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He's out

Stealing when up 5 runs is against the unwritten rules. Tony's gonna get pissed and inspire his team to an epic comeback.

Not saying Robert could have caught that but he took a terrible route and certainly could have gotten there earlier.

Dallas can no longer hit the edges of the zone. He's either too far off the plate to get a swing or getting too much of the plate and his stuff isn't good enough to get people out getting too much of the plate.

David Bote has been scratched from tonight's Cubs lineup after injuring his leg during batting practice. No, I'm not kidding.

Hell, people here want to get rid of a 3B hitting .262/.373/.399

Leury instead of Goodwin is acceptable.

MLBN is airing the game with an all-female broadcast crew. I'll have to check it out for an inning or two.

I think we get that group of 9 today in some order and then Grandal and possibly one other guy gets tomorrow off.

The odds of something happening don't increase due to the length of time it doesn't happen. That's not how odds work. The odds are higher right now because 1) Sox have already won 3 and are halfway there 2) The much larger than normal talent differential between the teams.

It's a good thing Louisiana hospitals aren't overrun by people with preventable COVID infections. Oh, wait . .

1) Have they actually said that they will carry 3 catchers in September or are we just assuming it? 2) Might Mercedes be the 3rd catcher?

I meant the game, I really don't care about looking at the building. We did a family vacation to Southern California and Arizona a couple years ago and caught a game at Dodger Stadium.

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I like to start with what we know we have and then build from there: OF/DH: Jimenez, Robert, Vaughn, Engel IF: Moncada, Anderson, Hernandez (opiton), Abreu C : Grandal SP: Lynn, Giolito, Cease, Keuchel, Kopech RP: Hendriks, Kimbrel (option), Marshall, Cordero, Crochet, Bummer, Lopez That's 10 position players and 12 pitchers, so we need 3 more position players and 1 more pitcher One position player needs to be backup catcher. Collins, Zavala and Mercedes have all proven to be seriously flawed so hopefully this is an acquisition Really need a LH or SH bat that can be the primary RF, or be the primary 2B and move Hernandez to a RF platoon with Engel. Not sure the Sox are ready to count on Gavin Sheets yet for this so this figures to be an acquisition Need a utility player and unless some team offers Leury a starting job I'd think he would sign back with the Sox. Don't see Kopech starting for a full season so a starter is a possible acquisition. Retaining Rodon is a long shot. If the Sox are comfortable going with Lopez as the 6th starter, then re-signing Tepera could be an objective. Of course trading Kimbrel to fill one or more of the other needs is a possibility so that would open up another bullpen spot.

The Rose Bowl is on my bucket list. No idea if I'll ever actually go though.

This weekend: Sox host Cubs Cleveland hosts Red Sox Houston at Texas Tampa at Baltimore Yankees at Oakland Increasing the lead over Cleveland seems likely but drawing closer to the other division leaders probably not happening.

8/27 update: Sox now hold a 9 game lead over Cleveland, 12.5 over Detroit, with a magic number of 27. Tampa Bay has a 4 game lead over New York and 7 over Boston. Houston now has a 5.5 game lead over Oakland. Yankees now lead the Wild Card race by 3 games over Boston. Oakland is 2.5 games out of the 2nd WC spot, Seattle 3.5 out, Toronto is likely no longer going to be mentioned. Tampa leads the playoff seeding race by 4 over Houston and 6 over the Sox. In the NL, San Francisco's division lead over the Dodgers has edged back up to 2.5 games, and Cincinnati has taken a 2 game lead over San Diego for the 2nd WC spot.

Don't forget: There's a trophy to be won tonight!

I've never flown out of ORD. Only MDW.

Just think, this could be the lineup tomorrow: TA 6 Moncada 5 Abreu 3 Eloy DH Grandal 2 Robert 8 Hernandez 4 Vaughn 7 Goodwin 9

I don't know, but only Crochet is immune to the 8th inning curse.

7-7 in the NY/OAK/TB/TOR gauntlet.

No way, the 8th inning is Crochet's from now on.

Yes, but just this once.