Dick Allen

Lack of arrests are an issue. Less than 45% of murders in Chicago are solved, so you have a better chance of getting away with it than paying for your crime.

It’s 8-0 why are the Rays still trying? It’s unsportsmanlike .

Or the 2005 White Sox. Late August to the middle of September wasn’t exactly stellar.

2nd base is the easiest position to fill, or so I have read on this board. But he will be OK, just in an awful slump.

LaRussa must have a back or a neck issue, He always looks like he is walking carefully so he won’t fall over when heading to the mound.

How dare Jason question the Great LaRussa.

Hard to believe Tony let Lopez pitch to Lowe.

We will see next year. Last year he was really good. Now he is having a tough time getting lefties out. Maybe he straightens it out.

Tony has always loved the last guys on his roster. He wants to get credit for winning with them playing. Everyone can win if they play regulars. He is a HOF baseball person brother. He is smarter than everyone else.

I don’t think last nights win should count since Kimbrel walked someone.

Yes one of the craziest things ever. He needed to swing more, You had this first ballot HOFer, and they wanted to risk changing him and not letting him be because his eye was too good.

They were acquired after being released? Do you expect them to hit .400 with 40 homers?

Yes, he was out of the inning but the ball hit third base and bounced over Moncada. Next batter doubled.

In other news, Trubisky is carving up the Bears defense.

There is more to this. He must be banged up in some way.

Tony is aware the turf isn’t the same as it was in 1995 isn’t he? I don’t mind him resting guys if they are banged up, but this turf excuse......How many players would he go through if he actually managed a team that played on turf?

When Grandal leaves the line up, the walk totals are going to drop. Moncada still walks a lot, and Abreu seems more willing to take a walk since Eloy returned.

I just think he is going to make people wish the Sox put together a different package. For this year, Kimbrel was the best available. I don't buy for a second the Sox intend to have both Kimbrel and Hendriks on the roster next year, so they probably will get something decent for one of them eventually.

There is this thing called tampering....

Hopefully the injuries can stop and the Sox can put out their #1 line up soon.

Another big positive is Crochet is looking a lot like his 2020 version lately.

You can laugh all you want but your post exposed you. You wouldn’t have the hate for Madrigal if he was drafted lower.Maybe he won’t have the impact yuowish a #4 draft pick overall, that remains to be seen , but he was a pretty good player. 1,4 fWAR in 54 games is a 4 win player, playing for minimum. So the Sox didn’t think he was good enough and have been desperately trying to trade him for a while. Finally they found a sucker to take him off their hands, and they picked up a guy who will have half the fWAR and they only have to pay him 10 times what they paid Madrigal to play second. Makes a lot sense. Has to be true.

I am sure if they had been trying to trade him some team would have taken him off their hands long before they got Kimbrel. That is just BS. I don’t know what it says about Crochet because apparently the Cubs had their choice between the 2 and took Madrigal. Paying Hernandez 10 times more than him for not a better performance, seems a pretty poor plan. You can’t seem to separate Madrigal the player vs. Madrigal the #4 overall pick ahead of Kelenic, and it makes you write things that make no sense.

The thing is last night, his bad inning consisted of walking someone. He gave up no hits. He struck a guy out. It is really bizarre, but Soxtalk expects relievers to not only have 0.00 ERAS, but 0.00 WHIPs as well, or you just suck. I liked Madrigal more than most and really think years from now many will be saying it would be awesome if he was on the team, but Kimbrel was the best available by far.

Kimbrel is great. Kimbrel is garbage. Kimbrel should close, Hendriks is garbage. Kimbrel shouldn't face lefties with games on the line. Soxtalk on Kimbrel.