Just another typical week for the 2022 White Sox splitting two series against two good teams and losing to a shitty one  |  What’s LaRussaPalooza without another indefensible two-strike intentional walk?  |  Noah Weinstein takes Box Seat Manager to a whole new level  |  Add Yasmani Grandal and Michael Kopech to the long list of those who have felt the Wrath of Hahn  |  Project Birmingham seeks to maximize assets and resources of the Sox’ entire farm system in Double-A  |  Bob Nightengale sheds light on Tony La Russa’s future, but remains in the dark on Elvis Andrus move  |  Parents of the Year let their 11-year old run onto Guaranteed Rate Field delaying game for some ridiculous Shit awe Couldn’t Make Up  |  This Week in Sox Misery: Sox were Jerry Reinsdorf’s second choice in 1980

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It's officially make-or-break time as another trade deadline came and went with little action from Rick Hahn and now a pivotal series against the league-best #Astros looms after the #WhiteSox sleepwalked thru the softest part of the 2022 schedule, going a mere 11-8 vs. chronically mediocre competition  |  LaRussaPalooza rolls on as Tony La Russa is caught asleep at the wheel again  |  More mysterious Wrath of Hahn bad luck with injuries to Luis Robert and now Tim Anderson continue the disturbing trend |  Plus, This Week In Sox Misery and some funny Shit We Couldn't Make Up

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Much like Rick Hann's pre-trade deadline radio silence strategy, Smitty's selfish and poorly-timed vacation means Sox Type Thing is headed into 'stealth mode' for the next couple of weeks  |  Tony La Russa's questionable decision-making spawns LaRussaPalooza: The Curious Cast of Lance Lynn  |  The #Guardians continues to battle the #WhiteSox to a stalemate while "Go Tribe" apparently continues to be a thing in Cleveland  |  With the next 19 games vs. opponents adding up to a .411 winning%, consider this season OV-AH if the Sox don't go AT LEAST 13-6 over this critical span  |  Wrath of Hahn's injury curse continues with Luis Robert's mysterious symptoms landing him on the IL while the root cause remains fuzzy  |  Minnie Miñoso finally takes his rightful place the National Baseball Hall of Fame... far, far too late  |  Ray Durham traded to Oakland in exchange for some schmoe twenty years ago is just another Day in Sox Misery

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Going 5 and 3 over Steve Stone's final 'Fateful Eight' games with CLE and MIN before the All-Star break lands the #WhiteSox right back where everything started at .500, but gives reason for optimism  |  Tony La Russa's LaRussaPalooza is a circus of his own creation as he's lost any benefit of the doubt  |  Bob Nightengale's latest bad tweet overstates Sox clubhouse situation and potentially expose Dallas Keuchel's treachery  |  Celebrity Death Match Ozzie Guillen vs Jon Heyman begins with a ton of bluster but ends with a whimper  |  Kenny Williams gets all up in White Sox clubhouse business  |  More Wrath of Hahn bad injury luck snares an obviously 'injury prone' Eloy Jiménez again and Luis Robert with a new mysterious ailment, but are Lance Lynn's struggles due to Smitty's jinx?  |  Do the Sox have enough to win the Juan Soto Sweepstakes or is the asking price skyrocketing out of reach?  |  Dylan Cease is only the latest egregious All-Star snub  |  Sneakerheads may snap up new "Mache Runner" but these two old men will pass on these old man's walking shoes

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Eloy Jiménez and the #WhiteSox salvage the final game vs. the #MNTwins and maybe even saved the season as the red-hot #Tigers come to town  |  Sox sweep the #SFGiants in an eerily familiar way  |   The first 8-5 triple play exposes historically bad baserunning and lack of baseball IQ  |  Micheal Kopech hasn't been quite right since his "minor" knee injury  |  Whether it's the groin injury or off-field distractions, Tim Anderson is a shell of his usual self  |  Tony La Russa tells awkward 1982 bullet-proof vest story to try to relate to Highland Park tragedy  |  A*Hole Poll results are in!

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We struggle to compartmentalize the positives and negatives of the 2022 #WhiteSox season thus far  |  Rick Hahn provides a new perspective on Chris Sales's 2016 meltdown over the World's Most Dangerous Uniform  |  Jake Burger gets his own signature hamburger while we attempt to talk down irrational White Sox Twitter from DFA'ing him and Gavin Sheets  |  Steve Stone is a man of enormous talent as a pitcher and broadcaster, but did anyone see him as a filmmaker?  |  Despite Tony La Russa's delusional declarations to the contrary, Leury Garcia is empirically one o the worst players in all of Major League Baseball

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Is a big jump from Double-A to the big league club for top prospect, Lenyn Sosa going to help save the Sox?  |  Umpire Doug Eddings was so bad the Blue Jays hitting coach got himself ejected BEFORE the next game and PitchTrax may have to recalibrate going forward  |  The LaRussaPalooza circus rolls on as Tony La Russa has completely lost any benefit of the doubt  |  Another Box Seat Manager has some bad advice for the front office as Pete takes his home attendance record to 5-1  |  ASKHOLE?! What's wrong with Lucas Giolito?  |  It's not ESPN Sunday Night Baseball's fault they're out-of-town stupid, but their incessant off-field in-game coverage is completely out of control  |   We need a new name for our Twitter poll segment, but most agree a delusional Jerry Reinsdorf values his relationship with TLR over a #WhiteSox championship

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The circus that is LaRussaPalooza started the week with not-so-subtle hints that the fanbase wants Tony La Russa fired but ended with a dominant sweep of the Tigers  |  Lance Lynn gets into it with Joe McEwing while TLR denies everything in typical TLR fashion  |  The Wrath of Hahn curse lives on as the avalanche of injuries continue to bury Rick Hahn alive  |  Tweet Bag: If fans actually got their wish, who would they want to replace La Russa?  |  NBC Sports Chicago censoring the critical inning of the infamous 1-2 Intentional Walk game replay was some Shit We Couldn't Make Up  | Tim Anderson's rehab is off to a nice start while Eloy Jiménez is MIA  |  Maybe Yoan Moncada just needed a little time to settle in?

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Sox Type Thing becomes its own thing at a unique moment in White Sox history  |  LARUSSAPALOOZA takes it up another notch when Tony La Russa makes baseball history with 1-2 intentional, but that's only the tip of his iceberg of incompetence  |  Pete at the Park goes 4-1 as Box Seat Managers have some *interesting* advice for TLR  |  We power rank Steve Stone's broadcast booth partnerships over the last 40 years  |  We answer your questions on the @SoxTypeThing Twitter Bag  |  Eloy Jiménez is NOT injury-prone and has NOT suffered a setback according to Rick Hahn

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Signing a big-name free agent SS and asking him to move to 2B isn't realistic. Neither is asking the face of the franchise, Tim Anderson to move out of his preferred position. But there are plenty of trade options out there to fill the #WhiteSox gaping hole in the middle of the infield. 

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