35 minutes ago, Blackout Friday said:

Maybe, maybe not. We aren’t in the dugout. Just how I saw it. 

That's cause our pitcher got blown away early. 

50 minutes ago, hi8is said:

It’ll be fun to watch us go against him.

Looking forward to his break down he'll post in a week or so of the game.

4 hours ago, greg775 said:

BTW, I feel so lucky to have Benetti and Stone/tonight Jackson as Sox game callers. My mlb was acting weird freezing up so I put it on the home team crew for the ninth. It took two pitches before the crew moaned and groaned about a ball/strike call. Most announcers spend the whole game moaning about ump calls and blasting the opponent. Sox announcers are not annoying, they are ENTERTAINING.

I really like the current announcing team, TV and Radio. Liked Farmer as well (Farmer and Rooney were a great duo). Try to catch TV games to hear Jason and Stone. Will be interesting if Laurence Holmes migrates to WMVP, or they get another announcer for the games once they move there next year.

I'm likely in the minority in terms of opinions on Hawk's broadcasting. I found his style to resemble the criticism noted in the first bold sentence. Over 99% of the time, a game is ultimately decided by the players, not umpires.

There were no White Sox announcers more entertaining than Harry Caray and Jimmie Piersall. 

All four Chicago teams (Sox, Cubs, Hawks and Bulls) should revisit their greedy decision to remove all local broadcasts from free television. There are a large number of fans, me included, who do not have cable. While the percentage of population with cable or online access is higher than the ON-TV / Sportsvision days, it would still benefit the teams to have a dedicated day per week to have either a dual simulcast or just a free telecast on WGN, to gain continued exposure across the entire market. The Yankees do this on Saturday day games.

Edited September 19, 20205 yr by South Side Hit Men

9 hours ago, fathom said:

I would actually consider putting Madrigal 2nd in the order for a few games

Do that and move Robert to 9.

Mazara has yet to hit a home run. I wonder when was the last time a starting White Sox outfielder went the entire season without hitting a home run.

4 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

Mazara has yet to hit a home run. I wonder when was the last time a starting White Sox outfielder went the entire season without hitting a home run.

I think several have gone  108 AB without one. It is amazing how focused so many are during this great run on a guy who was sick and has not hit with any power since his return. 

Edited September 19, 20205 yr by Dick Allen

7 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

Mazara has yet to hit a home run. I wonder when was the last time a starting White Sox outfielder went the entire season without hitting a home run.

2005

44 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I think several have gone  108 AB without one. It is amazing how focused so many are during this great run on a guy who was sick and has not hit with any power since his return. 

I wasn't aware that he was sick.  Did he have the virus?

36 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

I wasn't aware that he was sick.  Did he have the virus?

He missed the beginning of the season with what he is saying was strep throat, others believe it was Covid 19.

12 hours ago, SonofaRoache said:

That's cause our pitcher got blown away early. 

I don’t think we can blame stiever for scoring 1 run. The loss is on him, absolutely, but he isn’t the reason we were a little lifeless. 

3 hours ago, WBWSF said:

Mazara has yet to hit a home run. I wonder when was the last time a starting White Sox outfielder went the entire season without hitting a home run.

The White Sox have a chance to have two starters without a home run, if Madrigal plays 47 1/3 more innings than Mendick at 2B the rest of the season.

The last time that occurred was during the White Sox Strike year of 1981 (Mike Squires & Ron LeFlore).

The last non strike year two White Sox starters played a season without a home run was in 1958 (Nellie Fox & Billy Goodman).

White Sox Starters without a HR in the Regular Season, with 1 (LJ) or 2 (SP) HR in the Post Season

• 2005 Scott Podsednik (129 Regular & 12 Post Season Games)
• 1993 Lance Johnson (147 / 6)

White Sox Starters without a HR in the Regular and Post Season (if applicable) since 1950

• Nomar Mazara 2020 (34 Games) - COVID Year
• Nick Madrigal 2020 (21) - COVID Year
• Lance Johnson 1991 (159)
• Ozzie Guillen 1988 (156)
• Julio Cruz 1986 (81) & 1985 (91)
• Mike Squires 1981 (92) - Strike Year
• Ron LeFlore 1981 (82) - Strike Year
• Bruce Kimm 1980 (100)
• Jerry Hairston 1975 (69) & 1973 (60)
• Luis Alvarado 1971 (99)
• Sandy Alomar 1968 (133)
• Al Weis 1966 (129)
• Jim McAnany 1959 (67 + 3)
• Nellie Fox 1958 (155); 1952 (152) & 1950 (130) - Baseball Hall of Famer
• Billy Goodman 1958 (116)
• Bob Dillinger 1951 (89)

Edited September 19, 20205 yr by South Side Hit Men

23 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

The White Sox have a chance to have two starters without a home run, if Madrigal plays 47 1/3 more innings than Mendick at 2B the rest of the season.

The last time that occurred was during the White Sox Strike year of 1981 (Mike Squires & Ron LeFlore).

The last non strike year two White Sox starters played a season without a home run was in 1958 (Nellie Fox & Billy Goodman).

White Sox Starters without a HR in the Regular Season, with 1 (LJ) or 2 (SP) HR in the Post Season

• 2005 Scott Podsednik (129 Regular & 12 Post Season Games)
• 1993 Lance Johnson (147 / 6)

White Sox Starters without a HR in the Regular and Post Season (if applicable) since 1950

• Nomar Mazara 2020 (34 Games) - COVID Year
• Nick Madrigal 2020 (21) - COVID Year
• Lance Johnson 1991 (159)
• Ozzie Guillen 1988 (156)
• Julio Cruz 1986 (81) & 1985 (91)
• Mike Squires 1981 (92) - Strike Year
• Ron LeFlore 1981 (82) - Strike Year
• Bruce Kimm 1980 (100)
• Jerry Hairston 1975 (69) & 1973 (60)
• Luis Alvarado 1971 (99)
• Sandy Alomar 1968 (133)
• Al Weis 1966 (129)
• Jim McAnany 1959 (67 + 3)
• Nellie Fox 1958 (155); 1952 (152) & 1950 (130) - Baseball Hall of Famer
• Billy Goodman 1958 (116)
• Bob Dillinger 1951 (89)

My first reaction is there are some very good ballplayers on that list.

2 minutes ago, poppysox said:

My first reaction is there are some very good ballplayers on that list.

If I needed a pinch hit late in a playoff game, I think I would take Jerry Hairston (at age 68) over Mazara.