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“When Robert’s Robert, it affects everybody around him, let alone him doing damage and putting us on the board,” manager Pedro Grifol said.
“Because in past history, even when he’s come back, it’s taken him 10 to 12 days, 10 to 14 days to really get in sync with everything,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “Not just at the plate, but running around, the workload and all that stuff.”
For the Sox, this disappointing season has become a chance to see what they have in their young players, what they need to work on and how they can help prospects improve.
“TV doesn’t do any justice as far as how big he is,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.
The Sox play their first of three games against the Rockies.
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“He’s deserving. It’s a great story,” Grifol said.
Reminders of White Sox trades — future, past and present — were everywhere you looked Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Gavin Stone throws complete game 4-hitter, Ohtani homers again.
The Sox are halfway to the 1962 Mets’ modern-era record of 120 losses in a season.
White Sox have fallen a long way since Tony La Russa's most exciting Sox moment just three years ago
“Getting beat is not good but fixing it is going to be exciting, and I see the commitment,” La Russa said.
Ohtani tied a Dodgers franchise mark with an RBI in his ninth consecutive game.
“I don’t want to be in that company, that stinks,” reliever John Brebbia said.
One game shy of the season’s halfway mark, the Sox fell to 21-59.
The Dodgers were leading the Sox 2-0 in the seventh inning.
“I haven’t had a thought about interfering,” La Russa said. “Very simply, build relationships, so people in the organization know they can trust me.”
Jimenez, who had been sidelined with a left hamstring strain, looked to be running with discomfort in his first game back from the IL on Sunday.
“You’re not going to get traded if you’re under-performing,” Pham told the Sun-Times. “I’m not playing to the best of my capabilities.”
Jimenez had been out for a month with a strained left hamstring.
It’s not just the losing. It’s the way they’re losing. Missing the cutoff man, committing balks, blowing 5-1 leads on consecutive nights against the Cubs.
The right-hander turned in his second good start in three outings since being called up from Double-A Birmingham.
Players and their fathers are enjoying a ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience.’