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It appears that there are a few wannabe baseball savants here. ...know-it-all wiseguys who amuse themselves in any number of ways.

You conflate bunts and small ball which arguably is part of the same strategy and is debatable. but then you return to your apoplectic criticism of Tony LaRussa and the supposedly unprofessional White Sox organization. When is enough enough? Give that a rest maybe? Like Ozzie Guillen, I am glad that Jerry Reinsdorf did not hire AJ HInch who was almost banned for life from baseball for cheating, and IMO should have been. Hinch is on probation for the rest of his career according to the Commissioner. " The investigation revealed that Hinch did not approve of the players using a replay monitor to decode signs, and even went as far as to wreck the monitor on at least two occasions. However, he admitted that he did not stop the practice or explicitly let it be known that he disapproved of it. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred harshly criticized Hinch for not doing more to stop the scheme. According to Manfred, the manager is responsible for "ensuring that the players both understand the rules and adhere to them," and therefore there was "no justification for Hinch's failure to act." If Hinch commits further "material violations" of baseball rules, he will be permanently banned from baseball. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hinch#cite_note-12

Unless you have not watched Sox games this season, that statement comes off as being quite incredulous.

I disagree with those who decry bunting and small ball at every turn. They are the same folks that have a hard time accepting Madrigal's game. Baseball is the same game it always was. You play to win by one run, any way you can get it.

Fascinating.

Andrew Vaughn is my pick to click.

It is easy for an anonymous poster to question LaRussa's character, but it makes me wonder about theirs.

I'd like to see AV go downtown and tie this baby up.

Too many high change-ups, IMO.

This might end up being a bullpen day....and that could be a disaster. Maybe save Yermin to pitch the 9th.

A LOT of RFers don't make that play.

Tony looks cool. Go ahead, make it an avatar.

Perhaps the designers considered "Chi-town" which we are all familiar with and decided that "Chi" was more useful for their purposes. Personally, I am not fond of these uniforms but I hope a lot of Sox fans enjoy them.

LaRussa comments are getting more lame by the day. Glad to see the germinator (Andrew) free from Covid and back in the line-up.

I hope Gio and Collins decide to pitch around Schoop where they can and maybe forego Gio's parachute change-up. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how they try to stop him.

The ghost runner in the 10th rule is what causes Tony and other Managers to try to keep their Closer fresh to pitch the 10th - a high pressure situation - man on second, nobody out in a tie game. There is almost no room for error. So what if your Closer gets 3 outs in the 9th but has to throw 15-20 pitches. Is he still the best option to pitch another inning? The 10th inning ghost runner is a stupid rule that needs to go after this season.

Mercedes changed his approach ditching the softball swing. It worked.

Keuchel should have been left in for what, 120-140 pitches until Liam could come in the ninth in a tie game. OK...

LOL!! Keuchel sucks third time around. He already gace up a bomb to Schoop. He had nothing left.

Our trusty bullpen will now try to close the Tigers down.

Because TLR is smarter than you.

Good move by Tony.

I can't wait for Eloy and Robert to come back.

YAZ!!!!

Double play.