Recent content by Roundball Sage

Today’s Sox Game 1 (vs. Royals) starting lineup season batting averages... .176 - De Jong .172 - Vaughn .169 - Benintendi .167 - Jimenez .132 - Lopez .065 - Maldonado Two-thirds of your starting lineup hitting under .176.

The Bad: Some sports outlets are noting that the White Sox record is now 2-13 – the worst 15-game start in club history. And this ball club has been around for 124 years. The Silver Lining (?): No White Sox player (or the illustrious White Sox owner) will miss their regular income checks for...

Sports is all about... competition. That is what Sport is. You compete in various ways, always. So it must be with recruiting and how players react to that. You must seek talent wherever you find it... high school or Portal. Cream rises to the top kind of thing. Coaches and programs would not be...

Cognitive Dissonance... that a person can hold two contradictory ideas at the same time... is both possible and desirable. And very much so in this case with our Beloved. Illini Nation is justifiably hungry for that Biggest Trophy. And this is a necessary and reachable goal now that the...

Sox just played a completely embarrassing three-game series. In badly losing all three games to the Reds... Cincinnati outscored Reinsdorf’s Retreads 27 to 5 (or was this the Bengals over the Bears with the Bear defense getting that safety?). And the Reds stole bases today at will against...

Or, the river of tears being shed by White Sox fans that flood the field when seeing how badly our dearly beloved ball club has been owned and managed into the sub-basement of Major League Baseball since Bill Veeck gave up control. A once-proud franchise now driven into the dirt at 35th Street &...

White Sox bats erupted for two hits against Cincinnati today... two. And one of those was a meaningless hit in the 9th inning by a guy who promptly... got picked off base. And forget about any runs. Sox started the game with a Leadoff man hitting .182... a Number Two hitter batting .196... a...

All those thousands of people from Illinois who moved to the Phoenix area and happen to be hockey fans? They can forget about watching NHL games being played in Arizona much longer. Media reports say that the Coyotes franchise is moving to Salt Lake City after this season. Whether the problem...

True roundball fans know that the NBA is NOT better with their lack of defensive play. Good defense is a thing of beauty and it makes the times when the offense scores more meaningful. It’s similar to baseball in this respect: Good pitching works against baseball offense... but good pitching...

You got it. Hit the nail on the head. NIL (and The Portal) was the fork in the road that fundamentally changed college ball forever and knocked the old legacy Blue Bloods off their high perch which they enjoyed for FAR, far too long. Now, lots of teams have a chance and lots of guys have...

It’s a simple measuring stick to use. Some franchises have high expectations and the dedication to work at greatness. Think teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Cardinals and Braves and Dodgers. The teams themselves expect a lot from each other all the time (success) as do the fan bases. And...

The only certainty in this Universe is that there is no certainty. This is where Quantum Physics meets Illini roundball. In the quantum model, all things exist in a state of infinite potential (potential outcomes) and all things are possible all the time. So this is with Our Beloved. There is...

Getting into the Top Ten has been the glass ceiling for years. Now the Beloved need to make being in the Top Ten their floor. Nothing less. You will succeeed to the level of your work and expectations. They will put in the work. Now, keep those expectations. Every Day Guys who are...

There were really high hopes for these players when Moncada and Kopech and Jimenez and Cease came to the Sox. Cease turned out to be the best of the group. So far, Kopech has not fulfilled his promise but maybe now he can that he has found his way to be the closer. Moncada and Jimenez just...

Kopech not fooling around to close off a win... was un-hitable. Looked like the Kopech that originally came up with the Sox years ago throwing fire at 100 mph and making batters look silly. Looks like Sox have found a closer.