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CEASE?

He used to be a top prospect at one point though, in the NL...maybe the Cardinals? Pirates? Giants? Would have to look it up.

Guess it was '61. And For Love of the Game with Costner?

Gut check time. Let's see what this team is actually made of.

This game is far from over, of course. Hitters 1-2-3 as we turn over the line-up again. But now it's a real battle to take this one and get out of town with some momentum. Lose, and the focus is back on the 2-6 slide over the offday, and possibly not playing again until SAT night at 6 p.m.

Part of the conversion to being a pitcher and not just a thrower. Have to learn how to pitch out of those situations instead of completely losing your composure. Playing Mazara instead of Engel also cost the White Sox. Have no doubt Engel takes the correct route and catches it in the gap.

ENGEL WOULD HAVE HAD THAT. POINT 2, defense just gave up two runs again. Still not playing WELL as a team.

3-2 change-up. Ballsy. Definitely wasn't looking for that pitch selection.

3-2 change-up. Ballsy. Definitely wasn't looking for that pitch selection.

Lost the DP possibility. Okay, now just get the strikeout and focus on the hitters.

McCann got crossed up....what the heck happened there? Waiting for a breaking ball and got the high heat. Fooled the batter, too. Then he was flinching a bit from the swing and didn't get the ball to first quickly enough. Still waiting for a totally clean White Sox game defensively.

Juan Gonzalez agrees with you. As a fan, it's not bad. Still prefer the overhangs/second decks in the old stadium, even though it was located in a not so good area of the city. That park had character, pretty sure they filmed most of the scenes from THE NATURAL there. The recently outdated Rangers' stadium was a bit reminscent with the outfield decking. The coolest was hitting balls onto the roof (Cecil Fielder) and the high pop-ups into the outfield that would get caught in the overhang in the first or second row when it should have been a routine fly ball. The only thing that's cool is the merry go round and then the city skyline backdrop over the outfield wall//Ford display models and that plastic Tigers' statue out there.

Charlotte power.

Goins can't hit the ball ANY harder than that one...didn't even get to the fence/gap.

That centerfield is so gigantic, it makes Old Comiskey seem pedestrian in comparison. Will never forget the old Tigers' Stadium with that flag pole in the field of play out there around 440ish where it kind of went into a triangle/cutout.

Mazara inserted into the line-up to set up Mendick and Goins for RBI's, right?

Nice patience from McCann. We have a lot more discipline out of that position than the Narvaez hacking years, although Omar was actually one of Hahn's Top 5 finds arguably. That would have been out or off the wall in quite a few MLB stadiums in CF. Robert's not that far off anymore. Can't give Charlie Blackmon credit for a .400 season if he doesn't even play in 81 games.

Sad to see Cabrera looking like this. Kind of like King Felix. Along with Pujols, one of the two best hitters of his generation in the years after Ramirez/Ortiz dominated the AL. Harrelson just loved to talk about him as a hitter, and his approach to the game on that side of things. Just doesn't have the drive/power with his lower body anymore.

Cease, you need to locate that fastball a little bit better....big league hitters can handle that pitch, especially if they're looking for it. Even 9th place hitters. Smart baserunning by Castro moving into second. Paying attention.

Encarnacion's closing in on going into one his patented 7-10 day tears where he puts up 3-5 homers and bunches of RBI's. Fly the Parrot! Free the Parrot? Does his real parrot need to be socially-distanced and not allowed in dugout?

Jimenez. KNOW THE SITUATION AND WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE IS UP THERE. GEEZ. Professional RBI at-bat there by Abreu, sensed the positioning of the infielders and knew he just needed to get it down on the right side of the infield. Instinctual.

Why didn't the LF throw his hands up? Baseball IQ 101. Just like the time Jimenez was caught in the netting and seemed to treat it like it was a ground-rule double.

Okay, let's get some runs back. Anderson, Jimenez and Abreu here. Boyd's pitch count is getting elevated after that 1st inning. Anderson has 6 leadoff homers in his Sox career now. Smart baserunning by Anderson, ball stuck in the fence, gets a triple out of it.

5/10 now for Harold Castro against Dylan Cease. See, Gardenhire can look at the past results and adjust the line-up accordingly. Jacoby Jones is a top MLB OPS guy, too. Madrigal's teammate at OSU, right? Greiner? More issues at the 2B bag getting tags down. Some of Mendick's flaws getting expose. Getting rid of the ball on double plays, for one, and also he's been pretty lousy with most tag plays, costing some what would have been pivotal outs (the one that sticks out the most was Lindor swimming past him and leading the Indians' comeback.)

Daniel, Josh and Erica Fernanda.