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QUOTE (Chuck @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 08:41 PM) In other words, no matter how well De Aza plays now, its better to get rid of him so he will help another team and the Sox duffer without his talents? The typo makes it work well.

Ventura is a genius.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 08:25 PM) Doubt he has another run of 2 straight months with a BABIP well over 100 points below his career average to be fair The real De Aza is closer to .200 than .365

QUOTE (1dog @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 07:41 PM) Lol I think he's just getting old. All the repetition (the "WELL" and "Meanwhile"), the enormous ego, etc. But it's getting hard to listen to. That said, it's a difficult job and I would be terrible at it. It's almost like reading a game thread.

Noesi follows it up with an 11 pitch second inning.

Eaton saw more pitches in his first AB than the Astros did in the entire first inning.

QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 06:12 PM) Does Hawk have to mention how great Abreu has been on D every game? It was probably a ploy from a scout of a team yhat wanted him to drive the price down anyway... I'm not sure some people realize how hard it is to fill 3 hours of dead air in a baseball game as a broadcaster.

A six pitch first inning. That's a nice way to start.

JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 7m Avisail Garcia's next step appears to be a rehab assignment, but there's no timetable for it yet -- http://bit.ly/1rzZ4iW #WhiteSox

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 09:14 AM) How'd the system get so s***ty? Even in 2007 it wasn't so bad, but I guess trades and poor drafting added to it and the Latin American scandal Poorly drafted: Broadway, McCullouch, Lumsden Traded Away: Richard, Poreda, Hudson, Gio For about a decade we spent all our money on the majors, and traded every prospect we could to get more major leaguers.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) So I live near Wrigley and last night was the first time in a while I could remember actually hearing the crowd at the stadium, so I originally thought "i guess they still do have fans." turns out it was a billy joel concert, lol. Billy Joel puts a on a great show for any who have not seen him before.

Day 6 of 8 Weird Al video premieres... First World Problems http://popcrush.com/weird-al-yankovic-firs...problems-video/

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 12:22 AM) Something that was mentioned in the comments and I wasn't aware of was Abreu's ability to opt-out of his contact and choose arbitration. At any price, I'm happy to have him. But does this tamper things a little? Or by the time he hits ARB will he be in decline anyways? If he opts out in favor of arbitration, that means he is still hitting his ass off, and that is a good thing.

SOunds like a top of the order type of guy. We could use another one in the OF.

QUOTE (1dog @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 09:43 PM) To me it sounded....KILT. And looked gone. Couldn't believe that wasn't a homer. It didn't have that sweet sound.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 09:36 PM) Wow, thought for sure Alexei got enough on that. Wind seems to be blowing in. Sounded like he got it off of the end of the bat.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 08:55 PM) Vikings suspend Priefer 2-3 games. Chris Kluwe's twitter is a hell of a read tonight, too. This one, depending whether he's right or wrong, might get him or the Vikings in a lot of trouble: Wow. You aren't kidding.

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 2m Jose Quintana: 75th career start. 35th career No-Decision

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 3m Sources: #Angels close to acquiring Street, as first reported by @JimBowdenESPNxm. Class AAA 2B Taylor Lindsey expected to head to #Padres.

Least surprising news of the day. @jose_quintana24 will get a no decision.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 09:06 PM) One of the best things that could happen the next few months is if he gets a chance to close. Unless it destroys him like it has done everyone else who has been in the closers role this year.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 1m The foul ball was an umpire review. Homers are not part of the manager challenge process. Bo Porter still has his one left.

No idea what the Astros saw there. Clearly foul.