vilehoopster

As awesome as Taylor was, would you agree Newcomb was the game MVP?

That bottom of the 9th was fun.

This is what I asked for at the start of this thread. Here you go Philly fans. Enjoy our closer now.

We never, never get those challenges, never. It the infield call is in favor of the Sox, it is overruled, even when there is not clear evidence. When it’s against the Sox, even when the video shows something, it is never changed. I’m really feeling something is going on here.

This is embarrassing, and not for me. I was using his Gold Glove as an example of how you can’t judge a player’s present by what he’s done in his past. Also, he is not a league average bat. He hit 20 HRs last year, that with the the time he missed with injuries he had last year.

Boy, it sure would be nice now to have that other run the3rd base coach pissed away.

So sport are not a “what have you done for me lately” concept? He won a gold glove in ‘21 or ‘22. Should we have him in LF every day? He’s helping the team win now. He is, again now, one of the top bats in the Sox order.

This kills me. Have you been following the team since Mune has been out? Once something is planted on this board, nothing can change it.

Pissed away a run there. C’mon 3rd base coach! Exactly what I talked about in a different thread: Romo batting with two guys on. Teel will make such a difference, replacing our worst bat with a outstanding one.

What is 3rd base coach doing? How did he not send Meidroth home? How did he not see the RF fumbling the ball?

Eisert did his job. Great.

Not completely loving that lineup, but if Eisert does his job 😬, and we get good Burke today, it will be plenty good enough to get the job done today. 🤞🤞🤞

I almost went that way: continuing on about Grich, Meidroth, Pereira, Peters’s BA moving up towards .300; but I was ready to wrap it up. But now that I’m rolling again . . . think of every time we play Cleveland and watching Steven Kwan. You’d hate him, but also wish we had him. Now we have one in Antonacci, just get on base and let those guys drive you in.

I get that this is a brutal stretch, and it seems especially brutal with our starting pitching seeming to be falling apart. But I think the Sox are for real. They can score runs, lots of runs, lots of different ways. I think the offense will remain good, even very good. For all the complains, I am confident that the Sox bullpen is solid, especially when we use our good guys. On that topic: I really, really would like the Sox to have a lead in the 9th inning tonight, and then, “Hey Phillies fans, did you have fun watching your closer Duran last night? Now meet our guy, Grant Taylor. Good luck. You’re gonna need it.” With the starting pitching, I think it’s going to be up and down. Not as bad as it has looked this past week of the road trip, but not as good as it looked 2/ 3 weeks ago. And I think (hope) that help is coming from returning injured pitchers (again hope and relatively soon). I think the rest of the season that Sox pitching will be “good enough”, because . . . When Mune and Teel return, hopefully healthy the rest of the year, I strongly believe the Sox will have as good of an offense as anyone in baseball, Dodgers, Yankees whoever. Mune is Mune, we know that. But what people forget is that during September, Teel was clearly the best bat in the lineup. His September OPS was .921. When Teel returns and finds his swing, the Sox are exchanging the worst bat in the lineup with possibly its best bat in the lineup. Think about that: Antonacci getting on base followed by Mune, Vargas, Colson, and Teel. No more having two guys on and Romo comes up to bat. So, yes, this is very optimistic; but I think White Sox fans should be optimistic. Of course, as we see, injuries are always a concern, but I don’t see how, with everyone relatively healthy, the Sox can’t continue to play .500. And don’t overreact to whatever happens during this brutal stretch while we’re without Mune and Teel!

Wow, now that is a serious allusion. Someone is reading his history books.

There’s your 3.

I agree. He is looking bad.

Anyone else think Hill could have also caught it, probably without sliding?

I never get the DFA Benintendi people. With Mune, he’s one of their top 4 or 5 bats. Even more important now without Mune. And don’t come back tell me his fwar is a negative. If that’s so, it’s a statement about fwar being clearly flawed.

Ding, ding, ding! Yes, you are correct: She Hulk.

Off topic but I don’t care, here’s my nerd trivia question for the board: What other Marvel Comics character/ superhero breaks the 4th wall and talks to the comic reading audience?

Your wife is a Cubs fan?? Hmmm . . . . I guess we’ve all been there. My wife thinks Star Wars is stupid.

Acuna showed his superior wheels scoring from 1st last night. He got a RBI a game or so ago. He is somewhat, for him, tending upward. I’d like to see him do something positive today, help his team win today. Anybody else think that with Mune out, whether we and he like it, this put a ton on Colson to produce and drive in runs. I would be shocked I we don’t see Gonzalez today.

Can't trade Mune. With him we have the power of God and anime on our side. We already had the Pope.

That’s good. I have to give you that one.