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LULL THEM TO SLEEP ATTACK.

I deleted Grandal post comparing him to Mark Johnson/Ron Karkovice Squad. That pitch was right down the middle of the plate...couldn't have put it better on a tee. Moncada 417, Grandal 425. Abreu's 335, haha.

Sure, but he SHOULD BE great by this point in his career. Still too inconsistent, but 2019 was a HUGE step forwards.

NOGOWSKI. Gee, quite a different name there, lol. I couldn't even see the R/N, what are the odds of two almost identical names as that (Polish?) at 1B?

You're being too kind, lol.

Or Anderson missed the hit and run sign, because he looked like he was taking all the way. In fact, he almost deliberately got out of the way to make it an easier throw for the catcher.

PLEASE JUST FIRE RR. This is the best hitter in baseball at bat, if not one of the Top 10. Why take the bat out of his hands when Mendick has below average speed?

WHAT THE HELL? Ex White Sox Casey Rogowski is now at 1st base? There's a rule that every former IB prospect, like Olmedo Saenz, Mario Valdez, Jose Martinez....plays for StL afterwards. And I'm forgetting one or two names.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drive at least one run in here and don't somehow hit into a DP or strike 'em out, throw 'em out situation.

Mendick's damn bat is bigger than him. Like Julio Franco's famous huge bat....but Mendick is lacking the massive, Popeye-esque forearms.

Pulling a ball to the right side of the INF works occasionally, but you should be driving those pitches to the opposite field for doubles or even homers because he has the power to carry the wall quite easily.

That'sssa not so good...

RIGHT ON THAT ONE, LUIS. That was a double to the RCF gap. Or a triple.

What kind of a point is that? The point should be that if you have a great infield defense behind you, it's perfectly acceptable to keep the ball on the ground and limit pitch counts by not being a high strikeout pitcher in the post-season.

REAL White Sox crowds in 2021-22 looking exactly like the scenes across MLB in the stands today...MAYBE.

The point is, there's a belief that teams that enjoy success in a long regular season but don't have dominant TOR shutdown starters (see 2015 Mets, who lost, btw) can't win in the playoffs or World Series. Keuchel has nothing to do with this. On the 2014-15 Royals, arguably he would have been the #1 starter. And they still would have almost won 2 World Series titles with him in that spot. Example #2, the Dodgers over the last decade, at least since 2013...great pitching, aces, no titles.

This is the point now where you have to start watching Keuchel much more carefully...

That's a 44.4% chance of seeing a hit in any individual inning. Insightful stuff, surprised it didn't come from Our Chuck.

Minnesota Twins vs. NY Yankees in post-season theory...

Well, except for that one bomb he put about 475 feet up onto the LF concourse...

They're all advertisements that could be negatively construed quite easily if the team on the field disappointed? That, I find incredibly difficult to imagine. PERCEPTION IS 90% OF REALITY. Why put yourself in a position to look like a jackass? Remember TWTW, from Harrelson? The souvenirs/t-shirts/merchandising around it? Well, it last about all of 2 or 3 weeks when the team completely fell apart.

Clubhouse leadership. Cespedes Brothers Recruiter. Smokeless tobacco spokesman across the Caribbean.

Let's just for once, as White Sox fans, worry about ACTUALLY QUALIFYING or potential pitching match-ups FOR THE DAMN PLAYOFFS...maybe FIRST???

Because the season's so abbreviated, there's no way he can wear down a bit in the second half...

Sure, but baseball has always been the most traditional sport about NOT allowing that, compared to NBA, NFL, NASCAR, NHL, world futbol, etc.