BamaDoc Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 White Sox star Seby Zavala announced his retirement today. He completed a 14 year career all spent with the Pale Hose. During that time the fan favorite was a two time league MVP, World Series MVP, 7 time gold glove winner and 5 time all star. Zavala amassed 237 HR and 895 RBI in his career. Typically down playing personal accomplishments, Zavala said he was most proud of his team winning three World Series titles during the 2020s. He took over as the Sox primary catcher following Yasmani Grandal. He became a fan favorite on the night he hit his first three home runs in the same game. Always crediting others, he credits Hall of Fame manager Tony LaRussa with igniting his career, " I remember being pinch hit for with a 2-0 count and thinking never again" the player said. His statue was unveiled this week during the teams final home stand of the year.................. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 This part of the Sox multiverse story? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 That's mighty nice of you Doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaDoc Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 I am an optimist LOL. It does help during dark times though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Nah. Last night was one of those fluke games that turns into a great "Remember when..." story down the road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Deep Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Seby will live off that game for rest of his career. His stats will be inflated for rest of year because of that game......but thats ok. Great job last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Made me forget about that guy who had that really good start in 2021 but finished the season in AAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 6 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Nah. Last night was one of those fluke games that turns into a great "Remember when..." story down the road. Be interesting to see who goes down when Grandal returns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittBurnsFan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, ptatc said: Be interesting to see who goes down when Grandal returns. The way the pitchers rave about him...I assume they want Seby to stay! But I was losing interest in watching him throw the bat every time he struckout! Defensively...he seems outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Deep Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 I still do not want to give up on Collins He needs to play to get better 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, 2Deep said: I still do not want to give up on Collins He needs to play to get better Sadly this is probably who he is. A bad defensive catcher who hits RHP at a decent clip and that’s it. Sox can do a lot better at backup so they gotta upgrade next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 22 hours ago, BamaDoc said: White Sox star Seby Zavala announced his retirement today. He completed a 14 year career all spent with the Pale Hose. During that time the fan favorite was a two time league MVP, World Series MVP, 7 time gold glove winner and 5 time all star. Zavala amassed 237 HR and 895 RBI in his career. Typically down playing personal accomplishments, Zavala said he was most proud of his team winning three World Series titles during the 2020s. He took over as the Sox primary catcher following Yasmani Grandal. He became a fan favorite on the night he hit his first three home runs in the same game. Always crediting others, he credits Hall of Fame manager Tony LaRussa with igniting his career, " I remember being pinch hit for with a 2-0 count and thinking never again" the player said. His statue was unveiled this week during the teams final home stand of the year.................. And then you woke up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaDoc Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 43 minutes ago, poppysox said: And then you woke up. Yep. It was thought up at night following a shitty loss where our worst bat hit three homers and we still lost. Tried to capture Yermin mania with anti Tony. Just trying to get a chuckle after the debacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 minute ago, BamaDoc said: Yep. It was thought up at night following a shitty loss where our worst bat hit three homers and we still lost. Tried to capture Yermin mania with anti Tony. Just trying to get a chuckle after the debacle. Yep...I know. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I hope Carlos Perez can be our backup next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Dont forget he has a great unique name to boot!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossanoveralls Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Seby "who loves ya, baby?" Zavala Edited August 2, 2021 by Bossanoveralls Z not S cuz S goes SSS not ZZZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Love you Seby. 3 bombs in one game. This is what makes baseball great. We talk about all of baseball's problems and rightly so. But to have Zavala hit his first three home runs in MLB in the same game? Priceless. Every Sox fan in America should buy Seby a beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Two catchers, one who can't catch and one who can't hit, both did unprecedented things for the Sox this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I was just wondering to myself what Zavala would want for those 3 balls. I'll bet he wouldn't take $10,000. It's his piece of immortality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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