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I wouldn't say pretty exhausted but he's going 4 innings max for a reason and it's because how far above the amount of innings he's ever thrown in his life this year. It's his first year as a SP too. He's still learning and developing . He could be even better if he's mastering a sinker now. Thatll cut down on HRs allowed and likely lead to using the cutter less. The sinker will be at 97 MPH and highly effective judging by the Padres game and his effectiveness against the Tigers today. I'll have to see his pitch usage charts and look at the amount of sinkers and cutters thrown. Still hard to get a real read on it though with the pitch limits but it's trending that way his last couple starts once he got a grip he felt comfortable with so he could start throwing in more in games.

According to his recent presser he wasn't all that keen on getting out of here. He likes the plan that Getz and Bannister put him on. There was no guarantee that if traded the new team would let him continue on that plan. That's what prompted him to do what he did. I fail to comprehend why anyone holds that against him. There were still offers for him. The Phillies wouldn't give up Painter, The Dodgers wouldn't give up Rushing and ATL was interested too. Sox got low balled as expected because of questions surrounding his IP this season and how much help he could really be the rest of the season . When you won't give up position players except catchers, pitchers and 1st basemen why trade him ? So far I think keeping him has made him more valuable. He dominated the Padres because he threw a sinker for the 1st time all season because he finally got comfortable with a grip.

And here I was in the gamethread thinking it might have been to get his ERA below 5. 3 wins for Flexen today, a win in his win/loss record , his first ein since May 8th, the bonus money and getting the ERA under 5 !!!

And you get it on your smart TV without casting to it from a phone app ?

There's a lot of jargon that's lost on people because of all the different makes and models of TV available so maybe on higher end TVs there's an antenna built in but maybe it's just the OTA tuner because antennas still need to point in the right direction to receive OTA signals. My cheapo 4K TV has an OTA tuner which is listed under Inputs along with other things you input into your TV through HDMI ports like Blu-ray and 4K players and other auxillary ports. But I'd have a hard time getting any OTA channels if I didn't stick an old stereo copper wire antenna into the cable input and that became my antenna when I scanned for OTA channels. I still have to move the antenna around depending on the channel I'm watching for NFL games on CBS , NBC , ABC or Fox. I have a picture on the wall above my TV which is on a stand and I just slide the antenna along the top of the picture a little bit if I start losing the signal. People do confuse having a tuner for having an antenna A tuner alloed you to scan for channels .An antenna allows the signals for those channels to be picked up and added to the tuner if strong enough. You could get different channels every time you do a scan. I'd be like hey why aren't I getting CBS now . It takes trial and error to position antenna or better antenna for optimal results . You have to have a bit of scientist in you unfortunately to get best results if you're intent on saving money and gettng to watch your favorite sport teams. We could help each other out by making and pinning a thread after Oct 1st that says I live in this location , I have this kind of TV and use this kind of antenna , and I can watch OTA Bulls and Blackhawks games without a problem.

I don't even have a VPN most services cost something to get one . I just use the Reddit streams for major sports and checked into some of the android TV browser apps and tested them until I found one that was best.Most TV apps have a ranking so start with the highest ranked one. The browser on my TV I use is called Zeus.

TVs are like phones and laptops now . If you're used to just using it for cable you tend to ignore many of the functions related to OTA TV and streaming options. Until recently when stealing games Id watch on my 19 inch SD compute screen.Now I figured out how to do it on my android 55 in. Cheapo model TV. and didn't cost me anything.

I did say it ended at 4.95 but the discrepancy we were discussing was what it was after 6 rather than 6.1 innings.

I was going by MLB gameday which said 5.02 after 6 but youre probably right because 1 out likely doesn't reduce it by .07 to the 4.95 it was after his 1 out in the 7th.

Crochet is pitching tomorrow but no way in hell they add Shultz to the 40 . He's done for the year. Highly doubt Schultz pitches on the majors till 2026 health and performance permitting.

Iriarte breezes through the 8th on 11 pitched with a K. He might get the 9th too unless they give it to Eder.

Good job by Varland getting the 2 outs. Flexen stays under 5.00 ERA and in line for his 1st win in a long time.

Flexen out having got 1 out and ERAs now at 4.95 but maintaining it is up to the relief pitcher since the 2 runners on are Flexen's if they score.

If Flex can go another inning without a run his ERA for the year should end up under 5. It's 5.02 now. He's probably done but maybe they're aware and will let him try.

Vargas pops out to record his 2nd out of the inning. Still 7 run inning is biggest of the year.

But Fletcher gets his 2nd hit of the inning for an RBI to make it 7-0.

4 straight RBI hits by the Sox ends with a Chucky K

Lance Lynn

Rabbit ears sucked because TVs sucked. I came from the era of nothing but channels 2 through 13 and some UHF channels. Every picture on every channel was grainy . Technology has come a long way and TVs are built to receive streaming ,OTA , cable and have browser apps. They allow us to watch what we want in several different ways. Broadcasting sports is evolving constantly and there are no easy answers even in 2024. I'm happy I have choices and theater quality experience in home. If I have to role up my sleeves and use my brain to figure things out I'll do it. It's better than paying $105/ month to DirecTV with a 2 year commitment. Any company trying to to lock you into signing away your choice to get a better deal somewhere else sucks.

I watch pretty much watch whatever games I want for free on my TV just with a bit of patience and Reddit. And I don't even know anything about using a VPN. Took a bit of experimentation and it's always changing but better than paying for sports packages and cable.

Well all the nice vibes celebrating the great organisational win and great accomplishment of the Barons players and staff comes to a screeching halt pretty damn fast because people love to drag the negative drama into anything positive going on.

He was hitting 97-98 MPH , and got K's with 4 pitches, 4 seam FB, slider, CU, and curve. Didn't seem to throw as many curves as he did his 1st start.Leaned on 4 seam up in the zone and slider and both were crisp but also got a couple K's on the CU and curve. Very impressive and well see more of him in the the upcoming AFL league since he's coming back from injuries.

A sense of humor is not laughing at other people's misery or wishing more misery on them because you feel they hurt you. It's actually spite or maliciousness. Just thought I'd clarify that for you. The emotion is closer to serial killer than comedian.

Not even sure Ramos ever touched the plate. Catcher blocked plate with his foot and Ramos foot popped over the plate without touching it.

3 straight innings Sox couldnt score the ghost runner and game over by old buddy Tatis.