MLB Fans Roasted the White Sox After They Lost to Royals in Humiliating Fashion

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The White Sox have had a dreadful year and those bad vibes hit a new low Tuesday night when they lost to the last-place Royals in embarrassing fashion.
In case you missed it, the bases were loaded in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning when Chicago reliever Gregory Santos did the unthinkable—he got called for a balk, which brought home the winning run for the home team.
This isn’t the first time the White Sox have done something this season that had MLB fans roasting them, and it might not be the last, because there is still a bunch of baseball left. But this was pretty bad:
we got a balk off pic.twitter.com/juy5uzward
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 6, 2023
Wildly, this was the second time this season the Royals have won with a balk-off.
MLB fans crushed the White Sox:
Forfeit the season. Just stop playing games. https://t.co/4GmBXIedUp
— Limbo (@Lymb0) September 6, 2023
They have to be intentionally throwing these games. https://t.co/b3HaIuupxO
— Jason Moore (@Jasonmoore24) September 6, 2023
This is level 2 white soxing https://t.co/yVgwPsIywL
— LOVABLE LOSER CUB FAN AGAIN (@rooach) September 6, 2023
this team is so humiliating its actually fun https://t.co/5AVuDnlYq7
— Matty dweEberflus (@nickynohoes) September 6, 2023
I’ll say this as a person who recently went to a White Sox game, I never in my life seen a team purposely throw games away the way they do. https://t.co/F8YCXin0Cy
— Your local pet eater (@coleman__3) September 6, 2023
G we’re a joke of a franchise smh 🤦🏿♂️ https://t.co/4jeIN93U9O
— Rich (@FopItLikeItsHot) September 6, 2023
Tanking for Caleb Williams? https://t.co/QjUreEnJF0
— Jonathan George (@jonnyrocket941) September 6, 2023
— A Boy Named Sue (@greggorox) September 6, 2023
There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING the Cardinals can do that will frustrate me more than what the White Sox do.
— Second City St. Louisan🇺🇸🇳🇬 (@M_McDaniel2012) September 6, 2023
A walk off BALK?
Never mind blowing a 6-0 lead to the Royals.
A WALK OFF BALK?!? https://t.co/cnqLQzZyc8
White Sox baseball https://t.co/5EN0tURy8y pic.twitter.com/gjgdgOzFuO
— Sam (@ray_10VE) September 6, 2023

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