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Lots of fog rolled in pretty quickly.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 8, 2013 -> 12:54 PM) I don't know how teams like the White Sox make money. You read about how much the franchise is worth, but with attendance likely to be at an all time low the rest of the season, how do they pay those absurd player contracts? We all know the attendance is shot the rest of this season. It just seems like they'd need to have a lot of butts in the seats to make a buck and most people wouldn't go to a game the rest of this season even if offered a free ticket. Re: the bolded. Sox projected attendance to be better this year than last, teams are becoming less dependent on attendance every year and since people still pay to see games, free is much better. So in other words wrong , wrong, and wrong.

Nice tribute to Mark Buerhle .

That was quick.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 03:44 PM) Such bulls***, CSN shouldn't take on the game if they can't broadcast it where people can see it. It's on the alternate Comcast channel if I am understanding what you are saying but maybe you just get the main channel and not the alternate one.

According to southsidesox the Sox are averaging 4.30 runs per win. The average for an American league team is 6.29. Even the Astros with their 22 wins are averaging over 6 runs per game in their wins. http://www.southsidesox.com/2013/6/10/4413...d-the-white-sox

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 07:18 AM) No other team is going to pay $7 million to Adam Dunn. If you can get a team to take on $2 mill, it's worth it, because he's largely a sunk cost at this point. Why didn't you just say I agree ?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2013 -> 01:51 PM) The one problem this offseason will be that the Yankees will have like $80 million to spend. If everyone on bbileks list comes off and the extra $25M ,we have $88.5M to spend .Find a sucker for Dunn eat half his salary and it's around $95M. Don't expect it all to happen of course. We trade some of those guys above and we're going to take on some salaries but hopefully not much more. And I think we're stuck with Dunn no matter what.

Crain also unscored upon in his last 24 appearances covering 25 innings.

No winners thread for our 2nd in a row today so I'll use the old one. 2 in a row over the A's . Could've won all 4 if we hadn't blown 2 3 run leads. Santiago pitched well enough , relief was good. Rios , Flowers HR's.

crrrr-ushed !!

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 9, 2013 -> 11:39 AM) Hector is a rare example of a guy who has a better fastball than reported when he shows up in the big leagues. I remember Lucas Harrell being that way as well. We haven't seen it a lot because of his lack of starts but I think Hector also maintains the speed on his fb too maybe even increasing the speed as the gamed progresses a la Verlander.

Go Go Santiago !

Great job Chili and others.

Sweet to see Danks pitch well. A definite step in the right direction.

We all saw how he was tearing the cover off the ball in spring training. It was one time where you knew ST meant something. Special talent.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jun 8, 2013 -> 09:04 PM) Two Teams, 1 Cup . I see what you did there.

Lord Stanley welcomes the Chicago Blackhawks to the finals once again

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 8, 2013 -> 10:36 AM) Sicnarf Loopstock is a pretty f***ing awesome name. Sicnarf is Francis backwards.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 08:44 PM) We are not world beaters by any stretch of the imagination. I also happen to think we are not a 95-100 loss team, either, as this site's most infamous provacteur suggested earlier this evening. I still think there is sufficient talent on this ballclub that will surface and even out the results on the season. Will that be enough to prohibit us from being sellers in the next six, seven weeks or so? Probably not. But I don't think we are in the dire straits that some would lead us to believe. The pitching has been too good for that many losses but without Peavy ,does it hold up or collapse ? After the trade deadline ,if we sell off relievers , or Rios/Peavy then how bad will it be ? Some hitters really need to step up ,mostly noticeably Konerko and Viciedo. I mean if we're going to approach 90 losses might as well be 95 , just to get a better draft pick. I'm of the opinion that with a lot of money off the books the Sox can compete next year unlike others who figure we're screwed for the next couple of years.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 08:02 PM) Easy to say in the throws of a losing streak, which every team faces eventually. Were you calling for 95 losses before this streak? I don't recall as much. The 1983 team was heading for a similar fate right around this time, and how did that eventually turn out? The point is, the range of the "realm of possibility" remains quite large at this point in the season. Thad I applaud your patience and I would normally agree since I am among the most optimistic of Sox fans but the writing is all over the wall already on this season. Bad defense ,bad offense. Bad luck. Bad mojo. 0dd numbered year. Injuries and on and on. I'm just hoping whatever is going on doesn't end up with Sale on the DL and Danks shows improvement and getting 1 or 2 legitimate ML ready player at the trade deadline. The Sox played good ball only for that stretch that got them to .500 .That Cubs series the bad mojo really set in. Pitcher HR's, grand slams, terrible hitting, pitchers not holding any leads, and no HR's for us, it's just been brutal to behold.

Crosby , Malkin, Iginla, Neal, Letang combined 0 points and -20. Damn right Bruins are scary if they can do that to arguably some of the best offensive talent in the NHL.

Typical Sox season so far. HR robbed from Gillaspie by Reddick.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jun 7, 2013 -> 07:35 PM) Has Alexei ever in his life successfully laid down a bunt? I think he was the last Sox to do it successfully a few days ago.

The way Alexei stands when he bunts is just terrible . All batters attempting to sac bunt need to squat and keep the bat knee high. Any high pitch you let go. ALexei stands almost straight up with bat up.