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Pitching to him with open base?

Wow what pathetic pitch selection. You know the guy is trying to pull it and you throw him a curve? Ventura left Axelrod in two batters too long, but with this offense it probably doesn't matter. Please make some changes

Jaso taking on the role of Suzuki

Flowers new stance is worse than his open stance from earlier. It seems he has no chance to pull the ball with authority now.

PK with a huge pick there. Time to get Axelrod the win

It must be so easy to game plan against our hitters

Make a freaking adjustment hitters!

How are our hitters surprised that Colon is throwing outside fastballs? Another disgraceful effort by the Offense

This offense is lifeless. I can't believe they haven't tried to shake things up.

Hawk and his love for Beckham is ridiculous

I have no idea how much stake to put in this, but ESPN has the Sox with the worst strength of schedule so far this year: http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos

Great, we woke up the Cubs

Alexei Ramirez, Carlos Sanchez and J. Crain for Matt Adams and Kolten Wong I'm probably not as big of a fan of Sanchez as most on here.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 31, 2013 -> 02:47 PM) ***awaits fathom's response*** I hope he does regress like crazy, but at this point, I'd gladly take him in the rotation over Axelrod and Danks.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 31, 2013 -> 01:57 PM) Why is there no chance of this? Just curious as to your reasons. If they feel like he's the best guy they could take him. I can't find the quote, but IIRC, Doug Laumann went out of his way a few weeks ago to say that the catchers in the Sox organization were better than the top catchers in this draft.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 31, 2013 -> 03:23 AM) Francouer with a homer in the 9th to tie it. Miracles. Huge storm about to hit st louis too. Brutal managing by Matheny trying to have Boggs get the save.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 31, 2013 -> 02:18 AM) That Pirates pitching staff is a thing. Good for them!!!! A very, very long walkoff single for R. Martin.

They need to find a way to promote Micah Johnson

Before acquiring Gillaspie, I would have said absolutely.

The SI.com mock has the Sox taking Ciuffo, a high school catcher. Unless the Sox were bluffing, there's no chance of this.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 30, 2013 -> 11:00 PM) Neither team has much positional talent, Sox have a HUGE edge on the pitching side. Do you disagree? Yes, it's definitely not a huge edge with Gavin out and Danks not close to being 100%. I don't think Wood will continue to pitch at the insane level that he has, but Edwin Jackson is not as bad as he's pitched this year. Both teams have had very good starting pitching so far this year, but both teams saw their pitching fall apart during the 2nd half last season. It will be interesting to see which of the pitchers in Chicago take the next step to become strong finishers to the season.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 30, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) I would agree it's a dumb argument, but I can't stand posters who only come to PHT when the team sucks in order to drop some stupid, holier than thou comment like "I'm a realist and the Cubs are clearly the more talented teams because ". Maybe I missed it, but did anyone say the Cubs were more talented THIS year?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 30, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) Please inform me how it's a LOL comment? Starting pitching is the strength of both teams, and neither team has more than 2 relievers that can be trusted.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 30, 2013 -> 09:49 PM) This. The Sox may very well be a bad team, but anyone who honestly thinks the Cubs' current roster is more talented is a complete f***ing idiot. Aren't they pretty similar in terms of on the field talent?

Sox outhomered 6-0 in this series, correct?