SpringfieldFan
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The problem is simply that baseball is so refined that it takes a ton of games to distill the elite, and that leaves a bunch of poor teams and their fans with a long series of games that mean nothing.
Maybe once a team is eliminated or a certain number of games back late in the season, they could be allowed to just make their 40 man a fully active roster, suspend the option rules, and allow trades with other losing teams. Anything to give the fans some interest in their team during that lame duck time.
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1 hour ago, poppysox said:
It will never go back...but it would still be my preference. Playoffs are for the owners to make money not to find the best team. Every game was more important in the good old days. The teams played all other league teams and the winner went to the WS. Wild card teams winning the WS just doesn't sit well with me.
I grew up with 2 divisions per league, an LCS, and the WS. I wish it were that way again. The original way has merit as well. Those were the days before collective bargaining though, and a team like the Yankees could build a dominant team and win pennants year after year making me wonder how fans of the also rans managed to keep interest through decades of never having even a hope for the postseason. Despite that, it did work well though.
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9 minutes ago, chisoxt said:
He got caught up in the moment and made a meatball trade- something his predecessor did from time to time. You would think that he would have learned from the Tatis, Simeon, Montas and Bassitt deals.
Just incredibly stupid. He loses my vote (if I had one) for exec of the year.They were 10 games up and still looking ahead to their key players returning from the IL and yet they had to go and mess with the formula just to keep up with everyone else at the deadline. Crimony.
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9 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:
Snopes says this is: True
The Sox “needed more”...
wasn’t that Tepera?
edit: wrong post to reply to. I give up using my phone for this 🙄
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3 hours ago, Dick Allen said:
So for days all we read on this board is how bad Vaughn is. How he shouldn't be in the line up. One that stated he needed to work on his game in Glendale. He is hurt and doesn't play, and now the guy is a wuss or the White Sox don't want to win. The pharmaceutical companies must be making a fortune off Soxtalk members.
I wouldn’t say we are all schizophrenic and just reversing our takes. More likely there are a couple groups of people each with their own take and as circumstances change one or the other group gets more vocal.
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Can you imagine if it were still 154 and straight to the World Series?
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7 minutes ago, fathom said:
Seriously, am I missing something besides the hamstring issue?
Another woman I believe. Don’t know how much is rumor but the FO isn’t the most forthcoming these days it seems.
Edit: disregard. Whatever it is or isn’t, gossip ain’t cool. My bad.
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6 minutes ago, fathom said:
What’s happening now? Does he really have a broken nose.
Might be a broken something else 🤐
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He’s got a lot of refining still ahead but Cease could well be our #1 ace some day.
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20 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:
Wonder if some of it him dealing with the fallout in his marriage.
First he was getting an extra free day next to an off day to get some extra rest. Then he had a bit of a hurting leg and a slight hammy issue so they would just go day to play it safe and make sure he was 100%. Then it was IL. Now it's no exact timetable on return.
None of this were we told as it was happening. If this winds up being marriage infidelity and with the Sox not simply suggesting he had to deal with personal issues...
I'm gonna be kinda pissed - at several folks.
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Oh well, they are resting up, keeping the powder dry. Just wait - If the Sox win it all we will be able to fondly recall and share with our grandkids the details of what an exciting
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And looking ahead to October 7th MLB news:
"These guys really stepped up when we needed it and we wouldn't be where we are now without them. The team found its consistency with them and really, it would just be an injustice do deny them the same playoff experience the other guys are getting."
-Tony LaRussa regarding concerns about his choice to start Garcia, Goodwin, Mendick and Zavala in tonight's AL Divisional Series opener against the Houston Astros.
Is a joke people - a joke!
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1 hour ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said:
Leury must be hurt.
No, he just started getting good. /sarc
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8 minutes ago, maloney.adam said:
We can’t catch a break with the injuries this year. You know it’s bad when your own player hits a line drive in the dugout and it happens to hit a teammate.
You know I was thinking half jokingly but now maybe a little more seriously, if they maintain their lead the next couple weeks maybe TLR could just pull the team and forfeit the last week and a half.
Back in 1981 or so he caught hell for suggesting he would be willing to forfeit a game to get into the playoffs under the quirky split season rules.
Ok, there's my entry for most ridiculous post of the year.
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6 minutes ago, Green Line said:
Jimmy Lambert is gonna be something special. Gordon said it first. Who needs Dallas when you have Jimmy.
Out with the K in with the L.
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3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
Leury sitting there ticked off even though it was looking like another ticket to some extra PT for him. #teamplayer
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27 minutes ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said:
My unsettled feeling about TA' s status better just be an overreaction.
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52 minutes ago, NWINFan said:
Since divisional play began in 1969, the A's have won 16 division titles and two wild cards. They have won 100 or more games five times. They have gone to six World Series, winning four of them.
...half the time with needles hanging out of their butts.
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So what does it mean that 8 of the nine squares in Luis' strike zone graphic are red??? Lol
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16 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:
Did Rick Hahn quit, or are you calling him a figure head?
Referring to Renteria maybe?
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I've said it before. Championship teams need a guy like Leury available to sub off their bench. Losing teams need a guy like Leury as an everyday starter.
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7 minutes ago, chw42 said:
Think that's when he's trying to dot corners. He can still get it up to 95. It's not ideal, but hopefully he can still reach back and get more if he needs it.
I thought the last inning of his no hitter he was hitting 99...
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57 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:
He slipped on damp grass. That has nothing to do with conditioning.
Could it possibly be due to both? Just spitballing here...
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1 minute ago, TheTruth05 said:
Sometimes shitty teams are just pesky against good teams. Happens every year and pirates are that team for the Sox this year
Jimmy Piersall used to call it playing "loosey goosey" when they do this late in the year when they have nothing to lose and no pressure. Of course he would always be using the term to refer to the Sox.
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I’m bored, just waiting for the post season
in Pale Hose Talk
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I agree as well. As far as the business of baseball goes, this is the thing. They are in it to make money, and that is paid by the fans. They will have a windfall if they have a champion so their decisions are driven by that goal. However, those decisions happen to include what we are seeing these days. I live a few hours away and the only games I can get to are on weekends. I will *NOT* spend my gas, parking, and ticket money on a Sunday game knowing the entertainment is going to be a Sunday lineup. With only Saturday as an option that means I will not make it to as many games, pure and simple. The Sox miss out on the revenue of my attendance, but on the other hand if they get a WS team it will definitely boost my interest. Its a tradeoff.