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Sox are going to get swept in 2 - yes, the first two losses will be so lopsided that MLB will make them forfeit the 3rd - so I wouldn't worry about it.

This thread is obviously only for name calling, and is serving no productive purpose. It is over.

The team that looked outstanding in playoff type atmospheres and mostly in front of national audiences, such as the Field of Dreams game, the recent Red Sox series, both Cubs series, and even the recent Yankees series, will be the one we see next month once the team returns to that type of atmosphere. No worries whatsoever. Not with the talent on this team.

I just see a team going through the motions. That concerns me..... This is all set up by our manager who continues to throw games with his lineups, especially the last game of every series....not to mention pitching guys in close games that have no business. I don't know........when all said and done maybe he will be the genius with getting his guys rest but I just don't see any urgency in this team. I truly thought they would begin to play better as they get closer to clinching the division but thats not happening as of now. That concerns me. But, what the hell do I know..... I do know that my frustration level with this team and TLR will not allow me to watch this team with full enjoyment. I find myself mad and frustrated when I watch them play. I have never been that way with a winning team before.

The key here is all numbers and odds. People who have the vaccine don't build viral load to the same extent that people who don't have the vaccine. This vaccine was also tailored to the original vaccine strains, and now we have mutations running around which were NOT tested on this vaccine. Preliminary reports seem to indicate that the vaccine is effective, but not as effective against strains like Delta. So if you are looking at it in terms of odds and chances, your chances at catching COVID are highest if you don't have the vaccine, and in areas which are seeing high level outbreaks. They are much lower if you vaccinate. They are lowest if you aren't around people who have covid. The key to beating covid is to give it as few chances as possible to replicate and mutate. The vaccine does this really, really well is what the preliminary results are showing. Break through cases exist, but aren't as common as unvaccinated cases. Vaccinated cases are also less likely to pass the virus on. They are also much less likely to take up highly needed health resources. None of this is 100%, but every time we push people into the lowest rungs of risk, it makes it harder for COVID to spread.

Park somewhere outside the course route and take CTA.

And there was no team hotter than the 1983 White Sox that bombed out in the first round.

Good guys wear black.

With the way he's pitched since he's come off the IL, I wouldn't even offer him the QO. What's to say his arm won't break down after 90 innings again next year? Are we ready to pay the guy $18 million for maybe 100 innings of work? We need to focus on 2B and RF in free agency. SP is a spot we can afford to lose Rodon and still have it be a strength of the team.

We should post video clips of the most memorable White Sox games from the past in here. It can be division clinchers, favorite playoff games, or any games from the past. Here’s one. LOL

Pretty simple concept, but for whatever reason it seems difficult for some to grasp.

Yes, but that Cardinals team that famously flipped the switch was an experienced, playoff tested team. They had lost the 2004 World Series and in 2005 they won 100 games (1 more than the eventual champs) and pushed the Astros in the NLCS, famously murdering Brad Lidge in the process. A veteran team where people are all getting heathy being able to flip the switch - I could understand that. A fairly young team with 3 playoff games in their entire careers for many of them, where they are struggling despite guys having already returned from the IL weeks ago, where they appear unmotivated, where their manager keeps giving games away for baffling reasons and never seemed to connect with his players, and where their opponent (with home field advantage) is actually the veteran team with tons of championship experience? Well, I will believe that team can flip a switch on when I see it.

Hopefully it gets rained out so we can be saved the embarrassment of being swept in 3 by a below 500 team as we head into playoffs as a supposed contender. Here's to rain

This. I sincerely don’t get what I’m seeing on this forum in some ways. At the beginning of the season, even before Eloy’s injury (but especially after), I seem to recall almost everyone pitting the white sox as close, but maybe still a year away from a potential World Series run. Then it seemed the goalposts and expectations moved in a flash here, after the Mercedes experience bought us a few wins, after the pitching carried us through some injuries/spotty hitting, after the early surprise returns by Robert and Jimenez, and especially after the mid season “go for it now” acquisitions the FO made. It got way more expectational here. It also became kind of an entitled environment. This is still a very young core at heart. They will be streaky. Jimenez will heat up, Robert will cool down. Vaughn is still finding his entire game. Even Moncada and Anderson still go through “young” stretches although they continue to mature before our eyes. Most of these guys are way younger than 27. if this team loosens up, they’ll have enough raw talent to make every game very interesting. I think they will… after they clinch. This is just a pretty bad week. but also - IMO there aren’t 29 losers and 1 winner every baseball season, and I feel If the Sox take Houston deep into a series and they just beat us, we will be better next year and closer next year.

If you told me before the season the Sox would win 90 games and make the playoffs after losing Robert, Jimenez, Grandal and Madrigal for significant portions of the season, I'd be stoked. I'm still stoked.

🎵 Its the same...old song... 🎵 From 9/9/2005 From 9/22/2005

lmao no you don't

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I primarily use Beer Advocate for my beer ratings and conversation, and don't have an untappd ID, but the site gets a lot more activity in terms of bars paying to publish their tap lists. You don't need a sign in to find bars which offer a particular beer, I posted the link below to Gumballhead (just need to update your address). https://untappd.com/b/3-floyds-brewing-company-gumballhead/9954/nearby I used to buy a couple cases of FFF beer at least once a year leaving from a visit to their taproom, but haven't been back since they closed their taproom (to go still open). Still have their beers on draft when I come across, and sometimes pick up a single to try something new when it sounds interesting.

They'll celebrate, and the game 2 lineup will be the Sundayest of Sunday lineups.

At this point, it's more of a: Offer Giolito and Cease extensions Lynn is set Make Keuchel earn his spot Offer Rodon a QO or one year + mutual option(s) Kopech / ReyLo compete with Keuchel for his spot.

If you notice the times when the tweets were posted, he posted it right after Merkin so you are correct he has better information overall but just didn’t post it yet or he did some more digging into it. Good catch!

But they were hot to finish the year. If you have a ton of playoff experience you get more leeway. Houston was under .500 last year and made the ALCS. Teams that have proven themselves in post season can get a away with coasting. Our team finished 2-8 last year and lost in the wild card round. Playing well in September isn't just about having a good record. We need guys to be hitting, playing sound defense, and for our bullpen to figure it out. When you have young guys that with no ALDS experience, going into post season with confidence helps.

because criteria keeps being added when examples are given. It started out with finishing poorly and the converse. then it only applies with inexperienced or experienced teams. Then Northern teams with blue uniforms in Northern climes. But to play along, The aforementioned 84 tigers were inexperienced played 500 baseball after starting amazing won in the playoffs. If we go 10-1 the rest of the way does that portend we will be great in the playoffs?

Friday could be Bieber depending on how his bullpen session goes.

After seeing Michael Reinsdorf's revamp of the Bulls - I feel like this sentence could apply to him. GarPax to AKME was night-and-day different, especially with how they handled maneuvering the cap and the willingness to sacrifice so much future cheap talent in draft picks to make win now moves. I'm not saying it's the correct course of action - but I also wouldn't be shocked.

again...try and read this slower so you can understand..... 1. this is a white sox message board 2. message boards are for discussion 3.the white sox suck balls right now 4. the discussion ( which you are free to ignore outright ) is why they suck and what caused the suckage read those to yourself until it sinks in. But no you won't instead you will throw a tantrum about how my posts are too mean. You need a reality check.

Everyone please feel free to use the postponed game to talk White Sox baseball. Just refrain from being dicks and getting the thread closed since I'm using it for tomorrows game and I don't want to make a new one. I know we are at the height of skepticism about the team's chances in the 1st round. The Sox are going to clinch their 1st division title in 13 years and although it may ring hollow please celebrate that. Some of you may have changed from a 20 something to 40 yrs old in that time. Some may have gone bald and got a lot more gray in their hair or put on 25 lbs., so let's appreciate some progress in the organization because of the rebuild. Thank you ya fat, bald, old bastards.

The way they've been playing lately, going into the playoffs I'll be hoping for the best but realistically expecting the worst. TBH, the Sox really don't deserve going to the WS, I realize "deserve got nothing to do with it" in sports but Tampa and the Giants/Dodgers/Brewers have played the best and most consistent baseabll, any of those teams "deserve" it more than the ChiSox but if the White Sox miraculously win it all, I won't be complaining lol

47-23 in the second half, 24-8 in September and October for those Mets. How is it that every time someone gives an example of an inexperienced team winning a couple series they finished with a strong September? This hasn’t been wrong once at this page yet.

The frustrating part is as we’re getting more pieces back from injuries, we’re playing worse. This team played better with a rag tag group of Nick Williams, Yermin, Lamb, etc. getting a lot of play time. Obviously the starting pitching isn’t as lights out the second half due to IL stints, but man this team is very hard to watch fundamentally and talent wise.

Look, berate the OP all you want. He's a little negative, yeah. But the point is, the Sox need to start ramping up - the 'who cares' month of September is rapidly coming to an end. And 'flipping a switch' isn't all that easy or what it's cracked up to be. They are too lax, and verging on becoming complacent. I, for one, won't be surprised if they're ousted pretty quickly, although I hope they find the extra gear to go farther than their first round. In any case, they need to start ramping up to playoff mode any day now - it gets too easy to sluff it all off as 'not mattering'. They need to get it together, and start showing up. Hopefully they do - but with every passing day and a middling effort against crap teams, my aspirations for a big post-season diminish. It's been too long since they actually seemed to consider that winning a game was worth the effort.

"NOTHING TO SEE HERE GUYS, EVERYTHING IS FINE, LALALALALA SHUT UP"

First time the organization has made the playoffs in back to back years and people are pissed off and angry. Truly amazing stuff. The season has been boring the past 2 months because they locked up the season early. I haven't even watched as much lately because the games just don't matter. Everyone knows it. Get it going in the next few days and let's wreck some havoc in the playoffs.

I gotta say, OP sucks more than the Sox right now.

I need 92. Took the over on 91.5 before the season.

What's funny is that the SP ERA increase is probably all Dallas Keuchel.

I will never understand people who call themselves "fans" but get way more out of the negative than the positive. Its one thing to be upset in a bad moment and react, but to come back day after day after day, with nothing better to do with your time, and take a perverse joy in failure it just something I can't understand. Find a new hobby or something.

You know, the easiest way for him to not be able to make this thread would be for the White Sox to stop losing series.

Hopefully there is more urgency to spend and be all in during the off-season. Go get a legit 2B and RF. Not someone like Adam Eaton again.

I say you have made this thread every other day for a like a month. Whatever is going to happen will happen, and there is no point about stressing it about it day after day.

If you wanna go more in-depth, he also wears red wristbands and armbands.

Can we get some Grandal analysis tho?

Despite his innings increase, Kopech doesn’t look like he’s running out of gas at all. He’s had his issues, but fatigue doesn’t seem to be one of them. Dude is throwing smoke. I’m hopeful he will have a big impact in the playoffs.

I posted this yesterday since you are looking for pitching. Probably not enough innings to get one of your awards but intriguing reliever.

The White Sox won't pickup the options on Hernandez and Kimbrel this off season. They will use some of that money on another 2nd baseman. Maybe Javy Baez.

Yes. He looked good. 3 outings he has looked good for an inning. Just the first one, he got hammered in inning 2 or his ERA would be 0.00, and he'd be k-ing around a batter an inning. Not bad for a guy who can't keep a roster spot.