Autumn Dreamin

9 game homestand vs. a wildcard rival, a division rival, and the crosstown rival… Sox come out of it 7-2. Their starter didn't have it today, their closer didn't have it (bad luck/calls aside), and they stranded the winning run at 2nd in the 9th...but still came through with a win vs. a Cubs team with the 3rd best record in baseball. Really feels like this team has earned a bit more than people calling the game when they go down 2 early or give up 1 late. They aren’t going to win all of them, but they are going to fight like hell. Sox improve to 24-22. Win 24 last year came over a month later in the season (June 20)...and was paired with 52 losses. 3 hits, 5 ABS overturns, and a massive walkoff dong for EQ. He's too young and too talented to give up on. Top of the order can hang with a lot of teams, and the role guys have been finding their own ways to chip in. Let's mess around and win another west coast road trip (might need another fresh arm...), and then we'll see what they're really made of with a 10 game run vs. the division. CLE won again (thanks for nothing, Reds), so still 1 GB.

He needed that in the worst way

f*** YES QUERO

He has like 5 overturns today

FYI you do get a challenge restored for extras

Let's get it done, come on boys

I mean, game over without the error or iffy umping. But okay, let's walk it off

Colt Emerson getting called up for the series starting tomorrow

And MLB umps have been instructed to start using the same 45 degree line visually for their calls, which is why it feels like Sox pitchers have had a hard time getting check swing strikes at times

I LOVE THIS TEAM

Go ahead 3 run shot for Bones in the 8th

Wouldn't hate Taylor starting the 7th with the stuff he has today

More on Keller scouting Mune: Fuller was also in: Satoshi Takahashi, the Sox NBP scout hired last year, reports from Japan: Mune, on the clubhouse fit: Vargas on Mune as a teammate: The full article: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/inside-white-sox-pursuit-polarizing-npb-star-munetaka-murakami

Turning these pitches into 2 HR and a BB is a pretty neat trick. And the middle pitch wasn't one of the HRs.

Is this good?

I didn't think Cubs weren't convincingly the better team in Game 1, but the Sox convincingly took this one. Couldn't have asked for a much better answer after last night. Davis Martin remains a joy to watch. Mune, Montgomery, and Miggy have homered in the same game 4 times already, one shy of the franchise season record (Valentin, Konerko, Crede in 2004). 6-2 on the homestand with the finale pending. 13-10 at home on the season. Sox lead the league in HR and OPS in May. Their 9-5 May record is T-5 in MLB and 2nd in the AL behind the Rays (11-3). DET/KC/MIN lost, CLE won. Still 1 GB, but a bit more cushion (3.5G) for 2nd. Royals on a league-worst L6. Still in the 2nd WC, and SEA/TEX also lost. From 23-52 to 23-22 in a year is quite something.

There's a Japanese fan who's been documenting their visit to Chicago this week on Twitter, and I'm so happy they got to see Mune's first multi-HR game

The plan was 7 innings for today

Pitchers are terrible at ABS, most of them aren't even looking at the zone when they finish their delivery.

Is there another infield in MLB with this much pop? Miggy Mune Montgomery Call 'em the M-inefield the way they're dropping bombs