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From what I read yes, he was being given the day off.

Four factoids today: June 21, 1942 - Sox pitcher and future Hall of Famer Ted Lyons won his 250th career game beating the Red Sox 6-5. That season Lyons only pitched on Sunday’s and posted this incredible statistic. In his 20 starts that year he completed all 20 games! He went 14-6 with an ERA of 2.10 which led the American League. At the end of the season Lyons joined the Marines and served four years during World War II. June 21, 1956 - It was either a case of great pitching, or terrible hitting, as the Sox beat the Orioles 1-0 in a game that took just 2:12. Both Baltimore starter Connie Johnson, who used to pitch for the Sox, and the Sox Jack Harshman each allowed the opposition only one hit. The Sox scored their run in the first inning when “Jungle” Jim Rivera walked, stole second and scored on a double by Nellie Fox. The Orioles only hit came in the seventh inning, a double off the bat of Gus Triandos. June 21, 1964 - The Sox dropped their ninth straight game on the season to the Yankees 2-1 in 17 innings. It allowed New York to sweep the twin bill with the Sox scoring only one run on the day in 26 innings played. This one really hurt because New York got the winning run home thanks to an error by infielder Al Weis. The Sox would lose another one to the Yanks the next day running the streak to 10 in a row, before finally winning against them in August with a four-game series sweep. Those losses were very costly since in 1964 the Sox ended the year...one game, behind the Yankees. June 21, 1973 - Sox pitcher Stan Bahnsen, a 21-game winner in 1972, threw one of the strangest shutouts in baseball history. Bahnsen beat the A’s 2-0 at Comiskey Park. He allowed 12 hits and a walk in the process. The A’s left 10 men on base. It was two off the record for most hits allowed in a shutout.

That was a fun summer!

It would be nice to avoid getting swept with Cleveland coming in and having to play them seven times in the next 10 days or so. You just get the feeling they are playing hard but shortcomings and of course injuries are starting to make a bigger and bigger impact.

From the Sun-Times game recap story: Rotation vacancyThe Sox hope to have more options on their next turn through the rotation to fill the spot that required a bullpen day. Lefty Noah Schultz is scheduled for a rehab start Sunday at Triple-A Charlotte, but he might need one more before being recalled. David Sandlin, who pitched in three games in his first major-league stint this season, is ramping up at Charlotte and was set to pitch Saturday night. Mason Adams, who rocketed up to Charlotte this season, is another option. “It’s continuing to build right now,” Venable said of those options. “Those guys are still building back, and we decided to have those guys be options down the road. There was a time this year where it felt like there were maybe four guys down there that could be options for you. So it’s always moving at different spots through different times of the year.”

Never, NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the owners.

The division they are in helps the 'contending' possibility but there's no question they have a lot of holes.

I had some real concerns about this series. Human nature being what it is when you went through what the team did the past two weeks there's going to be a let down even if it is subconscious. Hopefully they can salvage a game tomorrow with Cleveland coming in.

SIX factoids today: June 20, 1926 - In a game with the Yankees that the Sox won 4-3; they set the record for the largest crowd to see a game at Comiskey Park before the upper deck was added. 43-thousand were on hand for the contest; so many fans were in the park they were allowed to ring the outfield wall standing on the playing field. That may have contributed to the Sox final run in the eighth inning as Willie Kamm’s drive went into the fans on the field, it was scored as a double and drove home Earl Sheely with what proved to be the winning run. June 20, 1945 - In the eighth inning of a game in St. Louis a brawl broke out between the White Sox and Browns players. As Browns pitcher George Caster was leaving the mound he fired the ball toward the Chicago dugout, but missed, hitting the adjacent wall. White Sox players charged onto the field and several of the Browns charged the Chicago dugout where they attacked White Sox batting practice pitcher and ex-Marine Karl Scheel whom they beat for several minutes, claiming he had been riding them in a personal way all game. When that confrontation was broken up, the game resumed with no one being ejected; many fans came on the field and the game was delayed for several minutes. Scheel was carried to the clubhouse for first aid. Several Browns were fined by the league. The Sox would win the game 4-1. June 20, 1973 - Sox relief pitcher Cy Acosta became the first pitcher to actually hit for the team, in the designated hitter era, when he struck out in the eighth inning of an 8-3 win over Nolan Ryan and the Angels at Comiskey Park. Rich Hand was the Angels pitcher who struck him out. Acosta came to bat because manager Chuck Tanner pulled Dick Allen after a six run, seventh inning and moved Tony Muser from DH to first base. That meant the Sox gave-up the DH and Acosta took the spot in the batting order. June 20, 1980 - Tigers outfielder Al Cowens attacked Sox relief pitcher Ed Farmer. In the 11th inning of a game at Comiskey Park, Cowens ran towards Farmer after hitting a ground ball instead of running towards first base. The two had a melee on the mound. One-year earlier Farmer broke his jaw when he was pitching for Texas on an errant pitch. Chicago police went looking for Cowens after the game to press assault charges. Farmer, who had polycystic kidney disease, ended up on the bottom of the pile, where his cysts burst and his kidneys weakened. He would be an All-Star the next month, amid his greatest season, but Farmer said from the moment after the brawl he felt weaker, and was never the same pitcher. June 20, 1986 - In what he admitted was one of the biggest mistakes he’d ever made, Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf approved the firing of manager Tony LaRussa. LaRussa and his staff simply didn’t get along with new G.M. Ken “Hawk” Harrelson and his unusual ideas, and with the team struggling on the field, the decision to let him go was made. LaRussa, who won over 500 games for the White Sox and the 1983 Western Division championship, was hired by the A’s three weeks later. He eventually took both Oakland and St. Louis to the World Series winning three titles and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014 before coming back to manage the White Sox starting in the 2021 campaign. Harrelson resigned his position after one season in charge of the White Sox. That year the club went 72-90 ending up in fifth place in the Western Division. Reinsdorf later explained the situation surrounding Harrelson’s hiring as G.M. to the Chicago Tribune. “Eddie (Einhorn) and I would talk to “Hawk” and (Don) Drysdale at length, and “Hawk” more so, to identify problems in the organization, we were still neophytes in this business and we were impressed with the way “Hawk” pointed out our problems. [GM] wasn't something he really wanted him to do, but we urged him to help us out. The mistake was that when you go to a doctor who diagnoses open-heart surgery, you don't have him do the surgery because he diagnosed the problem, you get a heart surgeon. Just because “Hawk” was able to diagnose our problems did not mean he could solve them. It was a terrible position to put him in, and a year later, he said he wanted out." June 20, 2006 - In a home game the White Sox would set the team mark for the most runs ever scored in the third inning of a game when 11 men crossed the plate against the Cardinals. Chicago area native Mark Mulder was the victim of the onslaught which saw the Sox win 20-6. The Sox sent 16 men to the plate and had 11 hits in the inning.

If you are talking about the near future Schultz is still on a rehab assignment. he won't be up for at least the next few days.

• Catcher Kyle Teel (hamstring, knee) had four hits in five at-bats with two runs and two RBI in his rehab outing Friday at Triple-A Charlotte. He’s scheduled to play another nine innings Saturday, then be evaluated for a potential return.

Because there may not be a complete season next year and the loss of potential revenue could make him gun-shy. You know how he is when it comes to taking risks especially on pitchers.

Just don't get swept against a Detroit team that has been playing better in June.

Three factoids today: June 19, 1926 - The Sox celebrated Eddie Collins Day at Comiskey Park. Collins would be admitted into the Hall of Fame in 1939 and was one of the finest second baseman in Major League history. He played 12 seasons with the club and is the only member of the 3,000-hit club to get that safety in a Sox uniform. June 19, 1977 - Wilbur Wood threw one of his last good games for the White Sox as he beat the A’s 2-1 in the first game of a double header at Comiskey Park. Wood went eight innings allowing only a run. But the real 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. As an added bonus he also sang the National Anthem before game one! June 19, 2015 – In a game against the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field, Chris Sale recorded his fifth consecutive game with at least 12 strikeouts as he fanned 14 Texas hitters. That tied him with Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson as the only pitchers in baseball history to accomplish that. Sale’s streak began on May 28 and in those five starts he struck out a total of 65 hitters. He got a no-decision in the game though as Texas scored two runs in the ninth inning with two out and picked up a 2-1 win.

At the MLB.com site they had a story today on 10 players likely to be moved. Chapman, Wacha and Ryan were listed as possibly to the White Sox but not Gray for what it's worth.

I didn't mean a "stud" pitcher but from a numerical standpoint. To me they need two starters and probably a relief pitcher or two.

That would be a start but they need more than him and Boston probably isn't going to be willing to trade him for another month.

I wouldn't be surprised if your belief is accurate.

They need two starters but no one is trading right now and as the thorough story today in Sox Machine pointed out help probably isn't coming from the minor league system. How the Sox shore up the pitching staff is anybody's guess right now.

Absolutely. I would have been satisfied going 5-6. Breaks a 10-game losing streak in the Bronx. On to Detroit.

With the lockout coming up, it's a valid question to ask if he wants to compete.

Speaking of the draft: On3MLB Proposes Banning HS Prospects in Draft, A Potential B...The college baseball talent pool will grow tremendously if the MLB discontinues the practice of drafting high school players.

Three factoids today: June 18, 2006 - Jon Garland became the first Sox pitcher to homer in a big-league game since 1971 (Steve Kealy) when he hit a two-run shot off the Reds Esteban Yan in the eighth inning of a game in Cincinnati. The Sox won easily 8-1. Garland scored two runs as well and picked up the win going eight innings allowing only four hits. June 18, 2019 – It was a huge moment and a big step forward for the rebuilding White Sox at the time. In a one-all tie at Wrigley Field against the Cubs; former top Cub prospect Eloy Jimenez blasted a two-run home run into the left field bleachers giving the Sox what turned out to be a 3-1 win. The shot came in the ninth inning and he did it while breaking his bat! Jimenez was acquired by the Sox along with top pitching prospect Dylan Cease for pitcher Jose Quintana on July 13, 2017. June 18, 2023 – A brilliant individual performance by Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn was all for naught. Lynn, who had been badly struggling all season, found a comfort zone in Seattle and wound up striking out 16 Mariners, tying the franchise record on a Father’s Day Sunday afternoon. But the Sox offense was so embarrassingly bad, they only scored one run and Seattle wound up winning the game 5-1 tacking on additional runs off of Reynaldo Lopez when Lynn left in the eighth inning. He was charged with three runs in the game. The 16 strikeouts tied Jack Harshman for the team record. Harshman, a converted position player, struck out 16 Red Sox on July 25, 1954 at Fenway Park in a game the Sox won 5-2.

Does a detailed look at the situation examining all of the players involved and their issues: The White Sox's minor league pitching depth has disappear...Before we delve into the way the White Sox’s pitching depth has utterly evaporated this season, have you ever noticed how the launch of a starting pitcher’s major league career is so reliant on timing

Even if they lose Wednesday, the fact that they would have won five games during this brutal two week stretch is worth noting. At least they wouldn't have completely fallen apart.