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The ghost disappeared.

There must have been dozens of 'em!

69 pitches. I'd bring im out for the 5th.

Phew!

Time for a DP.

Not even close.

How many 2Bmen have we gone through? GS at 2B 42 Arroyo (IL) 40 Kike (IL) 30 Mawrin (DFA) 14 Chavis (DFA) 5 Arauz (Hurt, today) (Vaz has seem 5 innings at 2B)

Missed a nice chance, but expecting Arauz to pull more magic tricks was too much to ask.

I did not say I was right about the cliff. I was just describing my feelings about DD when he was here and when he was let go. I don't think it's fair to call 2019 as part of the "cliff" but some might. I do think the expectations going into this year and the decision not tp spend over the tax line we a result of "the cliff." (I also thought the cliff would start around 2021, so I was wrong about that, too. We certainly bounced back much quicker than I expected, so the term "cliff" does ring rather hollow, but we did feel some of the effects in 2019 and 2021. Just because 2020 was shortened doesn't change the fact that we sucked. The main point I kept saying over and over was that the system had changed making it harder for winning and high-spending teams to rebuild their farms while winning at the same time. A few things happened: 1) DD drafted better than I expected with such low picks, and I often gave him credit for that. 2) Bringing Bloom in to rebuild the farm was a stroke of genius. 3) Losing big in 2020 allowed two major things to happen: A. We were able to trade players for prospects that we could not have done, if we kept winning. B. We got a nice draft pick in 2021 and turned it into the best player in the draft by many accounts. C. We also will have a decent comp pick, next draft for not signing Fabian. 4) Not going over the tax line in 2021 without causing major grief among the Sox faithful will likely set us up nicely for a return to glory much sooner than I expected. 5) Bloom stealing Whitlock from the Yanks was a major get. (Who expects Rule 5 picks to do this?) I'm thrilled the "cliff" was so short, or if you please, never really happened. It wouldn't be the first time I was wrong and won't be the last. BTW, on DD's massive quantity of prospect trades, I was only against 2 of the deals: Kimbrel and Pomeranz, and I later admitted DD won those trades. (I was wrong, then, too, although Pom didn't really help us win a ring, and Kimbrel scared the beJesus out of us in the 2018 playoffs. They guys we gave up amounted to little more than squat.)

Just like that- inning over. At 49 pitches, maybe he can go 6.

He set it all up by going oppo-field, recently.

But, we are on Eastern Daylight time, now (EDT).

What is it about our opponent's 8-9 hitters that strike such fear into our pitchers that we walk or hit them, so often?

Lock him up- long term!

I thought it was "estimated."

The Rays let up 13 hits and 8 runs, but still won rather easily vs the O's. They've won 10 out of 11 and 17 out of 21. They are 82-48- same as the Dodgers. The Rays were 40-20, last year, so they are now 102-68 over their last 170 games. (98-64 in their last 162)

Would it still be called a fastball with significant pronation?

Sale will face his first very tough opponent in his next start: TBR. A big game from him could be the lift we need.

It's not Eastern Standard Time.

Maybe Sept 16th. CLE is traveling from MIN to NYY BOS is coming home from the west coast. SEP 27 is also an option. We play NYY on Sunday and go to BAL that Tuesday. CLE is at home that Sunday and travel for a TUE game.

The Sox have a losing record against just 3 teams: 2-5 HOU 5-7 TBR 3-4 TEX We are .500 with 6 teams: CWS, DET, LAA,OAK, PHI, SEA Our best records: 3-0 MIA 2-0 CLE 2-0 NYM 3-1 ATL 5-2 KCR 5-2 MIN 10-6 NYY 10-9 TOR (no more games with Jays) 9-4 BAL

The Yanks did the same thing- by an hour, then the game got called after 5 with them getting the win by scoring in a downpour.

Hey, we've now won 6 out of 8 and 9 out of the last 15. We are heading into our last real tough part of our schedule before ending lightly. After today.... 4 @ TBR 3 v CLE 3 v TBR 3 @CWS 3 @ SEA Then, we finish with... 3 v BAL 2 v NYM 3 v NYY 3 @ BAL 3 @ WSH The end is not all "light," but if we are going to make the playoffs, we'll have to do well those last 14 games. These next 17 games could make or break us.

It's like that Yankee fiasco that was around the time the tide turned.

I'm not playing both sides. I have clearly stated I am fine with what DD did. I don't hold it against him, if he went a little too far to ensure that 2018 win. I'm glad we had DD as our GM. That, however, does not mean I have to sugar coat what that team building effort did to our longer term outlook. It's not, in any way, a contradiction. I saw "the cliff" coming but accepted it was worth it. I'm also glad we got rid of DD, when we did, and hired someone better suited to rebuilding the farm and team as quickly as possible. I'm not fence sitting. It's the way it is, IMO.