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Alex Verdugo's with Benetti the best of the season so far.

That was a quick evaporation of that scoring opportunity.

Detroit KC Detroit when both teams are scuffling mightily...then they get to test themselves against the hated Yankees.

Had to have that one. Let's hope this weekend turns out to be the spark that gets this team up and out of their stupor. Going to need Kopech to pitch deep with the bullpen situation. Hendriks surely will want to get out there again, though. Kelly not exactly a favorite yet but he's starting to redeem himself, too.

All national baseball attention falls to tonight's game...Kopech Anderson and maybe Donaldson. Boone might end up sitting Donaldson or tackling the issue head on...we shall see.

Bottom three of the lineup for the Yankees coming up. Hendriks comments leading the headlines in national sports news simultaneously.

Not throwing 101-103 now helps. Chapman hurt?

And Vaughn got him to RCF last year.

Only 95 mph? What?

Funny we all thought Anderson would play and Donaldson sit...

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-offseason-moves-paying-off-in-2022 Lots of big contracts here. Rodon was #7. Royals now 9 games over .500. Detroit/KC/Detroit coming up before hated Yankees.

Nobody wanted to believe it but you could see it coming if you follow them closely...they finally realized they could win again after last year's debacle, especially taking a bunch of tight 1-2 run games Pitching better than expected and now nearly everyone in the lineup is contributing something positive.

Pollock wasn't even playing RF this time. Robert needs to communicate much better. This might break their backs if they get swept...until/unless we change managers.

Robert and Pollock didn't communicate there well...sigh. Should have been Pollock's catch but he deferred.

Judge is going to get a mega contract then be hurt 50% of the time in his thirties.

Urshela and Sanchez leading Twins to 7-6 lead in the 9th.

Plus no Buxton and Correa PH late...small ball.

Royals in the process of somehow blowing a 6-0 lead in the 8th and 9th to the Twins...tied 6-6, runner on second in the top of 9 with two shots to take the lead for Minny. First homer in almost a week.

Just call him Mr. Tightrope recently. Didn't expect to get out of that situation...but the key was retiring Trevino before it got to LeMahieu.

It's not going to happen without the Yankees/Boone orchestrating it as a PR gesture to quell a rising firestorm.

The White Sox fanbase has changed...or we just always have had blinders on for those next to us in the crowd cheering for the same team. It's one aspect of Reinsdorf's tenure that people can't quibble with...giving everyone opportunity regardless of race, religion or socio-economic background.

LOL. Both sides. Two hot heads. Totally equivalent. If you a PoC this wouldn't be your position as someone on the receiving side of it. Now we're simply circling back to the "just shut up and play" argument that dates back to Kapaernick and LeBron.

By this argument we will never have racism because only that individual knows what's really truly in their heart...we have actions, and consistent ones over time, but that's not proof, either. I'm sure Curt Schilling can pontificate for hours on the subject of what makes him not a racist but an cancel culture patriot.

Every media personality has a schtick today...it's not about pure journalism anymore and really hasn't been that way since the 70s and 80s. And no I don't believe that even he believes half of what he asserts or claims. Interview Joe Posnanski on Whitlock and you will get to the truth if he is forthcoming. He's a standup guy and not so self righteous as Jeff Passan. He started with the Augusta Chronicle so he knows everything about racism and reverse racism from an outsider's perspective in the South.

Whitlock makes Stephen A. Smith seem like the equivalent of a reasonable version of Jim Rome. He has been a complete bozo ever since his days with the KC Star in the late 90s. He courts controversy constantly, priding himself on going against the grain if it's anything to do with race and culture, kind of a mix of Bill Maher and Joe Rogan for sports fans to get all riled up by.