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Is this what it feels like to be a Twins fan?

Really?

He’s not why we’re losing, but this dipshit behind the plate is inconsistent as all hell

Dusty gonna Dusty.

One word sums up this team’s performance in this series outside of game 3 tentative pitching, hitting, defense, management…..tentative

Pitch count mounting

Eloy has been an enormous disappointment since the end of August. He looks like he’s guessing instead of seeing.

Get big Eloy.

This staff just loves to nibble, nibble, nibble instead of attacking hitters early or when they’re ahead in the count. You can attack in the zone without throwing cookies

That’s what happened to Pantera….LMJ doubled up on that outside fastball and the first call made Lu swing and make weak contact on the second

Really had no issue with Los staying into face CC. Issue was the stupid 0-2 belt high fastball

3 straight high fastballs? 0-2 count you give him a cookie fastball!?!? what the hell?

The biggest difference in this iteration of Rodon and previous iterations is that he's become a thinker on the mound. You can literally watch him talk to himself or look off in space thinking about his next pitch. I don't know if this was something Katz taught him, someone else on the staff, or him just recognizing that pitching it as much about savvy as stuff, but it's made a tremendous difference. This is why he can still dominate even when his velocity is down. All that said, dude has waited a long time for this opportunity. He'll feel no pain until his arm falls off.

I'd like to think he's watched film and will be ready today. All these guys, on both teams, should have a pretty damn good idea how the opponents are attacking them by this point in the season and series.

Perhaps you should reserve judgement until you do rather than relying on "woke" articles on Twitter or Facebook. I'm a Biden voter, btw....not that that should matter, but the judgement is just DRIPPING off of your posts.

It's a damn shame how many people are missing out on some fucking hilarious content because of what they've read online about Barstool. Start with the "Pardon My Take" podcast (publishes M,W,F). Hilarious podcast, sports-centric, and one of the hosts, Big Cat, is a Chicago guy. Listen to that for a couple of weeks then come back and tell us how much misogynistic, racist, right-wing drivel you heard. It'll be a short post.

I can't stand this talking point. Is WSD an idiot? Absolutely. Do you understand how his idiocy plays into the whole Barstool personality "world"? No, you don't. The guy is a laughingstock at the company...considered a hardo. The fact this hardo Sox fan idiot got into it with John Cusack over who is a better fan is fucking comedy gold. It's not the interaction, it's the way the interaction plays into the whole Barstool "show" and feeds the WSD narrative.

No doubt I'm biased, but that crowd blew every other crowd in this year's playoffs away. Boston's fans are fantastic but they don't keep at it non-stop like our fans did last night. Wainwright seemed to be in awe of the atmosphere, which speaks volumes.

A July road game is much different than an October playoff game in front of a crowd like last night's. I want to face him in Chicago, without question.

Anyone know where you can see whiff% home/away splits? Looked on Baseball Savant and can only see season totals, no splits.

I think Carlos is going to surprise us all, showing that Sox have been playing games with the media this whole time. I'm not saying he didn't have shoulder soreness, but this idea that he's going to come out in a home playoff game throwing 90-91 is likely bullshit. I refuse to believe he went all out in his last start when his velo was down...it was a tune-up. I think he's going to come out and shove for 80-90 pitches, showing us that Cy Young stuff. Most on this board were saying that Carlos would have to have a phantom injury late in the season in order to manage his IP. Next thing we know, he's on the shelf for a month after not really showing any signs of injury in his last start.

Solid win. 1 down, 2 to go. Great to see Bummer back to being Bummer, the guy who we all thought had primo, closer stuff heading into this season. Tepera was nails, as well. I live in ATL so obviously not at the game, but the crowd was absolutely ELECTRIC on the screen and through my speakers. Short turnaround to tomorrow afternoon....let's do this shit. Sox in 5.

Lance is a hell of a pitcher. Against this team, he shouldn't toe the rubber again unless we advance to the ALCS.

LaRussa has really ruined my enjoyment of this postseason. Today was such a letdown. That said, time to win in spite of that idiot.

That's the problem. That could have been his final line if he hadn't been left in to walk the second batter. I lost my shit when, after the first walk, they showed a shot of a couple of vacant bullpen mounds. Gio was struggling, probably shouldn't have even come out for the 5th, but AT MINIMUM someone should have been warm to come in as soon as he allowed a baserunner. Instead, Tony hung him and Crochet out to dry. Which, of course, led to a tie game. Engel was ONLY pitch hit for because it was a tie game and Tony, in his opinion, thought batting Engel against a righty was essentially giving away an out. He brought in Hernandez as the PH who has been an absolute disaster at the plate since coming over. He sacrificed defense to give Hernandez that AB. Of course, that shitheaded decision cost the Sox AT LEAST two runs on Leury's bad RF play but also allowed for Tucker to come up and go yard against Kimbrel instead of Crochet or Bummer. That entire disaster of a game can be traced directly back to the bottom of the 5th. Seriously, up 2, bottom 5. Kopech stretched out to go 3. We lost 9-4. Unreal.