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Just about a perfect day... Sox won, Guardians lost, Twins lost, Tigers lost, Brewers won. Unfortunately it had to take a Cubs win to hand Minnesota their loss but you can't have everything.

Well played sir, now THAT'S a song I recognize!

In the words of that philosopher Ozzie Guillen, "F@#$ feelings. It's about winning." If Lee can perform better than Romo he needs to be called back up, end of story.

Dan grew up a big Sox fan. he said one time he regretted that he never got the chance to play for them.

I've got 2,500 songs on my computer probably none if any past 2010. I'm fine...thank you.

We'll see how it eventually plays out. To those who say he had no place to play, he's a shortstop by trade. Acuna could have easily been DFA'd. Nothing wrong with having that kind of talent on the bench maybe starting two games a week. A lot is going to depend on how good Thome's kid turns out to be.

It happens... so the alternative is to not do it and lose quality pitchers because of the injury risk factor? Again it may be fiscally sound but as stated other teams don't have the same reservations which puts the Sox at a big disadvatage. If I'm still around it will be interesting to see what Ishbia's policies are regarding contracts, free agency et al.

It's still pretty incredible how fast he completely fell apart.

You know you're getting old when you don't recognize a single solitary song post either by the song itself or the recording group. Just based on some of the titles it appears I'm not missing much if anything.

Got to be much higher than Romo's.

JR's policy may very well be correct as far as 'fiscal responsibility' (his words) is concerned. The problem is very few of the other MLB teams subscribe to it which puts the White Sox at a disadvantage.

Hagan Smith was promoted to Triple A Charlotte. Let's see if he can stay healthy.

MLB.com has a story today that says the Athletics and Reds have let it be known they will be selling. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-rumors-and-2026-trade-deadline-news-july-19

In essence they did because they weren't going to pay him given JR's standing philosophy. You can discuss if that is a good thing or not but it's a fact other teams don't seem to have those misgivings.

Burke has been on a serious roll for over a month now. Should the Sox get into the post season he and Martin could give them a nice one-two punch. Of course you need more than that which is why I hope they can bolster the pitching staff at the deadline. Offense is still hot/cold. Romo has got to go, he's not getting it done at all. Bring back Quero or bring up Lee. Let's see what they can do Monday night against a very tough pitcher. 30 more wins for a winning season.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-interesting-bubble-teams

Every game matters. This race won't be decided until the final week. Detroit won't be selling and are still in it. Four teams in the running.

Four factoids today: July 19, 1946 - In a strange game at Boston, umpires “Red” Jones and Bill Summers ejected or sent to the clubhouse 12 White Sox players, a coach and the batting practice pitcher due to bench jockeying and criticizing calls. In the third inning a high and tight pitch to Ted Williams resulted in a warning from umpire Jones to Sox pitcher Joe Haynes. Someone in the dugout yelled out, “Hey, meathead, what kind of call is that?” resulting in ejections to Ralph Hodgin, Dario Lodigiani, Eddie Smith, Leo Wells and coach Ed “Bing” Miller. The next inning after more comments, Jones ordered the nine remaining bench players to the clubhouse but they were eligible to be recalled to the field if needed. Players in the bullpen weren’t sent to the clubhouse. The nine people who were sent off were Johnny Rigney, Mike Tresh, Hal Trosky, Guy Curtwright, Eddie Lopat, Frank Whitman, Earl Caldwell, Mizel “Whitey” Platt, Wally Moses and the batting practice pitcher (Liebhart) . Naturally Boston would go on to win the game 9-2. July 19, 1960 - In a game at Comiskey Park, Luis Aparicio got an inside the park home run in the fourth inning off Boston’s Frank Sullivan. The play drove in three runs. It was Aparicio’s third inside the park home run in four years (1956-1960). The Sox won the game 6-0. Aparicio’s first regular home run came on May 28, 1956 off the Athletics Tommy Lasorda! July 19, 1970 - Luis Aparicio Day was staged at Comiskey Park. The future Hall of Famer was praised for his many years of service in a pre-game ceremony. With the Sox in the middle of the worst season in franchise history to that time, only 18,587 showed up on a rainy day for the double header with Baltimore. Aparicio would go 4 for 9 on the day as the Sox split the twin bill. July 19, 2022 – White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson was the starter at that position for the American League at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. He became the first Sox player to start at that position in the game since Luis Aparicio did it in the 1970 contest in Cincinnati. Anderson was involved in some plays in the field and also recorded a single as the A.L. won 3-2 running their winning streak to nine in a row. His teammate, Liam Hendriks, who saved the 2021 game in Denver for the A.L. came on in the eighth inning recording an out and being credited with a hold.

Maybe he figures it out in time but I don't think the Sox should be counting on him.

That's really the million dollar question driving everything I think.

Would love to see the Sox get both Lugo and Wacha from the Royals. Plug them both into the rotation. Fedde goes to the bullpen, Schultz goes back to Charlotte.

Just to clarify the writer has nothing to do with headlines, that's the editors and page paginators. And the point A to B to C is the play on JR's comments when he fired Larry Himes as G.M. in September 1990 for those that don't know. That was what he said to the media.

12 straight and 18 of 21.

Offense this month seems to be running hot and cold. Today was the sixth time they've scored one run or nothing in a game in July.

What exactly is wrong with it? It perfectly outlines the situation the Sox are in, do they go for it given the upcoming labor impasse and the cost of some of their better young players in the minors or do they stay the course? Hell that's being debated here in a lot of the themes. I'll be curious to see what they do and remember JR still runs the show and has the last word on everything.