This team is toast. They had a good run, but the offense is regressing hard and the pitchers are hitting a wall. It's over for this squad. Gotta hope some of our players rebound next year, and this isn't who they actually are.

Don't be sad that they're blowing it now. Be happy that they were ever in contention.

Edited Thursday at 01:49 AM2 days by ron883

This is solid work Ron. Based on your history of pronouncing something dead, the Sox should now win like 15 in a row.

Way to take one for the team.

But what about those Cubbies?

Buried and dead

Edited Thursday at 02:47 AM2 days by caulfield12

Ron's not wrong.....

"Don't be sad that they're blowing it now. Be happy that they were ever in contention."

Is that a direct quote from Fegan, or WestEddy?

"grateful/appreciative" would be better word choices than happy

Edited Thursday at 02:50 AM2 days by caulfield12

5 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

hopefully this is the reverse the freefall thread we needed

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

This is solid work Ron. Based on your history of pronouncing something dead, the Sox should now win like 15 in a row.

Way to take one for the team.

I agree. This might be Ron's best work yet. I appreciate your sacrifice Ron.

I expect a 15-3 win tomorrow

Time for them to play to expectations - Sandlin comes up and shoves, Thorpe to follow during the weekend, sweep St Louis and Cleveland after winning tomorrow for our longest winning streak.

Mune finishes the week at 37 bombs. Colson gets to 40. We all are going streaking. 😆

10 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Time for them to play to expectations - Sandlin comes up and shoves, Thorpe to follow during the weekend, sweep St Louis and Cleveland after winning tomorrow for our longest winning streak.

Mune finishes the week at 37 bombs. Colson gets to 40. We all are going streaking. 😆

Uh. I work with minors so I'm definitely not streaking.

4 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

Uh. I work with minors so I'm definitely not streaking.

12 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

If you say so. I guess....

27 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Time for them to play to expectations - Sandlin comes up and shoves, Thorpe to follow during the weekend, sweep St Louis and Cleveland after winning tomorrow for our longest winning streak.

Mune finishes the week at 37 bombs. Colson gets to 40. We all are going streaking. 😆

I don't think Getz is bringing up either Sandlin or Thorpe. He's got that option but I just don't think he's doing it.

From Fegan's Sun-Times story:

With 17 games left after Wednesday, the repeated assertions that rookies Noah Schultz, David Sandlin, or that a rehabbing Drew Thorpe could be recalled for meaningful innings down the stretch are harder to figure. But that hasn’t slowed the flow of said assertions.

“There’s a number of guys down there that are going to be helpful for us at some point here,” Venable said. “A very important piece of this, getting to the end here, is having those guys available and ready to contribute.”

If Thorpe being asked to turn a lineup over twice in a division race–more than two years since he was last in the majors–feels far-fetched, multi-inning relief work is a potential fit for him and other Triple-A starters.

Last thing Ron repeatedly declared dead.

But the bad example for youngsters regarding tobacco usage!

I think the Sox and Cubs both miss the postseason, in all honesty. Just a normal September for baseball in Chicago.

Dont give up now. Quitters never win and winners never quit. LETS GO WHITESOX!

8 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

From Fegan's Sun-Times story:

With 17 games left after Wednesday, the repeated assertions that rookies Noah Schultz, David Sandlin, or that a rehabbing Drew Thorpe could be recalled for meaningful innings down the stretch are harder to figure. But that hasn’t slowed the flow of said assertions.

“There’s a number of guys down there that are going to be helpful for us at some point here,” Venable said. “A very important piece of this, getting to the end here, is having those guys available and ready to contribute.”

If Thorpe being asked to turn a lineup over twice in a division race–more than two years since he was last in the majors–feels far-fetched, multi-inning relief work is a potential fit for him and other Triple-A starters.

No more or less far fetched as an idea that could potentially work than bringing up say….Hagan Smith

5 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

No more or less far fetched as an idea that could potentially work than bringing up say….Hagan Smith

I'll say that is one of the most shocking things this seasoning. Watched him pitch just before being called up and my son and I said he really looks awful and is a bust. Them he does this which is just miraculous. So you never know when it clicks in baseball. ERA was almost 5 in AAA and a 1.35 ratio.

23 minutes ago, Ozzie for Manager said:

I'll say that is one of the most shocking things this seasoning. Watched him pitch just before being called up and my son and I said he really looks awful and is a bust. Them he does this which is just miraculous. So you never know when it clicks in baseball. ERA was almost 5 in AAA and a 1.35 ratio.

Hopefully he can carry this into starting next year, because we need A LOT of starters innings.