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Finally getting some defensible lineup.

Literally none of those guys are the age they are discussing. Just an unbelievable confidence to constantly “So what about” when you can’t follow basic conversation points.

Something bizarre is I am 5-0 in games this year.

Montgomery plays SS still and has athleticism that should allow him to continue to tap into more power. I don’t think anyone is not excited about Ramos, but Kanny has swallowed most of our prospects alive and Montgomery has been pretty damn good.

Ronny Robles with quite a day. 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6 Ks

Erick Hernandez 1-1

And whether or not Luis Gonzalez fades it's not luck from the giants. They signed Zaidi from the Dodgers who was the organizer of their incredible player development system. His org seems completely in sync on what players will work well with their staff to make them better than they were before they signed.

I don't think they are unlucky. They think they are brilliant at playing the FA market, and have a set price to pay for player performance. Those prices are under market value for the best available players, and overmarket value for past their prime players. Sox budget 18 million for top position players, don't get them, then see productive, mid-30s DHs and say "holy crap we can get them for $14 million? That's a way better deal!" "$10 million for Escobar? We could get 34 year old josh harrison, who just had a pitiful second half, for half that! And he'd be 80% of Escobar! You can't really do negative numbers, but lo and behold escobar will be multiples more valuable than Harrison, who is another player unlikely to see another contract. "Sheesh, why pay for that guy when we can get 80% of him in Jon Jay?" Jon Jay's career ends. Back in the 2000s they were actually very good at this. They found veterans with years more life. But whether it be velo, or steroids, or whatever, the aging curve has either been stiffer or teams are smarter who they prevent going to FA. The sox still shop like it's the 2000s. They are also just very bad at mlb scouting. With most teams with a Reese McGuire/Seby Zevala being ahead of Carlos Perez to start the year you'd say "well he's not as good/isn't ready". With the sox I'm assuming he's an all star. They probably could outsource all of their scouting to a baseball america subscription and be better off / have way more money for other fun stuff.

Wow an Elijah Tatis homer. First Quezada game (I did not follow last night?) and has a BB and a run

Don’t quote my good post with this

This Sosa season is just insane.

The only way Tony gets fired is if he says he supports the mlbpa or an equivalent nightmare for JR. Some boundaries you cannot cross.

this was good stuff. Liked seeing the changeup and slider show up as punchouts. Aside from fastball though, nothing looked that strong. Glad he's starting to put it together though.

The reality is as sports has become so professionalized and so rich the teams and players in it will push rules to their limits in order to win (good). It may make the game less entertaining (bad). Unfortunately I think it’s necessary right now. But I hope it can eventually be pulled back (as with illegal defense at various times)

I don’t like it, but I also think it will probably work.

Hah, didn’t know it was a triple because mlb only highlights doubles and homers and milb doesn’t do DSL

Eh not saying people shouldn’t be pissed. Just glad the atmosphere is still fun.

The crown jewel of our ACL team yet to play in Quezada. They did win but it was a very boring box score so.

Gotta say for all the harumph this season has been you wouldn’t know it in the stadium. Every game I’ve been to has been a joy and excellent crowds. We all suffered in the rebuild and are cashing in even if the on the field isn’t representative of what it should be yet.

You know, I'm not gonna be mad at Tony for Sheets 5th. i'm gonna put my anger toward hahn for going with Sheets as a solution to our LH power problem.

in the battle of the front office manager vs. the superstar manager, the superstar manager has been beaten to a pulp. Fortunately the white sox chose the superstar manager.

Yeah I kinda buy into the readings that it's not the bulls talking about it as much as everyone else. I am not sure about Gobert. Super exposed, I totally get it, in playoffs as teams neutralized him. But with the current makeup of the east wouldn't he work out a little better than the west? Not sure where the bulls find 3pt shooting thou

Taking 3 boys under 7 to the game tonight wish me luck

Erick Hernandez now with 2 hits and 2 rbis