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QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 06:32 AM) This is just another opportunity for trolls to try to spin this in some negative way. The fact is that naming rights have been around as long as inflated player salaries have been. Look around ANY major league ballpark and see signs for WINTRAUST, NUVEEN, Budweiser, XFinity,... plastered on everything in and around the ballpark. It's just part of the business. Fans don't have to call Sox Park anything but Sox Park or Comiskey. I certainly won't. Trolls? Look at all the people on here who think this is a disgrace. What is Guaranteed Rate? Nobody's ever heard of the company. It should be spun in a negative way BTW, it's embarrassing.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 08:34 PM) I finally got used to calling it "the cell." Can we just call it Sox Park? Yes we can. QUOTE (coco1997 @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 09:01 PM) Maybe people will nickname it the Grate? As in "G. Rate?" Really grasping at straws here. Grate Field would be an OK nickname. I bet it'd bother Guaranteed Rate people, though. What a stupid lowrent company to buy naming rights. QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 09:02 PM) Wow, this is f***ing sad. Some 3rd tier mortgage company/broker/business. Couldn't get Walgreens, a big time bank, airline, Fortune 500 co?? They end up with some shady mortgage broker?? Amen. It's ridiculous.

Shields stinks; Sox lose. Team continues its lousy season. Should be interesting to see which lousy relievers the Sox sign this offseason and which 3-4 veteran players they acquire to replace some of the stiffs.

Prediction. Pop up as he'll be trying to hit another homer.

Way to go, Avi. It's 5-3 should be 4-3 if not for minor leaguer Kahnle.

I have gained respect for Frazier. Nice job keeping it alive.

Is Coats any good or is he another stiff?

Morneau I guess was trying to hit a double in the LC gap or something. Fail.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 03:45 AM) The non-Jones and Robertson righties in the bullpen all should be in the minors. Not much Ventura can do. I guess. They are mostly all trash. Jennings is sometimes OK but as u said he's a lefty.

Not that it matters, but what a selfish at bat from Melky. Don't need a warning track fly ball down 3 in the ninth leading off.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 03:43 AM) No excuse for so many low OPS numbers throughout the lineup. Hahn can't produce an offensive lineup and Steverson hasn't been effective with the players he's had. Amen.

Sox will either go quietly 1-2-3 or we'll score two and that insurance run after Robin conceded will be the difference.

Sox have five hits. Anderson with as bad a game tonight as compared to a great game last night. Now he's down to .276 after hitting .280. Hahn built a horrible baseball lineup. Our team is a nightmare on offense.

One of the things I won't miss about the Robin era is our team just conceding games. If we're down two runs after six innings, generally speaking, forget about it. We ain't winning. Maybe even after five innings.

Typical White Sox. Last night a stellar game, any fan had to be loving life. Tonight ... dead as can be. At least Navarro lit up the scoreboard. Other than that another gawd-awful game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 01:47 AM) Media doesn't even know Sox exist now with Bears starting and the Cubs the greatest team to ever be assembled It's never been this bad in terms of relevancy. Sox are completely irrelevant. Sickening decisions by front office and players who refuse to play hard. It equals this crap team. I wonder if joining the Sox is considered akin to joining a country club in baseball circles.

Conceding another game ... Kahnle.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 05:59 AM) Only 8.5 games out boys! Just shows how 'easy' it is to be in the wildcard race nowadays. Now I'm not saying we are in the race. But if we had lost 50 percent less of the dysfunctional bizarre games this season, we'd actually be in the race. I know our team does not pass the playoff eye test, but folks, it's not that difficult to stay in the race. That's why Robin has to be given the kick out the door.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 23, 2016 -> 01:47 AM) Make them take Shields and the Padres money for Puig straight up. They can throw in Avi if they want him for some silly reason. I'd be OK with that. Avi and Shields for Puig. Sox could gamble that Shields gets good again next year, but obviously he appears to be done.

Holy bleep. We win, 9-1? At home? Happy days are here again (for a night) for our fans. Seriously, we don't win too many blowouts. Anderson back to 280; Morneau with a dinger, 1-4, I'd be OK with us resigning him (I bet we don't). Rodon did well. This is one of those games that made our front office think we'd contend the second half. Once in a while the Sox play like this. Usually they do not. Savor it cause overall this team blows. GO SOX!

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Aug 22, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) I think in most cases, if a team has a starter go 7 or more innings, it's obviously more likely that they'll win. Maybe. But you guys can't deny our bullpen is simply INCAPABLE of covering the 7th, 8th and 9th. If our starter gets to the eighth, and Robin isn't having a bad day, our pen has I'd say an 80 percent chance of covering the 8th and 9th. If our starter goes six, forget it. We're losing. If they actually could get him one or two GOOD non closers to go with the closer, we might have a chance to make the playoffs some year. As it stands now, no chance.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 22, 2016 -> 06:41 PM) If he's "diagnosing" her based on the same garbage that right wing conspiracy circles are, he's still an idiot hack. You can kind of tell which videos are fake on the Internet. One that looked real (maybe it's not) is the one where the large secret service type guy is holding something in his hand and she freezes up in a speech and he comes by and sticks her with something. It looks real. Oops I just read the guy says it was a flashlight. Who knows? The other real looking one is one that shows a bulge in her leg ostensibly a catheter. I have no idea. I would think as 70 somethings she and Trump both have some problems physically. Who knows? Bill looks just terrible some days too yet at the convention he looked good. One thing is true for sure. Dr. Drew did say he is worried bout her health. Hmmm.

They must think of him as we think of Dayan Viciedo, a bust. Maybe Puig does suck. Pass?

Are the Cubs a lock to win the WS? Would it be one of the biggest upsets in history for them not to make the WS?

Hey, I'm stoked about Anderson. Hanging in there at .277. I like it. Also, congrats Q!! I have a question. When we have a starter go seven innings, we usually win! Are there any stats to back this up? I really hope next year we keep the rotation intact, cept for Shields, and we stress to our pitchers they just gotta go seven innings minimum. Seriously.