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QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 02:27 AM) Eaton's been fresh air and a big upgrade since opening day. As has the rejuvenated Gillaspie. Now we need 3 more like them + power hitter to join Abreu. Great post. Great win. Nice to see Jake doing such a nice job at closer. Maybe Sox have found one finally.

So are the Sox getting rid of Beckham or not? Any chance of trading Beckham and Dunn??? Or no?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 11:35 PM) The Pirates have just recalled Brent Morel. Beckham can play 3rd. We FINALLY have a spot where Beckham would be a big upgrade. I wish Morel the best. Always liked him. Is he healthy finally? Poor Beckham. One of the biggest busts in Sox history considering where he was picked?

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 06:49 AM) ALCOHOL INSPIRED AJ PIERZYNSKI WRITES HIS FORMER RED SOX TEAMMATES SHARE ON: RED — JULY 17, 2014 So it’s been a week since I was DFA’ed. And yesterday, my ties to the Boston Red Sox were officially cut. So now I’m out here, floating through Major League Baseball like some great, untethered zeppelin just looking for a place to call home for a couple months. And I’m fine with that. Maybe I’ll latch on to a team that ends up officially eliminating you guys from contention on an accidental bloop single off my bat. That’d be kinda cool. Or maybe I’ll just hang out at my brother-in-law’s pub and bait shop and swill craft beers all day while figuring new ways to spend the money you paid me. Either way, I know this is just business, and that’s how it goes. What I’m finding hard to swallow, however, is this bulls*** smear job you guys have been pulling on me since I was unceremoniously dumped. I mean, it’s not like anyone on the team made it easy on me. On the very first day I showed up at spring training, a couple goons pulled me aside, explained that I parked in a spot reserved for Ortiz’s son’s minibike, and whipped me with a chain. But hey, I’m a professional. I figured it was some sort of hazing thing, like my first day with the White Sox when they told me that holding Scott Podsednik’s balls in the shower was part of my job description. Who am I to question? Turns out, though, that you guys made up your minds long ago that I wasn’t gonna get in your little clique. How else do you explain the way you’d all drone on for hours about how awesome it was when you all had beards last year, when you know damn well that due to an injury suffered on a summer camp visit to a candy factory, when my pores were sealed with caramel, I’m physically incapable of growing one? Or how someone would yell, “Salty woulda had that!” whenever I’d drop something in the clubhouse? Or how I’d return to my locker after each game to find that someone had set all my clothes on fire. And that crap about me being aloof and always on my phone in a corner of the clubhouse? For your information, whenever I was on my phone, I was checking in on Babatunde, an orphaned boy in Uganda whom I’ve been financially supporting since his village was decimated by pirates and/or robots (I was never very clear on the specifics). Babatunde is unable to speak due to the mouth disease he’s contracted from a lack of fluoride in the water supply, and I sent him a smart phone so we could text each other. So PARDON ME if I was trying to bring a smile to the face of an orphaned Ugandan boy with no shoes and s***ty teeth and didn’t have time to listen to yet ANOTHER story about how Jonny Gomes wanted to track down the Marathon bombers on his own or how Mike Carp becomes photoflourescent after drinking Mountain Dew. And if I have to see Napoli shotgun another canned ham… well, let’s just say it’ll be too soon. As I said, I’m a professional. I’ve been here before. You don’t get to be “the most hated man in baseball” without getting used to teammates throwing shade. I’ll just close by saying if you’re gonna come out and tell the world what an asshole I am, you might want to let them in on your own special brand of hospitality. PS: Has anyone noticed their toothbrush tasting kinda funny? Just checking. Bye. Fake and not even that funny.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 03:16 AM) 5 blown saves, 1.99 HR/9, 3.98 era. He is gasoline, we all saw that last season, there is enough of that in the current bullpen Gasoline? 24 saves and five blown saves in this day and age? I'll take it. Especially being in Chicago he was very comfortable and in my opinion would have had another fine season. He's a fine relief pitcher. Geez. Hahn blew it big time having no bullpen, absolutely no bullpen. I simply disagree that Nate would have done the job. Not with his control and his bizarre delivery. I don't like him as a prospect at all. It cost the Sox a shot at the wild card that is for sure.

I think most people are "good" in regards to their own family. I'd say 75 percent. I'd say most people are "good" in regards to crisis. Like if they see someone get hit by a car they'll go help; if there's a neighborhood crisis they'll help. I'd say 85 percent are "good" in times of need, even to strangers. Weird dynamic here. I think 20 percent are "good" to people on a daily basis. Bosses are complete pricks; people are mean to people in the service industry; people are mean at work back stabbing to get ahead. I think except to their own family and in blatant crisis situations, people are very very selfish and miserable.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 10:28 PM) We lost today that's all folks. But, when your bullpen allows 7 runner's in 2 innings things are bound to get ugly It's hard to believe this team would have been a wild card contender if it didn't have a laughingstock of a bullpen. Hahn "almost" put together a WC contending team in a short period of time. He made one trade too many. The Reed trade was laughably bad w/out a closer still on the roster. I realize Reed isn't all that great, but he was comfortable in Chicago and I think he'd have been a great ninth inning option all year leaving the other bodies for the set up roles. It's getting bad again vs. Central teams. Sox truly are the worst team in the division sadly, when Minnesota isn't even trying to put together a good team.

Horrible horrible game. We've lost 11 of 13 to KC in the Cell I think. Disgraceful that a big market team like Chicago can't hold its own vs. KC. Sickens me. Our AA team could beat Chen, but not the parent club. Serious question: Would Bruce Chen be in the major leagues the last 3-4 years if not for the Chicago White Sox? I truly wonder.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:38 AM) The Royals really want this win. Their best reliever and now their closer on in a 6-run game. We knew we were in trouble when no Abreu in lineup, Carroll as our starter and the foe was Chen. Basically we were all hoping but we had no chance tonite.

LOL at Beckham. .227 with 7 homers and 29 ribbies heading into that at bat. Those are Getz-like numbers folks. He needs to be released. Bring up Semien and let him sink or swim.

Sweet. Paulie hangs in there and bashes the ball.

This won't be pretty. Poor Paulie vs the heat.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:19 AM) Viciedo 5-46 at exactly the wrong time It's hard to go five for 46. He can't hit a good pitcher. That's the bottom line. He can hit some of the hacks out there once in a while.

Dayan got blown away there. No chance with the big swing vs. the heater.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:15 AM) Is tomorrow a day game? Yep.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:10 AM) DV is so streaky though... I'd hate to see him go because after his 2012 season, I expected him to break out and become very good Streaky, but look at his batting average and on base percentage. He's only banged 12 or so homers and he tries to hit it out every single pitch. Not so good a percentage of HRs. Let him go.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 03:05 AM) This gloom and doom stuff concerning Beckham, Dunn, Ramirez, Viciedo, et al, is getting real old. We are losing a game that's all. I lost most of my hair but you don't hear me yelling about getting rid of combs and hair lotion El Rockin ... Beckham is something like 4 for 50. He's about .220 and he again this season is resembling Getz. He can't play the game of major league baseball. Viciedo also needs to go. He's not a big-league hitter unfortunately. Dunn is who he is. I'll give him his props. He's gotten a few big hits in his Sox years to go with the bad bad stuff. Ramirez is great; I won't blast him ever.

Royals doing what they do to the Sox in the Cell. Maul them. Can we somehow win the series tomorrow with Shields going?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:55 AM) Hawk should use his Ipad to look up minor league games. He'd know Wilkins hit two more tonight. How old is Wilkins? Is he a real prospect?

I want to make it clear I don't think Robin is a clown or anything. I just forget sometimes he is managing with the full realization this team is not a contender. Sometimes I start to think the team actually could make up five games and be in the wild card race. I need to get it through my head it ain't happening.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:43 AM) Again, 1 run in 5 innings. But sure, anyone would have pulled him Ned also has a dominating bullpen, and the Sox have....yea I'll give you that. the Royals bullpen is better. But it's the exact same deal. He didn't let Chen go six cause Chen is horrible. Ditto Carroll. I went to grab a bite to eat and listening on the radio Denny Matthews was laughing at how bad Carroll was tonight. So I'm not alone. He said Ventura was "praying" Carroll could get through five. Don't the Sox have some prospect who could be taking Carroll's innings the rest of the season? Geez.

There's just no reason to keep Beckham around anymore. He's something like four for his last 50. Just cut him if you don't want to trade him for a Class A player or release him. Please.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:13 AM) Your hindsight vision is crystal clear. A true manager would take out a pitcher that gave up one run in 5 innings Were we watching the same game? Carroll gave up a ton of hits and was pathetic. Ned outmanages Robin by taking his horrible pitcher out after five. I don't mind Robin, but hate the four games or so I've felt he basically conceded the game. Pretty tough to get to .500 that way. QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:19 AM) Ventura does it again. He simply refuses to pull a starter until the game is out of hand, no matter how poorly he's pitching. Exact same thing he did Sunday. It's in baseball's unwritten book the starter has to go into the sixth or it's some slap in the face. No way he should have pitched the sixth inning in my humble opinion.

It was a matter of which lousy pitcher totally imploded first. Answer was Carroll.

This is another game I have a problem with Robin. Carroll somehow got through five innings. You can't take a chance on inning six. Got to go to the bullpen brigade.