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During Jose's homer, you can see bullpen dudes lose their shit. Someone is hanging on the fence in excitement.

Especially if you told me we'd lose Madrigal, Grandal, and Moncada a few days here and there.

Ways you can tell things are going great: 1) Fans in the crowd were electric for a game in July against an opponent the Sox are 18 games ahead of in the standings while the Sox are comfortably in first. 2) This:

I panicked a little when it took him time to get up.

AV hit a righty and Moncada hit for power. What is this game?

VAUGHN! ENGEL!

At this point I'm convinced Moncada hate reads SoxTalk

I need these dudes in a bandbox like Charlotte, specifically Adolfo.

If the bullpen performed as expected, this team probably mows down everyone. But on the flip side, we didn't exactly expect a monstrous rotation led by Carlos Rodon, statistical best pitcher in the American League.

It's in the absolutely fantastic follow up tweet:

You know we've crossed a threshold when hi8is is reacting like this ?

The Dodgers make shit like this work. I want it.

My lord, go drink some chamomile tea and take a nap.

Nick Williams out here catching strays.

Well, jinx.

2005: Buehrle - 144 Garland - 128 Contreras - 125 Garcia - 116 El Duque - 88 2021 Lynn - 215 Rodon - 199 Giolito - 109 Cease - 103 Keuchel - 100

Omfg that was murdered. Berrios' reaction was a joy to watch.

The way this season is going, I fully expect Yolbert to be our 2B in September.

Yeah, @ptatc this one was in jest. If Madrigal returns this team is actually made of magic.

Just to add to this, I just saw this old tweet and it needed to be shared:

I think there's a shot at Bryant or Marte since they're free agents. Since Gallo has control, he'll have a high price, especially if there's a bidding war with Preller involved.

I'm convinced we can't trade Burger and Sheets. Their stories are too perfect for a World Series winning team. We're one "Nick Madrigal is rehabbing faster than expected" away from having plot armor.

Trout, Ohtani, and Walsh might as well the supercharged, super-expensive version of the 2016 White Sox. The Sox took steps to avoid that this time around and built out depth to go along with the stars, which has been hysterically evident this season.

Little of Column A, little of Column "Tray Thinks Andrew Vaughn is Satan's Curse Upon Baseball"

A cool goose.