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https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/33860/reynaldo-lopez Lopez has actually done fairly well against the Astros…11/36 is over .300 and not .242 as ESPN has here but no xbh and only 3 runs with 5 walks and 6 k’s.

Who would you have started instead? Lopez was already in the rotation…Kopech or Lambert? I guess one of the offseason discussion points will be about the mismanagement of both Kopech and Crochet, but guess we’ll just have to wait and see how next season unfolds.

Just wonder how much pain the slider’s causing at this point…if he has to go away from the FB heavy repertoire.

Can we trade Vaughn, Sheets and Lopez for Ohtani, lol?

Skipped work today…but this one will be at 3:37 a.m. or likely rained out. Need an early pre-emptive nap in the late afternoon or this evening. Three long nights out of four counting Sox Game 2, OU/Iowa then tonight again.

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/e0abde3003a88dedecad92fedc96375000c16843287a51dbf2cd92f062217180 75% or higher starting at 4 p.m. That might be the best scenario if Rodon can go a quick 2-3 before any prolonged delay…then another elongated bullpen battle.

How well has Tepera done this year in back to back or multiple inning appearances?

Tepera will go down as the best trade acquisition of the three. Wonder how much it would take to resign him? And getting everyone riled up for Game 4 might help, but Game 5 will be a totally different beast. At least the mantra next year will be HFA, HFA, HFA…

Bulldogs seem to be the theme…and a picture of a Lab named Sosa might be a reverse jinx so not posting.

How many HoF relievers have been demoted from their roles with a better save conversion rate than the closer on the team they’re joining…and sported a 0.52 ERA? Wouldn’t it have been more logical to use Hendriks in high leverage for a half season, knowing he was already perfectly comfortable to that role in the past? If the argument back is that it would screw with Liam mentally this year and into the future of his contract…then couldn’t one make the same argument that he could have more easily made the necessary mental adjustments?

Overwhelming is like 75-25, 80-20 or 90-10...and someone could vote more than once if they really wanted to game the system.

Ron at least has a promising political career with that attitude...

Remember when we had Avi, Leury and Willy Garcia all in the same outfield...the Tres Garcias game of April, 2017? Bite it, Alex Rios!

AL Central in postseason since Indians went up 2-0 on the Yankees in 2017…only to lose three straight=0-16 Chicago White Sox=2-4 And just think of all the extra revenue from another post-season game we can spend on Corey Seager, haha. PS: Also hope the poster disappointed with 5-1 deficit stayed in the park for that one. Leaving early would be like missing the Robin Ventura walkoff back in 1991.

Grandal and Leury will be remembered forever in Sox lore if they can dig out of this hole. Just hope that Rodon doesn’t hurt himself tomorrow night trying to do much and reaching back for some extra velocity…

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/35759/jose-urquidy No bueno. White Sox current batters 3/19 career with just 3 singles against Jose Urquidy…

He makes Ventura and Hahn seem like Mr. Baseball in comparison.

Can’t imagine the environment if it was tied 1-1 coming to Chicago…but that and the FOD walk-off definitely will resonate for a long time. Any word on who Houston will start vs. Rodon? Would be dangerous to go on a starter with three day’s rest and not hold him back for a Game 5 at home…tough decision for Baker to make.

Especially at the salary...

Sharknado!!!

You realize there's a full slate of 4 games again on the national t.v. schedule?

Bring in Wright...I know, I know, not on the roster.

Other than Cincy, not many potent offenses in the NL Central. Now Leury just got himself another $1-2 million for 2022, haha.

Think we need Hendriks' antics to really send the crowd home hyped for Game 4. Another managerial backfire for Baker tonight.

Kimbrel back out there for some reason is scary, even with a four run lead.