Jack Parkman

Because I couldn't stand Hawk and he reminds me of him. They wouldn't let Hawk do a national Sox game.

Kasper is a more controlled version of Santo. His bias couldn't be more obvious. You're calling a national game asshole.

Kasper seems like the Cubs version of Hawk in his prime. Your home fans love you because everyone else loathes you. Kasper is only a good announcer if you're a Cub fan.

Giolito is fighting his mechanics tonight. Velo is down and he is a bit wild.

Could have fooled me. I haven't heard the term "gee willikers" outside of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin and the UP. That term is uniquely upper midwest.

Where is he from? Minnesota?

Why isn't Moncada running? JFC Ricky

Strike 1 to Moncada was a joke

Giolito got 5 outs that inning.

Where is the team error when you need it? That run was 100% on Eloy.

Abreu should have had that.

Tell that to Quintana, lol.

I couldn't get into sports if I started caring about the people themselves instead of the player. Bobby Hull the player is an all time great. Bobby Hull the person is an all time asshole. There are two separate boxes in my head so that both of those things are accurate.

Still in Knoxville?

Nobody talks a out this as an awesome thing. It means the rebuild is about to take off and Fox wants national eyes on Sox/Cubs. Giolito is starting as well. Giolito dealing tomorrow would be a great thing for him personally, as it could boost his Cy Young candidacy.

I've always thought AJP would he an awesome replacement for Stone when he retires. I've been super impressed with AJP as a color a analyst.

Incredibly plausible and frustrating. And yes his secondary pitches have all become trash the longer he's been here. When he first came up from Charlotte in 2017 his secondary stuff was infinitely better. Hell, his fastball has become worse too. Omg he sucks right now.

I think you might be right. Just let him focus on two pitches. He might throw 100+ out of the bullpen. Did you see what Stone said about his changeup grip? That is a great pitch when he grips it properly.

Is Lopez tipping his pitches? I can't explain why hitters are on everything this year. Whatever he was doing last August and September he needs to go back to that. Get in the video room with Coop.

This.

No Boyd has awesome stuff today. That last pitch to Moncada was a strike he just missed it. His fastball is electric. Everyone is late on it.

Shit Moncada was all over that 1st pitch fastball and just missed it.

It's hard for me to decipher sarcasm on a message board. We should start using green text again.

Ron, i hope you know it is just playful ball busting. No hard feelings at all. My buddies gave me a metric shit ton of grief about Moncada and Giolito last year, and I'm giving them grief this year. It's all in good fun. Lighten up.

@ron883 where u at bro?