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Didn't watch one second of the Olympics. Saw some highlights on social media. Did read about what was happening. Favorite athlete: Tamyra Mensah-Stock, female wrestling, born in Chicago now lives in Texas. Unabashed joy after winning while wearing the flag. Magnetic smile and personality. NBC woulda been smart to make her the face/main story of the Games. Also my favorite athlete runnerup: Kevin Durant, men's basketball, unabashed joy after winning gold. True leader of team making sure team won. Wasn't the greatest team but came a long way in a short period of time. Nobody ever said it would be easy all the time. Also fave athletes honorable mention: Sydney McLaughlin-Dalilah Muhammad going 1-2 in hurdles. Unabashed joy and patriotism exhibited after phenomenal race. Historically low TV ratings for Olympics. With so few cities bidding for the games, talk they will soon be extinct. Hard to imagine teams not boycotting the China winter games. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-08-09/15-5-million-viewers-nbc-tokyo-games-least-watched-olympics-ever

Picking up the game now. See Abreu has another HR. He's quietly putting together another delightful season, folks. Hail to Jose. Let's win.

Is Eloy really human? Wow. Reminds me of Dave Winfield only with more power. He is the definition of beast.

I disagree it was less enjoyable cause the Cubs stink. To go in their park and win all three was great. Glad Anderson talked Tony into playing instead of his taking a day off. Shows Anderson really wanted to sweep those bums. Hey, when you have the better team, go ahead and sweep, baby,

Congrats on being there. What's Wrigley like these days? Clean? Dirty? Still all college kids in the bleachers? Are there Great concessions and bathrooms now after renovation? Is it as beautiful still as before? Any good food there? Back in the day only "good" food to eat at Wrigley was Ron Santo pizza. At Sox park, yumm. Corned beef, roast beef my faves. Also ethnic food and just an all around dining experience.

I watched a little early on. Rodon is special, folks. Hope he keeps it up. He is a damn fine pitcher. Sox are stepping up. Cubs got their attention after Sox had the stretch of playing all those lousy Central teams and Sox are focused for this series, baby. Tony is our best manager in a long, long time, yes even better than my idol, Ozzie. It's nice to have a veteran manager Hall of Famer who knows how to expertly run a game. I wouldn't be surprised if Tony figures a way to sweep these Cubbies in Wrigley. Do it Tony. Pick the right pieces to play Sunday.

Everything in my mind always boils down to the Randy Quaid character in Major League. I mean I hate to be a d--k but what about today's game made it so non-enjoyable for a Sox fan? Sox blew the lead on a clutch 3-run wind aided Cub home run. It only tied the game. When Stoney reminded the Sox had the top of the order coming up, I thought, 'This will be a nice win, winning even after blowing the late lead.' Cub fans took off after Sox exploded in the 10th. That was awesome to see as a Sox fan. Cub fans gave up. Also Goodwin's blast was special. Yes it was annoying again when Cubs cut it to two in the bottom of the inning. But in my mind, if you can't enjoy that win, you might need to consider professional help. Cause it's still a "game" and whenever you play a game, BOTH SIDES are trying to win. For me, realizing how crushing that was to the Cubs and how neat it was to see Goodwin all smiles again, it was one of the most fun wins of the year. To me, if you hate that win, you just are the Randy Quaid character in Major League and you are only gonna be able to enjoy this ride when it's all over. Last pitch of the clinching World Series win. SOX WIN THE PENNANT! Sorry if I have a bad post here, I just truly can't understand the sentiment of anybody who is a Sox fan not enjoying that game. The Cub homer only tied it, folks. Sox still were in good shape entering the 10th.

When I played sports I personally enjoyed any win, no matter how I performed, really no matter how the team performed. Enjoy the win, sir. Winning isn't everything as they say, it's the only thing. Just-Win. Baby.

I disagree. I enjoyed watching from 7th inning on. It was a good game. Say what you want these are 2 rivals whether some of the spoil-sports on this board wanna believe it or not. Cubs did a nice job of shockingly erasing a late 3-run deficit. I enjoyed the Sox rally in the 10th and some good pitching by the closer. Call me a pollyanna but I enjoyed the win.

Exciting victory. I watched from the 7th inning on. GOODWIN! Please give Goodwin a break next time he makes a key out. That's at least 2 games recently he won single-handedly. He drove that pitch beautifully into the bleachers. Lot of good things about the victory. I many times get mad./despondent but had a feeling the best team would win today. Blowing a 4-1 lead sucked, sure, but top of the order was coming up like Stoney said and I for some reason had a 'good' feeling. Sox win!

Jose is still having a good year. Hell he's got a zillion RBIs and 20 homers so I shouldn't be so picky. Maybe it's just the games I watch but the games I've watched he hasn't seemed to be raking as he did last year when I watched. It's almost like a jinx. When I watch, he's not typical Jose. See the ball mash the ball. You said he's too aggressive tonight. I think Sox hitters are too passive. They take a ton of pitches.

The Sox record of late has been quite pedestrian.

Moncada should hit second, not Grandal.

I can get as mad as the next guy about the Sox when they play lousy, but if you send somebody a death threat over their performance (Sixer fans to Ball) you need to reassess your life. More importantly, you need to be thrown in jail. Can't go around sending death threats to people. Hopefully anybody who does that will be caught and prosecuted and not let off. People need to get a grip. Also I'd love to see Twitter disbanded. Same ol same ol. Most people on Twitter who post personal insults and threats do so with screen names so it's impossible for them to face prosecution when they take it too far.

Now Tony can't give Jose a day off tomorrow cause it might look like he's benching him for not running on the ball to the screen. Unwritten rules. Do not show up your star players.

He's an amazing third baseman on defense, though.

Seems like it'd be mighty easy to get him out "right now." Whoa nelly he was set up for the slop and feebly waved at a pair of strike threes his last two at bats. If I'm a pitcher he gets no fastballs in the zone ... ever.

I know some people who really have had their energy zapped by COVID.

It's hard to be critical of the Sox cause of their full body of work, so I'll resist any temptation, surf a bit then go to bed.

This is why I always complain about prices. Can you imagine if you were a normal person who saved some money to bring your 2 nephews to the game? You spend for great seats on a Wednesday night, parking, food, food, food, soft drinks, beer for you, souvenirs ... and it turns out you picked one of these rotten, horrific games. Sad if this is the game you budgeted for. Sleepwalking. p.s. If Sox rally to win, my mistake. It'd be an epic game to be at if they recover and win.

So hard to hit slow junk. I'm surprised pitchers ever throw a fastball in the zone. Why would you ever throw Eloy or Abreu a hittable fastball?

But I hate losing to Royals and Cubs.

Good win. No need to lose any more games to these bums.

Love you Seby. 3 bombs in one game. This is what makes baseball great. We talk about all of baseball's problems and rightly so. But to have Zavala hit his first three home runs in MLB in the same game? Priceless. Every Sox fan in America should buy Seby a beer.

And if you gamble in Vegas, table game minimums are up. Bring a stack of bills for your initial stake especially in craps. Downtown may have some lower minimums.