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Wow. Napoli tossed for basically nothing after 3 bad strike calls.

4-2

Saladino is so solid.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 06:30 PM) Not going to be pretty with wind blowing out if he can't keep it down. Robin needs to have a very short leash on him if he struggles. This is why I like when Carroll is up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 06:28 PM) Danks leaving stuff up to the first hitter. And second

Um, I'm going to guess disaster game by Danks. He can't keep ball low.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 06:24 PM) and a typical pathetic at bat by Flowers He hit the ball hard the other way when he was getting pitched low and outside. Not the worst thing.

Good start. I friggen love Tyler Saladino.

Oh man. I can see why they are worst team in AL

Abreu still in game, those not watching

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 05:08 PM) I literally can't. I try to open the article and I get a popup that will not close. I try to close the popup ad or answer the stupid survey thing and whenever I click on it the page automatically closes and it opens an empty new tab. It's awful. I have pop-up blocker on, it cannot stop the madness.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) Unreadable, Sun Times, closed link. Ye Gods, I read it, he's taking 2 days to clear his head. Eaton said Herm pushed something through him and he feels better.

I'm still upset about the Kotsay over Thome decision.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 04:19 PM) Here is an off the wall and totally unrealistic idea: Avi, Micah and Danks to SD (maybe throw in another low-level lottery ticket) Shields and Justin Upton to the Sox Sox then flip Shark to Toronto for Pentecost and Hoffman Yuck.

Ugh, God, I just thought about the Garland for Erstad trade, why were we so interested in him for that decade: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/erstada01.shtml

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 04:24 PM) Do you have some insight? I only have second hand complaints from several customers that have had booths there for various things. Same stuff you have, never had to be around a convention that required much more than something a large hotel could not accomodate, thankfully. But the main issue is booking at mccormick is handing over everything to them. You will put on the convention that mccormick wants you to put on, to a tee. Or else the labor costs will just destroy you.

Man, if our pitching prospects could have just panned out those 01-04 teams had some awesome pieces.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) You are assuming that Graph Expo is a small convention. It is not. Quite large, and has visitors and exhibitors from all over the world. I likened it to banks, cable companies, etc that give awesome giveaways and deals to lure new customers, and completely forget about their current customers. As for how busy McCormick Place is, I recall about 5 or 6 years ago they were complaining that they were losing gigs all over the place and were blaming the excessive set up fees and union charges even back then. I don't know how busy their schedule is now, but still seems silly to piss off someone who has been with you for 20 years. Place is ridiculous. Survives off legacies like this, nobody wants to deal with switching venues and learning what set-up is needed in the 48 hours they have access before convention.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) Sorry, but pace/schmace - Twins might well be 82-83 win frauds. The pace/schmace rebuttal always wins

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Mark Buehrle and Rafeal Palmeiro had an epic 19 pitch at bat where Palmeuro ended up getting a walk. The crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation. In 2003 I remember Frank Thomas fouling off a few pitches only to hit a walk off home run off the Twins. Paul Konerko hit a 2 strike, 2 out homer in the 9th to keep the game alive. Oh, that was the same game. That was the height of Paulie's brutal stretch. I feel like Alomar/Everett trades happened around then as well.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 03:42 PM) Frank Thomas said Pedro and big unit were the toughest pitcher's he's ever faced. This wasn't vs Pedro, but one of my favorite at bats was vs the twins and eddie guardado in extra innings. It was another long at bat and Frank Thomas hit a long shot that just went foul down left field. Very next pitch, Frank hits a walk off homer down left field. I remember that, that was awesome.

Wow, it was only 10 pitches. It felt like so much more.

Shoot, that's actually an awesome article. And, as an aside, this is the type of detail DJ often gets into when there is a big at bat. That same breakdown of thought process. That's why I still enjoy our radio crew when the game gets to a tense moment.

I had the misfortune of listening to Steve Rosenbloom on saturday whilst stuck in traffic. BUT, when talking about Pedro Martinez he discussed a column he wrote of the epic at bat of Pedro vs. Frank Thomas. I was at this game. I do not know what year it was, I want to say 2002 or 2003. White Sox vs Red Sox, not late enough in year to have real implications. It was the 5th or 6th inning, bases loaded. Frank Thomas comes up to bat. This epic battle occurs, to me it was 17-18 pitches, Rosenbloom said 11. Foul after Foul. The whole stadium knew this was an awesome moment, people were on edge of their seats. Pedro struck him out looking. I booed, I went home and immediately went to white sox message board and asked if it was a strike (no video online then), it was a wicked, wicked strike. I bring this up because I'm amazed how many sox fans I talk to remember this isolated at-bat in a basically nothing game 12 years ago. One of those "baseball is pretty great" moments. FYI, Joe Crede hit a 3 run home run and we won the game.

Yes, and that is key. Reports on Anderson's athleticism are through the roof, if his instincts and footwork is improving, he has so much athleticism to make up the rest. I'm really excited for Anderson since he's turned it on in mid-june.