Lip Man 1

The White Sox apparently are dysfunctional both on and off the field. Never ends with this franchise.

And it says something about Hahn's character that he didn't quit on the spot when TLR was hired against his wishes and that of the front office if the reports are true.

This isn't a recent development. Jack McDowell told me when I interviewed him and he said on camera for "The Last Comiskey" documentary that the Sox tried to change his delivery to try to get more velocity. They sent him down one year to work on it. He tried it then basically said 'this is the way I pitch deal with it...' dumped it and went back to doing what he was doing. He did well ignoring them.

July 10, 1912 - Looking for more pitching, Sox owner Charles Comiskey acquired Eddie Cicotte from the Red Sox after the pitcher argued with his manager and owner John Taylor. Cicotte of course would pitch well for the Sox but then would be banned from baseball in 1920 because of his involvement in fixing the World Series. In eight and a half years with the Sox he won 156 games. July 10, 1916 - The White Sox swept Boston at Fenway Park in a doubleheader, 4-0 and 3-0, with Claude “Lefty” Williams and Ewell “Reb” Russell earning the shutouts. Russell’s effort was a one-hitter with the only Boston safety coming on a single in the sixth inning by Clarence “Tilly” Walker. The Boston sweep came at the start of what would become a 15-day, 18-game road trip odyssey, with the White Sox playing in seven straight doubleheaders starting on this day, through July 20 — seven doubleheaders in 11 days! The White Sox had a series in Boston in mid-May completely washed out by rain, so the July doubleheaders all wedged May and July games together. Then, traveling to Philadelphia for the next leg of the trip, the White Sox were deluged by rain to force additional doubling-up of games. The Sox then traveled to Washington where they played six games and ended the trip in Detroit with a two-game set. The White Sox only split one of the seven doubleheaders, otherwise sweeping three and getting swept in three. After this leadoff sweep in Boston, the White Sox dropped four straight, then took five straight, and finished the doubleheader marathon by losing three straight. They then swept the Tigers twice in solo games on consecutive days. In late August 1938 the Sox did one better having had to play six double headers in six consecutive days! July 10, 1956 - For the third and final time Billy Pierce was pegged to start for the American League in the All-Star Game. This year with the game in Washington D.C., Billy was tagged with the loss, despite only allowing one run in three innings of work. The N.L. would go on to win 7-3. Pierce would represent the Sox in seven All-Star affairs. Joining him on the team that year were Nellie Fox (2B), Sherm Lollar (C) and Jim Wilson (P). Pierce also was the starting pitcher for the American League in the 1953 game in Cincinnati and the 1955 game at Milwaukee. July 10-11, 1995 - At the All-Star Game in Texas, first baseman Frank Thomas turned a special double play. Thomas won the home run hitting contest the day before the actual game, and then became the first Sox player to ever homer in the game itself, when he connected off the Reds John Smiley in the fourth inning with a man on base. The N.L. would win the game 3-2. Thomas was the only member of the Sox on the team. July 10, 2001 - Magglio Ordonez (OF) homered off the Cubs John Lieber at the All-Star Game in Seattle. He became the second Sox player to ever homer in the annual classic. It was a solo shot to center field. The A.L. would win the game 4-1. Ordonez was the only Sox player on the team.

He's not selling because of the capital gains and Illinois state tax hit, it would be very very significant: https://www.southsidesox.com/2022/8/29/23325369/jerry-reinsdorf-selling-chicago-white-sox-not-on-his-life

Fegan wrote in his post game story for the Sun-Times that the bunt was done on his own, didn't come from the manager. And like the vast majority of things the Sox try to do it blew up in their faces.

He can stand it because he's making $$$$$$$$$$ and his ego won't allow him to admit the folks he has hired to run the club are failures.

Three better choices would be incompetence, dysfunction and ineptness in my opinion.

Color me shocked, shocked they didn't draft another 1B/DH type. LOL. And the fact they have Montgomery and now this kid listed as shortstops should put Anderson on notice his days in Chicago are numbered.

According to the newspaper stories he is at the games up in his box most of the time.

You can't ask for a more perfect ending to the first half. Look like s%*# against a garbage starting pitcher. Then urinate away another late lead (for the 12th time in the 7th inning or later) and lose the game. ?

A fitting end to an atrocious first half for a completely dysfunctional organization. Face a garbage pitcher 0-7 with an ERA of over five. What does this stiff do? Holds the Sox to one run (unearned) on two hits with nine strikeouts. ? Then the number gang for today is: 12... 12 times, the most expensive bullpen in baseball took a lead into the 7th inning or later...and lost the game. Five of those leads were lost in the 9th inning. 12. Who was responsible? Well here you go (some games more than one pitcher in an inning wound up contributing to giving up the lead...) Kelly - 5 games Graveman - 2 ½ Lopez - 2 ½ Lynn - 1 Diekman - 1 total (contributed to losing a lead in two games) When you do the autopsy on this disaster when the season ends, be sure to include how bad a bullpen Rick Hahn assembled.

“Jake Peavy made the comment one time, ‘They have no reservations about playing shorthanded.”

If that. Remember that's the White Sox way...?

July 9, 1919 - In a twin bill in Chicago against the Philadelphia Athletics, Urban “Red” Faber won both games. The first one came in relief of starter Dickie Kerr. The scores were 8-7 and 6-2. He threw 11 innings combined allowing 10 hits and four runs. In the second game win he threw a complete game. July 9, 1972 - With the Sox desperately needing a third baseman to replace the injured Bill Melton, G.M. Roland Hemond acquired Ed Spiezio from San Diego for pitcher Don Eddy. Spiezio did a yeoman job holding down the fort the rest of the year as the Sox stalked the A’s and his dramatic extra inning home run against Oakland on August 12 off Rollie Fingers in the Coliseum, put the Sox into first place. It was the latest the Sox had been in first place in a season, since 1967. July 9, 2002 - In the infamous 11 inning tied All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Paul Konerko tied the record for most doubles in the game with two. His teammate Mark Buehrle (P) joined him in the contest. July 9, 2006 - Tadahito Iguchi’s single in the last of the 19th inning gave the White Sox a dramatic 6-5 win over Boston at U.S. Cellular Field in the final game before the All-Star break. Jermaine Dye’s two out, ninth inning home run tied the game at three. Both teams scored two runs in the 11th and the score stayed that way until the 19th. The game took 6:19 to play. It also appeared to take something out of the World Champions, they lost 10 of the next 12 after the break and skidded to a 90-win season.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-draft-2023-three-tricks-for-teams-to-find-their-best-pick-including-avoiding-pitching-prospects/

Anything can happen but the chances of something happening like the Sox rebounding from this disaster are so embarrassingly small it is not worth even considering. I mean it is mathematically possible any or all of these events can happen on Sunday: *An alien spaceship lands on the south lawn of the White House *Scientists reveal they have unlocked the key to cold fusion eliminating any future energy issues *Putin, Trump and Xi all pass away *An earthquake sends California sliding into the Pacific Ocean *An MLB pitcher throws a "perfect-perfect" game...all 27 outs recorded by a strike out Yea, ANYTHING can happen but I wouldn't bet my life on any of the above taking place. Like others have stated this organization is completely dysfunctional in so many areas nothing short of a complete overhaul of the baseball side from ownership on down can change its direction. Exchanged e-mails with a member of the mainstream Chicago media yesterday on Stone's comments, the reply was that they like Steve but it sad he's become nothing but a JR apologist.

Sox pitching has now recorded nine games of 14 strikeouts or more this season—all losses. Only in the dysfunctional world of the White Sox.....

Sure, win the division...and then get embarrassed in the playoffs again. Right...a sure recipe for success. ? But we won't have to concern ourselves with that situation anyway...it's a moot point (or a moo point... the point of view of a cow as Joey once said on "Friends." )

If you aren't trying to pull a fast one or get a reaction, if you honestly feel this way then I don't know if I should congratulate you for living in an alternate reality or feel sorry for your delusion. By the way I'm not depressed, I've come to expect this from this incompetent, dysfunctional and inept organization and besides I've got 74 past Sox games from better times in my library. Plenty of baseball there to keep me going and wouldn't you know it, the Sox ALWAYS win! ? Oh on a related note Hahn should like this gang....Craig Kimbrel was named to the N.L. All-Star team today as a replacement.

“Accountability around here is not a problem.”- Kenny Williams 4/25/23

I wouldn't bet on that...but we'll see.

Why are we not surprised? Nothing changes with this franchise until the owner is gone.

July 8, 1941 - Edgar Smith became the first Sox pitcher to win an All-Star Game. He got the decision in the A.L.’s 7-5 win even though he gave up two runs on two hits in two innings. This was the game where Ted Williams hit a three-run home run in the last of the ninth to win it in Detroit. Smith was joined on the team by Luke Appling (SS) and Thornton Lee (P) of the White Sox. July 8, 1943 - Sox pitcher Orval Grove almost got himself a no-hitter and against the Yankees to boot. Joe Gordon’s bloop double with two out in the ninth spoiled it, but Grove did win the game 1-0 at Comiskey Park. It ran his record to 7-0 at the time. He’d finish 15-9 with a 2.75 ERA for the year. July 8, 1947 - White Sox shortstop Luke Appling played a key role in the A.L.’s 2-1 win in the All-Star Game, held across town at Wrigley Field. Appling, 40, had been named to his seventh and final All-Star Game as a substitute. With the A.L. trailing, 1-0, Appling pinch-hit for John “Buddy” Lewis of the Senators, to lead off the sixth inning and singled off of Harry “the Cat” Brecheen. Ted Williams singled Appling to third, and “Ol’ Aches and Pains” came home with the tying run when Joe DiMaggio grounded into a double play. The next inning, pinch-hitter Stan Spence singled in Bobby Doerr for the A.L.’s eventual game-winner. The other Sox representative that year was Rudy York (1B) July 8, 1958 - Sox ace pitcher Early Wynn got the win in the All-Star Game in Baltimore as the A.L. defeated the N.L. 4-3. Wynn entered the game in the sixth inning with the score tied at 3-3. He pitched a perfect inning. Then in the last of that inning the American League scored the eventual winning run on a single by the Yankees Gil McDougald scoring Frank Malzone of the Red Sox. In addition to Wynn, the Sox representatives were Luis Aparicio (SS), Nellie Fox (2B), Sherm Lollar (C) and Billy Pierce (P). Fox and Aparicio were named starters. July 8, 2016 – In a game at home against the Braves, the White Sox pulled off their third triple play of the season. That hadn’t happened in Major League Baseball since 1979. It happened in the third inning of an 11-8 loss. Shortstop Tim Anderson fielded a Freddie Freeman ground ball, tagged out lead runner Chase d’Arnaud before stepping on second base to force out former Sox infielder Gordon Beckham and then threw to first baseman Jose Abreu to throw out Freeman. Both the Red Sox and A’s accomplished the feat of three triple plays during the 1979 season, according to the Society for American Baseball Research’s triple play database. The White Sox turned a triple play on April 22 against the Rangers and turned the second on May 18 against the Astros.

This season was over at the end of April...you know it, I know it and the White Sox themselves know it. Just counting down the days till the Bears open the season.