I have my blue father's day hat ready to go for tomorrow's hat tip to the opposing starter. 

1 minute ago, TheTruth05 said:

Hoping Sox reporters grill Ricky and co on that BS pitching schedule. Wishful thinking I know

He was planning on Anderson going 3 or 4 innings....what a joke

https://mobile.twitter.com/southsidehitpen/status/1292213745930969089

Loser mentality is a bad plan for a franchise that loses so much

Just now, fathom said:

He was planning on Anderson going 3 or 4 innings....what a joke

https://mobile.twitter.com/southsidehitpen/status/1292213745930969089

 

Whered the offense go???

23 minutes ago, fathom said:

Pretty obvious Ricky and Cooper had a set schedule of Foster for 2, Anderson for 2.  The plan was flawed before game even started.

Not saying Ricky makes no mistakes but with the sox lack of SP depth and lack of ability of those starters to go deep  (only keuchel and giolito really can go 6+) you can't always use a quick hook and ride your pen aces hard or you will burn out the pen.

Ricky thus needs to sometimes leave in a struggling starter or put in a bad reliever and hope they make it through the inning in order to manage the workload.

Yeah that will cost games but due to injuries the situation is as it is.

If the sox had 5 durable starters and a deep pen they could use a  quick hook and still be fine but with the sox situation you always have to be ready for 2 3 inning starts in a row so you can't always pull the trigger and sometimes you need to leave a struggling pitcher in with bases loaded and hope somebody hits into a double play. 

that isn't ideal but it is the way it is currently.

The team is just tired. So naturally Moncada or Grandal will sit tomorrow but that young, fresh rookie Abreu will be in tomorrow against Bieber

Offense completely non existent again 

37 minutes ago, fathom said:

Pretty obvious Ricky and Cooper had a set schedule of Foster for 2, Anderson for 2.  The plan was flawed before game even started.

The number one sign of poor leadership is an inability to deviate from a flawed plan.

11 minutes ago, fathom said:

He was planning on Anderson going 3 or 4 innings....what a joke

https://mobile.twitter.com/southsidehitpen/status/1292213745930969089

Zero urgency to win.  A playoff spot should be a near certainty for us, but with all the injuries it’s time to start taking every game seriously.

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Zero urgency to win.  A playoff spot should be a near certainty for us, but with all the injuries it’s time to start taking every game seriously.

Can’t believe he pulled this crap two times this week 

 

Spoken like a true leader

20 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

The number one sign of poor leadership is an inability to deviate from a flawed plan.

Well said

So basically he wasn’t watching the 3rd inning. 
https://mobile.twitter.com/southsidehitpen/status/1292214812366327808

16 minutes ago, fathom said:

So basically he wasn’t watching the 3rd inning. 
https://mobile.twitter.com/southsidehitpen/status/1292214812366327808

Sense of immediacy, zero.  Anderson’s not a prospect.   We cannot afford to waste opportunities at key wins developing AAAA pitchers who are not even a part of the future...while demoralizing the entire team in the process.   It’s exactly the type of comment a minor league manager would make to the GM.  Trust what your eyes are seeing, not written reports.

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by caulfield12

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Sense of immediacy, zero.  Anderson’s not a prospect.   We cannot afford to waste opportunities at key wins developing AAAA pitchers who are not even a part of the future...while demoralizing the entire team in the process.   It’s exactly the type of comment a minor league manager would make to the GM.  Trust what your eyes are seeing, not written reports.

What key wins. Unless a shutout was thrown today they weren't going to win.

3 hours ago, pettie4sox said:

When this team is ready to contend RR will not be the manager.

You Are Correct, Sir.

15 minutes ago, ptatc said:

What key wins. Unless a shutout was thrown today they weren't going to win.

Against one of the teams in your own division, competing for a playoff spot, at home.

The way the CLE offense was going until Anderson was inserted into the game, it was quite possible CLE was going to be shut down again.    They had gone something like 25 consecutive innings without scoring off Sox pitching, for what it's worth.

Could easily have been White Sox at +3 and Indians at E, instead of White Sox at +1 and Indians at +2.   Two game swing.

 

More Foster, Burdi and Hamilton, please.

 

7 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Against one of the teams in your own division, competing for a playoff spot, at home.

The way the CLE offense was going until Anderson was inserted into the game, it was quite possible CLE was going to be shut down again.    They had gone something like 25 consecutive innings without scoring off Sox pitching, for what it's worth.

Could easily have been White Sox at +3 and Indians at E, instead of White Sox at +1 and Indians at +2.   Two game swing.

 

So what was preventing the sox from scoring? It's not a key win or loss. It's a win or a loss. Odds are anytime you have a bullpen day it's going to be a loss. The offense needs to help at least a little.

7 minutes ago, GradMc said:

More Foster, Burdi and Hamilton, please.

 

They look to be developing some really good bullpen pieces. 

2 minutes ago, ptatc said:

So what was preventing the sox from scoring? It's not a key win or loss. It's a win or a loss. Odds are anytime you have a bullpen day it's going to be a loss. The offense needs to help at least a little.

Considering they're facing the likely Cy Young winner tomorrow night, that game had added importance.

But yeah, if they're going to hit 0.050-0.075 all season with RISP, they're not going to be going anywhere, let alone the playoffs.

2 hours ago, Tomtom said:

The league has already figured Robert out!

Really.  In the last 7 days he is only batting .350. 

2 hours ago, Tomtom said:

The league has already figured Robert out!

And we all just figured out that you're a dope

In  the past few games Robert looked like he could not recognize spin and location early enough to make contact.

Pitchers are getting him out too easy on sinkers away and high fastballs....almost all thrown out of the strike zone.

It was cool to see Dick Allen Tweet Stone during the game !