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Nice bounce back win at home. Always good to see Viciedo connect. Makes you hope he's still got some potential.

Why wait? Induct Popovich in the Hall of Fame now. Duncan too.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jun 17, 2014 -> 12:59 AM) 7 runs given up by verlander today wow lol Detroit's front office has to be scared to death at that contract. From my untrained eye, he's not throwing hard and he's throwing meat up there quite often. So we add Verlander to the list of a guy signed to a contract and the team almost immediately regretting it? My god, baseball owners are so dumb to pay these long term deals. Doesn't Verlander make something like 24 million a year?

Why did Stoney broadcast the 9th inning?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 03:41 PM) This post was made during the transition from Saturday to Sunday, given that it was 12:05 AM CST. Greg was wasted and decided it was best for the world of Soxtalk to know at that time that he believed Kentucky was going to win it all (likely hearing it from some Kentucky fan either driving through town or a Kentucky friend who absolutely despises KU). He is forgiven. For the record, I will not be betting on Kentucky. Thanks it was written poorly but I wasn't drunk. I think UK is a lock to win the 2015 national title though.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 04:34 AM) Exactly what our sputtering offense needs. Oops. Sox are in last place in the division. This is not good. The team got one over .500 but never could get red-hot and actually be the surprise team of baseball. Let's hope this is not the plummet toward a top 3 draft pick again. I'm afraid with our iffy starting pitching past the third starter and some lousy everyday players to go with a few stars, we're in deep s*** as far as the standings. It's be nice to see Sale, Lexi and Abreu all make the all-star game at least. And Gillaspie make the ballot for that extra guy on the all star roster if he stays over .320.

Militants executing people in Iraq. Can you imagine the horror if that was you and your loved ones? They lay you down on the ground and you know bullets are going to come barreling into your body killing you? f***ing assholes. May they burn forever for their mass killings. I'm so sick of brutal murders. Do you think Obama will intervene to stop these bastards? http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/world/meast/....html?hpt=hp_t1

That's why I questioned Sale as an ace, because of what Kalapse said about longevity.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 07:19 AM) Would you bet your house (double your money) on them to overtake the Tigers? Remember, they simply have beaten the last last-place White Sox (and haven't faced Sale/Danks) and Indians and a so-so Yankees' team (although that's a breakthrough of sorts anytime they can take a series from NY). They are 0-6 vs. Detroit so this series is crucial for them. It's true KC plays fairly lousy at home. But I would say if KC splits this series with Detroit or takes 3 of 4, yes it's Royals time and they finally make the playoffs.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 04:19 AM) It's really only when you say "bet your house on it" that it happens. I think if you guys put me to the test on teams I know something about I would win you some cold, hard cash if you followed my advice on such wagers.

Matt Davidson this season at Charlotte 218 at bats .183 batting average, .256 on base percentage. He does have 20 walks to 83 strikeouts. He's hit 10 home runs and nine doubles. So out of his 40 hits, 19 are homers or doubles. Am I to assume he's a classic power hitter? He's trying to jack it out every time up? Maybe he's mad he didn't start the year with the big club. Anybody know anything about his personality? He's not tearing it up.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 03:06 AM) Bet your house on it. You guys won't point out whenever I'm right and I'm too polite to mention it. But since you blast me I'll mention I got the parlay right today: Royals and the over. When somebody told me the over was eight I said bet the over and the Royals because the game screamed 7-2 or 8-1.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 02:42 AM) Beckham has been a bust for 4 years now and he's viewed by some as part of the future still. Obviously, in his last 50-100 at-bats, he's looked terrible. He needs to hit 20+ homers per season to be valuable. He's going to get the remainder of this year, regardless of how he's doing now. Unless you want to play Taylor/Danks/Sierra/Tuiasasopo with DeAza and Eaton. I'm just tired of Viciedo even more than DeAza. Viciedo really has a horrible approach at the plate and is a very easy out for any pitcher with half of a clue. I wouldn't be against Flowers playing the rest of the year since the batboy said he was such a great guy. It might be interesting to see if he ends up with more K's than Dunn had in Dunn's worst season as a Sox. Beckham .286, 4 HRs and 15 RBI. Blah. He's trending downward as well right now. Still can't see Sox admitting a mistake as he was the 8th overall pick in the draft. Anybody know any names of guys Sox coulda had instead of Beckham that year? Anybody hit it big?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 10:24 PM) Viciedo and Flowers are just on ridiculously bad streaks. Neither of them deserve to be back next year. Viciedo is a huge huge bust. Let him try and get it together for another team. Flowers is a AAA catcher, a lifer on the AAA level.

He's 0 for 4 and 4 for his last 50. Home run?

What a jerk. That fan isn't sharing his umbrella with his daughter.

Holland is unhittable this season again. KC has a real shot to reach the WS this year unfortunately. They got defense and pitching and now they are hitting.

Hopefully you guys dont get the rain storms we had. Softball sized hail.

I like Gillaspie cause he doesn't wear hitting gloves.

This proves again hitting coaches don't matter. It's all up to the player. Flowers, Viciedo and Gillaspie were once doing amazing. Now they are awful. So let's face it. It's up to the player.

Isn't Viciedo something like 4 for his last 48? He needs some help from our hitting coach or some time in AAA.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) Right. He got tossed to make sure his good team would beat this crappy one. If he was still in the dugout, this game would be all Sox. Sometimes managers do that to get their team intense/fired up. You can sleepwalk in some of these Sunday games. He made sure Royals were to stay focused to sweep our slumping Sox.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) Right. He got tossed to make sure his good team would beat this crappy one. If he was still in the dugout, this game would be all Sox. Sometimes managers do that to get their team intense/fired up. You can sleepwalk in some of these Sunday games. He made sure Royals were to stay focused to sweep our slumping Sox.

The Sox lead the AL in walks. Not good.

Yost obviously got tossed to make sure KC stayed hungry for the sweep. This is not good. This is like last year. Hope the Sox can revert back to this year.