{"id":23060,"date":"2025-07-05T15:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23060"},"modified":"2025-07-05T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T21:43:26","slug":"there-goes-the-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/there-goes-the-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"There Goes The Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bobby Jenks, the man standing on the pitcher’s mound when the White Sox got the final out of the 2005 World Series, passed away yesterday in Portugal, near his wife’s family, after battling a form of stomach cancer.\u00a0 Jenks, who turned 44 in March, was diagnosed with Stage 4 adenocarcinoma in January, just weeks after losing his home to the Palisades wildfires.<\/p>\n

Jenks joined the White Sox organization following the 2004 season, after being selected off waivers from the Angels.\u00a0 He started 2005 in Double A and was called up to the big-league club on July 5, making his major league debut the following day.\u00a0 When Shingo Takatsu proved ineffective and Dustin Hermanson went down with a back injury, Jenks became the closer in September, finishing the regular season with six saves.\u00a0 In the ALDS against the Red Sox, he threw three scoreless innings and picked up two saves in the three-game sweep.\u00a0 Thanks to four consecutive complete games to finish the ALCS against the Angels, Jenks was well rested for the World Series.\u00a0 He appeared in all four games against the Astros, throwing five innings and earning the save in Games 1 and 4.<\/p>\n

He spent the next five seasons with the White Sox, making two All-Star teams and continuing to endear himself to White Sox fans.\u00a0 In 2007, he tied a major league record by retiring 41 consecutive batters, becoming the first reliever to achieve the feat.\u00a0 After the 2010 season, he left as a free agent, but injuries and a botched surgery ended his career.\u00a0 He returned to Chicago in 2024, serving as the manager of the Windy City Thunderbolts independent team.<\/p>\n

Next weekend, the White Sox are celebrating the 20th anniversary of that World Series team.\u00a0 Jenks had been planning to attend, reportedly telling his doctors not to schedule any appointments for him in early July, but unfortunately it was not to be.<\/p>\n

Jenks’\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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Career Pitching<\/b><\/caption>\n
Wins<\/span><\/th>\nLosses<\/span><\/th>\nERA<\/span><\/th>\nSaves<\/span><\/th>\nIP<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nER<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nHBP<\/span><\/th>\nAppearances<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n3.33<\/span><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/td>\n92<\/span><\/td>\n82<\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/td>\n34<\/span><\/td>\n34<\/span><\/td>\n78<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n87<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/td>\n3.40<\/span><\/td>\n173<\/span><\/td>\n341.667<\/span><\/td>\n302<\/span><\/td>\n137<\/span><\/td>\n129<\/span><\/td>\n110<\/span><\/td>\n334<\/span><\/td>\n25<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n329<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n