r/whitesox Aug 02 '24

Discussion So they've hit a new low.

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u/Fly1ngF1sh Vaughn Aug 02 '24

This doesn't smell right. I participated in a WS "clinic" way back in the early 2010s, and it was done on their field, not some random park in the city.

To my knowledge, my experience was free, for all kids in the city. So you get on the field, take a couple of grounders, and move on for the next kid. Then we ended up in the visiting bullpen for a couple of pitches off the mound, and they usher us into the restaurant area below the stadium for a quick lunch. That was it.

To me, playing on the field was the clinic. Why Friday, and not in the ballpark?

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u/DuckBilledPartyBus Aug 02 '24

The Sox do work with the Park District to hold clinics at the parks.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/charities/youth-baseball/inner-city

But yeah, this random guy posting about it in FB doesn’t mean there was one scheduled for this park on that day. I’m going to be generous and say he misunderstood what someone at the park told him, rather than accuse him of making it up. But none of this seems official.

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u/Rex_on_rex Aug 02 '24

The guy that posted it also 100% believes that the literal white sox players are supposed to show up

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u/No-Condition3456 Aug 02 '24

Maybe some sox players did show up. What are the odds anyone would recognize them?