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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.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:16 PM) Dreaded "hangover" game effect. 4 blown saves last week and Frazier out of the line-up, offense might be hard to come up with even against Keuchel. Looking at that line-up, it feels like the 2012-14 all over again. And the defense just hasn't been as sharp, even though some of these plays aren't turning into errors (see Sands in LF a week ago)...Jackson, Eaton, etc. Not playing terribly, have been in every game, but playing just poorly enough compared to the season's earlier standards to lose these games. other than the 10 over part in May.

Carlos looking better today.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ May 17, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) I'm blacked out. SON OF A b****. Blackouts are horrible. PM me there's some ways around them.

What a s*** lineup, especially against LHP. Come on Sox, do what you should do again today and stomp this bad Yankees team.

Plezac was f***ing awesome last light! Wow. What a great blend of saber analysis with insight from his playing days.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) And as close as they are, Sale is a lefty, which is the trump card. why?

Imagine is this team had Trayce in CF and Semien at SS

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 13, 2016 -> 09:32 PM) His contract is going to be so ridiculous. The Sox have Jose, Q, Sale and Eaton locked up to some of the most insane contracts in baseball mostly because Hahn was smart enough to realize whicih way the wind was blowing with pre arb buyouts.

That +41 RD is looking sexy. So, this offense might actually be good. Adam Eaton is on pace for like a a 7 WAR season. Lawrie is on pace for about 4. Ditto Frazier. Ok then Hahn, you keep doing you. Club has been completely remade and it feels good man. A lot of new faces the last few years and a lot of new contributers have replaced the good old boys club of laggards that were either has beens or never wasses from the end of the KW regime.

This team has great bounce back ability.

Go look the Box Score. Not a single OBP below .300 and many above .340. Cannot remember the last time I saw that on a White Sox boxscore, early mid May or otherwise.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 11, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) What a s***ty series. So many blown leads and dumb plays. Glad we are done facing Texas and we stole a game from them. stole a game? they gave away two.

Austin Jackson seems to come up with runners on an awful lot.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 11, 2016 -> 03:30 PM) So who was going to pitch the other inning then? There were 4 innings left and you only named 3 pitchers. Pen could really use a guy that can go two inning high leverage on occasion. Was really hoping it would be Jones.