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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 12:04 PM) Yes, but they never replaced any of his power on the bench to help vs LHP. The Sox have an OPS .046 lower vs LHP than anyone in baseball. Oakland is the 2nd worst AL team vs LHP, and they are nearly .100 points higher. Let's just say, it's a good thing the Sox never have to face Chris Sale Oakland is 2nd worst and have no place for Viciedo on the roster. That should tell you something right there

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) We used to have a ridiculously good team on Thursday nights. We didn't lose a game in 2 straight seasons. Then our manager got really involved in USSSA tournaments and started using the team as a way to recruit players and try them out before tournaments. Then we started sucking and more or less everybody quit the team. League night just isn't fun anymore when you're using it to warm up for tournaments or bigger games. USSSA is weird. We play in a hybrid ISA/ASA league, and there have been a few players that have come in from USSSA and they have been totally outclassed. I dont know what the difference is, but we had one guy pitch against us, and he was a tourney player. We lit the guy up, the final score was like 26-2 slaughter rule, and when he hit he looked like he never swung a bat.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Its more likely we get JLin in a sign and trade. I heard the Mavericks are doing that

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) Even as the DH? But I agree about your Bonifacio in theory idea. I recall after he signed, they even talked about him being a DH against LHP sometimes. Unfortunately he forgot how to play baseball this year. Come on now, you watched Viciedo just like I did. The last couple years were complete garbage, no steps forward, and actually he regressed against lefties(last year he was worse against lefties than righties). The cord needed to be cut

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Phantom? Seriously? lets cry about them every time he is brought up, seriously. Because err mer gerd he got busted 4 years ago QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:47 AM) .837 OPS in his career against LHP with some much needed power included in that. I don't think anyone on here wanted him back as a starter this year, but he would have been a more valuable bench piece/LHP platoon than Bonifacio has been (for similar cost). Viciedo hurts your bench because in order to hit him against lefties you need to play another defender in his place after he hits. That is terrible strategy. Bonifacio at least plays multiple positions and you can play him after he hits(at least that was the theory) but hey! Viciedo can hit a lefty sometimes!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:43 AM) Take a look at Viciedo's numbers. 50-100 points better OPS than Melky and ~comparably bad defense. Im looking at his numbers this season. Where other teams have the opportunity to platoon him against lefties. Oh wait, there are none. I would take Melky and all of his phantom Balta branded steroids over Dayan Viciedo every day and twice on sunday

lmao i love the Viciedo revisionist history here! I loved that one time that he totally misplayed a ground ball into a triple or inside the park homerun. Except it wasnt just one time. But i will forget all of those times because once, in between striking out 4 times swinging from his heels at whatever the pitcher threw, he hit a homerun off a lefty. good times

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) Still would be upgrade over Melky. Yea no

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) I've said this for a while now, but the Sox miss Viciedo's bat vs LHP. He was pretty dangerous against soft-tossing LHP. yea they really miss a guy who isnt even in the league this season

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 11:24 AM) So here's one that drives me nuts yesterday. When commenting on the defense, people will note that the White Sox simply don't have good defenders and nothing the manager or coaching staff can do will change that. Here's an example of where this hits the coaching staff and organization. First inning yesterday, ground ball to the left side, Gillaspie has to move a good distance to get to the ball and he misses it. It wasn't an impossible play, it wasn't an easy play, but he was given an error on it. He's not a great defender so he might make that play some fraction of the time and miss that play some fraction of the time, maybe 50/50, 75/25, who knows. Even if he practiced it every single day there's so many little differences in every hop that he's still going to miss that one sometimes. Fine. He's not a great defender and that's not on the coaching staff. Gillaspie then becomes an idiot. After missing the ball, he picks it up and rifles it as fast and as hard as he can in the direction of 1b without setting. Even if he made a perfect throw he wasn't going to get the runner. This was a completely stupid throw. There were probably 5 year olds in the stadium who have seen enough baseball to know that ball was ticketed for the dugout, and of course, the runner goes to 2nd on the play. Gillaspie gets the 2nd error on the play, runner scores a few batters later. The first one? Fine, Gillaspie just physically could not make that play every time and the coaching staff can't change that. The 2nd part? How on Earth can a player not know to stick that ball in their pocket and take the error rather than making things worse? That's what I mean when I say there's a difference between being weak defensively and what we see with this team: sloppy, stupid, poorly coached, and poorly prepared. We could be weak defensively, have weak defenders, guys who don't have good range, but we could at least be smart about it. Instead we have the guy who decides that he needs to be the hero and make an inhuman play and it ends up giving up a free run. So, this is 100 percent on Gillaspie for both muffing the ball and then throwing it away on a play that every person in the stadium knows he should have held on to. But at the same time its on the coaches for not coaching him correctly on a play he should have known since he was 5. Got it.

QUOTE (Douglas Rome @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 09:37 AM) there isn't a single position player that doesn't need improved. I suppose you could say that about every player, even Mickey Mantle, but these nine guys on the CWS all just plain suck. Gillespy should not be a major leaguer; Alexis is clueless, Adam LaRouche looks like a statue at the plate, ever look at him good, stiff as a board? You can go down the list everybody on the team a bunch of losers. It all point to Robin Ventura gotta go. thanks, Douglas Well, will Ozzie be able to make Gillaspie a major leaguer, find a clue for Alexei, and make LaRoche as wiggly as a worm? How exactly does Ozzie make them all winners?

The strangest thing about Verlander is that he still is in the mid 90s with his fastball, he just doesnt have the command anymore. I wonder if that mysterious "core muscle injury" that happened two offseasons ago did a a lot more than anyone realized at the time

So Jason Pierre-Paul severely damaged his hand in a fireworks accident, parts of fingers and a lot of skin missing. Apparently he rented a uhaul truck and went and bought enough fireworks to fill it, and had himself a personal fireworks show that didnt go so well

The looney tunes theme is the perfect background music for today

Gillaspie is the opposing pitchers best friend

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 5, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) Someone from their organization got in trouble and IIRC fired like a week ago for saying they had no shot to retain Aldridge. Seems like they knew it was coming. Assistant coach Kim Hughes. Fired yesterday http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13199640...dridge-comments

Aldridge to Spurs @WojYahooNBA: Aldridge will sign a four-year, $80 million maximum contract with San Antonio, league source tells Yahoo.

I think the name of the site fits the article

In true greg775 fashion, he has ignored all history in favor of one game. John Danks, you are no longer garbage, greg775 hath spoken

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 4, 2015 -> 12:44 AM) One thing about Robin. He has nine lives. If he can get this team back to .500 he'll be beloved again. He was never a beloved manager

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 07:33 PM) I watch a lot of Yankee and Boston games that start a hour before Sox. Same calls on very same plays Sox are out, Yankees/Boston are safe. For what reason have the Sox invoked the wrath of the MLB office that changes calls?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 07:26 PM) I am just tired of the bias calls depending on what team it is. NY deal has to be fixed or scrap the whole thing. Hawk is that you?

Just heard Jordan to get 4/80M. yeesh

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) You and Walter Football! I cant help myself. This guy wants to send me 15 million dollars that my great aunt Zinaida McMahon left for me!!! Also, he informed me that I am the last surviving heir, which is sad and disappointing. I will now have to inform my brother that he is dead.

If you want a good laugh, read Howard Beck and David Aldridge twitter accounts talking about how the Knicks are doing a good job rebuilding