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Tyler Flowers! Guys you can mock me, but Tyler Flowers has talent. He must be a headcase or something because he has a beautiful stroke the rare occasions he gets hold of one. Seven homers now. He's gonna hit 15 to 20 bombs again. How come he can't learn to hit .275? He'd be an all star.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 04:16 AM) Exactly, it's the guys on the roster that's the obvious problem. I just feel bad for the knee-jerk people that need somebody to pay for these atrocious sins of losing baseball. What's up with that attitude? It's the same type of person that actually uses their car horn and gets mad on the road for some weird reason. Impatience is one of the worst traits a man can have, bottom line. It does him no positive service. Rick Hahn and the FO have done a wonderful job transitioning from the 05 swan song tire-fire teams to this new young core. Give it a few more years folks. I wouldn't say they've done a "wonderful" job, but the team has some good starting pitchers and an acceptable closer. Now they just have to build around Abreu and maybe A. Garcia and get rid of all the other everyday players.

Nice hit by Sanchez, but can't Sox find a second baseman who can hit .220 at least? .165 doesn't cut it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 10:30 PM) Quit the martyr act. Post how Robin needs to get fired all you wish, just don't write it is getting tiring. If it really was tiring, the solution is to stop. No one is forcing you to continue with the same theme. Plenty will pick up the slack. Besides, since you are the one saying the team has no talent, all the prospects suck, and the team will suck for years unless they spend $150 million, why would you even care who is managing the team? Personally I feel like I've reached the "I don't care; this team sucks" stage as a Sox fan. I still want the Sox to win every game but now that Paulie is retired there are no ties to 2005 anymore except Coop, KW and Jerry. Damn, is Coop the last guy wearing a uniform from 05? I'd be more fair to Caulfield. I think he realizes this team does indeed suck except for Sale and Abreu and sometimes Q and Robertson and A. Garcia. The rest of the guys blow. I think caulfield wants the team to win; he just realizes it is a pathetic team. And now that we've had 10 years of s***tiness, it does indeed seem like 05 was a fluke. I 'd never have thought that, but it seems like it was a fluke. I wish I could be like Elrockin, but we're gonna need some more Sales and Abreu's. There's NOTHING to hate about those guys; there's a lot to hate about most of the other guys on the roster.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 09:59 PM) re.... no matter that, it was against the rules and ozzie flaunt it, and in a round about way, a slap to the fans who supported him. I think everybody can agree Ozzie loves the fans. Isn't he the most gracious about signing autographs and chatting up fans? That Miami thing was overblown only by butthurt message board fans. Most people knew what was really going on. The Sox owner and other powers that be knew Ozzeroo and KW couldn't co-exist. They couldn't even meet and talk during the season. Something had to give and Jerry was ruling in favor of KW as he should have. KW was Ozzie's boss and Ozzie dissed him repeatedly by not agreeing to even speak with his boss. Everybody knew KW was the winner in the feud. That meant Ozzie had to go and you better believe the Sox brass didn't care that Ozzie was getting hired by Miami. It was the last week or two of the season and the Sox were lousy, going nowhere. Miami's moronic owners thought they were getting a coup in Ozzie who would be loved by the Latin people in Florida. That didn't quite work out when Ozzeroo said that s*** about Castro. But I digress. The Sox did not care that the Mouth that Roared was hired by Miami. Yes there was talk Ozzie would be allowed to come back and complete his contract with Chicago, but like I said Kenny won the battle and Miami stealing Ozzie gave the Sox brass great joy. Then they had to make a huge mistake in hiring Robin. Robin wasn't even on anybody's radar, not even in baseball. That was truly stupid. Even Coop would have been a better hire at that point.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 03:40 AM) I'll take some bad Beckham/Flowers defense so Robertson gets no earned runs and the Sox can still gain a half game on the Phillies. Sorry you are sad tonight while we are HAPPY. The SOX WON!!! Nice clean victory. Tyler with the bomb. Sale and David with the pitching.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 03:37 AM) It's pretty strange how good the Sox have been in extras this season. Of course, it ain't over yet. I know. It's the one thing the Sox are good at.

Flowers will hit you 15-20 home runs a year. He has six. He'll hit 15 this year again.

That's got to be it for Sale even if he throws a tantrum. 115 or more pitches for a pathetic team. No reason to risk injury.

110 pitches but you can't take him out. He'd be too pissed.

Poor Sale. His fate is predictable when his team gets him one run.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 11:57 AM) Greg has every right to misinformed and have this no fault affinity about ozzie, just like everyone is about anything else. ozzie should not have been looking for a job while in the employment of the sox. ozzie should not have let his son run rampant as he did against the sox ozzie should not have taken and kind of recourse for his son not getting drafted. this was the beginning of the domino effect that lead to open hostility within the ranks of the management team, that made the final out come even worse than it should have. Not a bad take at all. As far as your first point on Ozzie, everybody knew he was gone. Nobody minded him "looking for a job" if that means accepting phone calls from those nutjobs in Miami. The Sox were grateful at that point Miami "stole" him. Good point about his son. Looking back I agree the son had to stifle. That was stupid and Ozzie did allow him to make a fool of himself. Dad had to tell kid to shut the f*** up. I agree now. And about son not getting drafted, I do agree there now as well. Ozzie's kids should have shut the f*** up. Ozzie had a good job and high paying job and his kids needed to respect dad by staying out of it. Kenny also probly should not have drafted his own kid. QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) LOL. Nope I'm afraid not. Thanks. Glad to see some support!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) NO matter where you are on the Ventura firing, that reads like a fan boy wrote it. I should have read that on a fan site, not a newspaper. Awful. Very true, southsider. That was an embarrassing opinion piece. Awful. QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) First of all, I'm not answering a ****ing survey question to read that column. Why do newspapers not seem to understand how the internet works in 2015? Never mind, I think I know the answer. EDIT: Clicked the link again and I didn't have to take a survey. Whatever. That column's only function was to throw raw meat to the dogs. Second, if you are calling for the White Sox to hire Ozzie, you are not thinking critically about the team. It is a lazy and stupid suggestion. Newspapers are dead. Give them a break trying to stay afloat. It's not a lazy suggestion. It was just written like a fanboy like southsider said. QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 04:07 PM) Do you think the Sox could get Ozzie on the agreement that... - This is an interim job. No more, no less. You are helping the Sox try and save some face this year, while showing the rest of MLB Baseball that you are ready/capable to manage again. So you, Ozzie, are showcasing your talents for the rest of the league to see. We will be hiring a full time manager, after the season going forward. Yes, but I forgot Miami is still paying him. So forget it. He won't do it unless Sox pay him handsomely. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) omfg you people are clamoring for the return of Ozzie Guillen? Yes! I feel vindicated. You must admit greg is Ozzie's biggest supporter on Soxtalk! I want Ozzie! QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 05:11 PM) Ozzie as interim would be awesome. Grab some much needed headlines and attention to a terrible team. If we are going "in-house" I'd definitely prefer him to the other candidates for the full time job as well. Ideally we don't go down that path. Yes, it would be an awesome summer suddenly. But no way they'll bring back Ozzie. This is why he got canned in the first place. His mouth.

QUOTE (woods of ypres @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 08:26 AM) Greg is a troll, right? I'm a longtime Ozzie supporter. I never stopped supporting him. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) Greg do you forget Ozzie's bad years? Yes but remember I blame KW as much or more than Ozzie. I conceded that Kenny won the war over Ozzie. Jerry sided with Ken.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 27, 2015 -> 10:31 PM) 5 African American churches in the South have been set ablaze in apparent arsons in the last week. What evil person would burn down a church? What a world. ... Maybe the racist nuts of the world will burn down hospitals if it's deemed they employ too many African American doctors n nurses.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 10:27 PM) This was a great result from a supreme court decision that was eventually going to happen. Unfortunately, in over half the states in the United States, I can still be fired, not hired, or not be allowed to buy or rent a house or apartment because I'm gay. Frankly, I wasn't as worried about being married as I was about having my ability to remain employed protected for being the person that I am. Is that true? You can be fired for being gay? Isn't it like age discrimination? If you can PROVE you were fired for being gay, don't you win a huge huge lawsuit??

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 01:51 AM) Catchers make good managers. You teed it up there for me. I LOVE AJP and I think he'd be worth a shot as manager if we have to go the former Sox player route.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) This could have been written 6 weeks ago and been somewhat topical. The season is over in 14 weeks. That will be the end of Robin Ventura's managerial career. Fire him now? Wait til the end of the season and let him resign on his own? Who cares. There's no way he managing next season. Pretty good post. Flavum, save this post. I think this is how it'll play out, sir! QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) I wanted Sandy Alomar Jr when Robin was hired and I still do. The guy has been in baseball his whole life and I feel that former catchers have a higher rate of success as managers. It might be Alomar time, actually. Beware, however, Tony Pena sucked as KC skipper! QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 10:44 PM) The Chicago Sun-Times is calling for the return of Ozzie Guillen OMG! Don't tease me. The return of Ozzie would be immortal. OK, think of it. Robin quits tomorrow. Oz is interim. What would it hurt??? See how he behaves the remainder of a lost lost season. If he shuts his mouth and is a modern day manager, five year extension, baby!!! I love Ozzie and this plan would hurt nobody. This team has long been out of it. I repeat .... WHAT WOULD IT HURT? At the least it could resurrect the career of a guy who deserves to be in baseball?

Should be a fun series. What happens when an (on paper) great team (Cards) plays an (on paper) horrific team (White Sox)? Is it like the Houston series where we somehow win? Or is it like a normal series where we play just well enough to lose on some nights and get blown out others with the only common denominator the loss?

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 02:39 AM) Might not be as crazy as it sounds. Last 10 games when Milky and Eaton have been hitting well they've started to score more runs. Had they nit coughed up 2 games late they very easily could have won 6 of their last 8. If Avi gets it going again along with those 2 the offense will look even better. I'm totally unconvinced. Our last loss to Detroit describes this team perfectly. Up 4-0 in the eighth, Detroit wakes up and simply scores 5 before making six measly outs and we lose ... again. This team in its current form blows. Even if hitting got a little better, then some other aspect would fall apart. Time to blow it up. Need whole new coaching staff next season and tons of new players.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) Doesn't lay blame on Ventura. If I'm Ventura, I’m making them go through infield and outfield pregame drills like Little League teams. I don’t care if players feel embarrassed. They ought to be embarrassed by their Little League-like play fielding and throwing. They ought to have enough pride to fix it. Note to Samardzija - want to get paid like an ace, act like one. I don't know if this is done or do players try to improve on their own instead of going through the motions. I remember in 2005, when Rowand wasn't hitting he would go to the batting cages in the morning. If they fired Ventura they might get maybe a week of improvement that may be about it. I read a comment someone mentioned a culture of losing. That supports my theory they always get too many guys from losing organizations. Say what you want about my idol, Ozzie. Can you imagine if his team was playing like this?? He'd be all over these guys in the press and in their faces in the dugout. Talk about entertainment! He'd take them to task.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 07:53 PM) Mr. greg775, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Dunt. There are reasons for Avi to third base. 1.) We have no third baseman. 2.) I don't want to see Gillaspie or Beckham bat ever again. 3.) Avi looks like a third baseman. He just does. 4.) Again, this team is so far out of first place it matters not what they do the rest of the year. This team blows. 5.) What if he's good?? It's not like he's an uncoordinated ox. He just can't play the outfield. Why not try it for 30-60 games?? Thank u for your time.

This might sound very dumb, but I've come up with a solution I believe! Put Avi at third base the rest of the year. It really doesn't matter how many games we lose. If we could get him to be a decent third baseman, his offense is acceptable for third basemen nowadays. What do you say? Avi at third base?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 11:29 AM) Like everything else, there is good medical care and there is bad medical care. This means good MDs, bad MDs, good nurses , bad nurses, etc. As far as the pain meds go, narcotics are often ordered prn (as needed), as scheduling them is more prone to complication. Like most medical errors, it seems like poor communication lead to this mixup as the patient didn't know he could ask for some In regards to the anesthesia part, the recent story is certainly an extreme example. To answer your question of do patients get mocked while under? I can't say I have t seen it. It's nothing like this story, but I've witnessed smaller things. For example, when positioning an obese patient prior to surgery, I've seen some make comments regarding their weight, ie "God this guy weighs a ton" things like that. Nothing too harmful, but probably not something you'd say if the patient was conscious. In general, I don't feel there is any abuse or malpractice In the things I've seen. To answer your question regarding if doctors and nurses give their best efforts, I can truly say that during a procedure, I have never thought that the one performing the procedure was giving it anythin less than their best. Simply, too much is at stake. Now post-op care, answering patient questions, clinic visits, etc - yes plenty of people give less than what they should Thanks for your reply. This is educational for me. I don't understand why post-op care is so shabby. Like in the case of my friend. His son told me they wanted him out of the hospital after 2 days. My friend with the bypass was in no condition to be dragged home like a beached whale. The surgeon assistant said, "the doctor thinks he can go home." My friend's son said, "I am willing to speak with him. Tell him to come by. My dad isn't ready to go home." The surgeon assistant backed off and said, "Well he can stay another day." Why this blatant disregard for patients? We need to treat human beings with more dignity than this when they are in their most vulnerable states!

I wish Avi would develop consistent home run power. He's hit some bombs. Looks like he's the same as all the modern hitters. He's got to become more selective and when he gets a hitters count ... bam! Right now he's kind of a mess at the plate and a horror in the field.