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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 03:22 AM) All scouting reports on him mention this; an apparent problem with catching pitches. Not blocking - he does that fine. Just catching regular pitches. It dumbfounds me That could be a problem.

Should thornton have been a starter in his career til his arm fell off?

If the Sox are planning on losing another game tonight, this is the inning it falls apart. Cubs with some decent hitters (for them) coming up.

Lexi hustled, but just another out. Two outs. Anemic offense. It's up to Phegs.

Finally somebody who cares. Phegley baby!

Dumb play by Cubs. But Kepp can't get clutch two-out hit.

Kepp given a cookie on strike one. Shoulda swung.

It's hard to love Adam Dunn. Strike three.

Nice hit by Rios but the Cub still can get a DP to get out of inning.

Nice, make them pay for the stupid throw. Got to score here.

I bet it starts pouring and we lose 2-1 via rain.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 02:35 AM) Oh dear Just pointing out how easy it is to sweep the Sox and how even when we were good, we rarely swept anybody.

There's a lot of teams that have the Sox number this year. Remember when our main complaint during the Ozzie days was we could never sweep anybody? We'd win the first two of a series and lose on Sunday and be all pissed.

Did that mom catch the HR ball? Or the dad. Pretty impressive.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 02:27 AM) He's just a bad player who had a 2 week hot stretch in AAA and the Sox brought him up. If he's a bad player, get him outta the lineup. I'll trust you. I know nothing about him.

Ugh. Even the new young guys in the lineup fail(ed) with a runner on second and only one out.

Haven't they talked about trading Soriano forever? Isn't he the one guy in all of baseball nobody wants or dares to acquire?

Phegley fails that time. It's up to Tekotte (sp?). Will Garza blow him away with fastballs?

I hope Hawk isn't scoreboard watching. I think it's even a stretch to say KC is in the "race" at six games back. Tough to make up six games on the Tigers much less all the games we're back. good job alexei.

Nice job to get out of the jam, thanks in part to the fan. Would be nice to score some runs. You'd think the Sox one night would luck into 8-9 runs by law of averages.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 12:35 AM) Let's brainstorm for a new manager. Someone with some fire in his belly! Guy can't be afraid to get in people's faces. Swear words are a-okay so that we know he's into the game. He should be very animated. He must speak the language of his Spanish-speaking players. Must be a former White Sox. World Series rings preferred. Any ideas??? This is your cue, Greg I think I've been pretty good about not saying "I told you so" regarding Ozzie and how the next manager could be worse. I shut up about Ozzie except last year in the Marlins thread which I figured was fair game. I was mistaken.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 11:29 PM) Really? I'll paint you a scenario here. Santiago and Garza both pitch 8 shutout innings. 3 hits scattered for each team. Jones/Thornton/Whoever enters game in the 9th inning. Cubs hit a HR. So unless the Sox score 2 in the 9th all of the coaches except Harold Baines should be fired? You are a special man. On paper, the Sox were a contender in this pathetic division this year. I'd venture to say Robin has done one of the worst managing jobs since Bevington. The team plays buffoon-like baseball. Yes, I'd think one win in four tries against the equally pathetic Cubs is not too much to ask. To not win one, to me, shows lack of respect for the game of baseball and Sox fans. I do care about the Cub series. The reason "nobody cares" is the Sox suck this year. You could say "nobody cares" about any Sox game the rest of the year if you want to play that game.

Jobs should be on the line tonight. If you go 0-4 against the Cubs and swept at home, I'm sorry, but in this day and age Robin and his whole staff except Baines should be fired. If I was Reinsdorf and the owners I would take it as a personal slap in the face. I know sports are different, but these guys are getting paid good money and to lose 4 to the Cubs w/out one win is the Sox players laughing at the bosses and stealing money. I know a lot of you don't care about the Cub series but some innocent fans, the little kids who fight over Sox/Cubs at school, do care. Some people do care and the Sox owe it to everybody to win one fricking game against one of the worst teams in baseball.

Get it done. If somebody wants Matt, trade him. Start this parade of trades.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 12:14 AM) Gonzo reported an NL scout questioned Rios' effort Saturday when he again jogged down the line. He hasn't hit a homer in a month either. His stock certainly is falling. I kind of question Rios in TWTW department. I have no proof, of course. The eye test tells me he's a decent ballplayer whose TWTW can be questioned. If I'm wrong, behead me. I think he screams mediocre to good ballplayer, kind of like Jose Guillen near the end of Jose's career.