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On paper, not a bad deal. Give the two Reds a chance to get the Sox into the playoffs. I'd either do that or just let Johnson keep starting games until he finally has a good outing. He can't be this bad, can he?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:54 AM) My thoughts on the double header: Glad the team got a split. Zach Duke...not good. Eric Johnson...four A player at best, not good. His ship has sailed, he gets ZERO more chances in my book. Try some other stiff. Sox offense against a pitcher who came in with an ERA OF ALMOST SEVEN...brutal, absolutely impotent. Flat out bad. Hope Sale can keep winning tomorrow. Mark Too bad, but Johnson is one of those "change of scenery" candidates. He could get his act together once we give up on him and dump him. Maybe he'll always struggle, but sometimes a change of scenery does wonders. I'd actually let him finish the season as No. 4 starter. This team isn't contending if Rodon doesn't suddenly turn into Sale/Q. Our hitting blows and our pitching is good, but again, Rodon needs to become the Rodon he'll be two years from now -- dominant, not just good.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:50 AM) Games in May count just as much in the standings as games in September. Yes but there's absolutely no "pressure" on Cleveland. It's this early. The Sox are not playing like a very good baseball team. Again, Cleveland has a great manager. They're not feeling any pressure, certainly not against the Sox in May.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:42 AM) Hey Sox split hte DH, which is what they really needed to do. Pressure is on CLE to beat both Sale and Quintana, they're the ones playing catch up not the Sox. Catch up? Trust me, it's too early to be scoreboard watching, way too early. That's absurd any pressure in on Cleveland. They have a great manager who knows how to handle early season games.

No bats in Game Two. We look like a .500 team (that could mean an 8 over .500 team when all is said and done since we are 8 over). Team just doesn't have the offense this year. s*** happens I guess. Our home struggles are disappointing of late.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 23, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) Nice try. Hits a few hot buttons. You may be able to incite a person or two. I think you're stretching just a little bit here. Troll level 4 on a 10 point scale. Not your best effort Greg. Maybe it seems forced and not your true belief. I had to put it out there before I could effectively argue my point: I want youth in the White House. new blood.

Hillary is going to be president at the age of 69-73 the first term; 73-77 the second term. Trump turns 70 on June 14. We know Bernie is very old. My question is why the hell as a country haven't we picked one of the young candidates to lead this country? To get behind fresh young ideas? Visionary ideas like a 40 year old Kennedy?? Hillary fricking Clinton and Trump if they were in many families would be considered the old grandma and grandpa that nobody listens to, just the ramblings of old folk. In this day and age of electronics and even the Millenial generation coming of age we can do no better than octogenarians. I mean in the working world (you know it's true) if they applied for a real job anywhere they'd be laughed off company property. Their resumes at their age would be tossed in the trash bin. Only way they'd have a job is if they owned the company. I mean they are OLD. Nobody over 50 can get considered for a job nowadays much less 70. Why couldn't we embrace a Rubio or Cruz or one of the young Democrats out there emerge? The Democrats decided it was Hillary's time? Why? She's gonna be our president at the age of 77 for goshsakes. This is a young country; young ideas have to take over and save us before we kill the environment completely and kill the economy completely, before China takes us over or North Korea drops some nukes or before air travel is rendered IMPOSSIBLE because of terrorism (see last week's incident). But we turn to octogenarians when no octogenarian would EVER get his/her resume looked at twice by a company president for a real job. Explain people. What is with America?? I mean we treat our old veterans like s*** (month long waits to get to the hospital exposed!), we treat our old people like s*** (atrocities at old folks homes) and we're about to elect an octo. It should be interesting to see if age is mentioned during her second term at all. Hope she has thick skin cause people are gonna be roasting her for her age. I hope business owners realize how silly they are denying 52 year olds jobs when our president is gonna be close to 80 during Hillary's second term.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 22, 2016 -> 10:08 PM) Rollins destroys lefties that's what he does. Then ONLY bat him vs. lefties. The hell with making him mad. Who cares? We're one of the only teams who would have been willing to play him this much this season. QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 23, 2016 -> 02:26 AM) Robin loves Sands like Ozzie loved Dewayne Wise Not that much. Ozzie loved my guy, D. Wise. Sands looks good up there, but blows. On the positive side, it's always good to go 1-2 as opposed to the killer, 0-3. We needed that longball to win. Nice job Frazier. I wish we'd hit some home runs with two or more men on base. On the negative side ... if things don't change we're looking at 0-4 in KC this weekend or 1-3 if they don't hit Sale. Cain and Orlando are Sox killers thus far this year. Royals have won 3 series in a row. Considering they are confident and we are not, I could see an 0-4 disaster Thursday thru Sunday. The key is to win the opener for once against those bastards. We're always playing from behind the 8 ball vs. KC. Get some momentum and win Thursday night.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2016 -> 09:06 PM) It was on a pitch when they were ahead in the count and there was already a runner on base, I believe. Sometimes you go against baseball's book when you hate a player and need to set the same tone as last year's beatdowns vs. the Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2016 -> 09:04 PM) You keep saying this, but you know the Lawrie HBP was in no way intentional? Cmon. The Royals despise Lawrie and they also get up for playing the Sox. Perfect time to hit him and set the tone.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 22, 2016 -> 09:02 PM) I have never seen a team struggle this much to get guys in from 3rd with less than two outs in my entire life. Another reason why we shouldn't be bunting as much as we do. I finally give up defending Robin on bunts. No more bunting til we get a team that can hit.

QUOTE (Scoots @ May 22, 2016 -> 08:58 PM) What are they saying. They laughed at the 0-for-19 stat with runners in scoring position. I think it's time we put a ball in Orlando's ribcage. Sox still haven't retaliated for hitting Lawrie have they? You could say don't put on a baserunner, but he'd probably get a hit anyway.

Sox probably should stop bunting always. We can't give away outs with at bats like Avila had.

Bunting is a very difficult art. Royals announcers mocking the Sox not moving runners. Way to get it down, Sanchez. Means nothing if we don't get the clutch hit. I'm ready for a wild pitch.

Nice hit by Laurie. Fans are into it.

Get a better plan for Orlando in the final 16 games vs. KC please. Once-red hot Sox trying to eke out one win on the home turf vs red-hot KC. Hawk is right about it only matters "when" you play teams. We look like a crap ballclub. Time to salvage one of three.

Finally Melky returns to hitting singles. He should be the old Melky who was hitting singles and .320. He has no power; so give us singles. f*** you (Ace, laugh) Ventura. That may be all we get today so make 3 runs stand?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2016 -> 07:36 PM) Looked like a double off the bat. KC is awesome at positioning. Perfect scouting. We have no chance vs. these guys til we get many more better players. They know exactly what the Sox are going to do at all times. That was a base hit easily taken away cause of scouting.

QUOTE (SpankyEaton @ May 22, 2016 -> 04:52 AM) Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I was thinking of a few things regarding the attendance today when I was at the park. First off, there were 27,631 people there today. It was a beautiful day and it was a Saturday day game against a divisional opponent that travels well and the Cubs were out of town. Given that the park holds 40,000, what do you all think is a good crowd, considering the upper deck doesn't ever fill up on a consistent basis? I think anything north of 25,000 is a good day at the ballpark. If they could average 25,000 that is respectable. I did wonder what you all thought about giving fans in the upper deck the opportunity to come down and sit in the empty 100 level seats after the third inning of games when it's not sold out or the lower bowl is a decent size crowd. Does that negatively impact anything? Does it cause a problem with the value of tickets if they did this once in a while? And, I saw this article today - some cool history here and it's nice to see both parties get something done for a change. Do you see the Sox ever having an issue like this come up again with new ownership and having to move? It doesn't work bringing the fans in the upper tank down to the expensive seats. Once a person in an expensive seat sees in the second inning he has some room to spread out, he doesnt want some family coming down and cramping him. my take.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 21, 2016 -> 12:48 PM) Haha Wayne Allen root. Trump also traveled with epstein But Bernie didn't! he's not a SOCIALIST people, he's a Democratic socialist. Big difference. Why can we as a nation all get behind Bernie. He's the one candidate people could get behind for his likeability and trustworthiness. Let's work with Bernie and make America great again. Bernie is somebody we could be proud of. Hillary? Cmon every time we see her the next 8 years we'll think of snake oil salesman. Trump? Every time we think of him we'll think of this nutjob could press the button and end the world. Bernie?? Get him a great Veep and let him rock n roll.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 21, 2016 -> 10:39 PM) It's the scouting. While the Sox may have good luck finding young pitching, everything else in the scouting department is beyond terrible. Amen, brother. Scouting blows. QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 21, 2016 -> 10:52 PM) The new clubhouse energy really did a lot to put that 8th inning in Texas behind them. How many players on this team have ever played for an over .500 club? Melky and Robertson? Amen, brother. As a fan is it asking too much to shake off a loss like that and bounce back quickly? Thanks White Sox for predictably going in the tank after the almighty Robin/Scott Carroll choke job. Way to pick up your manager, Lawrie, Frazier, Rollins, even Abreu and Melky and Avila. Pathetic.

Why even keep stats at spring training? They are so f***ing misleading. Didn't Rollins hit four home runs, smash a bash of extra base hits and hit about .320? Did Abreu crush 4-5 homers? Nobody ever looks at pitchers ST stats. Please, baseball statiticians, stop keeping stats in spring training!

I know I'm repeating myself but for emphasis ... -- These Mental midgets quit after Robin put Carroll in the Texas game with five run lead. You just can't come back from a loss like that when you have mental midgets. The leaders who attacked the LaRoche situation with zeal are sitting back as we lose game after game. Wasn't Lawrie 0-fer-20 before the hit today? Sale was apparently unwilling to turn over a food spread or kick some ass internally like Paulie always also failed to do. Team turned into a pathetic team after the Carroll/Robin choke vs. Texas. No retaliation for Lawrie getting hit in his first at bat of the series?? Obviously was sent to send a message. Message delivered. SWEEP. -- The Central Division advance scouts (ESPECIALLY KC's) know the Sox so well it's so easy for the Royals and their collection of mediocre pitchers to mow down the White Sox. Remember last year's season series would have been even worse had the Sox not beaten KC in five of the last six meaningless meetings. We stand no chance against Ace Ventura so this homestand has been just plain pathetic. Our advance scouts must be the worst in the division. -- Our hitting philosophy has been bad since the last two years of Walker. And we no longer hit home runs. Lack of power in the Cell means we're gonna be a bad home team again. WOW.

Everybody asks me, give me specifics why you don't like Hillary. Greg has no specifics. Well here's ANOTHER column explaining why I despise her. How do you folks justify voting for her after reading this? And what do you think about Bill flying on that plane? I know I know. The article is full of lies. Blah blah blah. When are some Hillary supporters going to realize where there's smoke there's a blaze around the corner? It's Bernie time, baby. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/20/...an-titanic.html

QUOTE (SpankyEaton @ May 21, 2016 -> 04:35 AM) Let me just say that there are significant holes - catcher, relief and starting pitching to say the least. The Sox also need a home run bat and lack some power. Abreu is not feared and everyone is in a slump right now. They need some home runs, more consistent pitching and guys to wake the f*** up. They need to win at least six of the next 11 to stay in this thing...it could be a huge blow if they perform poorly. Long term, guys like Jackson, both catchers, Latos, some relievers and a few others will go and they'll need to add again. I almost feel like they need to spend like crazy next offseason in free agency or make some moves to get younger and shake things up. It's still "early," but this is getting ugly. I'm going tomorrow and hope that Gonzalez doesn't get lit up. Cleveland, with its good manager, is tied with us in the loss column. It all starts over right now. It's pretty bad when you are at home finally and go 1-3 and are lucky to win the one. Tonight the bases loaded and one out in the second off a stiff like Gee, you got to get a big hit not one paltry run. Pathetic 4-1 loss with trouble abrewin' tomorrow and Sunday. And why didn't Q hit one of the Royals in retaliation?? WTF right there.