r/whitesox • u/MartyCasey • 1d ago

Opinion Alexei Ramirez really hit 4 grand slams in his rookie year

That shit fucked

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u/Leather_Activity5468 1d ago

That year my 10 year old self became a white sox fan

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u/Ok_Nail503 1d ago

that's the exact kinda stat that sounds made up but it's not

i got into baseball around same age, was watching whatever game my uncle had on. some players just have that rookie magic where everything connects at once. ramirez was one of those, you could feel it every at bat

always wonder if guys like that even realize how special it is while they're doing it. probably not til years later

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u/afternoondlight Go Sox! 1d ago

Gordon Beckham was like that after getting called up if I remember right. Then he got figured out

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u/zepruska 13h ago

"Doubles Machine" Stoney called him. He never hit like he did as a rookie.

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u/Statesticle Antonacci 1d ago

Was 9 and I still remember watching Game 163 alone in our computer room on the then-new MLB . Tv. Grew up in Cincy so seeing The Kid in a black out game felt surreal, or normal, it felt like everyone’s hometown hero is traded in their last season to their favorite childhood team. I wasn’t organized enough at 9 to watch the succeeding playoff series.

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u/youdarnkids 1d ago

Holy crap, the Cuban Missle was still playing until he got banned for testing positive for 4 different steroids this last WBC, and at 44 was the oldest player ever in the event. You go Alexei!

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u/Statesticle Antonacci 1d ago

Couldn’t help but wonder if that’s WHY he was playing at 44- but if anyone should be able to take them…

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u/Woodlawn5300 1d ago

"Alexei! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! History!"

https://youtu.be/WDdEwD-E69Y?is=RGxkEijTRKY2TaOb

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u/Hotdog-44769 1d ago edited 1d ago

One of my favorite Sox players of all time. Hawks call for the last out of beuhrles pg is always going to be etched into every Sox fans memory that was there for it 

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u/Ditka_Da_Bus_Driver 1917 6h ago

Alexeeeeeiii….

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u/Hotdog-44769 5h ago

YES YES YES YES YES…HISTORY!

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u/mattmitch927 Buehrle 1d ago

It was fuckin awesome. The pop from his slam when we beat the Tigers to set up game 163 aka THE blackout game

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u/MartyCasey 1d ago

he even swung his arms in a baby motion because he was having a baby

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u/zepruska 1d ago

Aside from 2005, that might have been my favorite season as a fan.

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u/Whitesox_are_neat Murakami 1d ago

Besides 2005 its easily 2026 for me

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u/Total_Corgi_8428 18h ago

03/04 were lacking in results but they were super fun teams. Mags and CLee were beasts in the middle of the order.

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u/I_miss_potatoes 1d ago

That last one where he immediately threw his arms up, against the tigers. 

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u/Far_Break1365 1d ago

They also went on a pretty insane run that year. I remember headlines being "White Hot"

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u/macseries 1d ago

those teams were a lot of fun even if they were mostly terrible