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Hey a feel good story!

Maybe SoxTalk should be put in charge of this new network venture lol....figuring out how to push free product out to Sox addicts (guess there are around 30-50,000 remaining truly hardcore fans). Or maybe they will see Sox addicts in the marketing and think it's for Sex addicts instead...the old bait and switcheroo.

This is not Walden Pond. The guy cracked up and lost touch with reality in that type of extremely isolated environment.

A’s finish with a massive 40,000 plus attendance for last home game ever…27 bases will be given to club employees, fans will be fighting to fill up infield dirt in water bottles if they allow it. Preview for JR? Next three in Sacramento. Last in MLB attendance, 922,286 and average per game of 11,529. Dallas Braden going all over parking lots and stands thanking all the fans…his perfect game the #1 Hollywood story, movie possibility if they keep greenlighting baseball movies without Costner. Plus Pitt did it better in Beane role. Shades of Brooklyn Dodgers leaving Ebbetts in 1957…added for JR.

Padres were done with Clevinger when he got rocked two years ago in NLCS against Phils. Big contract, unpopular in clubhouse…and they had to trade Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Hedges, Owen Miller, Gabriel Arias, Cantillo. And still didn’t want him back after that. https://awaybackgone.com/2022/05/04/cleveland-guardians-revisiting-the-mike-clevinger-trade/

https://www.mlb.com/stories/game-preview/746417 540 pm Chicago start. https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/detroit-tigers-bally-sports-announcer-jason-benetti-delivers-iconic-call-following-improbable-comeback-win-jason-foley-save-american-league-wild-card-race-01j8qz6jhhj2

Mlb.com has it 3-15 4.95. Not even close to Anthony Young.

Doubt Yoan has ever done that since Boston…more like Caitlin Clark lol.

15678 attendance for final home game of record setting season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Finish 27th ahead of TB Miami Oakland. 1365055/77=17,728 average

Drury with an astounding 476 ops would be a good buy low candidate if they dump Sheets/Vaughn. He was really pretty decent the last 2-3 years, overall.

Dh Benintendi…Vargas to LF lol.

Isn’t Vargas better at second than third? Then Ramos is blocked…maybe rightfully so, but Vargas hasn't exactly outplayed anyone.

Please preserve the shutout lol. No Eder.

Sosa up to .250/629.

Would they bench Vargas for Ramos…or play Vargas at second instead? Baldwin at second, maybe? One of the three seems to be the odd man out unless they force Baldwin to SS where he would be pretty abysmal defensively as an everyday player? But then where Sosa? probably Baldwin to AAA but that infield defense will still be a total mess…albeit cheap as hell

But have to feel good for Grady and team for showing up and not just giving up completely. Still fighting to get to 40 wins. Sunday with Skubal scratched best shot or Crochet tmrw for 4 against TBA.

Like when mlb figured out to lay off Shingo Takatsu frisbee and wait for 88-90 fastballs behind in count…

Wonder what Carson Fulmer is thinking now lol? Would he be willing to throw more gasoline onto the Sox fire? Biggest run scoring inning of season by far. Everyone but Robinson and Amaya have scored…two worst hitters.

White Sox players and Sizemore simply decided to not let the record be broken to jeers at home against them. First five game winning streak at home in two years, potentially. Mini version of Major League 3 heading into weekend. Winning to spite fans, GM, owner, Grifol. Haters, lol. Skubal now likely scratched for Detroit Sunday…and why oh why didn’t we draft five tooler Riley Greene??? 6-0 lead. Crazy.

Tigers have rallied from 3-0 down to take 4-3 lead late. Question is whether they can close it out. 10 years since last playoff appearance Magic number 3 for the moment, Minnesota plays tonight.. Just don’t want to see Crochet overthrow tmrw in what will weirdly feel like a postseason game with loss record and Detroit unreal home crowd possibly looking to clinch WC. Royals rallied 7-4 lead late. Would both be +11 with Minny absolutely needing a win to stay two back with three. And Minnesota with tiebreaker situation head to head with Det has to win 4/4 probably. Benetti has a magic moment. What a comeback. And maybe the pressure to sweep the Sox is now off and no Skubal on Sunday. Still no Detroit starter for tmrw announced.

At least Flexen has saved the minor leaguers from being further overexposed and one of the few earning his contract legitimately…takes the ball every start and battles his butt off.

Robinson challenging Maldonado…and not sure exactly what the purpose of Amaya is.

They just got a new WNBA expansion team that will follow Golden State and Toronto…giving them 15 teams in league.

Royals starting to beat up Corbin, worst pitcher in baseball since 2019 WS who has made 30+ starts every season regardless, the most durable/available. That would be 11 games over, with Minnesota at +6. TB 2-0 over Det, who will be +9/+11. Wouldn’t be totally shocked if they signed Corbin to replace Flexen and possibly mentor Crochet. Or Kyle Hendricks.

Texas at LAA looked quite different for a season ending series in April.