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I think they will find a lefty for the 8th inning against Boston. 8th inning is when Sweet Caroline takes over

It is really hot in Boston today and it has been sunny all day. It is 89 at 4:15 and humidity in mid 60's. Probably better it is a night game instead of a day game since it is so muggy. I am confident the Sox will win tonight..................

In all fairness, most of the AL is mediocre. Only the Red Sox with this incredible stretch they are having, are battling the Rays and Yankees for the East. The Rays and the Yankees, that we saw last week, were playing about the same as us. Go out and sweep the Indians this weekend.

It would be great but Sonny Gray will be pitching tomorrow with a 13-2 record and an ERA below 3.00. I think we will need a miracle to get the White Sox over the hump tomorrow.

Agree we are in a tough stretch. But I remind myself that we are battling the Twins and the Indians. Last 10 games the Sox are 4-6, Indians are 3-7 and Twins are 5-5. All 3 teams teams appear to be in the same boat and the Sox are still in front with August coming this weekend.

White Sox, Indians and Twins are all struggling around .500 these days. But Sox continue to keep a small lead. Maybe one of the teams will make a decisive trade but if not this race may go into September with all 3 fighting it out.

Boston has been hot the last few weeks. In both White Sox games, the Red sox got off to early leads and then expanded their leads. Boston got 2 straight games of good starting pitching on top of it so the White Sox took it on the nose. But Chicago has been able to to bounce back and the All-Star break after this weekend will give the team a chance to right the ship after the break.

11 runs on 16 hits is not a bad loss? Regardless of who is on the hill, it was a bad loss. Maybe the Sox need cooler weather..........................................

I think the White Sox Park have loose rims at home , so the Sox should benefit when we get some home cooking this weekend............................................

Mayer may not be a bum. He was hurt for a lot of his rookie season. He has won the starting 2nd base position this spring and had a very productive first game. Way too early to label him a bum. We shall see how he does this year

I went to a wake this week for a man who passed away at 106. He was very active running his own store until he was 104 as was his wife who survived him. I hope Jerry doesn't last till 96 and Getz is still the GM at that point.

My problem with Hays is he is a pretty good LF when he is healthy. But he was not healthy "enough" in 2024 and 2025. We will see how he looks in 2026

Hays, 30, last year hit .266/.315/.453 with 15 home runs in 2025 and was one of Cincinnati’s best offensive players when healthy. However, multiple injuries limited him to 103 games in 2025. He also dealt with injuries in 2024 with the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies.

Boston media has been pretty positive about getting Bregman for 3 years but now they have to find a replacement.

Dodgers and Red Sox gave up on him but he is 30 so maybe a 1 Year deal would work. But a multi year would have to be a buy 1 get 1 free...................

Hopefully, whoever gets taken as number i, is the start of our ascension from the ashes.

I don't think they are losing on purpose but they want to have a payroll as low as possible. Unfortunately, that really means the losses will keep mounting up.

Tonight's game had live streaming options with Fubo and ESPN+.

I assume JR will be calling La Russa to see if he has a place in the organization next spring................................

That may explain why you live in Arizona. Top 5 in attendance were Montreal-Detroit-Chicago-Tampa Bay and Florida. Notice only Canadian is Montreal in Top 5 which includes 2 Florida teams

THEN LETTING THEM DO THEM! I would add with capital to "do" them. If the bottom line is first "corporate profit" the ideally that phrase does not mean anything

I would add that a rookie catcher should actually be giving extra time since the position requires a lot of effort on both offensive and defensive proficiency. For this season of 225 AB, he has shown very solid offensive number so far

Another guy who seems perfect in his role is Romy Gonzalez. He has played in 86 of 150 games this season usually against lefty starters. He has been excellent at 2B as well as a decent 1B. He is batting .312 this year and .286 last season. I think injuries were a factor but he struggled from 2021-2023 with the White Sox but he has been a great roles player in Boston.

He was an "ace" last year for the White Sox but was limited by innings pitched due to health concerns. This year he has a legit shot to be best starter in AL .He had a 3.58 ERA last year in 146 innings. He already has 178 innings this year with 2.67 ERA. Crochet was not in the Top 10 starters last year for Cy Young. .

One thing to note is that Crochet is now a top of the rotation staring pitcher. That has helped make the Red Sox a contender which they were not the previous seasons. As a White Sox fan, I would not have felt, with his injury history, that he would arrive to that spot so quickly. Since Boston had plenty of prospects, they were able to not touch their top 3 prospects and still put a package that would interest the White Sox. So both teams got what they wanted but we will see if Crochet continues to be a #1 and if the White Sox end up with their prospects being valuable starters down the road.