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Ick.

9/5: Magic number = 18 Sox win Cleveland loses, so the lead is back up to 10.5. Magic number to eliminate Minnesota is 7. Minnesota could be eliminated as early as Wednesday. Tampa leads the Yankees by 7.5, Boston by 8 Houston's lead over Oakland and Seattle is 5.5. Sox now 0.5 behind Houston for the 2nd seed and home field advantage for the ALDS. Yankees now lead Boston by only 0.5 for the first spot, with Boston 4 clear of Oakland and Seattle for the second spot, Toronto at 5 back. Over in the National League, the Dodgers and Giants flip-flopped spots for the third straight day, with the Dodgers now in front by 0.5. Cincinnati leads San Diego by a half game for the 2nd WC spot with Saint Louis 2.5 back and Philly 3 back. Philly also within 2 of Atlanta for the division lead.

Suddenly, Bummer's ground balls are finding infielders instead of holes.

He did it!

You can give Grandal all the 3-0 green lights you want, he's not gonna swing.

Looks like someone was able to trick Jose into thinking it's still August.

OK, I guess I remembered it incorrectly.

Yeah but for how long? For the first 3 years, you're coaching mostly the previous guy's players.

Texas Tech will balk at not being in the same division as the other Texas schools. My guess is: Cincy, WVU, UCF, ISU, KU, KSU in the same division

Is it possible Keuchel is hurt but not telling anyone so he can get to 160 innings?

9/4: Magic number = 20 Sox and Cleveland both lose, so the lead holds at 9.5. Magic number to eliminate Minnesota is 9. Tampa leads the Yankees by 6.5, Boston by 8 Houston's lead over Oakland is 5.5 and 6.5 over Seattle. Sox now 1.5 behind Houston for the 2nd seed and home field advantage for the ALDS. Yankees now lead Boston by only 1.5 for the first spot, with Boston 3 clear of Oakland for the second spot. Seattle at 4 back and Toronto at 5 back continue to hang at the very edge of the playoff picture. Over in the National League, the Giants are back to a game lead over the Dodgers. Cincinnati leads San Diego by a half game for the 2nd WC spot with Saint Louis 1.5 back and Philly 2 back. Philly also within 2 of Atlanta for the division lead.

He can't hit the edges of the zone. Everything is either 3 inches off the plate or center cut.

SoxTalk in the afternoon: "Let's pay market value for a starting pitcher!" SoxTalk in the evening: Endlessly cursing the one starting pitcher we paid market value for.

Virginia Tech was a one-coach wonder, much like Florida State is proving to be.

Yes, but I doubt they were planning on two at the same time.

If the effects of the vaccine were long lasting, you wouldn't need the third shot. It's not like the good effects can wear off in 6 months but the bad ones can pop up 2 years later.

Don't know why the hell Leury is batting 6th but other than that it's about the best lineup we can put out there right now.

Lucky for you the FDA is not controlled by big pharm or either political party, so you don't have to trust those entities to feel good about getting a vaccine the FDA has approved. Also, the booster shot is the same stuff as the first two just some more of it, so I don't know why you'd be scared of something you've already had two of with little to no problems.

People aren't thinking for themselves. They're buying into what they're reading on social media and hearing on OAN. They don't stop to think that what they're consuming might not make logical sense. My mom had a patient who years ago had beat cancer twice, both with experimental treatments that were on EUA and not yet fully approved, who she had in the ICU with COVID because he wouldn't take the COVID vaccine because it was only EUA and not fully approved. He didn't make it. The only difference was that nobody was filling up his Facebook feed with false info about the dangers of cancer treatments that are "only" EUA. Until you find a way to convince people that they're being lied to, it's not going to get better. The only thing that seems to be getting through to people is having family members die.

Yeah, that wasn't worth staying up for. Thankfully, nobody other than Mexico got 3 points last night so no damage done. Not having VAR in WC qualifying is total bullshit. So is playing on a field that bad. So were those announcers.

https://twitter.com/ryan_a_herrera/status/1433818886655315990?s=20 Getting an error imbedding, but Ross and Hoyer both out with breakthrough COVID, Andy Green to manage in the interim.

US World Cup qualifying starting right now on CBSSN.

So the Sox were responsible for the AL player of the month and the NL rookie of the month.

Sure, Theo wants to jump on the bandwagon now that they have Hand.