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Horrible lineup for the second game yesterday, and we don't need Ozzie to tell us so. Unfortunately, I don't see any managerial firings during the season. Renteria has proven that he can't put together a quality lineup, even with a 30-man roster. Nicky Delmonico has more at bats than Grandal. Speaking of firing, Cooper needs to do something about the starting pitching. How can four of the five starting pitchers look so bad? They either had no control or just threw BP fastballs.

I see we're melting down like there's only 57 more games to play and the Sox are near the basement, and the pitching looks terrible. Oh, wait...

Best case scenario at this point is that the outbreak is contained to the Marlins, and the league begins enforcing the rules already in place and establishes new rules to keep this from happening again. I'm not optimistic that this is the case, though.

This seems likely. Anyone watching the games over the weekend saw a lack of masks and/or social distancing. Plus, we don't know what has been going on outside of the game. Are these guys going out and exposing themselves to potentially infected people? If they (and we) want this season to continue, rules need to be followed and maybe new rules need to be instituted.

I wouldn't be surprised if several players contracted it while hanging around outside of the stadium or team hotel. It will be interesting to see what is found out.

Ferfucksake, let's ignore 2019 and state that Giolito is not an even close to being an ace because of one bad game. Knock it off.

Kind of hard to frame pitches that miss the zone by a foot or more. This is not on Grandal.

I'm going to pick up a 12-pack of Goose Island Sox Ale for the game. Then I'm going to commandeer the largest TV in the house and declare that only those who will actually watch the game will be allowed to enter.

I would argue that having a good season is more important now, especially for teams that would be expected to win 28-32 games. There's going to be a glut of teams around .500, and an extra win or two could be the difference between being in second place and third place in the division.

...and the bartender said, "You are out of here!" *cue laugh track*

With the expanded playoffs, I'd say 31 gets you in. Hell, 29 or 30 might depending on how each division shakes out.

I'm in the minority, I think. I love the idea of expanded playoffs. Even after this year, I'd like to see it. What would make it even better are some rules around tanking. If every team was somewhat competitive, we wouldn't be seeing teams essentially eliminated in June. It's a big ask and would require salary caps for minimum and maximum. Selfishly, though, I like the idea because it increases the chances of the Sox to make the playoffs. The AL Central will be a tough division for a few years, and I'd hate to see the Sox finish with 90+ wins (in future seasons) and miss the playoffs.

It certainly should be for Sox fans. This is a team that should compete in a 162 game season and should be playoff bound in the 60 game season with expanded playoffs. Every game, however, will be critical. There will be plenty of excitement, cheering, swearing, and beer-drinking over the next two plus months.

HollywoodTim hates Madrigal as much as Ron hates Abreu. This shortened season is the perfect time to get Madrigal the ABs he needs to get used to MLB pitching. I imagine that he will start at Schaumburg before making his way to Chicago, but I wish he would break camp with the Sox. I wouldn't be surprised to see Leury as the starting RF with Mazara on the IL. That would mean someone else starts at 2B. Wish it would be Madrigal, but I expect it to be Mendick. When the team gets down to 26 players, I expect and hope Madrigal to be on the team and playing 2B every day.

I like Jason, and I think he and Stone together are good. They do get sidetracked at times when Jason tries to be funny (and actually is), but Stone doesn't seem to either get it or care to get it. However, I do enjoy listening to them. Jason doesn't have the calls like Hawk did (HR call, "he gone", "gas!", etc.), but he may develop those over time.

Yoan looks good at 3rd. Getting plenty of work.

Cease’s breaking stuff is nasty tonight.

Cease looks sharp. And Robert is inhuman.

Not really surprising. Some of the umpires are older and some probably have some health conditions, too. One of the highest risk ones (Joe West) is rolling the dice, though.

First of all, it's not Wuhan Flu, it's COVID-19. Secondly, 130,000+ people did not die from a hoax. This virus is very real, and it can be very dangerous to some folks. The worst thing about the virus is that it is a novel coronavirus, which means we don't know much about it. We're learning every day about it, and the actual experts (CDC, Dr. Fauci, countless doctors and scientists) are doing their best to pass on their learnings to the public. It just sucks that we have people in charge who refuse to believe and will go so far as to muzzle the experts. I personally know several people who have had COVID, and most experienced mild symptoms (like a bad flu). One guy, though, was hospitalized and was out of work for a month. He was healthy and didn't have any underlying conditions. Not a hoax. It's real, and it's getting worse because people aren't taking it seriously.

Made Engel look foolish. Great pitch.

Who are they using for umpires?

It's so nice to see live baseball.

The next four Sox intrasquad games are being aired. Today @ 1:10 - MyTeams App Tuesday @ 10:10 AM - MyTeams App Wednesday @ 7:00 PM - NBC Sports Chicago Thursday @ 7:00 PM - NBC Sports Chicago

Tornadoes and hurricanes could also be eliminated if we got rid of all radars. It blows my mind that he (and others) believe that if we don't test there won't be more cases. True we won't have confirmed cases, we'll just have some mystery disease making lots of people sick.