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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 7, 2015 -> 07:11 PM) Im not generally concerned about the leadoff hitters RBI totals. But that is just me He doesn't have an RBI total. It's zero. And he has six walks all year and an OBP of about .260.

According to the stats I just saw, Eaton doesn't have an RBI all year. Is he overrated or just slumping? On base percentage sucks.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2015 -> 04:45 PM) I'd say about half the crowd at the game, if not more, had left. It was a long game. It just shows you today's attention span of people. Only diehard fans will stay after the 3 hour mark. Once it hits 10:15 on a night game, forget it.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2015 -> 07:46 PM) Some of the numbers for the team vs LHP are crazy bad: Alexei: 1-15, no walks Melky: 2-28, 1 walk Abreu: 4-23, 1 2b, 1 HR, 2 walks LaRoche: 5-24, 1 walk Moral of the story is: cut Bonifacio, bring back Viciedo! I wonder if Viciedo is one of those guys that has eaten himself out of baseball. He must be awfully lazy to have not even gotten a minor league deal with somebody.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 7, 2015 -> 05:18 AM) A Garcia may not walk much, but he's not a hacker either. he knows what he's doing. That was a nice hit he had. I like that Stoney said he's "one of the best breaking ball hitters around." If that's true, that's good.

Kudos to those who predicted the rally in the game thread. I know there were several heroes, but I'd like to go with Melky over Avi as the main hero. Sox desperately needed that home run. For the three stars of the game I'll go Melky, Avi (hit and the throw) and Robertson (just because).

Awesome win. How the hell did this team pull that off? Well if Sox keep this up maybe we'll have to assume they are not a lousy team, just a horrific road team. That's an amazing win. I went for a jog in the 8th and now will wait for the highlights on mlb.com. Team dysfunction continues to be weird ... tonight the good side of the Jeckyll/Hyde thing. Sorry to doubt you White Sox, but that four-game sweep in Minnie was un-nerving.

OMG I went for a jog in the eighth before the Tstorms hit here and I come back and see the Sox won?! Holy s***. It turned into a thriller of a final two innings. Was the ninth scary? Was Robertson still nasty or did something happen to where he's human?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2015 -> 03:19 AM) I really didn't like Stone's quote today about Ventura being here as long as he wants to be. FO probably likes the fact he's professional, the players like him and he says nothing controversial. The only thing I don't like about him is it seems like our players are mental midgets and don't come to compete every night and I kind of blame Robin for that.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2015 -> 03:18 AM) He was horrible, even worse than last game in Minnesota where they got a lot of cheap hits. Damn. He probably has something wrong with his arm/shoulder. That's how it usually works when guys like Sale start to struggle, right?

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 7, 2015 -> 03:17 AM) would be nice if LaDunn could hit into the shift like that I'd take a bunt single every time from LaDunn. No reason to not take your base but big league players won't do it.

I was surprised the previous batter didn't tee off. Putnam was throwing cookies.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:14 AM) What part of Sale's performance tonight and this season showed that he should stay in the game this inning? Didn't watch it til now. Has Sale stunk tonight? Sox unable to win two in a row vs. Detroit. No surprise there, barring a rally.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) and 2007/2009 were pretty terrible as well. If not for those momentary blips in 2008/10/12, you'd have a decade of suck, and we're certainly nearing a decade without even the playoffs as the only major market team in the division, which is pretty incredible when you think of some of the advantages we SHOULD have been are unable to exploit (part of this offset by the crazy spending of Illitch, but also the fact that they either developed or traded for superstar players and we haven't, other than Sale/Abreu). To not make the playoffs in that long a span is really embarrassing.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ May 6, 2015 -> 02:41 AM) At least Rodon is where he belongs. Still belongs in Charlotte, but at least he's starting. Agree completely. Even if he gets rocked I'm glad he's not in that stupid middle relief role anymore.

Robertson obviously is amazing right now. He's going to have one of those special seasons. There has to be a contender that needs an automatic closer. Sox's mission is to get that team to give us Kris Bryant type talent. 4 players for Robertson and make 2 of them studs and one with at least Beckham-like ability. You know how valuable it is to have a closer who is automatic to a contender? It's huge.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 6, 2015 -> 03:44 AM) The speed of the game is too fast for Johnson at this point. I would agree. QUOTE (fathom @ May 6, 2015 -> 03:45 AM) Abreu made the play, but it was sure a stupid decision. I would agree. Quite dumb.

Five walks for Sox hitters; one for Detroit. Robertson is so good. That error by Micah didn't even faze him at all.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 5, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) Figures it will be about 50 degrees tonight, but the Sox have their top 3 going. A sweep would be great, but 2 out of 3 real nice. Tigers don't get swept. It's in their DNA. One of three wins saves Robin's job? Two would have the Sox thinking wildcard again? Safe bet, Sox win one of three somehow.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2015 -> 07:10 PM) Fans specialize in panic. Not me. Last year I played the "it's early" game all season. It doesn't work when you have a team as poorly put together and poorly managed/coached as the White Sox. Something is wrong with the mentality of the franchise. It's an underachieving team and has been for a long time. There's obviously a comfort level there where the players all do their own thing. It's not a team at all. Anybody that isn't disgusted with this team after 0-3 in KC and worse yet 0-4 in Minnie makes me wonder how they can stomach what they are watching. Somebody deserves to be fired and fast.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 5, 2015 -> 05:12 AM) The most likely scenario is simply that the players have been playing like s***, because history tells us that players often, for no good reason, play like s***. The good news is that those players will probably stop playing like s*** at some point soonish, but the bad news is that we still have all these losses in the bank. But yeah, you're right -- the manager seems like the scapegoat that's the easiest to remove, and since we don't really have any idea how to tell what type of impact the manager is having, we can find hope in the fact that no one can prove that it ISN'T him. Therefore, RV is an easy target. Thing is, the manager has to be the scapegoat here because of how badly the Sox are losing. Blowouts galore and just plain s***ty baseball. Even Hawk and Stoney sound depressed and/or amazed at the ineptitude so early in the season. I mean this franchise has got to stop playing such horrific baseball that it's been playing for quite a while now, really since Ozzie's last season. Bizarre losses. Even now we have this great closer and we can't get games to him cause of pathetic baseball. Robin should be blamed and he must be fired soon.

As a fan I'll NEVER believe in this team after what they did in Minnesota. They laid down over the last 2 games and fricking didn't play baseball. This team is either so lazy or mentally fragile it's a joke. You don't lose the first two games of a series and quit (see Det. at Kansas City last weekend). This team got blown out of the water Sunday in a pride game, Robin didn't seem to show any emotion about it, so f*** them. It's going to take this team a long time to win my respect (not that they care). All fans should be furious. No I do not believe. Losing four in a row to Minnesota is just plain ridiculous. You have to quit to do that and they laid down. Their road record is so bad it's laughable. Yes you have to put in some effort to win on the road, fellas, not just say "it's a long season; it's a marathon."

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ May 4, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) This team was put together to be competitive for the next several seasons....while they may say that they expected to be competitive this season, I think that this season is still considered part of the rebuild given some of the glaring holes we went in with. I don't think we deal anyone but Shark, assuming he doesn't want to extend. Nobody was talking about glaring holes entering Opening Day. It was supposed to be a contending team now. The perception was the starters would be great, the bullpen was greatly improved and the everyday lineup would score a ton of runs. Only missing part was defense and nobody talked about defense being so bad it would hinder the team. It's not too early to say this team blows. There's a good opportunity for another do-over by simply dealing all the guys Hahn acquired. This time get prospects and good ones. Think of all the bodies we're going to get for Shark, Robertson, LaRoche, Melky and Lexi and Duke. Tons of new faces. Make em good ones Rick.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 4, 2015 -> 07:38 PM) And you should too. From the encroaching darkness heroes emerge. Let KC and Detroit have their April, for our Summer of the Sox hasn't even begun. I don't think I "should" believe but I respect your enthusiasm.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 4, 2015 -> 12:58 AM) Maybe Ramirez, LaRoche, Bonifacio, Samardzija, etc just to name a few. Who do you think the Sox will trade if they decide to sell? I could see everybody getting dealt except for Sale and Abreu and Avi and Eaton. Think about it, there's no reason to keep ANY of last season's acquisitions and I think if we deal LaRoche and Melky early enough, we'll get something for them that's good. Cmon. An NL team will want Melky's bat. How bout the Mets or Cardinals? Trade Robertson first and ask for a haul of prospects. The guy is amazing. Somebody must need a nails closer. Then trade LaRoche. Try to get 3 minor leaguers for him, one with good potential. Then trade Shark and go for a HAUL. Somebody must need a starter that is a contender. Then trade Duke. Sox will get a ton of players for these guys. Also trade Lexi. Again we should be able to get a lot from a contender that needs a good ss. And trade Boni for anything. Also trade Soto for anything. There's no emotional involvement between the fans and any of these guys, so please Mr. Hahn, start thinking TRADES and rebuild the team this year for Gardy or Leyland.