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His ERA seemed unsustainable. Rough August too. ERA raised almost a point tonight, yikes.

"Pohlad Twins have entered the chat"

Williams is worse than Wilson and will make like 10 times more.

He's 25 and I think AAA needed bodies

Even Benetti, notoriously bad at home run calls, knew it was crushed.

Northern Illinois is probably the best place in the country outside of the Northeast to actually take the train to and from the city. Metra is very safe. Red line on game days/nights is safe (due to high ridership). If I lived in the burbs, I'd much rather take Metra/CTA to Sox games since I'm probably drinking and the lots are a clusterfuck. I'd question the intelligence and ethics of anyone who tailgates, drinks beer at the game, then drives home. However, I think there are reasonable concerns about the L system since COVID and especially the red/green line which I ride pretty much daily. Smoking on the train is unchecked nowadays, there are no consequences. Crime is actually higher post-pandemic than it was before, peaking in 2024, here are some stats: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/press-releases/chicago-faces-roughly-1-crime-every-3-hours-on-cta/#:~:text=CHICAGO (Dec.,October 2023 through September 2024. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/12/29/rate-of-violent-crime-on-cta-trains-was-down-in-2023-but-still-higher-than-pre-pandemic-levels/ My perception of riding the train for the last 15ish years is that it feels less safe during non-peak hours and CTA employees are less-equipped to deal with it. CTA leadership is incompetent. Yesterday morning, I get on the front car (I only sit on the front car these days if I can help it) and some guy smoking a cigarette spits near me and tossed out his butt at my shoe. At the next stop, I move cars and some guy is smoking in there too. This is just common now. I was also assaulted pretty badly (concussion, could've been worse) on the red line around midnight and I won't ride it past 10pm anymore. I'll take the bus which is just fine and I think a lot of people have made this adjustment. Mind you, I think the L is the lifeblood of this city, the only tattoo I have is basically this, the loop detail, I care about its continued relevance in place of the automobile, but people's concerns are reasonable and the city needs to do better in improving safety. The CTA employees need to be better trained. Most of them are new. That being said, I don't think it factors into Sox games since there are enough people riding it that crimes probably aren't going to happen. Riding during rush hour is fine although you might not get to sit down. Nonetheless, you can still have parking, you can just design it in a non-stupid way and use the rest of the land for something that's useful for the other 284 days a year that the Sox aren't playing.

It's close. It's helping Brooks too.

I'm saying, a backend of Vasil, Leasure, Taylor (in whatever order) is a really good bullpen.

I think we could actually pass the Twins in the W column

EZ win. not losing 100. And we had 20 baserunners! 13 LOB leaves a little to be desired.

"12 for 22 with 8 walks" Meidroth vs the Tigers lol

phew

Hopefully that blunder doesn't cost us.

Danger!!

Switched over to the Birmingham game where Gowens was at 8 Ks, 0 walks, 0 runs after 5. Immediately Edwin Arroyo hits a triple.

What a fucking catch, man. One of the top plays of the year. Ranged over pretty far and made the grab somehow

CRUSHED. 451 feet

The Rate for comparison. Spot the parking lots here! It's just really bad design.

the defense is so bad

wtf. trifecta of stupid.

Let's play "spot the parking lots". This is Truist Park in unincorporated Cobb County. Atlanta is entirely suburbs and the ballpark is no where close to downtown.

is Benintendi good at baseball again?

LOL. Really wacky at bat for Oppor's 4th K and likely his last batter. The batter fouled off 11 pitches and worked a 3-2 count...and it ends on a pitch clock violation. Backwards K? His last start of the season unless he goes up to AA where he might have a chance to start the last regular season game. I don't know if that's likely. Finishes at 5.0 IP 2 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 3 BBs, 4 Ks. His stuff looked really good and battled through command issues in the 3rd and 4th. Fastball got up to 99 mph, slider looked really nasty. Think we got somethin' there.

Sammy(oops) Jeral Perez just crushed one! Absolutely no doubt. Bonemer just missed a massive dong. Ends up lining out to the warning track, nearly gone and seemingly hit very hard.

Oppor on the mound. 6 up, 6 down, 3 Ks so far. Dash up 1-0 after a Lodise homer. Who needs a metal bat? Oppor totally lost his command in the 3rd inning. 2 walks, couple of singles. Got out of a bases loaded jam only giving up one run.