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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 10:32 PM) How sweet that they finally "forgive him" after they win. Good take. I was watching the WGN broadcast of this on its Website and they interviewed two Cub fans. The first asshole said, 'Never forget.' And he ripped Bartman and said something like he'd like to punch him. The other fan was nice. To the first fan I'd say, first of all, what do you do for a living? Bartman never let all those distractions interfere with him earning a living without having to move from Chicago. The guy obviously likes the city and he didn't run and hide, he actually pulled off continuing to lead a productive life in Chicago. I'd like to see if that asshole fan could have done the same thing. Not easy to just return to work and community life like nothing happened. And also, guess what, Mr. Fan on WGN? You would have gone after the foul ball as well, cause that's what fans do. A 10 dollar baseball or whatever its worth turns into the Crown Jewel when it is hit in a fan's direction. Fans go for foul balls. Case closed. What happened to Bartman was awful. Now, some of Bartman's statements through his lawyer have come across as moderately pompous, but still. He didn't do anything illegal. He foolishly went for a foul ball like that same fan interviewed by WGN would have done. I am kind of in favor of the Cubs doing this, just because I'm in favor of anything nice tossed Bartman's way. I respect the guy for not having to move from Chicago and not letting that incident totally ruin his life.

It is scary how addictive this site is as well as social media. It was weird to have no soxtalk. It actually was good for me to get a few days off it as I was getting meanspirited in my posting again after two weeks of niceness. It is scary though. It definitely is an addiction checking this site. Very scary.

I got no problem with Rodon. This is actually a reason I didn't want to rebuild. With Sale, Q and Rodon and a capable pickup (not Shields or Holland) to go with a fifth starter from our system or somewhere, that woulda been a helluva rotation. We already had "on paper" a good to great bullpen with David as closer and the other guys. Too late to cry about that stuff, but yes, Rodon is good. If he stays healthy and keeps the velocity he should be an all star pitcher.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Aug 5, 2017 -> 04:03 AM) Next year's Sox team will win this game. No it won't. Didn't you listen to the podcast on future sox? The team in 2019 may win the game, not 2018.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2017 -> 03:51 AM) Just think of Renteria as the kindergarten teacher preparing the kids for elementary school. He's here to develop the young players, end of story. When it's time to compete, who knows if the Sox pull a Cubs and bring in the higher profile manager. Yeah I guess. The bunt thing infuriates me. As far as this game, WTF is Hawk's saying how well we played? I mean yeah Rodon was special but in the extra inning we got a guy picked off second with one out and screwed up a bunt that inning too. Shouldn't the ineptitude of that last inning erase the being happy about it being a great game? Doesn't really matter as Bummer got brutalized and that was that. Better team won of course.

This should be quick. I doubt Bummer can get through this half inning.

Do the Sox really want Renteria in charge of this team? Fundamentals are horrible and he is the manager. Just get rid of him. If he wants to live and die with the bunt, then let him expire in the baseball sense of the word.

Hand injuries IMO are ruining the seasons of my two favorite Sox: Avi and Davidson. We'll never know how much Avi's hand injury affected his at bats during his recent slide. And Davidson's time off figures to derail his charge toward 30 HRs. Also the nature of his injury will not be conducive to HRs.

Mine is still acting up a little bit. Sometimes I can get on, sometimes I can't. Tell the truth ... did anybody the last few days have the name "Greg" pop into their heads at any point. Such as: "My gawd I'm glad I get a break from Greg." Or "My gawd I miss Greg."

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 6, 2017 -> 07:31 PM) OK SoxTalkers, help me out. The newest Planet of the Apes movie is coming out, and I am seeing lots of positive reviews. I've never seen any of them (other than the very old school original), because I can't get my head around the idea of liking what seems just so silly. Are these actually good movies? Do I need to see earlier ones for the more recent ones to sink in? Had some time off this week and went to see the much awaited (for me) War for Planet of the Apes. As popular as this trilogy is, I can't find anybody I know who will even give the movies a chance. They think it's these corny apes talking like the movie with Charlton Heston. So wrong. I am the biggest fan of Andy S and the 3 movies. Quite frankly I think all three are great, this one was really good. Seriously if you have some time this summer watch all three in order. Since you think it seems silly you "owe" it to yourself to watch them if you are a movie goer/lover. I agree Andy Serkis (sp?) deserves an Oscar of some kind. Seriously. I'd give War an A-minus as I have a weakness in the film to point out. The other two I can't remember right now but all 3 were AMAZING moviegoing experiences IMO. QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 03:47 PM) Baby Driver was great. The editing/directing and the use of music was so impressive. It was fast paced and the action scenes were well done. I would definitely recommend it. Went to see Baby Driver this week. I refuse to read reviews before I go to movies and I certainly will not watch trailers (they give away too much) but I do check the critics' star systems and this one seemed very popular a movie with everybody giving it an A or 3 or 3.5 stars. So I went to a matinee. Got to say it's a must see summer movie. I won't list my complaint with it as I do have one complaint, but yes, I'd give this an A-minus as well. My week is running out. Any other movie I MUST see today or tomorrow? Again I don't like to go to movies that are just OK. I want good ones and wait for them.

I enjoyed his home run. Is he a good prospect or is his defense so bad you can't even put him out there? I know he had too many errors at 3B at Charlotte.

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ Aug 1, 2017 -> 07:02 AM) I wasn't a fan of this rebuild but was convinced and prepared myself for losses and the number 1 pick. I can't go back now. Yes but you don't have to spoil my thread with a comment like that. Can't you stay out of a winner's thread assuming those who post in it like winning?

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ Aug 1, 2017 -> 05:20 AM) Except none of these guys are gonna be a part of our plans. No need for all these meaningless walkoffs. I better not say anything cept LOL. Well cept, what compelled you to enter a winners thread and say something like that? Might as well lock the innocent winners thread after that one. Please lock.

Glad both guys are OK. Careers have ended on plays like that. Seemingly unavoidable when you have the speed of a Moncada. Just hope it never happens.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 1, 2017 -> 04:02 AM) There are also things to like about Davidson besides the power, He does use all fields. He is not strictly a pull hitter . He also made adjustments that have obviously paid off in his hit tool. He may never get the K rate below 25% but I think he'll become a more selective hitter as he learns the league. HR's still are the most effective way to get runs . I'd think being a first-round draft pick would have the stat people in his corner, but boy oh boy I found out what people think of Matt. I just wonder how they'd feel about him if he was one of the guys acquired in all the trades this year. On a team this wretched, if I had to pick a jersey to buy/wear for this horrific last-place season, I'd wear the jersey of Matt Davidson. OK, Jose Abreu, but Davidson would be in my top five picks for jersey.

Trump has had an awful lot of turnover on his staff. This Scaramucci guy had to get fired in record time, even for Trump. This is embarrassing, Mr. Prez.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 1, 2017 -> 03:17 AM) Abreu and Davidson in THE 9TH! Sox come back from a 6-0 deficit to win 7-6. We can still win this thing ! El Rockin is what MLB is all about. The best fan ever. El Rockin I hope I can buy you a hot dog some day at a game. You are a fan IMO! You'd love this team if it was in last place and had the most losses of any team in the AL. Oh wait we are in last place with the most losses in the AL. El Rockin is MVP of this board this year! That award should be given at season's end. I'd rank Lipman in contention for second and PTATC for third place.

Good victory over the Blue Jays; looks like the fans were having fun during the comeback and watching the walk-off ninth. Shields sucks again, but ... Matt blasts No. 22 and raps a game-winning single up the middle. Abreu comes through. Moncada avoids serious injury according to the X-rays. Fun times at Guaranteed Rate Field tonight for the fans who watched some summer Monday night baseball. Sox fever; catch it.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 11:56 PM) If Davidson could play an average 3B he'd be a plus 1-2 WAR player. Another Matt fan here? Cool. Two in the club. Good job Mr. Davidson. Another home run, 22, creeping u closer to 30 and another game-winning hit for a wretched ballclub. Since I've been convinced by the board that Matt is nothing, I looked up if he's already earned his MLB pension. Answer is yes. Good for matt. Rule says: "MLB players must play 43 days in the majors to earn a minimum $34,000 annual pension plan. Just one day in the majors gets them lifetime healthcare coverage. After 10 years in the big leagues, benefits grow to $100,000 annually." No matter what a free 34,000 a year and lifetime healthcare; not a bad start to go with his minimum salary of 500,000 or so. Keep it truckin Matt. Prove 'em all wrong.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 1, 2017 -> 04:16 AM) It's nice to see he hasn't turned out to be a total bust. Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but geez, that's pretty weak sauce/praise of Matt. How bout some love for game-winning Matt! Good job, Mr. Davidson. No matter what happens in your career you'll always remember having the game-winning hit two games in a row. You da man, Matt Davidson. Keep it up and prove the naysayers wrong.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 11:18 PM) Greg, are Chris Carter and Pedro Alvarez successful big leaguers? Compare the walk totals of Matt, with say, Joey Gallo and Schwarber, per at bat. What stands out about his game defensively? Is he a good baserunner? You guys win. Davidson is a non prospect. I move on to the next argument at some point. I will be interested to see as an addendum how quickly you guys give up on Burger if ever if he doesn't look so hot in peripheral stats after 300 at bats.

QUOTE (mac9001 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 09:03 PM) The difference between Davidson and whomever we call up next is Davidson never deserved major league at bat's anyway. Well, as a first round draft pick I'd say he deserves MLB at bats, a look so to say. I guess I'm wrong from what I've read on here, but lets say the guy could hit 35 home runs a year minimum with the prpoer at bats for the next 5 seasons. Whose career would compare at that point? Almost 200 home runs in the bigs, not so bad. I do think many first rounders deserve a look, although Fields like witesoxfan said was a first rounder and CJ Henry too. QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 09:22 PM) Greg, remember Josh Fields? He came up as a rookie in 2007 in what was a lost year for the Sox and slugged 23 homers in 100 games. Over 600 plate appearances, that would have been around 33 homers. It was a slightly better offensive environment 10 years ago, but he came with similar red flags - not a ton of walks, higher strikeout rate, a low average, mediocre defense, not much speed. He ended up becoming irrelevant very quickly because he couldn't make the adjustments necessary as well as some issues dealing with the environment of a big league clubhouse. Hell, Chris Carter for the Brewers (and former Sox farm hand) led the National League in home runs last year. The Brewers didn't even offer him a contract this past winter because his flaws are so pronounced. Point being, a counting number might be "sexy" but it could be very, very empty. If a slap hitter puts up a .300 average, that's good! But let's add context - he doesn't walk, he doesn't hit for power, and doesn't steal bases, and he doesn't play the field very well. So we're looking at a guy who is putting up a .300/.330/.370 line. That kind of player has value, but it's better served as a bench piece. You get a flawed player who still adds value to the team. Everything needs context. Simply saying "if x-player hits y homers, people will be celebrating" is absolutely wrong. If said player does it with a good average, good plate discipline, and good defense, then absolutely, they will be singing praise. If it's a 30 homer season with a low average, not many walks, a ton of strikeouts, mediocre defense, and no discernible speed on the basepaths, people are going to be very cautious moving forward with that player. Well, your invoking the name of Fields wins you this argument at least temporarily. Yes Fields was a first round draft pick also. Yes Fields did have the 23 home run season right off the bat then sucked big time. Your identifying Shields as a possible clone does indeed win you this argument. Cause if he indeed is the next Fields, then he blows. In a debate, no question, the revelation of Shields as a comparison or precedent case if you will, gives you the victory in this argument. If I start thinking of Davidson as Fields I will definitely despise him, soon, rather than have hopes he is a 35 homer guy the next 5 seasons minimum. QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 10:32 PM) Gotta remember Greg lives in like a 2-3 week fandom window. Davidson hit a walk off dinger yesterday and therefore is one the of the Sox greats and should be treated as such. Moncada is hitting .100 for the last couple weeks and is therefore a bust. I'm not down on Moncada. You making that up? I'm just upset that the darlings we get in trades are going to get all sorts of support on here and a guy like Davidson (who also was a first rounder; I'd think the first round cliche would help him with fans) will draw yawns even if he hits 30 homers this year. My position for the record is I'm against the rebuild but as a "fan" I have the right to cheer for the product if and when it succeeds no matter if I supported the move to begin with. I worshiped Ozzie so to speak but continued following the team upon his not getting an extension and bolting for Miami. I have nothing against a potential outfield of Eloy, Robert and Rutherford with Q or somebody else at DH. I have nothing against an infield of Burger, TA, Moncada and Abreu and Collins catching and all those arms in the rotation. I don't know where you got my Moncada hate from. I'll never understand many fans always wanting the unknown over what is known.

QUOTE (mac9001 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 04:46 PM) Moustakas has a career K-rate of 15%, Matt Davidson is at 39.1% so far this year. They are in no way comparable. Moustakas was always a within reach of being a relatively decent hitter with a slight change to his approach and a little luck. Davidson needs to mash HRs at elite rates just to just to stay relevant offensively. He's one bad 10 game slump away from being irrelevant offensively and he's yet to prove he's capable of providing any value defensively. Hope you judge our precious prospects as harshly after 300 or so at bats. I think it would be so cool for Davidson to hit 30 home runs and have people laugh at him like that's nothing. Please hit 30 home runs. QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 04:53 PM) Just looking at Davidson's stats tell everything. He has only walked 16 times in 86 games and has 124 K's. That is not a good or sustainable mlb ratio for a player who does not make alot of contact. His stats tell everything in his first season in the majors. OK, please judge all our prospects the same way. Oh wait, Davidson I guess is old at 26. I can understand only being excited about the prospects, but I stand by what I say if he hits 30 home runs that is a very very nice figure for a first-year player. Obviously i forgot about Judge and some of the other rookies in saying he's rookie of the year if he gets to 30 hrs, but my gosh I can't understand the double standard on here. I guarantee you if Rutherford hits 30 home runs his first year or Robert or any one of our darling prospects people will overlook the bad statgeek categories and only praise the prospect and Hahn. It's all up to Davidson to help me out here, get up to 30 home runs instead of staying stuck at 21 the final eight weeks.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 05:48 AM) Stop asking the same question when you don't get the answer you want. It's been answered multiple times, you're choosing not to accept the answer. LOL. You sound like one of those attorneys on a TV show screaming object at the judge. My gosh it's no fun having a contrary opinion on here. Do you realize how inappropriate what you just said to me is? QUOTE (mac9001 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 05:50 AM) I'll buy him the 2nd round. But the odds are highly against his current HR rate continuing and by all indications he's been lucky to hit .240. So far there's nothing to indicate he's likely to have sustained major league success. At least you'd buy him a round as well. Cheers to you, Mac. Trying to get some love for a rookie on here.

QUOTE (mac9001 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 05:44 AM) At the rate Davidson is striking out he'll likely be hitting .180 or less soon. His HR to flyball rate is also uncharacteristically high. There's nothing about his current stats that indicates its sustainable. I'd put his odds of being waived at about 50% buy this time next year. What if he gets sufficient at bats the next eight weeks to hit 30 homers in his rookie season. No props at all? A stern shake of your head saying, 'he's a stiff?' Just curious. Part of my argument is giving Davidson the 30 homers and what you'd think of him then. I'd buy him a beer in a bar for sure.