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A devil's advocate would say it was pretty effective disruptor for their first attempt at world wide bio-warfare domination and you ain't seen nothin yet when Round Two hits. Those making the assumption the virus was man made may have a very wary, disdainful view of China and/or Russia. People criticize the USA for many atrocities whereas some feel as if China, while ruthless, is not getting its atrocities talked about enough (kissy relationship with NBA and other businesses that want to do business with China). Just giving the devil's advocate side. p.s. Did USA officials ever figure out who hacked the pipeline yet and why?

I see no winner's thread. Nice victory. Some loud hits, good pitching. Glad Jose avoided getting hurt on that play late. Maybe his neck will be sore tomorrow.

Looks like a good draft pick by the Sox. Good little hitter. Seems like the kind of guy who is only going to get better and be a guy that gets on base at a productive clip. If he can stay healthy he should have a nice career. Not everybody has to hit 20 home runs. He's going to be a better than average second baseman offensively and hopefully average defensively.

Beautiful hit, Billy.

Some say YES and the next one will be the big big big one now that they know they have the power to do it and the power to maybe just release something in America. We never thought the USA would be shut down for 15 months. Anything is possible in the future regarding biological warfare and attacks on our grid. Just a thought. Happy Memorial Day all.

Oh my goodness. Pirates first baseman needs to concentrate just a bit. Wow.

It would help to fire all the umps and start over if they could. Umps are a really bad collection of employees. They don't care about the good of the game. They care about power. They won't speed up the game; they won't call a strike a strike. Very sad. The man on second base rule is dumb. The 7 inning games are very dumb in DHs. Pitchers simply can't go deep in games. No pitchers will ever make the Hall of Fame in the future. No pitchers from this generation and future generations will ever make the Hall of Fame again. Relievers simply can't sustain excellence. Starters can't go deep in games. W/Ls don't matter any more. Baseball is very very boring right now. Hitters work the counts deep then either strike out, hit a HR or walk. Shifts are insanely maddening and dull.

I care. Baseball is dying. 3:15 is too long for 11 measley hits and a few walks.

I just saw it took 3:19 to play a 4-0 game with 11 total hits? Good luck baseball. Baseball is about dead with anybody under 50 they say. I can see why. 3:19??? There were seven walks to go with the 11 hits. Wake up baseball. Boring!

I sure hope this is true. I don't see it but I trust Caulfield. I won't comment on how I see things. Would be against board rules I'd think.

Of course some people believe that. Some people believe China and Russia are up to no good regarding their rival, the USA and regarding possible world domination. I watch some Australian TV and they have given up on the USA as a superpower friend who will help them if China ever attacks. They say we are no longer a superpower, in fact, we are behind China, Russia and N. Korea. Of course some believe we have enemies. Will I give my opinion? Heck no I won't discuss such issues .... not in 2021. EVER.

That bizarre leg kick is pretty substantial IMO.

Not to be a d--k but Crochet's leg kick is annoying and ineffective. New motion needed.

Joe ... Joe ... Joe.

Cardinals have 10 hits; no more please.

Yup yup. Key to special years is to go .500ish on the road and kick major butt record-wise at home.

Here's a statement nobody can argue with ... Moncada is a fine baseball player (he's a good hitter and a darn nice fielder). He just is, folks.

He almost beat that out. Dismal at bat but good hustle by Garcia. Sox are snakebit offensively right now. A 2-0 lead woulda been nice.

All stores in my town here are still requiring masks. I haven't been in one without the requirement on the door. This area, people don't believe the CDC guidelines. They are acting as if we're still in a lockdown basically. Most fast food places only drive thru. Barber shops, dentists, all still with the mask requirement and weird check in policies keeping you in your car a long while. The fact the country is loosening requirements even though tons of people haven't been vaccinated is strange. There doesn't seem to be much concern the anti vax people will catch COVID which is why I get skeptical about how serious a problem COVID ever has been. I mean shouldn't the CDC and Joe and Kamala be concerned that just 58 percent of the country's peeps have had one shot? With all these unvaxed people out there, you'd think the spectre of them all catching COVID and needing hospitalizing would be as great as ever. This is all weird and with no elections on the horizon for a good while I'm always tempted to wonder how much politics factored into stuff this past 15 months. Just talking out loud. I still am vaxxed and masked.

Companies that make people work 60 and don't pay overtime are despicable. Kudos to you.

I like your posts Ragah but like me in the past, you post too much. Just my opinion. Fewer is better IMO;

I agree but it was worth a shot (maybe unfair to Hendriks) cause Bummer was toast. He was not gonna get out of the inning. If Hendriks was an overpowering lights out closer today, it was Sox only hope.

This one is not on Tony. Bummer and Hendricks stunk. Case closed. He brought in Hendricks in a smart move. Bummer was not going to get out of the inning,, Might as well take a chance on the closer being lights out, which he wasn't. Sox bullpen right now is not set up for success. Sox lineup is decimated by injury. The team is what it is. A contender in the Central Division.

Let's just be realistic. Sox with all these injuries will contend all year in the Central but are just another Central team. Injuries have decimated the big picture right now. Goal: Win the weak division, get reinforcements for playoffs and also make one trade before the deadline. Sox do not have an elite team right now. They do have a team that can win the Central and win it all with guys coming back from injuries and making one good trade at the deadline. Grandal baby you got to start hitting, though the walks are nice.

I get madder and madder when I read takes on Tony. Everybody knows he threw Mercedes under the bus and supported the Twins. I read in one piece the line, "It's almost as if he wants Mercedes to fail." This article is pretty spot on regarding Tony's mess that he caused, not Yermin. Unless Tony apologizes to his team for not standing up for individual player he should resign or be suspended a month. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/six-problems-with-how-tony-la-russa-handled-the-yermin-mercedes-situation/