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I know at least once he had a serious injury/surgery to his hand/thumb which he injured sliding head first into second base in a minor league game.

The NFL plays games on Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday (in December). One of the best things about baseball is there is no time limit, unlike the other sports. There is no zero on the clock.

March 8, 1948 – WGN, channel 9 in Chicago, announced that it would televise White Sox games for the first time during the upcoming season. Veteran radio sports broadcasters Jack Brickhouse and Harry Creighton would become the first White Sox TV announcers in history. The first game they ever showed was an exhibition game against the Cubs from Wrigley Field on April 16 in freezing cold weather! The Sox would beat the Cubs 4-1. WGN carried White Sox televised games from 1948-1967, 1981 and 1990 through 2019.

I always find it interesting that some folks are upset over how long a baseball game goes but when NFL games regularly go 3:20, 3:30 or longer no one says a word about it.

Correct, the second go-round by Eaton.

If what you say comes to pass then the Sox need to be sellers at the deadline.

I'm guessing right now it has to be Colas which is not a bad thing. If he can stabilize the gaping hole in right field that would be a huge addition. The guy has got to be better than Adam Eaton and Nomar Mazara right?

Dirty: You have the option to place all my comments on ignore if you wish. It won't bother me in the slightest. Would love to be all sunshine and roses about the Sox but the numbers don't lie do they? Just have a winning season this year...at least that's something positive.

There is some truth to your comment but given the dysfunction as well apparently in the Sox training, medical and conditioning staffs, it appears to be even more critical to this team that they actually stay on the field. Keep in mind the Sox have gone through three head trainers in the past few years, Herm, the guy who is suing for discrimination (sorry I can't remember his name right now) and James Kruk. They have gone through strength and conditioning coaches like Alan Thomas and Dale Torborg and the Senior Medical Advisor, Mike Reinold, was fired by the Red Sox for giving the players Toradol which was illegal. They have had their problems. They have got to figure out a way to keep the key players in this rebuild on the field and not on the IR list.

The Sox season will live or die on health. They simply don't have a lot of depth to withstand the rash of injuries that have hit this franchise at all levels since around 2018.

Looks like you are one of those fans who can't fathom reality. That's not my doing nor my concern. In sports the numbers don't lie, like TLR told me, at the end of the day it's all about if you win or lose. That being said the White Sox are part of my collective memory for as far back as I can recall. I became a fan around 1960 when I was five. This will be my 63rd season. I won't turn my back on them but I will keep calling out their stupidity and dysfunction (which the record clearly shows) and hope to outlive current ownership and see a better situation. If that bothers you, again, that is not my concern.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/buying-the-white-sox-a-comic-opera-starring-bill-veeck-hank-greenberg-and-chuck-comiskey/

Things may change for the better when new ownership arrives, at least there is a chance it will do so. Until then enjoy what you can and hope to live long enough to see it.

Given the track record of this ownership/franchise it is well deserved.

March 7, 1959 - After the courts ruled in his favor and denied petitions by members of the Comiskey family, Bill Veeck and his partners, including Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, officially bought the White Sox. Veeck owned fifty-four per cent of the team. At the introductory press conference Veeck jokingly told the media that “You can have fifty-four per cent of the coffee!” It would be a remarkable first year for the new owners with the White Sox taking their first pennant in 40 years with a record of 94-60-2.

Given what has happened both on and off the field the last 18 months, the seemingly incompetent, dysfunctional and inept ownership/front office my goals are modest: 1. Play meaningful games in August/September 2. Finish with a winning record Anything over and above that is gravy.

Tim Anderson today told DVS of the Sun-Times he agreed with what Jose said about last year's club.

They are intelligent enough I believe to look that up for themselves if they don't know the historical story. Call it a teaching moment.

March 6, 1914 - The White Sox returned home from their around-the-world series of exhibition games against the New York Giants. The Sox went 24-20-2 on it but the added 46 games took their toll when the regular season began in late April. For the year the Sox would end up in sixth place, 30 games out with a record of 70-84-3. Each of the three previous years, the White Sox were better than .500, at 77 or 78 wins — and 1914 would be just the third losing season in franchise history. Among the players who participated in the exhibition series was Jim Thorpe, regarding as the greatest athlete in the world at that time because of his Olympic success. The ship the Sox returned home on? None other than the Lusitania.

Didn't notice any difference from previous polls myself. Basically I told them to stop verbally bashing the fan base and to put winning over fiscal responsibility in an industry that makes 10 billion a year.

My interview with Dave from 2004: https://www.southsidesox.com/2023/3/5/23626564/dave-wills-shares-his-love-for-the-chicago-white-sox-in-this-2004-interview

March 5, 1967 – In what was believed to be a first, the White Sox got permission from Major League Baseball to try an experimental DH rule in spring training games. If both clubs agreed to it before the contest started, a pinch-hitter would be allowed to hit twice. It’s not known if the Sox ever followed through with this experiment in a game. March 5, 2020 - Coming off of a 25-homer season, Yoan Moncada signed a five-year, $70 million contract extension. The deal followed extensions given to Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert without either young star ever having played a game in the majors. Moncada’s situation better resembled that of Cuban countryman Robert, in that both were signed to enormous bonuses to leave Cuba, in Moncada’s case $31.5 million by the Red Sox. Moncada struggled to meet his 2019 greatness in 2020, contracting COVID at the start of summer camp and battling fatigue over the 60-game season. However, he bounced back for a very solid season in 2021 holding down third base and providing good offensive numbers…14 home runs, 61 RBI’s, 33 doubles, 74 runs and 84 walks. 2022 was an injury filled year that saw him only play in 104 games and hit .212 putting his career at a crossroads.

Stunned at this news. I knew Dave well, he was always generous with his time and advice. Loved the Sox passionately. Wanted badly to become a permanent part of the Sox broadcasting crew but JR would never give final approval (that according to Dave) and he got tired of waiting. Thinking of his family at this time.

March 4, 1921 - In the wake of the “Black Sox,” owner Charles Comiskey attempted to rebuild his team. One of the first moves he made was to purchase future Hall-of-Famer outfielder Harry Hooper from the Red Sox for two players, John “Shano” Collins and Harry “Nemo” Leibold. Hooper would play five years on the South Side and hit over .300 in three of them. He was also a solid fielder leading the league for example in 1922 with 19 assists and 289 putouts. March 4, 1994 - NBA superstar Michael Jordan, who retired in October 1993 from the Bulls, made his debut in a White Sox uniform in spring training. He played in his first game at the Major League level against the Rangers in Sarasota, Florida grounding out to the pitcher in his first at-bat. He’d collect his first spring training hit on March 14 against the Twins, a single off pitcher Jeff Innes.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2023/3/3/23622977/jose-abreu-astros-white-sox-mlb-2023