Autumn Dreamin

Wasted a challenge on nothing, hope it iced their pitcher too

Doubt Kremer sees the 6th regardless, but I'd love to force an extra up from the MIN pen by not letting him finish this inning

Nice catch by Romo

I'll take it

Sale CGSO against the Dodgers 98.6mph on pitch 109 to end it with his 11th K

I'd be surprised if his next start is for Charlotte.

So far so good for Dart

Martin is supposed to have a rehab outing today.

Getz was asked again this week about extending Murakami. Same as a few months ago, he repeated that they want to keep him "long term" and feel that the interest is mutual. Said they have "had some conversations" but didn't elaborate beyond that. Kinda implied it would be an offseason task with finishing out the season strong being the more immediate priority.

Replaced Brazoban who went on the IL

Peters has officially been promoted

70 wins in August, who'da thunk? Your first place Chicago White Sox win the series, the homestand, and the tiebreaker over TEX while returning to a season high 7 games over. Shaky start from Burke to say the least, but he did just enough to keep the game from getting out of hand and buy the bats some time to get going. Venable dug in his arsenal for a Nuke and a Cannon to get a big extra day of rest for several pen arms ahead of the off day. Bats also did a great job to make sure we didn't need to sweat too much (didn't stop some folks from still trying of course). Everyone reached base except Grichuk who was PH for early (and robbed on a hard hit liner). Multi-reach games for the bench mob of Acuna, Rodgers, and Doyle chipping in at the bottom of the order. Meanwhile Peters is so hot they're going to start calling him Bananas Foster Fun note, 70 ties an MLB record for the most wins following 3+ 100 loss seasons. The Sox obviously have plenty of time to keep adding on.

Better him than one of the overworked guys in the pen

Kinda surprised that ended up going for two bases

Cannon was strictly on a starter's routine in Charlotte, not totally surprising he looks uncomfortable coming in out of the pen after also warming yesterday

After his second Sox HR, Doyle now has more HR in 34 ABs at the Rate than in 53 ABs at Coors. Also a higher SLG (.471 vs. .264) and more RBI (7 vs. 3)

Would love a Braden Montgomery HR to complete the OF trifecta

Good series for Doyle

Improved contact rate and he's Yordan-lite at the plate

What does he do with inherited baserunners? Newcomb.