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Lip Man 1 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 May 17, 2021 – In the Sox blowout win over the Twins in Minnesota, national controversy erupted centering around the ‘unwritten’ rules of baseball. With the Sox leading 15-4 the Twins used a position player, Willians Astudillo to pitch the ninth inning. He lobbed up a 47 miles per hour pitch to Yermin Mercedes who blasted it over the center field fence. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli took exception to it as well as many baseball traditionalists. White Sox manager Tony LaRussa wasn’t happy with it either saying what Mercedes did disrespected the game as well as he missed the take sign on that pitch. Some of Mercedes teammates and many Sox fans disagreed saying that using a position player instead of a regular pitcher also disrespected the game and that until the game is over players are expected to do their best regardless of the score. The next day, after the Twins threw at Mercedes, LaRussa ignited another controversy when he said that he didn’t think Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey deliberately did that, that it may have been a pitch that got away from him. Some Sox fans feel this was the moment when LaRussa began to lose the clubhouse and the Sox started sliding back towards mediocrity for the rest of the season and into the 2022 campaign. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 How dare he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 The good ole days! (when I actually used to watch their games) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 3 minutes ago, KipWellsFan said: The good ole days! (when I actually used to watch their games) What is the saying about wishing you knew it was the good old days while they were happening? Yeah, that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colome's Hat Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: May 17, 2021 – In the Sox blowout win over the Twins in Minnesota, national controversy erupted centering around the ‘unwritten’ rules of baseball. With the Sox leading 15-4 the Twins used a position player, Willians Astudillo to pitch the ninth inning. He lobbed up a 47 miles per hour pitch to Yermin Mercedes who blasted it over the center field fence. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli took exception to it as well as many baseball traditionalists. White Sox manager Tony LaRussa wasn’t happy with it either saying what Mercedes did disrespected the game as well as he missed the take sign on that pitch. Some of Mercedes teammates and many Sox fans disagreed saying that using a position player instead of a regular pitcher also disrespected the game and that until the game is over players are expected to do their best regardless of the score. The next day, after the Twins threw at Mercedes, LaRussa ignited another controversy when he said that he didn’t think Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey deliberately did that, that it may have been a pitch that got away from him. Some Sox fans feel this was the moment when LaRussa began to lose the clubhouse and the Sox started sliding back towards mediocrity for the rest of the season and into the 2022 campaign. Not to defend TLR here but didn't the Sox go on an incredible run after that. The drift to mediocrity began in the second half of 2021 but they finished the first half of the season with the best record in the AL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 4 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said: Not to defend TLR here but didn't the Sox go on an incredible run after that. The drift to mediocrity began in the second half of 2021 but they finished the first half of the season with the best record in the AL. True they had the best record in baseball at the break. I simply wrote that some speculate this is when things began to go south. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardiwashere Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I find it hard to believe anyone truly gave a s%*#. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Tony was the best and worst thing that happened to the currently playing in Mexico Yerminator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 I saw that swing live, and I wasn't sure when the ball was coming down. I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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