1. Why on Earth would I lead Traina Thoughts the day after a full slate of NFL action with a baseball team that has a 36–120 record?
Because the White Sox’s social media team deserves credit. Not just because it's had to spend the past six months tweeting about a team that has lost 120 games, but because it has elevated its game this past week.
After a three-game winning streak from Sept. 14 to 16, the White Sox quickly went back to their losing ways and have dropped every game since then. Here’s what Chicago’s social media team has tweeted after each of those five losses.
Narrator: the White Sox did not win 4 in a row 😑
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 18, 2024
FINAL: the other team scored more runs than us
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 18, 2024
FINAL: the number of runs we scored was not greater than the number of runs they scored
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 21, 2024
FINAL: can be found on the MLB app
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 22, 2024
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 22, 2024
The White Sox have six games left. We will be rooting hard against them just to see what else Chicago’s social media crew can cook up.
Plus, there will be some beautiful symmetry in a team finishing 36–126.
2. So, this was some bizarre stuff from Cris Collinsworth during Sunday night’s Chiefs-Falcons game. A conversation about the “doink” on a missed field goal somehow led to a jumbled conversation about flag football. Huh?
Cris Collinsworth: I love doinks...We are seeing women, more and more, really enjoying the game of football. And that's cool to see. pic.twitter.com/TLf5h2xDup
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 23, 2024
3. Sunday morning, I was in my local supermarket and a guy behind me in line at the bread counter was wearing an Angry Runs T-shirt, so I enjoyed seeing Kyle Brandt getting some love from a fellow Long Islander.
I tell you all this because a little later, Kyle starred in this very amusing piece for CBS's NFL Today. mocking social media influencers.
“I don’t do Sundays. I do run days. I do gun days.”
Meet @KyleBrandt
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 21, 2024
The WINfluencer
Plz like, share and subscribe pic.twitter.com/BFtYBTBByC
4. I had over 25 rushing yards at +155 for Patrick Mahomes last night. This was tragic.
BAD BEAT ALERT 🚨
— Covers (@Covers) September 23, 2024
Patrick Mahomes rushing prop was set at o/u19.5
On the Chiefs' final possession, he kneeled the ball for -5, -4 and -4 yards.
He started the possession with 30 yards and finished the game with 17 😵💫pic.twitter.com/nVsGS3Uh13
Fortunately, I did not have the over in the Giants-Browns game, which was 37.5, because this was tragic as well.
DEVIN SINGLETARY SLID DOWN AT THE 1 TO KILL THE OVER 37.5.
— br_betting (@br_betting) September 22, 2024
OH MY GOD.
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/oIAUqcap1J
5. We, as a society, can’t agree on anything. But I would hope that we could at least all agree that the NFL needs more hook-and-ladder plays.
Little hook n ladder shenanigans for the score 😈#DETvsAZ | 📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/EBUcoJeBn5
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) September 22, 2024
6. The newest episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina features a conversation with CBS’s lead college football play-by-play voice, Brad Nessler.
Nessler talks about CBS losing the SEC and landing the Big Ten, replacing the legendary Verne Lundquist and the one college football stadium he has never called a game in.
Nessler also shares stories about the various analysts he’s worked with through the years, reveals the one event he hasn’t called but would like to, weighs in on what he thinks of Tom Brady and Nick Saban as television stars, and much more.
Nessler also talks about his friendship with wrestling icon Ric Flair and reveals whether Flair or Bill Raftery is the bigger partier.
Following Nessler, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins me for our weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. In this week’s segment, we discuss ESPN’s Jason Kelce–heavy Monday Night Football broadcast of Falcons-Eagles game, the trend that NFL bettors should be aware of, Saturday Night’s Main Event returning to NBC, whether The Bear is a comedy, and much more.
You can listen to the SI Media With Jimmy Traina below or on Apple and Spotify.
You can also watch SI Media With Jimmy Traina on Sports Illustrated‘s YouTube channel.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Happy 75th birthday to Bruce Springsteen. While I’m the rare sports media person who is not a fan of The Boss’s music, his appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm during the final season was spectacular.
Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as The White Sox Stink, but Their Social Media Team Is Great.
