Was listening to a Jomboy podcast and they were talking about trying to get Mune for an interview when the Sox are in Anaheim next week.

https://global.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/48566274/espn-mlb-fantasy-baseball-dont-surprised-murakami-luzardo-rushing

ESPN predicts 50+ homers and BAA under .200 like Schwarber did once.

Concerns about hitting vs. velocity/elite pitchers, but we've been hearing that for ages.

Merrill Kelly, for example, isn't bad at all, has always been an above average starter.

https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48567469/white-sox-murakami-homers-5th-straight-tie-rookie-record

"I've run out of things to say," White Sox manager Will Venable said. "Obviously, he continues to put himself in a really good spot to take good swings on good pitches. He's making great swing decisions, making a ton of contact, and when he hits it, he hits it really hard."

Venable added: "Even the singles he's hitting are hard. The damage is incredible, and it's impressive to watch."

Murakami is the 13th MLB rookie since at least 1900 to go deep in five straight, according to ESPN Research. The Japanese first baseman also tied the White Sox's franchise record, a mark shared by A.J. Pierzynski (2012), Paul Konerko (2011), Carlos Lee (2003), Frank Thomas (twice in 1994), Ron Kittle (1983) and Greg Luzinski (1983).

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by caulfield12

nope

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by WestEddy

We arent far off from full blown Mune mania. Lunar madness, I tells ya

I actually kind of liked (kind of being the operative word) Schifrin's call of his home run last night.

"Show me the Muni..."

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Lip Man 1

12 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

I actually kind of liked (kind of being the operative word) Schifrin's call of his home run last night.

"Show me the Muni..."

Agreed, I posted last night that it was probably his best call so far. And ironically it fits the situation perfectly going forward into next season. 🤣

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by WhiteSox2023

11 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Agreed, I posted last night that it was probably his best call so far. And ironically it fits the situation perfectly going forward into next season. 🤣

JR most assuredly won't love it.

Especially if there's pressure exerted by the media and fanbase to build around him and Colson/Teel.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by caulfield12

8 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

JR most assuredly won't love it.

Especially if there's pressure exerted by the media and fanbase to build around him and Colson/Teel.

Of course there will be pressure. You may have lucked into a 26-year old star player with a huge market following that you didn’t have before for a low price for 2 years compared to the market for established star players. How many teams would be too cheap to extend the player and f*** all of that up? I guess we shall see what happens.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by WhiteSox2023

Maybe they can get creative and do something similar to Ohtani, offload the bulk of the contract to Ishbia years.