vilehoopster

I think (and I believe Davis Martin has this problem), Murphy lost his concentration after those defensive lapses. He couldn’t collect himself and get back on track.

I have to be rather snarky here and say, So What?! Mune is out and the White Sox traded away Crochet. Our team on the field has beaten their team in the field 4 out of 7 games. Won the last two in Cleveland, and is in 1st place.

We are way overdue to light up a right hander. Would love to see it today.?

You beat me to this topic, as I’ve seen it mentioned on here a few times. So is the story true that Anderson was announced an all-star to the entire locker room, and no one reacted or applauded? If true, just wow. You had to know your clubhouse was a cancer seeing that. No wonder that group underachieved so badly.

Other than winning 3rd game to win the Cubs series, this is the biggest win of the year. Just huge.

I agree with this. I don’t get it. Anyone remember how Tim Anderson used to get picked off 2nd base WAY too often. One time it happened to him in back-to-back games. I was so angry.

Just stay on the base and let the bats drive you in. I am sooo tired of these outs that take the bats out of our hands.

I am really ready to start conspiracy theories about the overturns coming from NYC. Over and over the call gets overturned against the Sox and there is never any thing close to definitive evidence to overturn it. Just like again tonight.

So, if Martin pitches a clunker tonight, does it cost him an all-star appearance? What do you think? Maybe? Probably?

They’re making all the D plays so far.

Orioles making all the tough defensive plays, so far. But now Acuna will just steal 2nd.

Well s%*#! Horrible, horrible luck we didn’t get another run there.

Either way, Braden is really becoming an offensive threat. No question about it.

Even sitting at home watching the game on TV in comfort, is there anyone else, who watching a game in extreme temperatures; it takes away, a little bit, from your enjoyment of the game? It’s hard for me not to feel bad for the players and fans dealing with that extreme, even dangerous, heat. It’s always in the back of my mind as I watch and detracts from my enjoyment. It’s the same if it’s super cold in March and early April. The players obviously look so cold. The sting from the bat on certain contact, or seeing the fans in blankets and hats obviously freezing. Either way, my empathy kicks in and I have a little less fun watching.

A few things: I really want the Sox to sweep KC. We owe so badly after they have embarrassed the Sox so badly the last two years. I think Sandlin will do fine tonight, especially if Witt is out tonight. Has Vasil put on weight, significant weight? Look at his face in that picture and when you see him in the dugout, he looks heavy. I don’t remember at all thinking he was “larger” like that when he was pitching last year.

I just look at the radar and everything seems that it will be completely through by 3:40. And those small storms of “red” to the north look a few hours away and drifting north of Chicago and definitely north of the Rate.

I think that he, like you, want to just continue to complain and b**** about Getz and Jerry; that neither one of you want to or are able to move on from that position and admit that things are clearly improving and that Getz is doing a good (great?) job. And I believe he, and you, dig around searching for this or that stat, post, or source that you can use to continue your narrative that the Sox organization is terrible and cannot change. That is what I believe.

I would love to see Gonzalez solve major league pitching and show some home run power. It would be such a huge boost.

I say this over and over. I don’t give a s%*# who the announcers are. If the Sox win that day, whoever it was were the best announcers in the world.

Just wow! Even when things are going so well (Cleveland rearranged their pitching staff to throw their best starters at the Sox and lost both games anyway), people are still working really hard to find some source, some aspect to complain about. Just wow. Plus, whatever this poll says, I would bet 95%, at least, of the current White Sox players are very happy (not just content) to be on this team, in this organization right now. It’s so obvious.

“Come crashing down” from what?? It’s not like he’s batting .325 with 13 home runs. He’s batting .270 with 6 homers and plus defense at 2nd base. What he’s doing now he can easily continue for the next ten years and probably improve on everything. He’s just a very good, solid player who does a lot of things to help your team win. This is one of your sillier posts.

I think the Sox have four really good guys in the bullpen: Taylor (if used in the 9th), Hudson, Newcomb, and Dominguez (if absolutely never used to close the 9th). But after that it is AAAA level pitchers. That obviously is a problem that I don’t see how to fix. When the Sox are good, we score enough runs that we can get by with those four good relievers. But the problem is that for right now, overall, the team is in a batting slump for various reasons. Also, I agree with the guy who started this post. We need to use Sandlin as a starter again. I know it’s pure speculation, but I think if the Sox had started Sandlin in the 2nd Detroit game instead of the bullpen game, they would have had Newcomb available to save and win the 3rd game. Of course maybe not. But soon, until Schultz gets back, I think thry need to give Sandlin another start.

Did anyone watch the postgame show. Ozzie and Chuck, yes Chuck too, were, as much as they could be, really complaining about Venable and his game choices. 1st of all they gave these stats (this is from memory, but pretty sure these are relatively correct): Grant Taylor has an ERA of 1.07 when he pitches in the 9th closing. But an ERA of 3.90 when he’s not closing. Now this is really nuts: Dominguez when he’s not pitching in the 9th has an ERA of 0.77. But when he closes in the 9th, his ERA is 6.06 with 6 blown saves. (Again from memory) Ozzie was angry! He never said Venable he said “they” but he clearly meant Venable and his staff. “They can see these stats the same as us. What are they doing?” He said it twice: They can see these stats the same as us. Why? You know, Ozzie is 100% correct. Looking at those stats, it’s so obvious what Venable should and should NOT be doing. Then Chuck Garfien, nicer than Ozzie and using “they” again questioned pinch hitting Gonzalez right before Antonacci. (Not sure how he said it but sorta this): Gonzalez was 0 for his last 25. Why would you put a young player who is 0 for his last 25 in that position with the game on the line? Really, what was Venable doing batting Gonzalez there? He was clearly overmatched. I think that choice was worse than his bullpen decisions. 0 for his last 25 and you throw him in there against an outstanding closer. Really, if you look at those stats, there’s some pretty obvious first steps to fixing our bullpen problems.

He was 8 for 16 in Charlotte.

Time for me to step back from all my complaining and regain my optimism. Sox go home to meet a Cleveland team as beaten up as we are. There’s a strong likelihood we win the series and a good possibility of a sweep.