Can James McSlam hit another one tonight? (@Whitesox)
After an exhilarating win last night, the Chicago White Sox are back at it this evening in Anaheim. Though we won’t have the one-man sideshow that is Bill Walton; Mike Schur will join Jason in the booth tonight.
Héctor Santiago will be on the bump for the Good Guys, and rookie Jose Suarez will start for the Angels. Suarez has been struggling, with a 2-4 record with a 6.57 ERA in 11 games, going 0-3 in the last seven. Héctor is 0-1 in his only start for the Sox, taking the “L” in a 10-6 loss to Detroit on August 6, giving up five runs in 4 2/3 innings.
The game is on NBCSN and WGN AM 720. Your starting lineups for tonight are:
I’ll have a full recap after the game!
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Actor (final credit: murdered by Albert Einstein in "Carnage Hall"), musician (Ethnocentric Republicans), and Nerf hoops champion, Wiffleball aficionado and onetime bilingual kindergarten teacher, Brett Ballantini also writes about baseball, basketball and sometimes hockey, publishing at the NBA, MLB, NHL, and for Slam, Hoop, Sporting News, the Athletic, and others. He was CSN Chicago’s Blackhawks beat writer for their first Stanley Cup season of 2009-10, and took over the White Sox beat after that. He currently is the editor-in-chief of South Side Hit Pen and managing editor of SB Nation's South Side Sox. He also wrote a book about Ozzie Guillén but is running out of space, so follow him on Twitter @BrettBallantini and he'll probably tell you even more about himself than you ever wanted to know.
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James “The Deli-master” McCann because he’s a salami expert
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Let’s keep the momentum going!
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My wish list for the remainder of the season:
DFA Castillo
Send down Goins, Engle, & Skole
Add Robert & Mercedes to 40 man and call them up
Recall Moncada & Collins
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Moncada is on a rehab assignment….
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Right. He’s ready. Recall him.
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Haha give him a few games to get back to game speed, he’s been out a while. It’s a formality and he’ll be back next week.
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I’ll forgive the Red Sox fandom for Mike-he seems to be enjoying what he’s doing tonight.
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If he doesn’t start shouting weird shit and asking dumb questions he can stay
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The bar is soooo low
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That will work! Good start.
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Long AB there for McCann, at least. Now, time to see what Santiago has tonight.
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I thought Santiago was going to retire Trout there. Silly me.
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Hector what iz u doin?!
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NICE DP!
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I still can’t hear Pujols name without snickering
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How in the world did Santiago escape that? Mercy.
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Oppo base hit for Eloy!
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That one had eyes
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Eloy has had some awful BABIP luck this series. It’s nice to see one go his way.
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FIRST CAREER STOLEN BASE FOR ELOY! I think
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Looked a bit like a Clydesdale there
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I could never quite find the words to describe his manner of running…thank you!
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they scored it a wild pitch. Booo
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What sort of souvenir will he take when he finally steals his first base? The bag? Dirt?
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I had a feeling one run wasn’t going to be enough tonight.
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I can’t wait to have a competent 5th starter in our rotation.
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We do, it’s Nova
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Nova has really stepped up, and that has been incredible.
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He has, and most teams would covet him as a fifth or possibly fourth starter
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He’s our 4th starter though…I know he’s been great in the second half, I’ve been watching too. Having Santiago or Detwiler or Covey as a 5th starter is unsat. It’ll probably be Banuelos when he’s done rehabbing, also unsat.
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I’d rather see what Cordell can do on the pitchers mound than have to see Covey ever again
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Gosh I couldn’t agree with you more on that!
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I wouldn’t mind seeing Kubat get a start in September.
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Meh, he hasn’t done much in AAA. But I’d rather see him than the other 4.
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Stop bunting
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Tim Anderson walk!
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I’m eating my feelings in chocolate right now. I’m going to need like a 6 run cushion before I’m happy.
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It was a donut for me
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We have four of the six runs for the cushioned lead!
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Of course, Upton homers. Make that three
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So is this the site everyone will be on from now on then?
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Yep! The vast majority of South Side Sox content is here now.
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As Timmy once said, “Ride with us or get run over.”
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Let’s go, James!!!
Abreu with the WHEELS!
TRIPLE!?
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Double, third base on the throw
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McCann strikes again.
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That slide by Jose had me laughing hahaha..I love Jose, but his baserunning has me scared for him sometimes.
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I was worried he hurt himself sliding home. That was textbook “winning ugly”
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It’s like a big uncoordinated bear running around the bases when he’s chuggin on through.
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Eloy!!! Mama is happy!
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ELOY!!!
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ELOY!!!! Where is that frog riding a unicycle?
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ELOY!!!
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Hector hooked the Trout! So nice!
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I was going to say Hector is the MVP for striking out Trout but Pointerbabe is the real MVP keeping up with 2 gamethreads!
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I’m a multitasker and don’t want Rally-shirt to get lonely
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recruit them over here! Everyone needs a rally shirt!
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The Parks & Rec fanatic in me is totally geeking out during this broadcast
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I’m really enjoying him
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I’m liking this Santiago fellow tonight
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Third time(with our team)’s a charm?
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Don’t let Rick Hahn hear you say that-he’s probably looking under rocks as we speak
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We drafted Hector. Then we traded him to LA (in a 3-way deal so he ended up there with Skaggs from AZ, that’s why he had the patch on his jersey tonight) then he signed with us, then with the Mets and then back to us. “I wish I knew how to quit you”
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Gordon Beckham concurs
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Timmay!
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DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT TROUT HAT
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Lol, yes
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BIG STRIKEOUT!
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Back-to-back strikeouts for Trout?
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So satisfying
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There you go, Yolmer!
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A couple more runs would bring me great happiness
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me too, my chocolate isn’t quite out of reach just yet. Might need it now that Trout’s personal strikeout pitcher has left the game
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I did not expect we’d have the dominant White Sox gamethread on day three of the new site. That is pleasing. Imagine once I figure out how we can pop photos or gifs into comments …
Well done, crew!
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A new comment pop up would also be welcome
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yep, I gotta find that plug-in, that and pics/gifs are sort of crucial. At the top of the list!
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I think my mom probably strongarmed people, like GO COMMENT ON MY DAUGHTER’S POST DAMN IT. You do NOT want to mess with her. She and my dad went out to a movie or I’d have some parental hot takes to spice up the thread
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You got this, Jace!
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*Sigh*
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How is MIke Trout so good at baseball? It is so awesome to watch, but it does stink when it’s against the Sox.
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How perfect would a TA7 home run be right now?
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Sorry I missed the game thread tonight! I’m on a stay-cation up with with the wife and kid to mark the end of summer and the start of Kindergarten! Let’s get a win tomorrow!
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Looks like SSS eked out a close win against us tonight, but tonight we rose up and punched em in the MOUF! (way to go, Lauren’s mom!)
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Or you could just be like my wife, who today watched/refreshed the YouTube video of me and Sale on our “new YouTube channel” like 15 times to pump up the views, by just continuing to leave comments FTW …
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This comment is a test of the system, to see if I have successfully turned off automatic email notification for writers on the site when someone likes or comments on one of their posts. If you WANT that notification, you need to go to your personal settings (your photo icon in the top right corner), go to settings, and turn them on. (I think they are already on, by default.)
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