10 minutes ago, nrockway said:

I thought this game just started. Obviously the game didn’t start at 11:00pm I turned it on like “hey the Sox are up” and then the game was over. I’ll take it. 

It was like a Buehrle game for you.😛

10 minutes ago, wegner said:

Late West Coast close game and the Sox hold on....what the hell is going on?

10-4 since the break is terrific.

INCONCEIVABLE !! 

9 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

INCONCEIVABLE !! 

I hope they keep making us use that word!!!

11game HR streak comes to an end but still got the W. 

Also the Angels are wild for not at LEAST cashing in on Kenley Jansen in this market.

In 2023 at least they had the (still shortsighted)  "gotta go for it for Shohei" argument. But what in the world made them optimistic about leapfrogging 4-5 teams for a wild card spot this year?

Their farm could use the help too, I see a lot of their AA team vs. the Barons and they are the worst team at the level. 

Good luck to them I guess, thanks for my franchise catcher 🤷‍♀️

24 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

First time the Angels have been 1-hit shut out at home since 2006.  It was against the Sox, sweaty Freddy 

Good God I remember that game. If memory serves he took a perfecto like 6 or 7 innings. 

22 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

we will absolutely see the worst Sox lineup imaginable tomorrow, Getz wants those losses

With Meidroth and Vargas injured probably not going to be the ideal lineup anyway. Just like today . 

Sox aren't going to make the playoffs. You're going to get a top draft pick this year. Might as well finish bad enough to get a top 3 pick. It's not like they went from bad to great in a week. Just enjoy the ride if you can. 

Crazy stat, after tonight that WS have given up less runs than the Mariners. That is incredible.

12 minutes ago, TheBooneLoganEra said:

Good God I remember that game. If memory serves he took a perfecto like 6 or 7 innings. 

I might have been at that game.

20 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Also the Angels are wild for not at LEAST cashing in on Kenley Jansen in this market.

In 2023 at least they had the (still shortsighted)  "gotta go for it for Shohei" argument. But what in the world made them optimistic about leapfrogging 4-5 teams for a wild card spot this year?

Their farm could use the help too, I see a lot of their AA team vs. the Barons and they are the worst team at the level. 

Good luck to them I guess, thanks for my franchise catcher 🤷‍♀️

They do a ton of "quick to the majors" drafting.  
Angels have some good players; but the team in the West that has a lot of young position players is the As.  They will be really good, soon. 

What a weird fuckin game. 

11 minutes ago, nrockway said:

What a weird fuckin game. 

It was an oddly relaxing game....at the end of it my wife, who had been reading, said "I didn't hear you react at all that game" to which I responded "not much to react to"

Civale was in total control and the bullpen didn't blow it.

38 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

go buy a Leasure jersey

I still kick myself for not buying that Paniagua jersey from Soxfest just to hear the reactions at the ballpark.

12 minutes ago, wegner said:

It was an oddly relaxing game....at the end of it my wife, who had been reading, said "I didn't hear you react at all that game" to which I responded "not much to react to"

Civale was in total control and the bullpen didn't blow it.

I knew the game started, and I was busy and had it on in the background, then I checked in like “the Sox are up 1 zip, let’s see if we can hold  it”…then the game was over. I thought it was, like, the 4th inning. Welp. Take the win. Nice showing from Civale. 
 

 

I've been on the Leasure bandwagon for a while.  Good to see him get positive results.  Command still need improvement.  But he's got the stuff and the poise/guts to close. 

27 minutes ago, wegner said:

I still kick myself for not buying that Paniagua jersey from Soxfest just to hear the reactions at the ballpark.

September 9, 2003 - With one move Sox manager Jerry Manuel perhaps cost his team a post season playoff berth and eventually led himself to be fired.

In a game the Sox were leading Minnesota 8-2 in the ninth inning, Manuel brought in relief pitcher Jose Paniagua to get some work in. The Sox had a one game lead over the Twins and this was the second of a four-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.

Paniagua allowed four runs giving Minnesota momentum even though they’d lose 8-6. The Twins promptly won the final two games, swept the Sox the following week in Minnesota and won the second of three consecutive divisional titles.

Paniagua, as he was leaving the field, made an obscene gesture at home plate umpire Mark Carlson and was released by G.M. Kenny Williams the next day.

Manuel’s dismissal would come a few weeks later. There has always been debate over the impact of this incident in the divisional race but Twins players have been quoted as saying it was a difference maker.

1 hour ago, Ozzie for Manager said:

There's a Louie Roberts reference by plesac. 

Plesack(!) needs to put a sock in it most of the time.  (His mouth, if you're slowish.)

Dang it - I was a good Brooks Baldwin play away from seeing my 3rd in person no hitter! 

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Keep it going!  Love me some Brooks!

Brooks is a hitter - I think he’s going to have a pretty long career. Didn’t say he’s going to be some great player - but he is going to have a long and productive big league career. 

1 hour ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Also the Angels are wild for not at LEAST cashing in on Kenley Jansen in this market.

In 2023 at least they had the (still shortsighted)  "gotta go for it for Shohei" argument. But what in the world made them optimistic about leapfrogging 4-5 teams for a wild card spot this year?

Their farm could use the help too, I see a lot of their AA team vs. the Barons and they are the worst team at the level. 

Good luck to them I guess, thanks for my franchise catcher 🤷‍♀️

After Moreno is a spending version of Jerry. He probably is the worse owner in sports. He is willing to write the checks but he wants to win so bad all the time he forced his gms to make the dumbest moves.  I actually put him worse than Jerry - which is crazy to even think cause Jerry is awful. Moreno cares 10x more but can’t get out of his own shadow. 

5 hours ago, Chisoxfn said:

Brooks is a hitter - I think he’s going to have a pretty long career. Didn’t say he’s going to be some great player - but he is going to have a long and productive big league career. 

I like Baldwin and hope you are right.

5 hours ago, Chisoxfn said:

Brooks is a hitter - I think he’s going to have a pretty long career. Didn’t say he’s going to be some great player - but he is going to have a long and productive big league career. 

He can be our new Tony Graffanino, including eventually making an error against us on the way to a World Series. 

6 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Crazy stat, after tonight that WS have given up less runs than the Mariners. That is incredible.

The White Sox team ERA is better than MLB average, better than the Dodgers and Blue Jays who are both in first place.

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7 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

September 9, 2003 - With one move Sox manager Jerry Manuel perhaps cost his team a post season playoff berth and eventually led himself to be fired.

In a game the Sox were leading Minnesota 8-2 in the ninth inning, Manuel brought in relief pitcher Jose Paniagua to get some work in. The Sox had a one game lead over the Twins and this was the second of a four-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.

Paniagua allowed four runs giving Minnesota momentum even though they’d lose 8-6. The Twins promptly won the final two games, swept the Sox the following week in Minnesota and won the second of three consecutive divisional titles.

Paniagua, as he was leaving the field, made an obscene gesture at home plate umpire Mark Carlson and was released by G.M. Kenny Williams the next day.

Manuel’s dismissal would come a few weeks later. There has always been debate over the impact of this incident in the divisional race but Twins players have been quoted as saying it was a difference maker.

I was at that game and you could absolutely feel the vibe shift in the stadium. Walking down the ramps, there is usually a great energy after a win....there wasn't that night. It's definitely one of the craziest things I've ever experienced in baseball. I never doubted again that momentum was a real thing in the sport and it absolutely can carry over to the next day....and beyond.