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Given this was supposed to be in the middle of a window of contention and not mired in mediocrity, having a 10% chance is a complete embarrassment.

8th time this year the Sox led in the 7th inning or later...and lost. 3rd time out of those eight games they lost the lead in the 9th inning. Kelly has been directly responsible for three of those eight blown games that were lost.

Very true. Offense has been brutal. They simply aren't going to keep winning games 2-1, 3-0, 4-3 like they have been recently. This isn't the 1967 White Sox and as good as they were doing that came up short in the end.

This didn't age well today did it? TA is like Ozzie, he started to believe his press clippings. He can't stay healthy, he's lost all power it seems, his concentration on the field disappears and it leads to issues and his arrogance is a turn-off because he's not backing it up. "I'm the best player on the field..." Really? Then get your head out of your ass and show it. I also suspect, pure speculation on my part, he's pissed he's not being offered a nine figure extension. I've got news for him, unless JR is gone he won't be getting it with the White Sox and the way he's playing probably not from anyone else.

But remember according to TA he's "the best player on the field..." ?

None of them do.

Great...he blew two ground balls (errors) with a man on third who scored. He made a very good play last night to nab a guy. Making mistakes two out of every three times isn't a recipe for success. We'll see what happens as we get a larger sample size.

June 10, 1952 - Sox outfielder Sam Mele set the franchise record with six RBI’s in one inning. In the fourth inning of a game at Philadelphia, Mele hit a three-run homer, then batted again and knocked in three more with a triple! The Sox sent 15 men to the plate, scored 12 in the frame and would wind up winning it 15-4. They hit three home runs in the 12-run inning including an inside-the-park, three-run home run by Hector Rodriguez. It would be the only home run he ever hit in the Major Leagues. June 10, 1961 - With owner Bill Veeck in ill health, his group sold the White Sox to Chicagoan Art Allyn. Veeck only owned the club for two and a half years the first time around. Allyn paid $2,500,000 for the team. On the same day of the sale, the Sox made an eight-player deal that netted the team pitchers Ray Herbert, Don Larsen and infielder Andy Caray from Kansas City. One week later the Sox began a 12-game winning streak that saved the season. They beat up Minnesota, Cleveland, Washington and Detroit during it. They’d rebound from last place in May to finish fourth at 86-76-1. Herbert would then go on to win 20 games in 1962. June 10, 1964 - Sox manager Al Lopez was hanged in effigy in the players’ parking lot by angry fans. It all stemmed from the feud that developed between Gold Glove outfielder Jim Landis and Sox management. Landis, as the team player representative, went to management letting them know that unless the players got $50 dollars instead of a radio for appearing on major radio or TV stations, like WGN, they would no longer do so. G.M. Ed Short and Lopez then took the players demands out on him, the messenger, benching him for long stretches of the season. Sox fans, along with sports reporter/columnist Bill Gleason organized a ‘Jim Landis Night’ for the player but it wasn’t recognized by the team and Landis was held out of the lineup by Lopez in favor of “Minnie” Minoso. Sox fans showered the outfield with envelopes containing money for Landis only to have Minoso pick them up and tuck them into his pocket! The Sox won the game 2-1 against the Orioles. June 10, 2011 – Sox first baseman Paul Konerko set the franchise record when he got an extra base hit in his ninth consecutive game. The streak started back on May 30 in Boston and included games against Detroit, Seattle and Oakland. In that time frame Konerko bashed six home runs and three doubles. He drove in 12 RBI’s.

Anytime the offense wants to show up and make things easier for the pitchers is fine by me.

You sir need to buy a lottery ticket today! Grifoil just said that Eloy will be out "four to five days" but they are "hoping" to avoid putting him on the IL. Left leg lower calf issue. LET'S PLAY SHORTHANDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ????? This organization is remarkable for its stupidity.

So has Eloy been placed on the IL yet???????????????? ?

Maybe he does put it together but it won't be with the White sox. If you believe Garfein "he gone" after 2024.

Agree that the injury philosophy of this organization (just ask Robert) has been insane.

There is truth in what you say absolutely. But the previous posters statement is also true. Over the last few years something always seems wrong with Moncada. He always seem to have some sort of ailment, injury, ache or pain.

June 9, 1987 - Sox outfielder Kenny Williams hit a two-run home run with two out in the eighth inning breaking up a no-hit bid by the A’s Curt Young at the Oakland Coliseum. It would be the only hit on the day for the Sox who would lose 8-3. June 9, 2021 – The injury bug again impacted the White Sox as second baseman Nick Madrigal, hitting over .300 at the time and playing a solid second base, tore his right hamstring trying to run out a ground ball in the seventh inning of a game against the Blue Jays in Chicago. Madrigal became the third Sox starter to suffer a serious major injury and miss significant time, the others being outfielders Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert. The Sox were leading 2-1 at the time but after the injury melted down and lost 6-2. He remained on the field for several minutes before being helped off, not putting any weight on his right leg. Surgery was performed the next week and his season was over. At the trade deadline however he was sent to the Cubs as part of the Craig Kimbrel deal. June 9, 2022 – It was a decision that left the baseball world shaking their heads. White Sox manager Tony LaRussa, already under the microscope by fans and the media for seemingly strange baseball decisions, made one that will be talked about for years. With the Sox losing 7-5 to the Dodgers at Guaranteed Rate Field, he ordered an intentional walk to Tray Turner in the sixth inning. The count on Turner at the time was 1-2 leaving everyone from fans at the game to White Sox TV broadcasters stunned and wondering what the rational for the move was. The decision then blew up in LaRussa’s face when five pitches later Max Muncy blasted a three-run home run to left center field. Upon reaching home plate Muncy then looked towards the White Sox dugout and let loose with an expletive filled comment. The runs would prove important as the Sox would lose 11-9.

Probably nothing will be mentioned until later in the day, closer to game time, if then.

Based on simply his "baseball smarts" he like so many other Sox players gives your comment some relevance. Notice I said just baseball, he may be very smart and articulate in other areas.

I'm sick of Eloy not being able to go a single solitary month before getting hurt in some way, shape or form...so we're even. Guy is built like a Greek God and is brittle as a pain of glass. Until he can somehow figure out a way to stay on the field and off the injured list he is nothing more than a mediocre player at best. The Sox have a roster full of injured mediocre players.

If the Sox can't even have a final record of one game over .500 they don't deserve to be in the playoffs in my opinion. Them (or anyone) getting in with a losing record would be a complete farce, an absolute joke.

CBS Sportsline had a deep story on this a month or so ago. The idea of eight, four team divisions is on the table as well as four eight team ones. There are also different playoff-type scenarios that the author heard were on the table as far as number of teams, if post season teams would be seeded based on record et al.

June 8, 1947 - Luke Appling Day was celebrated at Comiskey Park. The future Hall of Famer was among the all-time Sox leaders in numerous categories and won the batting title in 1936, hitting a remarkable .388. He repeated as batting champ in 1943 with a .328 average. He went 1 for 6 in the first game of a double header against Washington. The Sox lost 1-0 in 18 innings before winning the nightcap 8-2, a game Appling did not play in. June 8, 1951 - Chicago area native Marv Rotblatt became the first pitcher to enter a game while being driven in from the center field bullpen. Rotblatt relieved starter Ken Holcombe in the eighth inning, in the Sox 4-2 loss to the Yankees who stood in their dugout and watched in amazement along with almost 54-thousand fans on a Friday night. In the 1960's, Sox pitchers were brought into the game in golf carts and in 1966, a converted snowmobile (sponsored by Nickey Chevrolet) that was fitted with special skies so as to not harm the grass, performed the task. June 8, 1981 - The new look White Sox found themselves on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Slugger Greg Luzinski was featured with the caption, “The Sox’ New Sock. Chicago Slugger Greg Luzinski.” June 8, 2001 - Sox outfielder Carlos Lee became the first player to hit a walk off extra inning grand slam in interleague play (including the World Series) as his blast in the 10th inning blew up the Cubs 7-3 at Comiskey Park. The shot was off Courtney Duncan. Lee would have five RBI’s that evening. The hit scored Tony Graffanino, Chris Singleton and Ray Durham. June 8, 2008 - The White Sox tied the Major League record when they scored 10 or more runs with 15 or more hits in three consecutive games. The Sox would power past Minnesota three straight times on their way to a four-game series sweep. The record setting scores were 10-6, 11-2 and 12-2. The Sox would hit eight home runs in the three games with four coming off the bat of Joe Crede. He had two home runs in consecutive games tying the team record.

Yes they were, games were made up a week after the season was originally slated to end.

Unfortunately the season started on March 30.

Melton was so bad he had his nose broken in Baltimore when he lost a pop up in the lights and it nailed him square in the face. After working his ass off one season he actually had a higher fielding percentage than Brooks Robinson.

My guess would be if both teams have the same off day moving forward the Sox will have to go to New York. But they could also wait and say the games will be made up, only if they impact any of the divisional, wild card or postseason races. There have been years when games weren't made up because they had no impact on races or playoff spots.