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Post by ericmvan on Sept 1, 2018 20:24:36 GMT -5
K record of 20 by a team in 9 innings still in sight. We've had a pair of combined 20K games as well as Roger's pair.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 1, 2018 20:36:23 GMT -5
11/5:12-23 11 K's thru 5. 12 outs to go. Max 23. 13/6:9-22 13 K's thru 6. 9 outs to go. Max 22 15/7:6-21 15 K's thru 7. 6 outs to go. Max 21
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Sept 1, 2018 20:43:25 GMT -5
Glad to see Kinsler get hold of one. I was beginning to wonder how the Sox were going to make noise in the playoffs if they couldn't even hit Perry Mason. I mean, he was a wizard in the courtroom, but I never pictured him as a competent big league pitcher.
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Post by kevfc89 on Sept 1, 2018 20:48:11 GMT -5
Jackie didn't miss a 3 homer game by much distance...even when he's great he's been unlucky this year
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 1, 2018 20:54:10 GMT -5
We need Kimbrel and go for 20 !!!!
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 1, 2018 20:55:24 GMT -5
The only three guys who have fanned at least one batter in a game in which his team fanned 20 guys in 9 innings, and done it twice:
Roger Clemens (duh) Heath Hembree Matt Barnes
If whoever pitches the 9th (Kelly?) can fan the side, Barnes will stand alone here.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 1, 2018 20:58:08 GMT -5
still wondering, if Pearce was coming out, why not lift him for a pinchrunner?
Or does Cora save his bench for extra innings?
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Post by coachmac on Sept 1, 2018 21:07:22 GMT -5
I am at the game tonight. Mookie,in his last at bat,hit a ball into the stands and it hit a woman. Very bloody. On his way to right field Mookie brought a bat for the woman. That's why he should be the face of baseball. He's good and he's a great person
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 1, 2018 21:08:01 GMT -5
The White Sox tonight (and fans - I suspect there are some!) must feel like we did last night. Mirror image type of games...much happier to be on tonight's end of things.
ERod set the tone - and a big night from JBJ. Great stuff.
Nice to see all of those extra faces in the dugout too!
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Sept 1, 2018 21:09:01 GMT -5
Random thought: I wonder where the 2018 Yankees stand all time for the percent of runs that score on home runs? Their total number of RBI is about 3 X their number of home runs, and a lot of their home runs come with runners aboard. In this era of baseball offense trending toward the 3 basic outcomes the Yankees may simply be the poster boy for an overall trend in the sport. But they seem especially dependent on the long ball. Would be interesting to compare them with Earl Weaver's pitching and 3-run HR Orioles from 40+ years ago.
Looks as though this game may end up as A Bummer for the White Sox, both literally and figuratively.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 1, 2018 21:12:55 GMT -5
The only three guys who have fanned at least one batter in a game in which his team fanned 20 guys in 9 innings, and done it twice: Roger Clemens (duh) Heath Hembree Matt Barnes If whoever pitches the 9th (Kelly?) can fan the side, Barnes will stand alone here.
I am stumped I see May '17. What is the second time? Edit, Sept '16. Not in record book, cuz twas 10 inning game
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 1, 2018 21:13:04 GMT -5
Once Sale and Devers are activated, the only ones on the 40 man not on the team are Shepherd, Walden, Haley and Renda (and we only have a 39 man roster at the moment for some reason - at least according to this site)
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Post by soxfaninnj on Sept 1, 2018 21:17:12 GMT -5
19!
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Post by Guidas on Sept 1, 2018 21:26:23 GMT -5
Great win!
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Post by radiohix on Sept 1, 2018 21:27:36 GMT -5
E-Rod fresh and ready to terrorize the rest of the league. Chris Sale threw off the mound today. David Price long tossing and Steven Wright back soon. JBJ slugging finaly over .400 and even his outs are still loud. Good...Good!
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Post by GyIantosca on Sept 1, 2018 21:39:12 GMT -5
Cora is right ERod turned a corner this year. He is a legit pitcher. He is gonna be fresh going into the playoffs.
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Post by ianrs on Sept 1, 2018 21:39:32 GMT -5
E-Rod fresh and ready to terrorize the rest of the league. Chris Sale threw off the mound today. David Price long tossing and Steven Wright back soon. JBJ slugging finaly over .400 and even his outs are still loud. Good...Good! You forgot Devers smashing a HR in AAA rehab, too. The cavalry is coming!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 1, 2018 21:40:35 GMT -5
You couldn't have scripted that any better.
E-Rod was flat-out dominant. The White Sox have a weak lineup (I think I saw two guys batting over .250 and one was the backup catcher and the other was Ryan LaMarre), but E-Rod's stuff would have translated to the topnotch offenses as well.
Barring any further injuries, the debate for what the rotation should look like might be over. E-Rod is the 4th starter if he doesn't ascend to #3 behind Sale and Price.
If Porcello can get a breather at some point...they have two starters who should be entirely fresh, Price has missed a few starts - they can go into October strong and rested.
Nunez is swinging a hot bat. I do hope Devers forces the competition in a positive way when he gets back.
JBJ swung it well again. He had that homer and triple but he also had two of them go to the warning track in LF and left center, which means he's totally locked in. The change in his timing at the plate was a great fix by the coaching staff.
And Brasier looks great out of the pen. Once the Sox get closer to clinching they should give him a breather. Speaking of which Barnes looked better with his breather. He'll need some more this month so that he can be as fresh as he can be.
Things like that are great luxuries to have. You normally don't get that in September. Really the only team that can play like they're on vacation is the Indians because they've had no competition all year round. It's as if they play in the AFC East!
Meanwhile the Sox' 94th victory puts them ahead of the 93 wins they had in their division winning 2016 and 2017 seasons!
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 1, 2018 22:45:16 GMT -5
Random thoughts:
Nunez is .333 / .350 / .615 in his last 10 G / 40 PA.
JBJ is .294 / .350 / .540 since June 24 (54 G, 206 PA).
E-Rod was the clear #2 starter on this team when he got hurt. He still might be the #2, Price's resurrection notwithstanding. You can't go wrong with them in the 2 and 3 slots in a post-season rotation, in either order, especially since your game 3 starter is also the guy who usually starts game 7 if it gets that far.
I'd really like them to get Steven Wright two or even three starts before the season ends. I want him as an option for game 4 along with Eovaldi and Porcello, and as an option for a 5th starter in scenarios where that's a good idea to get Sale an extra day of rest.
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Post by telson13 on Sept 1, 2018 22:46:45 GMT -5
You couldn't have scripted that any better. E-Rod was flat-out dominant. The White Sox have a weak lineup (I think I saw two guys batting over .250 and one was the backup catcher and the other was Ryan LaMarre), but E-Rod's stuff would have translated to the topnotch offenses as well. Barring any further injuries, the debate for what the rotation should look like might be over. E-Rod is the 4th starter if he doesn't ascend to #3 behind Sale and Price. If Porcello can get a breather at some point...they have two starters who should be entirely fresh, Price has missed a few starts - they can go into October strong and rested. Nunez is swinging a hot bat. I do hope Devers forces the competition in a positive way when he gets back. JBJ swung it well again. He had that homer and triple but he also had two of them go to the warning track in LF and left center, which means he's totally locked in. The change in his timing at the plate was a great fix by the coaching staff. And Brasier looks great out of the pen. Once the Sox get closer to clinching they should give him a breather. Speaking of which Barnes looked better with his breather. He'll need some more this month so that he can be as fresh as he can be. Things like that are great luxuries to have. You normally don't get that in September. Really the only team that can play like they're on vacation is the Indians because they've had no competition all year round. It's as if they play in the AFC East! Meanwhile the Sox' 94th victory puts them ahead of the 93 wins they had in their division winning 2016 and 2017 seasons! Rodriguez is my 3. Tough to put him ahead of Porcello because of the latter’s consistency, but Rodriguez is a legit 2 this year, injury aside. I’m quite convinced that he’s figured things out and he’ll look like a 1a next year. He’s a legit candidate for acehood if he can be just a bit more efficient, and I think that’s in the post, as they say. He’s right at the leading edge of what is historically a pitcher’s prime (25-29), and while he’s had injury issues, the knee should be solved and the ankle, well, that’s a bad luck thing. He came up very young, and has four partial seasons. That’s a lot of innings before 25...the experience is there. He doesn’t have too much mileage on his arm for his age, and his arm, at least, has been totally healthy. I wouldn’t be remotely surprised to see him go on a run and finish the regular season with an ERA under 3 and an FIP/xFIP around 3.2/3.4. He’s a guy they really, *really* ought to extend ASAP.
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Post by telson13 on Sept 1, 2018 22:57:11 GMT -5
Random thoughts:
Nunez is .333 / .350 / .615 in his last 10 G / 40 PA.
JBJ is .294 / .350 / .540 since June 24 (54 G, 206 PA).
E-Rod was the clear #2 starter on this team when he got hurt. He still might be the #2, Price's resurrection notwithstanding. You can't go wrong with them in the 2 and 3 slots in a post-season rotation, in either order, especially since your game 3 starter is also the guy who usually starts game 7 if it gets that far.
I'd really like them to get Steven Wright two or even three starts before the season ends. I want him as an option for game 4 along with Eovaldi and Porcello, and as an option for a 5th starter in scenarios where that's a good idea to get Sale an extra day of rest.
JBJ’s turn of luck, and re-emergence, is a big deal imo. He is hitting the ball hard (has been for a while), and if his hot streak goes into October he’s a guy who (as we saw in 2016) who can blister the ball for extended stretches. He’s a win-it-by-himself kind of offensive player when on (which isn’t all that often, but impressive when he is). His defense has been terrific, as usual, but with his ability to take a walk and hit mistakes for (long) HR, and rack up XBH, he really adds another dimension to the lineup. With how weak 7-8-9 have been all year, suddenly a JBJ revival puts pressure on pitchers again. No cakewalk bottom of the order means facing at least Mookie up top. And with Swihart looking like he’s heating up, they have a deep bench and a lot of movable parts. Just going from 3 easy outs in a row to 2 or 1...those crooked numbers can pile up quickly.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 1, 2018 23:47:02 GMT -5
Price to miss a start. Sale still out. Talk to me ERod. Looks like he wrote you a book. I was around for the early innings which looked like gold. Rodriguez seemed hyper-focused. Got to see some of those runs later also, including Kinsler's bomb. Good stuff.
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 2, 2018 0:22:57 GMT -5
The little skid we had pretty much killed our chances of matching or topping the '98 MFY's, let alone the '01 Mariners. We'd have to go 20-5 just to tie the Yankees.
How about topping the third best team of the DH era? Or how about topping .667?
Either one would take 109 wins.
And what makes this a perfect target:
There are two teams that went 108-54.
The '75 Reds, and the '86 Mets.
All it takes to beat them both by winning 109 is .600 ball, 15-10. If we can go 16-9 we can get to a nice round 110 wins; that's .640, and we're currently at .686 (and a 111-win pace).
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Post by tizzle on Sept 2, 2018 0:47:06 GMT -5
It's really malpractice for a GM to have a team like this with that kind of weakness and not make a move to try to fix it. Except the bullpen has been pretty good all things considered. But other than that you're right. Yeah, that sounds nice. But if you tell me you actually have faith in any of our set up men besides Brasier, I literally won't believe you. And to just think it's fine for a historically great team to go into a postseason with that kind of achilles, and not to make an effort to fix it, I just find astounding.
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 2, 2018 0:57:57 GMT -5
AL records since mid-June (starting the 16th):
47-20 Oakland 46-20 Boston 41-26 Cleveland 41-29 New York 37-28 Houston
Right now, I'd much rather play the Yankees in the ALCS than the A's.
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