Friday saw both the Cubs and White Sox’ truncated 2020 seasons come to an inglorious end, with the Cubs being dumped in a two game sweep by the Miami Marlins and the Sox losing in three games to the Oakland A’s. While both endings can certainly be seen as disappointing, they can each be viewed […]
Category: 2020 MLB Playoffs
Everything Is Stupid. Cubs – 0; Marlins – 2
Yu Darvish pitched well. Sixto Sanchez was really good — that kid has a future. However, the lack of a Cubs offense, as has been the case all year, means this is the last recap of the year. My frustration is going to make me put as much effort into this as the Cubs offense […]
NOT ALL RIGHT — A’s 5, White Sox 3
A’s manager Bob Melvin clearly got the message after Tuesday’s first game of the Wild Card Series in Oakland: don’t throw a lefty at this Sox offense. They also got on the board first, and kept scoring to force a winner-take-all third game on Thursday at the Coliseum. THE GOOD: Yasmani Grandal homered for the […]
WELCOME TO THE SHOW — White Sox 4, A’s 1
CUBS/MARLINS: By The Numbers
As the 2020 Major League postseason gets underway, we here at Fully Krausened have enlisted a crack team of mathletes to run the numbers on the upcoming series between the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins. So with no further ado, here’s what they came up with: Last time the Marlins were in the postseason: 2003 […]
SOX/A’S: By The Numbers
As the 2020 Major League postseason gets underway, we here at Fully Krausened have enlisted a crack team of mathletes to run the numbers on the upcoming series between the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. So with no further ado, here’s what they came up with: Number of World Series won by the A’s: […]
NO ANGELS BEHIND HOME PLATE — White Sox 1, Cleveland 1 (Cleveland wins euchre 4-2 in extras)
With the number of games quickly dwindling down in the regular season, the importance of each ratchets up on a young Sox team leading the division in its first year of its contention window. We’re now seeing how they handle the pressure of a division title race, and apparently Angel Hernandez didn’t handle it all […]
PLAYOFFS? YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS? White Sox 4, Twins 3
Yep, we’re talking about White Sox playoff baseball. At least, we will be in a couple weeks when the postseason begins, because the White Sox 4-3 comeback victory over the Twins Thursday afternoon officially clinched the Sox a spot in the playoffs. THE GOOD: Jose Abreu keeps being Jose Abreu. The Sox first baseman went […]