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We are now at the point of blaming Madrigal for opponents losing their equipment

Harold over sold him.

He always seems to have a worried, stressed look on his face. Maybe that's just how he plays, but maybe he is indeed in his head. I think he's a much better player than he's shown so far. It'll be interesting (and aggravating at times) to watch him grow.

LaRussa should never have been hired. As usual no there was no thought process in making this important decision. Admit the mistake, fire him again, and act like a major league club. Then do a real search for a real manager.

Some of you guys need to learn to handle losses

Depressing but true.

Some of you people just love being miserable.

A small aside: Stone and Bennetti are really top-class announcers and the White Sox are lucky to have them. The catcher's interference call, while annoying to us (and obvious and something that took an inordinately long time to review), was clearly correct and it was nice to hear them defend it as such without homerism. I listen to a fair amount of local broadcasts from around the league and IMO that's not typical.

really no need for disparaging comments like this

I'm sorry but Keuchel is pretty much done. He has no velocity and he has to have pin point control to have any chance at success. Hopefully we see Kopech back in the starting rotation by June.

Collins looks like a hitter

Somewhere in the dugout, TLR is fuming that he can't get Hendriks a save.

3) They fucking suck.

His pressers are so friggin embarrassing! He can barely stay awake and seems annoyed that the questions are keeping him up. Makes me wonder how many times he's dosed off during the games. The lethargic play so far is a reflection of their drowsy manager.

COVID was a godsend for JR

I'm new to this forum but I was a big anti-rebuild guy. All I heard from Sox Nation during the tanking years was to be patient and that a juggernaut Sox team was coming. This season obviously isn't over but this team doesn't look much different from the tank years so far.

It doesn’t worry you in the slightest that Tony looks so incompetent?

2 best relievers in the pen are fresh, the inning started with a 3 run lead, and Foster still had to eat giving up 7 runs. Bullpen management doesn't get anymore incompetent than that. Wake up.

Good to see you woke up you old fuck.

How was that not Bummer to face Seager

He's been bad in the field (-0.6 runs), he's been atrocious on the basepaths (-5 runs), and in over 100 MLB ABs he literally has not hit a single ball over 350 feet (no really). Even if he carries a .350 OBP long-term that is a below average player and a disappointment from a top 5 pick. OBVIOUSLY we "lanklets" aren't going to randomly bring all that up when he dinks a double off the sidewall but since you asked, here you go. (And I say all this as someone who thinks he deserves at least a few months to settle in)

Alexei Ramirez would have rolled on the ground screaming and would be smiling on first base two minutes later

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Man I am sick and fucking fired of you guys bitching about DEPTH. What the fuck more do you want other than 1.5 WAR types like Mendick and Eaton given JR's budget? Hahn did as well as he could. Just STFU until next offseason and then b**** about JR's pocketbook. We have like 9 WAR on the shelf right now. Unlike you whiners the Mariners crew, including former pro blowers, is impressed with our depth and how good the Sox look despite the injuries.

The entire justification for hiring TLR, despite all of the baggage that comes with him, was to clean up the exact type of mistakes we've been seeing this season.

Feel like there are some people in here from a few days ago that owe the OP an apology. Last 3 days Robert has looked good and has seen more pitches per AB. Small sample, but so was the initial sample that had posters calling out the OP for being wrong.

Madrigal works a walk. Now don't do anything stupid.

Gonna have to agree to disagree there.

That was Keuchel’s fault, not Madrigal

It's a day game...what he does on the plane ride home is his business.

There is a big, big, big difference between "I want to see what this guy can do on my 2018 team that is slated to lose 100 games, because if I can get even a bench player out of a Delmonico or a DH out of Palka that means I don't have to spend extra money on an Edwin Encarnacion or trade for Mazara in a few years" and "This team is slated to go to the playoffs this year and this guy will start 140 games on the way there". If we're ready to throw in the towel on the season and trade away anyone who's a FA at the end of the year, then it's fine to allow Madrigal to have the whole year to work through problems. No one is, except for today's lineup. The standard was supposed to be different when we're trading for veteran guys rather than trading them away.

wtf are we doing with Vaughn if we are only going to play him 2/3 days.. absolutely asinine to have him up for this. Waste a year of service and don't allow for him to get out of his funk.

This is a COVID lineup without COVID.

Offensively I see nothing to suggest he’ll ever hit more than a couple HRs in a season. I do think the rest of his game will improve over time. He seems to be way too much in his own head and/or trying to do too much. There is no chance he is this bad in the field and on the bases. How much better he’ll be remains to be seen though.

stop watching please.. ?‍♂️

We've been wearing masks for nearly a year. For those of us vaccinated, why wouldn't we continue wearing masks for a while longer until we get the majority of the population vaccinated? Wearing a mask to go to the store, go out to dinner, go to a baseball game is not difficult. The only way we get out of this is to keep doing what we have been doing as the vaccines are rolled out. As someone else pointed out, vaccinated people not wearing masks will only lead to non-vaccinated people not wearing masks. We're so damn close, and there are so many people (and governments) doing everything in their power to fuck things up.

lol

The Mariners commentary on this granny was priceless. "His only other home run this year was a grand slam." *crack* "ahhhh, make that 2 grand slams"

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Dallas Keuchel vs Justin Dunn Yuck....YUCK. Man oh man.

Madrigal defense hasn’t been impressive at all. Makes a lot careless mistakes with his footwork. Disappointing last year and currently with his defense when it was supposed to be a strength.

The roof is just an umbrella, it's still fully open air with it on. It doesn't close the building, like say Miller Park or Chase Field.

you misspelled DH

The passing of the torch from Konerko to Abreu was seamless but sometimes I think about how we are missing a big chunk of Abreu's prime, and his career numbers don't reflect how good he is. That's like ~6 years of .900 OPS, about 200 homers missing.

And just like that, you've confused the boomers. Pog!

Correction

I'd be worried if he didnt crush that one. Madrigal would hit that pitch out.

Ruben might be a better defender than Madrigal