Liam looked quite good.  Maybe the haters will pipe down for a bit.  

2 minutes ago, ChiHawks10 said:

People act like he's been absolutely awful...

The reality is, he hasn't been his electric self that we were expecting, but he has still saved 9 of 11 opportunities.

The contract always ends up setting the expectations

16 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

 

They’d have to improve their winning percentage to avoid a hundred losses and this guy talking about ninety wins?

4 minutes ago, bmags said:

I know offensively they just aren't where they were, and that team definitely is 10x better when they get buxton, but also just kinda confirms to me that you may get lucky once or twice stitching together a good starting rotation out of the B and C free agents, but you can't consistently do that. It'll bite.

Maeda also strikes me as the prototype Japanese pitcher that quickly falls apart due to insane usage earlier in their career.

Wow that last pitch from Hendricks was nasty. 

22 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

Ill be counting on you guys for the weekend. Ill be blacked out against NY

There are options to get around (search for MLB Unlocator) 

6 minutes ago, Superstar Lamar said:

Whenever Ozzie did something crazy we always accepted it as taking the pressure off the young team.

I'll just treat Tony the same way.

The players probably laugh about it

Except this is the exact opposite. Players clearly not laughing about it. How you live with this level of cognitive dissonance?

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Just now, maloney.adam said:

Wow that last pitch from Hendricks was nasty. 

Yep, when they set up for the 1-2 fastball, I was just hoping it wasn’t a strike. It wasn’t.....even close

18 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

Ill be counting on you guys for the weekend. Ill be blacked out against NY

If you have a computer or certain devices there are workarounds (search MLB unlocator)

4 minutes ago, ChiHawks10 said:

People act like he's been absolutely awful...

The reality is, he hasn't been his electric self that we were expecting, but he has still saved 9 of 11 opportunities.

Guilty as charged.  He has just spooked me with the homeruns he gave up since our home park can be a bandbox when it gets warmer.  I will try to be better when speaking of our Aussie closer in the future.

16 hours ago, SoxBlanco said:

Time for Giolito to step up after that brutal loss. Be an ace, Lucas. Big game. 

He did! ThankGod!

Just now, wegner said:

Guilty as charged.  He has just spooked me with the homeruns he gave up since our home park can be a bandbox when it gets warmer.  I will try to be better when speaking of our Aussie closer in the future.

Key was that he could get his breaking balls going.  Other than the Cruz homer, our pitchers got away from throwing fast balls in the zone to Sano and Cruz.

12 minutes ago, ChiHawks10 said:

People act like he's been absolutely awful...

The reality is, he hasn't been his electric self that we were expecting, but he has still saved 9 of 11 opportunities.

I admit, I’m guilty of this as well. He hasn’t been awful but there are a couple games where he blew it but I think that’s pretty typical of every closer now and than. He still has electric stuff. 

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16 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Under the radar, but the game calling from Collins was fantastic once again. Giolito praising him in the post game.

Key was not calling for fast balls in the zone to Sano, Cruz and Polanco. Yesterday we lost on threefastballs in the zone to Sano.  Looks like they learned this lesson.

 

40 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

Lmfao rent free

Tony ruins everything. 

44 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

Lmfao rent free

On the contrary, not being able to have any objective opinion on this manager means there is plenty of space in your mind to be occupied.

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

On the contrary, not being able to have any objective opinion on this manager means there is plenty of space in your mind to be occupied.

That poster sucks. Have him ignored. He doesn't add anything and just attacks people. 

Like it or not the Sox are kind of a big deal in the media. 

22 minutes ago, pcq said:

Like it or not the Sox are kind of a big deal in the media. 

Just wait until Eloy comes back from the grave....we might blow up the interweb!!

34 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

On the contrary, not being able to have any objective opinion on this manager means there is plenty of space in your mind to be occupied.

"objective opinion" is oxymoronic.  Just part of the LaRussa derangement syndrome that has consumed some fans like politics has.

Accept that Tony is the White Sox Manager and that Biden is President.  It is what it is, like it or not.

1 minute ago, tray said:

"objective opinion" is oxymoronic.  Just part of the LaRussa derangement syndrome that has consumed some fans like politics has.

Accept that Tony is the White Sox Manager and that Biden is President.  It is what it is, like it or not.

He's not "my manager"...that interview process was rigged. 

Just now, wegner said:

He's not "my manager"...that interview process was rigged. 

I loved that. Thank you.

13 minutes ago, tray said:

"objective opinion" is oxymoronic.  Just part of the LaRussa derangement syndrome that has consumed some fans like politics has.

Accept that Tony is the White Sox Manager and that Biden is President.  It is what it is, like it or not.

You have really lost it. 

Of all of the people to give cult like devotion to, this is the 2nd strangest one.

No idea what the politics has to do with it, but the only derangement is by those who can see this disaster unfolding in really slow motion and thing that everything is fine. 

You need to accept that the man isn't the best person to be managing the White Sox these days, and he is making a lot of self inflicted dumb mistakes.  Laugh react or not, anyone who can't accept that has no idea about the game of baseball.

Gossip Girl Sox. 

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

You have really lost it. 

Of all of the people to give cult like devotion to, this is the 2nd strangest one.

No idea what the politics has to do with it, but the only derangement is by those who can see this disaster unfolding in really slow motion and thing that everything is fine. 

You need to accept that the man isn't the best person to be managing the White Sox these days, and he is making a lot of self inflicted dumb mistakes.  Laugh react or not, anyone who can't accept that has no idea about the game of baseball.

And you can also laugh at the posters on Soxtalk all you want, but you can't hand wave away a good chunk of the Sox roster taking Yermin's side here, and not a single one, even his own coaching staff, taking a public stand with Tony.  THAT should be red flag for anyone whose head isn't buried somewhere.