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it reminds me of the Bears. the city is cursed.

of course. of course that happened. why wouldn't it?

LuBob's hacks a foot off the plate make sense in the context that this umpire is terrible and is calling those pitches strikes

I think that guy should've just posted his blogpost here. It's a forum post, not something you should be paid to publish. Also, I feel like comparing Getz to Trump is kind of a stretch. I guess it's a novel way to say "the Sox suck" without really having a unique perspective on baseball or insight into the team. This one might've needed a little more editing -- before being ready to post on SoxTalk.

Vasil has pitched 7 scoreless innings, only allowed 2 hits.

Robert has been terrible to start the season but his approach at the plate has clearly "advanced". His walk rate is way up (almost double, though it's just 40 plate appearances) and is in the 72nd percentile of MLB to start the season. He's laying off obviously bad pitches and even close pitches. But I worry he's "thinking too much" compared to his typical free-swinging style and can't make contact anymore. Is he a good enough player to put it all together? I think so. The offense is terrible again but qualitatively it looks better than it did last year. There have already been two offensive explosions, was there a single one last season? You have to imagine it takes time for players to make adjustments. Of course we saw Maton hit the hardest ball of his career, Sosa and Baldwin look like they might be improved offensively. Cool post, pretty surprising that they're "number 1" in any hitting category, but it strikes me as accurate. Now tell me what Vaughn's problem is.

I genuinely think Clev walked him on purpose because the run was unearned and he knew he was giving up a grand slam otherwise. What a moron. nvm, they scored Vaughn's error a hit. still, 1 is fewer than 4.

I'm surprised it's taking so long. I guess Clev would have to throw something over the plate.

he might actually walk if he did that

Bulls are @ Cavs tonight. Would love to come away with 2 wins from that irrelevant place.

Farm Boy is crushing it. It's 30 plate appearances so we'll see if it continues, but it's a huge indictment on the org if he has a .800+ ops season with San Diego. Like it'll be the most obvious evidence to me that the Sox cannot produce hitters. watched Greg Santos give up a walkoff the other night. Then walk a bunch of guys the next day. I wonder if the 1.59 ERA can be sustained with a 5.71 FIP. Maybe he stops walking guys because his stuff looks...better. Tim Hill continues to have a role with one of the best teams in baseball. Brebbia hasn't given up a run this year, pitching 3 scoreless innings against us (easy to do). I guess my point is, why are all these guys better on other teams? I thought we had the pitcher whisperer.

I think this is the key. There are A LOT this year and some of them actually look pretty good. Pretty sure they have a 'night' for every ethnicity under the sun now. How will the hats look? I think the marketing (or whatever) department has adjusted pretty well to the terrible team. The campfire milkshake likely put more butts in seats than any player did. 'Star Wars, Bring Your Dog to a Picnic with Fireworks Night' stands to be a sellout.

if Lee continues to hit the ball, I think plenty of teams will want to trade for him. There are some really bad catching duos this season.

obviously that was going to happen.

I don't think it makes you a loser to say "maybe the MLB should be more like the NBA in this regard". Or to think it's boring to have a handful of superteams and an abundance of AAAA teams.

where are you getting a sandwich for 5 bucks is my question

Brebbia looks way better without that beard

this bullpen sucks. something tells me Katz is getting blamed/fired for this.

what in the world?

That would be great. Don't get my hopes up.

The Bulls are a more popular team, right, probably sell more jerseys, might as well take their colors and might as well take the team mascot too (sorry Southside, Benny is just better). Might as well call them 'also the Bulls', might accidentally sell some tickets. I don't think this is real. Makes no sense. I'd wanna see the hat. The hat might be cool.

I thought she was Dominic's sister

lmao

we will score 3 runs in the 2nd inning and never score again. twins will have a 7 run 8th inning. as is tradition.

I think the City should just annex Arlington Heights. It's a pointless place. It only exists to siphon off tax revenue to spend on...god knows what