Dick Allen

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:28 AM) It's baseball - the manager's effect on the outcome (as you have said 1000 times) is often not important... doesn't change the perception of competence or incompetence. Bad teams having winning streaks all the time. The series last night doesn't define Ventura or the White Sox team this year. We will know at the end. Danks actually has been pitching well lately... sure hope it lasts. Then why did you start this thread?

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:18 AM) I really don't know how much major league managers and coaching staffs go over situational baseball. If Ventura assumed Abreu knows what to do in that situation - then that's bad coaching. If they have gone over it and Abreu messed it up.. then Abreu takes more of the fault. As far as the parent analogy goes. If my kids are constantly screwing up - it very well could be my fault for not knowing how to guide them - but yes sometimes there isn't much any parent can do. However when you see a team make so many fundamental mistakes it's not unreasonable to see the fault in the coaches. That's completely reasonable. It MAY not be their fault but to infer it is their fault is not fanatical. Yet against the worst pitcher in the league, and against a team with a horrible, historically bad offense, and perhaps the dumbest manager in history, the Angels lost, and were swept. Amazing how that could possibly happen.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 07:46 AM) Living in New England, I was estatic when the White Sox got Abreu instead of the Red Sox. I remember reading the Red Sox stopped at $50 mil because they felt Abreu was eventually only going to be a DH and they figured Ortiz still had a few years left in the tank. He is certainly a gifted offensive player, but I hope the White Sox knew going in that he would struggle in the field. Hopefully when the sox dump LaRoche, they move Abreu to DH age withstanding. The Red Sox were actually going to try him at 3B. I am not aiming this next statement at the post I responded to, but it truly amazes me how some actually think Robin needs to tell Abreu his stepping on the bag eliminates the force and lets the runner score. Does he have to tell him every day? Does he have to remind the infielders on a grounder they should throw to first base? Where does this end? When your kids screw up, do you discipline them, or do you discipline yourself for something that apparently was your failure?

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) This offense/lineup is unwatchable. Why are you watching?

That throw wan't that bad.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) He completely failed. Yes he did, but the thought was fine.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:34 PM) WHY bunt? Conor Gillaspie is playimg 3rd.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:33 PM) So f***ing stupid. He tried to make Gillaspie make a throw.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:29 PM) Wow, ballsy call right there! O-2, the odds of Flowers fanning if he isn't bunting are through the roof.

That was a real nice bunt.

Leury is having a nice game.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:13 PM) Danks has a lower ERA than Samardzija now. Anda similar k-rate. The more you look at it, the less it looks like the Shark should get paid.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:03 PM) Threw the ball away. Was that throw,Scoscia's fault?

Throwing to 2nd would have been easier, but that was nice.

The black wasn't slimmimg on Albers. Neither are the pinstripes.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:26 PM) I rather give him the AB than LaRoche. LaRoche hit the crap out of it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:24 PM) Did you see the picture of the kid crying?l I am not a parent, but that looked like tears of exhaustion.

I never understood the Duke contract. I took a lot of heat for it, too.

It is funny to blame coaches and managers when major leaguers do so,ethimg stupid. They have been playimg the game their enitre lives now at the top level available. Yet so,e apparently think they still need to be taught the most basic thimgs about the game. That isn't your major league staff's job. If it is, you have a horrible team.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:07 PM) The Angels announcers are speculating he called interference on Ramirez for running into the runner, even though it is clear Ramirez did not touch him. On about the third look, it looks like the runner hit Alexei's glove with his left hand. Still a weak call.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:55 PM) What kind of bulls*** is this? The ump called him out so why should Flowers throw the ball to first base? Probably because he knew he missed the tag.

when thy overrule this, Robin is goimg to get tossed.

I guess with Flowers next you gamble more, but that wasn't even close even with a s***ty throw.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 03:17 PM) When the Sox claimed Rios, it wasn't just a blocking claim. They were perfectly willing to take on Rios' contract. I think KW was a little hoodwinked on that one. He was looking to trade for Rios before the deadline, and they were discussing prospects and money eating. I think he was a little taken aback they just let him go, but ultimately, I think you're correct. He wanted him, and the money really wasn't a big problem.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) Thats exactly why I think its bizarre behavior. They could have potentially screwed themselves even more if one of those teams pulled a "BlueJay" on them and had them take on a guy like Alex Rios with a large remaining contract. That is why he has to only be claiming guys teams just wouldn't dump, although I would love to see the chaos if a team claimed 10 or 15 questionable guys and were awarded their contracts. It would cost a GM his job. They would have to be releasing guys for roster space.