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QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 18, 2015 -> 07:00 PM) I hope the same people who were blaming Robin for the team's bad start are giving him credit for the team's turn around I'll give him credit. In many organizations he'd have been fired after that Twins' series. That was a point where they easily could have canned him and nobody would have thought it unjustified. Lot of ball to be played but it's a miracle in my mind the team is .500.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 17, 2015 -> 07:46 PM) Robin has been a different manager during this road trip. I'm not saying we all should love him now, but yesterday night holding the short leash on the BP won us a game. I was watching the game with a Sox fan and I said, 'Time for the four-out save' and Robin did indeed get the hack reliever out of there. Robin didn't sit back and let the relievers blow it. He went with his horse and got another win. I didn't think Hahn and Kenny's calling out Robin was going to help anything, but it appears to have woken everybody up.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ May 18, 2015 -> 12:00 AM) He looks like Miguel Cabrera every game. Hahahaha He's hitting about .350. He looks like the real deal.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 17, 2015 -> 08:07 PM) This will not last at all. Whether it does or not, he is excelling and actually looks like a good pitcher. I say give him credit for now and enjoy this. The guy has been good; several other pitchers can't say the same of late, including some relievers who have been iffy (not meaning Robertson who I think is amazing).

I ripped Shark in the game thread, but obviously he got it together and shut up critics like me. Nice job, actually, in finishing off the A's. Big walk by Beckham. Nice to get some breaks like the smash off the pitcher's glove, the catcher firing the ball past first baseman, etc. Hawk really mis-read that Avi blast. What a shot. Eaton hustle double. Hope the White Sox have learned it's fun to play like this. Time to match KC, Detroit and Minnie win for win. Glad to see Rowand yell "yes" with Hawk on the home run call.

Shark is ok but not special imo

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 17, 2015 -> 05:49 AM) Anyone else worried about Robertson? He doesn't seem nearly as sharp lately. Also can't have Shark throw his standard 50 pitches through 2 innings tomorrow, we need our starters to go long into games without an off-day the rest of the month. Actually no. He got the four out save and threw some nasty pitches still. Also, every other reliever sucked today, not Robertson. Duke sucked. Petricka sucked and Jennings sucked. Robertson was the one savior. Four out save. Great win. Top five guys in the order got a lot of hits. Danks is quite a grinder. Great great performance on the road. Robin is shutting a lot of us up. He survived the lousy stretch and since he got taken to task by the front office is looking like a real manager.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) To me, this is a short-sighted move. If they weren't willing to be more patient with him than this, they shouldn't have made him the stater. Amen brother. Good post. The more I think about this move the more it makes me mad. They weren't very patient with ol Micah, but Robin??? Hmmm. I mean Micah is hitting .270 isn't he? That's not .195. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:06 PM) Please don't cite number of errors in defensive arguments. I'm a Micah defender in some ways, but even I can see plainly he is struggling defensively. I often got ripped on here in the past for my "eye test" commentary on players.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:24 PM) Bonifacio at 2B Dumb to make Boni the starter. I'd go with Sanchez and spot start Boni as has been the case. Boni is not the answer by any stretch.

I didn't read the whole thread but to think of last year when Hawk was singing Micah's praises like he was the next great thing ... to the reality, now. It's just sad. Hopefully he's not a complete bust.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 12, 2015 -> 09:41 PM) Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 1m1 minute ago Rick Hahn confirms Rodon will start Friday at Oakland. Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 3m3 minutes ago Rick Hahn announces that Carlos Rodon is being transitioned into #WhiteSox rotation, incl. Fri. YES!!!!! Thank God. Proves Hahn can admit a mistake. If Rodon sucks as a starter, then we send him down to get seasoned but at least he's where he belongs. If he runs out of innings and we're a playoff team, that's the way the cookie crumbles.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 14, 2015 -> 04:24 AM) Sox could have Hoyt-McDowell-Walsh and get swept in that dump. One place that just gives the Sox fits. Very very true, but it can't get any worse than the road series at Minnie and KC. So that's a plus. The Sox know it can't be any worse than those games.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 14, 2015 -> 04:22 AM) WHO f***ING CARES ABOUT HIS BAT FLIP. I don't. We had a big lead and that bomb didn't matter at all. I thought it was kind of neat/magestic watching on my mlb.com at work on my laptop. I love the background in Milwaukee. Home runs are cool in that park. I knew we were gonna win and the bat flip didn't bother me. Robertson has to be the best Sox closer in my lifetime. I loved Bobby but he had some jittery moments. This guy is just amazing.

Sox haven't done much since winning the WS. They have nobody to blame but themselves. That was the time to take over the city's baseball fortunes. They could have been known as the "good team" in town. Cubs still would be more popular and draw more probably, but Sox had their chance. It's going to take a division title followed by an ensuing season of success to have 30,000 plus regularly. I used to think KC would never draw because of the cost of going to the game but give them one WS and they've already had 5 sellouts.

Great game by Sale/Robertson. That would be a small step for mankind if the Sox could win this road series and continue making baby steps to mediocrity. GO SOX!

QUOTE (Condor13 @ May 13, 2015 -> 02:49 AM) That's how you beat the shift Amen.

Nice, Sale realizes 109 pitches are enough. Robertson time.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 13, 2015 -> 02:31 AM) The incredibly small chance of Sale going nine innings is gone, which is fine by me. Pinch-hit for Sale in the 9th, hope you can get a run or two, and then have Robertson close it down. I bet he asks Robin to leave him in.

Funny how you don't dare take out aces like Sale, Verlander (when healthy), Peavy (when he wasn't old). They won't come out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2015 -> 09:14 PM) Dan Hayes retweeted Christopher Kamka This would be the 1st time #WhiteSox have ever started 2-13 on road if they lose, according to @ckamka. Dan Hayes added, Christopher Kamka @ckamka The last time the White Sox started a season 2-12 in their first 14 road games of the season was 1942. Ineptitude. Blow it up. Start looking for the right manager for next season and begin planning a buttload of trades and target some youngsters who can play.

This is pretty simple really. Leave him in the minors in his starting role until he is ready to pitch all season in the majors. This team is going nowhere. Let him develop then next season when we have a whole new core of key players after the firesale we'll have a good 3 of Sale, Q and Rodon.

The Sox road record is embarrassing. That's pretty much all that needs to be said.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ May 12, 2015 -> 05:08 AM) What about Shark, who lost this game? If Sox stink, it'll be a whole different core next season. All these guys are moveable.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ May 12, 2015 -> 04:29 AM) I'm done with this franchise until Reinsdorf dies. Busted organizational philosophy that starts at the tippity top, and is executed by long-time buffoon KW. The trade of Semien for "Shark" is the perfect illustration of everything that is wrong with the franchise (along with the endless run of dips*** managers): Zero interest in developing young talent internally, zero appreciation for those few prospects with real "baseball" skills, and a desperate, needy affinity to go "All In" and mortgage the future when everyone else in the world knows you don't have a prayer. The Sox should just move to Quebec already. Not a bad post, Andy. That trade was DUMB. Shark I'm afraid is just another guy. He's average, just as Danks is average. Seriously, what's the difference in Danks and Shark. They often pitch pretty well; often get hit hard.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 12, 2015 -> 04:08 AM) Jerry will want Ozzie back. Hopefully Joey Cora is available as well. Where is Cora now?