Dick Allen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 06:18 AM) Are you Marty34 now? Trading players because their value is high is not how you go about trying to win.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 04:47 AM) He was too pissed off. Tip your waitress. Just remember, it is better to be pissed off than pissed on.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 04:57 PM) He's at his peak value, I so hope we trade him. Can get a nice return for him. What worries me they will keep him due making Abreu feel more comfortable in the clubhouse . Abreu and Sale are about at peak value. Back up the truck.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) Ventura's really bad strategically. He would have been a lot, lot better had he spent 5 years on a ML bench, managing in the minors, or something. Or posting on message boards. We know all the answers and can tell you what should have been done the moment the play ends. It is funny people who say lack of experience is the problem have all the answers with less experience.

Soxtalk a week ago...why is Flowers playing. Ventura's an idiot for playing him so much. Now he is an idiot for not using Flowers as a pinch hitter assuming 100% success if he did.

So it is Hawk and Wimpy in Detroit.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:48 PM) You are full of s*** for saying Robin should just sit there while two umpires approach his pitcher. They asked him to remove a rubberband. If Robin was hitting he would have asked to have him take it off as well.

It is too bad JR demanded the Sox carry a mascot this year. This would have been a perfect time to have Matt Davidson pinch fan for Conor.

Tank fans. f*** you Robin.

OMG somebody tell Robin Paulie is just a mascot.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) I'm full of s*** for expressing an opinion? All I did was posted a comment that Robin as the manager should have come out of the dugout as soon as the home plate ump motioned to the other ump and they both approached his pitcher. I just figure almost any manager would want to come out and see what's going on. I don't appreciate your personal attack calling me full of s***. I thought you were better than that. You are ful of s*** for saying Robin needs to show his players he has their backs when the umpires are asking a pitcher to remove a rubberband.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:32 PM) Again, all I blamed Robin for was not going out to find out what was going on and to give his pitcher a little support and show his players he's into the game and has their backs. I didn't blame him nor imply he was to blame for any of the pitches Beli threw. If you inferred that I did you are mistaken. Some here seem to think Robin never does anything less than perfectly. Still, you are full of s***. Robin's players know he has their backs.

Fien isn't fooling anyone.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:27 PM) He does...but his acquisitions that bombed were part of the problem. Attempting to remedy that would be nice. It isn't going to get fixed now.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:26 PM) Yes it was entirely Robin's fault that he didn't come out of the dugout until Beli motioned to Herm/Robin. Unless of course someone in the dugout was holding Robin back but they didn't show that on TV. Not blaming Belisario's subsequent wildness on Robin but I am saying that Robin should not have just sat on his ass passively in the dugout while two umps stopped the game and approached his pitcher without immediately going out there to find out WTF is happening and give his player a little moral support. For the love of God, Beli is a grown man.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:22 PM) "watching" on gameday, which indicated a lineout in the 6th, but also a K and a soft groundout. The Sox TV crew was commenting on how Carroll was starting to leave the ball up.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 03:20 PM) it's definitely robin's fault I went out for lunch Friday and when I came back to my office, I realized they screwed up my order. I am pretty certain Robin had something to do with it.

Carlton Fisk was awesome at picking up short hops and making tags. The Sox don't have Carlton Fisk.

Useless trivia, but Wimpy has a brother who has a career 1.000 MLB batting average. 3 for 3 with 2 walks and 4 runs scored.

Steve Stone the first named mentioned in Bobby Cox's speech.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 09:48 AM) The bigger the numbers he put up, the more Thomas was consumed by being recognized as the best hitter in the game. He often was seen poring over stat sheets in the clubhouse and at his locker, and he always seemed to know his exact numbers. Thomas doesn't deny that but wonders why it became such an issue with the media. "Yeah, I did, but that was part of the game," Thomas said. "I did that because I wanted to be great, man. I wanted to know what other guys were doing, the guys who were in that elite level. "I wanted to challenge them every day, and I knew if I played at that level, we were going to win a lot of ballgames. And if I didn't play at that level, we were going to lose a lot of ballgames. So I took it upon myself to do that. It wasn't that I was selfish. It was about wanting to be great." But other hitters passed Thomas' numbers, leading him to feel overlooked and underpaid. He signed a seven-year deal at the end of the 1997 season that was worth $85 million if the two option years were picked up, but it also included a "diminished-ability" clause that allowed the Sox to terminate the contract if he failed to be an All-Star starter or finish in the top 10 in the MVP voting from 1999 to 2001. Thomas staged a brief walkout in the spring of 2000 to protest the contract and still feels like he was underpaid. "That was b.s.," he said. "But that's OK. I've prospered. Take the high road, keep that smile on my face and be happy. That's what I've done. Treat people like we're equal because that's part of me. I came from a small, humble place, and I continue to be that person. Whatever has happened to me has been unimaginable for where I'm from." There are no regrets for Thomas, who said he's happy as a TV analyst for Fox and Comcast SportsNet and working for Genworth, a long-term-care planning company. He always spoke his mind, a trait he got from his dad, who will be there in spirit. "I'm going to miss my dad at the Hall of Fame (induction)," he said. "That's one part of the speech I have to get past. I'm worried about getting choked up on that part because I know what he'd be like Sunday." Guess it wouldn't be the Trib/Sullivan if he didn't go negative on a Sox player. Thank God Sosa or Grace never got in, and they can only "half-claim" Maddux. Palmeiro making it would have been hilarious as well, but... http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-07...s-steroid-users Another article on how he's not going to go negative or attack the PED's users in his HOF induction speech. Paul Sullivan is a White Sox fan. He was at Disco Demolition as a kid, and I have seen him at Sox games a few times when he had time off as a Cubs beat writer.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 12:49 PM) I'm talkin Wild Card here. Certainly seems next to impossible but hell a month ago Tampa was 10.5 games back with 10 teams ahead of them, now they're 3.5 back with 5. And except for TB, the Sox still play every team ahead of them. If they get on a roll, they can pass teams pretty quickly. The odds are long.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 08:52 AM) Yea and if they moved Alexei, "we traded an all -star when only 3 games out of the playoffs." Hahn may not care, but those who must approve his trades will. Unless you know what exactly is offered for Alexei, you cannot specifically say he needs go be traded. And I don't see the urgency trading Alexei. Who is going to play short next year, or should we be happy when they lose then also?

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 06:53 AM) I wanted Sale to win, but I wouldn't cry if Scott Carroll got shelled today and the offence had a good effort that fell just short. I don't want Hahn to even hesitate thinking about the fan reaction when faced with decent offers for Danks et al, and being at or near .500 might give him pause for thought. If the White Sox had an offer they would consider appropriate for Danks, they would trade him. Hahn doesn't make moves based on fan reaction. To think otherwise is really saying he probably has no clue about his job. He is far more in tune with his team than you or me.

Thiggy is doing a helluva job as the pitching coach.