Podcast: Hello, 2023 Opening Day
Record Date: 3/29/2023
Guest: Geoff Blum, former White Sox player and now Houston Astros TV analyst
Rundown:
- Jim wins his first curling championship!
- Jim’s thoughts on the White Sox Opening Day bench
- Good news from Liam Hendriks in his recovery from cancer.
- [18:36] 2005 Game 3 World Series Hero and current Houston Astros TV Analyst Geoff Blum joins the show to discuss the Astros and his expectations for the White Sox.
- Josh and Jim preview the White Sox vs. Astros series, focusing on bullpen usage.
- The White Sox terrible recent history playing at Houston
- Guessing Pedro Grifol’s Opening Day lineup
Author
First day of baseball always makes me very happy every year.
First fantasy baseball lineup preparation
First White Sox game…and this time without TLR which robbed me the joy of being a White Sox fan.
I can go to bed with my favorite “noise background” (a baseball game is on my TV)
And the best part? It signals the death of Winter. I hate Winter.
I am so looking forward to Grifol’s style. I hope he doesn’t disappoint.
Did the Sox announce their final roster yesterday or was it already set?
They haven’t announced it, but they’ve discussed just about all the individuals.
Does that follow the same 17 minute timeframe you outlined for the minors?
Pretty much. They love doing things last minute.
Congrats to Jim on his curling championship!
Anyone having issues with the podcast skipping around?
nope
Jim, love your rational behind Romy in RF. Although not a Romy guy, he’s shown in the second half of ST that there’s something more that wasn’t there in the past.
Sounds like you made a convert of Josh’s lineup perhaps.
Agreed. I hope Pedro was listening.
Van Schouwen reports that Romy is indeed likely to get the start in right tonight https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/3/30/23663434/white-sox-grant-leury-garcia-unconditional-release-make-opening-day-roster-official
Almost 7th https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1641515867677532173
I have no complaints about this lineup. I hope they don’t strictly avoid starting Colas against all LHPs this year, but with a tough LHP and Romy ending spring training on a home run tear, why not for tonight?
Jim’s rational in the podcast was this lineup would make it harder for Dusty, with the RHP heavy BP, to substitute a RHP reliever down in the order knowing that Colas was going to come in a PH to play RF. I thought it was pretty savvy.
The comments underneath the lineup are ripping Grifol for no Colas. I wouldn’t have understood it either without Jim’s explanation.