James Fegan

That means something has gone horribly wrong.

Can you say anything to him to settle things down, or how do you handle that situation to move on?

How did it unfold from your perspective?

Any part of you like interpret him as like trying to fire up his side or maybe create something for momentum?

Did you say anything to him to settle things down, or how do you handle that situation to move on?

It seemed like everybody else was kind of having their back.

I mean, I think this entire stretch of schedule, especially without Murakami, was viewed as...

attest or certainly even you know before going into it maybe something that sinks them a little bit or adds some reality to to what they're um capable of doing this year so to not only tread water but to thrive uh through it uh thus far um you know obviously still another really difficult series coming up in new york and they haven't been as good on the road i think it's just kind of solidified the idea of like what we're looking at with this team going forward which is

They are going to be, one, it's clearly the best offense in the division.

And because of that, I think you have to look at them as contending for the division or certainly a wildcard spot going forward.

So as much as them having to get through kind of a glorified bullpen game on Sunday, maybe hits home that starting pitching is something they have to hunt at the deadline.

We're talking about the White Sox having to hunt at the trade deadline.

And I think that's just kind of been...

reaffirmed and validated over the course of taking two from the Braves and taking two out of three from the Dodgers and really just kind of not

They haven't run into as much as we've expected at some point during the year, this hit their head on the ceiling where they can't really hang and they have some reality dealt to them.

They're not a perfect team.

They're not a team without flaws.

They're probably yet to prove that they're a team that's maybe seriously a World Series contender in any stripe.

But the idea that they are a team that's winning this year and needs to act like it, even if they're a year early, I think that's been reaffirmed over the last week and over the last six weeks.

I mean, in a way, he's kind of already saying it.