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QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 08:22 PM) Maybe he was promised the day off...Robin has done that before with him this season. Mark After like 5 days off and pitching for 1 day? Did you guys hear something injury related or soreness related earlier? I'll buy it just unexpected and worrisome with a guy having 3.4 more years on a big deal.

Thank you John.

I was seeing Antman, why was Robertson not available?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) Ugh, stay far away from Castro. He's bad, and he has a bad contract. His negative WAR would fit right in with all the rest of the guys on this team. This isn't the first year he's hit like s*** either. I'd be curious about him because he's talented and should be underpriced given his contract. I wouldn't want him for Samardzija but I'm actually more interested in him to fill a need than I want to admit. He's kind of like Garcia to me except much more expensive. I'd play him for a couple years but I wouldn't give up much for him or I'd take him as a "piece". Would not want him as the main piece for Samardzija, but would take him as 1 of 2-3 pieces and they wouldn't have to give up any of their real big pieces to make me do it. They could use Alexei to replace him for this year as well and I'd be totally ok with that.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 07:32 PM) Bunting would be playing for a tie. If Jennings is shot and Robertson unavailable, it makes sense not to bunt. Unless Emilio can pitch a few innings. ........................................ I can buy that. Thanx.

Drat.

Drat. Really really surprised Tyler wasn't bunting.

Genuinely surprised Tyler wasn't bunting Good work Adam.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 03:41 PM) Was this supposed to be in the "what you want to happen this trade deadline thread?" The "make no major moves" is the last thing I want to have happen. Which is why I said that's my crazy prediction, because they keep doing the exact opposite of what I'd do...and it keeps not working.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 07:21 PM) We have starters that are fresh like Rodon. If he needed another past Robertson he could have used him. Jennings just got caught at the wrong time nu ythe wrong hitter Is Rodon 100% recovered from that blister? He could legit be unavailable.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 07:20 PM) Well s***. How do you run out of pensmen? Playing every game like a world series game. That's the unfortunate reality of where we've put ourselves.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) Snaps together a great season? Like last year? He put up 5.3 fWAR last season and is on pace for a 4+ win season this year. Quintana is a 26 year old LH stud that is on a team friendly deal for the next 5 seasons. It's absurd to me that other MLB teams wouldn't know and understand how good he is. He will not be traded unless it's for an absolute haul. People's argument for why he wouldn't be worth a top of the league value deal is that he's not well known enough. He could actually win a few games in some first half at some point and "snap together a season with a lot of wins and an all star appearance". Is that more acceptable?

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 01:45 AM) If you like free surprises, Wilco appears to have released a new album- unannounced, and made available for free as a download (I assume the part about it being free is temporary) on their website. http://wilcoworld.net/ i kinda wish it was automatically downloaded to my cell phone. Woulda saved 5 min.

QUOTE (Greyone @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 04:34 PM) Yep, fun, simple film, great visuals, some of the best in a Marvel flick. A few good laughs, Rudd, and Douglas were great, Lily was the major weak link. But that might be on the writers/directing... Yeah, I had very little problem with that. Good summer movie. Stay for the 2nd after credits scene OMG.

Yesterday I said you could blame me for one of the runs. I literally just turned this f***ing game on. My bad.

Congrats on supporting a guy for telling it like it is, Greg. Well done. Good choice and I strongly support you guys nominating him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 10:31 AM) Who the hell is Cal Thomas Random right wing political writer/Right wing radio host/former Fox News personality. Exactly the kind of person whose erudite criticisms are going to gain wide acceptance in the "Democrat Thread".

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 02:49 AM) I know many (most) of you love Hillary as much as I love Danks/Buehrle and Ozzie but Cal Thomas captured how I feel about Hilly perfectly. I can't believe he's not fired for saying she's running on her gender. I'd think in this PC world that's a no-no. But Cal pointed out Hillary's flaws here and expressed how "boring" she is as well. http://calthomas.com/columns/boring Seriously you're in the wrong thread. There's a Republican thread for posting stuff from people like Cal Thomas ripping Hillary.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 09:42 AM) So did they burn an option bringing him up and sitting him in the pen for one day? Yes, this uses up one of his minor league options and he is now on the 40 man roster.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) I think you SHOULD get a great package for Quintana - his skill warrants that - but I don't think you would. He's not known, not great stuff, no hype, bad record....all things that should be irrelevant, but which aren't to buyers who have to deal with fanbases. He's worthy of a Shields return, but I think you'd get a Fister return. Then don't trade him. He's under team control extremely cheaply for 5 years. We can wait around for a top of the league quality return for him. 2.5 years from how he could be even more valuable if he snaps together a great season somewhere in there or the White Sox accidentally score more than 2 runs a game for him.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) Why would we have called him up over Carroll or Johnson for one day and not have him pitch Carroll was ineligible to be called up because he was sent down less than 10 days ago and there were no injuries. Johnson pitched in the AAA All Star Game on Wednesday and would not be prepared to pitch today.

LaRoche utterly utterly fails.

How the hell did Cain pull that together

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 09:54 PM) There is really only one person in the entire organization that can steal and that's Micah He sitll got thrown out a few times with the big league team.

Tyler shouldn't have been called up. Immediately steals like the rest of the roster.