The Guardians are 29th in runs over the last month yet they keep finding ways to score enough to keep on winning. In many instances to win comfortably.

sigh.

Congrats to the twins. The suckiest bunch of sucks that have ever sucked.

The Twins keeping this close enough so the Guardians have to at least use their best relievers would be nice.

Sandlin uh sucks (at least today)

Edited September 19, 20223 yr by flavum

Twins have runners on the corners with nobody out so naturally Miranda hits into a DP.

Double play ricochet off Sandlin. figures

Assholes.

Man being 4 back going into the series would be disappointing. Winning 2/3 only gains you a game. Saturday’s win being the start of a 10-game win streak would be phenomenal.

Edited September 19, 20223 yr by Bob Sacamano

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Man being 4 back going into the series would be disappointing. Winning 2/3 only gains you a game.

Sox had/have to sweep either way. What sucks with the game today is the Guardians know they’re leaving Chicago in first place no matter what. That’s got to be a good feeling. 

4 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Man being 4 back going into the series would be disappointing. Winning 2/3 only gains you a game. Saturday’s win being the start of a 10-game win streak would be phenomenal.

In some ways, winning 2/3 gains you nothing. You gain a game in the standings but Cleveland gains the tiebreaker. 

Sox have to rely on the Guards cooling off and losing a few. That's how it rolls when you play .500 ball.

Be honest, does anyone expect the Sox offense to do anything at all against Civale/McKenzie/Bieber? 

No other way to put it but the Sox need a sweep, which is going to be very hard to do but if they do, 1 game out while holding the tie breaker with 12 games left after the Cleveland series is very much doable. Any other result and it's pretty much over unless Cleveland falls apart, which isn't very likely. 

 

Sigh

2 minutes ago, flavum said:

Sox had/have to sweep either way. What sucks with the game today is the Guardians know they’re leaving Chicago in first place no matter what. That’s got to be a good feeling. 

Also sucks it's likely Tony will still be in Chicago when the team plays tomorrow.

2022 White Sox:

1. 12-3 .800 Miguel Cairo - Tony Gawn
2. 63-65 .492 Tony La Russa Manager
3. 1-3 .250 Miguel Cairo - Tony in Person Day of Game (8/31, 9/11, 9/13, 9/14)

 

2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Be honest, does anyone expect the Sox offense to do anything at all against Civale/McKenzie/Bieber? 

Inexplicably, the Sox got 6 off of him earlier in the year.

Once you factor in Elvis' arrival, Second Half Eloy, and the Cairo Effect, I expect we'll have at least a dozen.

4 games it is… thanks for nothing Twins.

Sorry, I’m not buying Cairo being anything special either. Let’s just clean house after the season. 

5 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Be honest, does anyone expect the Sox offense to do anything at all against Civale/McKenzie/Bieber? 

The Guardians offense hasn't been good all season and it's been even worse (somehow) during their hot streak over the last month. They shouldn't feel great about scoring off Cease or Lynn either, to be fair.

Just now, flavum said:

Sorry, I’m not buying Cairo being anything special either. Let’s just clean house after the season. 

He looks fantastic in comparison to Tony, but if he were the full-time manager I think we'd all tire of him very quickly.

Lopez is such a clown.

Somehow battered teams get a second life playing the Sox. 

5 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Also sucks it's likely Tony will still be in Chicago when the team plays tomorrow.

2022 White Sox:

1. 12-3 .800 Miguel Cairo - Tony Gawn
2. 63-65 .492 Tony La Russa Manager
3. 1-3 .250 Miguel Cairo - Tony in Person Day of Game (8/31, 9/11, 9/13, 9/14)

 

I wonder what Tony's career pct. is managing the Sox.

 

Here’s the difference between sweeping and winning 2 out of 3:

Cleveland wins one, magic number is 9, Sox magic number is 16

Sox sweep. Cle- 12, Sox 13

That’s with 12 left. So yeah, it’s sweep or it’s over. 

14 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Be honest, does anyone expect the Sox offense to do anything at all against Civale/McKenzie/Bieber? 

Nope

3 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

I wonder what Tony's career pct. is managing the Sox.

 

.515 winning percentage. 691-650 record.