Major League A*Holes: Sox Type Thing

Was the "play-in" game better than the current Wild Card system? | Soul-crushing #Cubs' collapse means David Ross and Jed Hoyer must shit or get off the pot in 2024 | Everybody hates Gabe Kapler, but Farhan Zaidi should be held responsible for the #SFGiants' second-half swoon | #Tigers' arrow is pointing up as Miguel Cabrera's fond farewell goes far better than expectations | #WhiteSox fans can only cling to hope that Chris Getz isn't as incompetent as his predecessors, or that Jerry Reinsdorf will die soon | Revisiting our pre-season NostraDumbass predictions proves we don't know what we're talking about | Luis Robert Jr. and Logan Webb take home our inaugural Badass of the Year honors

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Much to everyone's surprise (including Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams) Jerry Reinsdorf fired both the #WhiteSox General Manager and Executive Vice President after a combined 50 years of service to the organization | A brief moment of optimism was squashed when rumors of another complicated and incestuous organizational structure emerged with Chris Getz and Dayton Moore(?) at the top | LARUSSAPALOOZA 2: Just when Sox fans thought it couldn't get worse, Tony La Russa rears his ugly head, this time as Jerry's consigliere | Eloy Jiménez is "not really" interested in team leadership role and apparently no one else is either | No, the Sox won't be moving to Nashville, but could the West Loop, Soldier Field, or even Arlington Heights host Comisky 3.0? | Shots fired! But did they come from inside or outside of Guaranteed Rate Field? | PV investigates security protocols one night after a bizarre and scary scene at Sox Park

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We give our full breakdown of two nights of epic baseball between the #Cubs and #WhiteSox at Wrigley Field | Nobody knows what the fuck is going on with Marcus Stroman, including Marcus Stroman | Does anyone really believe "dramatic changes" are coming to the Sox front office after Jerry Reinsdorf, Kenny Williams, Rick Hahn, and Pedro Grifol finish "interviewing" each other? | ASSTHETICS: New Era Caps "Fitted In Black" will document how Sox style impacted '90s hip-hop culture | #SFGiants playoff hopes are on the ropes, but can they bounce back? | Are the #Tigers actually the best team in the AL Central? | With honorable mention to Cody Bellinger, Zack Gelof, Kerry Carpenter, and Luis Robert Jr, Spencer Torkelson is our BADASS of the Week

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We thought the remarkable events of the last few weeks deserved our first standalone Sox Type Thing episode in a while.

Rick Hahn has demonstrated he knows how to make a deal at the deadline but also that he has no idea how to develop a winning culture | BREAKDOWN: José Ramírez vs. Tim Anderson supplies the nation with at least 12 nuggets of comedy gold | Luis Robert Jr. continues to be the lone bright spot of a tumultuous era of #WhiteSox baseball | Tommy John surgery for Liam Hendriks because of course

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Lucas Giolito is heading home to California, but why didn't the #WhiteSox bother trying to keep him? | The #Cubs won't be selling Marcus Stroman or Cody Bellinger at the deadline for different reasons, but they won't be big buyers either | Did the #SFGiants call up top SS prospect Marco Luciano to gain leverage in trade talks? | Eduardo Rodriguez and Michael Lorenzen are going in opposite directions for #Tigers trade value | With honorable mention to Eloy Jiménez, Dansby Swanson, and Belli, Nico Hoerner is our Badass of the Week | #Mariners Jarred Kelenic suffers the Dumbass Injury of the Week

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Of the 5 teams we cover, only the #SFGiants are sure to be buyers at the deadline, so do they really have a chance to land Shohei Ohtani? | #Cubs continue to find ways to sabotage their own season on every level | Is a 5-2 start after the break "hot" enough for Scott Harris and the #Tigers NOT to be sellers at the deadline? | Sticky stuff hasn't gone away, it's just finding new ways to hide | What will the #WhiteSox rotation look like on August 2 now that the window has officially closed? | With honorable mention to Kerry Carpenter and Cody Bellinger, Wilmer Flores earns our BADASS of the Week

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With 70 games to go our five teams are a combined 66 games below .500, but there's still plenty of shit to entertain us to the bitter end | ASSTHETICS: How long #AllStarGame unis continue to devolve and make the game harder to follow before #MLB realizes they are being pennywise and pound foolish? | MLA All-Stars: If you combined resources from the teams we cover, you'd come up with one hell of a rotation and a formidable bullpen | Alex Cobb might not be all that delusional when he declared the #SFGiants will land Shohei Ohtani | David Ross is feeling the pressure as the #Cubs remain on the razor's edge of being buyer or sellers | HOLY SHIT! Matt Manning, Jason Foley, and Alex Lange throw #Tigers' first-ever combined No-No! | Window of contention for #WhiteSox is not only closed, it's nailed shut | #Athletics getting Perfect Gamed is just too perfect | It might be time to rename our BADASS of the Week the Luis Robert Award

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Nearing the halfway point, the #SFGiants just can't stop beating up on division rivals | London Series starts off with a bang, but ends like a damp squib as the #Cubs blow a chance to reach .500 thanks to Trey Mancini's cockup and Marcus Stroman's flesh wound | Marquee Network streaming is finally coming directly to the people without a cable subscription, but at what cost? | #Tigers exposes how weak the #Twins really are, but fail to capitalize on the chance to draw closer in a historically mediocre division | Prodigal son, Tim Anderson returns to the #WhiteSox... at 2B? | It's time to modify the 'blocking the plate' rule to allow for some basic common sense | With honorable mention to no one, Luis Robert Jr. stands alone as our first unanimous Badass of the Week | We should be talking more about the human cheat code that is Shohei Ohtani | Pittsburgh continues to bleed black & gold with final Nike City Connect uniforms of the season | Introducing your 2023 Major League A*Holes All-Stars Outfield and DH!

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#SFGiants make history in St. Louis AND Los Angeles while moving into second place in an up-for-grabs NL West | #Cubs make mincemeat of #Pirates and #Orioles ahead of British invasion to face #STLCards | Drunk bus driver takes Pirates on wild ride | Revisiting the historic 2023 shortstop free agent class | #Tigers turn June of Doom into a reason for scoreboard watching | Pedro Grifol attempts to defend #WhiteSox lineup construction with fatally flawed logic | Rick Hahn lashes out at national media by shamefully framing his argument around James Fegan's layoff by The Athletic | Was Tim Anderson benched, hurt, or just butthurt in Seattle? | Mike Yastrzemski earns our Badass of the Week honor with honorable mentions to Christopher Morel and Lance Lynn | Rob Manfred isn't just an asshole, he's a sociopath with no regard for humanity | Introducing your 2023 Major League A*Holes All-Stars Infield!

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Will the #SFGiants be buyers or sellers at the deadline? | Meanwhile, Kyle Hendricks' no-hit bid falls just short as #Cubs get surprising West Coast road series win | Marcus Stroman uses social and traditional media to try to leverage new deal | Injury plot twist subdues an inspirational Liam Hendriks story | Pedro Grifol fells wrath of Pete and #WhiteSox Twitter for defensive positioning gaffe | Will the real Tim Anderson please stand up? | June of Doom starts with #Tigers dumbest game ever in Chicago | If trying to defend his abysmal record as GM is all Al Avila is going to do, let's just hope this is the last time he speaks publicly, for his sake | #Athletics "Reverse Boycott" fan revolt gains momentum in Oakland while John Fisher's attempt to rob Nevada taxpayers sputters | Joc Pederson earns our Badass of the Week award with honorable mentions to Jace Peterson, Luis Robert Jr., Lucas Giolito, and Kyle Hendricks

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