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DET looks bad on both sides of the ball and Cleveland is just a professional organization. They're never out of it. DET loses 10-1 against a team that is 12 games below .500 and CLE wins again (against the worst team in the league). Thinking about their respective series vs the Sox. Outside of likely Cy Young winner Skubal, DET looked like they didn't prepare at all for the series. Their pitching got rocked. Meanwhile, the Guardians actually attacked the Sox players' weaknesses as though they had done some advance scouting and were able to sweep a bad team despite some good pitching on our end. It would so wild if Detroit is the team to fall out of the playoffs.

I'm 99% sure Sosa didn't play because Thames talked about how the key to hitting against Cease was to only swing at strikes and "keep him in the zone". Consequently Cease was way out of the zone. 3 walks, 2 hit batters, 40% of his pitches were balls. I think Danger Robertson (in place of Benny) had a good game. He's a good defender. Looks like he has a good arm. But the bat is just not good enough generally speaking to be a real option in left. I liked that Getz talked about how the outfield is a problem despite some "ok" offensive performances from Benny/Tauch. .740/.760 OPS is just not good enough from your corners especially when they're terrible at defense. Somewhat amusingly, Steven Kwan has like 3.5 times more WAR than Benintendi in left despite being 40 points lower in OPS. I think he's a better hitter than he's shown this season and could be a realistic trade target. Still, would like some power out of the corner.

I think he's been way better than the 5+ era would suggest. The BABIP numbers are just super unlucky even beyond having a bad defense behind him. 13 K/9 to 4 BB/9. 0 homers allowed. Very good peripheral numbers. Bringing the walks down would be great. Kinda like how Martin was good tonight but these little tappers kept finding holes in the infield. Better positioning could've saved a couple runs.

yeah, these Friday night games were actually really good this year.

the .436 babip against is inevitably gonna correct itself.

LOL, I could hear the fireworks before the last out was recorded on TV. Spoiler alert, real world.

I went to this game 2 years ago where Cease started vs the Orioles. Sat by the first base dugout. Rain delayed, cold weather, so barely anybody was there (not like anyone would be there anyway). Some already drunk "Sox fan" just heckled Cease from the start until people eventually told him to shut up. Cease had to have been hearing it. I dunno how that couldn't get in your head just a little bit even if you're a professional athlete. Supposed to be a home field advantage. It's a real thing. Tens of thousands of people supporting you has to feel good. A better team that people show up to watch drowns out those bozos obviously.

Thought Davis looked good tonight. A little unlucky.

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Amin is much worse than Schriff tbh... which hasn't really been a topic of discussion (why would the bulls be I guess). I can't stand the dude. He's OK at football. But imagine missing Neil Funk, which I do. His s%*# talk homerism was actually funny. That bit about Kwame Brown's tiny hands is pure gold. So what if he couldn't tell the difference between Carlos Boozer and Taj Gibson...it was endearing. Neil mediated a lot of Stacey King's absurdity now he has free reign to say whatever bozo nonsense. It's like if Steve Stone suddenly became a grifter. Adam is just like "yeah dude, promote your kyle korver hot sauce brand and podcast, i love that, i also don't know anything about the sport i'm commentating on". IDK why they hired either one of these dudes. Benetti filling in for Bulls game was actually awesome. I didn't love his Sox tenure, but the guy is just a good announcer. I thought he was better with the Bulls. I think he's not so good at baseball because he has too much free time to tell his bad jokes.

What a performance! The guy is fine. He looked good even when he walked like 10 guys. His stuff is truly dominant if he commands it consistently. Looks like he did that tonight. I’m still wondering if he’s an elite reliever or an excellent starter. Didn’t watch this game, hope to see a replay if it exists.

Well that’s incorrect too. The census “estimates” are the most accurate that exist. You haven’t posted your sources whereas I have. We are both wrong. I’m happy to be wrong. I learn something. Post what you know, I might change my mind. This is also a pointless detour. if you have a better source that us census, please do tell. Also who cares.

I said it's 'grown' over a certain period of time. But you can look at the recent data (that I posted, did you even look at it?) and it's shrinking, my guy. The average Nashville resident has more money than your average Chicago resident. Particularly your average South Side/south suburbs resident. You only need to sell, like, 20,000 seats out of a population of millions. One might think that 'investors' are thinking about future trends. I dunno where you got those median income numbers. Turns out I was also wrong and median household income is roughly the same at $80k per the Census. Good reason not to trust the google AI...after some actual digging: https://data.census.gov/profile/Nashville-Davidson_metropolitan_government_(balance),_Tennessee?g=160XX00US4752006 https://data.census.gov/profile?q=chicago+illinois Discussion is good. Thanks for checking me. I'm not embarrassed to be wrong and change my point of view. Four times higher though...wut

The other idea is 'rates of change of growth' (think back to your high school calculus class). Chicagoland has "grown" since 2010, but at what rate? How does that compare to southern markets and what does that imply about the future? Nashville is booming, so are parts of Florida, and people in Nashville have money. Nashville's median income is, like, 1.7 times higher than in Chicago. And we're talking about the South Side team...how does it compare to the North Side? I'm not willing to compile the averages for CMAP data on a forum post...but it's lower than the North Side...what can you charge for a ticket in Nashville? Again, I don't think this is happening, but it's goofy to just rule it out entirely.

Ok here's one: the US Census. April 1, 2020 Estimates Base Population Estimate (as of July 1) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 .Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area 9,454,363 9,439,531 9,362,043 9,310,017 9,337,814 9,408,576 .Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area 7,638,258 7,667,594 7,776,611 7,973,603 8,166,110 8,344,032 .San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area 4,753,655 4,745,673 4,621,751 4,599,793 4,609,445 4,648,486 ..Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metro Division ..Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metro Divisionoak 2,848,279 2,846,779 2,807,669 2,795,989 2,800,321 2,821,667 .Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area 2,266,452 2,275,970 2,296,651 2,321,961 2,354,285 2,398,871 .Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area 2,014,425 2,021,825 2,033,685 2,077,922 2,113,986 2,150,553 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area 1,780,046 1,781,773 1,785,817 1,785,895 1,788,412 1,794,278 .Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area 1,574,735 1,574,565 1,563,631 1,564,152 1,567,889 1,574,452 .Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 6,245,017 6,242,286 6,254,431 6,252,024 6,280,902 6,330,422 I've accidentally deleted this post, like, 5 times trying to fix the formatting...and all of the commentary removed as well. CMD+shift+z is just deleting everything...still better formatting than most PHPBB boards. The idea is that the North is literally shrinking and people are moving south...but also, the Brewers somehow double the Sox attendance and the Phillies triple it. Population isn't everything. But your point is that the region is growing...it isn't. It's stagnant or shrinking. In terms of longer term growth rates, Chicagoland is basically just "people having babies" whereas most of the South is simply booming. This is a concern of local policymakers, all the people leaving Chicago and going South. Climate apocalypse might help tho!!

Agreed on all accounts. Except Benetti still can't tell when a home run is being hit until it's in the stands. Depth perception issue or something. I think Schriff has "tools" but hasn't developed them at all. He makes me laugh sometimes in a cornball sort of way. I like some of his calls. I thought we were getting a guy with actual hands-on baseball knowledge though considering he was technically a pitcher on the Dartmouth team....but damn.

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The statistical area is shrinking...it just is. You can measure it a couple different ways. Chicagoland might boom in population following climate apocalypse as another poster alluded to. Although, the southern shore of Lake Superior seems to be the most resilient place to climate change. Duluth and Marquette might become major urban centers if, like, California and Florida sink into the ocean. Anyway, my point isn't to say that Chicago can't handle two teams, it's that there are plenty of other markets in which to make money if the deal is sweet enough.

Exactly...or like competitive eating contests or dog shows.

The hot dog bit would’ve been funny if Beckham wasn’t a homophobic douche. Why is that the focus of the article? That’s the least of Schriffen’s problems. His problems are a lack of baseball knowledge and preparation. His non-baseball bits are generally good. But 90% of his job is talking about baseball and he isn’t good at it. if they could combine Mcknights knowledge with Schriff’s personality and energy, you’d have a great announcer imo. To me this falls on his manager for not telling him he needs to beef up his ball acumen. It’s not hard.

I think Texas blew it. They're about to lose their fourth in a row. Guardians could sneak in, 5 games left vs DET, 4 vs MIN, 3 vs TX. All winnable with how they've been playing. Boston and Houston have medium difficulty schedules left, I could see Boston dropping out (would be almost as funny as the Mets falling out). AZ just took 2 of 3 from SF. Preferred either team got the sweep. Reds finish the season playing everyone in their division which is interesting...took 2 of 3 from STL but I don't see them winning enough vs Cubs or @ Brewers. DBacks schedule is pretty brutal to end the year. Giants have 4 games in LA then it's pretty easy. Mets should have the last spot secured unless they blow it in Washington...something I wouldn't put past them. I'd actually be surprised if any of teams currently in playoff position drops out. But it's been a really interesting race.

David Stearns master class on how to build out a pitching staff. Just watched Stanek give up another homer. Why did they re-sign him for $4.5mil after he pitched to a 6 ERA for them? He's above 5 this season. You know what's funny? The Rays got Mike Vasil from the Mets.

oh, that's good I guess. But how do you not know that? You hire an executive who was suspended and then resigned from his last job, and don't bother to call his former employer? More like "oh s%*# we were hoping nobody would find out".

"I had to continue the interview, that's why I mean mugged him, turned toward the player, looked back at him just to shrug and SMH". even if we was just like, "oops, my bad" and still didn't help him up, this wouldn't be a thing. I'm glad it's a thing, the guy is annoying and has had a reputation for a while. https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/ken-rosenthal-eric-hosmer-jacob-misiorowski-all-star-game-interview.html Eric Hosmer said it best, "Really is disgusting they continue to let you in the dugout during these games‼️" Also that time he called Fernando Tatis a "smiling, dancing peacock", compared his PED suspension to Wander Franco's child sex crimes, called Manny Machado "punkish", said that Profar is, “the kid who pulls the fire alarm at school and then asks, ‘Who, me?'”. The guy is not a professional.

Imagine hiring this guy...