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The 2021 nighttime blackout was pretty special, too - its memory just got overtaken by unfortunate subsequent events.

I feel like the crowd got to our guys last night. Its like they felt the pressure of the postseason for the first time, or pressed to not disappoint the home crowd. Good experience. Hopefully they dont disappoint tonight!

Awesome…thanks for confirming.

Clearly someone wasn’t a Sox fan back in 2008. The original blackout game was incredible and brought an energy unparalleled to anything I have ever witnessed in person. You have already declared defeat so not surprising you are trashing an actually awesome thing.

0-2 during day games 2-0 during night games

The record with the blackout is not good. Its probably time to give up on that attempt at tradition

Yea - email says for every postseason game

Well, now you know

What does that mean. Its not actually gonna scare the guardians players... they have lights on the field

I was today years old when I learned that anything short of two consecutive playoff sweeps -- for a team full of babies fresh off a 100-loss season -- is shocking and unacceptable for some fans, and reason enough for them to spew raw cortisol all over their keyboards.

When you now flip that into Cleveland who has a couple horses - the consistency of that strategy is tough and you can see why it becomes very hard for Sox to pull off 3 wins in a series with what they have. With that said - they are going to do it. They need to get take a few deep breaths and just play baseball - enjoy the crowd but don't let the moment be too big for you.

We doing a blackout again today? Will actually work at night unlike the joke that was yesterday.

.....i looked it up. Only the Rockies (1), Marlins (2), and Nationals (2) have had fewer LCS appearances than the Sox. The Rockies and Marlins have only been around since 1993, so the only team that has been around since 1969 with fewer appearances is the LCS than the Sox are the Nationals/Expos with two.....oh, and they've won the World Series once in that time too, just like the Sox. Tied with the Sox at 3 appearances are the Rays (only been around since 1998) and the Rangers (who have been around since before 1969).

This is sort of stating the obvious, and I've been critical of Will this season for some of his "in-game philosophies" but he, and the rest of the coaching staff deserve a ton of credit for what they've done with what they've been given, specifically with the pitching. This "every pitcher can go three innings" strategy is incredibly hard to pull off, and it wasn't really done by choice, rather maximizing what they have available. But given the up and down nature of arms, it's impossible to predict what you're going to get each day. A managers job becomes infinity easier when you have a few horses that you know are going to go out there every 5 days and give you 6 solid innings. The Sox literally have none of those guys, so every game, he's rolling the dice on 5/6 different guys and seeing what they have that day. He's gotta push all the right buttons each and every game, and opens himself up to a lot more criticisms on a daily basis.

Indeed. They currently are awaiting approval per the Crain’s article I just linked. The findings in that study’s report, if accurate to Amtrak’s stance, should change the tune of this whole situation pretty quick.

like we also just watched cleveland aggressively hunt matchups against us successfully, and they have a better staff. It works well.

This team has like 1.5 starters and 2 great relievers and 3-4 guys that rotate through being great at different times. I think with just one bonafide ace his job becomes a lot easier. But I feel like he has to pull an inside straight most games. It's way easier in playoffs than regular season because he can do bullpen games a lot. But I think today it will work!

https://archive.is/1Cz3K Similar article to the Sun-Times one. It seems the City Council is united on their stance.

Points well-taken.

Keys to the game: - Sox hitters have to get back to being patient. I don't know what that was yesterday, but there was clearly no legitimate, offensive approach in place outside of "be aggressive", whereas games 1 and 2 there was a completely different gameplan set upon patience and taking what they give you. - Will (FO?) cannot manage with game 5 in mind. This is game 5, or at least that's the way it should be managed. If you need Taylor for 3 innings tonight, you do it. If you need to have at least one reliever each inning getting up to keep warm in case danger strikes quickly, do it. -Throw fucking strikes

Absolutely not - this is a highly flawed team and while it would stink if they lose, the reality is they have been max efforting everything possible but when you lack certain horses it just gets hard. With that said - lets go win this series and move onto the next round and keep on rolling!!!

In that case, I wonder why Amtrak doesn't just release the environmental review they conducted. They said they need approval from the USDOT before they can do that. Is that forthcoming? Maybe that process does indeed take time. Otherwise, it gives people the impression they're stonewalling and that's fueling this opposition.

If we double choke - fire will!

Yes, it's a HUGE difference. First of all, getting swept by a better team isn't choking, while blowing a 2-0 series lead with 2 home games ahead of you is. Second, since the ALCS began in 1969, the White Sox have only appeared in it three times. THREE TIMES IN 57 YEARS (thanks, Jerry, since you've owned this team for 45 of those years). They have to be near the bottom in MLB in LCS appearances. Which teams have had fewer appearances? Maybe the Rockies? Marlins? Not exactly impressive to only beat out those two. So yeah, if they can make the the ALCS for the 4th time in 57 seasons and then getting swept by a 98-win team, that is immensely better than choking away the ALDS to the same team that they choked away the division title.

Thanks, just replied.