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Robertson has pitched two days in a row, and 3 of the last 4. I think you send Sale back out for the 9th with a reliever backing him up.

MELKY!

Damn, crossbar.

He was walking back to the dugout before Avila even caught that ball.

Sale may go 10 innings tonight with the way we are hitting, and the way he is pitching.

Wow, they have the game stopped and stretcher there ready to take the woman out.

Sale gets out of it with the slider.

It was a low throw, but Abreu should have dug that one out. It wasn't that hard.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 07:42 PM) 1 f***ing shot??? Yeah, there was a Blues player in the shooting lanes the entire period. It was an excellent defensive period by them.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 07:35 PM) Eaton in RF is literally winning the White Sox ballgames. It can't be stated enough how much better the defense is this year.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 02:53 PM) It's fantastic out today. it is a drink beer at the beach kind of day.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 07:18 PM) This number 42 guy is pretty good. He has literally made every out tonight.

With there being a fair chance of his getting released, it would pretty much take a Josh Hamilton back to Texas from Anaheim type of deal to make it worth while. The Red Sox would have to take on almost the entire contract, PLUS not get any real player in return for it to be worth thinking about. Realistically, I'd take a chance that he gets released and pick him up without having the obligation of any contract, versus being connected to him for another four seasons.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 03:56 PM) I admittedly have a higher estimation/valuation of Saladino than his numbers would warrant. And I hate rents....their high failure rate just does that to me. That the winning organizations don't dump their good young players, also does that to me. I'd rather that approach than than Kenny Williams 3/16 methods. But par usual, here come the pejoratives for Sox prospects.... "utility infielder" just like Trayce is a "4th outfielder" and Semien and Phegley (who out-hit 1/2 the Sox regulars last year) are scrubs. While Cooper was pining and awing over Hector Noesi, Bassit was putting up solid numbers for a back end starter. Let's not forget that utility infielder Escobar, who has outplayed every Sox SS since the Williams traded him. On what basis is Saladino a utility infielder... Because Cooper and Ventura think he is? Because he's not highly ranked? Sometimes solid, but not spectacular minor league numbers translate to solid major leaguers. Check out the Giants infield sometime. You are way over selling a pile of players that isn't that good. Thompson quite literally is a 4th OF who is starting because the guy in front of him is hurt. Semien is an extremely flawed player. He is a decent hitter, who is one of the worst fielders in all of baseball. Phegley is a bench player on a bad team. Bassitt is in the Oakland rotation because of injuries to guys like Doubront and Parker, plus the trades of pitchers in front of him. Escobar is starting at SS for a really bad team, and isn't a guy who will hold off a real prospect or starter. They already wanted to replace Escobar with Santana. He's a placeholder and a real utility player. Even a 2014 Jimmy Rollins put up a WAR of 4.0. Escobar put up a total of 3.1 over both 2014 AND 15 combined. Realistically, every single guy you listed is a guy you would be trying to upgrade if you were a major league general manager. Much like Tyler Saladino is now. They are all lower echelon starters, if a team doesn't have a real starter to play somewhere.

If I am supposed to believe that Donald Trump is supposed to be this incredibly smart business man who is going to rescue us from our government with his understanding of complex mechanisms used to reform them for the betterment of the people, why can't he figure out how to run a campaign staff that won't keep losing him delegates to candidates with way less of that business experience? To keep losing delegates to the system means he either isn't as good of a manager as he keeps telling us he is, or he isn't as smart as he keeps telling us he is. If he can't keep Ted Cruz from stealing his delegates, how in the hell is he going to keep Vlad Putin from stealing back Eastern Europe?

Jacob May with a top 10 catch last night. https://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/...997278912278528

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Todd Frazier.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 11:21 AM) I noticed Latos threw a lot more cutters yesterday. More than all other types of fastballs combined actually. I wonder if Coop is telling him to throw it more. Given his low velocity right now, it's probably better to throw something with more movement on it. Everything he threw yesterday has decent movement.

During the 2011 off season Pablo Sandoval managed to gain 21 pounds in 21 days. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox..._control_weight

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QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) I don't see this team getting swept right now, especially against the hapless Rays. And Sale starting game 1.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:56 AM) Wow, that's really surprising to me. Kid looks like a monster. I guess basing things off a mixtape highlight reel is a bad way to scout a kid. He has a ton of development work to go to actually be able to play the game at the next level. If you ask me, odds are slim that he ever makes it because he is so raw.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:48 AM) Please regale us with your guys Thai whorehouse crusade. We'd love to hear the real story. Why did a couple nobodies from America feel empowered to go put these children in even greater risk? Surely they understood there are more intelligent diplomatic ways to help address this problem, right? Not to mention that there is a sex trade problem in the US.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:35 AM) Why should an independent have declare their allegiance with any party just to be able to vote? I read that roughly 27% of the voters in New York are not affiliated with either party. That is a huge percentage of people whose opinion means squat. I think closed primaries are nothing but voter suppression that hurts any non establishment candidate like Sanders. I understand the point that the parties don't want outsiders voting for someone because they think that person will be easier to beat in the general election. I get that. But honestly the percentage of people that do that barely makes a dent. I really think semi-closed primaries are the way to go. That eliminates Democrats from choosing the Republican nominee and vice versa but it allows unaffiliated voters to vote. Allowing same day voter registration updates is a way to help prevent the voter suppression in closed primaries. New York's voting registration laws are just ridiculous. To have to decide who you are going to vote for 6 months in advance is just plain silly. At the end of the day, a political party is a private entity. They should be able to set up whatever rules they want, within legal reason. When it comes to the actual election that is different.