#Chisox

[baseballsisco]

Well New York Mets fans, you can be glad that your 1962 Metropolitans no longer have the most season losses. That distinction is now held by the 2024 Chicago White Sox who now have lost 121 games with two games to go. Can they lose two more games? We'll have to wait and see.

[telesilla]

Love the baseball controversy surrounding the new Pope. His brother had to confirm that no, he is not a Cubs fan and has always been a White Sox fan. Maybe MLB Jesus will finally smile upon the Southsiders.

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

MIKE TAUCHMAN COME BACK

[baseballfaxmachine]

one thing bout the 2024 red sox they WILL be at 500 dammit

[strawberryblondebutch]

I’ve obviously been thinking about it more today because of the Pope (imagine explaining this to Kiera from three weeks ago) but the 2005 White Sox run is fucking insane to me.

Coming off a four year playoff drought. Haven’t advanced past the first round in 12 years. Come into the postseason and lose exactly one game. In all three playoff rounds combined. Then miss the playoffs the next year and never even make it to the ALCS for the next 20 years.

There have been other flash in the pan champions (the 2023 Rangers are shaping up to be an anomaly) but I can’t think of any who just fucking STEAMROLLED the competition the same way the ChiSox did.

[musictherapy611]

Pope Leo is a Sox fan 😊

Uh oh! Divine intervention time? The only MLB team worse than the ChiSox is the Rockies….

[marner-hugs]

Jokes about him going to the ChiSox

[stratverse]

4/6/13: ChiSox Win Back-and-Forth Affair

SEA: 100 040 000 // 5-8-1 (LoB: 6) CWS: 200 002 02x // 6-10-0 (LoB: 7)

WP: Veal (1-0); LP: Capps (0-1); S: Reed (2) HR: Morales (off Axelrod; 2 on)

The White Sox rallied for 2 runs off of reliever Carter Capps in the 8th inning and closer Addison Reed escaped from a 2-on, 1-out situation in the 9th to give the White Sox a 6-5 victory over the Mariners. The game see-sawed, not only in the scoring, but also alternating between 1st inning offense, followed by a pitching duel, and then some late inning fireworks. The pitchers combined for a total of 24 strikeouts in the game, though in the end, this was overrun by the sporadic offense - which included 1 home run and 6 double (5 for the White Sox).

The Ms started the scoring in the top of the 1st, with back-to-back-to-back 1-out singles giving them a 1-0 lead; back-to-back strikeouts ended that threat with runners on the corners. The White Sox responded immediately, getting a lead off double, RBI single, and double to tie the game before Félix Hernández had even recorded an out. Like Axelrod, Hernández settled down, getting 3 straight outs after that, though one was a sacrifice fly that made the score 2-1. Both pitchers settled down after the initial hit barrage. Axelrod retired 10 straight, and only allowed a single walk through the 4th. Trouble hit him hard in the 5th, with 4 straight runners reaching, including a RBI single to tie the game and then a Kendry Morales 3-run home run to give the Mariners a 5-2 lead. Hernández, meanwhile, retired 9 straight and allowed only a single walk through the 5th. However, he ran into trouble in the 6th, this time allowing back-to-back-to-back-to-back no-out hits, resulting in 2 runs that cut the deficit to 5-4 and again put runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs; this time, though, he he retired 3 straight batters to end the threat there. Hernández came out again for the 7th inning, but after a walk and an error by the pitcher himself, he was pulled. Reliever Charlie Furbush came in and immediately walked a batter to load the bases with no outs; Dewayne Wise subsequently lifted a fly to center field for the first out of the inning, and Michael Saunders fired a throw home that nailed a tagging Héctor Giménez at the plate for the second out. The White Sox reloaded the bases on another walk, but a ground out ended the inning with the bases loaded and a massive wasted opportunity. The White Sox struck gold in the 8th though, as Capps was unable to maintain the lead, with Alexei Ramírez getting a RBI single to tie the game, and Gordon Beckham knocking a 2-out RBI double to give them the 6-5 lead. Addison Reed allowed a 1-out double and subsequent walk to make things interesting, but got 2 straight outs to end the game.

(Strat notes: Truly a back-and-forth affair, mixing offense - death by singles/doubles - with a pitching duel with more offense. Morales had a home run, the ChiSox had 5 doubles - 2 by De Aza; the teams combined for 24 strike outs - 9 by Hernández, 2 by Capps, 8 by Axelrod, and 5 by Veal [5 of his 6 outs were via the K]. Every batter except for Kyle Seager, Jason Bay [who only had 1 plate appearance as a pinch hitter], and Gordon Beckham had at least 1 strikeout; Raúl Ibañez and Héctor Giménez each had 3.

The Mariners actually started Mike Morse in this game, but as he came in 0-20, I started Franklin Gutiérrez in his stead; Morales came in 1-16, but he had 2 hits, including the home run, today. The ChiSox had a planned off day for Viciedo [1-12], so that helped, and Alex Ríos, who came in 1-15, also had 2 hits today.)

Chicago 4-1; Seattle 3-3 Next game in replay: BOS (Lackey, 0-0) @ TOR (Happ, 0-0)

[theultimatefan]

This Year’s White Sox Fall to ‘62 Mets In Strat-O-Matic ‘Worst Team Ever’ Simulation

A current 21-game losing streak has put this year’s Chicago White Sox (27-88, .235 winning percentage through Monday) on a pace for an even poorer record than the famed 1962 New York Mets, who at 40-120 (.250) are acknowledged by many as the worst team in modern Major League Baseball history. So how would the 2024 ChiSox fare against Marvelous Marv Throneberry, Felix Mantilla and the rest of Casey Stengel’s expansion Amazins?

Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games, decided to put that to the test today, simulating a seven-game series between the two lowly squads. And the battle came down to Game 7, where Jay Hook pitched a complete game and Sammy Taylor hit a grand slam in the fourth inning for a 7-5 Mets win.

The 2024 White Sox, further depleted by trade deadline deals that sent away Michael Kopech, Tommy Pham, Eloy Jimenez, Tanner Banks and Paul DeJong, all starters or key "contributors," are on a pace to finish 38-124 based on their record to date. But Strat-O-Matic also decided to simulate the rest of this season with their current roster, and has the final record tabbed at 41-121.

In the ‘62 Mets series simulation, Chicago pitching, which has recorded an A.L.-worst 4.88 ERA, allowing the most walks (451), second most home runs (147) and fourth most hits (977) in actual MLB play to date, permitted 60 runs in the seven games for a 7.28 ERA that included 13 home runs and 41 walks. The ChiSox’s top hitter against New York was Luis Robert Jr., who hit .448 with two home runs and four RBI. Andrew Benintendi checked in at .316 with a home run and six RBI in the series.

Chicago won the first two games of the series and led, three games to two, but lost, 18-3 and 7-5 in the last two contests in New York.

Game 1

Chicago....... 2 0 1  1 2 0  0 0 0  1 -  7 14  2

New York...... 0 1 0  4 0 0  0 1 0  0 -  6  9  1

WP: Ellard; LP: Daviault; SV: Kuhl

HR: Robert Jr., Vaughn, Thomas

Game 2

Chicago....... 0 0 2  0 0 1  0 5 0  -  8 11  1

New York...... 0 1 3  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  6  8  0

WP: Anderson; LP: Jackson; SV: Kuhl

HR: Vargas, Mantilla, Thomas 2, Hickman

Game 3

New York...... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 4 0  1 -  6 11  2

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 1 2  0 2 0  0 -  5  8  0

WP: Mackenzie; LP: Brebbia

HR: Fletcher

Game 4

New York...... 1 0 0  0 3 1  2 0 0  -  7  9  3

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 2  -  3  7  2

WP: Miller; LP: Martin

HR: Mantilla

Game 5

New York...... 0 7 0  0 0 0  1 0 2  - 10 12  0

Chicago....... 2 0 0  6 0 0  3 4    - 15 14  2

WP: Shuster; LP: Mackenzie

HR: Hodges, Robert Jr., Sosa

Game 6

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  7  0

New York...... 0 0 6  1 0 1  010    - 18 17  2

WP: Jackson; LP: Flexen

HR: Vaughn, Mantilla 2, Thomas 2, Throneberry

Game 7

Chicago....... 3 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  5  7  1

New York...... 0 1 1  4 0 0  1 0    -  7  8  2

WP: Hook; LP: Cannon

HR: Benintendi, Lee, Taylor

[baseballsisco]

Happy Thursday peeps!!! Here is my MLB Immaculate Grid number 374!!!

This has to be the most random grid I've put together. There really is no rhyme or reason to it aside from Wade Boggs having pitched at least one game and a 40+ WAR for his career. After that (and Nolan Ryan as Houston's 40+ WAR Career) I really had to dig deep in the baseball card box to find the other seven players.

I rememebered working in the bar for that game that Reyes pitched for the Mets. It was something like a 20 point deficit when he took the mound. How I rememberd that Josh Harrison pitched at least once for the White Sox? I have no clue. I just did.

Evan Longoria for a 40+ career WAR got Tampa was a no brainer. He was their franchise player for many years. Mannywood dropped significantly ending up with Tampa Bay, the Chisox and Taiwan before hanging up the cleats. Joey Bats was also a former shell of himself playing in Tampa Bay and the Mets after leaving Toronto.

Mike Scott and the Mets had quite the history. Going back to when Scott made life a living hell for the 1986 Mets. They were convinced that he was scuffing the ball against them, collecting multiple buckets of game used balls to catch him. And they couldn't. Scott from almost single handedly derailed the hopes of the 108-win Mets. Aside from winning the 1986 NL Cy Young Award, Scott went 2-0 against the Mets in the NLCS with a 0.50 ERA, 2 complete games and 1 shutout. In total he gave up 8 hits, struck out 19 Mets while walking only 1. He was so good that he became the first player to win the NLCS MVP on a losing team. Any guess who was the second player to win the NLCS MVP for the losing team? Take a guess in the comments section.

Well, I'll leave you for now. On to grid number 375!!!

[the-mighty-rio-grande]

i love when the chisox instagram posts their wins it's like a parent cheering for their toddler when they take like two steps on their own

[jdubqca]

rain delay

` RAIN DELAY #poem #poetry #blogging #baseball - - - >

let’s break it up boys and so the huddle at the mound gives way to an impending fastball the home plate umpire calls it a strike —he’s a regular douchebag the stadium is jam-packed copping a buzz on bud light & goose island the chisox are back on top taking on the loveable losers in comiskey there’s a good chance of rain but there’s nary an umbrella in sight this place doesn’t have a…

[strawberryblondebutch]

are the rockies shaping up to be worse than the 2024 white sox fr??

By this time last season, the White Sox were 11–28. The Rockies have won six games. SIX.

They are in fact on pace to finish the season 25–137, which would be worse than not only the 2024 White Sox but would be the second-worst winning percentage of all time, behind the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20–134).

The 2025 Rox have every problem that last year’s ChiSox did, and are in fact even worse in two notable ways. First, they do not have the leader of the Catholic Church on their side. Second, the White Sox had a legitimate ace in Garrett Crochet, as well as, all things considered, a decent starting rotation — all of Flexen, Cannon, and Fedde were serviceable to good.

The Colorado Rockies do not have good pitching. They will never have good pitching, because the elevation and the dimensions at Coors are antithetical to good pitching, so good pitchers will not come there. But if you cannot get good pitching, you need hitting. And the last Hall of Very Good player the Rockies had, Charlie Blackmon, just retired. So you have terrible fielding, terrible hitting, bad attitudes all around, an owner who does not care about the product on the field, and you can’t even try to steal a win with some determined pitching.

A competent commissioner would have forced the Monforts to sell the team years ago. When the Orioles and Diamondbacks were losing 100 games in back to back years, they had some goddamn heart about it. The Rockies are a blemish on the sport of baseball. A testament to something worse than tanking: greed. At least a team with the dignity to tank does so in anticipation that they will compete again soon.

What counts as success for the Rockies? Playing .500 ball. (They lost 103 games shortly after this was said.)

Denver will always be a terrible pitching market due to the elevation, but it deserves to have a team that, if not competent, at least tries their hardest. Not this mockery of the sport. And worst of all, the White Sox have a clearer future, if only because Jerry Reinsdorf turns 90 years old next year and the franchise will soon be in new hands. The wretched Monforts are 71 and 65 years old. Their reign of terror may persist for decades.

[coolthingsguyslike]