Stinky Stanky

Not arguing about Kopech, but there were a couple solid hits off him. He can't just throw his 4 seamer down the middle. His stuff is dazzling, as you say.

When you're in a slump, go the opposite way. Never gets old. I'll even forgive him for making the last out of the inning at third base by trying to advance on the throw home. Any Soxtalk poster could tell him you never make the last out at third base. While I'm ranting here. When Yermin singled on that high pitch with two strikes on him, he used his usual leg kick instead of his two-strike swing without it. Just saying.

You're accurately describing a mess. Time to start bringing in arms and sorting them out.

I don't think he's done one this year. Could he have gotten the memo? Or just a year older?

Shoemaker threw some nasty shit himself, I'm just happy our guys were nastier. I give credit where it's due, but I'm glad we got the cash.

Baffling. Innings limit for Kopech? If so, no faith in Heuer or Crochet, understandable. Why the 9th for Bummer? Again, baffling.

I was equally impressed. Not exactly hoping they lose, but what the hey?

Too bad they got lucky against the Cubs who played them tough but not tough enough.

Gotta love guys who can run the bases. Nice to see some team speed around here. Been too rare in the past. TA, I know you're a team leader, but you should have deferred to Moncada on that popup. It was his ball. Had me thinking of a few years ago when Beckham took out the entire right side, then he pops up as an in-game analyst. Sorry to say, he's not that good at it. None of the guys on Comcast are.

I'm embarrassed to say that I meant OBP. That actually makes sense. Age related dementia.

I got the answer for him. Stop batting left handed. ? Can't hurt, might help.

For sure he's making my love of the OPS stat look silly. Weakest high OPS guy I ever could imagine, to this point. Hitting? Show me any time you want, Yas.

The Royals won a WS with that approach, so KC announcers would be aware of when they see it. 11 would have been a nice number, but is it crooked? Gotta feel for the nice crowd in the stands when their team is down 8 by the time they get comfy in their seats. Talk about boring.

I recall Reinsdorf being against it before Navarro. He made an exception for Jaime. Sometime the owners are smarter than the people who run the team and that applies in other cities and other sports as well.

Len and Jason didn't know the rule either. I wonder if Stoney did.. Either way, TLR was taking it in the rear with tornadic force on the 670 postgamer.

Funny and serious at the same time. I might substitute Ditka for Yerminator, but right on the money. We have some nasty pitching.

If you leave the politics out of it, it becomes just another cheap shot. Stories are hard to come by in the Journalism Business nowadays. I cranked my pixels to the max and was able to see my old Chicago home. It's the bluest spot of all! ?

Isn't TLR's mother's side Cuban? That explains it! ?

Hendriks looks so much better when he has more than one pitch going. The slider was working today. Don't forget to bring it along next game, Liam.

That would be too much like the losing politicians taking analyst jobs on TV to criticize the winners. Except this would be uglier. I'd avoid listening to it.

If Grandal wants to play offense with half a field, what's the defense supposed to do? Yas has to adjust. The old "Where's he gonna play" story. An embarrassment of riches.

If anyone enjoys watching Alex Colome pitch, then they enjoy rain delays. At least Hendriks throws the ball fairly frequently.?

Making bigtime sense here, just 'cuz it's so, so true. Not going to get an audience from the "You always get what you pay for" crowd, but it's still true. You and I must belong to the "You always get what you pay for, except when you don't get what you pay for" crowd. Remember when the bozo we called Juan Disgusto added a new pitch and became the hottest reliever in the NL? RP's are a tricky bunch to evaluate.

Take it back to G2 and 3 of the 2020 playoffs. He gets a hit in either one and it's a different world.

For certain, it's very good at preventing fatalities.