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If Chris wants to get to that 12 strikeouts he needs to strike this guy out.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Or pray that some other GM is dumb enough to think he has 30/30 potential and swap him for someone who can play 2b/ss/3b in the big leagues. he's in his first Arb year this offseason. No one's doing that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Not a surprise, his mechanics are awful. Going forward, he seems more a part of the problem and not a part of the solution. The problem is...the White Sox have so many, many, many holes that we have no choice but to get production out of someone like Avi if we want to turn this around within a couple years.

Dah that was impressive and awful.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) 53 at bats for Avi since he had an extra base hit I don't know if you saw this one but it was a find that made me pause and say "really" yesterday. Garcia has not hit a double down the left field line since 2013.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) People are really taking issue with a tragic event being the catalyst for positive change? The flag is offensive to a large number of Americans. It represents oppression, terrorism and treason. The removal of that symbol is an acknowledgment and a positive step forward in race relations. Americans will always do the right thing after they have tried everything else. (Churchill or someone else, who knows).

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) Ramirez isn't going to be a big leaguer next year. You'd think he'd realize this is his last contract... If he's that torn up over Minnie's death he needs to take a leave of absence for the good of the team. Get it together buddy. Someone will gamble a million dollars or so on seeing if he can find one more year, SS is that weak of a position.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) It seems pretty obvious they're going to end up trading Eaton this offseason in a Swisher-esque deal where they're so sick of the player, they'll give him up for cheap. Sox will end up having to eat some of the money owed. That would be an impressive failure but it does sound like what they'd be talking about with "firing the players".

Close enough that you couldn't tell if the 1b hit the corner of the bag. That's all on Eaton. Lazy lazy Eaton.

I think he was safe and if Eaton was running it was easily safe.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Cool Eaton, don't run!! He slowed up there right?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) why didn't Abreu get time off last year when he had a lingering injury Because he had to worsen it and go to the DL. That was the plan the whole time. Anyway...I don't believe he's actually hurt, I believe he's actually a hitter with a terrible approach at the plate that is now being much more effectively exploited by opposing pitching.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) He hasn't been right since he got hurt. I am guessing there is something lingering. So why isn't he being given time off?

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) but i still think they can do it on the fly. this team is a nice looking one at some of the key positions. I think they'll try because that's what they do, I think it will work as well as it has for the past half decade, and we'll be up to 5 losing seasons in 6 years.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 24, 2015 -> 01:08 AM) I'd say the non-wealthy got at least one really good, really important thing under this POTUS that could very well be threatened if a Republican is elected Don't you mean "tomorrow"?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 08:07 PM) That said, they have no choice but to try to fix it on the fly again and hope like hell that either Tim Anderson, Micah Johnson or Courtney Hawkins are legit big league regulars (two out of three). Yes they do. They absolutely have a choice to realize how little actual talent they have in this organization and put a priority on fixing that...for example by considering moving guys like Quintana or, if a magical, unbelievable offer appeared, Sale. At the same time though that requires doing the opposite of what you said - not trying to fix it on the fly, not trying to put a bandaid on a gushing wound.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 10:02 PM) To my completely nonprofessional eyes, Micah's issues are his stone hands much more than something easily learnable like footwork or positioning. I just don't see him ever being even an average second baseman. I'd love to be proven wrong, though. If Micah can't improve defensively then there's almost no amount of offensive production that is going to make it worth having him as a starter on this team.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 07:15 PM) Actually, he's terribly wrong. And thinking like this is why he's going to fail miserably at his new job. Steve Kerr realizes it's 2015. And that's why he's a champion. Bah, Phil Jackson is likely to fail miserably at this job because it's incredibly hard to take a basketball team and turn it around after years of losing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 06:33 PM) Phil. Shut the f*** up. Please and thank you http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id...es-nba-offenses Phil Jackson has never and will never try to influence the referees by making public statements and how dare you think otherwise.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 06:12 PM) We didn't say it would prevent anything, we are simply saying it also didn't solve anything, and it won't. Then let's get rid of it and move on to bigger issues, agreed?

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 06:08 PM) Do you even realize how good that f***ing movie would be? Minds would be blown and Beyonce would surely have a major role. You win this round.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) The difference I haven't quit on Garcia and Eaton, despite their starts, I stilll think both are at least MLB starting calibur players. I think they could be but need work and coaching...and you can guess how much confidence I have in that.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) I'm sure racism in the south has been solved by the removal of that flag. Again, that's NOT the conversation. The conversation starts AND ends in the home. You can remove ALL the historic symbols of racism from the world right now and those that were programmed to be racists will invent NEW symbols or hijack other historical symbols as their new symbol. That flag wasn't flying in the present day as a symbol of racism regardless of what it was once symbolic of. Taking it down will solve NOTHING, and whether you accept that or not is irrelevant. I'm sure racism in the south is not solved as long as people think it's ok to fly that flag.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) Of course he's at SS tonight. https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/613448423262457856 Robin on Youtube commenting on Alexei a second ago: