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Abreu picked off.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 27, 2015 -> 12:30 PM) For what reason? Fastball right at him.

Farmer and DJ feel that the HBP was on purpose.

Hooray for bad defense!

SoxNet.net ‏@SoxNet 26s27 seconds ago Apparently the ump just said "Shut your mouth Robin" according to Farmer.

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Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 1m1 minute ago Jeff Samardzija, who has allowed 20 runs in the first two innings of games this year, gets through a scoreless second. 0-0, top of 3.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2015 -> 12:08 PM) Did anyone ever state if Conor is injured or not? Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 1h1 hour ago Gordon Beckham getting starts at 3B in Toronto because he's better equipped than Gillaspie on faster surface. His 14th start, 34th game Weds arry southsidesox ‏@SouthSidelarry 1h1 hour ago @CST_soxvan So not because of his plantar fasciitis? Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 55m55 minutes ago @SouthSidelarry 'a little bit,' RV said, although CG said the other day his feet feel fine. Not the best footwork, healthy or otherwise.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 27s27 seconds ago Shuck safe at 2nd after challenge. Sox have 11 SBs, caught stealing 12 times (not 13 as first noted). 4 minutes, 34 seconds to overturn.

Safe.

Review time on the Shuck CS. DJ and Farmio think he was clearly safe.

Real nice work by Samardjiza to leave Reyes right there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 27, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Then please help me, explain it because I can't find it. I don't believe that for a second.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 27, 2015 -> 11:28 AM) So what is your solution? You've said before that the White Sox can't rebuild because the fanbase won't survive multiple losing seasons. You've spent the entire thread saying that this bandwagon fan base can't be counted upon to support the team unless they're winning world series - even the division isn't enough. You get angry when someone points out that the logic you present leads to "this team therefore cannot survive in this city". What other options are there? lol. Ridiculous. There is obvious ground between the extremes you are giving. If you don't see it, you don't want to see it. And I didn't get mad, I just said it shocked me to see you advocating (and seemingly others) for the team moving. It still shocks me. It also sort of reinforces the whole "fickle" and "bandwagon" POV.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 27, 2015 -> 11:01 AM) You guys all know for a fact that if Robin Ventura quit or got fired, our next manager would be Jim Thome. Just the way the White Sox do things. Thome is being groomed for the front office, I think.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 27, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) sell??? how bout the sox start their annual dumpster diving acquisitions. with all the players getting DFA or release. no one is going to tell me, there isn't a replacement or 2 that can help the org, esp getting rid of Penny. The Sox are getting nothing for Brad Penny.

Something I noticed while looking for another stat. Ventura as a manager is a career 240-289. His career Pythagorean is 241-288. If you look a this season and last he is actually a +6, after being -7 his first two years.

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QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 27, 2015 -> 10:17 AM) Game actually starts at 11:37. Thanks, fixed.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 27, 2015 -> 10:17 AM) But if Cooper is the manager, then you need to hire a pitching coach. Juan Nieves. You cannot finish this season w 3 young pitchers in Sale, Q and Rodon not getting the full attention of a pitching coach. Everything that makes Cooper a good coach would make him an awful manager.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 27, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) No, that's not true at all. Firstly, we're only dealing with the question of "will firing a manager in season improve the Sox chances to win," and secondly, we're only dealing with a job where the players have others actively trying to impede their success. Sports is an area where you can try and fail at your job. There doesn't exist the same gap between strategy and execution in nearly all office jobs. Sales probably comes closest. The thing that is missing from all the "fire RV" discussion is the complete lack of willingness for anyone to accept the possibility that the players are simply failing because success is hard. Every single at bat in baseball, someone fails and someone succeeds. There isn't always an explanation you can put on a flowchart. It's certainly plausible that something is wrong upstairs that is leading to failure on the field, but none of us have any way of knowing and the play on the field is not remotely close to sufficient evidence. This is good stuff.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 27, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) If Ventura is fired, I would imagine the leading candidate for the rest of this season would be Joe McEwing. Mark Parent came from the outside with Ventura, so I would guess he would be out as well. Guys like Buddy Bell would causing a big disruption throughout the entire organization, which I don't see being the Sox MO. That being said, the only way Ventura leaves Chicago is if he quits.

If Ventura is fired, I would imagine the leading candidate for the rest of this season would be Joe McEwing. Mark Parent came from the outside with Ventura, so I would guess he would be out as well. Guys like Buddy Bell would causing a big disruption throughout the entire organization, which I don't see being the Sox MO.

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