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Duh, that's easy.

Glad I missed us score one run again with Tony's stellar line up.

greg has a new shtick everyone.

Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks for that.

That is also really nice to see.

Seems obvious, but yeah.

That's about the best possible news.

For the record, while Adam Engel has a 76 point higher OPS against LHP in his career, last year he actually hit an .938 OPS against righties and .643 against lefties with almost twice as many ABs against righties. His 2020 was .837 vs RHP and .767 against lefties.

I mean it seems like they are wanting to create a power struggle there between the front office and Tony, but that's a pretty serious accusation to throw around with no actual evidence other than the same insane things that Tony has been doing for decades.

That's the problem. No one else is mad enough.

Also calling an idea that people might think stupid, is just a cute way of calling people stupid, without actually having the backbone to call them stupid directly. Honestly, I would respect you more if you weren't trying to hide it behind some lame plausible deniability.

Wait, I am giving Tony LaRussa a pass? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

So Burger can't hit against RHP?

What is the "conspiracy'?

Again. The Sox needed relief pitchers, and they got the best one on the market. When I showed you why they needed a reliever, you ignored the obvious and tried to pretend that what was happening in July, August, and September somehow applied as valid for decision making at the trade deadline. And the irony of the guy who has repeatedly labeled everyone and thing he doesn't agree with as "stoopid" catching feelings over what phrases are being used in an argument isn't lost on anyone.

So you would have been OK with Ruiz and Heuer being our 7th and 8th inning guys in the playoffs based on that? Ok, Mr Revisionist history. I know you need to invent things to be mad about, but the Sox trading for relievers last year is an awful one.

It's quite literally the point you are missing. The pen in July, right before the deadline, was pretty awful outside of the closer. Even the top guys were struggling. Whole season WAR doesn't tell the right story, which is why you are using it in hindsight.

Unless it is a brand of vodka, TLR couldn't care less about goodwill.

Well hopefully that is a good sign if it isn't immediate.

Wegner: This will allow Leury to move from the #3 to the #2 spot in the lineup. TLR: Hold my beer

July #s in the pen Ruiz 2.53 era Kopech 4.91 era Bummer 14.54 ERA Crochet 5.50 ERA Heuer 2.79 ERA Foster 4.26 ERA Burr 6.75 ERA Looks like October to me.

He doesn't care how badly they were performing at the time before the trade deadline.

AJP is coming off of a hamstring injury and it is 40 and rainy in Minneapolis. Luckily the guy doesn't have an injury history or anything.

Yep, don't get it either. Rather see Engel out there, and move Sheets to the bench in the shuffle.

Also interesting is they really seem to want to make Sheets into a RF. Vaughn is playing left while Eloy DH's