1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said:

Great challenges, at least.

I was referring to at the plate. Yes he seems better defensively than Romo.

8 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

He’s legit too, so this isn’t a total fluke. 34 homers in AAA.

This Joshua Baez is a 23 yr old monster. First at bat against the Cubs a 449 ft3 run homer, followed by 2 more homers, a major league record for a first time call up. He was a second rounder. Matthew Boyd was the victim. 5 Cubs gopher balls today so far.

Not bad, but this doesn't really count. Wait til the Toughest Stretch of the Season (TM)

1 hour ago, Harry Chappas said:

Why hes on his 4th team this week although they have to roll the dice

if Mune and Colson can get going again (Colson might be heating up, we shall see), we really don't need Rogers to be anything but a better version of Romo. I've wanted a vet backup C all year since McGuire was released, hope they keep Rogers on the roster when Teel comes back. I'd rather have Rogers than Bart personally

1 hour ago, superchops70 said:

We are the worst "small ball" team. Cant steal, cant bunt, cant move runners over.

We are a homer ball team, which is OK in a homer friendly Rate park, but when we don’t hit homers, we struggle. Would help to improve our small ball, particularly during Manfred ball extras. IMO.

34 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Even then it won’t be enough.

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

48 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Burke tomorrow vs. a bullpen day from Det. Let's bust out the brooms!

Also not Sox related but holy s%*# this is wild -

Now that's a MLB debut

10 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

Not mine haha, I mostly stayed away...I love my team so much that I wouldn't put myself through a 100 loss season if I can avoid it. I checked out very fast those two seasons, feeling burned from the TA7, Eloy, Yoan, LuisR bust

1 hour ago, Jake said:

How big of a lead in the division before Soxtalk calms down a little bit?

Two car lengths in the parade.

42 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

This Joshua Baez is a 23 yr old monster. First at bat against the Cubs a 449 ft3 run homer, followed by 2 more homers, a major league record for a first time call up. He was a second rounder. Matthew Boyd was the victim. 5 Cubs gopher balls today so far.

Is he related to Hobby Baez? 🤣

43 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

Yes, that's it -- before 2023 people were very reasonable and optimistic around here 🤣. Go read some of the 2005 threads.

Who's naked picture does Romo have? That mother fucker sucks. Why is he still here?

4 hours ago, MexSoxFan#1 said:

Complete the sweep tomorrow!

SWEEP THE CENTRAL!!!

That’s the campaign. We have 16 in divison games remaining. I want 16 White Sox winners.

We need our version of this in the clubhouse for such a movement…

3 hours ago, hankchifan said:

This Joshua Baez is a 23 yr old monster. First at bat against the Cubs a 449 ft3 run homer, followed by 2 more homers, a major league record for a first time call up. He was a second rounder. Matthew Boyd was the victim. 5 Cubs gopher balls today so far.

Crazy thing too is that he had a AAA performance earlier this summer where he hit 4 homers in one game!

3 hours ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Not bad, but this doesn't really count. Wait til the Toughest Stretch of the Season (TM)

Aka the World Serious

3 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Burke tomorrow

I don’t know why but I thought tomorrow was Castillo day.

2 hours ago, MexSoxFan#1 said:

Not mine haha, I mostly stayed away...I love my team so much that I wouldn't put myself through a 100 loss season if I can avoid it. I checked out very fast those two seasons, feeling burned from the TA7, Eloy, Yoan, LuisR bust

I'm a huge Chicago sports guy. Love the bears, Bulls, Blackhawks and Sox. Followed them all since I was very young but Sox are easily my favorite out of them all. Maybe I've mellowed as I age but I feel very lucky to have seen a Superbowl winner , all the Bulls and Blackhawks championships and even a White Sox Championship. That's 11 Champions ! (12 if you count the Cubs. Growing up it was like Chicago didn't have a Champion since the 1961 Blackhawks and 1963 Bears both of which I was too young to remember and the Bears broke the ice in 1986

As a sports fan and Chicago fan in particular., I feel so blessed. I just can't get all worked up about the bad things although I do save most of my ire towards ownership and my worried, scared and scarred , very critical fellow fans.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

6 minutes ago, Southwest Sider said:

Huge win. Tigers fans gotta be feeling rough about now.

4 hours ago, Southwest Sider said:

Huge win. Tigers fans gotta be feeling rough about now.

If I were a fan it would've started with trading Skubal. It's the we can't have nice things,

3 hours ago, MexSoxFan#1 said:

Not mine haha, I mostly stayed away...I love my team so much that I wouldn't put myself through a 100 loss season if I can avoid it. I checked out very fast those two seasons, feeling burned from the TA7, Eloy, Yoan, LuisR bust

Glad to have you back

3 hours ago, hankchifan said:

We are a homer ball team, which is OK in a homer friendly Rate park, but when we don’t hit homers, we struggle. Would help to improve our small ball, particularly during Manfred ball extras. IMO.

They don't play Manfred ball in the playoffs 😎

7 hours ago, hankchifan said:

We are a homer ball team, which is OK in a homer friendly Rate park, but when we don’t hit homers, we struggle. Would help to improve our small ball, particularly during Manfred ball extras. IMO.

They need a bit more balance but isn't it great seeing a team that was successfully built around the home run. Hahn talked ad nauseam about this but when it came time to draft hitters, he drafted high average contact hitters who hit a lot of ground balls. Leave it to the guy with 3 career home runs to know how create a team whose identity is left handed slug. I think Getz really understood the failings of the last regime in this department. You see it developmentally with the players.

5 hours ago, hi8is said:

Crazy thing too is that he had a AAA performance earlier this summer where he hit 4 homers in one game!

Wow! Glad he is in the NL. Let the Cubs worry about him and Walker.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/pittsburgh-pirates-announce-paul-skenes-053355266.html

Skenes now facing Tigers on WED...instead of pitching today

4 hours ago, Colome's Hat said:

They need a bit more balance but isn't it great seeing a team that was successfully built around the home run. Hahn talked ad nauseam about this but when it came time to draft hitters, he drafted high average contact hitters who hit a lot of ground balls. Leave it to the guy with 3 career home runs to know how create a team whose identity is left handed slug. I think Getz really understood the failings of the last regime in this department. You see it developmentally with the players.

The last 2-3 seasons GRF has played slightly offense negative...which includes all hitters, Sox and opponents.

Rated 98-99 with 100 neutral

Seattle by comparison at 91-92 and the worst park for offense in the majors.

And Vaughn has done much better with Milwaukee than the Sox btw.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by caulfield12