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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:35 AM) Kudos to Ventura, he got it right You are a gracious fan. You deserve credit.

I despise Robin as manager as much as the next fan, but please remember this decision in the future. He gets no credits for ones that work like all managers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:33 AM) Walking the struggling Davis to get to their RBI man?? He was struggling the other night as well when he walked us off.

I will not second guess after this base hit. I will not. We could pull a Whitey Herzog and inexplicably walk Cruz as well.

Excellent decision to walk Davis. He'd have beaten us again. See what happens with the next hitter.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:30 AM) Gillaspie lacks the quickness required to play 2nd Stat wise, he'd be perfect there, though. Hit .330 with no homers about 50-60 ribbies. --Nice play, Beckham.

Caufield have u ever been to Gwangju, SouthKorea? I'm going there next summer. If you've been there I'd love to PM you a ton of questions I have.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:16 AM) Because he probably can't play the position any better than Mark Teahen. And because we have 3-4 middle infield prospects at that position already, not to mention we still have to trade Gordon Beckham first. You trade Beckham for whatever you can get at the trade deadline. Gillaspie plays second the rest of the year when the standings don't matter and learns the position. Semien plays third for the rest of this season, but obviously isn't the answer. So we try again to acquire a strong third baseman in the offseason. If we trade Lexi, let L. Garcia play ss the rest of the year til that Anderson guy takes over next year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:15 AM) Forgot the White Sox had to go through customs as well in Toronto as well. Going to be a nightmare for them...unless they win this game. We NEVER EVER play well at Rogers Center. It's one of the well-known laws of Sox baseball. They won't be in bed until 5 a.m. if they are lucky. What time is the game on Thursday?

Abreu is amazing, but that sucked.

Why not move Gillaspie to second base? He's a good hitter but has no HR power at all. So you let him play second base for the next 10 years and get a third baseman.

True. At least KC won 3 of 4 in Detroit when KC had to pick up some games over a slumping Tiger team. It's crazy how Detroit is dominant again suddenly.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 02:13 AM) I think he was a waiver claim? And he started out in Charlotte Damn. A live arm? A real reliever? We really need him to excel. If Bella falters wouldn't Javy be a logical closer candidate?? I just haven't heard much about him anywhere including this board.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 02:05 AM) Do you really not know who Javy Guerra is? Saved 21 games for 2011 Dodgers, stayed in their pen for 12 and 13 Sweet. How did we get this guy? Where has he been all season?

Wow. This game won't resume for at least one hour. There won't be any remaining fans.

That last pitch was a major league fastball at least. Is this Sox reliever a real prospect?

I wonder what the rate of gay divorce is compared to hetero divorce. Just wondering, more of a sociological question.

Any way Hillary will be seen as the richest presidential candidate of all time and actually be an unpopular elitist choice? Or is this no big deal? http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/opinion/cost....html?hpt=hp_t3

When did Baltimore stop drawing fans? Last two nights looked like lousy crowds on mlb.com.

Good win which begs some questions .. --Is Beckham getting good again? -- Is DeAza getting good again like his first season or so? -- Is Flowers capable of getting a hit a game? -- Is Bella worthy of our praise? Some of our most despised players by fans had a pretty good game. That stat somebody cited about Q and all those quality starts is impressive. If Danks became the old Danks and we acquire two excellent righty pitchers to go with the three lefties, the Sox might have a good rotation.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 03:14 AM) Next save situation should be Webb. Why? It's not like Webb is effective. At least Bella is good sometimes and horrific others. Might as well leave him there even though he's not reliable.

That was a nice DP. Always good to win a game on the road.

At any rate, this is another deal where there are a lot of excuses. There need to be solutions as our country is barbaric on this issue. No more men and women should be spending their last moments screaming on their deathbeds because they can't get health care. The fact this isn't causing more outrage nationally is disturbing to me. Also should really help morale of the troops seeing how we're treating them when they get injured.

Interesting thread. I only put Alexei. The rest of the guys are some of the dead weight on the team IMO. I could see keeping Danks as well.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 05:19 AM) So, when does Robin's job start to come into question? I'd evaluate in the off-season but what do others think? Probably never. Seriously. He's the guinea pig, so to speak, having to manage the team during the years the roster gives it absolutely no chance of competing. If the roster ever becomes contender-worthy, he'll probably be able to get it to .500 at the minimum which would be enough for him to keep his job, IMO. I'd suspect he'll be our manager at least the next 20 years. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wants to retire young and golf every day while counting the money he earned as a player. He's made some questionable decisions, but don't all managers? We can quibble about his bullpen calls, but the man has one lefty in that pen to work with and that lefty stinks. I doubt he'll ever be fired. p.s. In a perfect world, Buehrle and Peavy would be starting for the MAJOR MARKET team still. I realize Peavy is having an off year thus far.