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Fuck off Rick Renteria. And way to go players!

He still should have caught the baseball to begin with? Why do we simply overlook that?

Love this team. Love this board cause I know in ten years I’ll make a reference to Adam Engels fake bunt single in a regular season game and everyone here will know what I’m talking about. Lets take this damn division

It would be the most 2020 thing ever for the White Sox and Cubs to meet in the World Series... and it to be played somewhere NOT in Chicago.

Stoney has been pretty open in his backhanded criticism towards Ricky Renteria. See below for tweets. Stone's also thrown shade at Ricky during broadcasts. He also responded to a fans tweet and bashed Mazara recently. I can't seem to find that tweet unfortunately. Criticism of the team is what did him in with the Cubs. Stone is the best of the best in terms of broadcasting. Do you see this one ending poorly like it did with the Cubs? I can't imagine it ending well if he keeps bashing Ricky. Hopefully it means the writing is on the wall for Ricky.

My Lord, Eloy should not be fielding when up in the bottom of the ninth.

Fuck you Ricky Renteria. Why is Dyson on the team. I mean is this the first time you have been introduced to the pageantry of Eloy and his magical defense. Even Stone is calling him out.

It'll be hard to forget when they build the statue outside the stadium.

how bad is Renteria though, easily worse than Ventura, EASILY and Ventura was a joke!

If you have defensive replacements on the bench you FUCKING DO IT RICKY. They need to fire him already. It's just mind blowing at this point. Love Stone calling out Ricky YET AGAIN for how terrible he is.

What dimension did you hide out in for the last 10 years. Is Angel Hernandez good in that dimension.

Fuck you Twins!

Blaming grandal for cease not throwing strikes is like blaming your wifes extra 20lbs for your limp dick.

The Mets are currently the #12 seed in the NL, so idk if a Subway Series is happening.

Couldn't get swept....now let's sweep them outta town...who's with me!!!!

Come here bb

This 100%

Is this your first time watching Eloy in LF. The ball boy down the LF line might be a better option as a defensive replacement over Eloy.

Eloy you fucking dumbass

Keep it in your pants bro, there are children in this thread

My girlfriend just saw astudillo and asked why the goalie from mighty ducks was in the game.

RALLY ENGEL ON DECK

That's better than my wife. She asks "what to the Sox nerds" say about that.

I don't want a crosstown series unless we win it. Simply unbearable to live with my Cub fan friends and relatives should we lose.

Bauer needs to be a White Sox. He wants a short term deal, needs to be in a big city, has an edge to him, and is a great pitcher.

It's time the Sox do something against the Twins. Ever since the Blackout Game, the Twins have dominated the Sox. If the team is serious about the post-season, beat the Twins first. It is way overdue.

Update.

I wanted to put down some thoughts, if you scroll down you see the bolded indicate guys who were drafted since 2016 who made the majors. To avoid quibbling - that is actually a big feat. This review is EARLY, and we will see the full impact. But as of now, we are seeing a number of players contribute on a division contending team with two weeks to go. My initial take on Hostetler drafts: I was very negative on this era. I hated the lack of athleticism drafted overall. It was way too college heavy and lacked upside. For years, we saw our only top 100 representatives being our trade acquisitions or top 5 picks who automatically slate there. His line that he was looking to build up system depth annoyed be since for years he emphasized that he only cared about BPA, which seemed like a contradiction. And my belief was that trying to be safer and build "depth" just meant you were getting guys that were hitting their ceilings in AA instead of the possibility of fizzling out in low-a - which can happen with younger, higher upside picks. It's time to revise that opinion. A look on his drafts (1-10 only just for brevity, though I'll point out guys that made it after like Mendick) 2016 (in order from rounds 1-10) Zach Collins, Zack Burdi, Alec Hansen, Alex Call, Jameson Fisher, Jimmy Lambert, Luis Corbelo, Bernardo Flores, Nate Nolan, Zach Remillard Later picks that made it: Ian Hamilton (11), Matt Foster (20) (edit: hat tip to Y2Jimmy!) 2017 (worst draft by far) Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Luis Gonzalez, Lincoln Henzman, Tyler Johnson, Kade McClure, Evan Skoug, Sam Abbot, Craig Dedelow, JB Olson 2018 Nick Madrigal, Steele Walker, Konnor Pilkington, Lency Delgado, Jonathan Stiever, Codi Heuer, Cabera Weaver, Andrew Perez, Gunnar Troutwine, Bennet Sousa 2019 Andrew Vaughn (top 30 prospect), Matthew Thompson, Andrew Dalquist, James Beard, Dan Metzdorf, Avery Weems, Karen Patel, Ivan Gonzalez, Tyson Messer, Pawelczyk, Nate 4 drafts, 5 years ago: 11 major leaguers and almost certainly 12 (Vaughn). That is depth. The quibbles: - Luis Gonzalez almost certainly a child of circumstance, but he made it to a level where it was possible. That's still good. Not always the case. - The 2017 draft is just absolute trash. - A lot of capital was spent on bullpen, and of Ian Hamilton, Johnson and Heuer, only heuer has really shown himself but he's been huge. The still bad: - His 2nd round picks and paying overslot for college juniors will just always baffle me. Bottom line: 11 is a lot, and yes, he picked a lot. A team similar to us (top picks during the time and didn't get freebie balance picks) is the phillies, who have seen 6 during that time. If Hostetler set out to get depth, it appears he did that, and it paid off at the right time in supplementing the sox during a year of competition and high injuries. I am still a bigger fan of Shirley's style, and think the higher upside picks will be more valuable as trade currency if not impact starters. But the emergence of Stiever, what Lambert showed, and Heuer have made me really reverse myself on how hostetler performed. I'm not going to say he was amazing - he did have tremendous draft resources! - but it was a much better record than I realized in the later rounds in the draft. And a poster whose name I don't remember pointed out that I was wrong, and he was right, so sorry to that guy if you read this.

Wasn’t sure how to make a thread on a seemingly good hitting coach?!!

The series has been generically referred to as a "subway series" for decades by fans and some in the media, including the late Jack Brickhouse, who announced games for both the White Sox and Cubs. But anyway, some people have to be little wizeass b1tches and pick,pick, pick instead of trying to contribute any useful or original thought.

Stone Pony laying on thick in the pre-game banter Jacob Shiner @jacob_shiner 45m Replying to@stevestone I was thinking the same thing. Grandal has started the other two games against Berrios and gone 0-6. Ridiculous. Steve Stone @steveston 39m You noticed that Patrick Thornton @MeatFriday Replying to @stevestone Well, there are only 14 games left so I guess it's good to rest the best hitters a lot. It's good to have at least 2 or 3 of the best OPS hitters sitting out every game. It's really important to get Mazara, Mendick, Sanchez, and Encarnacion a lot of at-bats. Really important. Steve Stone @stevestone 36m I like the take

Love it that she comes in for the last inning. My wife pops her head up to ask me questions like "why does that guy (Eloy) always point at his arm when he hits a home run? Ask your friends on that site." I didn't ask but did google it to get her an answer better than my original response..."that's Eloy!!!" Game threads can be maddening, but I forgot to mention that I have started the last 3 games with a beer, but kept it at 1 to not get too sucked into the game thread madness.

Lo el

If we won, yes...If we lost it would be awful.

The chances for a Sox-Cubs series are decent, but I don't think it will happen. And I am with you. I don't ever want to see it happen. Something like that should be fun, but it won't be. Too much of a chance for violence. Besides, I don't ever want to see the Cubs in a World Series again. 2016 was a nightmare for so many as everybody seemed to lay down for them. Besides, the Cubs being in the Series just doesn't seem right. It will never seem right.

I would enjoy it much more if the Cubs imploded and didn't make the playoffs

I'd lock in a split in a heartbeat.

Can’t believe McCann is sitting again vs Berrios

Spin rate is mostly bullshit. 100 rpm is less than a half a spin of the baseball. There is virtually no differnce between a pitch with 2000 spin and 2300 spin. You have to get up to Bauer territory before you start seeing a difference. Cease's problem is not spin rate. It's location. He has to command his fastball better and that means he has to sacrifice some velocity to gain command. He doesn't have to be 97-98 to get swings and misses. Every hitter in baseball has a hole in their swing. No hitter alive can cover the entire plate. Cease has to stop being a thrower and start hitting his spots or he will never be the pitcher he can be.

Yeah, it's both why I'm pessimistic in the near term but optimistic long term. He is a hardworker, he's got good tools to mold, but he's not close to a finished product. But it just feels like one offseason, as they said, he's going to learn a grip or an adjustment that is going to unlock the raw stuff. (Bauer would be the perfect guy for this stuff, but sox probably have what they need to show him and he just needs time to work on it)

If only the sox followed my preferred personnel moves they'd have the best offense in the MLB.

I honestly don't think either of those guys are part of the mix in Chicago.

Yes, looked good too...now he has to repeat it consistently against better comp

We like Adam Engel this year. I feel like that says a lot.