The Daniel Palka Issue.
Last week, 108 Friend King Mac posted this nugget – When the subject of Daniel Palka gets brought up, I might take it a little...
Nitting up the Crochet promotion
The 2020 baseball season has been one for aggressive promotions of young players. It makes sense, there is no minor league season for young players...
Tim Anderson – Lead Off Hitter
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The White Sox are 13-0 against Left Handed Starters, that’s good, right?
That tweet above shouldn’t matter to most of you. Enjoying the fucking ride is inevitably the way to go, but your man BeefLoaf, despite being...
Should the White Sox trade for an SP at the deadline?
My baby brother Chorizy wrote a blog the other day about how the Trade Deadline is gonna suck, but he’s full of shit. I think...
Will the MLB trade deadline suck?
Let's take a look at a few things that might affect who is interested in trades....
Let’s talk about lineups
But one thing I can count on each and every day is that someone will complain about Ricky's lineup....
What if the White Sox……
LEAD THE AL CENTRAL WIRE TO WIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sometimes day dream about what it would be like for the White Sox to be good and...
Maybe It’s Time to Trade Michael Kopech
For me, my mind just went wild thinking.....what if the White Sox did something we aren't expecting...
The Cleveland Spiders of 1899
However, what is so interesting about the Cleveland Spiders is not their name. It is how they pulled off the worst season in MLB history....
I saw live baseball….#NoKetchup
Last night I went to the Chicago Dogs baseball game with Wally$ and Mr. Hand. It was Opening Night and they were giving out Mike...
The One Hitter…The 6 Man Rotation
Think 2008 when Ned Yost got 17 starts out of CC Sabathia in roughly the same time frame. But we do not...
Quick Thoughts on the White Sox 44 Man Roster
you just kinda knew at least one team would give you the, "the dog ate my homework" excuse. I wasn't sure it would be our...
The White Sox 2020 Draft Coup
Rick Hahn had a great 2020 draft!!! I don’t often throw bouquets Mr. Hahn’s way. I know what you are going to say, yea, yea...
Baseball and Risk: 2020 Edition
The current situation with MLB, really all sports, is a fascinating case study to me. And with that AWAY WE GO....
48 Games????
Soooooo….the MLB Commissioner is going to decide when the season starts and how long it will go. You can get in-depth coverage of the he...
Thinking about Long-Term Contracts
One of the things I like to try and do with the 108 blog is tease out some concepts and put them into writing or...
FromThe108 and Our Community
So we came up with a few ideas to try to help our community. Because at the end of the day, that's what we're...
The 5 – Top 5 White Sox Players
It’s your favorite friend with questionable character, Aloha Mr. Hand. This story is specific to MY Top 5 players....
Yermin Mercedes and the Universal DH
It’s been a minute since I wrote anything in this space about the White Sox. My note pad is actually currently filled with various esoteric...
The 5 – How a shortened season hurts the White Sox
Now let's look at how a shortened season may just F them in their collective A...
The 5 – How a shortened season helps the White Sox
with no games even scheduled to be played as we roll into April, it's apparent that we'll see the opposite effect from Pineda with Rodon...
The shortened season trade deadline
The White Sox will have two reasonable pieces in the market I described above...
History says the 2020 White Sox CAN WIN 90 games…
That's right, the White Sox need ABOUT an 18 game improvement over the 2019 season...
BeefLoaf’s MLB Playoff Solution
Instead of the current version of the playoffs with 5 teams in each league...AND instead of that monstrosity in the table above...
The Moncada BABIP Blog
One thing that became pretty clear from the get butt, is that speed might not be that big of a factor...
The Aaron Bummer Deal….
Upon review of some comparable deals of relievers ... I have come to three possible conclusions as to the thesis behind this deal....
Sketching a Successful 2020 White Sox Rotation
If I were a betting man.....AND I AM....I'd bet over on every GOT DAMN projection system out there on...
Nick Madrigal should start Opening Day
I imagine seeing this coming from our blog probably made you audibly gasp and possibly faint like the Polaner All Fruit lady from the ’80s....
The White Sox Parlay
This past week, we had our good friend Patrick Nolan come on the podcast to talk about the upcoming season. In general, we have similar...