15 games left. 5 game lead on a playoff spot. We're gettin close, fellas.

Good times!

I have tickets to the last home game of the year against SF. Hope to see them clinch their playoff spot *officially* that day.

It's really a 6-game lead on Detroit, as we already have clinched the tie-breaker on them. So if they make up the 5 games on us for the third spot, we get it on the tie-breaker. They have to finish ahead of us by one game to get that spot.

Boston and Seattle are both 6 games back, Boston owns the tie-breaker on us. We split the season series with Seattle, next tie-breaker is intra-division records, and thanks in large part to our 12-1 vs. the White Sox that gives us the edge. So we have effectively a 7-game lead on the Mariners.

Buy your playoff tickets. This is in the bag.

So, in essence, 5 game lead on a playoff spot. :p

We are expecting a detailed, post-trip write up that hits on all relevant points:

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• Pittsburgh pussy
  
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• Playoff baseball vibes
  
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Enjoy Pittsburgh!

Vote! Salvy!

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If we can leave this weekend 2 games (or better) back from the Guardians, the Central gets really interesting.

3 games or more is probably too much to overcome without some luck.

We do own the tiebreaker over the Guardians too!

Been waiting for the Stratton arm injury. He just doesn't have it but we have him for one more year. The way relievers are so volatile, you might as well shut him down and try to fix him in the offseason. If he comes out next year pitching like that then you cut your losses.

Beginning of next week is going to be huge. We're playing Detroit but also Cleveland is playing Minnesota for 4 games at the same time. Should make an big impact on where everyone is in the division race and all the wild card spots going into the last 9 games.

Done.

Absolutely.

If we’re only 2 games back, this is far from over.

3 or 4 games back would probably be too much.

If (big if) we leave the weekend 1 game back, then I’d almost call us the favorite.

WHICH MEANS WE WONT SEE HIM FOR AT LEAST 15 DAYS!!!!! HOOOOOORAY!!!!!

They said on today's broadcast that he's had it ( forearm flexor strain) since June or July. :shake:

Here is the umpire scorecard from yesterday. Not a good job and today not looking any different.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXcZdmcW...name=4096x4096

I was going to say, today's ump would give yesterday's ump a run for his money of being terrible.

Today's ump is what made me remember to check. Umpire crew must have early dinner reservations tonight because this guy is calling anything a strike within 2-3 inches to the box.

And then some that are clearly in the zone he calls a ball, similar to last night.

White Sox Plan To Cut Payroll In 2025

ROFL

Yeah that’s the trick. Get your last 13 fans to off themselves

MLB really is a ****ing dumb league full of cheapskates

The headline is funny but it's not as bad as it sounds. They essentially have a $148 mil payroll this year but that includes a ton of dead money from bad contracts and players that are injured or no longer with the team. They are only on the hook for $38 million next year. They could theoretically add $75 mil through free agency and still be way under what they spent this year.

Detroit series starts tonight. This is the BIG one, Detroit coming in hot. They've got Skubal scheduled for Tuesday, although we've hit him better than anyone this year.

Take 2 out of 3 and we're all but guaranteed a playoff spot at that point. 1 out of 3 and we're still fine. Just can't get swept. Any other result and we're good.

Better yet? How bout we sweep THEM!?!

Time for PAIN Motor City Kitties!!

Fair enough. I definitely didn’t read it

Who has GDT duty today? (I jinxed us yesterday...somebody else needs to restore our winning mojo!)

Making the 2 and half hour drive tonight and have a hotel for the final weekend vs the Giants. Hope they have bounced back from last night better than I have.

Bum.

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That Cameron guy has really been dealing

JJ is on Jim Rome Show right now

Have we given up on this team? No GDT?

Go for it!

Is the weather for this weekend looking as bad as AccuWeather is making it out to be? Debating if I should cancel my hotel and stuff.

LMAO Well shit

Just checked accueesther and weather channel.

You’re good. No rain

Just a brutal series against the Tigers. Very disappointing.

Definitely ate up the big cushion we had. Cant coast now. Gotta get out and get a few W’s.

Tigers have the white Sox to wrap things up.

We need to win 3 or 4 games

Forecast looks horrible. Bad timing since it's the last home weekend. Giants don't have Monday off either so I don't know how they'd reschedule games. They may have to power through but if Sunday is a washout I don't know how that happens.

Do we root for Cleveland tonight?

Yeah not sure why I expected the locals to have superhuman weather prediction powers. Not the brightest question, rough morning LMAO

YES!

Minnesota up 2 to 1 top of the 5th as of right now.

Cleveland walked them off

Twins lose. Royals are gonna end up getting in with like 85 wins.

Who would’ve thought that the AL Central would’ve had 3 playoff teams at the beginning of the season?

I don't think anybody expected the White Sox to have literally the worst team in major league history, which is the biggest reason why that is.

If I had the time and capacity, I'd paste in the logo of the MLB umpires association to this flag image.

or maybe a picture of Bautista holding a box of kotex!!!??? :)

Just imagine if Bautista wasn't left on deck in the 9th due to the HP ump saving Wade Davis. How much would you have put down that he'd have hit home run #3 that game? The guy was scaring you guys shitless all series.

I don't have to imagine some fantasy. My team actually won.

Thanks to the umpires, yes.

You must be a Bengals fan.

Bengals fans are a disgrace who can't accept the game being called fairly (see the obvious DPI in Sunday's game) whereas the Jays fans' gripes arising from that game are clearly legitimate. Clear distinction there, but I see how it can be easy to confuse the two.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNjj2R7X...pg&name=medium

*9 years later

Then take it to a Jays board. Bringing it up here is just sad.

I'm just responding to someone posting a flag of the 2015 WS to a post that had nothing to do with that. If you have a problem with a perfectly legitimate reply to that, take it up with him.

LMAO You have to be kidding.

UMPIRES MISSING ON BALLS AND STRIKES!?! IN THE MLB?!?

At least his strike zone looks consistent!

I'm OK with that flag being posted for literally any reason.

Didn't make either of those calls in that location for the entire night. We all know what went down there.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That 2-1 strike call to Revere. Holy shit. Would be beyond livid if I was a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jays</a> fan right now. That likely gave the game to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a>.</p>&mdash; Dan (@Dan_Martin4) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dan_Martin4/status/657778699341721600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


The tweets from that night paint quite the picture, indeed.

It was so upsetting to someone bringing up the nature of that game in response to a flag that they had to change my name. LMAO

Royals butt ****ed the Jays and won the world series keep crying

Does it happen without the umpires' help? I suppose we'll never know.

Yes, are you saying that Davis wasn't the best or one of the best relievers that year? You're also saying two strike calls decided the entire thing.

He was fantastic, hence my point above. He might have gotten them out anyway. Sadly, we'll never know and I am forced to bring up the umpires any time somebody tries to bring up that WS in response to something completely irrelevant.

You managed to out-douche me and dphjh in this here thread.

I don't make a habit of reading this thread daily, but I highly doubt that given his and your reputation.

I still remember revere beating up that trash can. Imagine if he’d used half of that effort hitting one of those pitches…..

He probably still thinks about what would have happened had the count rightfully been 3-1 rather than 2-2. Definitely wakes up in cold sweats thinking about the call.

He probably strikes out. Just as plausible as your view. It was 9 years ago. Let it go.

That name change LMAO

Maybe, we'll never know. I do know that hitting in a 3-1 count is statistically far easier than a 2-2 count and that didn't happen.

If you get to bring up that WS in response to any post about baseball I make that has nothing to do with it, I get to bitch about the umpires' wrongfully blowing a few calls in response. Seems fair enough to me.

Sorry for your loss, Dan.

Feels like the upset party could have done better. The "Fit" tacked on at the end isn't a great fit (for lack of a better word) and also ruins the alliteration aspect.

Looks like he was an Astros fan, so he's probably doing all right these days.

Yea, I think they could have left off the “fit”. Cause it’s naturally the word that follows. Still, one of the better name changes.