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When you clinch a playoff berth by having Reynaldo Lopez beat Kenta Maeda.... in large part due to a 2 out RBI infield single by Jose Abreu..... well, you gotta start wondering if its just a charmed season right?

don't stop get it get it

Man I've had been spreading out likes. YOU GET A LIKE! YOU GET A LIKE! EVERYBODY GETS A LIKE!

Pop that champagne boys!

One month ago.

This took me a bit to do in Paint

This is why.

MOOD

It is worth mentioning that ReyLo has looked like a real starting pitcher since he came back from the ATS. I don't know if he made changes, or if he got his mind reset, or what is was, but we can live with this Lopez as a starting pitcher for the Sox.

Someone who went to the Chiefs game where they allowed limited fans, now has the virus. Everyone who was seated around him is in quarantine. Stupid to allow fans now.

I'm telling you he's fine. Renteria said in postgame that he's starting in Cincy and I checked with some beat writers. He's all good.

Awesome

...because somebody got Covid who also attended a game? 10s of millions in the US have contracted it since the start of the year. Stop living in fear.

Who cares? Quit trying to catch hurt feelings and enjoy the moment.

I'm glad to be sharing this moment with all of you. Go Sox forever! Only one thing left to do

@Jack Parkman GET YO PESSIMISTIC ASS IN HERE!! 3-1 SERIES WIN!

Is SSHM Caufield's brother?

Depending on how things go in the postseason with the team, but Jose has the potential to be the real feel-good story for the game next month. Lots to love here, both with his own performance and evolution along with how he is central to this team's current and future success. He has a chance to shine a really positive light on this franchise nationally in a way we haven't seen in a long, long time.

Luis Robert has got to get something figured out. He's arguably been one of our worst hitters in the month of September. Currently throwing up .130/.226/.196 for a stellar .422 OPS. The first two months were so good, but he's just been rather dreadful. If Luis or Yoan figure anything out by the playoffs, man oh man we could be frightening. Unfortunately, Luis is hitting horribly and Yoan has been just average. Got to figure out some way to get those guys going especially if we want to do any damage in the playoffs.

I agree, especially Keuchel, though it’s kind of amazing how much success this team has had last two weeks on the Cease / Dunning / ReyLo / Stiever days

This is me. I know we are going to have a long wonderful ride with these guys, but Abreu will only be there for the beginning. I would have never dreamt that in 2014 that It would be 6 years for him to make the playoffs, and that it may not have happened. That guy is what sports are about. 6 years we’ve watched him. 6 years we’ve over analyzed and blamed him for not being perfect. And now when the team May have needed him both least and most he took the bull by the ducking horns and blasted this team to the best in the AL. Fuck. Yeah. Jose.

i literally quoted steve stone saying this in another thread and was critical of his take, so this isn't exactly the gotcha moment you were looking for.

First Sox playoff team that my kids have seen. They were so excited today (except the whole thinking Donaldson was cool part).

There is no good reason not to allow fans in at this point

Their choice to attend. Its not happening anyway, just saying.

I still can't believe we won a game against the Twins where Lopez started against Maeda.

We've been through alot of pain and arguments about trades/losing. Here we all are. All these guys are playing and kicking ass. Can't ask for much more.

How about Go Twins Loss? No need to be inflammatory 😁

Ozzie is making the case. LET FANS IN THE STANDS!

DYSON IS MY NEW WILLIE HARRIS!

Man can't believe this team of players that are so terrible and awful every at bat and play somehow won 3 out of 4 and are the best team in the AL.

Hey Donaldson, how does that taste?? Tie break and a playoff berth! Eat Shit!

COVID doesn’t make you not swing the bat on strikes.

wrong

I haven't been this anxious watching a baseball game in years.

This Twins team is a bunch of roided up assholes

god i hate the fucking twins more than any team in MLB

If you were on soxtalk prior to this season, you would know. He was highly overrated around these parts prior to his MVP run this season.

Mendick has options, Yolmer doesn't. RR can't risk letting go of his precious.

I know Ricky had to get EE reps, but today's just not the right day for it. Maeda throws his slider 40% of the time. EE might be one of the worst hitters against the slider in baseball this year.

He'll start Dyson vs Maeda (4/10 lifetime), but not McCann vs Berrios (8/24 lifetime)... twice. Renteria is so smart.

It would be great if Robert can start hitting. Bad timing to be in a slump.

Shields was through before Hahn acquired him. He couldn't get anyone out in San Diego. So, Preller called Hahn. The rest is history.

Now this is plain false. There have been plenty of instances of him cutting bait when things aren't working out. Shields was signed to a contract, and was pitching for a rebuilding team. so cutting him was pretty fucking stupid at that point since he was blocking nobody and the wins and losses didn't matter at all. Maybe if they had signed Chatwood though, they would have three World Series trophies by now 😂