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Ugh. Our amazing hitting coach needs to get our hitters more consistent.

Could use a baserunner, DeAza. Get on.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:51 AM) Very few hitters can/do, when down in the count. If it was easy, then every MLB hitter would be at .300-.400. Yes, there's really no excuse for a pitcher to get rocked by Abreu if he can get two strikes on him. No reason to feed him a fastball that he'll blast.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:46 AM) Gillaspie has hit the ball hard both times with RISP, yes? You can't really jump all over him. And it's not like Chavez's BAA against this season isn't way down in the .100's. I'm not mad at him at all, just lamenting the situation. That was the time we HAD to get a hit or wild pitch IMO.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:31 AM) He made good contact, just hit it right at a defender. It happens. I know, but at that stage of the game if you want to beat the A's on the road, you need to not strand the runner at third. That was one, key out. And predictably the A's plate two in the bottom of the fifth to take good command of the game.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2014 -> 09:32 PM) Just to point it out...putting a stadium in a location where there are no good transit options other than highway driving, especially if you're expecting that stadium to last 30+ years, is simply not smart. It's a recipe for disaster over the next few decades. Kansas City has no transit system. Fans get in their cars and go. I think suburbia would support the Sox pretty well. People that want to see a Sox game or two would get in their cars and go to the games. How many fans nowadays who can afford tickets end up taking transit to the Cell for night games where the thought is you'll get mugged? I can understand you saying suburbia isn't the answer, but I don't see why you need transit. The suburbanites all have cars. Now will they want to pay the exorbitant Sox parking fees, I dunno. There comes a point an intelligent person just can't see paying $40 bucks or whatever it is to have your car sit in a lot for 3 hours. QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 12, 2014 -> 09:34 PM) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04...,41.507,-87.470 This map doesn't support putting something in Lisle. If you are going to go outside the city, best bet would probably be around Bridgeview/Justice, near where the Tri-State and Stevenson meet. Don't know how feasible it would be to extend the Orange line out there, but that would make it even better if that could be done. I still think the current site is best, though. The Robert Taylor homes have come down, the Circle Interchange is getting fixed, new food/drink options in the area. The valid arguments against going to games in that location are starting to get less valid. Is it better to have two highway options? If everybody got off in Lisle you mean it'd be backed up forever? What about way out in Naperville, Bolingbrook or over the other way in Schaumburg??

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:30 AM) lol. 350k isn't going to break their budget. Cleto gets $350,000 for that performance? Must be nice to live in the fantasy world of baseball. Crazy money.

Gotta come through there if you want to win road games against a good team. Failure by Gillaspie.

Redick got a great jump on Leury's deep drive to right and hauled it in. A lousy rightfielder might have not made the play. Pretty good play by all accounts.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:09 AM) I was reading this post just as Hawk was saying how "Kenny Williams was the best GM this franchise has ever had," which is just complete bulls***. But that aside, it made me laugh thinking about KW's 1st round pick of Jared Mitchell and the situation the outfield is in right now. Well, KW's team did win the WS. So arguably Hawk is right. I wonder if he'd describe Ozzie as the best manager because of the same reasoning. He might go with Al Lopez, though, but Ozzie did win in his one WS; Lopez lost his.

Hawk is in a good mood tonight. Some good stories/discussion. That deep fly out and nice play by Redick might make his mood start to sour, though.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 12, 2014 -> 09:00 PM) Any travel from the north, northwest, and west is tough. It'd be interesting to see the demographics on where fans are coming from throughout the season (or hell even by mode of transportation). Sure you will lose some Chicago households, but you move to the suburbs and you pick up a lot more of those people. Obviously, there's no way to tell how the trade off would work without actually doing it. But I just don't buy that a move to the suburbs would be "terrible" for the Sox. Attendance is already bad. They are trying to draw more families (look at the marketing the past few years). Most of those families are in the suburbs. And most city people are Cubs fans anyway. You're not getting a ton of people coming down from the North side of the city, and post game, you sure aren't seeing many take that Red line south. It's to the point with the Sox that they are are almost a minor league team - week days are going to suck almost no matter what, so you you just drum up as much interest in family/group outings for weekends as possible. That's a pretty good post all the way around. Remember Sox attendance does suck and it probably would be VERY SMART of the Sox to move to Lisle where their academy is and just go for suburbia. Lisle is very close to Chicago and if you put the stadium close to the highway exit it might be the way to go. The key is to pick a suburb where the traffic congestion off the highway won't be insane. It would take a study as to which suburb is best. But there's no reason to stay put in the city. Like you said the Cubs own the city. The Sox attendance already sucks. Build an AMAZING stadium in suburbs with Sox money and cha-ching. Sox equal suburban team. The location of the current stadium is ridiculously bad.

QUOTE (VAfan @ May 11, 2014 -> 07:26 PM) I think the odds of the Sox trading Ramirez this season are almost nil. 1. The Sox may be out of the AL Central race at some point, given the Tigers pitching, but they aren't likely to be out of the wildcard race at any point where a trade could still logically be made. 2. You don't trade a guy who's playing above his contract, where the Sox have no one who could come close to replacing his production, offensively OR defensively. To trade Ramirez, in other words, is to CREATE A HOLE, when the object of moves is to FILL HOLES. 3. Trading the Cuban would send a very bad message. The Sox have several Cubans now, and with Jose Contreras and El Duque, had several other Cubans recently. This is a plus for the team. We got Abreu for a bargain. Would he have signed with the Sox without that Cuban connection? Would Viciedo have signed? This would not be a good baseball move. The Sox aren't so poor that they need to unload Ramirez's contract. And it would be very bad for fan enthusiasm. It's really a HORRIBLE idea. 1. We're eight back in the loss column. I'd say we're out of the Central race right now considering Detroit wins the division every year. I agree with the rest of your post though.

DeAza is another players who needs to just go away. He and Keppinger need to go play independent league ball. DeAza just isn't good. Will they pull a Cleto and release him?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 12, 2014 -> 01:05 AM) It looked like a lot more when watching Most moms from a non-millionaire family would freak if their family of 4 attended a Sox game with decent seats on Mother's Day. There goes the monthly budget.

Those who say the Sox never quit should not forget today's game. Seems like it was over after the DeAza gaffe.

Robin to me would be a great youth league manager. I see him as .500 at best.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2014 -> 03:13 AM) What the hell happened to Hawk when he was signing off? Is he OK?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2014 -> 03:11 AM) Ugh, Reed made so many bad pitches that inning. Nice effort in the 9th, hopefully this keeps showing Ventura, Cooper and company to manage with a little more urgency in the 7th and 8th. Paulie had at least 2 cookies. He should have bashed the first pitch for a hit and also the one Hawk commented on. He hasn't played enough to have the timing/confidence whatever you want to call it to smash a key hit right there. Sad.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 11, 2014 -> 03:10 AM) Because Rick Hahn is a smart GM I like Hahn, but didn't he also acquire Keppinger? I just think he could have gotten way more for Reed if he had to trade him. I also think he should have made sure he had a closer before dealing a good one.

How could we trade Reed for an unknown third baseman who isn't in the bigs? I want REED! Much better than our closers.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 11, 2014 -> 02:48 AM) I'm pretty confident we'll get to Reed. I never was a big fan of him anyway. Just got to hold them here. Reed is gonna be SO pumped to blow our hitters away. Our only hope is he's overstressed and wild. How bout two walks.

How come we can't beat this s*** NL team tonight? I want a W.

I wonder if the hitting coach does matter. Our guys seem to have that nice uppercut this year to their swings preventing stupid double play grounders. Lots of the home runs are mammoth shots.

Is Lindstrom getting good?