Yet another game that follows the season path, namely: punchless offense, decent pitching, middling defense, bad luck. One of these days we are going to cut-and-paste the previous game recap and see if anyone notices. (Hey now, of course we would never do that, what do you think we are, slackers, this Futility Watch and unearthing new and ever more horrifying factoids is hard work!)
Brett did a solo podcast postgame that delves into many such factoids, if you’re into that.
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White Sox 2024 Record 31-106, worst 137-game start in White Sox history (12 games worse than the next-worst, 1932 White Sox), second-worst MLB start all-time and a season-worst 75 games below .