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QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ May 18, 2016 -> 09:32 PM) Who's idea was it to hire Robin in first place? Refresh my memory. I'm pretty sure it came entirely out of the blue. RV was sitting around his house retired, with zero managerial experience, I mean not even like "special advisor in spring" or some BS like that when KW called him up. I still don't understand the thought process behind hiring a guy with zero experience who wasn't exactly a renowned leader of men during his playing days.

Carlos Sanchez needs more starts.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 18, 2016 -> 09:24 PM) Also, I'm not pressing the panic button when I question what type of team this is. I think it's a fair question, especially when the only good season this team has had under Ventura has been in his first year when they choked away the lead down the stretch. I've never been confidence in Ventura & frankly after multiple questionable decisions in the last week, I truly wonder who this team really is. It's easy to live off of an extreme start (good or bad) for a certain amount of time but after a while if that hot start fades enough & teams continue to catch them & eventually pass them it's worth asking the "who are they?" question. I know one thing and that is I'd fell a HELLUVA lot better with RV not the manager. Complacency just seems to follow RV around.

Team's overall play has been horse s*** since that debacle in Texas and also they are not getting any of the breaks they were earlier in the year. This isn't a bad team, but right now it's not a good one either.

Feels like the defense has been s*** ever since that game in Texas.

i hate this f***ing s***. what a joke.

The umps have not been kind to us lately either. WTF!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:48 PM) How the f*** is that not interference? even more egregious than what Jose did in "pretending" to fall over the plate.

if Jose interfered earlier this year than that is too!

albers has found a little something this at bat, making better pitches.

f***ing s***.

QUOTE (SpankyEaton @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:43 PM) Does Avila do a poor job of framing pitches? he's solid, certainly better than navarro.

TY very much!

shut down albers can come back any day now.

My rule would be if you go to extra innings you bust out the beer. Not a single good swing by anybody that inning. Wow.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:36 PM) Giving some great pitches to hit Every batter this inning has got at least one ball right down the middle. Much like Robertson though it can still be hard to hit thanks to the movement it seems.

I will give him this: he has a pissload of movement on his fastball. Jesus, talk about a running fastball.

QUOTE (SpankyEaton @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:34 PM) Too many balls swung at out of the zone in addition to high pitched swung at. crazy I literally thought that at the same moment I read your post.

As a lefty hitter tho, you get a pretty good look at it out of his hand.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:32 PM) If I were a hitter I would find that windup really annoying more than confusing. it's the release point + movement that works for him.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:31 PM) Why are we talking about Jerry Sands? Because he should be in AAA.

He's leaving s*** out over the plate. Come on guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:45 PM) Easily lowest fWAR on team coming into game. I'm worried about him a little. He just isn't a good defender and he absolutely has to rake to have value.

Abreu hitting how he is instead of the 900 OPS version has cost the Sox quite a bit this year.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:21 PM) Austin Jackson has not been near the defensive player some made him out to be. That error was brutal. Book on him has always been bad routes and bad drops coupled with at times outstanding range and a decent arm. Now that he's aging, the negatives show up more.