Spotlight History-making Munetaka Murakami is already 'one of the boys' with White Sox Bob Nightengale USA Today Apr 25, 2026 12 hrs ago 0 × SNTV Moment: Murakami homers for 4th straight game Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PHOENIX — The debates are raging on the Chicago airwaves:kAm(9@ H:== E96 q62CD 5C27En (9@ D9@F=5 E96 qF==D 9:C6n (:== E96 q=24<92H<D 6G6C H:? 282:?n pC6 E96 rF3D 2C6 3F:=E 7@C ~4E@36Cnk^AmkAm|62?H9:=6[ 6G6C D@ BF:6E=J @? E96 $@FE9 $:56 @7 E@H?[ @?6 @7 E96 36DE DE@C:6D :? 2== @7 32D632== :D >2E6C:2=:K:?8]k^AmkAm%96 ?2>6 :D |F?6E2<2 |FC2<2>:[ 2?5 E96 r9:428@ (9:E6 $@I D=F886C 92D 3FCDE @?E@ E96 D46?6 2D @?6 @7 E96 82>6’D AC6>:6C 9@>6\CF? 9:EE6CD :? E96 :?72?4J @7 E96 a_ae D62D@?]k^Am Munetaka Murakami joined the White Sox before the 2026 season. 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