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Benintendi became only the second Sox player to have all of his teams hits in a win. First to do so was Lamar Johnson against the A's: June 19, 1977 - The star that afternoon was first baseman Lamar Johnson who did everything in the second contest and even before the games began that Sunday. Johnson’s three hits were the only Sox hits in that game. He blasted two home runs and a double in the nightcap which the Sox won 5-1. They won the first game 2-1 behind Wilbur Wood. As an added bonus he also sang the National Anthem before game one!

10 more wins for a winning season.

True but they probably can't keep doing it forever.

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To dream the impossible dream...

Also have to give Fedde credit for hanging in there.

It's not often you win a game getting only three hits but they found a way. Big win given that Cleveland already leads K.C. 2-0.

Just FYI, I was responding to the poster who said he should be released. He shouldn't have been acquired in the first place, of course, but regardless of if you agree with that or not JR wouldn't let them do that. And I agree with you in the sense that you don't get a guy like this only to release him after five starts. The question is, if he keeps stinking up the place, when do the Sox let him go?

MLB.com had a listing of some of the possible free agents for next season: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-players-with-opt-out-clauses-player-options-club-options-for-2027

I agree but JR isn't going to sign off on paying him a shitload of money to not work.

That decision isn't looking very good right now is it?

Five factoids today: August 29, 1915 - Sox pitcher Jim Scott fired a 5-0 shutout over the Philadelphia A’s... and he did it in only 68 minutes!! It’s the fastest game ever played in team annals. He allowed three hits and struck out six. Scott won 24 games that year. August 29, 1965 - In a double header at Comiskey Park, Sox shortstop Ron Hansen set the Major League record when he handled 29 chances. Boston provided the opposition. The Sox won both games 3-2, with game one going 14 innings. Hansen had 19 chances in game one, also a Major League record for an extra inning game, and 10 in game two. August 29, 1975 - Outfielder Ken Henderson became the first Sox player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game. Ross Grimsley and Wayne Garland were the victims at Baltimore in a game the Sox would win 4-2. Both the home runs were solo shots in the first and eighth innings. August 29, 1991 - At 43 years, eight months and three days old, White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk became the oldest player in the 20th Century to hit two home runs in one game. Fisk’s blasts help fuel Jack McDowell’s complete game win over Cleveland, 7-2, he drove in four RBI’s. Fisk would break his own record by clubbing two homers towards the end of the season, on October 3, against Minnesota. August 29, 2010 – The “Big Hurt” Frank Thomas, the greatest player in franchise history, had his #35 retired in a ceremony at U.S. Cellular Field. Thomas played 16 years with the White Sox and is the franchise leader in most hitting categories. The five-time All-Star and Hall of Famer won a batting title with the Sox, four Silver Slugger awards and was the only player in history to hit at least .300 with at least 20 home runs, 100 RBI’s, 100 walks and 100 runs scored in his first seven seasons. He’d have a statue of himself unveiled at the stadium in 2011.

Castillo hasn't pitched well in four of his five Sox starts, that's 80%. That's a losing proposition. Maybe the Sox will get lucky and he'll retire after the season.

Give them credit for finding ways to win. A new season high eight games over. However Castillo is a disaster plain and simple. Bullpen saved their ass again tonight.

I hope the last three games won't be a factor and the Sox will have a chance to line up their pitching the way they want it. Remember how 2008 turned out?

Six factoids today: August 28, 1909 – In the second inning of the opener of a doubleheader at South Side Park, Washington’s William “Dolly” Gray set two Major League records against the White Sox. He walked eight batters in the inning, seven of them consecutive. Pat “Patsy” Dougherty led off the inning with a single, and #5 hitter Frank Isbell either sacrificed Doughtery to second or made an out (a play-by-play for the game isn’t available). And then, the parade of walks — from #6 hitter Lee Tannehill all the way back through the order to Doughtery began. The White Sox scored six in the inning, all driven in with walks. The second time Doughtery went to bat, with six straight walks already in the books, White Sox manager Billy Sullivan suggested Doughtery leave his bat in the dugout. The White Sox won, 6-4, with only Doughtery’s single hit. Gray’s one-hitter came with 11 total walks for the afternoon. The White Sox also won the nightcap, 2-1, walking just twice. August 28, 1938 – It was the most grueling stretch of baseball ever in Major League history. A series of rain outs forced the White Sox to play six consecutive double headers on six consecutive days from August 23 through August 28. They played four games against the Yankees in two days, six games against the Red Sox in three days and two games against the Athletics. All were on the road. For the month the White Sox had to play 13 double headers! Despite the incredible stretch of games, they finished the month with a record of 16-22 which really wasn’t that bad. August 28, 1960 - Of all the crazy games and things that have happened when the Sox played at Baltimore, this one topped the list. The Sox started the day two and a half games behind the Yankees and trailed the O’s 3-0 going into the eighth inning. With two out, Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox and Roy Sievers ripped consecutive singles, scoring a run and putting the tying runs on base. Manager Al Lopez called on Ted Kluszewski to pinch hit. “Big Klu” drilled the pitch from Milt Pappas into the right field stands for an apparent three run homer except for one small thing… Third base umpire Ed Hurley called time! Nobody remembered seeing him do it but he refused to change his call. Fox was ejected in the confrontation afterwards and Lopez played the game under protest. Hurley called time right before the pitch to tell Sox players Floyd Robinson and Earl Torgeson that they were warming up in the wrong area. The next day Hurley was quoted in the newspapers as saying "I wish to heck I hadn’t called it; I’d gladly take it back.” End result was the Sox lost 3-1, and were now three games behind the Yankees. Kluszewski later recalled that this game was the one that broke the team’s spirit that season. August 28, 1983 - Greg Luzinski completed his ‘downtown triple crown’ by blasting a pitch from Boston’s Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd over the roof in left center field in the first inning. It was Luzinski’s third roof shot in 1983 the others came versus the Twins and Yankees. Greg would have four roof top home runs in his White Sox career. The Sox took care of Boston on this afternoon 6-2 before over 33-thousand fans. August 28, 1990 - Frank Thomas, who would become the White Sox all-time home run leader, belted his first big league round tripper. Thomas connected in the ninth inning of a game at the Metrodome off the Twins Gary Wayne. The Sox would lose that day 12-6. Thomas had 448 home runs in a Sox uniform. August 28, 1998 - The Sox and Rangers combined for 14 home runs in a double header at Comiskey Park, tying the American League mark. The teams hit seven in the first game, seven in the second. Texas and the Sox split the two games on the day.

Since #21 was brought up here are some of the best to wear that number for the Sox: Gerry Staley, Ray Herbert, George Bell, Esteban Loaiza, Todd Frazier. Sosa by the way wore #25.

#1 is more realistic given the parameters JR insist on forcing his organization to abide by regarding pitchers. It is what it is - Kenny Williams.

https://www.mlb.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-gifted-pope-hat-from-white-sox-giveaway

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-conversations-about-munetaka-murakami-extension

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-cba-proposal-roster-stability

The division they are in has something to do with it.