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Between the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Astros…the only team we might be able to beat right now would be the Rays. No confidence in either Kimbrel or TLR. Grandal has been great offensively but he will invariably let something bad happen on the defensive side to mess everything up. We really need Anderson’s fire back leading this team. Getting swept out of the playoffs feels just as likely as advancing to the ALCS. Just haven’t even felt excited for most Sox games these last six weeks unless we were playing an opponent outside the Central.

The difference is they will fire Tingler and try to bring in Francona, Bochy, etc.…whereas the White Sox losing to Houston won’t even out a dent in LaRussa’s protective armor.

Whatever happens in that AL East, it’s going to be a crazy finish. How the tables have turned. SD/Cincy vs. SFG looking anti-climactic after what looked like the Wild Card game of all time a month or so ago.

Mendick just hasn’t had enough at-bats. Vaughn’s in a terrible slump. Boston just had the better arm out there this inning.

As the US averages more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths daily, not getting vaccinated is akin to driving while intoxicated, one health expert said Friday. "We need to start talking about the choice to remain unvaccinated as the choice to go out and drive intoxicated," CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

That's almost like the Era of the Statniks/Sabes. Although not sure you can trademark an era or epoch that has yet to occur, officially. (Perhaps we had a previous era with our Saturn rockets....) The problem, of course, is that everyone reacts differently. Some will only respond to government force or heavy-handedness, believing that everything's basically just a friendly recommendation that can simply be ignored without any significant personal consequence. Otoh, we have people getting locked up for months if not years in Asian countries for breaking quarantine protocols or knowingly exposing others to Covid. This whole argument is at the heart of the vaccine passport/s debate that puts 90%+ Republicans firmly in the against column.

Gordon Beckham had similar quotes...

We must be setting a record for leg injuries in one season. Lynn, Robert, Madrigal, Engel (multiple times), Kopech, Giolito...probably missing another handful more.

They're definitely not going to fire any member of the Bossard family...and why did it say Kruk came out with TLR? Obviously not John Kruk... Katz? Umpire?

Goodwin 6/55 vs LHP so far this season. Yikes. What's the latest with Giolito?

The last couple of years, Ray was another version of Snell and struggled to get into the sixth inning due to high Ks, general wildness and increasing pitch counts. Feel like he's in that same category with an Eovaldi (in terms of FA offers) and Rodon a notch below.

We get Francona next year, yay!

Who were 2nd and 3rd in the Cy Young race coming into today?

JD Martinez just hit a go-ahead three run bomb in the top of the tenth in CLE. And Karinchak has pitched himself off the team, temporarily.

Add with Kopech’s last ten, you get some really ugly numbers. Keuchel, too. Tepera might be the closer or knock Kimbrel out of his role at this rate. And now Hahn locked himself in with the that contract, as well as Cesar Hernandez.

GM, GE or ATT.

Former team, not intimidated at all, non save situation, blah blah.

Yeah, sure we’re going to get the equivalent of Madrigal, Heuer and $5+ million back for Kimbrel…

Grandal finally over 200 at .203. Reynaldo/Keuchel controversy. Doubt TLR is going to mess with that unless Keuchel gets rocked his next two starts, as well.

At least the Red Sox got to the Indians’ pen…

https://www.mlb.com/news/rick-hahn-on-white-sox-lineup-in-place-playoff-tested-schedule Now Merkin jinxed them. Daunting would be coming out on top in the AL East or NL West. “Hahn reflects on White Sox 'daunting' path” CHICAGO -- The White Sox have yet to accomplish any of their 2021 goals. But as they get closer to capturing the American League Central title, which would mark their first division crown since 2008 and the first target on their extensive list, general manager Rick Hahn couldn’t be prouder with the path his organization has navigated to get there.

It wouldn’t be the White Sox if they made things easy on the fans…I guess 2000 and 1983 pretty much stand out as the only counter examples.

11 1/2 was the peak lead, right? Or 12?

Somehow the Indians are still leading Boston. Guess it would take the lead getting down to 6 games before real concern set in.

He hasn’t been hitting all that well recently, either…