Dick Allen

Guaranteed Rate Field is a cashless facility, yet they have ATMs. Shouldn’t they have reverse ATMs where you could throw so,e cash in and out spits a card you can use to buy things?

What kind of daylights are in a ball that you can hit out of it?

Think how little the Mets must think of his ability if they are willing to pay him $44 million to sit on a couch or potentially play against them.

Hopefully he does great so it's not. But if he gets lit up again, I agree. At some point, it makes no sense basically forfeiting all his starts.

He's a RH hitting firstbasman. As you have told us many times, he has very little value. No loss.

He would have been out after a review anyway, but almost every player does this these days, especially on routine pop ups. They just keep going and if the ball somehow falls they would bee easy outs.

I live about 3 miles from Wrigley and just had to walk down the street to pick up dinner. If LaRussa didn't put me in the line up tonighr, I think I would hug him.

I actually had some hope for Dallas this season, but he's like Shields now. You start him, you put your team in a position to lose. I imagine they will give him a couple more chances, but it has to be near the end of the rope.

The one thing I don't get is in 1995 the Sox were expected to be good, but got cheap after the strike, and started off really slow. It cost Lamont his job really quick, replaced by Bevington, and JR had no problem blaming Lamont for supposedly not having the team ready to play. This team has far more talent, and a terrible start. How come that isn't on LaRussa?

2 PED suspensions. 39 years old. Pretty obvious he can't play anymore without the juice, and that's in his mind. It would be taking ABs away from Harrision and Leury, so it makes it somewhat plausible, but chances are this guy is toast.

He can't play. He might get hurt.

The object isn't to walk per se, it's to swing at a good pitch to hit. Usually on 2-0 the pitcher is forced to do that. If the Sox are swinging at pitches that are good to hit that are thrown first or second in the sequence, this stat doesn't matter. No one was complaining when they lit up Robbie Ray early and often in the sequence. If they are swinging at pitchers pitches that early, then this is a huge problem, one that coaching really couldn't reasonably fix. You would have to change personnel.

Grandal gets really cold then really hot. Very streaky. Always has been.

The team is as sleepy as a LaRussa post-game press conference.

A very energetic can of corn.

Yes I get it, but you are setting Fields up to fail if you keep passing on getting him some weapons and protection. But I guess there are so many holes best player available should probably be in play.

No one gives you as energetic of a strikeout than Harrison.

I agree. This was doing the Dodgers a solid. They knew he would fight it, so it will be probably ultimately be decided by someone other than MLB. So it's a Manfred win.

For a guy who gets all the credit fot "inventing" one inning relievers, LaRussa sure gets burned a lot leaving one inning guys in for an extra inning.

I think he dove awkwardly for a ball. I could be wrong, I was at the game but that was a long time ago. I think Wells initially thought Hurt was a pussy for coming out of the game. The other thing I remember was I think that was before Soxtalk, but on sports radio the beef had been why is Frank DHing? He hits better when he plays 1B. After this, it was what was he doing playing 1B?

So is the real reason the game was moved up, the 2 degree predicted temperature difference from 1pm to 6pm, or that JR wanted to watch this game and the Bulls game tonight.

It was a bicep. Canseco took his spot.

The concern for me is there was a LH starter that they just crushed last year, and they looked awful. I get that it is cold and all that goes with it, but KC got 6 runs. A shutout to me is something to be concerned about. There seems to be more going on here than a few injuries and a couple of slumps.

You are right, it isn't all his fault. The problem is this is a JR hire to try to , in his mind, right a wrong, and it was just wrong. They ignored his DUIs. They ignored he was out of the dugout for 11 years. They ignored the disaster in AZ, the last time he was given any baseball decision power. They ignored they had a shot at AJ Hinch, who many considered the gold standard for today's manager, or a shot at just about anyone they wanted. They bring in a has been, who admittedly wouldnt have taken the job if it meant he would be taken out of the HOF, and the Sox are now stuck with a guy who isn't going to outmanage anyone. That is a problem when the games mean a ton. Many speculate he has a hand in most if not all personnel moves, and it may be true. Why? Did they not see what happpened to the DBacks? Tony did mention he tried to get Valasquez when he was there. I am quite sure if Renteria was not fired, the Sox would have won the division last year. He probably would have spent the first round against Houston hyperventilating bowled over, but the result would have been the same. I am not so certain if he was still here, they would currently be on an 8 game losing streak. They didn't upgrade the manager when they had a shot at just about anyone they wanted. The guy got way too much credit for putting Rickey Henderson in LF, Canseco in FR, starting Dave Stewart and having Eck close. I did the same thing when I was 8 years old playing stratomatic.

Eloy is the offensive version of Rodon. Shows several flashes, even a Silver Slugger in 2020. But is always getting hurt. Eventually maybe he gets healthy and is a beast.