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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.

Tigers are probably the better team right now, and their Manager is definitely better. Fry in there late with game on the line is nuts.

Cool story look at his numbers.

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

*The 2006 Cardinals were 42-26 in mid-June. They went 41-53 the rest of the way to finish 83-79. They won the World Series. *Our 2005 White Sox came within a hair of blowing a 15-game lead. And won the World Series. *The 2001 Mariners won 10 of 12 entering the postseason, finishing 116-46. They went 4-6 in the playoffs. *The 2008 Cubs went 98-64 and many thought were the best team in baseball. They got blown out in 3 consecutive games by a mediocre 84-78 Dodgers team. —————————————- There’s no rhyme or reason to what happens in the playoffs based off how the team finished the regular season.

Excuse rankings 1. Injuries (even though we played better while people were out) 2. TLR managing 3. Playoffs are random 4. Had to play game 5 in Houston and no team would have won under those circumstances. 5. Kimbrel and Hernandez trades

lmao no you don't

For a guy who was supposed to be elite, we sure are making a lot of excuses for him.

I agree with a lot of stuff here, but this thread would be hilarious to read if they make the World Series. I’m hoping for that.

At some point, these guys are going to have to tough it out. They need consistent ab’s against major league pitching more than an extra day of rest. We cannot expect them to enter the playoffs and immediately click for the Houston series

Grandpa thinks that he can declare tomorrow the playoffs and magically they will just start winning like they are the 27 Yankees. He also thinks he can win games today with the C team lineup and AA pitchers throwing as well. His own ego is part of the issue.

Dude we are 10 games up. We could be in first place with you as manager.

I disagree. I don;t think we are in first place with another manager. The amount of injuries that have happened, I'm not sure another manager would have been to get that out of these guys in the first half. Even if it's something as simple as getting guys into the outfield who had never played before. TLR will win manager of the year pretty easily.

Problem #1, listening to the Score.

They are currently doing mass Rock/Paper/Scissors to see who wakes up Tony.

(close to 700K people dead from a virus) *shrugs (handful of people with adverse vaccine side effects) "whoah! whoah! whoah! I have serious concerns"

Abreu picks that ground ball every day of the week to end the inning but you go on with your panic complaining.

TA’s mistake was cheating. Period.

Assuming the Sox limp into the playoffs ala 2000 white sox, where will the blame be put on this team? A lot of people will point the finger at hahn/TLR in regards to handling the team the last 2 months with holding players back/fake IL stints. What about the players themselves....Where has Eloy's production gone? The Kimbrel trade, Kopech falling off the face of the earth, et al. What say you?

Eleven wins in the playoffs will make all this go away. Enjoy the ride!

When the White Sox win teh world series, who will you credit? I am asking you personally. Since you can see into the future.

He was up 3-0. I know you want to get the go-ahead run up there, but when you're gonna get a fastball on 3-1, you gotta be prepared to swing. Leury wanted to walk after that AB went 2-0.

Man… it sure would be nice to have a player who strikes out at a less than 10% clip and hits over .350 with two strikes.

This game will end with 2 Ks and four infield groundouts but it will be Tony LaRussa's fault. If they are swept out of the playoffs they need to look at the offensive make up of this team. There are just too many terrible at bats in every game and zero adjustments made.

Cleveland is licking their chops right now. They have a chance to sweep the Sox now and get back right into the division.

This team is going to get smoked in playoffs

Don’t forget he was apparently playing for one run in the 6th when he was planning on using the bad part of the bullpen.

He tried to get two innings from Jace Fry with a rested bullpen. Lots of blame to go around

This offense sucks. I am not blaming the bullpen for this one. SCORE MORE RUNS.

Tigers have more singles and doubles than Tinder right now. This is an actual Jason Bennetti quote from the bottom of the 7th inning of today’s broadcast.

maybe TLR should just forfeit the remaining schedule since winning isnt important to the team

That’s excusable at least. Punting a game because you want to clinch on the field is the type of juvenile stuff this franchise sucks with

Tired of these shitty games. We are supposed to be getting hyped for the playoffs but it is becoming more dreadful

Side pieces dig fancy plays

Maybe LaRussa wants to duplicate 2006 and win as little regular season games as he can.

Especially when you consider how bad we are at hitting sac flies

Bunting guys to third with no outs is so dumb. Especially with guys who can score from second on a hit.

Can’t wait to see this team “turn it on” for the playoffs. ? They look as excited as TLR.

This is the best Dallas looked since his Oakland start. I'll take it.

"That's the highest fan I have seen since Bill Walton" J Benetti

Good news on the Sox pregame show, Chris Bassitt is targeted to start Thursday. Glad to see such a quick recovery after that tragic play.

The unprecedented 2021 season (162 games from 60) is taking a toll on most teams. People are upset about the Kimbrel trade (either the prospects given and/or his performance), but his drop off in performance and velocity is likely due, at least in part, to hitting a wall at this stage of the season. They will have to walk a tight rope in the playoffs this year, but hopefully all the pitchers below will be at full strength in 2022. (All innings include majors + minor league & college innings/games, if applicable) Pitchers with significant increases in workload 2021 vs. 2020 + 2019 Rodon 127.2, 7.2 & 34.2 Keuchel 151.1, 63.1 & 112.2 Kimbrel 55.2, 15.1 & 20.2 Cease 156.1, 58.1 & 73.0 Kopech 61.0, None Pitchers with an adequate baseline 2021 vs. 2020 + 2019 Giolito 167.2, 72.1 & 176.2 Lynn 146.0, 84.0 & 208.1 Lopez 87.0, 26.1 & 184.0 Hendriks 64.0, 25.1 & 85.0 Crochet 49.2, 9.1 & 65.0 Bummer 51.0, 9.1 & 75.1

Nothing to see ? Are you kidding me ? Imagine the awesome special effects during the Friday Night fireworks show. We could get 10 foot holograms of Luke Skywalker battling Darth Vader in the infield !! Every day would be Star Wars day !

I hated the trade, and still do.

Side note - how TF does Sheets not make that play in the 8th? Dude is unplayable at 1B. Between him and Cesar it was pretty ugly over there. Cesar just keeps fucking up in the field and he’s swinging with a pool Noodle at the dish.

We should play our playoff lineup, until we right the ship. No more fucking resting around. If you are physically able to play, you play. You don’t want to coast into the playoffs again. We need to be in full gear.

Ok we’ll keep dreaming about early season Rodon returning dude. It’s not happening and never was. Sorry bud.

He’s saying what I would if I was hoping for a big contract in a few months