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Three hits three fucking hits I know this is irrational and has little or nothing to do with tonight, but I hate that LaRussa is managing my favorite team. I have never liked him. He’s been connected to PEDs. I wish he would go away. I know this is my issue, but it takes away from my enjoyment of watching this team. I said I was salty tonight. 😁

Unfortunately they aren’t going to win the WS and hopefully he retires to the old folks with multiple DWIs home.

Oh, I know my facts. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.texastribune.org/2018/05/15/texas-student-teacher-spending-average/amp/

The pattern is- win the first game of a series and then lose the next two…just like the playoff series from last year

1. I was messing with you. 2. Willie Harris scored the winning run in game 4 of the 2005 World Series. 3. Where the hell did you get that saying from?....upon further review, it is apparently a saying from English yachting....I apologize, carry on.

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If you hit a ball 393 feet to the gap, it should be a home run. Ridiculous that it didn't go out

Every other day the offense takes off it seems

Moncada's seeing the ball so well right now. Pretty much every AB from him as been solid for weeks at this point.

Approximately 5,000 groundballs with guys on base, too. Not good enough at all so far tonight.

Love to see the Sox asking their replay room when they don't have any challenges left lol

Was hoping TLR would serve his during game 5 of the ALDS.

Shit he better be getting the playoff games too.

Bold prediction...Kyle is starting game threads until the Sox clinch

New guy here and a little shy about starting a new thread - but here goes. Scanning through the MLB site post AS break team stats reveals a few negatives: While we're 5th in league OPS, we're not hitting many doubles or triples (86 2b/12th in league) (4 3b/14th in league), i.e the only reason we're in the top 3rd of the AL in OPS is due to the increase in HR hit in the last half of the season. Feast or famine re: XBH. Two points that have jumped out at just about everyone: (1) We have a grand total of 8 Sac Flys (tied for league worst.) This stat alone indicates that we're getting the runners on but are not getting runners in at anything like a reasonable rate. (2) A league worst 55 GIDP. The Sox are top 5-6 (American League), in just about all other areas. Not exactly meh but not sterling either. I don't know that we're shooting ourselves in the foot so much as tripping over our own feet. At least some of this has to do with TLR's style as well as late summer fatigue and the over-time abilities of players. Looking at individuals - I can understand Vaughn's rookie challenges, but what's up with Eloy? At this point, even considering the value of resting players, I'm not overly optimistic about the playoff chances against Houston. Thoughts?

You do realize he hasn't exactly pitched a ton of innings the last 2 years. The amount of innings he has put up this year, it is inevitable that he has a tired arm. Normally we would be shutting a guy down at this point and letting him rest for the following year and hoping he can add 20% IP. I'm find with resting him, and hoping that he can pitch 1 game per series as long as the Sox stay in the playoffs. We shouldn't need more from him than that. Let Giolito and Lynn pitch 2 games in a series if we need it. Worst case let Keuchel, Kopech, Lopez pitch a game if we need it. Our pitching is not going to be the downfall of this team, it's going to be if the offense stays stagnant.

You call yourself a Sox fan and don't know who Willie Harris is? Delete your account and return the original greg, this one is fake news.

I'm getting absolutely fed up with this team losing very VERY winnable games.

If I'm Lynn, I'm socking every guy in the lineup in the face and telling them to get their shit together. These guys are beyond pissing away wins from him. Fuck this lineup. Pissants

1 run vs a tanking team that has a AAA pitching staff is embarrassing.

I pray they get better depth next year, I tire of watching the likes of Goodwin, Nick Williams, Hamilton, etc. getting meaningful at bats in our contention years.

That was too easy.

How hard is it to hit the ball in the air

God, I hate this ballpark.

Have to be throwing faster than 95 in big spots

Garret needs to shave that.

16.8 fWAR for the White Sox Starters, 12.2 for Houston. So the White Sox do have better starters, but Houston has a better offense and defense. It’s a close matchup on paper, and home field would have been important.

Another weak first pitch out on offspeed for Eloy

I was beginning to wonder if anybody could hit one out of this place.

Yep. Looking like one and done. Can't seem to play well two games in row and our guys are unable to play two games in a row lol.

Hopefully we’ll get hot in August and we can ride it through September hopefully will get hot in September and ride it through the playoffs hopefully will get hot in the last week of September and ride that into the playoffs hopefully will learn by going three and out in the playoffs but we need a better roster for next season

Thompson's done 5IP 3H 0R 1bb 4K.

We are so bad at this - even Stone said that was a waste of a replay challenge with ‘Robert supposedly getting hit by a pitch, It’s overruled and gets ahead anyway- then we waste the challenge when we really need it

Kinda-Fuckin bad day, eh?

Everybody forgot how many outs there were.

Need to push him down below Sheets

Seems like Eloy couldn't hit a ball if it was placed on a tee for him. He's gotten a ton of middle-middle pitches lately and he's missing all of them.

Who is the better long term prospect, Romy or Popeye? They have to consider Romy for second base next year.

It'll be annoying when Cesar's option gets declined and he goes back to being a 2 WAR 2B elsewhere next season.

Hahn is the only reason he might still have a job after this season.

Was there any doubt we’d have an early sac fly in the game tonight after this thread was created?

I remember County Stadium well, not only Brew Crew games but rock concerts as well. Milwaukee is such a fun city, everything about Wisconsin is fun I wish as well the Brewers were back in the AL and that Houston was back in the NL

It's hard to figure out what this teams "normal" is

Well yeah, and this is why I'm concentrating on second half numbers. Slotting in Robert, Jimenez and even a somewhat modified Grandal (he's not walking as much as he did first half), changes the equation significantly. One thing I just ran across is that we're fourth in the league in singles and near the bottom in doubles and triples. Considering the XBH power we have in the lineup, I find these numbers unusual. Yes the high rate of GBs account for a lot of this - but why so many GB in the first place?

The Sox are currently: - Tied for 3rd lowest launch angle in baseball - Tied for 3rd highest groundball rate in baseball - 7th lowest fly ball rate in baseball Oddly enough...as OP mentions, they are near the bottom of the league in sac flies post ASB, but they had the 4th most sac flies in baseball pre ASB. All while having a higher groundout to air out rate in the first half. What's it all mean? I'm not smart enough to know. Is it poor approach, poor execution, bad luck or all of the above?

If I recall correctly...Stone was adamant that there was no animosity at all...just a player wanting to wait until the season was over. Hope for Carlos' sake that he is healthy this winter but I just don't see the White Sox offering him a big contract...guessing someone desperate will however!

Maybe. Teams that are fighting three others for a wild card game won't mess with their rotation unless they clinch with a few games to spare. Boston won't save Sale for a wild card game if they have 4 games left in the season and are tied or behind in the race.

Those teams may not have the luxury of setting up their rotations for the playoffs. Each of those teams would have to win a wild card game too.

Nerds rule the world.