Balta1701

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) I said at the time I would have made those moves. I don't care if people wouldn't have been happy, I'm just saying what I would have done. And I didn't expect Hammel to outpitch Samardzija but I thought a few years of Hammel + Semien + Phegley + Bassitt + Ravelo > one year of Samardzija during a year where the team had holes. I would not have made those moves and thought the Samardzija for Semien move was exactly the opposite of what this franchise should have been doing before it was made. I talked myself into not being too angry afterwards and regret that I wasn't more pissed.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 09:07 PM) Might as well keep rolling with my call that putting Daniel Webb in high-leverage situations is eventually gonna bite us in the ass Was this a high-leverage situation? Yes 1 run but 6th inning?

Nicely done AE.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) You are thinking of Jim Boylan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boylan I was too, very confusing. and this is Jim Boylen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boylen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) [At that moment Chris Sale smashes through the wall wearing a Superman S and cape.] Did someone call? Please don't jinx Chris.

Wasn't Boylan a Bulls interim head coach after Skiles or something like that?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 10:10 AM) I don't understand why Wisconsin seems hellbent on destroying its public universities. Personally this one really pisses me off...because I'm going to be competing on the job market with all of the faculty members fleeing Wisconsin this fall.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) Seems like it's a constant struggle for him to keep his changeup down. When he does he's really effective. When he leaves it over the plate he gets shelled. I actually felt like he was leaving his change up a whole lot during that 10 hit shutout against the Astros, they just couldn't hit it.

Off topic...I get Rodon vs. Liriano on Monday. Now there's an intriguing matchup knowing how Liriano's career arc has gone.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 09:34 PM) Yep, those are the kind of posts that embarrass a fan base. Seriously, can we at least pretend that we are in the 21st century, and things like being a father are important? Who cares what his job is. Can Bill Gates not take a few days off because he is the face of Microsoft? Seriously if it bothers a person bad enough where they have to personally attack a person, your priorities are seriously out of whack. With all of the truly bad people in sports who really should be called out, this is the opposite of that. This is a father showing his daughter that she is the most important thing in the world to him, not some game. Bravo. If more men were like this with their daughers and sons, this world would be a much better place. Bill Gates has retired from Microsoft several times, Robin should try that. In all seriousness, I should add that I have no issue with him taking a few personal days off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 05:43 PM) No idea. just checked and nope, just Vandy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 05:21 PM) 91 IP in 2014, 114 in 2015. Any cape cod league exposure or anything like that?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 05:18 PM) Catcher ERA for Flowers is 4.05 with a DWAR of -0.1, Soto is 4.43 with DWAR of 0.2. Flowers is pretty highly rated in Pitch Framing too, though Soto isn't bad. http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php Part of that of course is Soto catching Samardzija a lot and Samardzija being an overpaid overpriced Valpo bum.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) I don't remember which murdered african american thread Tamir Rice was discussed in (the kid murdered in Cleveland for having a toy gun within like 1/4 second) but apparently in Ohio it's possible for a group of state citizens to petition a court to file charges and order an arrest without the assistance of a prosector and a group is filing such a request with the court tomorrow. A judge heard this complaint and has ruled that there is probable cause to try this police officer for murder and to try his partner for reckless homicide and dereliction of duty. The case would still have to somehow be referred downwards to a prosecutor to handle it, it's basically unprecedented in Ohio for a case to be pushed this way so it's a little unclear what all the details will be.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 05:22 PM) There are situations in which a tazer is fine, and there are situations in which they're not. This isn't black and white. Also, you'd be screaming if the cops tazed someone and they somehow died or suffered other complications from the tazer, because the cop should be psychic and know the person had some sort of dormant condition. And in the case of a dozen cops talking to people by a pool, neither of them is fine. OR necessary. As shown by the other 11 policemen on the scene.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 02:21 PM) Actually it was repeatedly suggested on the likes of Fangraphs that the White Sox would not have a successful season despite all their signings. And if people predicted the Sox to have a poor season amongst vast predictions of a good season, they kind of deserve to say I told you so. The remarkable thing about those projections was...they had just about everyone, particularly the top 3 on our pitching staff, taking steps backwards. Abreu and Eaton also. At the time I couldn't believe the entire roster would simultaneously take a step backwards. D'Oh.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) Blake Hickman has "white sox player" in his bio. Wasn't he the one who already was through some Sox academy?

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 10:30 PM) Any OPS under .800 for your clean-up hitter is never anything worth writing home about. Then stop playing him so often against lefties.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 10:24 PM) Another ND for Q? Better than L.

Woo

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) Johnson with a monster of a start. Dude should be back on the radar at this point. Obviously our expectations should drop a little, but he should have a chance to fill that #5 very effectively once we can dump Danks on somebody. We won't ever be able to, FWIW. We might have been able to dump him for a worse contract like Melky Cabrera...minus that one problem.

At least that reduces the chances of Q taking the L.

QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 09:35 PM) I wonder what type of impact playing with Alexei and Abreu would have on Guerrero, it might help focus him and keep his head in the game. I wouldn't want to give up too much for him since the Dodgers have basically excommunicated him, maybe Chris Beck and James Dykstra? Alexei isn't exactly playing well enough that you'd think he's guaranteed to have his option picked up and be back next year

QUOTE (harkness @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) I'm not saying Quintana is horrible... he might have value to get something we need more. we keep saying our draft strategy is to take the guys we can develop (starting pitching) and use that to acquire position players. Our position players are so bad that maybe its tile to look at the words we keep saying.

WTF make a decision come on get it on with.