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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.

It happened at Sox fantasy camp before the 2004 season. Ed Herrmann was there and told me Bill Melton had to step in as fans were getting physical with JR. Ken Rosenthal wrote about it when he was writing for The Sporting News as well.

The writer doesn't know JR very well does he?

The interesting part of this weekend is will Hahn meet with the media (which he does once during every homestand) and if so what will he say?

The arrogance flows down from ownership and it permeates the entire organization. "WE know what we're doing, how DARE you criticize us..."

JR is way beyond being "humiliated". He's a multi-millionaire, do you honestly think he cares? He certainly hasn't cared what the fans think for decades.

With a "strong" publicly stated desire that the family immediately sell the team.

With respect I strongly disagree.

Zavala on the Blue Jays: “Those [bleepers], they just foul off a lot of [bleep] and it puts us in a hole,” a frustrated Zavala said, “and maybe makes us feel like we don’t know how to get them out or something. I don’t really know.” It's called having professional hitters who know the strike zone and make pitchers work Sevy!

More opponents scoring runs with two out in an inning today.

Would take him in a heartbeat but would JR???

As arrogant and detached from reality as he is, he absolutely can think that.

I suspect the injuries, missing a season because he didn't want to participate in the COVID year and some off field personal drama have all contributed.

April 26, 1925 - The Sox forfeited a game to the Indians. It happened in front of a Comiskey Park record crowd of 44,000 fans. With the Sox losing 7-2 in the ninth inning, many fans stormed the field thinking the game was over after a close play at first. It wasn’t, as the runner was safe because of an error on the first baseman and there were only two outs. Order was never restored and a forfeit was declared. For the record the final score went down as a 9-0 Indians win. April 26, 2019 – It was one of the wildest games in team history as the White Sox beat the Tigers in come from behind fashion 12-11 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox trailed 8-1 and 9-2 at various points in the game before making a major comeback to win it. The Sox thought they had a 12-10 lead after Jose Abreu hit what was believed to be a three-run home run in the seventh inning, however his towering drive caused Tim Anderson at first base to hesitate before running and Abreu momentarily passed him on the bases. A three-run home run became a two-run single, an 11-10 lead and an out for Jose. After Detroit tied the game, Anderson then hit a slider into the seats, off Joe Jimenez, to win it in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth inning.

Why would they do this when they are making money? And given they are all around JR's age you trhink they'd have the stomach for a court battle?

The board of directors has NO say in the running of the franchise. NONE. It is written in JR's contract that he has final say on everything including a potential sale. In the rare times he has spoken on it JR has said he does NOT want his family keeping the franchise when he is gone, so the idea of transferring the team to his son wouldn't agree with his stated plan. JR has said when he is gone to "sell the Sox, keep the Bulls."

KW will be around as long as he has a valid contract. Again I've been told that is supposed to go through the 2024 season.