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I have to throw the advanced metric WAR stat out the window. My eye test tells me he was our all star this year if Tauchmann didn't have enuf at bats. A contender is dumb to not pick up Beni unless they concerned about his arm costing 'em games.

I still say Beni is a fine ballplayer. 14 homers now. Excellent player IMO. Weak arm but so what?

True dat, but he's the best we've got in terms of being the most legitimate-looking star player (aside from Colson who is amazing right out of the gate). It's not our money and Jerry saving whatever he'd save in dumping Robert is not gonna mean anything to him or any of us. He stays very rich; fans don't get a discount if he leaves.

Good for the Sox keeping Robert. Not having one legitimate possible veteran "star" on a MLB team is just flat out wrong for a city like Chicago. Colson is a star, yes, and some other young hitters look star-ish, but cmon, to have a major league franchise you need to show you are half-buttedly at least, trying to win games and please fans. Robert on paper is a special player, at least defensively. He can't even consistently get two hits every 10 at bats but he's still got star potential on paper. I agree with the decision completely.

Mead sounds good. They should call him "Lake." Simple nickname. Tauchmann deserves our praise not scorn. He's almost hitting .300 which puts him at No. 18 overall in AL. He is a stud.

Probably cause owners want their own guys. But Getz working with no funds has a totally wreck of a team now just a little bit below average team (with horrible pitching talent and more but still not enuf excellent bats). Not bad job by Getz.

Getz is gonna have a job a LONG time in Chicago if the Sox are as solid as they've been playing. LONG suffering fans may not have to wait much longer. ... p.s. Sox are winning at a good clip even with a pitching staff of ALL no names. Nobody's heard of any of these guys.

He raked again tonight. This is probably the first time as a big leaguer he's been relaxed and having fun. Happy for him. It makes you wonder why he was pretty pedestrian to awful in Chicago.

Is 34 old now in baseball or not? Some national writer should do a long study on the issue and report back. Dye was 37 when he retired. Konerko was 38; Ventura 37, Guillen 36, Dick Allen 35, Billy WIlliams 38, George Brett 40, Big Hurt 41.

I thought Jerry abhors eating salary and won't do it often if ever.

Montgomery is such a natural hitter. He's one of those guys who does better in the majors than the minors. Good thing nobody gave up on him for minor league stinkage. He can flat out hit the baseball where they ain't. Including over the fence. He and Meidroth and Quero should be around a long time.

The team is light years better than last year's abomination but I hear your point. I was talking to a diehard Sox fan of many decades this week and I asked him if he would go to a game this seasons if he got free tix and he said no. Total diehard fan. Said it's not worth the risk of having a terrible time in a blowout. ... By the way, I don't care what anybody says, Beni is a good hitter. I mean the Royals started Pham in the playoffs last year. Pham is nowhere near as good a hitter as Beni. I know his BA still is under .240 but nobody cares about BA. Beni can hit folks.

Past trade update: Andrew Vaughn on fire with the Brew Crew. He's just mashing the baseball. That would be cool if he became another Tatis. Pity the White Sox in terms of developing players.

He deserves the Hall of Fame just based on that. He hit all kinds of home runs. Roof shots, high towering HR to RC, the only home run in Comiskey's little RC area out there. Using that incredibly long bat ... that memorable batting stance little kids copied. He deserves the Hall on style alone. I remember when he hit the homer to RC in Comiskey. What an amazing HR.

Does Civale have a bad attitude. Serious question. I am not aware of any controversy but you could be.

Most embarrassing home run call ever: After Tauchmann homered (nice treat for the fans to see the exploding scoreboard in the 9th), our play by play guy bellowed: "This is where the comeback starts for the Sox." Cmon, it was 6-0 and that made it 6-1. Tell us what it was ... a cute reward for sox fans who stuck around. Geez. I know he's paid by the team but that's a homer call.

Lip I didn't know you were a fan of trades. Interesting. Aren't you a more traditionalist? Tinker with the roster so we'd have rotation of Sale, Crochet, Rodon, Cease? ... Man the Sox young guys are for real. Montgomery is a superstar in the making and Meidroth is Pete Rose-esque. Quero is the real deal. Our manager may be here 20 years if the young guys continue to rake. Montgomery and Quero can carry a team.

As greg's critics know I've been saying this for years. Nobody is winning 300 games again. So put Mark in. A good standard for the future would be being dominant in your era. Mark wins that battle. ... Of course it also will be tough in the future to be "dominant" in your era going five innings. I'd say averaging say 11 or so K's over those five innings probably will be a new standard down the line. I would think a lot of old timers will be reconsidered just so they can have Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in the future. Maybe add some more managers and announcers too.

In answer to the question posed in the title of the thread. A: Keep guys like Crochet (he'd look good in a Sox uniform right now with Sale and Rodon).

Here's an interesting question (to me). Say Robert was hitting .272 with all other stats the same. Would he be valued so much that a team would trade for him and pay the whole salary? If you say yes then why is BA considered an archaic stat? Why are teams scared of his .206 if BA means so little to the advanced stat people?

As you know it's all about talent and Sox currently have five good regular lineup players compared to what, one last season? I do think our manager must be good because I'm still vastly unimpressed with the pitching staff. He's doing a good job with five or six pitchers a game. Now that Robert is raking that will be a bit of buzzkill if he's traded soon.

Your post truly makes me wonder why anybody would be nuts enough to follow this team. It's all about providing Jerry and generations of his family money. It has nothing to do with competition. Sad. We should treat this as a minor league team, check out a game once in a blue moon for grins. The Sox payroll is so low they could keep Robert easily even with cheapo Jerry in charge. ... Still probably 20-80 Mr. .202 batting average gets dealt.

I don't know why you laughed. The casual fan does not care about minor league players they've never heard of. They have heard of Robert and he's on a decent streak. He also plays a mean CF. He's a real ballplayer and casual fans don't like shipping 'name' players for minor leaguers they've never heard of.

Can't see them trading Robert if this recent surge is an indication of good things to come. It'd be a PR disaster. Sox aren't spending any money and are making big time bucks as a franchise so it doesn't hurt having one highly paid guy. Trading Robert will anger the casual fan.

Robert continues to get at least a hit a game. Has he finally turned the corner? Sox could be the story of the second half. Is the new manager the reason for the success of late? Is he another Ricky R in terms of giving players a boost?