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40-55 in the supposed middle of the "championship window..." That's all folks.

"Only" is a relative term especially when the overall budget is probably going to be drastically slashed and the Sox are going to have to try to fill numerous gaping holes. At least try to get someone who can actually stay on the field.

Part of the issue I think with both Moncada and Eloy (well two issues) are they were given huge contracts before proving a damn thing and that impacted them negatively and second they are both built like Greek Gods, yet both are made of glass because of it.

For the 19th time, that's right DVS of the Sun-Times listed his missing in action stints since he was called up to the Sox last month in the newspaper, our guy Eloy is going to miss time "at least the next four or five days..." Of course the Sox won't put him on the IL and play shorthanded. LOL. https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/7/16/23796778/eloy-jimenez-exits-white-sox-game-with-groin-tightness Please trade this stiff! So tired of this crap. ?

Only thing that could save it would be a change of heart by JR or new ownership.

With what they owe him he isn't going anywhere (no one wants him unless the Sox eat most of the salary). They are stuck with him until the end of next year then..."he gone!" They'll play him you can bet on it. Burger will take a seat until Eloy goes on the IL yet again.

Then they'll lose series to garbage teams like the A's and Royals.

Eloy ? Look for him to miss time for the 19th time since he came up to the Sox. ? Please trade his ass for whatever you can. More unfulfilled potential in part because of that big contract before proving anything.

July 16, 1980 - Bill Veeck’s ownership syndicate accepted offers to buy the White Sox. Sox broadcaster Harry Caray was one of those expressing interest along with millionaire Edward DeBartolo Sr. DeBartolo would eventually be turned away from getting the club after he had a deal with Veeck by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and the other owners and Veeck eventually sold the club to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn in January 1981. July 16, 1990 – It was one of the funniest moments in Sox history, as Sox utility player Steve “Psycho” Lyons made a mistake that wound up on every highlight show in the nation. In the fifth inning at Detroit, Lyons bunted his way on, sliding head first the final few feet to beat the throw. He then called time and completely blanked out as he started to drop his pants to get the dirt out of them. Fortunately, he was wearing sliding shorts. When he realized what he was doing he quickly yanked his pants back up while turning beet red in the process. After he was forced at second base later in the inning and ran back to the dugout, female fans in the first few rows behind the Sox bench began waving dollar bills at him. July 16, 2013 – The White Sox Chris Sale got the win as the A.L. beat the N.L. 3-0 at the All-Star Game from Citi Field in New York. Sale pitched two innings facing the minimum six batters and recording two strikeouts which came during the second and third innings. His strikeouts victims were Carlos Gonzales and Troy Tulowitzki. He got credit for the win when the A.L. scored the lead and eventual winning run in the top of the fourth inning when he was still the pitcher of record.

To DVS of the Sun-Times: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/7/15/23796140/focus-attention-to-detail-lacking-for-white-sox-manager-pedro-grifol-says

July 15, 1963 - Sox pitcher Gary Peters, on his way towards being named Co-Rookie of the Year, threw a one-hitter at Comiskey Park in beating the Orioles 4-0. Future Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts got the start for Baltimore and got that team’s only hit… in fact he would be the only O’s base runner on the night. That hit came in the third inning a single to center field. J.C. Martin and Tommy McCraw blasted two-run home runs for the Sox. Peters would strike out 13 that night and would finish the year with 19 wins despite not getting his first start until May 6 in Kansas City. July 15, 1994 – “Batgate” came to Comiskey Park. Indians’ slugger and future Sox outfielder Albert Belle was caught using a corked bat by Sox manager Gene Lamont in the first inning. In order to keep Belle from being suspended further, teammate Jason Grimsley crawled through the air ducts and dropped into the umpire’s room where the bat was being held for examination. Grimsley replaced Belle’s bat with a Paul Sorrento model which tipped off everyone to the switch. Umpire Dave Phillips then realized the bats had been switched and the police investigated; the league demanded that the Indians return Belle's bat; four days later, Belle's bat was sent to New York; it was x-rayed and cut open in the presence of Belle and G.M. John Hart and discovered to have cork in it; Belle was suspended for 10 games. The Sox lost the game 3-2. July 15, 2003 - Sox pitcher Esteban Loaiza started the All-Star Game being hosted by the White Sox for the fourth time in franchise history the others being the inaugural game in 1933, 1950 and the 50th anniversary contest in 1983. He went two scoreless innings and got no decision in the A.L.’s 7-6 come from behind win. He was joined in the game by teammates Carl Everett (OF) and Magglio Ordonez (OF).

Ed Herrmann told me one time Chuck was so pissed at him in his office that you could hear the yelling all through the clubhouse. You'll appreciate this story from my interview with him: “The other thing that turned it around took place pretty early in the 1971 season. We weren’t doing well; we were having a hard time catching the ball in the outfield. Mike Hershberger was back in Triple-A because he pulled a hamstring and I said I wanted him called back up to the Sox. I got a call from Roland the next day saying that there was a meeting going on at Comiskey Park and that a number of Sox people didn’t want him to return. I said “I’ll be right over.” So I got to the park and went to the meeting. A number of Sox people were there, the Farm Director, the Assistant Farm Director, scouts. Basically they said Hershberger had a bad attitude, he didn’t want to play, a lot of stuff.” “So I said, and this was the greatest thing I ever did with the Sox, that “you know there’s a reason Don Gutteridge isn’t here as manager anymore. It’s because he listened to all of you!’ I said “if Hershberger isn’t brought back up, you’ll be looking for a new manager tonight.” I threatened to resign. Mike helped turn it around. He hit a home run to win a game; he threw out a guy at the plate to win a game. He settled down the outfield and we started to win. (Author’s Note: In 74 games that season Hershberger hit .260, with two home runs, nine doubles, 15 RBI’s and 30 walks in 177 at bats.) The point was I was going to win or lose the way I wanted to, not the way someone else wanted me to.”

The next owner likely will not be an individual but a corporation.

This is an excellent look at the situation and its ramifications. Brad is my radio broadcast partner for Idaho State. He went to Northwestern, was the sports editor of the student newspaper. Both Michael Wilbon and Christine Brennen worked under him: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/opinion-lessons-from-northwesterns-hazing-scandal/article_cd07ad90-21a9-11ee-ac26-3797ea3bc63a.html?fbclid=IwAR1U4uZiijL7cLUjDWoARGU48cX5HlbGLnqD5XKvCAvGr-zUyUlg5jrYqWU

For a few years he was dating a reality TV stars daughter which generated publicity then he married an actress, who if I remember right got pregnant with someone else, they separated, got back together, had a child and he admitted having some emotional and mental strain (can't blame him for that of course). The point being between his injuries his sitting out the COVID year (one of the few players who did that) and all the "Hollywood gossip stuff" it seems the very last thing on his mind is becoming a solid pitcher.

First off he's not getting fired unless Hahn does. Ozzie threw shade at him tonight on the postgame as well.

If he can't throw strikes he's not even good as a relief pitcher. He's simply missed to much time, had to many injuries, had to much off the field drama and the Sox haven't done him a lot of favors with his development. Another failed "core" player.

Ozzie on the postgame show: "I don't want to talk about Pedro because every time Pedro talks I get aggravated" ? "He says Kopech throw the ball good - he's throwing 98-99 miles an hour, but he can't throw strikes. He says Kopech feels good. How does he know? He doesn't know...Kopech feels good, Anderson feels good...everybody feels good. I'm just going to flush this because I don't want to talk about him."

DVS of the Sun-Times with the post game autopsy: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/7/14/23795622/michael-kopech-kod-in-first-inning-white-sox-trounced-in-first-game-back-from-break

Between injuries, sitting out the COVID year and his off the field dramas... this guy is a lost cause.

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More like glass.

Let the bottoming out commence!

I hope Brian instills a better work ethic in his players then he had with the Sox (as he himself has admitted and from what I was told about him from some mainstream media members who watched him during his time with the Sox)

July 14, 1915 - In a 6-4 win over the Athletics at Comiskey Park, pitcher Urban “Red” Faber stole second, third and home in the contest. He’s one of only three Sox players to ever do this and the only pitcher to pull it off. The circumstances surrounding Faber’s steals was strange in itself. Heavy rain was interrupting the game and in the fourth inning the A’s were stalling trying to force the game to be rained out already losing 4-2. Faber stole his bases uncontested as the Athletics didn’t even try to throw him out! Even stranger, the next Sox hitter Harry “Nemo” Leibold struck out even though Philadelphia pitcher “Bullet” Joe Bush kept trying to hit him! July 14, 1953 - Sox pitcher Billy Pierce, perhaps the greatest lefty in franchise history, started the All-Star Game in Cincinnati’s Crosley Field. Billy threw three innings allowing only one hit. He got no decision in the N.L.’s 5-1 win. Joining Billy in Cincinnati were teammates “Chico” Carrasquel (SS), Nellie Fox (2B), Ferris “Burrhead” Fain (1B) and “Minnie” Minoso (OF). Carrasquel also started the contest. July 14, 1979 - It’s hard to believe given his reputation for sleepwalking and indifference, but Sox outfielder Claudell Washington actually had a good game from time to time. Washington hit three home runs against the Tigers in the Sox 12-4 win. He went 3 for 5 with five RBI’s. His home runs came in the third, seventh and eighth innings, part of the Sox six home runs in the game. July 14, 1991- It was almost a no-hitter with an unusual twist. Sox starter Jack McDowell opened the game at Milwaukee by allowing a leadoff home run by Paul Molitor. It would be the only safety on the day for the Brewers, as Jack recorded the next 27 outs without allowing a hit. McDowell allowed only one walk and a base runner via error the rest of the afternoon in the Sox 15-1 laugher. Warren “the Deacon” Newson had four RBI’s with Robin Ventura adding three. July 14, 2000 - Frank Thomas broke Luke Appling’s team record for most RBI’s when he drove in his 1,117th. It came at home in a 9-4 loss to the Cardinals. This was also the same game where Cal Eldred left in the fifth inning with soreness in his forearm/elbow which would require surgery. In the midst of a tremendous first half of the season with seemingly all the pieces in place for a run to a championship, Eldred’s injury, coupled with the loss for a long period of time, of starter James Baldwin, forced the Sox remaining pitchers into a heavier work load which caused a rash of bad arms. Two other starting pitchers, Mike Sirotka and Jim Parque basically saw their careers ended by arm injuries suffered later in the same season and had the Sox somehow got past Seattle in the opening round of the playoffs it would have been interesting to see who manager Jerry Manuel would turn to for the next series.