First Pitch: White Sox vs. Angels

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TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Lineups:

https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1663296956167512065
https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1663315638339895296

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    Writing about the White Sox for a 16th season, first here, then at South Side Sox, and now here again. Let’s talk curling.

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Trooper Galactus

Behold, Mickey Moniak, one of the few 2016 first round draft picks Rick Hahn has not acquired.

funkerdan

hmm.. there’s 1 homerun.

funkerdan

2…

upnorthsox

There’s 2

funkerdan

This is probably fine

upnorthsox

I don’t know what’s up with Kopech, you’d think he had been feasting on KC or Cleveland the last couple of games.

KaiserSouszay

Does Hahn still want to wait a few weeks before talking about the firesale?

Trooper Galactus

It’s too early for those conversations. Wait until the seventh inning stretch.

a-t

Well, the ace version of kopech was nice while it lasted.

GrinnellSteve

Kopech strikes out 3 in the inning, working on a 2-hitter. Good!

upnorthsox

Hey he has 3 walks now to match those 3 K’s, I guess the HBP is the tie breaker.

upnorthsox

I take that back, now he’s trying to get the HBP’s even up with the BB and K’s.

Well at least Liam’s first innings back won’t be too high leverage

Adam

I know they call Renfroe Mike Trout face. Am I crazy or has this Griffen Canning fella stolen the face of Cliff Lee?

Trooper Galactus

Wow, Yas stole a strike low there.

Adam

I like to think Kopech is working on a “effectively wild” persona now. The effective part comes later. Has to fully flesh this character out

StockroomSnail

Ricky Vaughn jr.

As Cirensica

I’m about to turn on the TV for the game…reading the comments gives me second thoughts

funkerdan

it should probably be worse than it is?

Adam

It was really just one bad half inning. One really, really bad half inning

As Cirensica

Well…the first thing I watched was a dinger by Vaughn. Nice to see

Adam

And Romy!! No turning off for you

As Cirensica

And now a Romy dinger 🙃

LamarHoyt_oncrack

Weird, I thought it was Zobrist for a minute. Eerily similar players.

a-t

Okay romy, I see yah

a-t

Santos is lookin to be a fixture outta the bullpen for years. Pretty good trade

Trooper Galactus

Especially when you consider that McClure is getting pulverized in AAA.

Trooper Galactus

102 mph on a sinker seems pretty impressive. Dunno why he bothered giving Vaughn a slider.

Foulkelore

Welcome back, Liam!

Denman

We gotta rally and get Liam the win.

StockroomSnail

Somebody yelled OVERRATED at Ohtani while he faced Hendricks, and I suspect Rick Hahn.

StockroomSnail

If the recap isn’t titled “liam Hendricks pitched” we riot.