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I haven’t watched every pitch this season, but…Sean Newcomb should seemingly have like an 8 WAR, because I don’t know where this team would be without him this year. Just a fantastic signing (I’m sure Getz didn’t even expect this performance)

I'll be in attendance for this one.

Today was so fucking massive for letting the bullpen get some rest. Will pay off big. Now if Martin can come back and be an asset that is huge. Would love for him to be first half Martin, but I'll take even 70 percent of that.

Um...are we just trying to see how many 0 tool OFers we can acquire in one season?

Damnit I knew I should have picked Tommy Pham as my unexpected September hero.

Ron883

Fun time at the game last night. Target Field is awesome. Also happy hour $2 beers $2 hot dogs was great. Make it 4 in a row!

Clever man, Ron proofing the game thread on a Saturday Night.

Your first place Chicago White Sox came into Minnesota clearly understanding the assignment, and win a well pitched game 2 to secure the series. 72-63 sets a new high water mark of 9 games over .500. Their current W4 is the longest active streak in the AL. They lead the season series 6-3, and need just 1 more win in the remaining 4 games to clinch the tiebreaker. Huddy recorded a save on back to back days, first Sox to do so this season. Sox are 7-3 in the last 10 games where Fedde has pitched 3+ innings. Miggy has a 15 game on base streak. Newcomb has a 13.2 inning scoreless streak. Both are the 3rd longest active. Benintendi recorded all 3 of the Sox hits today, including a go ahead HR. He's 5-8 with 4 RBI in the series so far.

Schriffs days are numbered

Hat tip to the pitching staff today they carried us. Fedde has been a god send in the 2nd half for a tired staff.

8 over

We've finally reached 8 above .500. Seems like we've been stuck at 7 for a month.

Back to 7 over. That's been our resistance point all season. Time to burst through.

You? This is not believable that you, JOEJOESOX, WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE CHICAGO TEAM WILL DO WELL. I am going to pretend you didn’t say this, because I have never heard this sort of thing from you ever

The Bennie, Fedde, Nuke and Huddy Show featuring all Sox defenders who couldn't hit today Brought to you by Ankin Law ! 8 above was damn easy to crush considering what a b**** 6 and 7 were. (cue the laugh track ) And here's your hosts Schrif & Stoney !

Yeahhhh buddyy

Anyone worried about tonite can relax. I just washed our gnome with the garden hose.

Oh god - I hope they can bounce back from that 40 minute flight and at least salvage the last game of the series

I think I'm confused.

Word on the street is Getz thinks there is something in Pham's swing that they can fix

I think when Ishbia breaks ground, soxtalk members who can make it should all show up to the ceremony and offer huge thumbs up and carry “In for Ishbia!” Signs

KC being a Royal pain in the ass for Cleveland and I'm loving it.

What they did in that ALCS will truly never be repeated.

Suck it Twinkies......

Schriff Dawg!! My bad, I thought we were just naming Dawg's 😂😂😂

Your first place Chicago White Sox packed their hot bats for the road trip and picked up a 7-4 win over the T_ins. They (finally) set a new high water mark of 8 games over .500. CLE (and DET) also lost, so the division lead extends to 3.5 games. Really savvy deployment of the pen to only use 3 arms to cover 5 innings. Castillo didn't pitch well, but he outpitched Kremer and that ended up being enough. With Kremer maybe being the best arm going for MIN this series, you take a win where the Sox never trailed even if it wasn't pretty getting there. Mune's defense was very key to this one with a pair of crucial double plays to match his pair of hits. 71 wins sets a new MLB record for a season following 3+ years of 100+ losses.

Dude has a 6.45 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP with the Sox through 5 starts. This is James Shields v2.0. Someone please create a time machine and tell Getz not to trade Boston Smith and Mason Adams.

The reality is this team isn’t leading the AL Central without Peters.

70 wins in August, who'da thunk? Your first place Chicago White Sox win the series, the homestand, and the tiebreaker over TEX while returning to a season high 7 games over. Shaky start from Burke to say the least, but he did just enough to keep the game from getting out of hand and buy the bats some time to get going. Venable dug in his arsenal for a Nuke and a Cannon to get a big extra day of rest for several pen arms ahead of the off day. Bats also did a great job to make sure we didn't need to sweat too much (didn't stop some folks from still trying of course). Everyone reached base except Grichuk who was PH for early (and robbed on a hard hit liner). Multi-reach games for the bench mob of Acuna, Rodgers, and Doyle chipping in at the bottom of the order. Meanwhile Peters is so hot they're going to start calling him Bananas Foster Fun note, 70 ties an MLB record for the most wins following 3+ 100 loss seasons. The Sox obviously have plenty of time to keep adding on.

I’m off tomorrow, kids are asleep, fridge is stocked, it’s daddy’s night. I’m loving this long game lol

I do think looking at us versus the other contenders, it is reasonable to think that GetzCo looked at us vs the others and thought of how hard it would be to bridge the gap to be World Series level versus just backing into the playoffs and to decide that it wasn't worth what he would give up in the next few years to get there. I would agree with that sentiment.

Dumpster Divers At Trashcan Bangers

A guy who seems macho (he did beat up Joc) and would bully people who like sabermetrics.

How many fWAR has your wand accumulated?

I’m changing my mind. This move puts Getz’s deadline trades back over the top. Biggest winner of the deadline and post-deadline.

Do you have a 1.2 fWAR? How many YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH buddies do you have?

Changing mine to Tommy Pham

Definite, uh, culture guy.

It’s ok to acknowledge that Getz had a great offseason and put this team in a position to compete faster than anyone expected, while also acknowledging that some of his deadline moves were questionable or even bad. Mason Adams may not have a high ceiling, but he was a consensus org top 20 prospect. I don’t get this need to belittle him to defend Getz. Doyle has been terrible for two seasons and is the definition of a project. It’s very fair to question why we felt now was the right time to acquire and try to fix him. The same applies for Castillo. Value wise it looked an L on day one because the Mariners were desperate to move his salary. It’s still too early to fully judge the trade, but right now it looks very bad for us. Hopefully that change, but again, as Getz himself stated it’s hard to fix guys mid season. Giving up Boston Smtih for that luxury remains baffling to me. I’m a Getz supporter in general, but candidly I didn’t love our deadline.

They’ve won 11 of 12 not sure challenging their effort is viable.

Don't you have a Sunday lineup to worry about?

Unlike that Ron. Eew.

"If" is the biggest little word in the world. You can't ask for a better response than what the Sox did tonight but the starting pitching has almost completely flushed itself down the toilet. Burke has fallen off a cliff, Martin has gone right down the toilet, Castillo appears to be toast. I don't know what the hell they are going to do the final month. Maybe finally getting a day off, even though they have to travel to Minnesota may help. God I hope to hell so!

wE sHoUlD hAvE tRaDeD fOR Jo AdELl

Peters when Vargas says they need to hold a meeting to determine his "big bat" status:

Turns out having actual outfielders out there is better then first basemen