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I don’t really mind Poles being there, but Warren can GTFO.

Isn’t this Burden’s first injury?

Side note: The Sox Sunday home uniforms should be the pope outfit. Just go all in.

Warren will take a lot of heat, and rightfully so, but he’s not doing this without George’s blessing. The same George who held a meeting with rookies before the last Packers game to explain to them how important the Bears-Packers rivalry is. Lol.

Thought Caleb had his best game of the season. He regularly hit on both the eye popping and the routine throws, while having very few (if any) of the “what are you doing” plays.

Surprised the bears are still trying to pass the ball as much as they are

I’ve never seen first basemen written out like that and it nearly broke my brain.

Well, yeah. And so would spending money on good players.

It sort of feels like the opposite of some of the earlier Vargas discourse. Vargas is more valuable to the Sox than he is to other teams, whereas it's possible that Quero is valued higher by other teams than he is the Sox at the moment. Which is another way of saying you don't have to trade him unless you really really love the return.

I definitely get that. I'm not all in on trading Quero by any means. But you can always look at it the other way too. If Teel ends up being the guy they and many of us think he can be while Quero regresses or fails to further develop, then you may have missed a great opportunity to bring in a potential future starting OF. It's definitely a risk. Trades are hard! That's why I would completely suck ass as a GM. Well, that and 100 other reasons.

How so? If you can get a promising OF in return then it's trading from a strength to improve a glaring weakness.

Yep, 19 inning win vs Boston and Iguchi with the game winning hit. I remember after that game thinking that no one was stopping them from repeating. Little did I know that would be the apex of the season and the beginning of the end.

Yep, that completely changed how I feel about Round 2.

Aside from the Eagles game, this is generally similar to how they’ve played most of their games. One bad half, one good half. As we’ve seen, it’s good enough to beat bad and mediocre teams, but this is the outcome I’d expect in a playoff game. The good news is I trust Ben and the coaching staff to continue getting this team to improve. And also, while I still believe the Packers are the better team, the Bears have shown they can absolutely hang with them. Been awhile since we could say that.

GB just on a different level than the Bears. It is what it is. But. Just win 2 of these next 5 games and you should be in the playoffs. That’s awesome and better than any of us could have expected.

Table 2 strictly for Uribe. I’ve heard he’s quite the character.

Yeah, I don’t really understand some of the reactions. We don’t like it when teams refuse to spend or try. But then we dismiss a contract like this as a mistake. Good luck finding that nearly impossible ideal middle ground.

I think we really need to start accepting that most deals for good players are not going to age well on the back half. It just is what it is. Getting past that reality, I love this for the Jays. They lock in a #2 starter while being squarely in their window to contend. And let’s not forget the division they have to deal with. Free agent splashes/overpays are more or less necessary.

Word. I will say I've been loving the Vuc fiery postgame interviews. Dude's been pissed, even after wins. And he's definitely not wrong.

What is this team?

Not a very inspiring first half. Sure feels like the bears are down by two touchdowns. f*** it, win ugly again.

Had a bad feeling the D was gonna finish this game with even more injuries. They’re not gonna be able to get off the field at all today.

I knew they were a mess of a franchise, but this is like Onion headline territory.

What? Like how is that even possible?

I think these are both true in that Vargas probably means much more to the Sox than he would to another team.