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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 14, 2013 -> 05:17 AM) why wouldn't you bunt it to Cabrera? Astounding. Cause the Sox cannot bunt.

Yay! Impressive single by DeAza. That first pitch was scary close to his chin and he still strokes a game-winning hit. Nice to beat Detroit again. Poor Royals blew a big chance tonight by losing to the sucky Marlins. Coulda picked up another game, not that anybody cares about KC on a Sox board. Good job, DeAza.

That also proved fortunate. Danks gets em over. Flowers? Yuk. Hope he can make contact and loft a deep enough fly ball.

That was another lousy bunt. We got lucky.

Oh boy, Mr. Bunt is up again.

I just feel sorry for Alexei, he's so bad.

If the Sox play this bad fundamentally next season, you'll see Robin get the boot which will be awkward since he is a Chicago legend. Sad how badly his troops are performing fundamentally. People have said it before, but the bunt should never ever be called for on this team cause our guys cannot execute a bunt. They just can't do it.

So Alexei with a big error. We can't sacrifice the runner over. Another game we've given away barring some miracle.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Aug 14, 2013 -> 04:34 AM) Seriously tho....Avisail hit a 100 mph rocket that short hopped Infante & he doesnt get a knock? That could be the kind of hit that gets changed. I'd bet the Sox will appeal the call. To be devil's advocate, though, the second baseman only had to move one step.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2013 -> 04:27 AM) That was one of the longest balls Keppinger has hit this year Great line! I despise the addition of Keppinger. He's been as bad as Teahen was.

Keppinger should be able to bunt. My god. WE SUCK.

I wonder if Lexi can turn it around defensively next year or if he should play second base for somebody the rest of his career. He has to be one of the worst defensive shortstops in baseball right now.

Lexi just basically gave the Tigers the game. Why does he stink so badly this year?

I love you, Mr. Garcia.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 14, 2013 -> 01:26 AM) According to KW the Sox are determining right now who "deserves" to get asked back next season. If they haven't determined that yet, I really wonder why? If it were up to me, I'd not invite back Kepp, Axe, Dunn, Flowers, Lindstrom for starters and make Paulie a coach. I'd trade Tank. Sure I"m forgetting some I'd love to dump as well.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 10:25 AM) Its hilarious. He thinks a 33 year old Dunn with an .800+ OPS is worthless and should just retire, but a 37 year old Konerko with his .650 OPS is going to get a 2 year deal all because Konerko's batting agerage is 10 points higher. Talk about clueless. A lot of the things I say on here come true. But only Dick Allen has pointed that out on occasion for me. As far as Dunn and Rios. Yes they are my whipping boys for this pathetic baseball team. And yes, Paulie's dropoff has hurt the team just as much. I guess I give Paulie more wiggle room because he had 4-5 really good years in a row. Dunn pretty much was the worst player in the history of mankind for a long long time in Sox uniform. What's the lowest he got that one year, .145, .150?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 07:52 AM) Nobody wants him at $15M a year. But I bet he could get 2 yrs/$20M from someone. The Sox schizophrenia (sp?) has killed the value of some of its players. Nobody's gonna take Dunn for 10 mill a year because when he's been bad, he's been laughably bad. A GM would be trusting Adam to show up in good shape and not be the bad Dunn. Are you confident Dunn will hit over .100 next April/May again? If you were a GM would you risk that for 10 mill a year?? Ditto Rios. He had no value in trade because when he decided he didn't want to play, his loafing was unacceptable. Crazy team we have in Chicago. If Dunn was valued at all, some big money contender would have claimed him.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 03:08 AM) I wouldn't hate the idea of resigning Dunn to a lower value contract after next year, given that I don't know what that team will look like. I bet somebody overpays, though. Jake, nobody's going to overpay on Adam Dunn. Nobody claimed him on waivers for gosh sakes. He's unwanted.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 12:54 AM) There is no way this guy is getting 6/90. Cespedes just got 4/36 two years ago and was basically the same age but is a 5 tool outfielder. Abreu may be a more accomplished hitter in Cuba, but he's also a 1B and an average athlete at best. A lot of teams are going to he turned off by his lack of athletism and others simply won't have a need for a 1B/DH type. The market for him will much smaller than those for Cespedes & Puig. I think he ultimately gets more than Puig since he is major league ready, but 6/60 is the max I see him getting unless the Marlins do something stupid to try and win fans back. Cespedes has been nothing special, ala Tank. This guy should not get more than Cespedes got. I know he will cause everybody loves the unknown, but he shouldn't.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 04:33 AM) .240 would be ok if he was still hitting 35 homers, but when you only have a .650 OPS its completely unacceptable. Any GM that would give Konerko a 2 year deal after this year should be fired on the spot. Fired on the spot? For a 2-year deal to Paul? I disagree. No matter what, he can field. He's ace on digging balls in the dirt, great to his left. OK, he can't handle a bullet to his right. No big deal. Hitting? Like I said, he still hits the ball. He doesn't whiff all the time like Dunn. I could see contracts like Thome was getting at the end of the line. I think he'll be back.

Where's Hawk? Is he sick?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2013 -> 03:11 AM) Garcia struggling to get lift, but he took better swings in that AB Should be interesting to see what he hits the last several weeks of the season. He's going to get plenty of at bats.

Paulie with a base hit to right. I still think those who think Paulie will retire after the season are mistaken. He's stunk, but not been completely embarrassed this year. If he hits between .240 and .250 wouldn't you think he for sure will want another 2-year deal? I would think he'd want to stay in Chicago. If he signs with another team and truly is finished, that would be mighty embarrassing for Paulie. He would have to have extreme confidence in his not being washed up to go to another franchise I would think.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 12, 2013 -> 06:06 AM) I'd say old news. We text very casually, like a conversation every couple days, but I'm always the last one to reply. But she is definitely doing a great job of removing herself from getting too close to me, because I haven't seen her in 2 weeks now today, and probably won't unless she changes her mind at some point. But got a new story that probably won't go anywhere, given that I am going back to school in 5 days. I can't remember if I mentioned the old coworker from Chilis w/ having a sister that apparently was all about me, but I went in to eat on Friday and met her. Her name is Victoria. Her sister (the one I've known for a couple years) is Alex. Alex introduced me to her sister and said "You should chat her up, she'd love you". So I said "Whatever, I got a week, let's see what happens". I text Alex that night saying "Hey, your sister is cute, you guys should come to my buddies bonfire tonight". But they were both closing Friday, so they didn't come, but I was texting Alex all night until 2 am on Friday, and then a little bit yesterday, and then some more today. So I guess at this point I'd take either sister. Alex is a f***ing babe, I mean SMOKIN hot. Victoria is decent, a little thicker, but the good news is she looks like her sister. Got 5 days. I'm definitely not getting emotional attached to either, but I'll def. try a change of pace and get some strange out of this before I go back, why not? PS: To avoid any confusion I didn't say the "whatever, I got a week, let's see what happens" part to Alex, I just meant I was thinking that. I think my exact reply to her was "Oh yeah?". Good for you, chili. Good luck in your pursuit.

Chili, what's the update? Are you two old news or ?