Snopek

Not gonna lie, when all I saw was the thread title before clicking into the actual thread, I already had my response of “bad” all queued up.

Thorpe would have prevented the 24 inning scoreless streak and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Agree, that was a big loss. But again, while Cease was obviously not good, he is not “public enemy number one” no matter how hard you try willing it into existence.

Fortunately for the offense, all the Padres fans will remember is Dylan Cease pitching bad.

Got a feeling the Yankees are gonna make quick work of whoever they face in the ALCS (sorry royals)

Yes, he has been bad in the three(!) postseason starts he's made. That you think he's "missing the clutch gene" and is incapable of succeeding in the playoffs or whatever Skip Bayless ass take you're making here is obviously your right. But I truly don't care enough about the topic to see what your explanation is once he ends up fine over a larger sample size.

As much as you seem to want that to be the case, that’s not “all that they’ll remember.” I mean, you can look at the post game thread on their subreddit now to see what they’re saying. Spoiler: It’s not what you’re hoping for.

Nah. He’ll receive his fair share of criticism, as he should, but he played a big part in getting them to the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Padres offense got shutout in a bullpen game. If they lose tomorrow, it’ll be a group effort collapse.

Just like that, Pads are in trouble. Hard to see them surviving game 5 in LA.

Interesting. I thought they were a really complete team all season. Just ran into a hotter team/went cold at the wrong time (again).

Wheeler?

Leave the outfield as is and make the rest of the seating 12 decks.

Man the energy at Petco. I love playoff crowds.

Similarly, I can make a basketball shot just like Steph Curry and LeBron.

They’d need to sign a basketball to fit all the names, which would be a hell of a thing to own. A basketball signed by the 2024 Chicago White Sox is equal parts hilarious, stupid and amazing.

Never let reality get in the way of some overly cynical narrative.

This f*cking dude. What an absolute treat.

Royals Tigers ALCS LFG

Your definitions of these words are highly disputable.

I mean it’s your opinion and it’s subjective, so it’s completely disputable by definition. But anyway, even if Benetti was objectively terrible in calling big moments, there are so many other aspects to being a good play by play announcer than that.

Was "a little while back" 2021?

They have Bobby Witt Jr. We have Andrew Vaughn.

What

I’m all for dancing on the O’s grave, but that’s a silly comparison. That organization is light years ahead of the Sox. They will be competitive for quite a while.