Noesi continues to be the third best pitcher on the roster.

Noesi continues to be the third best pitcher on the roster.

Petricka?

Petricka?

 

Meh. Non-dominant relievers don't excite me.

Meh. Non-dominant relievers don't excite me.

Do they have to wear black leather if they are dominant ?

Tyler Flowers is so good it's scary. He has hit some of the hardest balls since the 1977 South Side Hitmen. That line drive homer tonight was scary. That blast over the foul pole last homestand that was barely foul would have been a legendary blast. That cannon off the second deck, I think it was in Minnie, was also Babe Ruth-like.

 

Kudos to Flowers for indeed flipping the bird at all of us.

Tyler Flowers is so good it's scary. He has hit some of the hardest balls since the 1977 South Side Hitmen. That line drive homer tonight was scary. That blast over the foul pole last homestand that was barely foul would have been a legendary blast. That cannon off the second deck, I think it was in Minnie, was also Babe Ruth-like.

 

Kudos to Flowers for indeed flipping the bird at all of us.

Okay now, let's not get carried away. He's not far removed from hitting .089/.141/.143 over 120 plate appearances.

Do they have to wear black leather if they are dominant ?

 

I'm sure it would help.

Okay now, let's not get carried away. He's not far removed from hitting .089/.141/.143 over 120 plate appearances.

 

I really don't care right now. He's so hot it defies belief. Like I said, some of those blasts have been pretty amazing.

The Sox have had so many individual "highlights" this year that could make a helluva highlight film. As bad as Viciedo is, he's hit some rockets. Abreu of course. And Flowers has had some incredible bombs.

Eaton's triples. Gillaspie's gappers, Lexi's many many hits, and many excellent starting pitching performances. It's crazy how good some players have looked on occasion.

Really the team defense, bullpen and occasional crap outings from No. 4 and 5 starters (plus some lousy hitting from guys I don't need to mention) are the only reason this team is sub .500.

All this fretting over the bullpen when all we need to do is schedule games to start 2:15 before it starts raining.

All this fretting over the bullpen when all we need to do is schedule games to start 2:15 before it starts raining.

 

It will be like the 2005 ALCS all over again. Nothing but complete games (only lasting 6 or 7 innings, but that's irrelevant)

Okay now, let's not get carried away. He's not far removed from hitting .089/.141/.143 over 120 plate appearances.

Sometimes I think you just watch simulated baseball. Sometimes, don't you think its nice to sit back and enjoy things. I'm sure there would have been some advanced stats that could have told you he wasn't going to hit .089 for the rest of the season which meant there was a hot streak in there somewhere to bring him up to 188 or some crap.

Sometimes I think you just watch simulated baseball. Sometimes, don't you think its nice to sit back and enjoy things. I'm sure there would have been some advanced stats that could have told you he wasn't going to hit .089 for the rest of the season which meant there was a hot streak in there somewhere to bring him up to 188 or some crap.

 

 

Stats have a place in the game for sure. But when they totally replace the enjoyment and emotion of the game, you've gone too far. If Tyler Flowers hits a homer, and you are worried about an unsustainable BABIP, instead of jumping up and down with happiness, you are doing it wrong.

Sometimes I think you just watch simulated baseball. Sometimes, don't you think its nice to sit back and enjoy things. I'm sure there would have been some advanced stats that could have told you he wasn't going to hit .089 for the rest of the season which meant there was a hot streak in there somewhere to bring him up to 188 or some crap.

Stats have a place in the game for sure. But when they totally replace the enjoyment and emotion of the game, you've gone too far. If Tyler Flowers hits a homer, and you are worried about an unsustainable BABIP, instead of jumping up and down with happiness, you are doing it wrong.

Who on earth says I don't celebrate a home run because I reply to someone saying "he's so good it's scary" by pointing out he very recently came off what must have been one of the worst extended hitting spells in White Sox history.

 

Besides, BABIP isn't even included in home runs, home runs are not balls in play.

Tyler Flowers is so good it's scary. He has hit some of the hardest balls since the 1977 South Side Hitmen. That line drive homer tonight was scary. That blast over the foul pole last homestand that was barely foul would have been a legendary blast. That cannon off the second deck, I think it was in Minnie, was also Babe Ruth-like.

 

Kudos to Flowers for indeed flipping the bird at all of us.

 

This post would have looked completely different a month ago. Try not to get too excited Greg...