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The way things have been going, you didn't expect to score one...now hitting under .100 with RISP over the last 2+ games.

Really wish Moncada was a little bit more aggressive on the basepaths....might have been able to get to 2nd base and avoid the DP ball situation. That said, it's also likely to get him injured with all his hammy problems the last 2-3 years.

Abreu fishing...spoiled it. Just trying to put it in play, avoid the DP ball, he's one of the best at situational hitting on the team. OOOOPS. Spoke too soon. Bring up Vaughn, lol.

Thought that was CoCo Crisp in CF for a second, haha. Civale out of sorts to start off, need to put up some runs here. 3-0 to Moncada. Clipped the top of the zone, taking all the way. Second strike was inside, but framed well. First thought, Robert's going to try for home and run through the stop sign, lol. This dude is like a crafty lefthander in a RHPer's body.

Civale shaking off his catcher quite a bit trying to figure out the way to get 3 strikes on ROBERT. Okay, IF YOU STEAL, DON'T LOOK BACK, DON'T PASS GO. Just run, Forest, run.

Nice change-up there to Lindor at 2-1. Best pitch so far tonight. Tailor-made double play ball. Inning over. Cease has the perfect differential between FB and offspeed stuff tonight, about 15 mph. Anything over 10-12 is optimal. Seems like every season Collins starts off on a rough patch, lol. Or he just isn't that good. Not getting consistent at-bats is not an easy make to make a living as a big league bench player.

Cease is leaving a lot of pitches up in the zone until he got Ramirez reaching for that one low in the zone...

First home start for Dylan Cease this season. Simply, don't let 2-5 beat you. Of course, you could say this about the majority of MLB line-ups, other than DET and PIT. Crazy, the Marlins are heading in the direction of being 7-1. That's got to be one of the most compelling storylines of the early season.

In the end, he's going to be judged primarily on Giolito, Kopech, Lopez and Cease. Rodon's pretty much a lost cause, not much a pitching coach can do there. The bullpen performance is so hit-and-miss from year to year, you just hope you have an above average or above pen 2 out of every 3 years. It's also a bit ironic that the "leaders" of that pen were supposed to be guys like Burdi, Hamilton, Tyler Johnson, McClure, Burr, etc. They've managed to work around a number of setbacks on that front, much like the 2012 bullpen. As you might remember, all those rookies and castoffs really struggled (minus Sale/Q) the following year.

https://www.espn.com/blog/onenacion/post/_/id/1357/mlb-managers-learn-spanish-to-unite-teams-and-clubhouses Dusty Baker, Scioscia, Jayce Tingler, Fredi Gonzalez, Matheny, Alex Cora (haha), Joe Maddon, Dave Martinez, Sandy Alomar, Jr., Omar Vizquel, Edwin Rodriguez...there are a lot more than you might think.

www.bankofamerica.com/rally Buying the White Sox youth t-shirt for my son and, surprise, surprise, Padres (Tommy Pham) bad-ass adult one for myself. $7 per shirt donated to Boys & Girls Club/s of America.

Too bad we can’t relocate him to Nashville...are they still the Sounds? And have you run into Johnny Danks out and about town?

Super Joe McEwing. Bring back Joe Nossek at age 79.

Meanwhile, Marlins 6-1 and leading MLB in win/loss %.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds 62.9% vs. 78.1% probability a pretty big disparity between models...but both with Sox in 7th.

“It's probably the luckiest home run baseball history. It was definitely top three,” Yelich said. “I needed that one. It's been an absolute zoo. I've been awful all year, so to have some positivity and be able to smile about something was nice. Much needed.” “Was it a tough play for him? Yes. Could it have been made? Should it have been made? It’s possible,” Renteria said. “But he did everything he could to kind of corral it. That’s probably not the story of the game. The story of the game is we were probably shut down a little bit on the offensive side, which didn’t give us a whole lot moving forward.”

White Sox fans collectively have an irritation in their “you know whats.”

Did you go to MIT, Cal Tech, Carnegie Mellon or a high Ivy?

Watch them put up 30+ runs this series...

And pitching coach...

Especially coming off two consecutive losses and on the road...

With the source of the Cardinals outbreak largely unknown, Jerry Hairston Jr. reported that a few players went to a casino following their series against the Twins. This obviously represents a huge breach in protective measures, and is a considerable risk to the rest of the league at a time where players are supposed to be working to ensure games can be played as safely as possible. The rumor was corroborated by MLB insider Jon Heyman, which caused the Cardinals to work overtime to say there’s “no truth” to rumors their players would be foolish enough to go to a casino in the middle of a pandemic and potentially help jeopardize the entire season. Team president John Mozeliak tried to defend the possibility his players were unsafe, but did so in the weirdest way: “We understood there were going to be risks... just the inherent risk playing in the middle of a pandemic. Would it make it easier if we said, ‘Oh somebody went to a strip joint?’ ‘’ Yes, yes it would John (Mozeliak). It would make things much easier if you notified the league when learning that a player went to a strip joint. In fact, not only would it be easier, but it would be the most responsible thing to do in that case. Then the player could be quarantined, monitored, have their exposure to others limited, institute contact tracing, and ensure rapid testing. That might not sound easy, but it’s a substantially lighter lift than doing nothing, waiting for an outbreak, then trying to do damage control while everyone else’s season is at risk. https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2020/8/4/21353902/cardinals-covid-outbreak-casino-report-details just give the Cardinals automatic losses and move on...teams are going to have to learn the hard way, just like there are consequences to actions/reckless behavior in real life.

This has pretty much been the same story ever since Renteria took the reigns, why should we suddenly expect a leopard to change its spots now?

Why do the freakin’ Padres care more about winning? They consistently bring up players, whenever deemed ready, regardless of service time considerations. Change managers. Make wholesale changes to roster in order to improve defense (Grisham/Profar/Trammell instead of Reyes/Renfroe/Kinsler/Dozier). Constantly bringing up pitchers from minors to challenge existing starters and change bullpen mix, etc. Mackenzie Gore not up yet might be only question fans have...

One ball was more on the top of the foot (slider or curve), last night the same foot...looked liked a bit more of the in-step, fwiw. Par for the course, this year. Will definitely speed up his bat for the remaining weekend match-ups.