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4 hours ago, maloney.adam said:
I don't think they use Co-champions anymore. If you win the tiebreaker that means you win the division completely. In 2008 when we won the tiebreaker game, that was the case. Unless I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s how it works.
In 2001, Houston / Cardinals tie, broken by a tie-breaker and not a Game 163, was the first example of two teams claiming a "co-division championship".
Before Division Titles and the regular season meant something. Like all other aspects of MLB, ownership greed has rendered the regular season a marathon length exhibition season, followed by a few dozen games which actually matter in terms of revenue and a "champion" played by a majority of teams not good enough to win a five team division.
"Wild cards" expanded from two to four and now ten teams, or a majority of the sixteen teams competing for a "championship". Sorry, but if you cannot beat four other teams in a lengthy season, you shouldn't be able to complete for a championship.
I follow the season because of Rotisserie baseball, but the expansion has made the playoffs a farce which I rarely watch.
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1 hour ago, JuliusO1274 said:
Grandal should be 5th and Abreu and Eloy 3rd-4th
That negates his main attribute, walking to allow the primary run producers to drive him in.
Putting Grandal 2nd and Moncada 5th (or behind Roberts if still ill/slumping) also works.
Hope Grandal returns for the final series.
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Like the lineup!
Parrot went two for three yesterday.Mazara out.
Would lie to hear which relievers are not available. Have to assume Foster, with Colome questionable baring an injury update.
Have to also assume Grandal is PH / Emergency only beyond a further update.
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30 minutes ago, hi8is said:
Remember how they fell apart though until the last couple games of the season? And the Indians were ballin all out?
Wasn't the biggest Hawk fan, but my favorite Hawk moment I heard after I came home from THE regular season game of 2005. Was three rows from where the HR landed.
HR @ 7:30 mark, Hawk's "JOOOOOOE CREDE!!!!!!!" my favorite non-funny Hawk moment @ 7:48.
Favorite White Sox Third Baseman of All Time:
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16 hours ago, tray said:
I am concerned that he isn't hitting the ball as hard and therefore is not providing the home run threat that he did in July and August.
https://www.si.com/mlb/whitesox/features/a-dive-into-luis-roberts-september-slump
Great article, thanks for posting.
Robert will have a great career, just hope he can bounce back a bit for the playoffs.
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17 minutes ago, harkness99 said:
here is a silver lining... if we lose the division then maybe we don't play against Cleveland - who we suck against.
I rarely b**** about umpiring, but the only match-up I fear for the White Sox this postseason is having to face Angel Hernandez.
We are assembling video of all the bad calls tonight by Angel Hernandez. It's 3 hours long.
— Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) September 22, 2020
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On 9/21/2020 at 10:08 AM, bmags said:
Crazy how I still read this similar to the Christmas Carol character cratchett instead of crow-shay.
With Tiny Nick at second.
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5 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:
This won't be a great undertaking like it was for Giolito because he changed his arm swing. Cease's arm swing is fine so there's no reason to make a radical adjustment. It's his delivery that's messed up. All he has to do is change his tempo to add some rhythm and timing to his delivery and he'll be fine. Cease is certainly athletic enough to make it an easy adjustment.
Would like the Sox to make a major play for Ethan Katz this offseason, especially if McCann isn’t returning. There are many pitchers who could benefit.
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It’s nights like these I wish Rongey was here, facing the callers., contemplating Hari Kari.
Go Sox!
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2 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
In a way, I don’t mind them getting the bad baseball out of their system before the playoffs start.
Agreed, hate seeing them lose, but this is the week to play bad vs. the alternative. Going to try to find the full Ricky Renteria press conference after going out for a walk to blow off some steam and burn off the two beer calories I had today.
Cheers Dick Allen, remember you from WSI, glad to see you are still following the team closely and posting here.
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7 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
He cannot admit he made the Ruiz call. It would cost him money and games.
You make a good point, unless Joe went to the mound and had to make a decision with an injured Foster. Cooper still plays a role in terms of working with the bullpen catcher and pitchers to determine who is available and who is not. Still haven't heard a reason the past decade why he is still here.
Gonzalez needs more time to warm up than a typical reliever. Colome was the first option, if he doesn't have back spasms, and or Robert caught the ball he should have near the wall, ballgame is likely the White Sox'. If Bummer returns and with Crochet's emergence, the Sox still have one of the best bullpens in the game. The starters need to get to the sixth.
I remember when everyone crapped the bed on WSI against Cleveland toward the end of the 2005 season, Joe Crede won it with an extra inning game and then went on to roll from then on. Then again, they had four veteran starters, this team has one and an emerging starter. Lopez is their third best starter in September, against higher quality opponents than Dunning or Cease faced, likely will be bypassed if the Sox need a forth playoff starter. At least he has played well enough to make the roster.
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21 minutes ago, southsideirish71 said:
If Ricky is not calling the shots when the division is on the line and lets others do it for him. Fire him then yesterday. Its not like they removed him from the stadium. He was probably 20 feet away calling the game.
Rick told Joe to pitch Foster, said McEwing made the call to switch. Rick is stuck with decades long Friends of Jerry, McEwing was brought in by Ventura, Cooper over four decades.
Hahn's not going to allow Ricky to do anything with these two, they are lifers as well.
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Just now, Harold's Leg Lift said:
Super Joe made a bad decision.
Did Weekend at Cooper's have any input? Still haven't heard why he's still here after 32 years.
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Detroit just tied the Twins.
Anderson is within .003 of LeMahieu after his 0-4 night.
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4 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said:
you're blind if you think Robert is worth 50 million dollars
He will likely be worth more. Not a Hahn fan, but acquiring Eloy, Abreu and Robert were his the best moves, even if the White Sox do not win another game this season.
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7 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:
Ricky definitely made that call from the locker room.
EDIT: Ricky stated Colome was not available due to back spasms.
I too have issues at times with Rick Renteria's decisions, but the only positive I can say this decade for Cooper is he didn't try to stop Giolito after Lucas said enough is enough with the Cooper way, and worked with his High School pitching coach and James McCann.
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Battling back was the only good take away today, Parrot got two hits, so hopefully he can build on that. Ricky should start both Engel and Dyson tomorrow, let Eloy DH and give Grandal another day off to heal, as he likely won't be 100% this soon. Give Giolito the best defense to win.
These are the types of games the team won as recently as a week ago, just a bad stretch of baseball at a very inopportune time. Glad it's this week and not next.
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Robert needs to practice with the wall before games. Looked like Eloy out there.
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1 minute ago, Heads22 said:
Adam Engel has been a godsend this year, strangely enough
Well he is no Dan Pasqua or Nicky Delmonico, that's for certain.
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Just now, SonofaRoache said:
Tigers had bases loaded and nobody out and screwed up.
To be fair, the White Sox also had with one out and Nicky at bat.
#Team McCann hoping for a hit here.
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Anderson 1-4 so far, but gained ground on 0-3 LeMahieu after 7 in
TorontoBuffalo.LeMahieu .358 Anderson .353
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1 minute ago, pcq said:
I'm not here for participation trophy or dating game alternate.
The Sox have Kopech for the latter, perhaps a future year for the former.
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Not only was today Lopez' most effective outing, it was also his longest in terms of pitches. Hopefully he can pitch well Sunday, and be counted on in the playoffs when a long man is needed.
- 7/26: 2/3 IP / 31 Pitches / 4 Earned Runs (Min)
- 8/22: 3 1/3 / 50 / 2 (@ CHC)
- 8/28: 4 / 70 / 2 (KC)
- 9/2: 1 2/3 / 53 / 1 (@Min)
- 9/12: 5 / 75 / 0 (Det)
- 9/17: 5 1/3 / 83 / 3 (Min)
- 9/22: 5 / 85 / 1 (@ Cle)
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Just now, harkness99 said:
Bennetti really has no clue so many times... I knew that was gone off the bat
But bennetti thought it was just a fly ball,,, until he realized it wasn;t...
To be fair, Andy Masur also started the call as though it was a deep fly ball, until it wasn't.
Hard to call the game off of a computer monitor.
Vaughn is on Sox post season list
in Pale Hose Talk
Posted · Edited by South Side Hit Men
Hahn clarified eligibility last week during his press conference, and struck down some misconceptions including the Sept 15 active roster deadline date bantered about here and elsewhere. The rules regarding the expanded playoffs, including taxi squads, the elimination of the bogus extra inning rule for playoff games, and other aspects can be found here:
https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/mlb-announces-expanded-playoffs-for-2020
The roster rules can be found here: http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/postseason-roster-rules-eligibility
Hahn indicated the White Sox playoff roster will be submitted to the league on the date it is due to allow maximum flexibility among the 40 players eligible.