Jerksticks

Glad he’s in to finish the 7th. Good job TLR. Perfect managing

I really think this message board should be some form of test to weed out the candidates for President. Like before you qualify for the debates you must pass the Soxtalk pressure cooker: Are you cool under pressure? Are you able to focus on the macro even when the micro is impossibly challenging? Do you blame people when times get tough? Are you a psychotic homicidal nervous guy? Not many would survive such a gauntlet

Lol. Ladies and gentleman we have here a Superpost!

Seriously. A team of writers couldn’t make this shit up

I think one thing that’s never really talked about enough is all the planned rest that was baked into the schedule this year. Like a ridiculous amount of planned rest. Like so much that you question lineups and bullpen usage almost daily, wondering why all the fodder-type guys are playing so much. And then on top of that plan they had more serious injuries than probably expected so they needed more fodder-type guys to play even more. There’s a lot to talk about within this subject. It would make for a fun thread

I just question how much money the poor teams make and if they can absorb a salary floor. I have absolutely no clue. But if the owners as a group are proposing this, does that mean all 30 are cool with the floor?

I wonder if the end of this trade is doing Kimbrel a solid and trading him in the offseason so he can go somewhere else to rack up saves for his career stats. If that’s the case I’m sure the Sox will get an absolute haul for him this offseason. Nice position to be in.

I think that skill of his is the final piece of the puzzle for our lineup. Last year I felt like the Sox chased most starting pitchers after 3-4 IP

This will be COMPLETELY ignored in every single psychotic, homicidal post in the game thread.

I think there’s a difference between talking about flaws and being a total nervous psycho in a game thread. Not saying that’s you at all BTW, but if you open a game thread after a negative play, well, you’re almost tempted to call the police because lives may be in danger.

Just trying to be a calming voice for the children. Kids get scared when the wolf growls at the door.

Wow! Fun games! 3 exciting finishes! Tip the cap to these two teams for giving the fans a great show. Looking forward to the playoffs. So glad there’s no reason to be upset about anything here

Hell yea! These have been two of the most fun games I’ve ever watched

Super exciting finish! These teams should play each other 19 times a year.

Yep. It’s 100% the government’s fault for guaranteeing the loans. 100%. Everybody drunk on free billions. People have tenure for no reason other than guaranteed loans. People SEEK tenure for no other reason than guaranteed loans. People teach useless information for no other reason than…guaranteed loans. The absolute majority of the colleges in Illinois alone exist because of 1 thing- guaranteed loans. 100% the government’s fault. And now we want more government to bail the whole thing out. You can’t write this stuff funnier lol

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1 RUN WIN!!!!! TLR bullpen victory! LOLOLOLOLOLOLL

Dude 1 run games always means tight and close bullpen games of chess!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLOOLL

Oh no another 1 run game!!! TLR!!!!!! LOLOLOLOOLOLLOLOLOLOL

I think there is a huge misunderstanding of the conclusions that should be drawn from a 1-run final score. Pick any month and go through the box scores. You’ll just start laughing when you think about the arguments being made in this thread.

I can’t wait for them to blitz through this tough part of the schedule like that road trip in 2000. Shut everyone the eff up and grab that 1 seed. Pretty much back to being the team with the most talent hands down. It’ll win out in the macro. Sit tight.

Dear God man! doesn’t NOT using those guys tell you THE PLAN was to give them rest? I assume you are an adult. You can’t honesty believe what you wrote

That true? Luckiest dude on earth if that’s true

Yea but dude you and many others are acting like our coaching staff doesn’t know all these things. Or any of us. This is captain obvious stuff. They wanted to give him a chance to play it out. It’s okay.

I get it. In fact, watching Keuchel is one of my least favorite experiences in my history of Sox fandom. I can’t stand it. I wish he was pulled too. I’m just saying the people who are quoting these stats and saying this is simply TLR asleep at the wheel are out of their element here. Waaaaaay more going on here than that. 60 million reasons is one of them