Dick Allen

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ May 7, 2013 -> 08:29 PM) This game is gonna be a classic Thornton chokejob loss any minute now that results in Rongey breaking out the Matty love-stats later tonight. I think I could shut down the Mets for an inning. The bottom of their order is beyond brutal.

How long is it going to take for either of these teams to score? The pitchers have been great, but it's not like mediocre pitchers would be getting lit up tonight.

Change up just isn't fair.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2013 -> 08:11 PM) Scapegoat all the way The Sox usually don't use a scapegoat. Unless there is a definite disconnect that hasn't been reported, I would be shocked if they fired Manto, and even more shocked if it actually made a difference.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2013 -> 08:10 PM) Scooter Fletcher (his daughter is dating Beckham) is Walker's in ATL. Harold is the /Sox # 2 guy.

Getting rid of Manto isn't going to make the Sox hit better.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 7, 2013 -> 07:56 PM) Dunn not a good matchup against Harvey. For most of his White Sox career, most of the guys Dunn IS a good match up against are still in high school.

Keppinger is the Buehrle of hitters. He has the quickest at bats in the league. You can cancel the postgame show.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2013 -> 07:41 PM) There's just aren't enough LHP in the AL Central to justify having him get so much playing time this year. However, they wanted to give him his shot, so you can't end it now. If Flowers fooled the White Sox, he also fooled a lot of the GMs on this board who insisted he was better than AJP.

For Harvey to throw a perfect game or a no hitter, he may have to go more than 9. The Mets line up isn't much better than the Sox.

To say you would be surprised he doesn't throw a perfect game is something he threw out there in case he does. If there is a boop hit and the guy throws a 1 hitter or there is an errpr and he throws a no hitter, someone should call out Rosenthal. Being surprised a guy doesn't throw a perfect game is stupid, too many things can happen even if he makes great pitches.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 7, 2013 -> 05:09 PM) I hadn't seen that he had a tear in the flexor tendon as well. That will extend the recovery time a bit. When they took the MRI they said it showed nothing. If the test is that unreliable, why do they take it?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2013 -> 01:45 PM) Placed on the 60-day DL. Sox claimed 1B Mike McDade from Cleveland. He did throw up a .597 OPS in AAA this year. His numbers definitely suggest he's a White Sox.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 7, 2013 -> 01:48 PM) Yeah, that's how it was, somewhere between 13-15% tax anywhere we ate. Also, a case of beer cost like $45 because of liquor taxes. People are willing to pay well over $200 a case at USCF if you include tips.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2013 -> 01:40 PM) When I was last up there about 10 years ago, even their sales tax was 15% When guys get traded, isn't there some sort of provision, at least with the Canadian team, in regards to taxes and exchange rate to where the Blue Jays would have to even it out? I know at one point there was.

Toronto is a pretty nice place. In the summer, I would prefer it to Miami.

If taking $58 million to play baseball for 4 years is a horrible decision, count me as a guy who would like to make horrible decisions.

Sale making it to the 8th was a longshot after the 1st, but he screwed up, he gave up a run.

Hahn needs to do something to shake this up. Even if it's just finding someone to platoon with Flowers. Its time to do something Tricky Ricky.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:16 PM) Yeah, Robin should have carried a physics textbook out with him to argue. That would have swayed the umpires over. Obviously you are being a smartass, but balls down the line have some spin on them, they almost always have at least a little hook or slice to them, and those hooks and slices are going to be going into foul territory, not fair. All you can argue is to have them look at a replay. Once they do that, there is nothing you can do.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:09 PM) Like Hawk said it hit fair and bounced back onto the field fair so how can it be foul ? I'm not watching, but unless the wind is 70 mph, I don't see how you can hit the ball down the line foul and have it land behind the pole fair. I think it might be physically impossible.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) Such a huge call. This is 2013, need better camera angles than that haha. Especially since replay is so limited.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) How hard would it be to get two cameras, strap them onto the foul poles, and point them straight up? Or have cameras perfectly positioned for the calls down both lines. They don't have to be tied into the TV broadcast. You would think since this is the part they do use replay, they would have things positioned perfectly.

Do they do this off the TV feeds or do they have their own cameras at the park for these calls?

If it's too close to call they will wind up calling it what they called it on the field and Hawk may have a meltdown.