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Cause it was fun for me at least to watch a masterful pitcher orchestrate an entire game. To finish what he started. It was a beautiful part of baseball, knowing you would see an elite pitcher that night try to go deep in the game: I remember driving to the game with my dad, the most important thing would be what pitching matchup we'd see that night. How bout in 05, all those complete games in the postseason. Beautiful artwork on the mound. Pitchers throughout history who could go deep in games: Just look at the Hall of Fame list to list several. The Sox's best teams throughout history have had pitchers who could and would go deep in games. For me ... it's boring to know a pitcher will go 4 to 5 2/3 innings max. And it's sad. Just me. I may be weird but I long for Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, LaMarr Hoyt, Tom Seaver, Mark Buehrle ... so many more to mention. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer the day starting pitchers mattered more than one-inning wonders who take over in the sixth. Somebody important decided that a starting pitcher going through the order a third time was not necessarily a good thing.

All I did that was different in that post was not put IMO and not be polite. Why? this issue of W/L and pitchers not going more than six innings thoroughly ANGERS me. Sorry if my anger shows thru in a limited number of my posts when I get furious about an issue. The abandonment of W/L will have an effect on Hall of Fame status of pitchers in the future. It used to be a staple of how a starter got in. Nobody responds to me about that yet. Sorry I won't forget to put IMO on ALL my posts from now on. Otherwise I'm a troll.

The W/L controversy surrounding last night is dumb. I love the W/L stat but it's gonzo forever. The stat lovers who took over the game deemed it meaningless and pitchers aren't expected to even go more than six innings max anymore, so it's meaningless and should not even be a subject of discussion ever again. Thank goodness in 05 pitchers were allowed to throw complete games.

As far as the game .... great win. 3-1 in the bad weather. We'll all take it. I like when Tim Anderson contributes as he did tonight with the HR. Got to keep him fiery. He and Abreu are obviously the leaders. Sox have played a bit better, in fact, since Abreu spoke about the state of the team to the media after a recent game. The interviewin which he said everybody cares greatly.

Some of us are sad W/L no longer matters. In fact, good luck to a starting pitcher making the Hall of Fame in the future. It used to be almost entirely how many wins a pitcher recorded. Now with that not mattering, I guess we go by some ridiculous five-inning standard. It used to be special to wonder if a pitcher would win 20 games or in Wilbur Wood's case or Lamarr Hoyt's 30 games. Now? W/L means absolutely nothing and it's another of many reasons baseball is a huge bore.

Admittedly I don't watch as many games as I'd like, but I kind of enjoyed Foster's outing tonight. He reminded me of some former Sox setup man but I can't recall his name and don't want to check all the old rosters.

I wonder where Stoney parks his car. He said a mile walk away. I'd imagine it's tough to get a parking pass since I'm assuming there's not much parking around Wrigley.

Nice. 3-1 wins are gorgeous.

This would classify as a nice win. One more out.

Nice K. If I'm a Cub fan I'm incensed Heyward didn't bunt to try to get on base there.

I want three outs and a W.

Harrison is a crummy hitter IMO. 6-4-3.

Maybe Sox will win 3-1 then the bats will sizzle tomorrow.

Not trying to be a jerk, but Foster looked pretty good there. Any chance he could develop into a great set up man?

Nice pitch, Matt.

Has it rained the whole game? Can u imagine paying Sox-Cub prices and sitting thru this weather?

Boy that half inning turned out pathetic. So many hittable pitches. Sox better close out this W correctly.

Not even close to a homer. I thought it was crushed.

Unacceptable, Gavin. My main fault is when a pitcher obviously reeks, I can't stand when a Sox doesn't pelt a hit.

Bummer. Sheets can't bat against this guy? They yanking him?

This Cub pitcher blows. Anybody who does not blast a hit off him has no excuse.

Dare I say the Sox have woken up? If Sox can close this baby out they may be on the road back to .500. If they blow this game late, ouch.

Cause a lot of my posts end up shutting down threads as people get mad responding to me and I respond and then the thread closes. The times I have been banned pretty much appeared out of nowhere so I guess the permanent ban scares me.

This is a phenomenal post on many levels. In three short lines it says so much. You are not a born loser but it'd make a good strip on the Born Loser cartoon. Mom not knowing you won the race is amazing.

You don't think he's capable of using nuclear weapons before he dies if indeed he is ill? He is a despicable human being. I think he is capable of anything bad.