yellow  / orange   DET @ CHW A grouping of storms around Chicago pregame will slowly clear, but a few more downpours could pop in its wake. I think they manage to play ball here, though the specifics of that are still tbd. A delay or a late start is certainly on the table, and there's some fathomable worst-case scenario with multiple storms over the ballpark that keeps them from playing tonight. Still, I think they manage to play ball through a few nearby downpours, and will keep a close watch on radar leading up to the game to try to time out any @KevinRoth

 

 

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I don't hate the lineup. Benintendi the only uninteresting AB.

I'd still rather see Vargas get most of his PT at 3B but overall, pretty solid lineup to watch.

Looks like the best lineup of the entire season (from an offensive perspective). 

Delay official

 

I bet they have a DH tomorrow

Edit: eh, maybe not. Doesn't look like the rain will stay as long as I originally thought.

Edited August 12, 2025Aug 12 by Ducksnort

Mead at 3rd and Vargas at 1st is interesting

 

I must be getting old as I'm sorta sick of summer for the first time in my life. Hot as balls here. Supposed to get some cool rain tmr, sounds good. Sounds like it's been rollercoaster in Chicago, lotta rain, lotta heat, the usual.

17 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I must be getting old as I'm sorta sick of summer for the first time in my life. Hot as balls here. Supposed to get some cool rain tmr, sounds good. Sounds like it's been rollercoaster in Chicago, lotta rain, lotta heat, the usual.

Don’t move to Florida, it’s hot from early May to early October, we never turn the AC off during that period and sometimes it’s longer but I’m out there playing golf and bike riding, heat index today was only 101.
 

Edited August 12, 2025Aug 12 by The Mighty Mite

 

6 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

Don’t move to Florida. 

I can't imagine living there in summer. I'll be down in Florida for a bit at the start of September. Hopefully no tormentas around.

Edited August 12, 2025Aug 12 by chitownsportsfan

Your rain delay programming is George Wolkow getting a one armed hit.

 

 

Edited August 12, 2025Aug 12 by Buehrle>Wood

Just now, Buehrle>Wood said:

Your rain delay programming is George Wolkow getting a one armed hit.

It should just be John in a dunk tank.

6 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I can't imagine living there in summer. I'll be down in Florida for a bit at the start of September. Hopefully no tormentas around.

32 years coming up in December, you get used to it.

Erin is out in the Atlantic quite a way and is expected to jog to the north over the weekend. 

Edited August 12, 2025Aug 12 by The Mighty Mite

24 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

Your rain delay programming is George Wolkow getting a one armed hit.

 

 

Who was that one armed hitter Pete Gray/Gray or something like that?

Also, memories of Luis Robert lol.

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Exactly why I can't fucking stand John. Notes he had some "latin fire" on his playlist pregame AND DOESN'T NAME A SINGLE BAND. 

Dude, WTF are you doing? It's a sputtering AI of a play by play guy.

That's a nasty breaking ball! Good inning bro.

Gomez looking good the first inning.

Unfortunately we already have Martin Burke Cannon with pretty much the same stuff.

Burke at least has the off speed pure stuff to get more swings and misses when he's right, along with Shane Smith.

Schiff, no more Flaherty Fried Giolito Katz in high school or Vargas swing change stories...

We have had a lot of loud outs this series so far.

Damn 2 hard outs

ball isn't fucking carrying at all. 

Ha, two ridiculous outs so far

Would have been a homer in hot/day weather by Sosa...