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Didya see any of the three dozen tweets with the “f-word” sent out by the Athletic today? So cute.
“We gave you a fucking year of experience, we expect to see more. We expect to see better. And they expect it of themselves.”
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) April 16, 2019
It’s still a rebuild, but the White Sox are expect a step forward this year from Lucas Giolito, and tonight from Reynaldo Lópezhttps://t.co/jM1ZsOYt28
What was funny is that later, in some tweet responses, James made a point of saying you don’t want to overuse cussing, but sometimes inserting it helps a reader be convinced of a interview subject’s genuineness. Not really sure I see that here. The insertion here sort of makes Coop seem more unhinged.
Anyway, I’m just joshing with the VC darlings of sports journalism’s “new world.” After all, they’re reinventing sportswriting, one article every couple of days at a time.
In actual Chicago White Sox news, the team unearthed something that is a bit of a cherry-pick, but a damn cool cherry-pick, indeed:
But seriously, @TimAnderson7 is on ! #SoxStats pic.twitter.com/1MGLeM1wQg
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 16, 2019
Lineups, as the White Sox go for three straight wins and four of five:
Tonight's #WhiteSox starters! pic.twitter.com/PkpuacsInM
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 16, 2019
Reynaldo López is still looking for his first good start of the season, as he enters with a 12.15 ERA in 13 1⁄3 innings. Interestingly, Tim Anderson, who has been hot all season, is batting sixth tonight. Welington Castillo is in the starting lineup again, as he bats seventh. He broke an 0-for-23 slump last night, as his two-run homer in the eighth proved to be the decisive blow.
For K.C.:
Change in tonight's lineup, as Cam Gallagher will replace Martín Maldonado at catcher. Gallagher will bat eighth. https://t.co/LB99lA8wlO
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 16, 2019
Reynaldo will be squaring up against Jorge López, which makes tonight’s game a historic one. Of course, that is not due to any important reasons, but it is something, I suppose.
For today's KC-CWS game, this will be the first game in MLB history in which both starting pitchers have a last name of "Lopez" (Reynaldo and Jorge).
— Evan Boyd (@EvanBoydSTATS) April 16, 2019
AND the Marlins are starting Pablo Lopez, making it the first time ever where three different Lopez's are starting!
The Royals’ Lopez enters with a 3.71 ERA in 17 innings this year. Still a small sample size even if we include his entire MLB career, as he has a 4.79 ERA in 82 2⁄3 innings.
I wasn’t aware of the Always Royal slogan for the 2019 Kansas City Royals. Probably a good thing; it’s lame.
All right, grumpy gamethread mode over. It’s a double-WGN game, 7:10 p.m.