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Yes! Petricka battled back. Another close game cause LaRoche didn't quite get enough of that last fly ball. Time to suck it up and win this baby, 2-0.

A relief pitcher HAS to throw strikes. FAIL Mr. Petricka!

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:58 AM) We're not pulling him after 83 pitches, but I agree, you do kind of go into protect mode with him here if he runs into any trouble. YES! A standing ovation for Mr. Danks. Great, great performance. 6 2/3 innings. One man on first base with two outs. If our reliever can't get out of this, it's on him. John Danks ... give him applause and don't blame him just cause he makes a lot of money.

That's where a home run by LaRoche woulda ended the game. Warning track power, baby.

Nice hit by Melky and running by Saladino. This is where you guys need to blame Robin if something happens bad to Danks in the 7th. Danks has already done his job. He's still rebuilding his career after the injury. If this was the Royals they'd be thrilled with the 6 innings and give him a shower. Robin should get somebody up. He really should. IF Danks looks shaky after TWO batters in the 7th, yank him. He's already done a helluva job. What happens sometimes is he'll get rocked in the 7th and you guys will act like Danks had a s*** outing. It's all on Robin the rest of ths game regarding Danks. You got six stellar innings from him. You may get more but if you don't, bail the guy out for gosh sakes. DANKS!

Nice hit. Damn your guys' feed is way ahead of my mlb tonight.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:47 AM) Would you agree that Tyler's batting style is probably more sustainable for a nice average than Phegley? Just based on the eye test if nothing else? Didn't like that at bat, but overall the eye test is very positive. He looks relaxed both offensively and defensively. I wish he'd shot one between first and second there.

3-1 pitch and Eaton does nothing with it. It's what's wrong with our team. Shoulda took it for ball four if he wasn't going to slam it! However, he gets the walk anyway! Nice job, but ...

How come you guys don't root for Danks like I do? Not trying to be a dick, just wondering. He seems to be a likeable guy to me. And I can GUARANTEE you he leaves it all on the field.

I didn't realize Avi stinks. I'm not being sarcastic. I trust you guys who have given up on him. It's a shame because he "looks" like a player, a hitter. Very sad if he's another Viciedo. Speaking of Dayan ... how's he hitting in the minors? Is he making a decent comeback?

Our hitters miss more cookies ... Flowers right there. I guess it's cause they are lousy hitters.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:28 AM) I'm pretty sure if he thought he could do it, he would. He's not trying to be awful. He's not trying to be lousy, I agree. However, there are ways to adjust your stance through work. He needs to remake his offensive approach now that his power has sagged.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:27 AM) Fact he had two strikes makes it no issue, as he's just trying to make contact True, but why can't he steer it to the left side? Easy answer. He doesn't want to.

I'd fine LaRoche for hitting into the shift on a 3-2 pitch, but that's just me. Hit it the other way and he's on base, baby.

Let's see if Greg enlivens this thread. Seriously, when are some people going to join me on the Danks bandwagon?? The guy is a decent pitcher, folks. It's NOT his fault he has the huge contract. Every fricking night he pitches he gives it his all. He's actually becoming one of the bright spots on this gawdforsaken team. He's ripping nobody off! He battles. Five innings, no runs vs. St. Louis!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 21, 2015 -> 09:55 PM) Maybe most of the kids didn't like the fact that their parents didn't attend or cared? I don't know because my parents went to my sporting events when i was a kid. Their was only a handful of times at least one of my parents weren't at the games. Did they stay and watch practice, no, they dropped off and left (or if my sister was along, did something with her while I practiced). And by no means were my parents helicopter parents. I also don't know many people who didn't have parents attend. I rarely played in games where the stands weren't full (and it wasn't random people watching us play little league or AYSO...it was parents and/or grandparents). Now if you are referring to high school, I'd say that would differ and parents would come a lot less often (but that was partly because of the time of day the games were played...no longer all that conducive to working parents). None of the kids cared that parents were not at the games. On the South Side of Chicago in Mt. Greenwood, most of the parents at the time worked hard and partied hard. They either didn't come home until very late at night after work drunk, as drinking and driving wasn't as big a deal back in the day (the cops on the south side tended to make sure you got home but rarely arrested you), or they would be too tired to go to one of their kids' little league games or youth basketball games. They liked to stay home and sit in the yard and slug beers or watch the Sox on TV. Parents wouldn't even dream of talking to their kids' Little League coaches. Like I said, my dad was shocked at the quality of play (outstanding play) when he finally went to one of our playoff games. I know parents of kids on our LL team were happy the fields at 115th Street were not that far away and all the kids rode their bikes to the games. Then they wouldn't have to drive the kids to the games. The weird thing is the kids who played Little League on my team are one of the first generations to monitor every moment of their kids' lives after their lives were so carefree and un-monitored. Weird.

Lexi is so bad and Saladino so hot it's a no brainer. Trade Lexi now for whatever you can get for him and insert Tyler at ss. Isn't Anderson coming soon? Tyler can hold the fort til then.

Does it really matter? Soto blows as does Tyler. Both are good enough to contribute a bit and hit a homer now and then. It's not like Soto is good; he's OK. And believe it or not Tyler is OK.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) Maybe I'm in the dark but haven't seen anything about him being hurt. I just want him to start hitting the ball hard again. If it takes a DL stint, so be it. The Royals' Hudler said he talked to Robin and he has a hand injury. So it's no secret. I don't know if the Sox reporters have written about it or not. But the Royals announcers were pulling the old "I talked to Ventura before the game and he said Abreu had a bad finger."

It's such a no brainer. We've already waited way too long to deal him and be an aggressive trading team. Sox can always try to sign him in the offseason if they want him. Hahn should call 2-3 teams that need pitching and get it done now. Sox have nothing to lose. No fans in their right minds believe the team can contend the rest of this season so attendance will be the same with or without Shark. Nobody's coming to games because he might lead us to the WC. Sox fans are smart. Not a contender. I don't know why they don't deal him now for either 2 top prospects or somebody like Colon and a prospect.

Inquiring minds want to know: Why hasn't Shark been traded yet? Why do the Sox front office types not see what their fans see? That this is one, horses*** team that had no chance of a WC? They are 1-4 since the all star game, predictably. Why can't they pull the trigger on trades? They already are very late in getting some new bodies in here for Shark, Melky, Robertson, LaRoche, Lexi, Beckham, Shuck, Eaton. Keep Sale, Rodon, Q, Saladino, Avi and Abreu and trade everybody else soon, please???

That was a typical loss for a last place team. Bad effort from starting pitcher but good relief. Bats show a little bit for the home fans on a summer night, but lack of clutch hitting keeps the lousy last place team from beating the first place team. Way too little too late. Overall Good effort from last place club, though.

Should I go see Antman and/or Terminator this week or do they suck?

Oh well, we all know we can't win a game in which we allow 8 runs. That wasn't gonna happen.

DP coming or K?