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tricep actually

So we are playing 4 of's, no 3b, and someone known as ronnie gonzalez. Collins cathing LOL.

shortest straw has been pulled for you

I think the ambulance is coming for the tribe...

it is malpractice ever throwing joboo...I mean Bradlley a fastball.

yep, I can confirm when i switch over to see what the tribe is doing or listening to them on xm radio when driving, hedges is getting big hits.

no way, he may be in the rotation if/when Rodon signs elsewhere. Heck we may need to go 6 man rotation anyway with Kopech having innings limited.

or Rodon goes 3-4 innings followed by Kopech's 3 innings

in 2008 I was a 38 yr old Teacher/baseball coach with a 3 year old German shepherd who was the best dog I ever had. Now I'm 51 Teacher Baseball coach who misses that dog greatly despite now having an all black and and and all white German shepherd sister pair ... they are sox colors. In 83 I was 13 when Tito Fucking Landrum broke my heart. In 77 I discovered white sox baseball and Richie Zisk as a 7 year old.

And as far as sox experience goes, Despite 2020 being poo pooed as phony, those were real playoff games and experience for most are young line-up...was that not valuable...because someone claimed that it wasn't? Still, Grandal, Hamilton, Keuchel, Lynn, Kimbrel, Hendriks, & Tepera all have playoff experience, or does that no longer count when they put on a whitesox jersey?

So? Yes, experience helps, but doesn't guarantee squat or predict anything. Teams with great starting pitching get more leeway. Teams with great bullpens get more leeway. Teams with great defense, hitting, team speed, etc get more leeway. These are tired narratives anyway. If the dodgers, astros, rays, cards people will site experience. If the sox or jays win the narrative will be they are too young inexperienced to feel the pressure or some such nonsense. There is very little separating most playoff teams from each other. Who plays the best and gets some breaks will win out. There is no best team anymore. 1 team will be fortunate to win 3 consecutive series against the best teams in baseball. If they played the playoff round again immediately following the world series you probably have a new champion.

As would most everyone. Don''t get me wrong we have warts, but so does are opponents. Hell I bet similar discussions are occurring on other boards. I look at it this way in the AL: Starting Pitching: Whitesox, Astros 2nd Relief Pitching: Rays, Sox second Offense Astros, maybe blue Jays we can win this thing or be 3 games an out.

because criteria keeps being added when examples are given. It started out with finishing poorly and the converse. then it only applies with inexperienced or experienced teams. Then Northern teams with blue uniforms in Northern climes. But to play along, The aforementioned 84 tigers were inexperienced played 500 baseball after starting amazing won in the playoffs. If we go 10-1 the rest of the way does that portend we will be great in the playoffs?

the 69 mets weren't experienced. You can find exceptions for any of these narratives. The playoffs are a different animal. No one knows how the sox will play. Humans are weird. You can't fake urgency. The sox are coasting. They can tell themselves to knuckle down but it doesn't work that way. Think to when we have played great in the 2nd half... Won a great series against Astros after being embarrassed against them earlier, crosstown series, Boston series. Automatic adrenaline rush for those games. Royals, and tigers...not so much. I expect we will play well in postseason. Will it be enough? The differences between winning & losing in the playoffs is razor thin.

for the converse...the 1984 tigers started like 35-4 and played .500 the rest of the way. dominated the Padres in the world series. Oh. and the 2006 Cardinals were barely 500 for the year, won the division, played 1 good month of baseball (October) and won it all. 1969 mets barely over 500 as well.

I don't think Romy is particularly fast. He wouldn't have scored from first the other day with 2outs on that extra base hit to rf had Adolis Garicia thrown to the cutoff to home instead of 2b. Yet, there was STILL a play at the plate. I would guess he runs about as well as Mendick.

Unless the poster doesn't want Marcus Semien for 2b but a lesser primate like the rally monkey.

Cesar was batting first and having a good offensive year in Cleveland. It is not really shocking that he would slump in a new environment. Do not be surprised if he gets big hits in the playoffs. He is NOT terrible and will most likely be our second baseman next year.

Houck pitched at collinsville high school, in collinsville illinois

Could you imagine the angst on this board if we only had a 3.5 game lead in the division as most division leaders have in a normal year.

who do you want to throw with 2 starters down?

marine layer

gotta say, I love the A's uniforms

Giolitto, Cease, And Kopech say hi

2000 white sox. Whole staff got hurt/dead arm going into the playoffs.