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Mazara is in a rut but deserves a chance. He might be a head case. I expect the market will be dead this fall waiting to see how Covid progresses. We might find out if teams are really broke like the boss says.

This game will be remembered as a benchmark along the way. The Cubs are struggling, the Twins are struggling and it's time for our guys to step up. We are short on starters but most teams are outside of Cleveland.

One of the papers had a great rendering of the bad boys with baseball bats in their violin cases but I could not find it.

Twins are struggling and lost to KC. Plenty of injuries and not much hitting. Odorizzi got hit in the ribs and left the game. They also seem short on starters. The ALC could be had at this point anyway.

He's basically an opener at this point and he's not even Cuban. Good luck.

Yoan Moncada's Night Off:

Yes from the LEDs but cf looks a little dusky. Sox jerseys show a hint of blue.

I barely bother with the Cub. Sox fans get all trippy. They are lucky to play us.

Mets Yankees weekend series canceled. Have to wonder if Yoan has post-covid issues or lack of training time.

Sox are on a warm streak so if they cannot compete with the good clubs now I doubt we will see it. That leaves only a playoff hot streak ala 2005.

The Mets with two infections canceled yesterday's game with Miami and tonite versus NYY.

I consider James a leader and a core player. Do the Yankees have pricey veterans on the bench? Yes. I would make a serious 3-4 year bid and see if someone outbids the Sox. You can cut costs somewhere else like DH. When you have value its OK to pay a fair price. Most of their pitching is cost-controlled. Losing James will hurt the team.

Saturday SP is TBA. TBA could be Lopez per Rickeye.

WHITE SOX LIVES MATTER

I was an I-town kid.

Could see Sox and Cub strong heading into playoffs.

Yup he bad eat sum pasta.

Coop fixed him. Buttwad.

Terrible catcher. Like a statue.

Tim and Jose are my team captains. Tim goes beyond baseball these days.

Why throw strikes to dumb hitters. No need.

All bad pitches to Robert. Very poor approach by Lou.

Mazara needed to be worked with as a project. Shorten his swing and don't pull the ball. Or just ignore him.

Bart Johnson on Chuck Tanner. Bart signed KW. Chuck did it because he was so positive. He wouldn’t tolerate negativity. The other thing was that he took the best guys north every year; he didn’t care how old they were. Remember Chuck could intimidate guys, too. He was, I think, 42 or so and he was a big guy. If you did something wrong or got him angry he’d take you into the clubhouse and just kick your ass. And it wasn’t just the players. I remember one time one of the writers wrote something about us, quoting guys anonymously, and Chuck wanted to know who was quoted. Chuck called us together in the locker room and asked us about it. No one admitted that they said anything, so he got the writer into his office. We’re sitting there and we hear things getting thrown around: bang, boom, crash. The writer came out crying like a little boy. Chuck was trying to find out if one of the players said something, or if the writer was making things up. I think he slapped the crap out of him.

In terms of pi Ricky is mince meat. Ricky is a youth coach with a case full of participation trophies under his belt. I would not follow him to the promised land.