1 hour ago1 hr 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:But they played a tough one in first half. It all evens out.White Sox and Twins also have 4th/5th easiest from here on out.It is about when you play a team. They just got three teams who are all out of the race, we faced Angels, A's, and Giants early in the season. We do get the Rockies but everyone else we play is competing for a playoff spot or were playing well when we played them
1 hour ago1 hr 1 minute ago, BigHurt3515 said:It is about when you play a team. They just got three teams who are all out of the race, we faced Angels, A's, and Giants early in the season. We do get the Rockies but everyone else we play is competing for a playoff spot or were playing well when we played themThey also have the advantage of a much better starting rotation that can go on a roll...versus a patched up with duct tape and baling wire game to game mess.And the Royals have been playing well...unfortunately CLE is much tougher at home traditionally when they face KC next. Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by caulfield12
1 hour ago1 hr 5 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:CLE is full of lefties, not throwing one in the 9th was criminalI'm very impressed with that Watson guy...he can go back to back games and be consistently awful both days
1 hour ago1 hr 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:They also have the advantage of a much better starting rotation that can go on a roll...versus a patched up with duct tape and baling wire game to game mess.Gavin Williams didn't finish the 2nd yesterday and Cantillo walked 7 today. They lose this series to almost any other team.
1 hour ago1 hr The White Sox were "lucky" scoring six against deGrom with four sub 80 ev balls put into play just as the Guardians are lucky right now during this winning streak.You make your own breaks, right?
59 minutes ago59 min How is the top of CLE lineup always up at critical times and LAA has their bottom of the order now lol?
59 minutes ago59 min 2 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said:What a lineup. Why Meidroth at cleanup?Because he murders LHP.
59 minutes ago59 min 3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:The White Sox were "lucky" scoring six against deGrom with four sub 80 ev balls put into play just as the Guardians are lucky right now during this winning streak.You make your own breaks, right?The Sox getting lucky once doesn't offset the Guardians constantly hitting bloopers in big situations.
56 minutes ago56 min Guardians smart enough to hold challenges until late.Sox lost the game Hicks had the final strikeout but couldn't do anything about it when the wrong call was made.
55 minutes ago55 min Strike on pitch three was clearly inside...sigh.Now it's a real pennant race.But at least the WC odds are 50/50 from this position, too.See 2020. Edited 54 minutes ago54 min by caulfield12
55 minutes ago55 min God I hate them lolThey will never lose again Edited 53 minutes ago53 min by BigHurt3515
50 minutes ago50 min 8 minutes ago, chw42 said:The Sox getting lucky once doesn't offset the Guardians constantly hitting bloopers in big situations."Luck is the residue of design..." - Branch RickeyCleveland has consistently made the playoffs over the last 10 years and they consistently seem to be able to get red hot towards the end of the season.At some point calling them "lucky" doesn't hold water.Thought for sure the Angels could give the Sox a break, but nope.
50 minutes ago50 min 3 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:God I hate them lolWho was there to actually hate over the last three years?They should have been 3.5 back facing a 5-0 deficit in the face yesterday and less than 24 hours later on the verge of 1.5. That's baseball for you.White Sox have been around 4-7 games over .500 for months now.Just don't have enough pitching to get on any kind of streak. Edited 42 minutes ago42 min by caulfield12
46 minutes ago46 min 2 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:"Luck is the residue of design..." - Branch RickeyCleveland has consistently made the playoffs over the last 10 years and they consistently seem to be able to get red hot towards the end of the season.At some point calling them "lucky" doesn't hold water.Thought for sure the Angels could give the Sox a break, but nope.But if you're also pointing out the Sox were quite fortunate last night early...it goes against the very gods of Mount Getzius.That was all diligence and talent.Or maybe Kwan and Ramirez are simply playing much better and finally healthy? Edited 46 minutes ago46 min by caulfield12
46 minutes ago46 min 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:Who was there to actually hate over the last three years?They should have been 3.5 back facing a 5-0 deficit in the face yesterday and less than 24 hours later on the verge of 1.5. Thats baseball for you.White Sox have been around 4-7 games over .500 for months now.Just don't have enough pitching to get on any kind of streak.Correct, when you have to use openers/bullpen games seemingly every four mor five days you don't have enough pitching.
42 minutes ago42 min 2 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:Correct, when you have to use openers/bullpen games seemingly every four mor five days you don't have enough pitching.Yep just trying to survive games inning by inning...even last night with six and seven run leads, the game was never once comfortably in control where you could actually relax.Got so mad when Hicks was pitching that I went outside for a walk and followed on phone instead.Or when Hagen loaded the bases his second inning of work and had to be rescued by Taylor.
31 minutes ago31 min 21 minutes ago, chw42 said:Sox were 6 games up on Cleveland on August 17th. Now it's just a 2 game lead.We control our destiny.
28 minutes ago28 min https://www.mlb.com/guardians/history/postseason-resultsGuardians/Indians 15 times in the post season since 1995.15/31 yearsWhite Sox1906/08/17/19 Black Sox/59/83/932000/05/08/20/2112 times in 120 years or whateverOnce per decade on average.
27 minutes ago27 min 4 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:We control our destiny.But 3 games in the loss column as Hawk Harrelson would always point out...
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