TWiB NOtes - July 22 thru 28

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

White Sox watch: I knew they were bad, but I didn't realize they were this bad. The Southsiders are 27-78 -- that's a robust .257 winning percentage -- and this is before they start dealing their better players this week. They could end up being a 45-to-50 win team!

[Frayed Knot]

Phils lose 3-1 to Cleveland

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx and Sawx trading punches in Fenway

Sox led 1-0 after one
Yanx tied it in the 2nd
Sox went up 3-1
Yanx again tied it in top 5
Soc scored in bottom 5
Yanx put up a 4-spot in top 7 (Judge went 470' w/2 on)
So counter with 2

7-6 Yanx to start the 8th

[Frayed Knot]

9-7 Sox
Yanx coming to bat top 9th

Kenley Jansen for the save: Judge - Wells - Torres

K - 1B - 1B - K (LeMahieu) - GO (Volpe)


Sawx win .... THAAAAAAA Sawx win!!!!

[The Hot Corner]

9-7 Sox
Yanx coming to bat top 9th

Kenley Jansen for the save: Judge - Wells - Torres

K - 1B - 1B - K (LeMahieu) - GO (Volpe)


Sawx win .... THAAAAAAA Sawx win!!!!

Mets win, Braves lose, and Yankees lose. Triple Happiness!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Triple happiness?
Shyeeet, after sweeping the Yanx and taking two from the Braves all in the same week, this is like Octuple Happiness!!

[smg58]

The Phillies lost too, let's not forget.

[The Hot Corner]

The Phillies lost too, let's not forget.

The definition of Triple Happiness seems to shift from year to year, but Mets win and Yankees lose will always be the two predominant pillars of the trilogy.

[Frayed Knot]

They're at it again: Sawx are up on the Yanx 5 - 4 after two

The game has already featured 9 Runs on 11 Hits, 4 HRs, 5 XBHs, 1 error, and a DP where the Yanx picked a runner off third base following a FO to CF (8-4-5)
when he was talking to his coach but was inexplicably standing a foot off the base while doing so and not watching the incoming throw(s).
FOX missed that odd play entirely because the booth was talking to Matt Damon and Casey Affleck about their new feature.

[Edgy MD]

Sox pull ahead 8-6.

Oswaldo Cabrera is at third for the Yankees, and has hit a homer, so D.J. Lemaihieu seems to be out of the lineup even before the Jazz Age begins.

[Frayed Knot]

Elsewhere today:
- Tampa scored twice in the 8th to beat Cincy 2-1
- Orioles finally beat the Padres after two straight losses
- Phils lost to Cleveland, making it two of three for the Guardians in a matchup of 1st place teams
- Cards beat Nats

Yanx & Sawx are the Sunday Night Game ... no, really, they are!!!
And in that back and forth Saturday night game, the Yanx tied it up with 2 outs/2-strikes in the 9th of Kenley Jansen.
Sox were blanked in bottom 9 and then again in bottom 10th after NYY scored three in top 10
Very depressing ending.