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Singer had an ERA of almost NINE...NINE...and he holds the Sox to one run in six innings. All you can do is laugh. Maybe Kenny needs to make a repeat performance of something he did years ago in Baltimore. You may remember it He stormed into the clubhouse, turned over all the postgame food tables, screamed at the players and called them "bitches." God knows this dysfunctional group needs to do something dramatic. Hahn should have some "great" comments (excuses) for everyone starting this weekend. Can't wait to read or hear them.

He's not the "face of the franchise", he's the "face of the IL." ?

Singer had an ERA of almost NINE...held the Sox to one run on five hits in six innings. Words fail me. ?

May 11, 1949 - The Sox scored at least one run in every inning when they beat Boston 12-8. It was the first time the team had ever accomplished this unusual feat. Second baseman Cass Michaels had three RBI’s. The Sox clubbed 15 hits and the Red Sox made four errors. May 11, 1968 - The 1968 White Sox were not a good team losing 95 games on the year but pitcher Joe Horlen was an exception to that rule. Horlen who finished second in the 1967 Cy Young voting began a run of 37 consecutive shutout innings on this day when he pitched into the seventh inning at Oakland allowing three hits. Six days later in Chicago he shut out the A’s allowing four hits in 10 innings. At Baltimore he allowed two hits in seven innings then at Yankee Stadium blanked the Bombers on four hits pitching into the ninth inning. The streak finally ended on May 29 when Baltimore scored a run on him in the sixth inning at Comiskey Park. In 37 innings he allowed a total of 18 hits and picked up three wins with a complete game. For the year Joe would go 12-14 but…his ERA was 2.37!

He'll hold the Sox to three runs today in six innings is my guess.

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Remember he had issues with a "forearm strain" in his last start of the year last October vs. Minnesota and he got hammered. They pulled him after two/three innings. Sox didn't say word one over the off season what if anything was wrong. In many cases this leads to TJ surgery.

Just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

May 10, 1910 – Sox third baseman Bill Purtell became the first big league player to strike out twice in the same inning. Walter Johnson got him both times in the sixth inning in a game at Washington. Between Purtell’s outs, the Sox batted around and wound up winning the game 10-3. May 10, 2002 - It was one of the worst defeats in the history of the franchise. On this night in Anaheim the Sox got obliterated 19-0 against the Angels. Danny Wright, Matt Ginter and Mike Porzio were the pitchers the Angels clubbed apart. Wright gave up eight earned runs, Ginter two and Porzio six.

Then you consider cutting Zavala or sending him back down no?

More incompetence, dysfunction and ineptness from the front office. Oh and pain, lots of it on the fan base.

Only the White Sox could win a game and look awful doing it. My god the Royals pitcher was awful this year...atrocious...and he throws a complete game against them. ?

A terrible pitcher on the mound... 0-5 with an ERA of six and a half. Naturally the Sox have one run so far. ?

Royals starter is 0-5 with an ERA of over six and a half. What's the over/under on the Sox scoring four runs tonight? ?

The core guys can't even stay healthy and play together.

The MLB Trade Rumors site is reporting the Rays are finalizing a Major League deal with Diekman. Watch that organization figure out what's wrong with him and turn him around.

May 9, 1976 - Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood’s career was basically ended when his left kneecap was shattered by a line drive off the bat of future Sox player Ron LeFlore in Detroit in the sixth inning. Wood had gotten off to a fine 3-3 start, with five complete games and an ERA of 2.49 when the accident took place. He got credit for the eventual 4-2 win but missed the rest of the season and though he came back the following year was never quite the same. May 9, 1984 - Harold Baines ended the longest game, innings-wise, in American League history when he blasted a home run off of Milwaukee’s Chuck Porter with one out in the 25th inning to give the Sox a 7-6 win over Milwaukee. The game ended one inning shy of the Major League record. The 8:06 length of the game also set a Major League record. Tom Seaver got the win in one inning of relief in the marathon contest, which had started on May 8 and was suspended after 17 innings. The Brewers thought they had a good chance to put the game away after scoring three runs in the 21st inning, but the White Sox came back with three of their own to extend the game further (pitcher Richard Dotson, pinch-running for the Marc Hill, scored the tying run in the 21st). It was the second time the White Sox had tied it up with their backs against the wall, as in the bottom of the ninth a Tom Paciorek two-base error, Julio Cruz double and Rudy Law single forced extras. Through the many maneuvers of the game, the White Sox lost their DH after the 21st, with pitchers Ron Reed and Floyd Bannister forced to hit for themselves, ending the 22nd and 24th innings on ground outs. The White Sox also missed out on a chance to win in the 23rd inning, as Dave Stegman (whose move from DH to LF in fact was how the White Sox lost the DH in the game) was ruled to have been touched by third base coach Jim Leyland while advancing from first to third on a Paciorek single; Vance Law next singled, which would have driven in the game-winner. Paciorek set a Major League record in the game, subbing into left field for Ron Kittle in the fourth inning and proceeding to get nine at-bats as a sub. Amazingly, after Seaver’s relief win, he came back out for the regularly-scheduled game later that same evening, winning, 5-4. For the night, Seaver threw a little more than nine innings, allowing only four hits.

The issue is and what I replied to the author was the fact that the "depth" is basically comprised of has been's, never was, injury prone, broken down stiffs. Just warm bodies or cannon fodder as they call it in football. Sox machine is a LOT better than this, I was shocked when I saw it.

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Grienke is pitching tonight for the Royals. I wonder if the Sox remember his comments about pitching against them from last year (where he was dominant in three starts if I recall right). For those who don't remember or missed it he said (paraphrasing) 'They get themselves out by swinging at anything. Makes it a lot easier.'

May 8, 1966 - New Sox manager Eddie Stanky gave a real indication that the season was not going to be like any other, and that he was a lot different from former skipper Al Lopez. On this date after the Sox dropped a 3-1, 11 inning game to the Tigers, Stanky was asked by reporter Watson Spoelstra of the Detroit News what pitch Bob Locker threw to the Tigers Gates Brown in a key situation (Brown would get a two RBI double in the 11th inning off it.) Stanky, who was preparing to change into his street clothes, went temporarily crazy. He launched an abusive tirade at Spoelstra while ripping his jersey to shreds. Then he took off his spikes and threw them crashing against the wall! May 8, 1967 - Sox outfielder Ken Berry was part of the cover shot for Sports Illustrated. The action shot’s caption was, “The Tangled American League. White Sox Star Ken Berry Slides to Avoid Mickey Mantle’s Tag.” May 8, 2021– How do you hit .000 in a game and match “Babe” Ruth in the record book? If you’re Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal you walk four times in a 9-1 win over the Royals in Kansas City. That gave him 13 walks in four games tying the American League record first set by Ruth in 1930. If you add in the National League, Bryce Harper is the only other player to do this when it happened to him in 2016.

Here's what I don't get. Sox have a big lead yet Grifol burns through three pitchers to finish the game only letting them go an inning each. What? One of these stiffs couldn't go two innings, saving a guy? I mean they don't have a day off until May 15. Makes no sense.

It's the White Sox way.

The A's and Royals have better records than the Sox? or am I missing something here?

For the last several years the baseball gods have been saying, "Until you get new ownership and a new front office we are going to keep shitting on you..."