caulfield12

Well the season might be decided these next two outs...

velo is down 2 mph from yesterday

You let him actually face Alvarez...what?

Crochet over Bummer the first interesting pen decision...

TLR is going to get roasted if we lose the lead this inning somehow...

Waiting for a Greg comment on 4-5 hour postseason games..

That shockingly worked out okay...so far. Gotta get Giolito the win, lol.

And the dreaded leadoff walk. Ouch.

Feel more confident in those guys than Crochet or Kopech but it has been a constant issue call season long so just have to go with gut/intuition to hopefully get the ball to Hendriks.

Menechino?

Reached way outside of the zone for that one. Eloy and Vaughn both need offseason reset buttons.

Professional at bat....seems like the success rate in those situations has been less than 50% but probably much higher in reality. Astros give one back.

Thank god, a lead finally. Maybe now the hitters will finally start to relax a little bit more. Can't believe still 15 more outs to somehow collect, though.

Giolito likely gets one more inning...two would be a godsend.

Will take a 4 1/2 to 5 hour game if we can actually win one...4:00 a.m. in China and have makeup workday tmrw, sigh.

Robert has been the clear standout of this lineup so far...considering it seemed there was a chance he might never be the same again, that's one huge reason to have hope for the series and future.

Engel isn't very proficient at it...but it is what it is. A tie game on the road with our bullpen is what, a 30-35% likelihood of winning?

And that's why it won't happen...don't even want Hernandez back, either. I feel like Lillian will be beating the same drum for another decade until someone finally listens.

Not sure why anyone was expecting much from either Engel or Vaughn offensively...so much of playoff baseball is timing and confidence.

We are still more a collection of RH hitting talent/individuals than a cohesive team resembling what we had in 2005. Wonder if they will consider trading Moncada...which would be one of the few ways to even up the payroll down the line for Burger. No easy solutions or answers that don't involve spending a lot whereas we usually spend 50 cents on the dollar with just a few notable exceptions like Grandal and Robert. Then holding on to Abreu one year too long becomes yet another risk factor.

At least Giolito is settling in...the idea of some of the Sox relievers being trustworthy with a one run game in this environment, not feeling quite so confident.

If we had first half Lynn and the no hitter throwing version of Rodon...

Yeah, always being the very first game of the day...what would it take to actually change that?

Or 2000 first half White Sox...2006 as well. Ironic they thought Hernandez was going to be one of those guys with his career history being the polar opposite prior to this year.

Hopefully he follows Tucker's development line...but lots of elite college players peak early or can't transition to bat change well enough. Sox simply can't afford to have any more development misses with low draft picks coming up.