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QUOTE (Jake @ May 9, 2012 -> 01:27 AM) You guys need to settle down. Chris Sale is a very good pitcher, I can't see why you'd ever be mad having him come in a tight situation against a lefty heavy lineup If his elbow was sore he should be on the DL. That was my opinion. Nothing against Chris Sale at all, who is a very good pitcher

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ May 9, 2012 -> 01:27 AM) He's failing out of the bullpen on purpose so they put him back in the rotation. It might work

Someone should tell Sale he was supposed to strike out the guy BEFORE Duncan

I guess all our ecstatic feelings over Danks doing good is out the window now? Sale as the closer?

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 9, 2012 -> 01:29 AM) Showin much better control, one of his 2 walks could have easily gone the other way as I thought 2 of the called balls were strikes It sure is encouraging to see Danksie stepping up

Nice 4 pitch lead off walk to Rios. Let's go boys! Or something like that

What has been the differfence for Danks in this game over the others? I just tuned in so not up on his progress but it looks darn good

Dunn

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QUOTE (Jake @ May 8, 2012 -> 02:21 PM) Alright guys...I sorta won my last game thread. I then did not make the next game thread We have not won since and I have to take responsibility. The past is the past, I cost us some games, but today we get back on track. We're going to get some solid pitching from this guy: And this guy is going to get hammered: There will be no s***ty play today while Chris Sale gets his first save of the year and John Danks makes his way back into the good graces of Soxtalk! I like your confidence. So yes let's stop the bleeding. A win would help everyone

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 8, 2012 -> 12:16 PM) But that's exactly what you say every time he falls apart in those situations. It's not just bad luck, it's about having a limited arsenal of pitches and not getting behind in counts. Chunk fastball after fastball over the plate against major league hitters, they'll make contact eventually. It was a combo of events and not Thornton choking. However, a loss is a loss is a loss and you can say that again. There were positives out of it though. Two young hurlers pitched real well. Now my question is where was Chris Sale? Oh yeah he is the new closer

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 8, 2012 -> 02:42 AM) Looks like maybe a small window to play ball at around 10pm central time... Let's hope so. Sox starting to rally and if we get rained out I am sure the game is called official and we get clocked again

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 8, 2012 -> 02:33 AM) Lol, you haven't paid attention to baseball in 15 years have you? Apparently he doesn't know it's all about the money

Oh what might have been if the Sox offense could get a flyball when needed.

But, let's try and lok on the bright side of an 8-6 loss. The offesne scored 6 runs and tried to mount that 9th inning rally again plus this Quintana kid did areal good solid job. Let's win tonight

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2012 -> 10:19 PM) This is where the Rios contract really hurts them. Playing RF, he's being paid like a #3 hitter. Was he ever a #3 hitter at Toronto? Rios has so much talent but the Blue Jays paid him an awful lot on money and we took on the risk. But, I haven't given up on 2012 with him yet.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 7, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) How soon before the White Sox start selling off parts? They cannot compete with this team. And even if they could hang around, they are not winning a title. In my opinion, in order to get good again they need to get really bad first. AJ, Thornton, Crain, Floyd, Ohman and Peavy are probabaly the most tradeable assets that the team has. I would be willing to trade anyone on the team. The Sox are 29th in attendance and that simple fact should prove that they can deal Konerko as well. If Sale is not going to be used as a starting pitcher, then he should be dealt as well. I know it takes two to tango and that it is early. I just hope this is the game plan for the coming months. This team is not fun to watch and is not going anywhere. It's early yet

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:36 PM) Dunn isn't a #3 hitter that's one of the problem's with this team. Maybe not but thqat was their original line up plan L-R-L-R which meant putting Dunn third. I wouldn't have a problem putting Paulie third and Dunn clean up though. Might work even

I never pickedup anything being said about Humber when he was taken out. Was he maybe hurt or something? Hawk was saying Robin wanted a medical visit called

They need to take out Humber before this gets out of hand. Once again we are having some real stinker at bats with runners in scoring position

QUOTE (Jake @ May 7, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) The real question is this -- does it matter what hand Hector throws with if he gets shelled by both left and right handed hitters? I think the handedness of the pitcher only matters if he can get some type of hitter out. I agree and really that was my point also. He has to get folks out in the closer role and he hasn't. I like Thornton in the dominatig role he can play as the set up guy. I just think Reed, or I giess as it appears to be happening, Sale can close

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 7, 2012 -> 05:53 PM) 2nd game is MLB.tv free game of the day for out of towners. Thanks for that update

Ready for big screen baseball this morning

I readPhil Rogers today where he repeats the question already being asked and that is how Sale adnb Thornton can co-exist in the pen for an extended period of time. I add Santiago in that mix. My thought in you can never have enough quality lefties and maybe they need to look at sending Santiago to AAA. That is in no way an admission of failure but simply an acknowledgment that this inexperienced rookie needs to work out some kinks and gain some confidence in his pitches again. I know the trade of Thornton is a big possibility but what happens if Sale ends up on the DL because of that elbow issue?

Dunn