1 minute ago, soulfly said:

Make the other guys beat you then

So you wanted to walk him to put 2 on with nobody out?

1 minute ago, Colome's Hat said:

No. Think it was precautionary. Burke should pull a mad max and stay in.

I sure hope so. Jose's homerun was bullshit.

Just now, NotSoRetro1983Hat said:

Hate to say it but Ramirez just plain kicked ass on that pitch. It was a perfect pitch low and out of the zone

Him and Williams are carrying the entire team on their backs.

f*** Jose Ramirez. I hope that dude never wins a chip.

1 minute ago, hankchifan said:

I guess that we ignored the memo of not letting Ramirez beat us. Ramirez has been very hot the last three games. He is a Sox killer. We need someone to duplicate his feat now, and hit some balls out of the park.

Burke has been throwing that get me over curveball for 3 straight innings, did we think Cleveland wouldn't pick up on that? Teel's dumb ass started calling it in the middle of an at bat, and when you're halfway intelligent as a hitter you realize you can just sit on that pitch because it's not a late breaker, it's just a get me over pitch, I'm laughing at Burke because he looked completely shocked that someone actually hit that pitch

2 minutes ago, soulfly said:

Make the other guys beat you then

So put 2 men on with no out? That's ridiculous. It was a great fucking pitch to him that shouldn't have been hittable.

1 minute ago, PaleAleSox said:

What did you want them to do? That pitch was at his feet. Do you want them to walk him and put 2 on with nobody out?

Apparently. I don't get people man. It was a ridiculous swing and pitch to hit a homer on. Just got beat by a really good player.

You put him on then you have two on no out and open the door to a big inning and a ton of pitches. Fact is Sox ain't gonna win scoring nothing anyway so they'd better figure out a way to get to Williams or get him out of the game.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Against two great pitchers.

Which unsurprisingly is what LAD and MIL also have in abundance ...

They can make anyone look great by sitting there taking called third strikes and swing at anything trying to drive it out the park.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

WSox just aren’t anything special. They haven’t exactly been good the second half of the season. Way too many holes that were too much to overcome.

In a normal year we don't make the playoffs at all. This year was weird because most of the pre season contenders were terrible. I think 84 wins is the least amount of wins to make it in this new playoff format. We just weren't good enough after the trade deadline. And while we had a nice stretch in the first 4 games in the playoffs, we've looked like the flawed team we were in the 2nd half the past 3 games.

4 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

See what happens when you have the talent to put balls in play, Ive never seen a more one dimensional lineup in my life

Move on from the Montgomery boys and add some power to RF.

not like getting leads in Games 3/4 has helped much

maybe they will finally respond now

Benintendi against Gavin doesn't look promising though

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by caulfield12

Not ready for prime time players 101

Burke has pitched just fine. Our best hitters have just not produced when it’s mattered the most this series…simple as that

8 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

There is no fucking way that swing should have resulted in a homer. f*** him.

Thomas could have hit that one out. Too bad this team doesn’t have a hitter that hits like Thomas did.

2 minutes ago, soulfly said:

Make the other guys beat you then

So….walk JRam to put a runner in scoring position and 2 on, nobody out for their 3-4-5? Thats what we’re saying?

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

In a normal year we don't make the playoffs at all. This year was weird because most of the pre season contenders were terrible. I think 84 wins is the least amount of wins to make it in this new playoff format. We just weren't good enough after the trade deadline. And while we had a nice stretch in the first 4 games in the playoffs, we've looked like the flawed team we were in the 2nd half the past 3 games.

100 pct that the same issues creeped up this series

I know it's a game thread, but some of y'all have a cuckold kink dear lord.

3 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

Burke made an incredible pitch on that home run

Totally agree. Just think a high fastball woulda been a better choice. He got two nice calls on the line before that. One more a little higher might have got em.

Trashintendi

Just now, HeGetzUs said:

Burke has pitched just fine. Our best hitters have just not produced when it’s mattered the most this series…simple as that

Great pitching usually beats good hitting

White Sox have not been close to elite hitting against the best pitchers most teams don't

1 minute ago, Soxfest said:

Not ready for prime time players 101

So...they're gonna win?

1 minute ago, Quin said:

I know it's a game thread, but some of y'all have a cuckold kink dear lord.

@WhiteSox2023

This is a good at bat.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Move on from the Montgomery boys and add some power to RF.

I'm good with Shoman being fired tbh, either these guys aren't listening to him, or they don't trust him or they aren't smart enough to understand his messaging

No reason in the world he was in this lineup