“It’s fun on both sides,” Freeman said, “because what they’re doing on the other side right now is exciting. They’re good. They’ve got a good young core. They’re fighting for first place already in June. You can already tell they’re starting to turn the corner. It’s going to be fun to watch for years to come.”

Third baseman Max Muncy is the longest-tenured Dodger, in his ninth big-league season with them. He’s used to the Dodger effect on the road, fans piling in to see Shohei Ohtani and others from the best show in baseball, but the weekend atmosphere exceeded his expectations.

“That team is feeding off the crowd, and the crowd is feeding off the team. That’s definitely what makes baseball fun, is when you start getting these atmospheres,” Muncy said. “We’ve gotten real numb to it because we play in front of it every single night, but [the Sox deserve] to be feeling it.”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/06/14/dodgers-white-sox-los-angeles-chicago-shohei-ohtani-freddie-freeman-dave-roberts-rate-field-mlb

https://www.mlb.com/news/all-star-ballot-update-june-15-2026

Vargas is way way way behind, he's cooked :(

1 hour ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/06/14/dodgers-white-sox-los-angeles-chicago-shohei-ohtani-freddie-freeman-dave-roberts-rate-field-mlb

This gives me goosebumps

1 hour ago, JTB said:

This gives me goosebumps

Well written without going into purple prose or hyperbole, super rare in today's media environment.

5 hours ago, Whisox05 said:

https://twitter.com/i/status/2066661530456695257

The full interview:

Last year at Birmingham I thought the Michael Brantley comp as well. Real similar looking swing. Obviously, Braden has significantly more power than Brantley did when he first came up as well as significantly more in-zone swing and miss. Gonna be interesting to watch him develop.

MLB official Youtube with a Sox highlight reel