KipWellsFan

We seem pretty evenly matched with Oakland. So we have to play sound baseball today. I love Nicky Two Strikes, but he made at least 4 mistakes yesterday. I don't expect that from him today. But no unforced errors is required today. No extra outs and have to take every base available to us!

Yikes, didn't catch the pre-game on MLBtv.

I was wondering about Nuke as well. He goes back a lot further than me I think.

Yeah those in-game interviews were a schmozzle, and I thought the pair of announcers were pretty boring. However, I thought they knew the White Sox pretty well. Knew the basic storyline on most of the players. Not terrible.

Why does everyone put Madrigal in the two spot? He doesn't have much pop, so presumably you want him to hit before Tim so those early game solo homers become two run homers.

*insert Bill Pullman speech from Independence Day here*

I'm usually the optimist and I truly have enjoyed having the Sox to watch this season while stuck with this friggin' pandemic. But that move tonight was a fireable offence. And that's among a bunch of other head scratching bullpen decisions lately. If he doesn't redeem himself with a deep playoff run, I think the FO has to consider letting him go. Just wow.

So was I.

Too soon

Yeah, I like Ross, but his WHIP over his last three appearances has been almost 3.00. And it's not like that is abnormal for him. He hasn't had a WHIP under 1.5 for a season since 2014. Not exactly sure what Rodon's role will be. But there's more potential there than with Detwiler. Too bad Cishek didn't work out. Hope Bummer and Marshall are good to go quickly.

Another silver lining... We tested Crochet in a high pressure situation and he did well. I was worried about bringing him in in a key situation like that. But I figured RR needed to test him in a tough situation to see if he can be used in important spots in the playoffs. He got behind a couple guys, but fought back. One good takeaway today.

He got a bit fortunate that he only gave up one run early. But you can't ask for much more from your #5 guy.

He was being sarcastic...

There's an old reference

Why do so many major leaguers struggle with running to first... sheesh.

I remember when we were 10-11 and had no idea where the team was going. It wasn't looking great. Now we've clinched a playoff spot and people are losing their mind. Sure Mazara and Edwin stink. And we have some problems with pitching, especially with the injuries to Marshall and Bummer, but if a couple guys can get out of their slump, we can beat anyone.

Ummm... McCann's OPS was only .788 last year...

It was the same with the Reds guys they interviewed.

The K Zone on fox is off. The box was at or below Votto’s waist just now

Not sure I'm quite there yet... but very pleased so far. Also great to see the Kip Wells references in the broadcast tonight.

Rocking a new profile pic for this bizarro game with Reynaldo Lopez.

Cishek had a sub-3 ERA the last two years and has pitched less than 9 total innings. Ruiz's career WHIP is close to 2. Gotta give Cishek a bit more rope still.

Mazara has just over 30 at-bats... with a wonky pre-season. Also his OBP is actually above his career OBP right now. So if he's struggling but still managing to get on base somehow I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it. The guy's not exactly an all-star to begin with. That being said... not good against lefties.

What's the reason for worrying about launch angle? I personally like it when Eloy goes oppo all the time. I'm a long-time fan. But the last time I had a lot of time to follow the Sox no one talked about launch angle. So I'm genuinely curious.

Yes people in the Sox organization need to realize that you can also breathe through your nose. Lookin' at you Don Cooper!