2 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

15 people picked 75+ in the poll. Some in the media and blogistan picked 75+, also.

Last time I checked it 91% had less than 100 losses.

1 minute ago, joejoesox said:

curious how long of a leash this new pitching coach has

I also wonder if Venable has to ask Getz permission to get mad at his players

4 games. Yes he has to ask permission. Great stuff as usual, joejoe.

6 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Monday morning the 21st Century Remodeling Company comes here to start working on rebuilding it.

That was a name, when taken 26+ years ago, felt "futuristic". Now, it's like, "we're of this century". An enterprising young web developer might start parking on every trade.com - 22ndCenturyPlumbing.com, 22ndCenturyGutters.com

Well.. Knights are 3-0. At least there's that.

1 minute ago, kitekrazy said:

didn't know Colson has 2 career slams in his short career

And Mune/DeLauter both part of four big leaguers history with three homers in three consecutive to start a career

Story 2016

Kyle Lewis 2019 beat Robert RoY following season

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Just now, SoxAce said:

Well.. Knights are 3-0. At least there's that.

Smith, Shultz, and Ant man all looking great as well.

4 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

15 people picked 75+ in the poll. Some in the media and blogistan picked 75+, also.

Yeah, looking pretty bad now. They still stink.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Sorry it’s not bad luck when you walk the bottom of their order in the 8th inning

Point is not that the Sox should have shut them out. But that inning was propelled by a 50/50 ground ball single followed shortly by an infield single, followed not long after by a bloop single with the bases loaded. Ideally you get some of the other guys out instead, but that sequence of events doesn't normally earn you a 6-run inning. Then you can look backwards and see Sox barreling two outs that could have been home runs with just about anything else being different (park, weather, ball-to-ball variation, etc.). Even earlier in the game, Sox had a sequence of a walk to the 9 hitter followed by 4 batters in a row squaring it up but only got a single run out of it.

You can make your own luck to an extent but sometimes things just do or don't line up for you. Overall I liked seeing some life from the bats today and I don't think the Sox will give up too many 6-inning 8th/9th innings going forward. And I was always going to feel a little worried about smaller leads. To me the goal this season is the same as the last: figure out who is part of the core. There have been some interesting data points throughout the series. I think the best player in the organization is on the IL though.

47 minutes ago, bobbydanks said:

I personally think we should trade all of our bad players for good players and win the World Series.

then they get the Sox stink on them or extended IL stints

1 minute ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Last time I checked it 91% had less than 100 losses.

The wheels will really need to fall off to hit 100 losses again. Thinking these guys were winning 75+ games though, absolute insanity. They did absolutely nothing to improve this team 15+ games from last year what are you people smoking?

4 minutes ago, Lukakke Appling said:

4 games. Yes he has to ask permission. Great stuff as usual, joejoe.

damn, I thought it was hilarious 😂

Vasil really missed today.

Also wonder how yesterday looks with Baldwin in left instead of Beni. I think he makes the 2 plays Beni missed.

FWIW, Murphy had a terrible K/B ratio last year

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yeah, looking pretty bad now. They still stink.

Yeah, every team looks bad when getting swept by the best team in the NL.

1 minute ago, Jake said:

Point is not that the Sox should have shut them out. But that inning was propelled by a 50/50 ground ball single followed shortly by an infield single, followed not long after by a bloop single with the bases loaded. Ideally you get some of the other guys out instead, but that sequence of events doesn't normally earn you a 6-run inning. Then you can look backwards and see Sox barreling two outs that could have been home runs with just about anything else being different (park, weather, ball-to-ball variation, etc.). Even earlier in the game, Sox had a sequence of a walk to the 9 hitter followed by 4 batters in a row squaring it up but only got a single run out of it.

You can make your own luck to an extent but sometimes things just do or don't line up for you. Overall I liked seeing some life from the bats today and I don't think the Sox will give up too many 6-inning 8th/9th innings going forward. And I was always going to feel a little worried about smaller leads. To me the goal this season is the same as the last: figure out who is part of the core. There have been some interesting data points throughout the series. I think the best player in the organization is on the IL though.

Teel still has a long ways to go to be better than Colson and Murakami.

Check out the back of Mune's NPB baseball cards.

And we can also say this about every Sox bullpen going back to 2022.

W/L Save/Save Opp is all that matters in the end.

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Just now, DoUEvenShift said:

Vasil really missed today.

Also wonder how yesterday looks with Baldwin in left instead of Beni. I think he makes the 2 plays Beni missed.

He gets to them, but he’s also prone to just dropping them :)

3 minutes ago, Jake said:

Point is not that the Sox should have shut them out. But that inning was propelled by a 50/50 ground ball single followed shortly by an infield single, followed not long after by a bloop single with the bases loaded. Ideally you get some of the other guys out instead, but that sequence of events doesn't normally earn you a 6-run inning. Then you can look backwards and see Sox barreling two outs that could have been home runs with just about anything else being different (park, weather, ball-to-ball variation, etc.). Even earlier in the game, Sox had a sequence of a walk to the 9 hitter followed by 4 batters in a row squaring it up but only got a single run out of it.

You can make your own luck to an extent but sometimes things just do or don't line up for you. Overall I liked seeing some life from the bats today and I don't think the Sox will give up too many 6-inning 8th/9th innings going forward. And I was always going to feel a little worried about smaller leads. To me the goal this season is the same as the last: figure out who is part of the core. There have been some interesting data points throughout the series. I think the best player in the organization is on the IL though.

8th inning bullpen woes and utter collapses are nothing new to this team.

Just now, WestEddy said:

Yeah, every team looks bad when getting swept by the best team in the NL.

This Brewers roster at this moment isn’t close to being the best in the NL. Sproat was awful and Quero is a star.

4 minutes ago, T R U said:

The wheels will really need to fall off to hit 100 losses again. Thinking these guys were winning 75+ games though, absolute insanity. They did absolutely nothing to improve this team 15+ games from last year what are you people smoking?

No, the smartest people on the planet chose 77 wins for this team. Look it up.

1 minute ago, WestEddy said:

No, the smartest people on the planet chose 77 wins for this team. Look it up.

wrong, I picked 63-66!😏

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

8th inning bullpen woes and utter collapses are nothing new to this team.

At least they're still 0-0 in one run losses.

Again, I am not going to read too much into 3 games as a SSS, but it also isn't great to see the same old problems popping up no matter how much we grind this roster. It's still a pretty talentless roster as a whole, but there are things they can control that don't seem to be improving. Still waiting to see some baseball IQ as a unit.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

This Brewers roster at this moment isn’t close to being the best in the NL. Sproat was awful and Quero is

But missing Chourio Vaughn and Yelich most of this one...Chourio has MVP talent at his age already.

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5 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

then they get the Sox stink on them or extended IL stints

after we win the world series we can trade all of our players though and get a top 10 farm system

1 minute ago, fathom said:

This Brewers roster at this moment isn’t close to being the best in the NL. Sproat was awful and Quero is a star.

It never is. But we unfortunately had a front row seat to what makes them so good. I just hope our guys were paying attention and learn something from it.