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Rioting in Baltimore. How'd you like to be working in that CVC store when it got overrun by mobs of people? Our country is in big big trouble right now and these incidents with the police have been the lightning rods. I will not say the police are bad/wrong in all instances but clearly there is a huge disconnect and when people wind up dead as a result of police actions, look out. This Baltimore thing is BAD. ...

Oh well, I'm out before I get in trouble. Hope the Sox win today and are 2-4 vs. KC instead of the ridiculous 1-5 mark.

Good defense by the Royals that inning again. Gillaspie could have used a gapper.

Good to see the Royals revert back to last year when they swung at everything and didn't draw walks. Walks are vital as the Sox so often fail to realize.

That HBP to Moose was BS by the way. He let it hit him almost.

Why do we sign guys that are dead pull hitters? LaRoche hits right into the shift again. His approach is absurd. If he pulls a ball on the ground, he's out. That simple.

Poor Danks threw 20 pitches. He isn't going to last very long today.

That's huge that Garcia got the winning hit. Big contribution.

Billy Butler is on fire. Like many of us said, he would have been a great, cheap acquisition at DH instead of LaRoche who can't hit a lefty. If the A's suck, trade for Butler. Dump LaRoche to an NL team. Also, if Avi looks like the next Viciedo, dump him for prospects to somebody.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 04:33 PM) When's the last time someone got suspended while appealing another suspension? Herrera should be proud of that. Great point. QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) Just imagine if AJ was still wearing a Sox uni. He would have been at the center of it all somehow, like always. That would be wild if AJP was here.

If it's true Sale and Shark went to the Royals clubhouse, they should be suspended for a long time or at least fined $200,000. So what if they got in the clubhouse? Would they have attacked Ventura? Hit him with a chair? I mean that's potentially serious stuff. You can't go hunting down other players at least that's how I see it.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 04:19 AM) Fans with tickets dated April 25 will be allowed to enter the ballpark to see both games. Tickets dated for April 24 will not be accepted for entry into the ballpark. Fans with tickets to the game on April 24 can exchange their ticket for a $10 outfield reserve seat for the conclusion of the suspended game as well as the regularly scheduled game. Gates to the ballpark will open at 11:40 a.m. Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WSCR-AM 670 The Score and WRTO-AM 1200 will broadcast the conclusion of the suspended game and the regularly scheduled game at 1:10 p.m. CT. I guess that's fair. 10 bucks for a reserved outfield seat to see another game. I bet if it was a Sunday game it'd have been free. Always a chance of a big Saturday crowd.

Seriously, why do you think the Sox stink after a winter in which everybody said we won the winter meetings; we won the Hot Stove League? The "it's early" argument doesn't hold water really. You and I have seen this season as a continuation of last with stupid play, lousy approach at the plate and ridiculous defense and mental mistakes. The pitching again has been acceptable. Do we simply sign guys who do not care about on base percentage and it spreads like a cancer through the team? And the frustration of having such a s***ty/inconsistent might be a nicer word/ offense affects the defense in some perverse way? Somebody must have answers.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 03:13 AM) I hope they don't play til Sunday now. Get the bullpen fresh and avoid Noesi. Plus a 4-game sweep would be a killer. I'd rather let it play out now. I mean Sox need to man up. If it's meant they lose all four, so be it. Play the games and not get rescued by rain/cold.

If this game re-starts, do they let the 20 or so fans who will remain sit wherever they want? Just curious. Cause seriously at 10:15 p.m., I can't imagine more than 20-50 fans remaining unless they are in that bar area. Do they let you go sit in the front row?

This should prove once and for all that hitting coaches do not matter! Sox have been lift and pull forever!! Or at least since Hriniak left the scene. Batters do what they want to do. i.e. Soto tries to obviously hit every pitch out; Avi swings every pitch, etc.

Like you said, at least LaRoche tried on that one pitch to go to left. But this is insane. He should be changing his stance and just dribble a grounder to left when they are in an embarrassing shift like that. I'm not a big LaRoche fan right now.

Embarrassing shift. Not one guy on the left side and he won't bunt.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:55 AM) He's still only 23 and without the benefit of a full season in the Major Leagues, so you would think he does have time, with experience, to fine tune those tools and then recognize his talent. The problem I have at this point is trying to get him to do that underneath the pressure of being a middle-of-the-order hitter. He needs to be down around 7th in the order at this stage of his career. If he's going to continue this approach, he'd be better off in the minors. He's only 23. He could go down, learn how to hit, and still be a star from 25-38.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:47 AM) Problem with Avi is Hahn and company treated him like a future superstar this past offseason. The lineup looks awful with the equivalent of a slap hitter batting 5th. Yeah, I see him at the plate and think "home run hitter" but that apparently is not what he is.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:45 AM) Give Avi a couple of days off. Yeesh. I wonder what his ceiling is as a hitter. You darn well know that's why teams finally gave up on Viciedo. They were sick of seeing him swing at everything and figure he just won't change that approach. His 20 bombs aren't worth his bad defense and bad recognition (meaning Viciedo). I'm starting to wonder bout Avi. He's young but if he doesn't learn to lay off some pitches and draw some walks I'm afraid he's not going to excel.

I enjoyed seeing Eaton's enthusiasm heading into the dugout. He obviously wants to win badly.

That's more like it, good job by Melky. How did we get Eaton on third? I missed all that part of it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:27 AM) You know me, I think this team should bring back Viciedo and let him platoon with LaRoche. LaRoche has to be platooned. You'd think even he would realize he can't get hits off lefties with that ridiculous open stance (vs lefties). QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:27 AM) Ten feet shorter and that's a single. Can't ask for more than a squared up liner. I know, we always have an excuse (not ripping you). The ROyals scouts did it again there. Played perfectly. And Soto had one, absurd at bat. Trying to hit a bomb.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:25 AM) Can I get a description of Bonifacio's out? Hard hit line smash to left, Gordon perfectly positioned, had to dive a little bit for the out. Batter before that tried to be a hero instead of popping a single. Ended up flying out did Soto.