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Did you guys see the reports that the University of Illinois football coach and women's basketball program allegedly abused players physically and mentally? I'm surprised we don't hear more of this stuff especially with parents of spoiled athletes getting upset when their kids flop in college. I will say I have mixed emotions. Some of these college coaches really do coach by intimidation. What gives them the right to call out kids for the neighborhoods they grew up in? Also I do believe a lot of college kids are mocked/pressured by their coaches to play when injured. There's way too much offseason conditioning and playing football and basketball in the offseasons. Way too much. In the pros ... it's too late for a coach to be an asshole to the players for the most part. I guess in NFL there still could be some pressure to play while injured. But again, some of these college coaches are little dictators and I say if they abuse kids they deserve to lose these lawsuits and get shown the door. Of course, a coach's only defense in college is winning. If you win, the fans will back you 100 percent and claim the players are big babies. If you lose though, look out ...

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 04:08 AM) Damn it I missed it. My MLB.com froze up and I missed it too. Weird. It had been working well. I need highlights on mlb.com bad.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 04:00 AM) All you guys dissin' Alexei should give him some credit on making that play. Yep. I praise Lexi for that snag. Great play. Sox are winning a lot of games lately. Survived a bad start tonight and still won. Makes up for the loss with Q throwing the gem. Would be nice to win 20 of 25 and get back into the WC race. GO SOX.

Putnam gets another win. Eaton with the bomb. Home runs are nice.

I wonder what doomed Beckham? He was supposed to be a can't miss star hitter. I guess he has a slow bat.

Soto almost won it there. Well this is it. If we don't win, Putnam gives up 2-3 runs and Toronto wraps it up.

Beckham is officially done. He got traded and experienced a new organization, came back and is worse than ever. He's toast.

That Avi play was like my old softball team. There was always one dumbass who ran himself into an out every time.

That was so stupid of Avi. Absolutely NO reason to think you'll make it there.

Avi out by a mile; he's just embarrassed.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:25 AM) Heh. Remember when some of us thought Gordon had turned it around in May? I'll admit. I was fooled.

I'd walk Abreu if I were Toronto against all baseball logic.

Beckham, Flowers and Sanchez coming up. Only hope for a run is the rare occasion Beckham or Flowers deposits a cookie into the stands.

This game is winnable. Now you are going to see how average to lousy our bullpen really is.

LOL at Becks. Horrid at bat. He's so bad.

Nice rally going. We could use a home run. Have we had many of late? I remember Eaton hit 2 leading off consecutive games and that's it.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:16 AM) Scott Carroll is awesome Has he earned his big league pension for life yet? Hope so. People in Liberty say he's the best guy, best human being.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:14 AM) Attendance = 17032 Without that Cub series, that's about it for the rest of the year. When Sox play Royals and Tigers and Cubs there should be more fans of the opponent there than Sox fans.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:08 AM) We have distinct proof otherwise. Then I'm wrong. I feel we have a lot of Nick Swisher's on this team. Melky and LaRoche remind me of Swisher. Lousy hitters.

I said he was a "cheater in the past," what's so bad about that. You are right though, I truly dislike Melky and LarRoche.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:58 AM) How much longer can they keep throwing Danks out there to get shelled? His salary is a SUNK COST for Christ's sake, why is that so hard to understand? The Cubs kicked Jackson out of the rotation and were quick to kick out Wood as well, why are we so slow on the trigger? So frustrating. It really doesn't matter at this point who pitches. Danks has had some good starts as well as pathetic ones.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:54 AM) Steak to dog crap. No need to rip a player that strongly. I've been tempted to rip guys like LaRoche similarly and don't go that far. Some of us are Danks fans here.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) While I never want to see Ozzie back as a coach or manager here, I would love to see a personality LIKE Ozzie's in the lockerroom to keep things loose. Southsider, you whiffed on this post after a series of good ones. There are no "personalities" in the dugout. Piniella and Ozzie are gone. They are all cliche machines scared to death of offending anyone in this PC world. Ozzie was unique; there are no personlities LIKE Ozzie's around. Clint Hurdle might be close. These managers are scared of the PC police and just trying to survive day by day without offending anybody or getting fired.

My crystal ball is telling me Blue Jays 7, Chicago 1. So if you have a bookie or are in Vegas bet Jays and the under for a little parlay.

If you guys need a college basketball/Billy Self fix, Kansas plays Serbia on ESPNU right now. Live. Serbia is good. 10 p.m., Central time, start.