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How come Saladino's batting average was so low in the minors this year? He seems like a .300 hitter on any level.

Saladino's head is in the game. What a breath of fresh air on this crap team.

WTF. First two were hittable Melky. Third one coulda been hit too if he just tried to make contact. s*** at bat, Melky. Does Melky have any real supporters, fans here? I think he blows.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 03:37 AM) and bring up Davidson - might as well. Just think if Davidson comes up and does what Saladino is doing? We'd be stoked for our 3B and SS of the future.

So is Abreu a phenom or just another guy? I still love him and expect him to homer every time up, but ...

Beautiful. Take advantage of the Cards' lousy defense here! Let's cut it to one run and see what happens.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 03:09 AM) looooool this team is so bad lmfao I expect us to lose every game now so it's really not so painful. Did anybody hear Hawk tonight say he wasn't gonna give up til the Sox were eliminated cause there's too much talent? That's really an indictment (hint hint?) of Robin. If we got the talent, then where are the wins? We should be contending apparently.

Holy bleep! Saladino is a Sox bright spot. Trade Lexi. Everyday shortstop. He looks like a f***ing star!

Wow I ask for homers I get a homer. Finally.

Remember when the Sox used to hit like this in the Cell? Blast home runs like the Cards are doing? Our fans cheering like Cards fans are cheering? Way to build a singles hitting team, Mr. Hahn. Oh wait your team has no speed or baserunning smarts, also. LOL.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 02:37 AM) He struggles with command. He had a 3.69 FIP coming into tonight. He hasn't looked pedestrian at all. He looks like a top of the rotation starter for many years to come. Counting tonight, he has sucked in four of his last six starts. He'd be better off in the minors IMO.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 02:30 AM) He's not wasting service time. He came up after the deadline. They control him for 6 more seasons after this one. It's fine. What's better? Struggling up in the majors and gaining experience or going 7-8 innings consistently in the minors and looking special? Not sure. He's definitely looked pretty pedestrian thus far in the bigs. I don't have a violent opinion on this either way.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 02:26 AM) They're wasting service time on this nonsense. Poor asset management all the way around. Not only would he preserve service time in Charlotte, he'd get better coaching and would be pitched to develop, not to be better than Noesi. Good post, GreenSox. Nonsense is a pretty cool word to describe what I'm seeing with Rodon this season.

This is one of the worst pitching performances you'll ever seen. 100 pitches in four innings; seven runs; baserunners, yuck.

I guess there's no harm letting Rodon gain experience since the team is going nowhere, but it's kind of painful to watch a guy with some talent stink on occasion.

I love Rodon's stuff. He got rushed, however. He's not a big league pitcher right now. Send him down for some seasoning.

Went to see Trainwreck today as I have a few days off. First of all, kudos to LeBron. Good job acting. Pretty funny. As far as the movie, I'll be honest probably at the 3/4 mark I was getting antsy, kind of wanting it to end. But it was pretty funny, made me snicker out loud a few times (not guffaw like the women in the audience who seemed to LOVE it), and certainly some of the lines were pretty damn creative/funny. I'd give Trainwreck a B. I feel dirty giving it a B- cause I feel the acting was good and there were some great lines for a movie. I wouldn't argue with anybody who gave it a low A-minus.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) Such a discrepancy between the outrage over "everyone gets a trophy and winning isnt important" and the behavior of the ridiculous amount of helicopter parents that exist today. Parents today are 1000 more involved in their kids lives and often are the main problem. What confuses me is the generation of kids whose parents never came to their sporting events turned into horrific helicopter parents themselves. My mom never saw one of my games in basketball or baseball. She never even asked me about the games except how we did. My dad went to one of our playoff games for some reason. He was shocked that our team was so good on defense. He told me nice game on defense but he didn't go to the next game. None of the kids cared. We liked the fact no parents went to our games. But these same people had kids and went to all their games screaming at umps, coaches, fellow parents, etc. Weird.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) You have to build the trust with the parents first. You have to establish some credibility that you know what you are talking about. Then as long as you are looking out for the player's best interest parents will give you some leeway. High school sports are a little different but parents are parents. I've always sought out parent's input, so that heads off a lot of issues. I have also been able to back my decisions with some reasoning. I will also admit quickly when I goofed up and will make certain the players receive as much attention as I can send their way. As a coach all you really can do is put players in a position to be successful, the rest is up to them. I ended two players seasons early this year. When I was asked why, I explained it was a private matter between the players and myself. It didn't take long for everyone to know that one was because of grades thus reconfirming I was serious about academics. The second was I caught him cheating, again that reinforced a core value of the, well of everyone from the District to myself. Every parent I spoke to later told me if I every caught their child cheating to do the same, and the same with grades. I didn't need to make the kid an example. I treated him with respect. The coaches that have problems are the ones that have not earned any credibility and who yell and humiliate their players. If the coach comes off as a bully and not a teacher, parents will jump in the protect their child, and they should. Kids make errors, even professionals do. Coaches have to teach them how to bounce back, not stand there and yell. And specific to running laps, I really dislike coaches who use cardio exercises as punishment. Athletes should run to get better at their sport. My golf team hikes up a very steep hill with their bags at the end of every practice. Sometimes we will do two or three trips. I see other coaches using it as punishment. We walk and play very physically demanding courses. When we are hiking the hill, I'm right there with them carrying my bag, setting the example, getting their legs ready for 36 holes in one day tournaments. People need to be careful what they use as punishment. I've had students that tell me they hate reading because it was always a punishment by their parents. No TV you have to read a book. You're grounded, go clean your room. What are we teaching kids? Thanks, Tex. You make a lot of sense.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 21, 2015 -> 02:57 AM) Limbaugh is defending trump now, lol nyt I mentioned this exact thing as why I like Trump. He's not cowering when under siege. Usually the public figure makes a statement that the PC world deems bad and the public figure cowers and apologizes. Trump says basically "grow up. I didn't say it or didn't mean it like that and go f*** yourselves." I like that. Limbaugh did the same thing the last controversy he had. Some people were boycotting his show (like the Macys deal with Trump), Limbaugh wouldn't back down, a few stations pulled his show but not a ton and he survived easily. I love the rare times a public figure refuses to cower. The media doesn't know what to do when the public figure tells everybody to "f*** off." They really don't know what to do. They are so used to the public figure apologizing and then dropping out of the race or falling off the map.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) It's a shame Robin over achieved in his first year as manager ... He wouldn't be around this year if he didn't. No real point of bringing in someone new/giving Coop or someone else the reigns for the rest of year. Not going to right the ship or fix anything. This year is what it is at this point. Trade Shark, bring up Johnson and Montas and see what you have. Bring back up Micah and see what he's got. Play Tyler and see if he can't be successful. Get rid of people who aren't going to be around next year. Flowers, Beckham, etc Great post. I think all your suggestions are good ones. As far as Robin, he's very calm, boring which the team "needed" after Ozzie. The old cliche is you have a fiery nutjob like Ozzie, then you go with the boring calm guy. Our next manager will probably be a Sabes guy, just have a feeling. Probably an up and coming Madden type if there are any. Personally I'd bring back Ozzie with a GREAT bench coach in case Ozzie implodes again. Have all sorts of stipulations in the contract that Ozzie must muzzle himself or get fired/fined. Any controversial statements about Castro, etc., a $50,000 fine each time. Jerry decides on whether the statement is fine-worthy.

Just another example of modern baseball, teams spending zillions of dollars for no reason. So they sign Shields and two months after having him need to get rid of him. Baseball is run by a bunch of morons, but nobody seems to agree with me. It's going to be the same whomever signs Shark next year for 20 mill a year. Shortly after signing him, we'll be hearing about the team being stuck with him. Hilarious.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 13, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) They're stuck with Verlander, Martinez, and Kinsler's salaries for awhile. Even Miggy's deal is going to be a problem if he keeps getting injured. He's only 32, but he has 12 MLB seasons on him already. They deserve what they are getting giving Verlander that kind of a contract. Dumb.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 05:04 PM) Iran has never followed any agreement before, this time will no different. True. It's obvious how the world as we know it someday is going to end. Finally get to the point we destroy ourselves with nukes combined with decimation of climate/environment.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2015 -> 07:00 PM) Such a straight shooter, tells it like it is and then sticks to his guns. You should be proud. I'm not saying he should win or I'd vote for him. I HAVE said I like his style. I guess I'm so sick of the Hillaries/Obamas/Bushes, etc., of the world doing so many favors for the zillionaires who fund their campaigns I like the forceful talk of Trump. I'm pretty much fed up with politics and the fact political figures do not have the best interest of the country at heart ... ever.