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I'm also a Boni hater. He stinks, although that was low.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:57 AM) Right. Lets keep playing that Flowers guy. The platoon I suggested is OK til Hahn gets a real catcher. I don't understand the call for Soto. He blows equally bad IMO. At least Tyler can hit a home run every 120 at bats or so.

I just think a platoon of Kotarras/Flowers would be OK the rest of this season. I'm not a Soto guy. True, Tyler is horrific, but ...

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:53 AM) Fastball right down the middle and he's about 8 minutes late with that swing Don't most catchers suck as hitters nowadays?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:37 AM) He is a upgrade over Flowers. It is like saying he is the tallest midget I get that. That's fair although I think Flowers is just a tad better. -- Nice hit by Melky. Hopefully that will get him going finally. LOL at how shallow they were playing him, though. He's got to hit some deep shots to get them to play past Little League distance. Kudos to Melky though. Nice clutch hit, there. Time for him to get red hot if this team is going to get to .500.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 03:32 AM) I think if Soto got the majority of the starts he would hit better and provide the same defense. I don't know why Soto is such a favorite with Sox fans compared to Flowers. I think he blows equally.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 03:17 AM) Now Flowers gets a hit. That will give him another week Thing is, there's nobody to replace him. Soto is equally lousy. I'd bring up Kottaris and keep Flowers until the offseason when they make a trade.

How the hell did Rodon throw that many pitches in six innings? That's almost impossible.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 06:09 AM) And yours was basically f*** the Police. Alpha Dog what is your take on the fact only one cop (Fife) was acting like a maniac? All the other police seemed calm as this one cop was going berserk. Also how do you condone him roughing up the kid in the bikini. I mean WTF? Again, the other cops were calm. One cop freaking out. Bizarre and a fireable offense for taking out his gun and kneeing the girl in the back.

I didn't read all the thread, may when I get time. What's the consensus. Do the draft lovers on the board like this pick? What's been the verdict?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 04:30 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/mckinney-police-pool...-121117251.html You can tell from the comments of various city officials and the fact that only one of the teenagers was even detained/arrested that the McKinney mayor's office is preparing for a huge civil lawsuit. Great point caulfield. I hope the girl in the bikini gets college paid for 75 times over with the settlement she should receive because of the actions of Barney Fife reincarnated.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 02:29 AM) All playoffs they have been letting the opponent respond right after a goal . That goal to tie it at 2 was a killer IMO. Man, we'd just taken the 2-1 lead. WTF. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:04 AM) That game was lost in the first period, the ice was tilted, they needed to score more than one. Good point. I wonder if the Hawks are worn out. We'll find out. If the Hawks are gonna win this series it's going to take an amazing effort the rest of the way. I can't believe it's 2-1 TB after that great win in Game One. Hawks will not come back from 3-1 this time so they better even this baby up with a win in Game Four.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 04:33 AM) US Saleular Field. I'm hilarious. That's actually a great line. Send that one to the beat writers and Rongey on Twitter.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 04:30 AM) Even on a night where Chris Sale is other worldly, The Misery Crew is here to take a sledgehammer to people's ankles. Thanks to all of the Kathy Bates' of So talk. Well, members of the Misery Crew like me, are thrilled for Sale. Great great game. Ditto Robertson. But this lineup is so pathetic, with so many guys who don't belong in the big leagues, it's tough to get stoked. Now if we won 3-1 games in 2 hours four of every six nights for a long period of time, we might embrace that. Instead, you get 17,000 fans which is a miracle on a night the Hawks were playing at home in Game Three.

Four hits and no walks? Horrible. Oh well, Sale is amazing and so is Robertson. Actually they should open and close the all-star game. And yet their team is in last place. Interesting.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 06:19 PM) You're starting your response after Sergeant Rambo had f***ed everything up. The video starts out with a couple of kids returning the flashlight Sergeant Rambo dropped when he did his tactical roll to another officer. Everyone was talking peacefully until Rambo charged back over, shouting at everyone and throwing kids on the ground. He issued rapid, contradictory orders (stay put! sit down! get out of here!) to multiple people and continued to make everything substantially worse. His ego can't handle a 16 year old girl in a bikini talking s*** to him as she's walking away as he commanded, so he drags her back. After slamming the 16 year old girl in a bikini into the ground and dragging her around some more, some of her friends come towards her. Maybe they thought about protecting their friend from this violent, out of control man who was throwing her around and screaming at everyone. Rambo then panics again and draws his gun. He looks like he's about to use it until two not-crazy officers run up and stop him. This is exactly the sort of thing people mean when they talk about police unnecessarily escalating situations, making things worse and more dangerous for everyone involved. As the videographer pointed out since then, it was only dark-skinned people that were being treated this way. The videographer, a white kid, was left to wander around doing whatever he wanted, seemingly invisible to Rambo. A bunch of middle-aged white men were also allowed to walk right up to Rambo as he held the girl on the ground and stand over her. This all started when a white woman began verbally assaulting one of the party-goers with racial slurs and, when the girl dared to talk back, physically assaulted her. Yet it was a bunch of black kids that were the focus of attention. edit: I see no reason to give this guy the benefit of the doubt and "bet" that the 16 year old in a bikini did anything that warranted being dragged back and violently slammed to the ground. If this guy can't handle high-stress situations and can't handle a teenage girl saying mean things to him, then he has no business being a police officer. Being filmed didn't prevent that NYPD officer from killing Eric Garner with a choke hold. Nice post. Captain Common Sense (me) says fire that cop now. No other cop had a problem controlling himself/herself.

Look this one is simple. The cop should be fired ... yesterday! What an idiot. None of the other cops were acting like Barney Fife on steroids. Pinning that girl down in the bikini?? WTF. I don't care if those kids were uninvited brats, there's no excuse for that cop brutality on that young kid in the bikini. Geez. Fire. Fife. Now!

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 05:43 PM) Honestly, I wanted nothing to do with Samardzija even before the trade so,yes, I would have the same opinion. I didn't like giving up prospects for a one year of a pitcher that has consistently said he will test the FA market after the 2015 season. Would have preferred those prospects used on a pitcher that came with more years of control. In fact, I remember saying that when the thread was made last November. Another thing I didn't like was the idea of a multi year contract to a pitcher that will be 31 by the start of ST 2016. To me, none of it added up to being the right move. That's why it'd be nice to right a wrong and get 2-3 prospects back for him ... now. Trade him to some contender that needs a starter. Would the Twins take him? The Royals? I want Colon.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 01:21 AM) Sounds like the five candidates for the ISU job are: TJ Otzelberger, ISU assistant Steve Prohm, Murray State head coach Brad Underwood, Stephen F. Austin head coach Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix Suns head coach Bryce Drew, Valparaiso head coach I think ISU would be smart to go with Underwood or TJ if those are the five. That's assuming Jeff H doesn't want the job.

So to the hockey experts and we have some on this board ... is Crawford to blame for that goal in Game Two when he literally couldn't see the puck? Do the Hawks simply have to eliminate those plays where TB gets a straight on shot from deep where they hope for the friendly carom and push it past poor Crawford? My final question is ... after two games do you see anything technical that tells you the Hawks will flourish in these next two home games and grasp the 3-1 lead?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:40 AM) Curry was good in game 1. Shot 50% from the field and had 26 points. He was unbelievably terrible tonight though. Some of these superstars like Curry/LeBron have to resist the temptation to take those crazy, off balance, idiotic shots. Shoot when you are set and open (I realize Curry sometimes hits wacky, off balance threes). That one play late where LeBron resisted the temptation and fed Shumpert for a set three was more like it. I think Cleveland can win this series. Not saying they will but Golden State may not quite be ready for prime time.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:26 AM) golden state didn't run any semblance of an offense in the last 17 minutes. only hope was to let curry take a bunch of bad shots and hope a few went in I agree. There were so many bad shots in tonight's game. I don't know how coaches get guys to share the ball, but it seems like the only time we see "pretty" basketball is when the Spurs advance. I'm still trying to figure out how Cleveland blew that 11 point lead late. If Thompson hadn't been in the game getting fouled intentionally and going 2-4 from the line while Golden State was hitting threes on the other end, it wouldn't have gone to OT.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) No, you pay for the tux when you rent it. At least thats always been the case. Me too. I've been in a lot of weddings and always paid for the tux. Brian do you have to pay?

Is Melky this bad or is he going to get hot? I'd love to hear the opinion of either a scout or two or somebody on this board who is an expert at studying mechanics of at bats while also including advanced stats. My naked eye tells me Melky sucks, but I'm willing to listen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:50 AM) Good lord, could you have imagined his defense on this infield? Marcus is a lousy shortstop but wasn't he an above average second baseman?