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It'd be nice to sweep these bastards. Have the Sox been swept in a 4-game series yet this season? I'm sure I was incensed at the time but can't recall.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 12:51 AM) Flowers now 14 for 26 last 8 games. .538 w/ 6 doubles and a homer. I'm happy for him. It's been fun.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 11:52 AM) That's a good one, the Greg metric. Please move on from the argument he's actually not so bad because the rest of his draft class was an even worse disappointment and allow Gordon's corpse to rest quietly in peace. Caufield, you are a reasonable mind. What do you say to the metrics that indicate Gordon is a damn fine ballplayer? My eye test has told me otherwise.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 06:22 PM) I think the NFL system is stupid. I think that if a team signs a player to a deal, that contract is obligated to be finished. Otherwise NFL players should just be able to look at their team's record and go "Oh, we were 4-12 this year, I'm opting out." The NFL system is perfect for the teams/owners. It's all about the up-front money. The owner can cut the player after any season and is obligated to pay no more money. So let's say Dunn was an NFL player, after that first season he could have been let go with the team saving all that cash. Ditto Rios when he was sucking. They could cut him and boom, save all that money.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 04:15 AM) Calling a neurosurgeon "unnecessary" on a head surgery because a plastic surgeon was already there. Geezus. That pisses me off. I'm so sick of some aspects of life in America (this world). Good god, what has this world come to that a human being would deny that medical service??? Sickening to me. I'd rather be unemployed than be that worker who f***ing denied that service. I have principles and trying to save the company money on that one is disgusting.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:38 AM) You ever get the feeling they're not laughing with you? Yeah, me neither. Wasn't a joke. He gets an A-minus? Whoever does that metric thinks Beckham is valuable. Same if it's a B-plus. I believe Beckham is a lousy offensive ballplayer. So it's the metric which says he's good vs. greg who says he is not good. I think most fans would agree with me.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:43 AM) Sometimes you can't "see the forest for the trees" when you become too familiar with a player on your own team. Dunn is what he is. But he still has value to another contending team, in a clearly defined role, either DHing against RHP, occasional 1B fill-in or PHer/power threat off the bench. We all watched Rios go through the motions in 2009 and 2011, and you would have sworn we would eat that entire contract. Three years later, we ended up just a bit disappointed in the return for him. We're certainly gonna find out if Adam has any value. We know the Sox will pay none of his contract, so does anybody wanna pay Adam the final two months? I say no; you guys say yes.

QUOTE (1dog @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:18 AM) That's amazing. What a strange response. I would have been stunned. Did he think you were drunk or something? Where was this at? Wimpy just seems like he would get along with anyone. Don't you agree it's kind of 'sad' that the best broadcast chemistry has been Hawk with Wimpy and Stone with Wimpy? When Hawk and Wimpy were together, wasn't there a story of a feud as well? And Hawk and D.J? I like Hawk's broadcasting but I wonder if he's bipolar or something.

QUOTE (1dog @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:11 AM) I think I still agree, but I guess we have till the end of the season at this point to make a determination. I was the biggest Flowers "hater" 2 weeks ago, but now I'm not sure what to think. Lol Those 2 balls he hit tonight did not look like flukes. He absolutely crushed that home run. If that ball was hit by Abreu and Hawk was announcing, he would have talked about it for 2 straight innings. Watch the zoomed out replay. I couldn't believe it. I agree. That homer off the facade was almost epic. And that blast over the foul pole at the Cell, which might have been fair, was the same. Flowers seems like the kind of guy not yet dead so to speak. He's giving it a fair shot. Ultimately he's probably not good enough, perhaps he's worthless, but of late, he's been full of the WOW factor.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:51 AM) If you ever run into Stone or Hawk and say hello, your current thought about their egos will turn 180 degrees. Hawk is very nice. He is the type of guy who says hi to you even though he doesn't know you walking down the sidewalk. Apparently when people ask Stone for an autograph, he still thinks people are trying to make huge money on it. I'm not surprised. I guess I misread this one. Wow. Did not know this. QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:52 AM) Do you honestly think glasses have magically turned Tyler into an MLB-caliber hitter? The dude had what must surely have been one of the worst 100-125 or so PA in White Sox history, he was always bound to put a little run together, it's just coincided with him beginning to wear glasses I'm enjoying these two majestic blasts Flowers hit, one foul, and that shot off the wall for now. QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:59 AM) My conversation with Stone. Me: "How's it going?" Stone: "I don't know how you're doing, but I'm doing well." Wasn't sure what to think of it. Hawk has always been awesome in person. Damn. I did not know Steve was a dick. My bad.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:45 AM) I realise it's kinda s***ty to be unhappy about success, but I kind of wince when Flowers gets a hit (once it's not an important one), I really hope he doesn't hoodwink the management into getting another year as the starter I don't mind at all when he whacks it off the facade of the upper deck like tonight and that ball he simply crushed over the foul pole at the Cell the other night that was foul. I can honestly say I'd rather watch Flowers bat than Beckham. At least with Flowers there's a miniscule chance he'll do something to make you say, Wow.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:42 AM) It would be cool to have a Hawk/Wimpy/Stone daily broadcasting lineup. But most teams use 2, right? So Wimpy has subbed for Stone earlier and now he's subbed for Hawk. Both times the announcers were having fun, joking around. Evidence is coming out thru their performances that indeed Hawk and Stoney probably do hate each other. I'm thinking it's Hawk's fault. I'm thinking his ego is bigger than Stoney's. QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 03:22 AM) Danks has had no pressure on him tonight still has given up 4 runs in 6+ Ever heard of pitching with a big lead? Geez. The Danks hate is annoying to me. I like his style. I like his stuff. I am a John Danks fan!

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 11:32 PM) Beckham rates as an A- on the Advanced Stats Grading Scale (ASGS) However, if he keeps on hitting like he is, he's heading straight for a B+ in the minds of the advanced stats gurus So he's an A-. We all should shut up then. That means he's great. An A is a great rating. We all should be ultra satisfied with Gordon Beckham. If he's an A-, wow, he's actually elite.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:21 AM) He is having a good season, plus. 360 OBP. That has to have value, and you have some examples there. Would Oakland, if the Sox were willing to pay for most of Dunn's remaining deal, be worth a decent prospect? I think he's simply untradeable. Nobody wants Adam Dunn and we're going to find that out as the deadline passes.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:34 AM) Our lineup isn't that slow. If I had to rate each player's speed/10, I'd say: Viciedo- 3 Eaton- 8 De Aza- 7 Gillaspie- 5 Ramirez- 7 Beckham- 5 Abreu- 3 Flowers- 4 Dunn- 2 Average of 4.9 I was thinking about Dunn, Viciedo, Abreu and Paulie since he still plays some. I guess Flowers is slow so like he said that might have been a wash.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:32 AM) I can't imagine Flowers is any quicker than him though. That's who he would have replaced. Maybe you're right. I never considered Flowers sloth-like. I used to worry about DPs when AJ stepped to the plate.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:30 AM) Tradeworthy performance by Danks thus far. If Hahn is telling the truth about the Sox not believing in a 5 year rebuilding process, it would make little sense to trade Danks. Sox will be horrific next year if the starting rotation takes a steep decline. Q, Sale and Danks to go with Rodon is pretty damn impressive on paper. Taking Danks away will really weaken the rotation. So is Hahn lyin or not?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:30 AM) Not if he keeps hitting the way he did in Boston. His defense isn't exactly stellar, his above average offense for a catcher is what kept him around. I woulda been OK with him coming back, but he would have really added to lack of team speed. We still have a lot of slow guys. Adding AJ would have been a really slow guy.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:29 AM) Do you think Quintana watches games like this and just feels sad? No, but it is a shame he never gets any runs to work with.

The end of AJ's career is gonna be so many different teams. He should take good notes and write a couple books about baseball when he finishes. He's going to experience the way a lot of different franchises do things. If he wants to keep playing, he figures to have a few more stops besides St. Looie.

Even though I worship him, I'm OK with the Sox not picking him up. He's so slow that it might be buzzkill with all the double plays. Plus it's been nice to have a catcher able to throw out runners. I love and worship AJP, but this is acceptable to me.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:02 AM) How come they don't serve good burgers at ballparks? Surely there's a grill at the Cell with great burgers, right? The Cell has so much food it must have a great grill chef somewhere.

When I jog I sometimes get soreness on both knees. On my left knee, the soreness is on the right side; on the right knee, the soreness is on the left side. It's almost like it's on the bone, like a bruise. I don't get the pain when I walk at a brisk pace. Should I ice my knees? I'd like to up my distance running but with this soreness I don't want to do something stupid and get hurt. My broken foot finally healed and I got the OK to work out again about 3 weeks ago and I've been enjoying walking and jogging except for the knee soreness.

The Cavs can't trade Wiggins for 30 days. Does that kill the deal?

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 07:19 PM) I can absolutely deny that... Why? In football they celebrate the mega deals, but the minute the player sucks they can cut him loose the following season. Also, the teams all pretty much have a shot at the playoffs if they are not complete buffoons in the front office. Baseball there's all this wasted money floating out there.