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Nothing seems to make sense with the White Sox and injury situations. The situation with Moncada has been odd all season. Did Luis re-injure his wrist or this something all different? It looked odd when he dropped his bat twice and went back out into the field to play.

Looking forward to not watching tonight. Why bother? They will put a ton of runners on base and then not drive them home. The ninth will be three up, three down with the ball never leaving the infield. And somewhere along the line someone will get hurt, and be "day to day."

Seriously...There has to be major changes in this organization after this debacle. The White Sox will not have any credibility with their most loyal fans if the organization just sits on its hands and plays the denial game. Maybe JR doesn't care much anymore. But, at the very least, Tony cannot be in that dugout. And obviously it is time for many others to go. But the same old thing will not work. The rebuild is be considered a failure if changes aren't made. And this is supposed to be a major league franchise. Time to act like one.

I've been around a while, and I remember all these bad years. Actually 1968 was bound to happen; that team had absolutely no hitting. Peters and Horlen had been over-used during the years and came up with sore arms. But this year is worse than the rest. Just plain dumbness. On the field and in the dugout. Hello, Lip. It's Dan.

I agree, Tony. You're lousy. Relief pitcher hits two batters in a row, and you lose to a lousy team in an empty stadium. The power numbers for this team are awful. No one is going to get 100 RBIs or even 20 homers. Yes, when you put runners on, you are supposed to drive them in.

Yes, it is. A ton of men left on base. Going down oh so easy in the ninth.

I am not surprised by this. The White Sox rarely take action when needed. They should have gotten rid of Guillen long before he left. Ventura should have been fired after his second season. Countless other moves should have been made during the past few years and all we got was a tank job. I am not disappointed because I expected nothing.

All I have heard during the past two weeks or so is that things are looking up for the Sox because they were playing sub.500 teams, and that the AL Central stinks. Nothing about how well the team is playing. Tonight, they are not playing a sub.500 team. Need Cueto to have another quality start although that still might now help.

The comparison was never relevant. There are other examples of teams having late season surges. That has nothing to do with the White Sox. Yes, you can still hope for the best, but I don't see any indication that this offense is going get much better. If the White Sox prove me wrong, that's okay. It's not like I haven't been mistaken about something before. But I'm tired of waiting for the big hit that seems never to happen. For me, the expectations just aren't there. They never are when the bases are left loaded again.

Any White Sox win will be a low-scoring game. The team just doesn't have much of an offense. Even with Tim and Robert, it didn't have much of an offense.

You can laugh off a bad game only to a certain extent. The Sox have a starter in the rotation that just isn't doing it, not to mention letting a runner steal third uncontested. Three times bases loaded and no hits. They scored on a double play and a sacrifice fly that wasn't all that deep. The Sox have been doing that all season. It's amazing the players who really did something offensively was Moncada and Sheets. Is that because they really don't have an offense?

I agree with this. Using a position player only prolongs a very bad game. It's really a joke. The Astros were barely trying, and they scored four. They might still be up even they really wanted to make an effort.

If the Sox are going to be successful, they will do things like they did against the Astros in the first two games. They'll have to continue to get good pitching and win low-scoring games. The offense will need to get some clutch hits and add some doubles because it doesn't look like home runs are on the way. They will need to cut back on base-running mistakes. On defense, they have to make the routine plays. We will see if they can do all of this.

The season is resting on this week. The Sox have to get at least split against Houston. Can't let the Astros take a series on your home ballpark.

That is what happens when you get extra base hits. It helps to play the Tigers, too.

Regardless of the outcomes of the next two, I believe it is already time to forget about the post season. I am skipping tonight's game. I need a break from watching this offense.

Yes, this has been a problem all year, along with the miserable average with the bases loaded. You can't leave that many on without it catching up with you, and this lack of success in these situations has been one of the things that has kept the team from leading the division. The offense has been frustrating all year. The Sox have good hitters, but they are not doing well in these situations. In KC, they had first and second and no one out, and didn't score. Next inning, bases loaded, no one out, didn't score. No wonder they lost that game and many others.

It looked like 35,000. The concourses were packed. Even the upper deck looked crowded. There was a concert after that drew some, I guess, but I saw many fans leaving after the game. The crowd made some noise when Kopech got Tiger hitters to two strikes. Not much noise when the offense was up. Two hard hit balls all night.

It is hard to imagine, not to mention depressing. I thought things would change after 2005. Obviously, they changed the wrong way.

It is a bad move. You don't take out someone like Eloy when your offense stinks.

In the 2-0 win over the Tigers, LaRussa sent in Leury to pinch run for Eloy. The game was still tight. What if Detroit tied and then the Sox went into extras without one of their better hitters? Besides, Eloy is a half-way decent runner. This move made no sense. Like many Tony makes.

This is a .500 team. I am not hoping for any more than that. And the White Sox can no longer be considered favorites to win the AL Central. If they somehow win the division, I'll be happy but shocked.

I don't care what Steve Stone says about Moncada. There is something physically wrong with this player and he doesn't belong on the field. I was in the left center field bleachers for the 2-0 win over Detroit. I had a good view of the plate. Moncada took a healthy cut on a pitch (for him anyway) and he got the good part of the bat on the ball. The drive went to center just to my left. It had a decent distance, but it just died out there. There was no real power behind it. It ended up being a relatively easy out when last year Moncada would have hit a home run with the same read and swing. This isn't the first time I've seen this from Moncada. He gets a good read on the pitch, gets a good part of bat on it, and the ball really goes nowhere. He's hitting under .200, but I don't think it is from a bad work ethic. It's amazing. This team will coddle Kopech but ignore what is going on with Moncada. And if he is that lazy, if he is showing no effort, then why he is in the lineup every day especially when he is adding to the problems of this offense? Moncada is still young. It's time to recognize what is wrong before they ruin this player.

Harrison plays his ass off every game. Hustles and dives for anything. He'll hit another HR before Grandal does.

Was at the game. Kopech, of course, was great. Crowd was energetic. Offense is completely broken. There isn't one hitter on that team that is doing anything. Moncada hit the deepest drive, and that barely made it to the warning track. Two days in a row the Sox have a starting pitcher dominate, and neither gets the win. Don't expect the offense to turn things around. It just isn't happening.