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https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/04/he-was-painting-the-zone-tigers-jack-flaherty-quiets-white-sox-in-7-4-win

"That success hasn’t quite carried over to the regular season. Robert finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, including the strikeout to end the game against reliever Will Vest, and is 4-for-25 (.160) with one extra-base hit, two walks and nine strikeouts through the first seven games."

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My understanding from reading the story is that Comcast's biggest issue is the fact the Sox/Bulls are allowing their games to be seen via over the air (i.e. free) TV which devalues Comcast's product in their opinion. And God knows the state of the Sox/Bulls is devalued big time right now the way things are. Perhaps if the Reinsdorf's and Brooks decide to stop free TV broadcasts Comcast will agree to a deal?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/tropicana-field-roof-st-petersburg/

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/03/comcast-xfinity-chicago-sports-network-white-sox-bulls-blackhawks-cubs-marquee-sports-network-regional-sports-network-tier And Michael Reinsdorf is not happy about it: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/03/bulls-president-michael-reinsdorf-comcast-chicago-sports-network-white-sox-blackhawks-danny-wirtz

Correct.

Vargas and Vaughn seem to be at best mediocre and are probably worse than that. Robert seems to have one foot out the door already. There's really nothing here that makes a pitcher really have to stop and take notice. If this continues and Benintendi stays relatively hot he won't see any decent pitches to hit in game situations.

It will be interesting when all is said and done if the offense actually is worse than last season. Stone was talking about this towards the end of the game and admitted they are going to have trouble scoring. Already in four of the six games played they've scored three runs or less.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/02/white-sox-lose-series-against-twins

They should have postponed the game, oh well. Sox go 2-4 at home against two of the expected worst teams in the league after winning the first game of each series. Says a lot doesn't it? And what is going to happen the next six months.

Has been for a long time in a number of areas.

Six and Varland will make number seven when he gets the final test results.

Unless JR is willing to put up a LOT of his own money this will be a difficult sell... doesn't matter if it is downtown in the current location or in any suburb.

He just seems to keep putting himself in these awkward situations.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/02/john-schriffen-pitching-ninja-rob-friedman-brian-bannister-white-sox-chicago-sports-network

Possibly although I think your time frame is to short. I can see starting April 15 or so and ending around September 25.

Well that didn't take long: https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/rob-friedman-ninja-pirates-white-sox-broadcasts.html

I honestly though John sounded much better opening day, he toned down his act, sounded more professional. I told Brooks that. But tonight? That was not good. It's one thing to get into a fight with the media which the organization has always considered the "enemy" but to get into it with the club's own pitching coach? I wonder what they are thinking now and how this is going to be handled because Bannister obviously didn't appreciate the dismissive remarks.

Make it seven Sox pitchers slated for TJS in the near future.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/i-think-theyll-be-banned-whats-the-future-of-mlbs-torpedo-bats-insiders-weigh-in-on-baseballs-new-fad/

It is "stupid" when said sport is supposed to be played in good weather. This isn't football is it? But that's just me I guess. Zero reason for fans to have to sit through 37 degree weather or athletes to try to play under those conditions. Yes weather happens but you can do something to mitigate those circumstances if (in this case) MLB wants to. There are reasonable solutions (i.e. $$$$$$ to teams having to play a lot of early season home games because they have good weather) Again that's just me.

As I have posted in the past those teams that have to play a number of home games in warm weather or domes before May get "compensated" in the form of addition revenue from MLB for the "difficulty" (LOL) of having to take on such a "burden" so that fans don't have to sit through miserable weather to say nothing of the athletes having to try to play in it.

Yet somehow MLB thinks it is a great idea to schedule teams in the Northeast, Midwest and Upper Midwest to play a bunch of home games in March/April.

Feast or famine seems to be the watch word for the offense so far this young season.