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Would have been interesting to hear Hawk call the last 3 seasons if Hawk hadn't lost his ability to call a fly ball a homer or easy out.

Agreed but with pitcher's arms falling off by the dozens each year, they've proven they are not worth the investment. Cole was great last year; now he's nothing for 15 months or more, maybe even done being effective forever. I'm sure college and high school coaches contribute to this. I mean they'll use their top two pitchers over and over and never take them out if it means winning at all costs. I think it's weird kids pitch complete games in high school and college, throw 170 pitches in college then in the pros it's 85 pitches and out.

Tavern pizza might be the best food you can ever eat except for a well cooked steak and baked potato or true Italian plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Tavern pizza and those squares are delish.

Didn't Petey Rose once say good hitters adjust their stance/approach all the time? If Robert did that, nice.

Ha! Tonight role reversal. The Royals looked like the chumps. That wild throw to first. That error by the infielder. And the clutch hits of Robert and Teel. I'll give the Sox credit. I'll never support losing one game much less tanking but I do love me some Teel, Meidroth, Robert (if he'd get his head right and frickin hit), Quero and Beni. Also Tauchmann deserves my support. He's hitterish and making Getz look good. Poor Royals. We get even with 'em this weekend.

Cause Sox play well at home. Winning actually matters to our loyal fans.

I forgot to tell u all to bet the house. We win 2 of 3 or 3 of 3 for the same reason as Tiger series. We are at home and loose and KC takes us for granted. Sick of seeing the Royals turn around their season 2 years in a row by beating up the Sox. Can't possibly happen yet again, baby. They are called ODDS.

I wonder if the Sox front office is getting sick of losing amid this parade of bringing guys up like Meidroth, Elko, etc.

Baseball is such a joke. Today's hot story: "Arizona Diamondbacks starter Corbin Burnes will undergo Tommy John surgery. Brutal loss for the D-backs in his first year of a six-year, $210 million contract." I mean, cmon. 17 mill a year down the drain. If baseball teams refused to pay these run of a mill oft injured pitchers this kind of money there would be a trickle down effect and games would be affordable. Those people who lived in the glory days when they could go watch MLB at Comiskey for 8 dollar box seats and have to be a glutton to spend even 10-15 bucks total on glorious concessions (food, drink, hats) should count their blessings. They could go to 20 games a summer sit in the box seats and have a blast instead of waiting on guys like Cole, Burnes to heal up. And owners wonder why governments won't pass laws taxing normal people so the billionaires can build stadiums for free. Ha. I despise Reinsdorf of course but can understand why he wouldn't want to give ANY pitcher a huge contract especially in this era of 4-5 inning starters (of course Jerry doesn't do it to keep things affordable for the loyal fans who support his wretched organization). Pitchers should be poorly paid. They are all clones of each other. Fierce fastballs and the out pitch cutter or whatever we're calling it these days. Four innings, bye bye. Get well, Mr. Burnes. it's not your fault you are hurt but also enjoy that money.

True. It's because of the new way teams use starting pitchers. Pitchers are restricted to about 4 or 5 innings max so the Sox can throw out a bunch of average to below average arms and then start the parade of relievers with guys who throw hard and have cutters. So with all teams' rotations about the same (4-5 inning wonders) you get six decent hitters and you can contend. We've now got close to six with Teel up and Elko up to go with Beni, Quero, Meidroth and Robert.

Sox are average to good at home right now; abysmal on road. The new manager is a success cause last year they stunk at home.

Soccer is different. Soccer owners are different. Baseball and football are not building IMO unless the city or state pays a huge portion.

There's no way the stadium will be built without a deal with the city or state to pay for most of it. Things don't work otherwise in sports. If a new stadium is built, it ain't gonna be at 35th and Shields area. Ishbia has no ties to that area and Bridgeport may be quaint but it's old money and Ishbia just isn't building in that part of the city. It would make no sense for Ishbia to build where the current stadium is located. Hello Arlington or somewhere downtown or yes, moving the team out of state which is most likely if the city/state don't build them a new stadium downtown. Or Arlington build them one.

Worth reading. A reasonable way to look at the Sox future. Hard to say this guy is 100 percent wrong. Maybe this puts on hold talk of any new stadium.

See I am normal, not weird or an outlier.

Questions for all the experts on rebuilding vs keeping star players. Let's say the Sox had the Cubs' PCA. Would you all be in favor of trading him for prospects in the name of our rebuild? Or would our fans get to enjoy a star? I'm thinking the Sox would be shopping him for the cliche 3 stars in the making rather than actually enjoying a player for say 10 years. Not sure I trust the Sox way of building a WS champ.

Wow. I wonder if Taylor's HR will hold up. Sox got the one hit needed to win one against Benetti's boys.

Is Vinny Capra any good? He has quite the name, reminding folks of Cousin Vinny and Frank Capra. I wonder if Vinny is having a wonderful life.

Any boos?

Big series for Detroit but only if they sweep us. A 4-game sweep cannot be overstated how that can vault a team's prospects for the postseason. Then the Royals get to turn their season around (again) against us in a 3 game set. I'm thinking this may be the series these 2 clubs just CANNOT get up for the AAA Sox. That said bet the house tonight on Chicago, definitely bet the house on the Sox Friday night vs. KC. These teams cannot possibly be excited about playing baseball in June against our Sox.

He's 32 isn't he? That's pretty old.

You'd think Robert would seek help from some hitting gurus. Has to grow old making outs more than 80 percent of the time.

It's wrong on so many levels. For instance the Royals got well when they mauled the Sox all four games in that series. Now the Royals have reverted back to their lousy team and desperately need to play the Sox again to get back on track. We're single handedly affecting pennant races by our lousiness. I'd feel so much better as a fan if the commissioner reprimanded the organization or took away our first round pick as a penalty for this b.s. brand of baseball rosters. Sox are so bad the only player allegedly worth anything in a trade is a .180 hitter. Good thing these pitchers have been good this year cause the everyday lineup blows, even tho it's better than last year's lineup.

Too bad Tauchman is 34. He seems hitterish. Do I need to add him to the list of current Sox I like? Right now it's him, Meidroth, Beni and Quero. I don't really care about any of our pitchers. Should I? Houser (is he related to Dick) had a nice line today.