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Baltimore is just owning so far at home this year.

Looks like Rollins got a late jump due to the line drive. But what's with all this sliding to avoid the catcher and hitting the base with your hand ? As the runner you have more of a right to the plate than the catcher. If the plate is even partially blocked you are allowed contact with the catcher. If I was Rollins there I side right into the feet of Weiters and take his legs out from under him. And yay Lawrie !!

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 02:32 PM) ZIPS says our chances to win the World Series is basically the same as the Mets. I'd take it. There are still some sports books in Vegas listing the odds of the Sox winning the World Series at 50:1 .

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 08:42 PM) Sox team ERA after 22 games is the lowest since the "Near Miss" 1967 White Sox who had the World Series dead in their sights against the Cardinals until that final week when they played the Kansas City A's and Washington Senators. Mark Isn't that the team that had Ken Berry and Tommy Crawford lead the Sox in batting average with .247 ?

Everyone in the lineup got a hit.Eaton, Garcia Navarro go deep, Come Sale away. ! The new AJ 3 hits.

Nice to see AVi and Jackson do well today.3 HR's pretty good,

This is nice to come home to after a s*** day at work.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 05:55 AM) Watch the guys on the mound congratulate Putnam when he was being yanked. The team never had that vocal Atticus previously. Have you seen the Albers replay after he got to the dugout after making the play on the bunt ? It was on the Toronto feed and is in the Albers thread. It's great .

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 05:48 AM) This needs to become the Matt Albers celebration video thread It need to be pinned ! " Fuking Like A CAt !!!! He almost knocked Big Avi over with the high 5 and I think that's Robin he passes up near the end in the sweatshirt , Robin puts his head down like he doesn't want anyone seeing him grinning ear to ear.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 08:08 PM) Albers is the quickest fat guy since Robert "Tractor" Trailer. Hey, if you can't be svelte, at least be quick and good at hurling a baseball. Jose has the best smiles when he does something a bit athletic. Glad to see the big man part of a winning club he'll come around soon. I'm not sure Lawrie makes that play without a barehand peg and throw on that chopper that ended it. Certainly would have been bang bang. I'll take the automatic out. If you watch the replay of the tricky hop that made the ball hit Tulo you'll see Lawrie reaching way over to the left with his glove. I'm pretty sure that's from the weird hop rather than where the ball deflected to after it hit Tulo. Would've been very close at 1st. That " grounder " as it was described in the game thread was actually a ball that bounced very high on the turf with a lot of spin which was why it took the nutty hop. So he wasn't going to make a barehanded play when the ball was headed to his left because of the hop. Saunders being left handed was already pretty far down the line when it hit Tulo. Edit: I saw a later post from you that agrees with what I wrote here so never mind .Well you actually agreed with the how close the play wouldve been from the start, My point was I didn't think it would be a barehand play.

I liked that inning. If Sox can do it so can the Hawks.

Let the grand experiment to find a decent 5th starter commence.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) He was released and signed to a minors deal by Sox though, not claimed. Not sure he gets an option back, doubt it, just wanted to confirm. So let me get this straight. If Gonzalez bombs he can't be sent back down and it's either keep him on the Sox roster or put him on waivers again ? Logically then,if that is the case , he'll be getting a few more starts until it's determined he has use or is useless.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Jose Abreu? Adam Eaton? He's talking about position player prospects . It's always best to read the thread before jumping in

QUOTE (chi4lyfe @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 02:05 PM) Niiiiiice homestand, boys! Welcome and OH HELL YEAAH !

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QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 01:56 PM) I fought the Lawrie the Lawrie won Is that the Bobby Fuler Four, Clash or Green Day version ?

Great 2 out knock by Lawrie then a great play by Beltre on Sands.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 01:02 PM) I bet Jhan is friends with Jhonny Peralta. I like it.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 12:37 PM) Thank you Prince.... now (wait fot it)......... Let's go crazy ! My best work ignored after the Prince DP . Let's Go Crazy get it? A Prince song . Too soon? Never mind , carry on.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 12:49 PM) Why was he not tagging and going halfway? Soon as the ball missed the cutoff he should have been into 2nd. Not good running and compounded by the awful decision to go for it once he saw the bobble. Can't go halfway that's way too far off 1st, if it gets cut you're dead.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 12:44 PM) I think Sands thought that ball was going to the screen. The umpire blocked the ball at the plate though. Actually it hit Lawrie maybe both but I know it hit Lawrie so not totally Sands fault.

Thank you Prince.... now (wait fot it)......... Let's go crazy !

QUOTE (wizeguy57 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) Rule of thumb in baseball is you give a team 50 games to see what you really have. I'm somewhat concerned with the lack of hitting but were only 18 games in. If this is still going on come the first of June then we can panic. What are you ... some kind if wise guy ?

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 11:33 AM) I would rotate Melky with either Bruce or Markakis at DH and LF. I don't think that the Sox are going to be able to make big-impact deals later this summer because they don't have any tradable pieces in the minors. The only incentive that the Sox can give another team right now is eating the contract of a player that they don't want to pay anymore. I agree that ATL would have to eat some of Markakis' contract. The big problem at the Sox have right now is that they'll likely lose Ajax at free agency this winter, they'll lose Melky to free agency the following winter, and they have nobody in the minors who is projected to be able to step up by then. Avila and Navarro also on 1 year contracts as is Latos. Also lose Frazier and Lawrie the same year as Melky. Just don't see the Sox taking on too much more money with so many holes to fill in the next 2 years, unless its to take a stab at resigning Frazier and I wouldn't count on that.