Friends, we’ve made it. This cursed season of White Sox baseball has come to an end.

A lot of people wisely checked out early into the season; others, let's call them the masochists, stayed through the bitter end. When I look back on this season and all the games I needed to watch to keep my gig here at South Side Sox, I think about the end of one of my favorite movies. I am in fact Winona Ryder at the end of Heathers. 

On the final episode of the 2023 season, I hosted Javier Reyes of Locked on Padres. Like the White Sox, the Padres are also a huge disappointment, without hope in their respective divisions. 

We both concluded that baseball is pain and despite all the frustration that comes with it, we keep coming back for more. 

“It’s the hope that kills you.” - Ted Lasso

You can follow Javier on Twitter (not calling it by the other name), over at Just Baseball, and his podcast, Locked On Padres.

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