Jake

I hope Dunn can PH for someone when the time comes

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 09:05 PM) His velocity is way down. I'd rather ensure his health for years to come then to force him face the Royals next weekend. Looks pretty normal to me? 91-93 this entire game

Why shut Sale down? I don't see anything physically holding him back. We have games to win and he's going to help us win them

Poor pitch calling

I'm not convinced that they're better.

Anyone up for making Brett Myers a starter?

Big shock, batters get better with each AB against Chris Sale. That's totally a unique trend.

Rios has been finding the barrel, just not quite hitting it to the right spots. He'd have at least 1 HR if this series had been played in Chicago.

He'll find a hole eventually

Is Robin a wizard?

Marty -- There is a budget deficit. There are two ways to fix it...reduce spending or increase income. It makes no sense to only do one of those things when you can actually do both. The three biggest, relatively equal sizes of that puzzle are defense spending, medicare, and social security. Defense is absolutely bloated and should be reduced, and perhaps significantly reduced. Social security is going to implode at some point, so I would like to see a plan put in place that gradually phases it out in favor of a government-overseen, private system. My suggestion would be that what you pay in is in fact what you get to take out. Of course, the government-overseen aspect would require that you pay a minimum into it and require that you don't take out from it until a legitimate retirement age. I am against pinching pennies on things that don't make a dent in our government spending like Planned Parenthood, etc. It's just dodging the actual issue. Real reform to institutions like Social Security will have to be bipartisan. Moreover, I think it will require a 2nd term President. It simply will not be popular. Ideally, raising tax rates would also be bipartisan...but I won't hold my breath on that.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 05:35 PM) Then why don't Illinois Democrats simply raise the taxes on the 1%, they control the state. That would fix everything. I despise state governments....have no choice but to act to the contrary of the national good

There wasn't much of a reference point for Dayan Viciedo. What is almost certain to be a 20+ HR, 60+ RBI, .250 AVG season seems like an okay reference point. Gordon is a disappointment. Morel is hurt, I have to think. Sale is awesome, Quintana as well. Thompson, Hawkins, Walker, Sanchez, Barnum, and various others are worth thinking about in the MiLB. I'd say this is definitely a good year for the organization, it is safe to say we're moving in the right direction.

I'm not about to throw my support behind every part of the Democrat platform, but I think the national income needs to be increased significantly. People will likely have to pay for this, and probably not just the super-rich

da f***?

I vote this trivial discussion be moved to the catch-all thread.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) Game is on ESPN2 due to Nascar lol

Shannon Hoon or from that list...Freddie Mercury

I agree, criticize the only guy to hit a single pitch of Scherzer's hard tonight

QUOTE (Caesar @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 09:19 PM) Vegas has opened the Tigers at a =175 favorite tomorrow night with Sale pitching. That is terrible news for the Sox. We get swept. f***, Vegas is always right

O-Dog > all?

Yep, sure sucks that we have to play the same or 1 game worse than Detroit to be able to make the playoffs this year

That one from the Konerko school of hitting

Austin Jackson is one heck of a player

Back to back to back to back let's go