Gonna be a late Friday night game thread. Pace yourselves. Trevor Macdonald goes for the Giants, who are 30th in RS and have lost three in a row and sit at 20-30. Macdonald has good numbers with a 2.37 ERA and a 17/3 K/BB ratio and a WHIP of only 1. Sox will have to be patient and make him work if we want to get into the bullpen before the 6th.

McCovey Chronicles

Giants-White Sox Series Preview: Mass Appeal

The White Sox are having fun. Will the Giants be able to make them as miserable as they’ve made their fans?

Fun writeup from the opposition's POV.

Lets get to work and win the series

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

McCovey Chronicles

Giants-White Sox Series Preview: Mass Appeal

The White Sox are having fun. Will the Giants be able to make them as miserable as they’ve made their fans?

Fun writeup from the opposition's POV.

That sub-headline is funny. I feel seen. Also just wanna say I've been creeping on this site since 2022 because I fucking hated that team so much and needed people who understood. Thanks everybody for keeping me sane. It's been a lot cheaper than therapy

7 minutes ago, slysarahsmooth said:

That sub-headline is funny. I feel seen. Also just wanna say I've been creeping on this site since 2022 because I fucking hated that team so much and needed people who understood. Thanks everybody for keeping me sane. It's been a lot cheaper than therapy

"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout , would not take the garbage out."

Shel Silverstein

We need to win at least 2 games in the series and come home 2 games over, a sweep would be better.

13 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

We need to win at least 2 games in the series and come home 2 games over, a sweep would be better.

If we're a .500 or better team we gotta win 2/3 here. They are not a good team and implied odds for tonight are like 60/40 sox. Win this one and split the next two.

7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

If we're a .500 or better team we gotta win 2/3 here. They are not a good team and implied odds for tonight are like 60/40 sox. Win this one and split the next two.

Giants played the Rays a couple weeks ago and looked terrible, let’s get the sweep.

Who hits the first homer into the cove? Mune or Colson?

Edited Friday at 08:50 PM4 days by DoUEvenShift

12 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Who hits the first homer into the cove? Mune or Beni?

I think it's Colson.

2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I think it's Colson.

I meant Colson not Beni - dunno why my brain typed that but I fixed

Nice seeing Vargas is good to go

Not a bad lineup but just sucks having Quero as the 2nd leadoff guy. I'd flip him and Peters but most managers are still stuck in the worst hitter is 9th mindset. For sequencing it's better to have the worst hitter 8th.

This is the Sox' last late-night game of the regular season.

Giants are scuffling just stay away from Casey Schmitt he's the only one doing anything

49 minutes ago, Nokona said:

Giants are scuffling just stay away from Casey Schmitt he's the only one doing anything

The have the worst walk rate in 140 years of MLB apparently. Our bats need to give davis 3-4 and let him do the rest.

Nice, it's Japanese heritage night in San Fran. Let's get a Mune shot!

I'm predicting a big game for Kelenic tonight.

Guardians 1-0 Phillies

Manzardo ph hr off Duran top 9

Smith retired Turner Schwarber Harper 1-2-3 for save

unreal

8 minutes ago, wegner said:

I'm predicting a big game for Kelenic tonight.

He just got scratched. Hill in RF now, batting 9th.

12 minutes ago, wegner said:

I'm predicting a big game for Kelenic tonight.

6 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

He just got scratched. Hill in RF now, batting 9th.

Sounds like a typical day for me at the old Arlington Race Course.

18 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Nice, it's Japanese heritage night in San Fran. Let's get a Mune shot!

Fun fact: The most recent Sox HR at Oracle was hit by Adam Dunn...In 2014.

He went back to back days on August 12/13 that year and no Sox has homered there since (small sample size, of course).

So Mune (or anyone) hitting one would be an interesting "first Sox since..."

8 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

If he's available for pinch hitting, I'm sticking with my prediction....and I'll go to sleep and dream it comes true.