Phillies, White Sox announcers perplexed by umpire's 'inexplicable' call

Awful Announcing— Recently, there’s been a lot of commentary about the umpiring across Major League Baseball, especially around balls and strikes. That bled into the Baltimore Orioles-Kansas City Royals game on Saturday, and it also reared its ugly head during the Philadelphia Phillies-Chicago White Sox game. In the top of the third inning of Saturday afternoon’s game,

Awful Announcing—White Sox announcer on Phillies' pitch clock violation: 'Trade him to the Sox'. At just 3-18 and having scored just 45 runs on the season, the Chicago White Sox are Major League Baseball’s worst team by a comfortable margin at the moment. With everything going so poorly to start the season, even their announcers have started looking towards other teams to try and help the club get better.

ESPN—White Sox call up OF Tommy Pham. The Chicago White Sox called up outfielder Tommy Pham from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday and selected the contract of outfielder Rafael Ortega.

Deadspin—Phillies look to beat White Sox again, grab another sweep. The Philadelphia Phillies are on the verge of a second consecutive three-game sweep. The Phillies defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Saturday and can record the sweep with a win when the teams battle in the series finale on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. The Phillies entered this series after three straight victories over the Colorado Rockies. Philadelphia will hand the ball to right-hander Aaron Nola (2-1, 3.47 ERA), who will have a tough act to follow after Zach Wheeler flirted with a...