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And why was he still out there? Because he was due up the next inning. And why was he due up the next inning? Because he's batting 9th. Can't make this stuff up.

THIS

Love the hit. But please note: Tim Anderson inexplicably looking at the ball as he rounds third and comes home. JUST FUCKING RUN. This is just a massively stupid team, but one that managed to win tonight's game.

For being a supposedly good outfielder, Pollock sure handled that play terribly. GET BEHIND THE BALL AND THROW IT COMING IN. This is the worst fundamental team in baseball.

Traditionally we'd say, you know, fire the manager.

Maybe a game like this -- and LOSING IT -- will compel these assholes to get their heads out of their defensive asses. So fucking tired of their shit out there -- maybe they should be, too.

Talk about not ready to play.

Just saw Anderson's error. Ridiculous. We are rounding the ball off why? Plant your feet and throw the ball. Jesus.

Blamed his performance on where outfielders were standing.

Dallas Keuchel is a bad teammate. He said some terrible shit last year, and he's at it again.

Given Keuchel's apparent personality traits (blaming others for his miserable pitching), I'd score this as a point in Madrigal's favor.

This is White Sox tactic A, always -- yield prospects for short-term pitching propositions, not dollars for long-term ones. It's what got us Lance Lynn. It's also what resulted in us giving up Gio Gonzalez, Marcus Semien, and Chris Bassitt, who were all better than the short-term turds they were traded for.

Chris Bassitt has seemed quasi-inevitable for awhile.

Absolutely. And that turd they threw tonight would've been the starter in Game 4 in Chicago, without the rainout. So this thing would've gone 5 games, with (you guessed it) Lance McCullers starting Game 5 and having to save Houston's bacon. I think we'd look at our series a lot differently under that circumstance.

That was great hitting.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but our guys seem to be working into things a little. Not insignificant.

Truly. Do they ever pull him aside and say: "Hit it to RF"

Look at these cheating dipshits cheer themselves. These guys never paid the price for what they did, and it's still an outrage. They should've been stripped of that title, period. VACATED.

We looked overwhelmed, totally overwhelmed, by the moment.

These are totally noncompetitive at-bats. Do better, guys who talk a good game.

I don't get that sense. I do think our guys get back into it at home and ride that wave. That's how irrational, youthful confidence operates, and that's our real advantage in this series.

I'm saying it now. This series turns in Game *3*. We're winning this thing.

You mean like passing on Michael Brantley?

Has not been the same since he was hit by the ball in the Oakland dugout. I'm surprised we haven't really focused on that.

On trash, less-accessible channel, no less.