1 minute ago, Colome's Hat said:

They do not have a chance.

Fine feel free to tell that to them.

Unlike the Sox who are pissing away a division they are actually winning games right now at an important time of the year.

Do I think they'll win it? No.

Are they eliminated yet? Also no.

So in fact they do have a chance and will be playing like it.

And tiebreakers don't matter unless you are actually tied.

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by Lip Man 1

2 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

They do not have a chance.

Of course they have a chance. The Indians aren't exactly the '27 Yankees.

44 minutes ago, Jake said:

Postgame show is showing Sam botch the route and there's not enough baseball knowledge in the broadcast for anyone to comment on that fact

Knowledge or guts?

Sam acknowledged that his route was not good (yes, I heard his exact, more colorful, words), and that 'you gotta catch that one.' He's only human, just like every other guy on the team who may have failed to perform the way they would have hoped to in one situation or another. Now we look forward to the promise of a brand new day tomorrow. I think the guys will be fine!

3 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

They do not have a chance. Pretty sure we win one game and we win the tiebreaker. Also keep in mind they have this win streak due to playing the Rockies and blue jays.

Just now, Bill The Boy said:

Sam acknowledged that his route was not good (yes, I heard his exact, more colorful, words), and that 'you gotta catch that one.' He's only human, just like every other guy on the team who may have failed to perform the way they would have hoped to in one situation or another. Now we look forward to the promise of a brand new day tomorrow. I think the guys will be fine!

Experience matters in a race especially in September a lot of these guys haven't gone through it yet.

2 minutes ago, Bill The Boy said:

Sam acknowledged that his route was not good (yes, I heard his exact, more colorful, words), and that 'you gotta catch that one.' He's only human, just like every other guy on the team who may have failed to perform the way they would have hoped to in one situation or another. Now we look forward to the promise of a brand new day tomorrow. I think the guys will be fine!

I don’t think anyone is mad at him. Rather he shouldn’t have been put in that position.

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Oh well, gonna sleep like a baby tonight...which means I'll be up all night and crying 😭

Nah, at least the Bears look legit if the Sox do implode...

Once again, does anyone ask Venable why the infatuation with using an opener so much? That choice today cost them the game.

Just now, wegner said:

Once again, does anyone ask Venable why the infatuation with using an opener so much? That choice today cost them the game.

They’re 3 over .500 with an opener. It has worked well, they just chose the wrong opener.

Yeah, starting Murphy was nuts. And yeah, seeing Mune strikeout time after time is lousy. Still, the White Sox should have won the game. Taylor lost the game when he had the 0-2 count and threw the ball over the plate.

If even for one day I’d love to hear Ed O’Bradovich and Dan Hampton do the white Sox post game show. They would grind Venable and Getz to a pulp plus anyone else who deserves it.

Now the Rangers are just 2 GB

Up 2 on Rangers in the WC now.

1 minute ago, WBWSF said:

Yeah, starting Murphy was nuts. And yeah, seeing Mune strikeout time after time is lousy. Still, the White Sox should have won the game. Taylor lost the game when he had the 0-2 count and threw the ball over the plate.

"Rocchio had other plans. The 25-year-old, who has earned the "Rocctember" and "Playoff Rocchio" monikers for his clutch performances this time of year in recent seasons, delivered yet another big swing that may have saved the Guardians’ division title chances."

Against the most famous clutch hitter in baseball this season...

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

They’re 3 over .500 with an opener. It has worked well, they just chose the wrong opener.

He does it too much. Davis Martin does not need an opener.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Up 2 on Rangers in the WC now.

They play Toronto in the next series. Whoever wins that might be the our biggest competitor for the wild card.

Just now, wegner said:

He does it too much. Davis Martin does not need an opener.

I didn't hate the idea cause Martin has looked pretty shaky in the first before. He got away with it in his last outing.

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

They play Toronto in the next series. Whoever wins that might be the our biggest competitor for the wild card.

Yep, Jays look to have pitching advantage in that series. Sox better find a way to win 2 at a minimum against the Tigers, or they’re fucked. Sox aren’t going to get any help from Boston.

I just hope that missed catch is not like the dropped late season foul ball by Adam Engel.

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

I don’t think anyone is me at him. Rather he shouldn’t have been put in that position.

Next up, Bonemer in LF or RF...

this goes back to days of forcing Josh Fields Viciedo Teahen into the outfield.

oh yeah Vaughn Palka and Sheets

3 minutes ago, wegner said:

He does it too much. Davis Martin does not need an opener.

I don't think it's necessarily Venable choosing the openers. The analytics team along with the pitching coach probably decides. I'm sure Will has input, but he probably isn't the only decision maker.

1 hour ago, The Beast said:

I wish they didn’t have to rely on openers to get to the actual starting pitcher. Or have bullpen games.

I didn’t like the route Sam took on that ball but the batter put it in the right spot. I also don’t always understand Venable pinch hitting like he has.

Seems like a must win game tomorrow, whoever is pitching. Maybe it is Thorpe.

They don't have to. Martin hasn't had 1 all year. So Dumbass venable thinks he has to change something that isn't broken

6 minutes ago, fathom said:

Up 2 on Rangers in the WC now.

It's effectively 2.5 due to the tiebreaker. The magic # is still 9 for the wild card.

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10 minutes ago, Bill The Boy said:

Sam acknowledged that his route was not good (yes, I heard his exact, more colorful, words), and that 'you gotta catch that one.' He's only human, just like every other guy on the team who may have failed to perform the way they would have hoped to in one situation or another. Now we look forward to the promise of a brand new day tomorrow. I think the guys will be fine!

If they win tomorrow, everything in Sox fandom will take another 180. These guys won’t quit until the last out of game 162.

I also have complete faith that they’re all learning and maturing through these experiences in ways that will serve their growth next year BIG TIME.

Hopefully the same is also true for the coaching staff. Lots of room for improvement top to bottom on this team.

LETS FUCKING GO WHITE SOX!!!

8 minutes ago, wegner said:

I just hope that missed catch is not like the dropped late season foul ball by Adam Engel.

I remember that vividly. It was on my birthday:

August 25, 2022 – Over the decades the most incredible, strange, bizarre things seem to happen to the White Sox in Baltimore. Games that are ready to be won, are lost in the most astonishing ways, ways that only seem to happen once in a decade except to the White Sox.

Case in point, a night game in Baltimore on this date.

The Sox led the Orioles 3-2 with two out, no one on in the last of the ninth inning. Sox closer Liam Hendriks was working on his 20^th consecutive save. Baltimore outfielder Kyle Stowers sliced a fly ball that drifted into foul ground in left field. Sox outfielder Adam Engel ran to the area, put his glove up…and dropped the ball.

The error gave Stowers a second chance and he promptly hammered a flat curve ball from Hendriks into the seats for the game tying home run. Baltimore would wind up winning the game 4-3 in 11 innings.