White Sox (Castillo) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 08/06/26, 7:10 PM

[king koji]

Demote Slaten lower in the pecking order. Guerrero now 7th inning.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Going 30-5 has happened 26 times since the WS era beginning in 1903.

Going 31-5 has happened once since the WS era beginning in 1903.

Mathematically impossible.  That means the 30-5 team went 1-25 over the next games.

[FredLynn]

8 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

Slaten had bat luck with the ball hitting home plate and staying in the air so long because of it. Lucky bounce for the White Sox.

You still can’t make that throw 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Mathematically impossible.  That means the 30-5 team went 1-25 over the next games.

Just reporting what I heard and saw on YouTube. I also looked it up on Google. I admit it does seem impossible.

[vegasbob]

3 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Mathematically impossible.  That means the 30-5 team went 1-25 over the next games.

Sorry Joe, It is not impossible to have a 1-25 outcome on 26 independent games. Unlikely,  not impossible 

If you want impossible try having pitchers field and throw accurately on hurried plays

[JoeBrady]

11 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

Slaten had bat luck with the ball hitting home plate and staying in the air so long because of it. Lucky bounce for the White Sox.

It's a funny play to watch, if it isn't happening to you.  That hung up there a heck of a long time.

[JoeBrady]

8 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Mathematically impossible.  That means the 30-5 team went 1-25 over the next games.

33,554,432-1 odds, assuming every game was even money.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Sorry Joe, It is not impossible to have a 1-25 outcome on 26 independent games. Unlikely,  not impossible 

If you want impossible try having pitchers field and throw accurately on hurried plays

I still remember when Lester threw his glove with the ball in it to first.

[JoeBrady]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Sorry Joe, It is not impossible to have a 1-25 outcome on 26 independent games. Unlikely,  not impossible 

If you want impossible try having pitchers field and throw accurately on hurried plays

That's more like only 3 million to 1.  I was going to post the same thing in my previous response.  Pitchers throw it away about 50% of the time, or so it seems.

[vegasbob]

Durbin should have put on the sliding mitt between 1st and 2nd. Needs to carry it in his back pocket or a small fanny pack

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No doubt about it. Masa is a liability on this team.

[FredLynn]

Masa the Flash bolts to third

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, vegasbob said:

Durbin should have put on the sliding mitt between 1st and 2nd. Needs to carry it in his back pocket or a small fanny pack

Or maybe they should teach ballplayers how to slide feet first.

[vegasbob]

Mona chases high. Duran needs to avoid the high FB and get the run in

 

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Or maybe they should teach ballplayers how to slide feet first.

There is no teaching, only learning

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

There is no teaching, only learning

 

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

There is no teaching, only learning

Sounds like something you may have heard on the TV show Kung Fu.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Duran has hit a lot of atom balls this season.

[Tedballgame]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Duran has hit a lot of atem balls this season.

Mono or Durbin should have tried a safety squeeze to get the run in. Crucial to tie the game.

[vegasbob]

Duran leads the league in At'em balls

[vegasbob]

That bottom 6 could have been a huge inning

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good shut down inning. Hasn't been many tonight.

[FredLynn]

It’s winnin’ time, to quote Magic Johnson 

[Tedballgame]

For the first 2.5 months of the season every poster in here would have said the game was over when the White Sox went up 4-0, including me. Now, everyone in here thinks the Red Sox will come back and win. What a turn around.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This run the Sox are on sometimes makes one forget this game is played by humans and not robots.

[vegasbob]

21 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

33,554,432-1 odds, assuming every game was even money.

Thanks for the number.  Nothing slides through easily on a game thread

[Tedballgame]

Great start to the 7th.

[vegasbob]

Who is catching if Wong had been hurt on the HBP

[Tedballgame]

Don't swing until he throws a strike

[Tedballgame]

Just now, vegasbob said:

Who is catching if Wong had been hurt on the HBP

The guy they got from the Orioles

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

For the first 2.5 months of the season every poster in here would have said the game was over when the White Sox went up 4-0, including me. Now, everyone in here thinks the Red Sox will come back and win. What a turn around.

I’ve been following this team since the 60s and I’ve never seen anything like this