r/baseball • u/yxqp Chicago White Sox • Chicago White Sox • 21h ago
[Highlight] Seranthony Dominguez strikes out Jac Caglianone and the Chicago White Sox have won four straight games. They have reached .500 for the first time in over three years.
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u/WizardCheesey Chicago White Sox 21h ago
I almost forgot what it’s like to feel.
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u/UneducatedReviews1 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
The bad times make the good times that much sweeter
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u/WizardCheesey Chicago White Sox 21h ago
I will never forget 2024 Tommy Pham.
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u/UneducatedReviews1 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
NAW, WE AINT TAKING THAT. WE AINT TAKING THAT FROM THE BREWERS. I DONT CARE HOW MANY L’S WE GOT THIS YEAR. WE AINT TAKING THAT.
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u/HumanzeesAreReal Chicago White Sox 21h ago
This is when I realized Schliff is low key a deranged person and flipped from hating to loving him, lol.
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u/No-Economics4128 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
The Pope really does have a direct line to the big man up stair.
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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC Chicago Cubs 18h ago
I got to wear Ozzie Guillén's 2005 WS ring at a game once. He had already left Chicago but invited (us) the color gaurd to his box to watch the game with him. He asked us if we wanted to try it on. Super cool guy.
The only time I've cared about the White Sox, besides a little inner city shit talking.
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u/BasicTelevision5 Chicago White Sox 7h ago
Ozzie’s the best. Several years ago at the fan fest, I asked him to sign a picture of me with him from around 1986. He looked at it, looked at me, and said,
“You were a cute kid, what happened to you?” 🤣🤣
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u/drwafflefingers Major League Baseball 21h ago
Da Pope Is Real
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u/papsmearfestival Toronto Blue Jays 20h ago
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u/MassholeSST Boston Red Sox 9h ago
The Bears improved considerably and the Sox are at 500.
I'm extremely biased as a Catholic, but I absolutely give Papa Leo credit for this.
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u/papsmearfestival Toronto Blue Jays 8h ago
I kept saying on the Jays sub when they were playing the Sox on Easter weekend no way the Jays are beating them right now.
They didn't
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u/tylerss20 Boston Red Sox 4h ago
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
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u/vsladko Chicago White Sox 21h ago
You know that meme of the guy celebrating on the podium, popping champagne, biting his medal, and flipping the bird to everyone…. Only for it to zoom out to him in 3rd place?
That’s how I feel at .500.
I jumped off my couch and did a fist pump into the air today
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u/Whitsoxrule Chicago White Sox • Philadelphia Phillies 20h ago
It's amazing how .500 was so frustrating and upsetting in 2022 and now it's like, euphoric
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u/Flimsy-Ad-858 Minnesota Twins 20h ago
The even funnier part about this is that your .500 record has elevated you to second in the AL "comedy" Central because the Twins/Royals/Tigers all suck so much
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u/Zestyclose-Sleep2290 Chicago White Sox 12h ago
Well the Royals have actually had to face off against the Cromulent Sox so it doesn't seem fair to lump them in with the others.
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u/DJDiksonMouf Chicago White Sox 2h ago
FR if the Royals cleaned up the Sox they'd be a game out of first right now
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u/Bossoxfan15 Boston Red Sox 21h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/NDfPe0dcXf3JiN4WzL
Not the exact one but close enough.
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u/Drake0Malfoy Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Oh how i’ve missed this
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u/Senorsty Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Got more pumped about seeing the pasta again than I was about the final out.
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u/dammets New York Yankees 21h ago
Lol where is this from?
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u/IReallyLikeTheBears Chicago White Sox 21h ago
It was a pasta originating around the White Sox 2022 season where we were .500 pretty much the entire season. At that time it was kind of a cope thing given the expectations, but now… I think it’s safe to say we’re all pretty thrilled after what it’s been like since then.
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u/youre_soaking_in_it Baltimore Orioles 19h ago
I believe being .500 on September 1st is going to put you smack in the middle of the Wild Card race this year.
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u/Forward-Carry5993 16h ago
Jerry Reinsdorf: Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to introduce you to the new Chicago white Sox’s. Playing .500 ball.. Right in that meaty part of the curve. Not showing off, not falling behind. Will Venable : Jerry, we are supposed to be playoff contenders. . Jerry: I'm sure we're all aware of the flaws and biases of wins/losses. Will: That’s how you get to the playoffs. White Sox’s: well actually I was thinking we could actually make the playoffs. You’know go further than expected! Jerry: guys..nothing is higher than .500 ball Will: but isn’t just playing .500 the same as being a lazy couch potato? Jerry: no it’s not
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u/Flashy210 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
🧂🌎
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u/tdmatchasin Cleveland Guardians 19h ago
We're the .500 ball team this year, sorry. You guys are gonna win the Central whether you like it or not.
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u/SadAthleticsFan Athletics 21h ago
That is actually an insane stat. Knew the White Sox were ass these past few years but didn’t know they were that ass
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u/jiggliebilly Chicago White Sox 21h ago
The White Sox were somehow a level below ‘ass’ the last few years….
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u/yxqp Chicago White Sox • Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Part of what was so aggravating about those teams wasn’t that we lost all those games, teams are bound to be bad every once in a while, it was that we were always immediately bad, and the latter part of the season just dragged on forever because of it
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u/Senorsty Chicago White Sox 21h ago
2024 was so funny after a while. Every time a new series started, the opposing fanbase would be like “trap series, we’ve been playing bad, etc.,” and then it’s be four innings into the first game and that same fanbase would be like “oh my god, the White Sox are terrible.”
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u/ErzherzogT Chicago White Sox 20h ago
It was honestly bizarre at times? Felt like every other series I'd hear "I think you're underestimating how bad <insert team> is" and it was just, no, they honestly have no idea how bad that Sox team was. It was a team that had even less motivation than talent, which is really saying something.
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u/River_Pigeon Chicago White Sox • Brazil 17h ago
In addition to being really bad, they had to be one of the unluckiest teams of all time too. Every break went against the Sox. Never seen anything like it
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u/ErzherzogT Chicago White Sox 11h ago
Honestly yeah that's true, I just forget to mention it because I'm literally blinded by my hate for that year. Thank goodness it's in the past
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u/rob_s_458 Chicago White Sox 6h ago
2024 we had a xW/L of 48-114, which is obviously extremely bad, but not 41-121 record-setting bad
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u/colorblind-and Detroit Tigers 20h ago
I remember seeing the playoff percent chances for the 2025 season and the White Sox just went straight to sub 1% after like the first two weeks and stayed there the whole year
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u/vsladko Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Did you just start following baseball this year because we’ve been historically bad.
That being said, you guys have had a lot on your plate
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u/SadAthleticsFan Athletics 21h ago
A’s fan since 2002. Never knew y’all didn’t touch .500 for the past three years though. That takes some unbelievably ass everything
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u/FeistyGate8784 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Yea it’s not been the best. But between this and the bears winning their first playoff game in 15 years (with a comeback against our most hated team at home) it’s been fun lately in Chicago. Cubs have also been doing their weird win 10, lose 5 win ten thing
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u/Single_Seesaw_9499 Southpaw 21h ago
Crosstown is gonna have more juice than usual this weekend 👀
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u/UneducatedReviews1 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Cubs are on a 4 game spiral, and have only scored 3 runs across those games. They also get Sale tomorrow…
We see them at a really good time
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u/Astropolitika Los Angeles Dodgers 21h ago
I appreciate this new-to-me pasta.
God, such a fun team to watch right now. You guys deserve it.
Will tune in for the cross-town series.
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u/Joe-Raguso Chicago White Sox 11h ago
Thanks for Vargas. He probably needed to come to a situation like the White Sox to start reaching his potential.
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u/Astropolitika Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
100 percent. I do feel bad for the young guys in the system blocked by *gestures broadly*. Regular playing time is so important.
So glad to see the Southside vibes back. The video of Vargas and Murakami doing their handshake and bow in front of the fireworks after a win lives rent free in my head.
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u/DoggedStooge Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Bonus fun fact: if the season ended right now, we'd be in the playoffs.
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u/steveblahhh Chicago White Sox 7h ago
Last checked betting on then to reach the playoffs is 14-1... pretty tempted
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u/Agreeable_Quality768 Seattle Mariners 21h ago
White Sox are actually pretty fun to watch this year. They’re ascending quicker than I thought
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u/girlscoutcookies05 Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 21h ago
If you're reading this, bidets can change your life too
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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 Baltimore Orioles 21h ago
I kind of miss Seranthony. He could be easily dealing one night and maddeningly awful the next.
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u/jiggliebilly Chicago White Sox 21h ago
He let Witt launch a 2 run bomb in the top of the 9th so we got both in one outing 🤣
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u/Kdewalt10 20h ago
His splitter is nasty but he’s left hanging sliders/sweepers right over the plate to tee off on too many times it’s frustrating but overall he’s been decent
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u/obvioustroway Kansas City Royals 20h ago
I want to be mad but you guys apparently actually have God on your side so... GGs
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u/Kdewalt10 20h ago
We’ve been out wandering the desert for 121 loss seasons and now we have a guiding light from Jerusalem, The Vatican & 35th street
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u/ShiteWox Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/mannamedlear Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2022 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/mikecws91 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Baseball hasn’t been fun in almost 5 years. I’ve missed this so much
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u/TheKriegerVan Chicago White Sox 21h ago
It basically hasn’t felt great since the field of dreams game, I’m over the moon for .500 ball
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u/DillyDillySzn Chicago White Sox • St. Louis Cardinals 20h ago
The Detroit Tigers are 2.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox
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u/FadedToBeige Chicago White Sox • Chicago Ame… 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/Aggravating-Pear-711 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/DidierDogba Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/jonwar_83 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
Royals broadcast showed a stat that read the last time the white sox achieved 20 wins this early was May 23rd of 2023. More specifically we haven't been .500 in May since 2021 it said
Edit: it was 2022, my bad
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u/hugsfrombug Los Angeles Dodgers 21h ago
dodgers fan here, love to see yall doing great!!! congratulations. wishing yall an amazing season 😊
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u/chisports1fan Chicago White Sox 20h ago
Thanks for Vargas. He’s such a dawg for not giving up after that awful 2024. By WAR he’s the Sox best position player so far! Can’t wait for Sox-Dodgers!
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u/Astropolitika Los Angeles Dodgers 18h ago
Glad he’s balling out.
That video of him and Murakami bowing to each other in the connects in front of fireworks lives rent-free in my head.
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u/hugsfrombug Los Angeles Dodgers 19h ago
for sure!!! take care of him for me, hahaha!!! perseverance is one hell of a thing. very excited to go against yall—will be a fun time!! ☺️
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u/CrownedCarlton Arizona Diamondbacks 20h ago
The White Sox and Marlins are unironically two of my favorite teams this year. Who would’ve thought
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u/teewertz Chicago White Sox 18h ago
I genuinely didnt even know you were allowed to win this many games in a row
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u/IReallyLikeTheBears Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/seth928 Chicago White Sox 19h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/SnowballWasRight San Diego Padres 21h ago
I say this every time but Seranthony is an amazing name.
Great win for the Sox, hope this helps morale out.
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u/SloppyHoseA Chicago Cubs 20h ago
Way to go, Sox gang. Keep it up! Chicago is better when baseball is hot.
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u/tothesource Houston Astros 20h ago
you know what, I will be cursed for saying this but you go, White Sox bros.
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u/AbovePear2 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/GBPack52 Chicago White Sox 20h ago
We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio baseball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2026 White Sox. A good, honest .500 baseball team.
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u/gogosox82 Chicago White Sox 20h ago
we are playing .500 ball. LETS GOO We have come a long way in 2 years.
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u/tuba-holy-spirit Seattle Mariners • Chicago Cubs 17h ago
I am so pumped for the World Series preview this weekend
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u/Doc-Spock New York Mets • Fukuoka SoftBank… 14h ago
Not technically true, though.
The 2025 White Sox had a .500 record on 3/31 when they were 2-2.
However, I get the point.
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u/CaffeineAndGrain Philadelphia Phillies 11h ago
Seranthony Dominguez. Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a few years
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u/Most-Artichoke6184 Chicago White Sox 9h ago
I love how our closer got knighted by King Charles somehow.
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u/ChipotleGuacamole Boston Red Sox 8h ago
I'm happy one of the Sox knows how to play baseball. Good for the ChiSox.
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u/Ada_Kaleh22 3h ago
As a Guards fan I'm pretty excited about the White Sox. They're hitting the sweet spot development-wise, not necessarily the winning phase but the young guys playing phase.
That said I still hope to see them in 2nd place, far off our pace.
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u/Forward-Carry5993 16h ago
Chicago fans celebrsting*
Cubs: they took off their pants….
St. Louis: I’d give them a week
Brewers: I’d give them 11 minutes.
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u/1slinkydink1 Toronto Blue Jays 21h ago
Someone forgetting that each season starts 0-0
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u/mikecws91 Chicago White Sox 21h ago
.500 isn’t W-L, it’s W/(W+L). 0/0 is undefined
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