Houston. They invented Astroturf to help that situation since when the roof panels were painted, the natural grass started to die off.

The other interesting thing about that series was that in the important first game with the score tied at three in the 7th inning, Sherm Lollar hit a deep drive to left with Fox and Landis on base, Minnie Minoso went back to the fence stuck his arm up and the ball bounced off his glove, over the fence, for a three-run home run. The Sox won the game 7-3.

Six factoids today: August 31, 1926 - In a twin bill at Detroit, Sox infielder Ray Morehart cranked out nine hits in 10 at bats! Morehart went 5 for 6 in the opening game, and then capped it off with a 4 for 4 performance in the nightcap. Two of his nine hits were doubles. The Sox would gain a split on the day. August 31, 1935 – It was the highlight of his career. Sox rookie pitcher Vern Kennedy threw a no-hitter against the Indians. It took place in Comiskey Park. The Sox won it 5-0. The no-hitter was saved in the ninth inning when with one out, outfielder Al Simmons made a diving catch on a ball hit by Milt Galatzer. Kennedy didn’t even realize he had a no-hitter going until the final out! He also had the game breaking hit in the contest; a bases loaded triple driving in three runs in the sixth inning. It was also the first no-hitter in the American League since 1931. August 31, 1964 - Sox catcher Jerry McNertney was part of the cover shot for Sports Illustrated. It was one of the few black & white covers ever done by the magazine. The caption read, “Orioles vs. White Sox.” August 31, 1993 - Outfielder Tim “Rock” Raines became only the second Sox player to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. It took place at Yankee Stadium as he victimized Sterling Hitchcock and Rich Monteleone helping the Sox coast to an 11-3 win. Raines went 3 for 5, with two runs scored and four RBI’s. His home runs came in the fifth and ninth innings. August 31, 2023 – After the firing of both Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn, White Sox fans were hoping that owner Jerry Reinsdorf would go out and bring in a top-notch executive from a consistently winning organization to rebuild the franchise which sank to new lows both on and off the field. Instead Reinsdorf decided to promote former Sox infielder Chris Getz to the G.M. position. Getz had been in charge of the White Sox minor league operation for the past seven years, an operation that saw it usually rank near the bottom in Major League Baseball and failed to develop anyone outside of a very few higher draft picks to produce for the big-league club. White Sox fans, and even many in the mainstream media, were highly critical of the decision but not completely shocked given Reinsdorf’s history. Reinsdorf justified the move by saying that at his age he didn't want to waste a year that bringing in someone from outside the organization would need to get acquainted with everything. August 31, 2025 – In the sixth inning of a 3-2 Sox win over the Yankees at Rate Field, rookie Colson Montgomery hammered a slider from Luis Gil to center field for a solo home run. The 412-foot blast for Montgomery gave the shortstop 10 homers in August. That total tied Jose Abreu in April and June 2014 for the most by a rookie in a calendar month in White Sox history. On the season it was number 15 for the former first round draft pick.

Assuming your belief that Ishbia wouldn't accept building a new stadium where the parking lots are right now if given no other choice, I'm sure he'd try to look someplace in the suburbs. And let me shut down IMMEDIATELY your next post which would say something crazy along the lines of 'well I guess he'd move the team to Nashville..." 😆

Very true and I'd love to get a split as well.

When Ishbia takes over it may be what you and most Sox fans are desperately wishing/hoping for.

Anything is possible but I'd say the odds of the MLBPA accepting a salary cap (which would trigger a floor) are slim and none.

Justin Ishbia.

VERY fair point but generally speaking those guys have had some success and have been pretty reliable. There's no question the Sox are lacking in starting pitching at all levels it seems due to injuries, regressions and JR's 'fiscal philosophy' when it specifically comes to paying for premium pitching. And that philosophy certainly isn't going to change heading into next season, if there is one.

Agree with you but I also have to say, and I can't believe I'm doing this, that we don't know what restrictions or conditions Getz was put into by JR regarding the deadline. Maybe JR had nothing to do with things, in which case it's completely on Getz for the stupidity, but based on past history I wouldn't put it past JR to be involved in matters and decision this past end of July.

So will I but the lack of a quality back end for the rotation is causing stress on the rest of the staff. That shouldn't be happening right? Fegan last week wrote the pitching staff was "exhausted."

Works for me.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/30/colson-montgomery-munetaka-murakami-white-sox-offense

From the Sun-Times postgame story Sunday: No panic for Castillo"General manager Chris Getz hasn’t exactly gotten what he ordered with trade-deadline prize Luis Castillo, who has posted a 6.45 ERA in five starts for the Sox. After his latest clunker in Minneapolis on Friday, said his struggles have come when he’s “trying to be perfect with every pitch.” “Pitching for this team gives me a lot of confidence because I know that I’m on a good team,” Castillo said via interpreter Billy Russo. “Those guys have my back and every time I go there, they’re going to try to perform and do their best with every at-bat. “I’ve been feeling pretty comfortable here. We’ve created a good relationship with my teammates and the manager and of course the pitching coach. We’re in a good spot and we’re always in communication, trying to get better and improve.”

You asked if they ever play on the road. I answered you.

So far. Division hasn't been won yet though and that doesn't change the fact that long term for the Sox, a franchise that has had a history of pitching going back to their roots can't find five serviceable starters to me is telling. And by long term I don't just mean the last month but also next year, assuming their is a season.

They just came off a road trip to Colorado and the Angels where they won every game last week.

I guess it depends on your definition of 'serviceable' doesn't it? 🙂 Shields 5.31 ERA ranks second only to Jaime Navarro for highest in team history among pitchers allowed to throw at least 400 innings for the club."

Today is why starting pitching gets even more important down the stretch. That the Sox don't have five guys they can rely on to work in the last five weeks says a lot. As far as the hitting, especially since the break, 'the big three' has had their issues overall. Another important series starts Monday, four games in Houston. Would love to see a split.

EIGHT factoids today: August 30, 1941 - Sox pitcher Johnny Humphries had his string of 35 consecutive scoreless innings snapped on a home run by the Browns Chet Laabs in the second inning. The Browns won that afternoon going away 10-1. Humphries threw three consecutive shutouts going into the Browns game and started his scoreless streak back on July 19 with some coming in relief. August 30, 1949 - The Sox organized and celebrated “Jackie Hayes Night” at Comiskey Park. Hayes was a fine second baseman who suddenly lost his sight due to glaucoma. After a shower one afternoon, he felt as if he had soap in his right eye. The next day his vision was blurry, and the club sent him back to Chicago for treatment. “I thought it was just a cinder in there at first,” he said, “but specialists all over town have looked me over and they say it’s an infection somewhere else settling in my eye. All I know is, I can’t see very well and it’s getting no better.” It never did. Hayes visited 10 doctors and received several diagnoses — infection, inflammation, cataract — but no relief. Incredibly before he completely lost his sight, he played 18 games in the 1940 season, when he eyesight began to go bad and he hit .195. He literally closed his right eye when batting! August 30, 1955- The good news was that the White Sox beat the Red Sox, 7-5, in front of 41,166 at Comiskey Park to move into first place in the American League. The bad? Catcher Sherm Lollar was ejected from the game by home plate umpire Larry Napp in the sixth inning because he waved a towel in the dugout after teammate Millard “Dixie” Howell was called out on strikes. Sox G.M. Frank Lane, incensed by the decision, ran down from the press box and into the box seats to berate supervisor of umpires Cal Hubbard and A.L. president William Harridge. Commissioner Ford Frick fined Lane $500 dollars and ordered him to apologize. It wasn’t the first time Lane took on the establishment over what he considered unfair treatment for his club. He got into hot water after making comments about how the Yankees, he felt, were getting preferential treatment from the league office. August 30, 1959 - The Sox sealed a huge four game sweep of their closest pursuers in the American League by beating Cleveland at Municipal Stadium 6-3 and 9-4. Early Wynn and Barry Latman picked up the wins. The four-game sweep increased the Sox lead to five and a half games in the league and basically ended any suspense as to who was going to win the 1959 American League championship. An oddity came in game two when Latman’s sacrifice fly in the second inning scored both Johnny Romano and Al Smith! Latman hit a long drive caught at the fence by the Indians Rocco “Rocky” Colavito (who’d join the Sox in 1967) which scored Romano easily but Smith never hesitated and slid safely before third baseman George Strickland could even make a throw. The double header sweep was played in front of over 66 thousand fans. Sportswriter Gordon Cobbledick of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote that it was time for the Sox to “Go-Go home…” August 30, 1981 - The Sox dealt three prospects to the Twins for pitcher Jerry Koosman. The three were “Bambi” Mesa, Ron Perry and Randy Johnson (no… not THAT Randy Johnson). This Johnson was a Sox utility player who appeared in 12 games in 1980. It was a small deal pulled off by G.M. Roland Hemond that turned out to have big implications in future years. Koosman was like a second pitching coach, tutoring young Sox hurlers. He’d start games, pitch long relief and be a situational left hander in his two plus years on the South Side. He’d win 23 games and save five more overall in his time in Chicago. August 30, 1983 - Carlton Fisk, one of the fastest catchers in baseball history, hit an inside the park home run off the Rangers Dave Stewart at Comiskey Park. His drive struck the top of the wall in left center field and bounded back towards the infield. While the Texas outfielders were tracking the ball down, Fisk circled the bases. The Sox won that night, 5-0. August 30, 1990 - Ron Karkovice, not the fastest catcher to ever play the game, (although he amazingly had 10 steals in 1992!) hit an inside the park grand slam off the Twins David West at Minnesota. With the bases loaded in the fourth inning Karkovice hit a line drive just over shortstop that rolled to the wall in left center. Outfielder Dan Gladden was picking the ball up when he started to slip and fall. As he did so, he tossed the ball towards outfielder John Moses to try to start a relay, except that Moses wasn’t looking for it and the ball rolled towards center field. By the time the Twins got to it, Karkovice and all the runners had scored. It was the difference in a 4-3 win. August 30, 2004 - Sox outfielder Joe Borchard hit what’s believed to be the longest home run ever hit at U.S. Cellular Field (now Rate Field). He drove a pitch from the Phillies Brett Myers, a future Sox pitcher, an estimated 504 feet to right field, in the second inning, smacking off the wall at the back of the bleacher seats. It was part of a Sox 9-8 win. At the time he was drafted in the first round in 2000, Borchard got the largest bonus ever handed out by the franchise… 5.3 million dollars.

But Robert has since caught fire, batting .311/.371/.623 with six home runs over a 19-game stretch entering Saturday’s play.

No he was sent back to Charlotte.