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I can't believe Sanchez can't bunt. What good is the guy if he can't even bunt?? Two down.

Yes. Make him pay. Pinch runner please, Robin.

Q pitched a much better game than that Blue Jay. Q is dealing! It is a crime he is in position to actually lose this home game against a hack pitcher. All hail to Q tonight. Masterful.

Got to make Toronto pay when a Sox player steals a base.

Nice hit by Lexi. Do NOT try to steal here.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 01:34 AM) No reason for it. Hawk needs to shut up and let the man answer his questions.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 01:31 AM) Honestly who really wants to pay to see this. Too many other things to do than pay to watch a sub .500 team. You got it, Soxfest. Isn't there a minor league team close to most suburbs? Lot cheaper and still baseball. When the Sox get 4 games over .500 the fans will return.

Since the Sox are rather pedestrian team at best, it'd be cool to have a 2005 reunion the rest of the way. Acquire Buehrle, Pods, Uribe, AJ, whoever else is still in baseball. Only Mark B would cost any money at all.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) We should rock Doubront. This is the reason the Jays are at 500 with that incredible offense. Because they're throwing out pitching like this tonight. Sox Pride, you know better than this. We don't "rock" anybody. That's not how the Sox roll.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 12:07 AM) In two seasons after Melky was caught he hit .293 with a .340 OBP and a .761 OPS. In one of those seasons he had a tumor on his spine. As for Ozzie, they actually competed in Robin's first season and you were saying that Ozzie and Buehrle would lead the Marlins to the WS. Doesn't your brother also love Ozzie? We can't help it. And everybody loves Mark B.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) Would you guys trade Shark, Putnam, and Duke for Judge and Sanchez? I would. Of course. Who the heck would want Putnam or Duke though? Why not add Beckham, Boni and Soto to the package? These are all nobodies in the baseball world.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) The 2nd wild card is going to help the Sox so much this trading deadline. 20 or so odd teams are gonna think they are in it and with the pitching FA market not looking so hot either the Sox should be able to squeeze at least a couple B level prospects out of someone for Shark. Nothing that's going to help right away most likely but that will be a solid return. Why aim so damn low? B prospects? Shark has been NASTY. Get three studs for him!!

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 09:43 PM) So no "What have you done for me lately?" managing of this organization by JR? That's strange. I mean, ask Kenny and Rick yourself, and they'll gush about Reinsdorf's "competitive spirit" - you know, that same spirit that compelled him to go above and beyond this winter to sign the Great Melky Cabrera. The two of them couldn't shut up about it at the time of the signing. However, if JR is as competitive as those two say, then your assertion that Williams stays as long as he wants, results be damned, cannot be true. He should be demanding and expecting better results than he's been receiving for quite some time now. If he is content with that one championship and therefore prioritizes his loyalty to those who brought him that one championship, then yes, your assertion is most definitely true. Great post. I know it's off topic but I was against the Melky signing from the beginning. Cheater in the past who would be a utility player at best if not for the cheating years. I wish they'd clean house. Everybody but me thought firing Ozzie would do wonders. That did nothing because a lot of bad baseball people remain aboard.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 04:50 AM) Greg, not a movie, but have you seen season one of True Detective? No, thanks for the suggestion.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 08:01 PM) There does seem to be something about the Clintons that really brings out the worst in journalists. I think everyone knew that Bill was a philanderer from the get-go, which probably led to such intense interest, and the Lewinsky relationship just sealed the deal. The Republican surge after his election led to all kinds of other pseudo-scandals as well, which showed there was lots of public interest in shaking the Clinton tree to see what falls out. I disagree. Hillary has the journos in her hip pocket. Their only coverage of Republican candidates is trying to get them to blast each other publicly, i.e. the Trump thing. Guys ... Trump is sort of a chump, but he wasn't trying to say all Mexicans are bad. I like the fact Cruz wouldn't bite. He said, "all the media wants us to do is blast each other; I won't go there." If Trump was a Demo there'd be no coverage of this; it'd remain all Hillary all the time. I hope you guys are ready for eight years of Hilly; she's a lock to win. Hope she leads the country back on track.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 12:01 AM) Saw a few reviews from people that saw it at Sundance, they say he steals the scenes he is in. Excited to see it, have a hunch it's going to be one of those classic comedies of the last 15 years (40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad, ect) I think it looks promising, as well.

Guys I have the week off. What movies should I order off amazon.com or anywhere else on the internet? No movies are coming to mind. I'd prefer comedies but I'll take other good movies I'm forgetting. I searched tonight and nothing screamed "Order me." I was going to order Horrible Bosses II but it looked dumb. I was gonna order Dumb and Dumber Too but it looked dumb. And I was gonna order Hangover II or III and they looked lousy. I loved all 3 originals. I've already seen Anchorman II. Went to see Ted 2 today. Wasn't as good as I thought it'd be. Have to agree with Roeper. Some good lines that made me laugh out loud, don't get me wrong, but not that good. Thinking about going to see the movie Spy tomorrow.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) Every terrible White Sox season since 2005, the team still gives us something to be proud of as fans... and something to remember. 2007: Buehrle's first no-hitter, Bobby Jenks' scoreless streak, Jim Thome's 500th homer. 2008: Carlos Quentin's MVP-caliber season, Alexei's Grand Slam, The Blackout Game, a playoff run. 2009: Mark Buehrle's perfect game and scoreless streak, Gordon Beckham's ROY-caliber season. 2010: 11-game winning streak, almost kind of pretended to be a contender. 2011: Adios, Ozzie! 2012: Phil Humber's perfect game, surprisingly competitive season until a September swoon. 2013: The road to Rodon! 2014: Jose Abreu's amazing MVP-caliber season. 2015: Chris Sale's record-setting Cy Young season. What else am I missing?? This is all off of the top of my head. The point being, despite the terrible season results and lack of playoff appearances, the White Sox still give us something to remember as fans - and even in the face of disappointment, give us something as baseball fans. Some of these are pretty weak. 2011? That's no great highlight. 2013: The road to Rodon? That's nothing special either. Yes there have been some good moments. A devil's advocate would say in a long long season there will be highlights.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) Do you see gregs name at the top of that post with the stats? I didn't look up or print those stats in the post, but they were incredible. I congratulate you for such a great post!! Stat filled and excellent!

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) i don't see nothing wrong in what KW said or saying. as the old cliche says, "the buck stops here". Or the old cliche "where there's smoke there's fire?" That said, Hahn knew what he was getting into. I can't imaging he'd be dumb enough to do anything but suck up to Kenny after the problems Ken and Oz had together. Jerry has made it clear who the winner is in any feud: KW in a landslide.

Are the Sox getting good? Are they going to get me to believe? Can they win 15 out of 20 and make a little noise?

It's only 9:05 p.m., lol. The masters on the mound.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 03:00 AM) However Sale is only at 98 pitches so I agree with their decision to leave him in Great decision to leave him in, but there was no decision to make. Sale is too good to take out.

Sox take advantage of the Toronto error. That was nice. Little surprised they were playing so deep on the bloop single even if it was Jose at the plate.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 02:43 AM) Yet we let him walk and are paying Danks 80% of what Buehrle is making. Uggghhhh Mark was worth the price of two people: An all-star pitcher and a coach on the field. His excellence rubbed off on the other pitchers. He was worth every single penny and still is.