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Sale pitching tonight would set him up to pitch Sunday on normal rest.. With an estimated 10 million people watching this game, is there a better outlet to market arguably the best player the organization has had this century?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) Agree with this. It's a disadvantage for the first guy since he has to hit after sitting out for 4 minutes. But at the same time, he's at a huge disadvantage for not knowing how many he has to hit. I propose this: 1st guy's 5 minutes 2nd guy's 5 minutes If tied or bonus time criteria is met: 2nd guy's bonus time 1st guy's bonus time I'd bet this is how it ends up, and I think it'll be awesome.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 12:58 PM) One of the posters mentioned the stadium JR tried to get built in Addison. We're never going to find out because the stadium wasn't built there, but does anybody think they would of drawn more people in Addison? I've seen a number of White Sox surveys where they claim that 20% of White Sox attendance comes via public transportation. There's no public transportation anywhere near that Addison location. There's a Metra station in Wooddale, which isn't close to that stadium site. JR doesn't like to talk about it but when the White Sox were looking for a new stadium back in the 1980's the City of Chicago wanted to build a stadium for the White Sox in the South Loop at Roosevelt and Clark. JR turned down the offer and instead tried to get the stadium built in Addison. When Addison didn't work out the offer from the City was off the table and the White Sox got stuck at the present location. Everybody I have ever met always thought the White Sox would of been better off in the South Loop than their present location or Addison. In other words I think JR screwed up by not having the White Sox stadium built in the south Loop. "If you build it they will come." The public transportation would have come with public demand and/or with the stadium.

From the Joint Drug Agreement: Source: http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/pdf/jda.pdf

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 04:10 PM) Playoff appearances since 1990: Bulls = 18 Bears = 7 Neither of the teams has any competition in the city in their respective sports, so your comparison doesn't really hold much weight. Piggybacking on this, really more of a data dump than anything.. Comparing playoff appearances or attendance numbers to other sports isn't relevant. I can make this data say a lot of different things, depending on how I frame it: In 2014, the Bears had a total attendance of 493,449; the Blackhawks had a total attendance of 892,529; the Bulls had a total attendance of 890,370; the Cubs had a total attendance of 2.65 million; and the White Sox had a total attendance of 1.65 million. The Sox are selling more tickets than all but one major sports franchise in Chicago. Selling more tickets allows The White Sox to leverage fixed costs more more than three other sports. In 2014 the White Sox only sold 50.18% of their total capacity of tickets; the Cubs sold 79.65% of their total capacity of tickets; The Bears sold 100% of their total capacity of tickets; The Bulls sold 99.03% of their total capacity of tickets; and The Blackhawks sold 106% of their total capacity of tickets. The White Sox sold the lowest percentage of their available tickets. Being well below their capacity makes it challenging for the White Sox to leverage their variable costs in a way that is financially responsible while providing the in-game experience that they desire so as to generate repeat visits. While we're at it, we can also make the case that it's more challenging to make the playoffs in Major League Baseball than in other sports: 53.33% of NBA teams make the playoffs in any given season 53.33% of NHL teams make the playoffs in any given season 37.5% of NFL teams make the playoffs in any given season Prior to 1994, 14.2% of MLB teams made the playoffs each season. Between 1994 and 2012, 26.6% of MLB teams made the playoffs in each season. Currently, 33.3% of MLB teams make the postseason, but 2 of those teams for only one game, so still only 26.6% really make the playoff series. The Bulls and Blackhawks are the only two that are above the theoretical average in playoff appearances, while the Cubs and White Sox are essentially 2 playoff appearances behind the theoretical average number of appearances. Bulls = 18 (72%) Blackhawks = 15 (60%) Bears = 7 (28%) White Sox = 4 (16%) Cubs = 4 (16%)

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 03:48 PM) Combo of Sox offense and our pitching staff. The lack of true Summer weather probably has something to do with the ball not jumping out of the park too. I haven't looked up any data to back this up, but the offensive numbers at The Cell are typically more inflated in the summer months.

Sale goes out for the 9th, right?

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 08:54 PM) Play Gillispie at 3rd with Beckham at 2nd.....i don't like it, but its the best option. I actually kind of like it..

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 08:39 PM) Just from a baseball perspective, it would not shock me at all if Sale's agent asked/demanded a trade. He deserves to be on a major league baseball team. He's probably smart enough to know he'll play for a while longer. The Sox have been good to him and they attempt to field a contender almost every year. If he gets a little older and the Sox are no good, then we'll see that conversation heat up.

AL Final Vote: Xander Bogaerts Yoenis Cespedes Brian Dozier Brett Gardner Mike Moustakas

AL Reserves: Albert Pujols (Starting at 1b for Miguel Cabrera) Manny Machado Adam Jones Prince Fielder Jose Bautista Russell Martin Jason Kipnis Stephen Vogt Brock Holt Mark Teixeira Jose Iglesias J.D. Martinez

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 06:33 PM) ESPN doesn't have Sale listed as a potential AL All-Star starter... He was a part of the conversation though. If he strikes out another 10 tonight and his buzz continues, I think Yost goes with the hot hand.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 06:31 PM) Kelvin Herrera... really? Every manager brings one or two of his own fringe guys.

AL Pitchers: Chris Sale Dallas Keuchel Sonny Gray Felix Hernandez David Price Chris Archer Dellin Betances Brad Boxberger Zach Britton Wade Davis Kelvin Herrera Darren O'Day Glen Perkins

NL Final Vote: Johnny Cueto Jeurys Familia Clayton Kershaw Carlos Martinez Troy Tulowitzki

NL Pitchers: Max Scherzer Zack Greinke Gerrit Cole Madison Bumgarner Michael Wacha Jacob DeGrom Shelby Miller A.J. Burnett Trevor Rosenthal Aroldis Chapman Mark Melancon Jonathan Papelbon Francisco Rodriguez

NL Reserves: Kris Bryant Joc Pederson Adrian Gonzalez Nolan Arenado Brandon Crawford Yadier Molina Yasmani Grandal Anthony Rizzo D.J. LeMahieu Joe Panik A.J. Pollock Justin Upton

McCutchen starting. Replaces the injured Giancarlo Stanton

2006: "Punch AJ" ... ?

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) To me, this just demonstrates Robin's lack of passion for the job. I have no problem with a parent attending his daughters graduation. However, any manager who really had a strong commitment to the position (and to the team) would minimize the time away. I doubt there is another manger in the league that would miss 3 games for this occasion. Almost all would miss one. Some would miss two. Missing an entire series just shows that our manager would rather have a vacation instead of working. That's a problem. No. Just no. What this demonstrates is that he has a family that he cares very much about and he isn't willing to devalue and rush away from a huge accomplishment that he's certainly very proud of his daughter for. The role of MLB manager is the one of the most over-rated positions in all of sports. There is very little conceptual in-game strategy that can't be executed by the next man up.

Haha, Steve Stone just sent the broadcast off the rails.

Donaldson is Robertson's kryptonite

QUOTE (eblazek @ May 23, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) bump - would also be willing to consider selling as individuals - msg me for exact prices I'm interested. I sent you a PM

QUOTE (bmags @ May 17, 2015 -> 06:48 PM) I'm so thrilled we went on a streak, but can't help but be bummed that after 2.5 weeks of really good baseball we are only at .500. I really want this to keep going so that .500 isn't the ghost we are chasing all season after a terrible start. A series of small victories builds a sustained winner. It's so uncommon to go wire to wire. It's likely that this team will be streaky, that's what we've seen so far. The trick is to have the winning streaks happen at the right time and outweigh the losing streaks. It's a long season and the Sox have played fewer games than anyone.. There's a lot of baseball left.

What's with Emilio's butter churning thing?@