Dick Allen

This is definitely a candidate for hot take of the week.

Fox News had a doctor on that claimed there is no scientific evidence a mask does anything to prevent Covid spread. Alrighty then. Apparently, instead of putting an end to this pandemic, they would rather make it last longer and go down with the ship.

Trumps new campaign manager has it.

If Coop isn’t the White Sox pitching coach, Curt Hassler will be. RH has already stated that a couple of years ago. There is zero chance they fire him.

Apparently at the Rose Garden event, guests were told they all tested negative and they could take their masks off. You wouldn't want the public to see people acting responsibly. That is some solid advice.

Notre Dame's president has it now too. He was at the Supreme Court nomination event in the Rose Garden not wearing a mask, hugging people. Is it possible that was a spreader event?

I think it was great journalistic work that got the Hope Hicks result, and then this one. if not for that, from what I have seen the last 4 years, I don't think the public would know of Trump's diagnosis yet. They would have to eventually. One thing this does do is probably save a few Wisconsin lives as he had 2 rallies tomorrow at this devestated state where ICU beds are running low.

It was interesting what he said, because I never really thought of it. A guy warming up after 1 hit to start the game makes the team think the manager doesn't think his offense can score. And the funny thing is, there was nothing that happened in the top of the first that would make you think it was going to be a 2-1 game.

On a bullpen day, it's best not to burn Crochet, Bummer and Heuer by the 4th inning, especially since Foster and Marshall have come back down to earth recently..

It all doesn't matter much in the long run because if they only had 2 starters they trust for more than one or two baserunners, they were bowing out next round for sure.

The Big Hurt said warming a guy up the second Dunning gave up 1 hit did two very bad things. It ruined Dunning's confidence, and it hurt the rest of the team's confidence. If the plan is to use 8 or 9 guys, chances are there are going to be a couple, if not more, that don't have it that day. You can't be afraid of 1 run in the first inning. If the plan was to use Crochet for a few innings early, why didn't they start him?

Virtually no one gets it.

With Robert in CF and Engel on the bench for the late innings, I am not too concerned the nextp Sox RF is gold glove quality.

There will never be enough pitching. Didn’t the Dodgers have 7 starters last year, and wound up needing more?

Hopefully Kopech is what we all hope he is.

There is something about the interactions where I think right now, Bauer wants to play for the White Sox. I think the question will be what it always is, money.

I don’t think so

Ozzie and Frank were saying if you are going to use Rodon, use him to start an inning.. They said even Rodons wife knows he is not a releiver.

The Big Hurt is teeing off on Rickey. Said he burned his bullpen too soon. Showed the team he had no confidence in them getting the bullpen up after one hit. Said guys were used in roles they weren’t used to and lack of normalcy did the team in. I did wonder why Rickey was standing and leaning over in the dugout. It would be one thing if that is what he always did, but that pose just made everything more abnormal. That said, the Sox had their chances and didn’t make it happen. Frankly, they were going to have a huge problem moving forward if they were only going to use 2 starters normally, especially with no off days once the series begins. I will miss White Sox baseball. Hopefully they can play a full schedule next year.

Yep, should have traded Dunning and Kopech for Clevinger, and paid for his surgery.

I don’t think he is OK. The trainer was talking to RR and indicating an elbow issue.

I think the hope is Marshall for 2, Fry for 1 and Colome for 2, and hope you score a lot of runs.

When does Mazara get an extension?

Mazara seems to get a lot of full counts.

He was hoping to get the lefty out and be out of the inning. But Hot Carl walked him, and that led to trouble