22 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Seriously. He better not touch Meidroth, my sweet, fleshy-faced boy

Hahahaha! Well, now that the dust has settled a little, I have to say, I'm really proud of the way this team battled back today, in the face of a complete collapse of the pitching. I feel awful for Martin, Fedde, and especially McDougal. Clunkers are going to happen to the best of them, and the promise of tomorrow awaits!

50 minutes ago, wegner said:

I go back to something Len Kasper said earlier in the season about how every season is different...you will never have this situation again. How about going for it a little bit?

They went for it a little bit, but not a lot. Like I said then, they did the minimum.

Going into the Detroit series Sox have lost 6 of 9. Tigers have won 8 of 11. The Sox are the first team they've played this month who have a winning record.

49 minutes ago, Jake said:

Can you imagine how evil you must think Davis is for him to say "I'm not trying to hit you" one pitch, then believe he was lying when it happens the pitch afterwards

Seeing the replay, I kind of wonder if his reaction after it helped with him seeming to go towards Stewart and then being separated out by an ump... wonder if he said something that affected it too.

51 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

He appears to be Adam Dunn only he can play pretty good defense. To be fair though he's still a young player.

Nope they are all suppose to be like Michael Jordan

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Like I said then, Chris Getz is not playing for 2026.

This was not suppose to happen,

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Like I said then, Chris Getz is not playing for 2026.

Yeah, but when you’re leading the division with only 6 weeks to go, do you just pack it in or do the right thing and try to win it.

1 hour ago, Jake said:

Yeah I am honestly not too well-read on the latest thinking on what in the hitter's mechanics is now believed to produce bat speed. And IDK about you, but in my long-ago playing days people tended to talk about "bat speed" in a way that was more about "how long does it take for the swing to go from start to finish" which maps more closely to swing length in the parlance of the Statcast jockeys. Usually short swing = slow bat speed even though the swing itself is kind of "fast". Wouldn't surprise me if flying open could lengthen the swing and therefore produce higher peak bat velocity even if it has some other downsides. Wouldn't surprise me if it also just costs you everything. I think Miguel might be wearing down a bit which could affect everything all at once.

They kept showing that Vargas homer off Detroit. Seems like his shoulders were so much more balanced.

From Sox Machine:

*Venable said the Sox are undetermined on their starter for Friday, and that Martin will need to be evaluated for his blister.

25 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Seeing the replay, I kind of wonder if his reaction after it helped with him seeming to go towards Stewart and then being separated out by an ump... wonder if he said something that affected it too.

I think Davis was trying to apologize, but nobody was going to let him engage with Stewart at that point, so he never had a chance to explain himself. I guess I can't blame Stewart for being upset regardless, having come that close to getting his block knocked off. Just very unfortunate. If there was a serious blister issue, Davis should have spoken up and maybe exited voluntarily before something like this could happen.

1 hour ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Seriously. He better not touch Meidroth, my sweet, fleshy-faced boy

42 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

This was not suppose to happen,

But should have been obvious

Fucking lame. Take the Tigers series and I’ll be happy.

1 minute ago, hi8is said:

Fucking lame. Take the Tigers series and I’ll be happy.

All three games winnable, two losses undone by pitching

Win a game in Detroit and you are still in first place. Get swept and you're not...with the Cubs just waiting licking their chops.

6 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

All three games winnable, two losses undone by pitching

It ALWAYS comes down to pitching and the last 15 years or so the Sox are usually short in that crucial area.

2 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Win a game in Detroit and you are still in first place. Get swept and you're not...with the Cubs just waiting licking their chops.

Cubs almost got no hit by the Nationals. Sox can beat them.

2 minutes ago, almagest said:

Cubs almost got no hit by the Nationals. Sox can beat them.

Sure anything can happen but like Detroit the Cubs are red hot right now with Milwaukee right in their sights.

2 hours ago, chw42 said:

Sure, but when 2 of your best hitters give you nothing, it's a lot harder to win.

They scored 8 runs. Should have won

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by AntMan26

17 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Sure anything can happen but like Detroit the Cubs are red hot right now with Milwaukee right in their sights.

Cubs have had two other hot streaks like this. They're a streaky team. They're probably gonna end up having another bad streak soon. Hopefully we catch them at the right time.

1 hour ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Seriously. He better not touch Meidroth, my sweet, fleshy-faced boy

He wouldn’t dare touch Mr Cali Cool

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Realize what matters is what happens on the field but the Athletics daily baseball newsletter "the windup" projected the last six weeks of the season today.

They have Detroit winning the division, the Sox not making the playoffs and the Cubs winning theirs.

Well……

f*** that newsletter 🤣

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by AntMan26

3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

They went for it a little bit, but not a lot. Like I said then, they did the minimum.

If you count Urquidy, Getzy did get 2 starting pitchers before the trade deadline.

And in a funny sidebar, when I tried to type Getzy above, my phone changed it to Get Lazy.

Cubs nearly got no hit tonight. I like Castillo starting against them.