Life occupied my day so saw nothing. Great to see a W and especially Colson going deep and Braden 2 hits.

Colson's solo home run changes nothing about his trajectory but at least he can still run into a mistake once every 2-4 weeks.

Just now, Green Line said:

Colson's solo home run changes nothing about his trajectory but at least he can still run into a mistake once every 2-4 weeks.

His HBP in I think the 2nd inning was huge

They really did play a fine game.
Hagen Smith -man. Love being wrong.
The only downside is Taylor is done for the series. Leery of Hudson as playoff closer. He's got the stones, but not the stuff.

Huge game to win as all the pressure is now on the Astros.

So anyone know what Will was asking the umps about in the bottom of the ninth inning?

17 minutes ago, South Side Fireworks Man said:

Huge game to win as all the pressure is now on the Astros.

So anyone know what Will was asking the umps about in the bottom of the ninth inning?

If the ball hit the bat. it wasn't even close.

I have never seen a challenge for an infielder's foot on the outfield grass before. It caught the announcers off guard.

Edited yesterday at 02:09 AM1 day by Falstaff

Just now, Falstaff said:

I have never seen a challenge for an infielder's foot on the outfield grass before. It caught the announcers off guard. I never knew about that rule.

On the radio, they said Elvis Andrus was called for it when he played for our Sox.

1 hour ago, bmags said:

Raise your hand if you were nervous seeing Taylor for inning 3

Yes, but I was nervous basically the entire game.

1 hour ago, bmags said:

Raise your hand if you were nervous seeing Taylor for inning 3

Not sure where to put this so it goes here. Nice start to the Cubs game.

1 hour ago, Green Line said:

Colson's solo home run changes nothing about his trajectory but at least he can still run into a mistake once every 2-4 weeks.

he really didn't hit a mistake, it was out of the zone

1 hour ago, Green Line said:

Colson's solo home run changes nothing about his trajectory but at least he can still run into a mistake once every 2-4 weeks.

It was nice to see Wil finally make the lineup adjustment with Colson in the 9 hole. In my view, the whole lineup looked more dangerous.

21 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:

he really didn't hit a mistake, it was out of the zone

Yeah that was probably one of the only times he's hit a home run that he did not pull. It was also a pretty good pitch.

12 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Yeah that was probably one of the only times he's hit a home run that he did not pull. It was also a pretty good pitch.

On the at bat that he wound up grounding into the double play he laced a couple pitches foul earlier in the at bat. Seemed more locked in today than he has been the last couple months.

2 hours ago, Texsox said:

I feel like I'm going to wake up in rehab to learn this was just a hallucination.

It’s just a simulation

14 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:

It’s just a simulation

Even Benetti brought up 2005 and skipped over 2021 when talking about series on NYY Boston broadcast tonight

if that wasn't be enough there was Geoff Blum broadcasting

Edited yesterday at 03:36 AM1 day by caulfield12

1 hour ago, Falstaff said:

If the ball hit the bat. it wasn't even close.

Thanks.

3 hours ago, Green Line said:

Colson's solo home run changes nothing about his trajectory but at least he can still run into a mistake once every 2-4 weeks.

IDK man. I really dont care what you did, if you're hitting postseason HRs, all is forgiven in my book. AND the kicker is that hitting postseason HRs can magically cure what ails Colson for next year. Win win.

12 minutes ago, Southwest Sider said:

IDK man. I really dont care what you did, if you're hitting postseason HRs, all is forgiven in my book. AND the kicker is that hitting postseason HRs can magically cure what ails Colson for next year. Win win.

It can? We'll see

“Kind of crossfire, tough angle,” Espada said. “His pitches do have some kind of difficult shape that keeps you off-balance and he did a nice job of doing that.”

3 hours ago, Falstaff said:

I have never seen a challenge for an infielder's foot on the outfield grass before. It caught the announcers off guard.

I'm glad he challenged it. You get two in the post season and you can always ask the crew chief for one late in the game. Challenging Altuve was classic gamesmanship. He ALWAYS cheats on the grass to get a better angle as he's slowed down over the years. The final view showed his heel was on the grass as the pitcher started his motion. NY just botched the call. That said, now the cheater of all cheaters knows he's being watched and maybe doesn't get a good angle on a ball tomorrow that impacts the game.

In the history of the 3 game wild card format the winner of the 1st game won the series 15 out of 16 times.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/white-sox-blessing-pope-leo-030557428.html

The Pope sent a letter to JR and blessed the the whole organization and the fans.