Visiting my son at St. Norbert in De Pere after his ACL surgery last Monday, so I missed the entire game.

But how in the f*** do you lose two home games against a mediocre ass team with no offense and give up 18 runs in those 18 innings?

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39 minutes ago, ron883 said:

@Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her we've been in freefall since little Benny Shapiro's recent tweet about us.

It's no surprise that he gets involved and all of a sudden we are coming up short.

1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Visiting my son at St. Norbert in De Pere after his ACL surgery last Monday, so I missed the entire game.

But how in the f*** do you lose two home games against a mediocre ass team with no offense and give up 18 runs in those 18 innings?

By walking everyone.

1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Visiting my son at St. Norbert in De Pere after his ACL surgery last Monday, so I missed the entire game.

But how in the f*** do you lose two home games against a mediocre ass team with no offense and give up 18 runs in those 18 innings?

Really bad pitching. Hagen dropped a double play ball which basically took him out of the game and Braden had a huge missed catch.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Really bad pitching. Hagen dropped a double play ball which basically took him out of the game and Braden had a huge missed catch.

Don't forget Venable brought the infield in with the bases loaded in a 1 run game and it ended up costing us 4 more runs. If your goal is to cut the run down at home, you could have done that too if the ball was hit hard enough to either the SS or 2B playing at double play depth. You had a catcher running at 3B for crying out loud.

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5 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Visiting my son at St. Norbert in De Pere after his ACL surgery last Monday, so I missed the entire game.

But how in the f*** do you lose two home games against a mediocre ass team with no offense and give up 18 runs in those 18 innings?

Similar to the way they choked a 6 game lead over the same team in less than two months.

Guardians 5-9 with RISP, Sox 1-7 and that hit didn’t score a run

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Guardians 5-9 with RISP, Sox 1-7 and that hit didn’t score a run

Murakami to lf

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Guardians 5-9 with RISP, Sox 1-7 and that hit didn’t score a run

Some of those guardians hits were brutal. The one that squibbled by Colson, the Braden miscatch, and the Chase one.
So infuriating.

Rongey doing an unofficial post game show on 670. Good old Rongey.

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Visiting my son at St. Norbert in De Pere after his ACL surgery last Monday, so I missed the entire game.

But how in the f*** do you lose two home games against a mediocre ass team with no offense and give up 18 runs in those 18 innings?

White Sox baseball with a amateur hour manager

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

Rongey doing an unofficial post game show on 670. Good old Rongey.

I use to enjoy when he would get mad at callers.

up from St.Louis?

couldn't resist ?

7 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Don't forget Venable brought the infield in with the bases loaded in a 1 run game and it ended up costing us 4 more runs. If your goal is to cut the run down at home, you could have done that too if the ball was hit hard enough to either the SS or 2B playing at double play depth. You had a catcher running at 3B for crying out loud.

Not gonna fault him for not wanting to get down more against the Guardians bullpen. Chase just didn’t make the play.

1 minute ago, wegner said:

I use to enjoy when he would get mad at callers.

Lol yeah that was the best part. He sounded so aggravated with callers half the time.

50 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

"That said, the question of whether Getz can build a championship-level roster is now the one at hand. It’s a great problem to have, but it is now a pressing one.

And the perceptible gap between the Sox and the contenders they suddenly find themselves going toe-to-toe with, is pitching depth. Other teams have narrow playoff rotations, the South Siders have Sean Burke and a series of bullpen games, where ace reliever Grant Taylor is competing for the team lead in postseason innings pitched, and getting knocked around in Game 4 of a series where he’s already logged 5 ⅓ innings.

Building a playoff team out of undervalued journeyman pitchers only holds its charm for so long. The reward of a stunning season where the Sox performed beyond their wildest dreams is a mandate to improve upon it, and the best teams in the league laying your shortcomings bare on a national stage."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/10/08/white-sox-have-overachieved-to-contend-this-early-but-taking-next-step-will-require-more-pitching-depth

Great summary here. “Mandate” is the right word and “laying your shortcomings bare” is the right phrase.

It’s why I was willing to part with a big prospect to get a legit pitcher and wanted a secondary serviceable veteran on a rental.

This team would be a true World Series contender with those pieces right now and we’ll likely have to wait for next year to hope they build new strengths from current weaknesses.

I still really hope they win but even if we had swept Cleveland in the DS - I look at the ALCS and feel that’s the end of the road for this Magic run.

Over all, beyond the emotion and the recency bias… this year couldn’t have gone better.

This team needs a rotation and experience. They’re getting a LOT of experience.

5 minutes ago, Soxfest said:

Amateur 15 rookie rostered White Sox baseball with a amateur hour manager

Fixed.

8 minutes ago, fathom said:

Guardians 5-9 with RISP, Sox 1-7 and that hit didn’t score a run

They couldn't get the big hit with multiple guys on these past 2 games. They had a ton of chances and just kept striking out or hit a sac fly. We couldn't buy a sac fly for the 2nd half yet we kept hitting them this series.

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7 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Some of those guardians hits were brutal. The one that squibbled by Colson, the Braden miscatch, and the Chase one.
So infuriating.

Guardians guardianing.

Time to do what this team has done best… go play underdog.

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

They couldn't get the big hit with multiple guys on these past 2 games. They had a ton of chances and just kept striking out or hit a sac fly. We couldn't buy a sac fly for the 2nd half yet we kept hitting them this series.

Guardians positioning has been perfect in some big spots. Vargas yesterday, Antonacci fly ball into the gap.

Braden's mom finally made here twitter private, lol

5 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Guardians guardianing.

Time to do what this team has done best… go play underdog.

Its so reminiscent of the early 2000s Twins which gave me severe PTSD. Why can't we just get a power team to hate in the central for once. I'd take that over reliving that nightmare.

1 minute ago, reiks12 said:

Its so reminiscent of the early 2000s Twins which gave me severe PTSD. Why can't we just get a power team to hate in the central for once. I'd take that over reliving that nightmare.

Why cant we just be a team that everyone hates, for once. Its always somebody elses turn except for us

Just now, Green Line said:

Why cant we just be a team that everyone hates, for once. Its always somebody elses turn except for us

We’re growing into that.

2 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Why can't we just get a power team to hate in the central for once.

because the teams in the central all operate with low payrolls and have to field PTSD inducing teams.