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The Chicago White Sox are one of the most miserable franchises in modern sports. Save for a blip of time around the COVID-19 pandemic, they have very seldom had their sh*t together since they won the World Series in 2005. A grand total of three playoff wins and a whole lot of losing since that glorious run to the Fall Classic.
Their only two other World Series triumphs came before World War I ended, so we can sort of write those off. To me, the most interesting thing to ever happen to the Sox is their Black Sox scandal, which saw their 1919 team
intentionally lose the World Series. Even back then, they were sloppy enough to not cover their ties to professional gambling outfits who were funding their losing efforts, and they got caught.
Now I know Shohei Ohtani's gambling scandal blew over and was pinned entirely on his disgraced former friend/translator
Ippei Mizuhara, who's now an UberEats delivery guy as he awaits sentencing for prison time. But we're approaching the point where we might actually have a Black Sox Part Deux/Redux on our hands with this 2024 Sox outfit.
Not that Chicago shortstop Paul DeJong could be blamed for having his wits betray him given how atrocious the team he plays for is. That said, if you're a paid MLB professional, you should probably know how many
outs there are in a one-run game during the final inning when you represent the tying run on base. DeJong evidently didn't get the memo.
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1804315949413138485
I'm mostly joking when I imply that DeJong intentionally sabotaged his teammates and dead-braining himself into a walk-off double play. And I don't mean it when I say "mostly" because in all seriousness, I am joking.
But like, you cannot tell me this is as good as you can do, ye South Siders who represent the Windy City in Major League Baseball. You can't tell me
this is the best collection of talent the Sox organization can muster. The grind it takes to reach MLB hasn't forged warriors with more mental fortitude than this? The Oakland A's are moving, and their owner John Fisher is
glorifying getting blown out in a f*****g Triple-A ballpark.
That A's team is still scratching out a 28-49 record with literally less than half the now 20-57 White Sox payroll. If it's not another Black Sox situation brewing in Chicago, then it's simply a downright embarrassment to a big-market, passionate sports city that will, thank goodness,
have Caleb Williams to root for on the gridiron here pretty soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdBUZKhNhdQ
