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I'm all for alternating blackout and whiteout games. I generally don't think we make enough use of the "white" color in our color scheme and name. I think whiteouts/all-white jerseys etc. would be a pretty cool departure.

Honest question here - what exactly is the magic to being "stretched out" (setting aside the question of whether such a "streching" was even possible given his innings limitation)? He has innings left and seems to be healthy and not terribly fatigued. Isn't that what we want? Is there a rule saying he can't go more than 2 innings if he's on fire in the playoffs merely because he's not sufficiently "stretched"? Seems to me they were ready to ride Crochet last year if he hadn't gotten hurt and the guy was like three weeks in the bigs. It wouldn't shock me to see them ride Kopech in similar fashion this time around.

Why about Hendriks? Crochet? Having a hard time with the short relievers

You could be forgiven for suspecting this team kicks ass exactly, and only, when it matters.

I think this is right on. We experience the season as as this long, day-by-day journey and it's easy to get caught up in the results of each at-bat. But having a successful season is really just a three-step process. We've done step 1 for the first time in a long time. Knock on wood we're close to step 2. Here's hoping for step 3.

Usually portends a homer. Hopefully not this time

Cool. I hope he does well in a meaningless game played shortly after clinching our first division title in 13 years.

...I'm going to say---a reason to give a shit. (Good for one day only until 10/7/21)

Love me some "Lou-EE Ro-BEAR"

I sure hope that's not the only female.

I was at the Blackout Game -- still the best in-person sporting event of my life. (I was unable to get in to any of the WS games despite showing up each day with what I still believe was an unreasonable amount of cash in my pocket ready to spend.) Was a father of a single one-year-old at the time. Now a father of four. So things have changed.

um, yeah—one who’s being treated to an all-you-can-eat buffet in this thread.

Shouldn’t we change the title of this thread since it appears to be wrong?

I too am encouraged by the fact that this team plays well in all the high-profile moments. This team seems built for the big stage.

Nice. I remember spending that September freaking out about “corpse ball.” ?

I mean, it's pretty obvious

Just thought I'd resurrect this graphic. The source? A thread I just looked at from this week in 2005. Seems appropriate.

don't feed it

Yeah, I don't disagree about the quality of sports talk radio. But the Score is on whether you listen to it or not, and it still both influences and reflects the Chicago sports fan Zeitgeist. I check in on it for that reason.

Bernstein on the Score this morning was giddy talking about the Sox being in "crisis mode." Not sure about that. A nice blowout win would calm a lot of nerves.

God I sure hope we don't start bitching about Tony running out *good* lineups.

So game number 4 with "the big six" playing together? Let's try to improve on that 11.3 run average.

Yes. I'll take our rotation situation -- even without Rodon -- over theirs any day.

Yeah crazy that he'll probably be their fourth starter now, if they even let him start a game in the ALDS. I assume they'll go McCullers/Framber Valdez/Luis Garcia. I suppose Greinke could turn it around his next start or two and change that, but as of now he looks like a gas can.

don’t feed it