Balta1701

No. He will have to quit. They will fire everyone else in the organization as a scapegoat first.

Exactly. If he waves you off after the first since that’s one thing. But if it’s more than one? You have just got to do something. Liam Hendriks in inning 2 of work with his back hurting is not better than Ruiz in that situation, and it’s always just luck if a guy who is in pain doesn’t injure themselves worse.

I almost don’t want to hear LaRussa’s excuse for not coming out with the trainer in the 10th.

Whether it’s IL worthy or not, if the radio guys are seeing him wincing all the time, the manager is supposed to be in charge and proactive.

Hendriks told LaRussa not to come out, but DJ noted him not looking comfortable 4 or 5 times. His last thing was saying that maybe the manager ought to come out and check and talk to him in person after how he looked coming off the mound on that pop up. Then the next pitch left.

By the way, longest losing streak for the white Sox since 2019.

He tweaked his lower back catching a ball Grandal threw back awkwardly

Also never came out for a medical check. DJ was practically begging him to.

Mercy.

Dammit there’s the key WP

For who?

Leury is a better player than this. With a team that has a number of injuries, he should still be playing pretty regularly, maybe a mental break might help though. Moving him to the top of the lineup…didn’t?

That was fast.

Arraez apparently just hurt an oblique.

For Arraez who is hitting over .400 against righties?

Phooey

It’ll be Graveman. I’m just not sure what happens in the 9th if it stays tied.

Leury, Haseley, and Mendick for the 9th. I know Mendick has had a day, but on paper we have to think about getting to the 10th to win this.

The price tag on something like these are in the $10s of thousands but that’s tiny compared with ballpark security. https://www.dronedefense.systems/

Same difference. Small personal drones could carry enough weight to be a legit threat to kill someone. You have to have some way to get rid of those, and such systems do exist.

The 5 errors (coulda been 6) and 10 runs given up and shortstop flicking off the fans in 2 innings. I woulda gone with the entire roster being badly hungover, but whatever. Totally out of character for those players, and it has now dragged on all week.

I doubt they are going to say what they have, but I would imagine most potential terrorist targets with huge crowds have taken some steps to be able to defend against an approaching drone.

Ah, Drone Delay

Hmph thunderstorm coming?