27 thoughts on “September 20, 2024: 50/50”

    1. Years from now I would really like to think back on 2024 fondly as the year the ChiSox played Jr High ball, and not have the bitter taste of a Twins season that laid down and gave up the ghost.

        1. This is the dead land
          This is cactus land
          Here the stone images
          Are raised, here they receive
          The supplication of a dead man's hand
          Under the twinkle of a fading star.

          1. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth
            A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.
            Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,
            And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.

  2. The other day I saw the trailer for Mickey 17, and then last night it struck me, wait, I've read that story! And I found out there's also a sequel *adds to library queue*. Someday when y'all are older too, you'll enjoy experiencing the extra excitement of cool things that you'd forgotten from the past.

  3. 51/51, but with nine games remaining, 55/55 seems within reach and 60/60 not out of the question.

    This Ohtani story is so much better than the one which began the season. I’m not prepared to say he’s unequivocally the best ever just yet because we still don’t know enough about Martín Dihigo, Bullet Rogan, or even Josh Gibson to give them a fair shot at the title. But I’m comfortable saying he’s probably the best player I’ll ever see and the best since the “Golden Era.”

  4. The Athletic published a detailed article about how terrible the White Sox are because of Reinsdorf. There are a lot of quotable sections so I'll stick with La Russa:

    A.J. Hinch’s suspension from baseball for his role in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal ended the minute the 2020 season came to a close. Almost immediately, he was courted by Al Avila, then the Detroit Tigers GM, and Hahn.

    On paper, the White Sox job was the better of the two. Coming off its playoff appearance in 2020, Chicago was considered much closer to the World Series than a Tigers team with back-to-back last-place finishes.

    Hahn told reporters at the time the White Sox were looking for someone who has “experience with a championship organization in recent years,” which was taken as a thinly veiled reference to Hinch, who guided the Astros to two World Series appearances, including their 2017 win.

    Hinch and his wife packed for interviews in both cities. Detroit came first, but Hinch was being advised by friends on places to live in Chicago, sources said. But before Hinch even made it to Chicago, Reinsdorf pulled a stunner: He hired 76-year-old La Russa, who hadn’t managed in a decade.

    1. Santana continues his the offensive offense’s recent futility with that swing and I actually slapped the steering wheel in frustration … My foolish self was (apparently) still holding out hope that this team might … just maybe … put something together in the last week. All the local angles have seemingly focused on the pitching and bullpen’s usage and I guess have gotten bored with 6+ weeks of offensive offense.

      I … sigh.

    2. Even with the multiple bullpen failures, the Guardians topped out at scoring five runs. They've done well but it's hard to win when scoring so few runs.

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