The #Tigers' hot start, stoked by the bullpen and defense, begins to fizzle as the offense continues to sputter. Somehow the 90 feet between home plate and first base become the most dangerous real estate on Earth for #WhiteSox stars Eloy Jimenez , Luis Rober Jr. , and Yoan Moncada . ASKHOLE? If forced to choose one, would Sox fans now prefer Tony La Russa to Pedro Grifol as manager? And could this be the likely outcome if Grifil's follies continue? It only took FIVE INNINGS to expose Jed Hoyer ...
Apr 12, 2024•2 hr 4 min
It's Baseball fucking Eve and we've got ALL the useless 2024 #MLB season predictions you could possibly ask for. You're welcome. It's been a week since the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal came to light, yet the whole story remains like an onion — the more layers you peel back, the more it stinks. The #Cubs are rumored to face the #Dodgers next March in Tokyo to kick off the 2025 MLB season. No one will shed a tear for super-agent Scott Boras as he goes 0-4 in big-name free-agent signings this off...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 29 min
#OpeningDay is Thursday, March 28 but that couldn't stop #MLB from starting the season in the middle of the night in Korea as their ill-fated quest for global domination featured bomb threats and equipment failures. Trading Dylan Cease to the #Padres was the final nail in the coffin for the previous #WhtieSox rebuild, but it was the right thing for everyone involved. History will repeat itself 123 years later as Garrett Crochet makes his first start as the Opening Day "opener." Michael Kopech 's...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 14 min
#Tigers top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe made an electrifying MLB Spring Training debut and could soon be a part of a young and deep rotation in Detroit. Rumor has it the #Yankees, #Rangers, #Padres, (and #Cubs?) are blowing up Chris Getz ' cell with serious trade offers for Dylan Cease . Could some good old-fashioned positive regression lead to a better '24 season than most expect from the #WhiteSox? It couldn't be any worse than '23, could it? JaemsonTaillon 's balky back exposes a dangerous...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Yet another set of bullshit renderings emerged for a potential new #Athletics stadium in Las Vegas that may never exist. Buckle up for a tumultuous "Summer of Sell" in Oakland as A's fans plan to wage war against team president David Kaval and owner John Fisher . Matt Chapman is headed back to the Bay Area with a 3-year, $54M deal that is a win-win for himself and the #SFGiants, but another L for superagent Scott Boras. Impatient #Tigers fans are already missing the big picture as team president...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Scott Boras was the only loser as the #Cubs inevitably signed Cody Bellinger to a 3-year, $80M contract. So what's their next move to actually improve last year's roster? Tom Ricketts STILL hasn't learned he should shut the fuck up about money. Jerry Reinsdorf is working on new, and more devious ways to extort massive sums of money from Illinois taxpayers. Former #WiteSox favorites, Liam Hendriks and Tim Anderson find new homes. ASSTHETICS #1: Everybody HATES the new Nike/Fanatics uniforms. ASST...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 20 min
A South Loop ballpark makes perfect business sense, but could it come at the cost of the #WhiteSox' South Side identity? | John Schriffen is the new voice of the Sox | Shocking: NOW Yoan Moncada is finally "motivated" coming into a contract year | It would be gross negligence NOT to trade Dylan Cease before Spring Training begins | The 2005 Sox vs. 2016 Cubs winner is obvious, right? | Jed Hoyer and the #Cubs may be playing the long game perfectly with Scott Boras and Cody Bellinger , but the ro...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Farhan Zaidi is playing a high-risk, high-reward game with the #SFGiants 2024 season trading for an injured Robbie Ray and signing Jordan Hicks as a starter | At least Jed Hoyer is being honest when he tells #Cubs fans he's conning us right to our faces | The Royal-ization of the #WhiteSox continues with Assistant GM Jin Wong hiring, but what is the plan signing 36-year old Martín Maldonado ? | Wander Franco is an asshole and may be going away for a long time WEB: https://ma...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 41
The #Dodgers proved the Competitive Balance Tax isn't real beyond any shadow of a doubt by spending over $1 BILLION on Shohei Ohtani , Yoshinobu Yamamoto , and Tyler Glasnow | #SFGiants find their leadoff man signing Grandson of Wind Jung-Hoo Lee for $113M | #Tigers show they're serious about winning an AL Central ripe for the taking by bolstering their rotation and bullpen depth signing veterans Kenta Maeda , Jack Flaherty , Andrew Chafin , and Shelby Miller | Jason Benetti sends shockwaves acr...
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Not to be outdone by the #SFGiants stealing Bob Melvin from their division rival #Padres, the #Cubs shocked the baseball world by nabbing Craig Counsell from the #BrewCrew Some surprising and not-so-surprising player and team opt-outs for the Cubs ( Cody Bellinger , Marcus Storman ), #WhtieSox (T im Anderson , Liam Hendriks , Mike Clevinger , Yasmani Grandal, Elvis Andrus ) and #Tigers ( Ed-weirdo Rodriguez ) Do the Cubs or Giants really have a chance to land Shohei Ohtani ? How desperate are th...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 39
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...
Oct 06, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 38
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...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 37
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 pla...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 36
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 ...
Aug 11, 2023•49 min•Ep. 35
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, Ni...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 34
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? | Wit...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 22 min
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 ...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 32
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 m...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 31
#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 med...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 30
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...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 29
Just as the #Tigers completed their first winning month since Sept 2021, their best pitcher and position player, Eduardo Rodriguez and Riley Greene , go down with significant injuries in a 16-hour span | "Controlling The Strike Zone" is now a cliché much easier said than done, but Detroit certainly did on both sides of the ball against the #WhiteSox | How long can the Sox keep a struggling Lance Lynn in the rotation? | Rick Hahn doesn't make difficult decisions on major holidays like Memorial Da...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 28
#SFGiants flirt with .500 while Michael Conforto is a man on fire | The Miguel Cabrera situation is only going to get more awkward as the 2nd place #Tigers remain in contention | For what it's worth, Jed Hoyer takes blame for #Cubs bad bullpen | With 9 HRs in 12 games and 5 in the last 5, Christopher Morel obliterates the field to earn Badass of the Week | #WhiteSox feast on AL Central foes and finally start to look like division contenders | Tom Hamilton earns our Asshole of the Week dishonor f...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 27
WARNING: This is a combined episode with In The Hole containing an obnoxious amount of Cubs content. We hand out grades for each of the #Cubs, #Tigers, #WhiteSox, and #SFGiants, and it's NOT pretty | Reading Tim Anderson 's lips leads to multiple interpretations, but there's no doubt about what Pete thinks about White Sox Nation | #Athletics take another major step on their brutal death march out of Oakland | Third time's a charm for Luis Robert Jr. as he finally claims his first Badass of the W...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 36 min
WARNING: This is a combined episode with In The Hole containing an obnoxious amount of Cubs content. #Cubs have overachieved against top competition while underachieving versus the lower rung leaving them right where we thought they'd be — just below .500 | Willson Contreras returned to Wrigley Field with a #Cardinals organization in complete disarray | #Tigers win 3 consecutive series and expose the #Mets for the hilarious mess they are | Eduardo Rodriguez might be the best pitcher in the leagu...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 25
Andrew Vaughn 's dramatic game-winning blast capped a dramatic and sorely needed #WhiteSox comeback victory Sunday for the first time in nearly two weeks | More good news as Tim Anderson is ready to return while long-awaited bullpen reinforcements are scheduled to arrive later this month when Garrett Crochet and even Liam Hendriks return to action | Major League A*Holes reunited on the Southside Friday to #DominateTheRate from the scout seats | Lance Lynn' s no-hit bid collapses in spectacular f...
May 02, 2023•44 min•Ep. 24
WARNING: This is a combined episode with In The Hole containing a lot of positive Cubs content. Drew Smyly 's perfect game bid gets intercepted by Yan Gomes playing a completely different sport | Justin Steele has quietly become the best pitcher in baseball just last July, much like Jake Arrieta 's ascension for the #Cubs in 2014 | Who will get the 100th Splash Hit into McCovey Cove for the #SFGiants? | #Tigers bullpen is following Scott Harris ' mantra by "controlling the strike zone" with surp...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 23
WARNING: This is a combined episode with In The Hole containing a lot of positive Cubs content. #Cubs win their first series at #Dodger since 2014, but not without welcomed and expected scrutiny for David Ross | Joe Maddon continues to have Bitter Beer Face over the end of his time on the North Side so we created a new segment around it | Immediately following Javy Báez ' benching, a five-game winning streak that included three walk-off wins in a row has raised #Tigers fans' hopes... slightly | ...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 22
The Wrath of Hahn curse is real when everything Rick Hahn touches seems to turn to shit as inexplicable #WhiteSox injuries continue to mount | Maybe Houston isn't so great? | No, this wasn't the worst home opener in Sox history — Pete was there in 1991 and lived to tell the tale | Seby Zavala channels his inner Ivan Drago after his collision with Oneil Cruz in Pittsburgh while Joe Kelly earns our Dumbass Injury of the Week | Body parts continue to fly in grizzly Minnesota series as Tim Anderson ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 21
April Fool's Day was appropriate for the 20th annual Major League A*Holes Fantasy Draft. Relive all the action, intrigue, sophomoric humor, and drama with us! TWITTER: @SoxTypeThing WEB: https://soxtypething.com/ SHOP: https://assthetics.shop/
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr
Our annual NostraDumbass prediction show is sure to get everything wrong for the 2023 season | Forbes Magazines' annual financial analysis reveals 'biblical valuations' and record revenues for #MLB once again proving owners like the #Cubs' Tom Ricketts are lying to their fans | #WhiteSox fans don't have Leury Garcia to kick around anymore, so who's next? | #Braves' new Nike City Connect uniforms seem very familiar... maybe TOO familiar? TWITTER: @SoxTypeThing WEB: https://soxtypething.com/...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 20
