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That definitely should factor in although I'd say it shouldn't be the main one.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/25/chicago-white-sox-crossroads-trade-deadline/

Although this year with the lockout coming no business will be conducted until that is resolved.

All I can say is fingers crossed hope the offense delivers.

That would be nice, all we can do is wait and see.

Three notations today: July 26, 1916 – Facing just 28 batters in the game, Eddie Cicotte fired a one-hitter in defeating the Yankees, 2-0, at Comiskey Park. Two batters plays kept the game from perfection. In the fourth, Cicotte walked Les Nunamaker, but he was erased when Ray Schalk caught him stealing to end the frame. Then in the top of the fifth, Wally Pipp broke up the no-hitter with a single, then got caught off of first base for a pickoff — only Cicotte made an error on his throw and allowed Pipp to get to second base. Eddie Collins had an RBI triple in the first inning for the White Sox , with ”Shoeless” Joe Jackson adding an RBI single in the fifth. July 26, 1942 – 17-year-old Chuck Comiskey was being groomed to take over the team and his passions boiled over on this afternoon. In the first game against the Athletics at Comiskey Park, umpire John Quinn kicked out Sox manager Jimmy Dykes for arguing an interference call. Don Kolloway was ruled to have run into a batted ball in fair territory in the eighth inning. That brought the young Comiskey out on the field to continue the argument. Sox fans roared their approval over his pluck. It turned out he also was ejected by Quinn. The Sox would win that game 2-1 before losing the second one 3-2 in 10 innings. July 26, 1987 - Sox starter Rich Dotson, who had already thrown a one-hitter and lost in Baltimore in 1983, had a perfect game for over seven innings against the Yankees at Comiskey Park and a 2-0 lead. That however all went out the window when Mike Pagliarulo singled. Before the frame was over, Dotson got tagged with three runs and would eventually lose the game 5-2. The key blow was struck by future Sox outfielder Dan Pasqua who had a pinch-hit three run homer in that frame.

It's really a hard decision that Getz has to make. What happens the rest of the week against the Yankees and Rays will probably decide the situation. If they play well that would show they can stay with arguably the two best teams in the league, if they get beat up, lose say six of seven, that would probably tell Getz a lot as well. In that case I'd agree with you, no sense trading some of your better prospects in the vain hope of making a deep run in the post season, assuming you claimed a spot in the first place. Getz is going to earn his money with this call.

I'm guessing pitchers like Martin and Burke are as well. Let's see if they can salvage a game Sunday before the Yankees come in with that pitching staff now healthy.

I think it's one year you can't trade them but I'm not sure.

Again for those who don't know at one time (1981) JR was against any type of labor impasse/work stoppage. When things got bad and baseball was in the process of losing two months of the 1981 season he was considered one of the "moderate six" owners and was actually quoted as saying the impasse was "stupid" (direct quote) and "we should settle it." (direct quote.) 13 years later he was willing to neuter his own teams chance to get to a World Series in a quest for a salary cap. How things change.

From Sox Machine's post game, I wouldn't expect to see C. Montgomery in the lineup Sunday: *Colson Montgomery has a sub-.700 OPS since missing the Braves series last month with lower back tightness, but the more immediate physical concern would be that he fouled another pitch off his right leg in the ninth, prompting a trainer visit. "It was just above where it got him the other day, so pretty sore," Venable said. "Obviously was able to finish that at-bat. He’ll get treatment and see where we’re at tomorrow."

8th time this month the Sox have scored one run or less in a game.

This offense has gone down the toilet.

I was shocked to kind out he's on any committee's at his age. This is Gussie Busch part II.

Hope Burke can pitch well again tonight and get things back on a good track. After last night they need a good evening.

For those who don't know these are the MLB owners on the committee that is making recommendations to Manfred on the upcoming labor relations/ lockout: Dick Monfort (Colorado Rockies) Hal Steinbrenner (New York Yankees) John Sherman (Kansas City Royals) Jerry Reinsdorf (Chicago White Sox) Ray Davis (Texas Rangers) Mark Attanasio (Milwaukee Brewers) I found a few things interesting. The only real 'big market' owner on it is Steinbrenner of the Yankees. And he's gone on the record as saying baseball needs a salary cap (coming from the Yankees that is really ironic...) The fact that JR is on it tells me the owners aren't looking to compromise at least early on. I suspect JR will still be trying to 'get even' for what was settled on during the 94-95 impasse. The only real questions are how long will the lockout last and will it impact regular season games.

Unless Ishbia is taking a bigger role than anyone realizes in the hear and now it's hard to imagine JR agreeing to this. That's why I think that report is a tad unreliable.

And the Sox have lost games to shitty teams too, maybe they aren't as good as some think. I'm simply saying the Sox have a difficult two week stretch, on paper Detroit has an opportunity to gain ground and become a serious threat. It all depends on how they play and how the Sox play. Why that seems to irritate you is beyond me.

From my interview with Mike: ML: Talk to me about “Disco Demolition.” How did the idea first get started and how did you develop it? MV: “The idea actually started two years earlier in 1977. Jeff Swartz, a guy who worked for United Artists, suggested it to me. In 1978 in connection with Coke, we had a dance contest at Comiskey Park. There were 25,000 kids dancing on plywood stages that we had on the field. We thought it might be an idea to have a night for people who hate disco.” “Anyway I get a call one day in 1979, from Swartz who says to turn on my radio to WLUP, that there is a guy named Steve Dahl who is going to blow up disco records at a shopping mall. I listened, then called him at 10:05 AM, as soon as he got off the air, and offered him the chance to do that at Comiskey Park. He was going to do it in front of 3,000 kids. It didn’t take long to convince him he could do it in front of 40 thousand kids.” ML: Let’s talk about that night, what went wrong, and what would you have done differently? MV: “My mistake was thinking that we’d get about 35,000 for the promotion. It turned out there were 60,000 inside the park and another 30-40 thousand on the streets around the park. Traffic was backed up all the way out to O’Hare Airport! Who had any idea that many kids would come out? WLUP was a 5,000 watt station; it wasn’t a giant like WLS or WCFL from when I was a kid.” “The other thing that happened was that we moved some of the police off the field. We had an adequate security force for 35,000 fans but not for 60,000. Outside of the park there were some temporary ticket booths staffed by older people. The kids were starting to get out of hand and started rocking those booths. We moved some of the police off the field outside to help. What happened next was the worst thing that could possible happen, the crowd began thinking as one and they realized there were only 35-40 police on the field. When a crowd begins thinking as one there is no such thing as crowd control. They said ‘let’s go on the field!’ ML: Some Sox fans feel DJ Steve Dahl could have done more to help calm the situation; instead he left the park with the riot in full force. Could he have done more to help? MV: “He could have made an effort. I, my dad and Harry Caray were all down on the field trying to regain control and he wasn’t... but the responsibility was mine. It was a bad decision.” “It was also a slow news day and that generated a tremendous amount of publicity, it was also an election year and Jayne Byrne used the situation as an election photo-op. What I most remember is newspaper guys like Bill Gleason saying what a tragedy it was. I know what a tragedy is, my daughter is losing her sight... this wasn’t a tragedy. The sun came up the next day; the Sox played another baseball game a few days later. It was the fourth forfeit in baseball history but how many take the same umbrage at 30,000 Dodger fans throwing baseballs on the field causing the fifth forfeit in baseball?” (Author’s Note: That took place on August 11, 1995 when Dodgers fans threw baseballs by the thousands on to the field with one out in the 9th inning in a game against the Cardinals. St. Louis was awarded a forfeit win.)

It all depends on where the Sox are in 10 days given their schedule and what the cost would be. And I'd also include where Detroit is in 10 days. Their schedule for the next two weeks on paper is easy compared to the Sox. I think they are the threat, not Cleveland or Minnesota.

EIGHT factoids today: July 25, 1925 - Sox catcher and future Hall of Famer Ray “Cracker” Schalk played in his 1,576th game behind the plate…at that time it was the Major League record. He played his entire career except for five games with the Sox between 1912 and 1928. July 25, 1954 - In the first game of a twin bill at Boston, Sox pitcher Jack Harshman set the franchise record, later tied, by striking out 16 Red Sox. Harshman, a converted first baseman, was taught a slip pitch, a variation of a palm ball by manager Paul Richards. He’d get the win 5-2. At the time it was two off the Major League record. 13 of his strikeouts were swinging on the day. The Sox would then sweep the double header taking the second game, 4-2. July 25, 1955 – As part of the class of 1955 White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons entered the Hall of Fame on this day. Lyons spent his entire 21-year career with the White Sox winning a total of 260 games. 17 times he won at least 10 games in a season and in three of those years he won over 20. He saved 25 games and had a staggering 356 complete games! July 25, 1955 –On the same day former White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons entered the Hall of Fame, former White Sox catcher Ray Schalk garnered the same honor. The two were actually teammates for a little over five seasons on the South Side. Schalk caught over 17-hundred games in his career which was the Major League record at the time. He led the league in fielding, putouts, assists and chances for a single season and caught four no-hitters including a perfect game with the team thrown by Charlie Robertson. He was the best defensive catcher in baseball in the early part of the 20th century. July 25, 1959 - Marathon game #2 of the 1959 season took place again against the Orioles and again at Comiskey Park. This one was another 17-inning affair that saw the Sox tie the game in the ninth and then win it thanks to Harry “Suitcase” Simpson’s single, scoring Sammy Esposito. The final was 3-2. Bob Shaw started and went 11 innings, Omar “Turk” Lown then went the last six innings and got the win. July 25, 1967 – Only one time in franchise history have the White Sox had two walk-off home runs on the same day. It was a twi-night double-header at Comiskey Park against the Indians both won in dramatic fashion. In the first game the Sox rallied from down a run in the eighth inning then got the game winner when J.C. Martin slugged a two-run shot off of “Sudden” Sam McDowell scoring Tommie Agee ahead of him and winning the game 3-1. The nightcap went into the 16th inning after the Sox again rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and then trailed 5-4 before Ken Berry stepped up in the last half of that frame and belted a two-run blast, off of Steve Bailey scoring Kenny Boyer ahead of him to win it 6-5. July 25, 2003 – In the fifth inning of an eventual 7-2 Sox win over Tampa Bay at U.S. Cellular Field, “The Big Hurt” Frank Thomas blasted his 400th career home run. It was a solo shot off Jorge Sosa. Thomas would finish his Sox career with 448 home runs. July 25, 2020 – Some afternoons you just can’t miss. Such was the case for Sox utility player Leury Garcia. In a game against the Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field, Leury homered from both sides of the plate in a 10-3 pasting of Minnesota. His first home run came hitting left-handed off of Zach Littell. The other long ball came hitting right-handed off of Devin Smeltzer. On the day he’d go 3 for 4 with two runs scored and four RBI’s. He became the eighth White Sox player to pull off this feat.

Don't forget Moncada and Robert.

Merkin suggests the Sox go and get Miller in his story at the Sox web site today. I think that would be a big mistake but whatever. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-could-make-big-splash-at-trade-deadline Here's another story on potential trade candidates: https://www.mlb.com/news/trade-deadline-candidates-who-might-be-better-than-2026-stats

This is another test, Houston, Yankees, Tampa, Boston, Cleveland. 162 games is a very long season. Let's hope they can finish it over .500 again. Tonight was not a good way to start.

Just a very bad loss and not the way you want to start what is going to be a difficult stretch of games the next two weeks. Saturday becomes a little more important to see how they respond.