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Tony-OH
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Aren't we in the top of the 4th? Hasn't this team come back many times this year? They very well may lose, but man seems pretty depressing to be convinced of this after 3 innings.

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Yeah, you told us that three times already.

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11 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

Mullins to hit for Hays?  That's interesting

Esp. with Hays being hot (3 for 4 today) and batting much better vs. RHP this year than vs. LHP by a big margin: .323 vs. .250 BA and .897 vs. .701 OPS! (Stats coming into today's game.) It worked, but of course if Hays batted he would have hit a homer 🫠

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49 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

When is the cavalry that I keep hearing of coming? Because all these games count.

Each game does count and this is the second of the young season that they have lost on a mental error with two outs.

Attention to detail matters and in the last two innings we saw:

-McKenna miss a cut off man from 75 feet away allowing a potential winning run to advance

-Columbe fail to cover first with two outs, and I am assuming the dugout and Frazier didn't call it out to him as he froze

-Frazier (who I like more than most) runs  with his head up watching the right fielder....every kid over 12 knows you don't do that-you pick up the coach....

You can blame the bullpen but mental errors, lackadaisical play, and poor fundamentals played a large part in this loss.  

 

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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

That was a nice throw for sure, but good God Frazier is slow. He looks like he's running hard in quicksand. 

Because he is running for multiple strides looking at the right fielder.  Every kid knows pick up the base coach not to run like that.

McKenna missing the cut off man, Coloumbe forgetting to cover then Frazier's idiocy.  You don't deserve to win with three mental error/poor fundamentals in the last two innings.  The bullpen wasn't the only thing that sucked'

McKenna missing a cut off man from 75 feet away, sometimes it's like he's the kid picking dandelions out there....

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2 hours ago, maybenxtyr said:

I'm not sure where @Bemorewinsis right now, but I'm kicked back watching Cease pitch pretty well today.

Ha ha... Had to spend the day off with the wife, so I missed the game today.

I don't know how I got crowned as king of the Dylan Cease fan club...lol

I like Cease, but there are other guys that I like too. I just want the club to upgrade the starting pitching in a significant way. Right now Cease isn't pitching so well. Though today was a quality start technically for him. Maybe his performance will help lower his value/the CHI SOX's demands in a trade? Either way, I want to enter the stretch run with at least one guy better than the "5 and dive" guys that we have.

It's not even Memorial Day and our bullpen is starting to show the wear. Anybody else concerned about the number of appearances of a guy like Baker already? 

Today's game (looking at the box score and heard the last 2 innings on the radio) appears to be an example of the dilemma that Hyde finds himself in when we do not have our most 2 back end guys available because of their overuse. We then are turning to mediocre guys to help us in big spots. That's fine against the A's, Royals, Nats, Tigers, but against good lineups, that's not going to consistently get it done.

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2 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Ha ha... Had to spend the day off with the wife, so I missed the game today.

I don't know how I got crowned as king of the Dylan Cease fan club...lol

I like Cease, but there are other guys that I like too. I just want the club to upgrade the starting pitching in a significant way. Right now Cease isn't pitching so well. Though today was a quality start technically for him. Maybe his performance will help lower his value/the CHI SOX's demands in a trade? Either way, I want to enter the stretch run with at least one guy better than the "5 and dive" guys that we have.

It's not even Memorial Day and our bullpen is starting to show the wear. Anybody else concerned about the number of appearances of a guy like Baker already? 

Today's game (looking at the box score and heard the last 2 innings on the radio) appears to be an example of the dilemma that Hyde finds himself in when we do not have our most 2 back end guys available because of their overuse. We then are turning to mediocre guys to help us in big spots. That's fine against the A's, Royals, Nats, Tigers, but against good lineups, that's not going to consistently get it done.

His defense let him down today. He was pitching well.

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17 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

His defense let him down today. He was pitching well.

Well the CHI SOX have a pretty bad d in general.

Would I be very happy to have Cease as an O? Yeah

Am I married to the idea of Cease or bust? No

As long as we significantly upgrade our the front end of our staff, I’m good.

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1 hour ago, SemperFi said:

Because he is running for multiple strides looking at the right fielder.  Every kid knows pick up the base coach not to run like that.

McKenna missing the cut off man, Coloumbe forgetting to cover then Frazier's idiocy.  You don't deserve to win with three mental error/poor fundamentals in the last two innings.  The bullpen wasn't the only thing that sucked'

McKenna missing a cut off man from 75 feet away, sometimes it's like he's the kid picking dandelions out there....

I didn't see the game so thanks for the eyes on. Yes, McKenna has always been that guy. Never has been know for his game awareness unfortunately.

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4 hours ago, SemperFi said:

Because he is running for multiple strides looking at the right fielder.  Every kid knows pick up the base coach not to run like that.

McKenna missing the cut off man, Coloumbe forgetting to cover then Frazier's idiocy.  You don't deserve to win with three mental error/poor fundamentals in the last two innings.  The bullpen wasn't the only thing that sucked'

McKenna missing a cut off man from 75 feet away, sometimes it's like he's the kid picking dandelions out there....

McKenna doesn't fit my picture of a defensive specialist. I'm sure he's better than the outfielders he replaces, but not as much as we need.

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