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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/illinois-residents-bears-stadium-poll/

Four factoids today: May 7, 1989 - Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the start of construction on the new Comiskey Park across the street from the original stadium which was built in 1910. Dignitaries from the state, city and White Sox franchise were on hand for the occasion. May 7, 1991 - Sammy Sosa became the first Sox player with a ‘walk off’ home run at new Comiskey Park when he beat Milwaukee with a blast in the 12th inning. The final score was 2-1. Sosa hit his game winner off Brewers relief pitcher Mark Lee leading off the frame. May 7, 1999 – Sox outfielder Carlos Lee homered in his first at bat in the Major Leagues. Lee connected off the A’s knuckleballer Tom Candiotti. It came in the second inning at home in the Sox 7-1 win. He became the first White Sox player to ever accomplish this feat. The home run was to center field. May 7, 2023 – The White Sox set the franchise record for the most runs ever scored in the second inning when they had 11 runners cross the plate in a 17-4 win over the Reds in Cincinnati. The Sox sent 14 batters to the plate in the inning highlighted by a two-run home run by Hanser Alberto and a three-run shot off the bat of Gavin Sheets. In the inning the Sox went 5 for 6 with runners in scoring position. Backed by that kind of support Michael Kopech pitched six innings and got the easy win.

I've been saying for years the manager who doesn't have any real medical experience or training shouldn't be commenting on these things at all. When they are asked by the media they should be saying, "talk with our trainer..."

Those SOB's must have a gold plated horseshoe stuck up their collective rear ends. How the hell are they winning with half their damn pitching staff on the IL??????????? 😠 I'll say one things for those guys, when it comes to extra innings they know how to get the Manfred runner over and in. Fundamentals. Thanks for ruining my night!

From the Sun-Times story this evening: It’s May and what’s up with Kyle Teel?The projected starting catcher has been down with a Grade 2 right hamstring strain since March 10 after running out a double for Team Italy in a victory over Team USA during the World Baseball Classic. Though he’s been throwing and hitting and even crouching to do some catching, running has been problematic Teel admitted on Wednesday. “Every day I’m taking a step to be back playing baseball,” Teel said. “The rehab is going good. I’m running better every single day. And it’s only a matter of time before I’ll be ready to go on my rehab assignment and be back.” Teel has been saying this for weeks. But the reality is this: Around April 19, Teel had a setback running and his rehab assignment at that point was delayed. Originally he was only supposed to be out four to six weeks. That timetable has long since come and gone. You can’t play if you can’t run and the Sox continue to delay his minor-league rehab assignment. Plus, Venable has been satisfied with the work of Drew Romo both behind the plate and working with the pitching staff. “Teel is getting closer,” Venable said. “I feel really good about his progress, him getting up to speed with his running. But some of the recovery has been slower than we wanted. We’ll continue to push him to run the bases when we go home and see where we are at.”

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Very likely true unless somehow Ishbia has taken over by next year

Yes he is. You can never have enough pitching (and good pitching is very expensive which is why the Sox never have enough with JR as owner.)

Noah is going to have up and down days, he's just learning the process at this level. It would be nice to at least get over the .500 mark once this season but for now that's still a dream.

History has shown multiple times owners taking about 'being united' et al. History also shows what has eventually happened. But it takes two, to make a deal, and as has been stated recently by the acting director and history a salary cap is a non-starter for the MLBPA. Anything can happen of course but the union agreeing to one would be jaw dropping.

Three factoids today (including a historic mammoth home run): May 6, 1903 - The White Sox were charged with 11 errors in a game in Chicago vs. Detroit. While that’s a big story in itself, it’s not the most remarkable item to come out of this game. That’s the fact that the Sox won the game 10-9 scoring three runs in the ninth inning! Pat “Cozy” Dolan had an error, Frank Isbell made three, Lee Tannehill had four and Pat “Patsy” Flaherty had three. May 6, 1963 - Making an emergency start in Kansas City, Sox pitcher Gary Peters hit the first of his 19 career home runs, 15 came as a member of the White Sox. It came in the third inning off Ted Bowsfield. Peters would toss eight innings allowing one run in the Sox 5-1 win. It was the first win in 1963 for Gary, who’d go on to collect 19 of them and win Co-Rookie of the Year honors with teammate Pete Ward. Peters had 189 strike outs to go along with a 2.33 ERA. Peters was told that he would be starting this game on the airplane flying into Kansas City by Sox pitching coach Ray Berres after scheduled starter Juan Pizarro got sick with a case of the flu. May 6, 1964 - Dave Nicholson hit what may have been the longest home run in MLB history. On this night in the fifth inning, in the first game of a twin bill versus the A’s, Nicholson blasted a shot off future Sox pitcher Moe Drabowsky that went over the roof and was found across the street in Armour Square. Some Sox fans claimed they heard the ball hit the top of the roof but White Sox officials said when they saw the ball, retrieved by fan Mike Murillo, it had no signs of tar on it nor was it scuffed. Long time Chicago baseball reporter Jerome Holtzman was at the game and claimed he saw the ball bounce back up after hitting the roof and then go back out of sight. Nicholson’s shot went over the roof around the 375-foot sign in left center field. It was found 135 feet from the base of the wall. Plus, you have to add in the elevation needed to get the ball over the roof, approximately 75 feet. Hitting a ball on to the roof or over it required a ground-to-ground distance of at least 474 feet. Unofficial estimates place the drive as traveling 573 feet eclipsing Mickey Mantle’s shot at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1956. That shot went an unofficial 565 feet. For the night Dave would hammer three home runs and drive in five RBI’s in the twin bill as the Sox swept both games, 6-4 and 11-4. The sub headline in the Chicago Tribune the next day read, “Nicholson Clouts 3 Long Home Runs, One 573 Feet.” The post script to the story is that a few months later on July 12 in Kansas City the next time Drabowski faced Nicholson he hit him in the forehead with a fastball that opened a gash which required stiches.

Then this lockout may go on for a very long time since the MLBPA will never agree to a salary cap. Regarding your second comment never underestimate the stupidity of MLB owners.

Winning 17 out of 20 isn't hurting things either.

Jr appears to have one goal in mind now at this stage of his life, maybe...maybe two, in my opinion; Leaving as much money as humanly possibly for his family when he leaves the scene One last effort at helping to break the MLBPA in the forthcoming lockout

It won't help C.V. Bucknor will it? LOL.

Mayor Johnson throws down the gauntlet putting legislators on notice: https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/05/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-bears-stadium-legislation-arlington-heights-kam-buckner

Two factoids today: May 5, 1962 - Sox minority owners, headed up by William Bartholomay (who would later lead the group buying the Braves and moving them to Atlanta), sold their 46 per cent shares of the team to majority owner Art Allyn. It was the first time since 1939 the team was owned by a single individual. Allyn, a Chicago native, along with his brother John, bought majority interest in the Sox from Bill Veeck in June 1961. May 5, 1968 - Sox pitcher Gary Peters became the last pitcher to hit a grand slam for the franchise as he connected in the fourth inning of a 5-1 win over the Yankees at Comiskey Park. It was the first game of a double header. In addition, he threw a complete game with nine strikeouts allowing only six hits in the win. Peters would hit 15 home runs as a member of the Sox. The only other Sox pitchers to hit a grand slam were Monty Stratton and Tommy Byrne. Byrne’s grand slam was as a pinch hitter to beat the Yankees in New York off relief pitcher Ewell “the Whip” Blackwell on May 16, 1953.

Since the mid 80's JR's philosophy has been to be "fiscally responsible" (his words.) He simply will not take any major risks. That simply is not his way. And his stance on MLB player salaries is well known.

They don't even have home grown competent guys in the first four outfield spots. Antonacci is a wild card right now, an infielder trying to learn the position.

To me the biggest shock of the season so far has to be how well Davis is pitching.

From my interview with Ken: ML: You also got the opportunity to be the technical advisor on the baseball movie, “Eight Men Out,” directed by John Sayles. How did you get that chance? KB: “I was managing in Appleton, Wisconsin for the Royals. The Twins farm club was being managed by a friend of mine Don Leppert. We had a good season but they had an outstanding June draft and those guys were assigned to that team and they caught us for the league title at the end. They won something like 13 in a row. Anyway Leppert calls me after it’s over and asks me what I’m doing in the off season. I told him just going back home. He asked if I’d like to help on a movie. He was in charge of the Twins instructional league and couldn’t help on this picture. So he gave me the number of the person to call, I did and got to be technical advisor on “Eight Men Out.” It took about two months and I had a great time.” ML: Some of the actors involved in that movie, especially Charlie Sheen, had been around the game all their life and had played it competitively. I’d imagine you could tell fairly quickly who could play and who couldn’t. Was their anybody else besides Sheen who impressed you that way? (Author’s Note: Sheen, while attending Yale University, was the last cut from the baseball team his freshmen year. He was a pitcher and later used that experience playing Ricky Vaughn in the movie “Major League.”) KB: “D.B. Sweeney knew what he was doing. He had a good idea of how to play the game. John Cusack was pretty athletic it’s just that era-wise he wasn’t quite right. He was trying to do a lot of things that just didn’t happen on a ballfield in the 20's. He did make some athletic stops at third base in the movie, he’d just dive fully extended and make the catch. I was hitting those balls to him off camera with a fungo bat and I was hitting them good.” “I enjoyed working with John Sayles. He was a good director. He’d give me the scenes that we needed to shoot and we’d work on them. I remember one where Sheen had to make a catch and hit the unpadded portion of the park we were shooting in. (Author’s Note: The game scenes were filmed in Indianapolis where the White Sox had their top farm team for many years. Berry himself played there in 1963 and 1964.) I showed Charlie how to make the catch and then spin into the wall so that he really wasn’t hitting it that hard. So we did the shot and Charlie unfortunately forgot about spinning and just slammed right into it. He also tore up his leg pretty good when he caught it on a piece that was sticking out from the door. One other thing about Charlie stands out. I was throwing the ball and he had to dive and make the catch. On one play he did it fully extended directly over his head. Just remarkable. It was something like Willie Mays did in the World Series.” ML: You also got the chance for a small on-camera speaking part in the film. What’s the story behind that? (Author’s Note: Towards the end of the movie, as “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is playing under an assumed name in a minor league game, a fan heckles him over his lack of intelligence. After Jackson belts a triple, while standing on third base he gives it right back to the fan. That fan was Berry!) KB: “I was actually supposed to play the part of the thug that threatens to kill “Lefty” Williams’ wife if he doesn’t throw the last game. So I practiced the role and had it down right when the girl in charge of casting said that she wanted to make a change. She said that hearing my voice every day during filming made her think the part of the heckler was the right one.” “So I started working on that and felt I had it O.K. One day Sayles comes up to me and says “are you ready?” He also said that because it was late in the day and the sun was going down it had to be done in one take. You talk about pressure! So we got into position, I had called up a friend of mine Dick Kenworthy, who lived in the area and asked him “you want to be in a movie?” he was sitting right next to me in the scene. (Author’s Note: Kenworthy played for the Sox in 1962 and from 1964 through the 1968 seasons. His best year was 1967 as he had four doubles, a triple and four home runs in 97 at bats.) So we did it and I was so proud that I was actually able to do it in one take.”

I see your point but also understand the fact that we are three years into another rebuild and the Sox still don't have a quality outfielder on the roster to save their souls from the minor league ranks. That's not a good sign.

That's possible, assuming the Sox themselves don't get gutted by injuries since they have very little depth.

That's my point. There aren't any. The fact the Sox only option is this refuse is an indictment in itself. They can't even develop competent outfielders on their own and have to rely on dumpster diving three years into yet another rebuild isn't good.

As well they should given the mistakes and missed opportunities. Remember the adage, 'those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.'