No matter which team won that game last night, to me, it was an example of how great baseball is. Now that the Cubs and Sox are both good at the same time, it takes the crosstown series to another level. Any baseball fan who watched that game had to be enthralled. Who knows, maybe these teams will meet in the World Series, and that would be one for the ages.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Thesieve300
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Baseball is so unpredictable. The White Sox almost won that game last night with four hits. It would be like a football team winning a game with only four first downs.

Sometimes teams will win a bullpen game against another team‘s ace.

Before the ending, Cubs hadn't lost a game with an 8 or more hit advantage since 1979 against the We Are Family Pirates, WS winners that year with Parker/Stargell.

Some fat Cubs fan started a fight by throwing a drink and then got his ass kicked. This is what we live for.

11 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Some fat Cubs fan started a fight by throwing a drink and then got his ass kicked. This is what we live for.

Did you deliver the ass kicking?

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Did you deliver the ass kicking?

No but I wish I'd been there to help out our man.

Should have won the game with only 4 hits.

But instead, our closers become openers, and Hagen Smith becomes a high leverage reliever.

Edited 55 minutes ago55 min by GreenSox

6 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Should have won the game with only 4 hits.

But instead, our closers become openers, and Hagen Smith becomes a high leverage reliever.

That's what happens when you don't have enough pitching.

7 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

That's what happens when you don't have enough pitching.

Isn't Hagen Smith intended as a starter? Today was his chance.

4 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Isn't Hagen Smith intended as a starter? Today was his chance.

Do you see a starter when he pitches?

43 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Some fat Cubs fan started a fight by throwing a drink and then got his ass kicked. This is what we live for.

I saw that video and it looked like another guy in a Cubby shirt was also throwing down on that big guy....those bleachers can be a mess.

8 minutes ago, fathom said:

Do you see a starter when he pitches?

I see a mostly inconsistent pitcher until he develops command. So that is middle relief. And if he can maintain his 94mph 4-seamer for only an inning or 2, that is also middle relief.
Going forward, yes I see him more as a starter than a back-end reliever due to the 94 mph. But he needs it for 6-7 innings; and then there is his delivery and balance- yikes. Middle relief.

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21 minutes ago, fathom said:

Do you see a starter when he pitches?

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Is that Davis Martin?

I don't think so....Davis could never cut it in the California Penal League.