2 minutes ago, JTB said:

Based on the amount of swearing here and how much I enjoy it, did you know Friday is National Cursing Day?  I so hope the Sox are in game one of the ALCS that day.  This place could be epic. ?

Fuck yea.

2 hours ago, soulfly said:

Gonna make it even more sweet when they put up 5 against him and chase him early.

You have to let McCullars and Valdez get their walks in. McCullars will wilt like an October pussywillow. 

18 hours ago, ron883 said:

This looks like a prototypical fat cat.  What is it’s net worth?

22 minutes ago, Paulie4Pres said:

This isn't how percentiles work, sir.

65th percentile seems pretty pedestrian.

1 minute ago, hi8is said:

65th percentile seems pretty pedestrian.

It'll get you into Appalachian State Polytechnic A&M.....I should know.

1 minute ago, wegner said:

It'll get you into Appalachian State Polytechnic A&M.....I should know.

It should also be known that I never have taken a standardized test outside of grade school - so… yea.

28 minutes ago, JTB said:

Based on the amount of swearing here and how much I enjoy it, did you know Friday is National Cursing Day?  I so hope the Sox are in game one of the ALCS that day.  This place could be epic. ?

Liam Hendriks needs to be pitching that day....they must get this done.

1 minute ago, hi8is said:

It should also be known that I never have taken a standardized test outside of grade school - so… yea.

That's too bad....they're fun.

6 hours ago, bighurt574 said:

 

Same here.  When we named him our Game 1 starter, I didn't realize how much he'd struggled against HOU.  Last handful of starts (going back to his time w/ TEX too):

10/7/21 - 3.2 IP, 5 ER

6/19/21 - 4 IP, 6 ER

9/24/20 - 5.2 IP, 9 ER

9/3/20 - 6 IP, 6 ER

I'm fine not seeing Lynn again in the ALDS.  Save him for Game 1 in the ALCS if we advance.  

Lynn not a good matchup against the Astros,the best fastball hitting team in MLB, with Lynn being a fastball pitcher.

1 minute ago, hankchifan said:

Lynn not a good matchup against the Astros,the best fastball hitting team in MLB, with Lynn being a fastball pitcher.

And then I believe he even threw more fastballs than usual.  Odd.

Just now, wegner said:

And then I believe he even threw more fastballs than usual.  Odd.

I believe he threw 72 fastballs out of 76 pitches, although it’s fair to say that he has 3 different types of fastballs.

3 minutes ago, wegner said:

And then I believe he even threw more fastballs than usual.  Odd.

Strength against strength. Most pitchers don't want to get beat with their 3rd or 4th best pitch.

2 minutes ago, wegner said:

And then I believe he even threw more fastballs than usual.  Odd.

Houston was 10th in wOBA against sinkers, 2nd against the cutter, and 5th against the 4 seam fastball. It could explain why he was throwing his sinker so much in game 1, but he kept missing with it. 

3 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

I believe he threw 72 fastballs out of 76 pitches, although it’s fair to say that he has 3 different types of fastballs.

I hate when people say he only throws fastballs. Yeah, they're variations of a fastball, but a cutter and a 4 seamer are very very different. You'd think he's up there like Jake McGee or Richard Rodriguez throwing 94 MPH 4 seamers every pitch with the way some people talk about it, but that's not what's happening at all. 

4 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Strength against strength. Most pitchers don't want to get beat with their 3rd or 4th best pitch.

That's fair but he might just not be a good match against Houston.

5 hours ago, hi8is said:

McCullers stats show out better on the road but this isn’t a normal road game, as we all know.

He also tends to blow up the third time through a lineup. We’ve got to get to him by being patient and really need to scrape through a couple runs while we get to that point of the game while hoping Rodon can absolutely shut the Ashoes down for two times through their order.

Formula is be patient, work the count and build up his pitch count, avoid swinging at sliders out of the zone and look for the fastball to hit.  Easier said than done, but if we execute we are in business.

5 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

Formula is be patient, work the count and build up his pitch count, avoid swinging at sliders out of the zone and look for the fastball to hit.  Easier said than done, but if we execute we are in business.

Be patient yes, but be looking for his sinker in a specific half of the plate. If he throws it there on the first pitch, crush it. If he doesn't throw it there until the third pitch, then wait until the third pitch then crush it. Take his sliders or his sinkers at the edges or off the plate, but don't take pitches just to take pitches.

If he has trouble throwing his slider for strikes and the hitters are disciplined enough to lay off them, it can get ugly for him.

4 hours ago, ShoeLessRob said:

We need Luis, TA, or Abreu to start hitting some bombs, set the tone early and lets fucking gooooooooooo

You are right. IMO Sox will probably need to hit some homers for us to win tomorrow.

46 minutes ago, wegner said:

Liam Hendriks needs to be pitching that day....they must get this done.

Liam should be the face of NationalCursing Day.

10 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

Liam should be the face of NationalCursing Day.

Hi, you might know me as the f@#$ing closer for the motherf@#$in White Sox...

In some alternate universe the game gets played today and this thread now has 90+ pages. Hopefully we are celebrating in that universe. 

McCullers last time he pitched at the Rate (July 16th): 7 IP, 1 ER, 10ks

Notables from that game:

- Goodwin 0-4 with 4ks

- Robert, Jimenez, Grandal not in the lineup

8 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

 

- Robert, Jimenez, Grandal not in the lineup

Big time. Let’s ambush the fuck.

43 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Hi, you might know me as the f@#$ing closer for the motherf@#$in White Sox...

Damn I loved how he was so pumped in that non save situation yesterday.