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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 02:11 PM) And to ride high on the track in the direction of the confrontation during a caution? If you back up the video, you see the very first car go by as the kid is walking out of his car comes out of the turn MUCH higher in the turn than Stewart does. There is a pretty good chance that if the kid was 5 seconds quicker into traffic, he would have hit him. The car is front of Stewart is much lower, but he is also going much slower. I still think the fishtale was result of the guy being trapped under a tire and forcing the car sideways. I sure can't tell that he went high just from that quick camera shot. As soon as his car comes into view, he's pretty much already hit the kid. What does all of that mean? I have no idea. Unless there is access to more angles of TV feed on the track, it is hard to say definitively what exactly happened. The field of view is SO narrow. The audio will betray you because of the amount of ambient noise at a race track. You are literally picking up noise from the entire track with that mic. From what I see in that video, the truth could literally be anything from a complete accident to completely on purpose. That video shows so little.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 2m More #WhiteSox minor league news: Chris Bassitt was named Southern League pitcher of week. Same honor for Tyler Danish in Carolina Lg.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2014081...orts/140819911/

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 7h Have heard enough to know this: MLB has had a hard time enticing commish candidates. Reality: great title, but relatively little power.

Birmingham Barons ‏@BhamBarons 1h RH Chris Bassitt had been named the Southern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of August 4-10 after going 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 1h Some White Sox minors notes: Catcher Josh Phegley named International League batter of the week after hitting .563 with 3 homers, 13 RBIs.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...n-elite-pitcher

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 12:08 PM) VMart behind Miggy to the tune of back2back MVP's says otherwise. If there's a huge dropoff in quality after Oso, he won't get pitched honestly, ever. A player will get closer to 100-120 PA's in a whole month of action - there's still about 80 to be had before September. Not insignificant. Been calling for the idea of trying him in LF for a month now. Prince hit behind Miguel during his MVP years.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) My point is that Konerko was never nearly the player that many on this site thought he was. If you throw out these last 2 seasons, he had accumulated an fWAR of 28.3 over 14 seasons. That is essentially an average baseball player. He only ever had three seasons where he reached 3 and never once reached 4. If you ignore WAR and just want to look at offensive numbers, his career wRC+ is 119. Good for just 467th all time. He is one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, in a era that had all offensive numbers distorted by cheaters. He played 15 years in Chicago, and gave a lot to this City. If anything his time here is being downplayed by those who don't appreciate what he did here as one of the best hitters in franchise history.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 10:55 AM) It happened just within the past couple years. Most though the idea was ridiculous, but a few thought Konerko's supposedly good defense made up incredibly huge gap in offense. Ok, just because a couple of idiots thought something, doesn't make it worth mis-portraying the conversation. There are also a couple of people who think that Ventura has cost this team 20 wins this year. That doesn't mean that it is worth mentioning as a "conversation". If the thought is one-sided, by definition it really isn't much of a conversation.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) I like Konerko as much as the next guy, but I think a lot of Sox fans are blinded by their Sox homerism. Throughout Konerko's career he's been a slightly above average first basemen who has put up some decent counting stats because he has had a fairly long and healthy career. He's not a HOFer like some think, he's not a MLB legend (Sox legend, sure). At one point on this site there was even a discussion about who would people take in their prime, Frank Thomas or Paul Konerko? I mean come on. I don't remember this at all.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) Well, Mike Trout is Mike Trout, so your argument is invalid. On draft day, no expected Mike Trout to be Mike Trout, so therefore I re-validated it.

The White Sox are not afraid to aggressively move a minor leaguer who they believe is the real deal. The fact that Wilkins is still sitting at AAA should tell you everything you need to know about him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 08:25 AM) It's ironic that we're worried about Abreu playing too often when coming into the season the worry was that he wouldn't play enough. Oh how times change. BTW, this is not a criticism of anyone, I just find it ironic and nothing more. Good call.

Can we actually give Konerko some love for his career and what he did for the 15 years he was here, instead of focusing all on the negatives of the last couple of seasons.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 08:01 AM) Not exactly the same mistake; Sox only team to draft Mitchell instead of Trout. Some of the other 22 teams probably drafted a pretty good baseball player; Sox got a football player. Just meaningless hindsight blabber now. Mitchell looked pretty good for a year or two. It would be interesting to see those first round picks if you have the link. Was Mitchell a surprise pick that year? Can't remember. Again, Mitchell looks a whole lot different if he doesn't destroy his ankle in a spring training game. Of course he wouldn't be Mike Trout, but no one is.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 07:13 AM) They might even be able to grab telemetry data Is that something recorded at that level of racing?

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 07:12 PM) I don't doubt the experts liked it; if they did, then they were wrong too. Giving a long-term contract to a guy with mediocre control and average velocity (91-92) is stupid. Now we're paying the price. Except that isn't actually true either.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) I don't hate him; I hate his deal. I hated it at the time too. He never should have been a "core" piece of our future, even when he was young. Poor player evaluation by KW and friends, which is the main reason we are where we are in terms of our organizational talent pool. Thank God for the Hahn-led front office. That isn't even close to true. The deal was universally praised as an under market deal for a guy of Danks then-caliber.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 06:11 PM) Actually Robin told Abreu not to strike out twice and ground into a double play- to instead hit like he has been for most of the season. I don't know why Jose wouldn't listen to the coaching. Probably something that needs to be addressed. He also told the infielders to blow a couple of plays to set up a bases loaded double Good work Robin.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) De Aza'd

OK that is just bizarre.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) I believe it GB is playing out the string his body language is s*** and I watch no matter what until Football starts in September. If Sox are out of it I watch less on weekends as I am sure many others also do. It is also worth pointing out that you don't see many guys who have quit try a barehanded dive throw to first base. If he had given up, he would have just put that in his pocket.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) I believe it GB is playing out the string his body language is s*** and I watch no matter what until Football starts in September. If Sox are out of it I watch less on weekends. So you'd still watch when you believe "some guys" have quit? That is pretty awful honestly. If I thought that, I sure wouldn't waste my time. I especially wouldn't waste time complaining about it, while watching it.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 10, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) Now that trade deadline is over it seems some guys are just playing out the string. If you honestly believe that, and are still watching...