Dick Allen

Nice job for Ranaudo. Kept the pitches at a minimum that inning.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 07:35 PM) Who would've thought a Sox/Cubs gamethread would be so dead? 4 game Sox winning streak. if the Cubs get a lead, it will pick up.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 07:27 PM) Is Fulmer still up with the team? I am afraid Renaudo will walk himself right into a loss. Hope he can settle down. But he has gotten a popup and a dribbler I have a feeling you will be seeing Carson tonight.

I don't care if he hits it on to Sheffield throw a f***ing strike.

Just throw some strikes.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 07:21 PM) Sad all Sox have is this guy to start. They are not unique.

This guy is AAAA unfortunately.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) Maybe it's 15 day then, not sure. There is SOME rule against trading injured guys, though. I'm guessing it's 60 since they don't have to be on the 40 man roster. You probably have to reinstate them to trade them and then they can go back on the 60 or 15.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 11:58 AM) Boston would develop new replacements quickly; that's one reason why they are so willing to trade. They're not great on the pitching side, though. Easy to say, harder to do. They probably won't be drafting top 10 for a while. Internationally they have been penalized both for cheating and overspending.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 08:38 AM) Chapman is a much more dominant pitcher though Robertson is pretty good. I think he would be even better on a team that is consistent. With the Sox, he goes a while without pitching, then his opportunities come in bunches. The 3 homers in an inning was bad, but it was his 3rd appearance in 15 hours and he was really good the first 2, also really good last night.

If he isn't sharp, I'm guess Fulmer will take the mound tonight.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) BBTN just had a segment about Sale and what it would take to get him. Boston - Said Bogaerts and Betts are totally off limits and that Moncada, Benentendi, Kopech, and Swihart was too much. Said Moncada, Kopech, Swihart, and Eduardo Rodriguez was a fair return for the White Sox. Rangers - Said Mazara, Gallo, Profar, and Dillon Tate was too much and that Mazara, Profar OR Gallo, Luis Ortiz, and Dillon Tate was a fair return. I don't think I'm good with either of the "fair" packages. Especially with some of the trades that have already happened in the past couple weeks. Three and a half years of a top 5 pitcher in baseball on an extremely team friendly deal is going to have to be an unprecedented package of talent in return and I'm not seeing that in the afore mentioned proposals. Right. There is no reason to trade Sale or Q for a fair package. You want them, pay up big time. With WSD, I heard Dan Hayes say a couple of times there was no way Boston was getting Sale without giving up Betts.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:43 PM) They obviously tried Sale's method of keeping it quiet and in the clubhouse before now, because the only thing we knew about was the LaRoche blow up. They seem to be trying something different now with the suspension. I think the 4 are known. There was an argument with Robin about being yanked a couple of years ago. Another one with Robin with the Victor Martinez stuff. The spring training KW tirade, and this one.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:42 PM) Every one of your goddamned posts is this "I told you so" bulls***. You have a lot of knowledge, and you're a smart guy...how about you post something original instead of always trying to make others look stupid? I'm just pointing out people talk out of both sides of their mouth, and if it can somehow be blamed on Robin, eventually it will. A grown man took a knife to a bunch of uniforms because he didn't want to wear them pitching a game where he's paid millions of dollars to pitch. Sorry, and don't get me wrong, I like Sale and hope the Sox don't use this as an excuse to trade him, but this is all on Sale and no one else. As to when this happened. It happened during BP. You would think someone would have been in the clubhouse, but as someone said, what are you going to do if you saw Sale taking a knife to a bunch of uniforms? I would either watch in disbelief, or get away from the crime scene as quickly as possible. I am not really sure. It is really a bizarre action.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:24 PM) OR you could be a decent boss and listen to arguably your best and most valuable employee's grievances and make plans to avoid a conflict. There are 4 other people who could've and likely should've been on the mound pitching that day. Considering it was only about a week after the AS break, it would've been really easy to accomplish. Wouldn't that be letting a player walk all over you? What would be interesting is to see how the uniform fit Sale. They were ridiculous last year. If they were the same, and he being about as skinny as they come, I could see where it could be a problem. But altering a rotation because of uniform selection isn't going to score you points with the rest of the team.

It's funny now it's Robin letting him run amuck. It was only a couple of years ago people were afraid Robin would run him away for having a yelling argument with him. Like was said, it doesn't matter who the manager is Sale is the one at fault. What he did was nuts. If someone gave me 100,000 guesses I would never have guessed that. That said, suspending him was going overboard on the other side of the boat. Keep in mind, with Sale, you are going to have to live with some of this. Part of success is the fire that burns inside. He has these incidents, but other than that there is nothing out there that says he's a bad teammate or a bad guy. He does something like this, you shrug your shoulders and move on. Something else will happen at some point, whether he's playing for the White Sox and Robin Ventura, or the Yankees and Joe Girardi, or the Cubs and Joe Maddon, or Boston and John Ferrell. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good and deal with it. Yes, this particular incident was about as ridiculous as could be, but he didn't beat a woman. He didn't drive drunk. He didn't take PEDs, he didn't fight a teammate. The reality is, those are all far worse.

There is some trading deadline mega bong hits going on here. Kolek for Gonzalez, now Shields, the guy who at one time should have cost RH his job, and the guy who should have been released no matter how much they owed him, doesn't have a bad contract and could net a decent return. I imagine the Sox will do something, but I think those thinking they are about to delete half their roster and get about 20 prospects with half of them in the top 50 are going to be disappointed.

This is reminding me of last year when Rick Hahn was a genius until the moves didn't work out, then it was all KW's fault. Now Sale is an idiot, must be traded...until he said it's Robin's fault. Then, you know Sale really didn't do anything any sane person would have done if his manager told him he had to wear the uniform the team put out.

QUOTE (Green Line @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:41 PM) We're ahead of the Royals now, somehow... Caulfield needs a wellness check.

They may suck, but this team never packs it in.

Nice. A victory tomorrow clinches the Cup. Keep the Cup

3 walk off wins in 2 days

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:23 PM) Cause the story makes it look like they flat out ignored the request of Sale days, if not longer in advance. Did he handle it well? Hell no, but he has a point You are being ridiculous. He freaked out. Then the Sox freaked out. But to blame anyone other than the culprit for a,27 year old taking a knife to a bunch of uniforms is lunacy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) After reading Sale's story, Ventura should be long gone. Sale got screwed by Ventura and Cooper. You flip worse than Caulfield

I think Kanle will close. There has to be a lot of crazy baseball things more common than a Tim Anderson walk.