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And the opposite. I've seen some pretty good pitchers get pounded by mediocre offenses.

Obviously he's motivated by the comments here. Unlike his manager we're not afraid to kick his ass.

Do you fire him if the team didn't make any trades at the deadline?

I really expected to see Mune down there today.

Braves, Cubs, and Guardians seem to have won the trade deadline moves. An obvious swing and miss for the Sox.

Dance with the one that brought you is a nice saying but eventually you have to make a switch, help the team's chances and help a guy out

Well he is finished in baseball. If it becomes clear that the organization knew and covered for him, it will take a organizational purge at the top to bring back a lot of fans.

We're looking at the scoreboard not the draft board in September.

You can't sweep unless you win the first.

Agreed. I would never bet on anyone with his stat line no matter the franchise he's going to. If someone set the odds of his being a serviceable starter next season he's probably somewhere short of a long shot, but not a favorite. The back end of the rotation will be a battle between can he do it again versus can he reach his potential? This franchise has always had to rely on some luck to be successful.

It looked like Ohio went from playing to win to playing not to lose. You just can't sit on leads like it's 1970.

Overall good weekend for the SEC. They are looking like the deepest conference. But at the very top are a few teams in other conferences that are equal or better.

Just for you @caulfield12 I even feel like fully processing this response. I believe you will be delighted in the reference. I've been waiting to use it. I’ll concede that Getz has made mistakes, but I’m thoroughly enjoying this season. After the last few years, being a White Sox fan had become positively Beckettian: endless waiting, diminishing expectations, and the nagging suspicion that the thing we were waiting for might not exist. And yet, here we are in September, playing meaningful baseball. Apparently Godot showed up. He’s just a couple of years late and has questionable roster-construction skills.

Getz has made moves that got this team to .500 a couple years faster than many here thought. For the first time in years we were buyers at the trade deadline and his moves didn't pan out. They were risks and I'm certain the organization knew they were risks. You can make good decisions and have them not work out. Like the lotto tickets I just threw away. I am interested in what the organization can do with Castillo when they have an entire off season to prepare for next year. It will tell a lot about the organization if they can turn him around. It's been two decades since this sort of project worked out regularly for the team.

I love a little September slump. Makes for a better October. Not wondering when we play next.

Now we will find out. Culture isn't really know until it is tested.

I was surprised when I saw they were bottom team.

Leave your guns at home, it's safer than the US. Work or pleasure? The food is different, but much like traveling in the US, you can find any cuisine you like. Earplugs, an audio book, and a journal to write were the things that kept me sane on long flights.

We're cheering on the last place team in the East. Go Os

I'm still in favor of a retractable roof in the center of Chicagoland.

Let's go O

It still seems really old school in the era of managing by computer. Are there any stats that shows that players play better after their manager yells at an umpire? It seems like someone should be able to run an analysis to determine when he should yell and how long.

Will Venerable - Humpire

I keep thinking these guys are adults with families and shouldn't need someone yelling at regulators to motivate them to work. How would you react if your boss started yelling at other people.