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This is gonna be another nice win. Team is 2-1 since the 3-game losing streak I believe.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 02:23 AM) Kick that f***ing loser out of the park. This ain't Wrigley bro. Was it a Ranger fan? Why would a Sox fan throw the ball back on the field?? It was our double. Fans are so damn stupid. If you watch the play they never even considered thinking it might not be a good idea to grab a fair ball. I'm tellin you there should be so many more Bartmans throughout history. All fans go for the ball. Dumbasses.

How to fix things. ... Never let Rollins bat second again. Got to go with Eaton, Melky, Abreu, Frazier and leave that be for a month as our top four. Flipflop Rollins with Saladino; change their roles. Do we have a minor league catcher who can hit .250?? If so, bring him up and have him split time with one of the Avila/Navarro tandem. Release the other guy. Seriously though, how can anybody disagree that Eaton, Melky, Abreu, Frazier, Lawrie, Saladino as our top six wouldn't be the way to go as the top six in our lineup?? Jackson draws some walks so his .180 batting average might even be OK as No. 7. Release Avi.

QUOTE (harkness @ Apr 22, 2016 -> 02:06 AM) He is really struggling at the moment with his discipline. Robin mentioned it after the game in his interview at mlb.com. He seemed frustrated in that Jose has to be selective. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 22, 2016 -> 02:19 AM) We should blow it up. Season is lost. For a mod, you'd think you know some things deserve to be discussed on a message board. Why is Jose off limits? Your line is unbecoming of a mod who should know better IMO. QUOTE (harkness @ Apr 22, 2016 -> 02:23 AM) The white sox analyst were wondering what is wrong with Abreau... Garfien and co were talking about it after the game. It's way too early to panic but I don't ever recall him looking this bad. Yes, it's worth discussing right now. If he was raking, our lineup would be looking a lot better. Melky has had a good start so the Eaton/Melky/Abreu threesome could be doing some damage if Abreu was doing Abreu-like things.

I love Robin interview after the game when he ripped Abreu stressing to a reporter's question that he indeed right now "is a .190 hitter." He's acting like a .190 hitter, Robin said, swinging at s*** pitches. Robin is telling it like it is. Abreu knows better. Avi meanwhile? .140. It's time for the change of scenery trade for Avi. He's officially a White sox bust. Who would have thought the only thing preventing us from the WS matchup vs the Cubs (it's scary how good the Cubs are) was absolutely unacceptable hitting? Our pitching and defense looks GOOD! Rollins - He's now at .217. No reason to believe he'll hit .240; too old. Abreu - He's at .190. He'll be fine, but his lack of production is really hurting. Frazier - He's at .206. He'll be fine. Austin J - He's at .170 and appears to be a good field/no hit guy at this stage of his career. He really is a lousy hitter. I stress that I am not a Jackson hater tho. hater tho. At this time I give him benefit of doubt. Avilla/Navarro - Even worse than Tyler offensively or just as bad. We got problems offensively, folks.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2016 -> 02:38 AM) 12,093 for the night game, 12,785 for the day game (WED)...for an increase of 5.7%. Seems they're fighting for every possible fan they can get with those promotions (flash sales) for selected seats at $10 in different locations. Cincy (team in complete rebuild mode) at 12,979 and CLE at 9,890 today. Let's face it, Sox are at a possible historic (early 1970s?) low in terms of interest. 2005 was so great cause it was just the opposite. Chicago's Sox took the city by storm. Now?? Wow, if they moved to Las Vegas would anybody but us die-hards care?

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 21, 2016 -> 03:10 AM) So has anyone else hit a fastball as well as Saladino on that HR? Now that is a quick f***ing bat. Granted the pitch had too much of the plate but pulling that 96mph heater like that is pretty damn impressive. He did that last year several times too. He looked like a helluva prospect. But like so many guys he just went in the tank after that good start last year. He ended up with a horrific OBP and batting average after 250 at bats or so. I don't know if he's a good prospect or not but occasionally he really rips the ball. I think at his age 26 I'd play him more than Rollins anyway.

Sale has taken that next step into unhittable. That's why maybe it is our year despite some obvious team weaknesses. Don't discount a Cubs-Sox WS just yet and if Sale and our other arms are still strong in the postseason, we might win it all.

Great win. Should the new announcer be using "Sox win" as his game ending phrase?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:49 PM) Really hate how Robin used the pen today. Who did you want in besides Nate? We probably lose the game if it's anybody but Nate/Albers.

Damn. Frazier had plenty of time.

Horrible call. He was out.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) How many people made it to the park today? Maybe 1000? I wonder if actual attendance was under 5000. Certainly under 10000.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:27 PM) MLBTV skipped during that AB. Did Saladino hit the ball hard right at someone? Most routine DP ever 6-4-3. Horrible at bat.

Saladino with the weak crap there. He did homer earlier, though. I'd take a Sale eighth and Robertson ninth and 2-0 win.

Easton's beard is too long. He's looking like LaRoche. Nice hit by him, though.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:13 PM) Because of johnson's success in the MLB? Johnson is a young righty and I'm all about 3 lefty, two righty starters. Also Danks might have some value in the pen. As much as I love him, he is not a very good starter.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:08 PM) Having Melky bunt while batting lefty and being one of the hotter Sox hitters is questionable especially with the bottom of the order coming up.Had to they'd put a runner on 1st to set up a DP . On the other hand, a 2-0 lead with Sale pitching. After the bunt it was looking mighty impressive that we had a man on third, one out just two pitches after the single.

What a horrible crowd. Sox should never play a day game til the weekend.

QUOTE (almagest @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:05 PM) Avila with no chance there on 97 mph. He looks really bad so far this year. Can a team make the playoffs with the current Avila/Nazarro combo? they are washed up IMO.

Why is Johnson warming up? If we need a reliever it should be Danks relieving and Johnson starting IMO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:24 PM) If I am supposed to believe that Donald Trump is supposed to be this incredibly smart business man who is going to rescue us from our government with his understanding of complex mechanisms used to reform them for the betterment of the people, why can't he figure out how to run a campaign staff that won't keep losing him delegates to candidates with way less of that business experience? To keep losing delegates to the system means he either isn't as good of a manager as he keeps telling us he is, or he isn't as smart as he keeps telling us he is. If he can't keep Ted Cruz from stealing his delegates, how in the hell is he going to keep Vlad Putin from stealing back Eastern Europe? Trump vs. Hillary is probably the worst election ever in terms of quality of choices. I sure hope we give Trump a chance in this scenario. But Hillary, for whatever reason, is the choice of women and African Americans and their vote is way more than enough to give her the title. I'm frankly surprised Trump wants to stay in and get embarrassed like he's going to get embarrassed.

Great win. With Latos and Sale pitching like aces we should have this type of record.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 03:10 AM) Seems as if you got Spring Training Avi in your game. Must be some kind of bug. Yeah, Avi's not going 4-for-5 anytime soon.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 02:56 AM) I was just thinking...you know who would be an excellent addition to this lineup...Bacon. Where is he these days? Thank goodness he's gone at least. I'm sure a lot of you are glad my boy, Flowers, is gawn as well.