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Everything about this game was strange, starting with a matchup of bottom-of-the-barrel teams taking place in a national CBS telecast on a Sunday.
“That’s not the type of player I am,” Lee said. “I lost the ball.‘‘
The bad baseball and the shootings in the ballpark might have brought people to their breaking point.
Right-hander signed in a swirl of controversy has been the Sox’ best starter in 2023.
“We’ll make something happen,” manager Pedro Grifol said.
“At some point, if it’s consistent, to what we don’t want, something’s got to give,” White Sox manager says.
There are so many things wrong here, it’s hard to know where to start. If the players and fans weren’t warned of a possible threat just to keep business moving, that’s unconscionable.
The Sox were held to two hits, both by Luis Robert Jr., in a 9-0 rout at the hands of the Orioles.
“That’s crazy to think that is a possibility,” Sox reliever Aaron Bummer said.
Interim Police Supt. Fred Waller did tell reporters Monday that investigators have ‘almost completely dispelled’ a theory that one or more bullets were fired from outside the stadium, wounding two women.
Grabaciones del estadio mostraron confusión en las gradas del jardín izquierdo tras el tiroteo, que se produjo cerca de la cuarta entrada.
He’s hitting .339/.369/.565 over his last 17 games, and he said this is the best he has felt physically since before the World Baseball Classic in spring.
Among the many things that weigh heavily on pitching coach Ethan Katz’s mind, the uptick in usage for Gregory Santos and Aaron Bummer is certainly up there.
Nobody does weird like the Chicago White Sox.
The 23-year-old Venezuelan infielder went 2-for-4 while launching his second home run in as many nights. He has a .333/.333/.654 hitting line in eight games since being recalled Aug. 18.
His inconsistency, control problems and previous success in a relief role suggest his best long-term home could ultimately be in the bullpen.
“The fact that nothing has been said is a bit concerning,” Sox fan Madelyn Spagnola said outside the stadium Saturday. “People should feel safe when they go to a ballpark. [But] I’ll risk it for the bobblehead.”
Stadium footage showed confusion in the left-field bleachers after the shooting, which happened around the fourth inning. Security cleared people out of the section — but the game was completed despite the active crime scene.
Ken Williams and Rick Hahn are out, but that doesn’t mean fans’ nightmares are over.
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With two homers in his last four games, Benintendi is now at four for the season — one shy of the five he hit in 2022 for the Royals and Yankees.
“He knows our players, both at the major league level and in our system, knows our staff and is familiar with all aspects of our baseball operations department,” chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said.
A police spokesperson said “no theories have been ruled out” — days after interim Police Supt. Fred Waller told reporters that investigators “almost completely dispelled” the possibility of gunfire coming from outside the stadium.
Theories and rumors and unconfirmed reports have circulated on social media, but police and the Sox have released virtually nothing about the shooting that wounded two women Friday night.
“Sometimes bad things happen so better things can be pieced back together,” Anderson said.
Dylan Cease pitched six innings, allowing five runs
Fans at Guaranteed Rate Field booed lustily at the low points of Cease giving up eight earned runs in 4⅓ grueling innings.
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Grifol says chairman Jerry Reinsdorf “wants to win. He wants to set this thing up right. That’s what we’re in the process of doing.”
He was acquired in the trade with the Astros for Kendall Graveman and made his White Sox debut Thursday.
The former Sox player and current assistant GM is moving up the ranks.
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