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Mark Gonzales in his recap story tonight said a Dodger operative told him last week that "Anderson would look good in blue." He also speculated that Lynn would help the Cardinals and that teams would be interested in Bummer. April isn't even over and the talk has already started. Sickening, embarrassing and frustrating. And the worst part? Nothing really will change with ownership/front office.

"I think we get one win here this series, hopefully tomorrow, [and] win another one Sunday. Then we can get something going, start to creep back.”- Pedro Grifol. ?????????

“If two guys go for it, the shortstop (Elvis Andrus) has priority and the second baseman covers the bag, and you got both places covered,” Grifol said. “It’s pretty simple." “Last case scenario, you throw a ball to home plate and preserve the runner at third base.” It's not simple if your team is completely "baseball-stupid."

NBA announced today that all Suns and Mystics games will be available on "free" over the air-TV starting with the WNBA games this summer. They'll also be streamed. Sports may be going back to their broadcast roots.

More flotsam and jetsam. More dumpster diving. Hint: There's a reason why these guys are available. It's because they aren't very good for various reasons. Naturally they find a home with the Sox because the minor league system is an embarrassment.

If I remember right Robert was on fire. Grifol sat him down and he's sucked ever since hitting-wise. Maybe coincidence...maybe not.

But the thing is Steve was probably right in his comment. Lynn really looks heavy.

I can't remember anything along these lines but from a radio standpoint the Sox were so bad in 1968, 69 and 70 that when the radio deal ended with (I think) WCFL no mainstream station in Chicago wanted them. In 71 and 72 the Sox were broadcast on a number of low powered radio stations around the area. The main basis were located in Evanston and LaGrange. Thanks to Dick Allen and their success in 1972, the got a new deal with a mainstream station for 1973 WMAQ (I think)

April 28, 1901 – Chuck “Bock” Baker of the Blues surrendered a record 23 singles to the White Sox, who crushed Cleveland, 13-1, at South Side Park. Fred McMullin led Chicago with four singles, while everyone in the lineup got at least one safety. Clark Griffith got the complete game win, and a single to boot. Remarkably, all seven of Cleveland’s hits were also singles, making 30 total in the game. April 28, 1926 - The Sox won their 2,000 game in franchise history as they outslugged the Tigers in Detroit 9-5. Tommy Thomas pitched into the eighth inning for the win. Outfielder Johnny Mostil drove in two runs on the afternoon. Jim Edwards picked up the save, the only one in his White Sox career. April 28, 1946 - Sox pitcher Ted Lyons won his 260th career game. It would be his last in the Major Leagues. The future Hall of Famer beat the St. Louis Browns 4-3. Lyons would finish his career throwing 28 straight complete games dating back to the 1941 season. (Lyons missed three years serving in World War II) He’d have 17 seasons with 10 or more wins and three times topped 20 or more. At various times he’d lead the league in complete games, innings pitched, batters faced and ERA. His #16 would be retired by the team in 1987. April 28, 2019 – Young Sox pitcher Reynaldo Lopez showed his promise and potential in an afternoon game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Lopez struck out 14 Tigers in six innings allowing one unearned run as the White Sox won 4-1. It was only the third time since at least 1908 that a pitcher went at least six innings striking out 14 with no earned runs. To top it off White Sox relief pitchers fanned six more Detroit hitters giving them 20 for the game. That tied the record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning contest.

Agreed. That type of comment is easy to say when you know the owner has publicly said he doesn't like to fire people.

This may have an ancillary connection to the original question, remember Kenny publicly stated that when JR wants to know something/has an issue he calls Kenny first, not Rick.

“Made some mental mistakes too — throwing to the wrong base, not knowing the runner. We’ve got to talk about that as well.”---Pedro Grifol Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they spend six weeks working on fundamentals in spring training? Grifol was talking about how they were stressing attention to detail. Bottom line, these players are "baseball stupid" and Grifol and his staff are like other recent managers/staffs in that they apparently can't teach it properly. Even worse he doesn't seem willing to reprimand and bench the players for making the mistakes.

As it turned out I think they had two eight-game losing streaks last season.

And as soon as the Cubs get back into town it'll warm up to 75. ? The good news is is they are rained out they can't lose.

Steve Greenberg writes Hahn needs to be fired: https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/4/27/23701680/white-sox-rick-hahn-pedro-grifol-jerry-reinsdorf-put-it-on-me Story contains some interesting comments from Manny Machado too.

The columnists at both the Sun-Times and Tribune are letting Hahn have it both barrels tonight.

Attendance 11 thousand tonight. LOL. ? Hope they booed the s%*# out of these clowns.

Diekman looked great tonight too didn't he? ?

Pedro is the one who talked about the WBC earlier this year. I was against any Sox guys being allowed to play in that exhibition. Their first priority should be to the organization paying them millions of dollars, not to play in a made for TV farce.

Saw where Hahn took responsibility in his press conference for the way things have gone off the rails. Of course talk is cheap and he knows he works for an owner who doesn't fire anybody. When I saw the comment on Twitter I replied: "Talk is cheap Rick, so just resign." Regarding Moncada, Pedro already earlier this year is on record as saying he thinks part of the back issue was caused by halfway round the world flights in the WBC. From Arizona to Taiwan, from Taiwan to Miami and then Miami back to Arizona. Wonder if the Sox now regret letting their guys participate in that exhibition series now?

Great another pitcher with injury issues.

He'll miss half the season if he's lucky, not that it will matter one iota.

When Merkin starts writing honest things you know things are badly off the rails: "Fans not only embraced the rebuild starting with the Chris Sale to Boston trade in December ’16 but almost reveled in it. To follow up said rebuild with two total playoff wins since ’20 and last season’s major disappointment leaves this team with no good graces or room for platitudes while things go sidewise."

It can't come to soon, good riddance.

April 27, 1930 - One of the most bizarre individual stats you’ll ever see occurred on this date. In a 2-1 Sox win at St. Louis, first baseman John “Bud” Clancy recorded no putouts and no assists in the nine-inning game. His feat has been matched only one other time, by the A’s Gene Tenace. In the game the Sox infield, other than Clancy, recorded 11 put outs and two assists, the outfield seven put outs, the catcher eight put outs and an assist and the pitcher a put out. Clancy later played for the Dodgers and the Phillies. April 27, 2000 - Jose Valentin produced the extremely rare ‘natural cycle’ against the Orioles at Comiskey Park. He singled in the first inning, doubled in the second, tripled in the third and homered in the eighth inning. The Sox would win this one easily 13-4. Valentin scored twice and had five RBI’s in the game. As of the end of the 2022 season a ‘natural cycle’ has only taken place 339 times in baseball history. April 27, 2014 - Jose Abreu drove in four runs in a 9-2 triumph against Tampa Bay, setting the all-time record for rookie RBIs in April (31). He hit his 10th homer in the sixth, off of David Price, and had a two-run single the next inning. Albert Pujols had held the record previously, with 27 RBIs. Abreu had already set the all-time rookie mark for home runs in April, and his clout off of Price merely extended the record.