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I just have the audio feed, which is more nerve-wracking trying to interpret the responses in the thread since there's a slight delay here.

Austin Hedges hitting a grand slam there...about as random a guy as anyone to pull it off, that would have been ALMOST as bad as last night. But 8-2 up last night and then having multiple chances with two outs to get out of it, then blowing two bases loaded situations in the 9th and 10th was something you see only once every 40 years or so.

Well, it's hard to expect a victory tmrw with VV, but they have temporarily staunched the bleeding and avoided the ONE outcome they couldn't afford, which would be two heartbreaking losses in a row followed by a second sweep in the early season. Hopefully the Twins get swept by the Astros before the Twins hit their "easy" stretch starting this weekend all the way through June 3rd.

SURVIVAL. LOL. Bailed out by NYC.

They ruled?

MLB wants to give this game even more drama, lol...

You've gotta be kidding me. Now Abreu falls apart on defense.

Cleveland has already rallied from down in the 8th inning twice since Sunday...once against the Blue Jays.

Especially when he's hitting .100 on the road coming into tonight's game.

Here we go again...all with two outs. Gimenez has been red hot coming into tonight. Gets in trouble when he tries to hit for power.

35 fb 16 change 15 sliders 5-6 curveballs Going to a lot more sliders than normally...pretty great adjustment by Katz to keep batters off the change and throw another angle at swing planes hunting just two pitches according to past history.

Great work by the middle infield. Shocking.

Owen Miller, the pride of Illinois State. I see that the White Sox still haven't learned how to pitch to Josh Naylor yet. Wow. Broke his string finally. Reyes a .400 hitter at home and roughly .100 on the road. Talk about dramatic splits.

Well, on the plus side, the Twins have next to no chance to score with Buxton and Correa out, they actually have a much worse line-up than the White Sox are running out there tonight against Verlander....unless Gary Sanchez suddenly wakes up from his stupor. 11 of 12 Guardians' hitters have gotten first pitch strikes from Giolito.

Is the scorekeeper DRUNK? How can that be a base hit for Moncada? It has to be a fielder's choice.

"Rays: Their pitching injuries haven’t slowed them down This might not be that surprising for anyone who’s followed Tampa Bay and its seemingly inexhaustible supply of pitching over the past few years, but it’s still stunning. Consider the injured arms the Rays have been without -- the list includes 2021 ace Tyler Glasnow, top prospect Shane Baz, young starter Luis Patiño, lefty Ryan Yarbrough (who returned last week after missing 23 games), depth starters Yonny Chirinos and Brendan McKay and high-leverage relievers Nick Anderson, Pete Fairbanks and JT Chargois. That’s basically a full rotation and the back end of a strong bullpen missing from Tampa Bay’s roster, yet the Rays ended the weekend with a 3.25 ERA that ranked seventh in the Majors and fourth in the AL." -- Adam Berry mlb.com

"Twins: The pitching -- all of it Where on earth did this come from? A year after posting the second-worst staff ERA in the AL, the Twins’ success in 2022 has been fueled almost entirely by the success of the pitching staff, which entered Monday seventh in the Majors in starters’ ERA (3.17) and sixth in bullpen ERA (3.03). The rotation has gotten a huge lift from the success of rookies Joe Ryan and Josh Winder, while the bullpen has seen even less heralded arms thrive in all manner of roles. The Twins have now won seven straight one-run games on the strength of that pitching -- and have you seen rookie Jhoan Duran pump 102 mph on the radar gun?" -- Do-Hyoung Park mlb.com

We haven't used cash ONCE in the last 2 1/2 years here in China...everything through mobile phone QR codes. Well one notable exception is wedding "red envelopes" or Hongbao for the bride and groom. That has to be fresh new 100 RMB notes that add up to 6's or 8's.

Well the odds of the Sox drafting a a future superstar SS at #1-6 or spending $140 million plus in FA aren't the greatest...so that means it's Montgomery or bust.

No rookies are having an easy time this year...especially the most inexperienced ones.

Wasn’t that the WHOLE point of Cesar Hernandez coming in?

At the very worst, he's third behind Burnes. That said, playing on West Coast for a team other than the Dodgers means he will always get less media attention than the Yankees/Mets guys.

Just provide a single one of your predictions that has been close to accurate, please. Broken clocks rule means you have to be right eventually...

But what explains the gnawing sense that the White Sox are more often than not less/er than the sum of their individual parts as a collective team?

That would pretty much make the White Sox the most dysfunctional organization in MLB if what you asserted was actually true.