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QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:18 AM) This. Johnny is done. I won't pester the Danks haters with post after post defending him. I'll just say he's been good in 5 of his last 10 starts, some against powerhouse teams. Five of 10 is not bad for a No. 5 starter coming back from serious injury still.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:14 AM) Of all people to say that too, Greg is probably the worst He knows I love Danks. He was issuing a little barb at me. No biggie. I am a Danks lover.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:14 AM) I'd pitch Danks. That would be funny. Same outcome more than likely. I've noticed you really despise Danks. But in five of the last 10 outings that he's excelled in, you are silent when I brag about my boy, Danks. Don't be a Danks hater! He will prove u wrong ultimately.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:13 AM) 9-2 last night and 9-4 the previous He was joking. Fathom doesn't use the green.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:11 AM) Ball game. Let Albers wear this inning If they get up by 10, I'd pitch Beckham for team morale. Funny moment for the flight home.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:09 AM) Getting a deal done for a bat would be a nice shot in the arm after tonight. Amen. The Royals lost with their new bat tonight, though. I wish we could add a third baseman with some pop, but I guess there are none out there. Or be able to get a HR hitting DH and bench LaRoche.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:08 AM) The key is to just get back on the horse tomorrow. You ain't kidding. Damn, I want them to win the next series and prove this latest streak doesn't have to be followed by another s*** streak.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:03 AM) I'm guessing sale with DL stint. Forearm soreness Another reason you just can't pay big bucks for pitchers nowadays. 20 to 25 million a year for any pitcher? Cmon. The pitcher can go down at any time. Good luck to whomever wants to pay Shark 20 mill a year next year and the 3 after that. Not his fault, but he's bound to go down at some point in his next contract.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:01 AM) .500 is so f***ing elusive. That's what is disappointing Very disappointing. But like I said you can't sweep two straight four game series. I wonder the last time the Sox have done that. I bet 30-40-50 years.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:58 AM) We are what we are a below average team Team has to build on this streak. Can't expect to sweep two four game series in a row. That's crazy stuff on the road. Just have to use this as a springboard.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:56 AM) You guys are all overreacting. Everyone has bad starts now and then and he's obviously hurt. They should've taken him out looking back at it. How bad is he hurt? That is not good news.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:56 AM) .500 not to be really disappointed in the ace tonight. Hope the team comes to play in the next game and stop its streaky ways. Need desperately to win a game after losing four in a row, winning this many in a row, then losing one finally. Can't turn one loss into two, into three. Not with the team buying instead of selling.

Was hoping we could keep it close and try to steal another game. But Sale was awful. Pitching in Fenway is no picnic.

I hope they don't trade the only top prospects they have for rental hitters. This season has been so weird, it might be wise to just let it play out for better or worse. It's like we already have a new hitter in Melky who has awakened and maybe LaStiff will wake up as well. Also Lexi, 3B and 2B have been reborn. I wouldn't mind acquiring a 3B bat, trading Lexi and letting Saladino play ss the rest of the year though. If there are any 3B standouts out there.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) I knew who started this thread before even seeing who it was. Is that a compliment? Yes, I'm horrified by what has happened to our country with all these incidents/murders. People are getting killed by cops for no reason. Train these cops to diffuse situations w/out ending lives, please. Everybody else has to use proper decorum in their careers; why not cops?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 06:04 PM) This is so embarrassing that he is leading in two primaries. I just don't understand these people whose sole standard for the most important person in the world is they just attack and make jokes of liberals and media. Give me the person that just rates the president by their looks anyday. He'll fade. People just like the fact he's not afraid to bust the P.C. police. It grows old when a public figure messes up (hulk hogan, lion killing dentist), meekly apologizes and fades away forevermore. It's refreshing when a Trump tells people to f*** off and get a life. He'll fade, though. As far as looks, I believe they continue to be a huge reason a candidate wins. Obama, Bill Clinton, Carter, even the younger Bush were/are considered good looking men and they looked much better on TV than their opponents. You can never discount looks in a presidential race and how they appear on TV.

Mia Farrow printed the dentist's address on Twitter. If somebody kills the dentist, won't Farrow feel a bit responsible? This is a bad situation but shouldn't the legal system take care of it? Or peaceful protests outside his office if those are legal, but do not hunt the dentist down as a mob and kill him for gosh sakes.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 07:41 PM) No. We've seen the pattern when they get close to or slightly above .500 they tank. August is usually mental midget month. This is when they get owned by teams they should beat. I want to be so wrong on this. Yep. I want to be wrong, too. But the pattern makes me wary. I know if they immediately fall eight below .500 again after this good stretch, I'm going to go insane.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 05:55 PM) Sox send Avi, Courtney Hawkins and Montas to Oak for Reddick. No more trades with Oakland, please, unless it's Butler or Semien for LaRoche.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) That's $22.85 million, on average, per season...for his age 32, 33, 34 and 35 seasons. Not worth it. He'll either get hurt like they all do, or he'll lose it. They'll be trying to dump the salary next season probably.

How can TV afford to pay these fees? Seems like no matter how bad the economy, TV rights deals as well as sports players salaries continue to skyrocket. What would happen if advertisers gave up on TV as they have on magazines, newspapers, etc.?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 07:10 AM) Almost forgot. What is Dozier doing bunting in a tie game in the 5th, when you have a guy at second and nobody out? Not only is Dozier our best hitter, but you needed about 5 more runs with our bullpen. It would be nice though if Dozier could have had a professional at bat and moved the runner over. Thanks for the bullpen help Ryan, we could have got Clippard for jack squat... There have been so many base running errors by this team it has reached the level of being an embarassment for the coaches. A little league team can show more discipline on the base paths. The pitchers have lost their ability to hit their spots as well. And with bases loaded down 8-3 in the 7th, why wouldn't you have Hunter with 350-some career homers pinch-hitting for singles/doubles hitter Nunez? Did I just read that correctly? "What's with Sano? So far to me he hasn't shown much. When will he start hitting home runs?" Are you truly serious? You mean beyond the .300 average, .429 Obp, .522 SLG and .951 OPS. Might want to find a new sport if these are poor numbers. We could just give up on him and sign Adam Dunn, right? 62 games to go with a disproportionate 13 versus the Tribe. If they can go 8-5 against the lowly Tribe and a modest 25-24 against everyone else they would finish 85-77 which may be good enough for the wildcard, and, at the very least, keep them in the race until the very end. startribune.com/sports game comments 13 vs. Cleveland is an insane amount. I bet Francona's boys can go 6-7 or 7-6.

QUOTE (BigFinn @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 05:17 AM) Mea culpa. I obviously know absolutely nothing about baseball. After losing 3 out of 4 to the Royals, I thought the Sox should be sellers. I wanted to wave the white flag from the highest yardarm. They were a listless team that couldn't play offense and couldn't play defense. I thought, I, I, . . . well what do I know. OK. I'll bite. Go Sox. Go, go Sox. Let's Go Sox. I am now officially emotionally invested. Dadgummit. Now I have to sit down, strap it on, and hunker down. This team is better than the roller coasters at Great America. Good post, Big Finn. I thought I knew baseball, too. The Sox won a few games, sure, but always played horrific enough during little losing streaks to fall to 7-8 below .500. I figured once 7-8 under .500 a big-time losing streak on a road trip (like this one) would put them 13-15 under .500 and that finally would be that. Now I figure the law of averages suggests we can't immediately follow a good streak by losing a lot and falling 7-8 games back AGAIN. As of today I also believe. If the Sox keep catching the ball and Melky keeps hitting like this, I'm confident the pitching will be there like it normally is. They might have fooled us again, but let's hope not. I'd love to play the one game wild card and see what happens. If we win that and the pitching rotation was set right, we might make the Royals sweat a bit.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/30/us/ohio-sam-...sing/index.html White cop shoots African American man as he tries to undo his seat belt. Appalling. Sadness for the man who was shot and killed and his family members who are devastated. Cops continuing to show no restraint, make fools of themselves and cause tense situations regarding race relations. Shooting to kill in these non dangerous situations is so unnecessary. This cop who probably has no record now goes to jail the rest of his life probably.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 04:46 AM) Don't think anybody could have predicted or expected this. Mark I know the season is a marathon, but I'd never have expected it. One under .500 with a healthy eight weeks to go with four of the hottest starters in baseball: Sale, Shark, Q and Rodon.