Dick Allen

Why are people complaining about LaRoche vs. LH pitching when the 3 games in a row lost and lack of offense was against RH pitching?

It has been a long time but Crede and Rowand were pretty good. Crede realy had just blossomed. He was hitting over .300 with 30 homer gold glove defense when his back gave out in September of 2006. As far as rushed, I don't know if guys are really all that rushed. If the Sox send guys down like Josh Fields in 2008, Saladino and Sanchez this spring, many here complain. But something is wrong. But hitters leaving the organization going on to others and being really successful also is very rare, so it seems to be talent evaluation. IMO, they draft guys who have a difficult time making contact and can't seem to improve that. We will see what happens with guys like Sanchez and Micah.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ May 21, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Nor am I impressed with your backwards reasoning on all of this. You are the one talking about "lists" and these alleged excuses fans make for not going to the ballpark, not me, as if you've actually surveyed the entire Sox fan base to come up with these conclusions. Meanwhile, I continue to make the very logical point that if you give our fans a compelling reason to come out, they will. Case in point, this Saturday. A good reason to come out, and the fans are eagerly responding. They will respond the same to a team that wins on a more consistent basis than the garbage that has been served up recently by the Sox and for 30 of the 35 years under the current ownership. I mean, what freaking fan base doesn't react well to winning! Do you think our fans don't care about winning? Of course they do, just like every other fan base on this planet. That's common sense, but unfortunately it's a little hard at the moment to prove to your doubting mind because we are in a 35 year franchise slump under Mr. Reinsdorf's leadership, where during that timeframe there's only really been one year of real winning worth talking about. 2012 there was a very compelling reason to come out, but fewer came out than in 2011. Funny people want to pack the park to see him now but didn't really care when he was hitting almost.400.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) He drove down their value's first by taking away potential revenue streams with his signs. Yes, but Crane Kennedy said they lost over $60 million by not having the boards up, and who knows what they are paying lawyers.

Ricketts bought 3 more rooftops. They now own 6 and operate one they do not own. I have always wondered why they didn't do this earlier. You can argue price, but the money they spent on litigation and the supposedly lost revenue of the video board delay probably more than offsets it.

I blame Robin. He doesn't get into Abreu's face after a bad AB. Show some fire. Show some passion.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) You would think the ability to have exclusive access to him would be worth more, instead of having to compete with everyone else in a bidding war. If you could trade him like a player, this would be true, but it's not like they could trade him anywhere and that is where he must coach. It really isn't a trade. It's compensation.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 21, 2015 -> 10:15 AM) Wow what a market out there for him. No leverage hurts. Everyone knows he's gone. I wonder if Thibs will mess with them and take a year off while the Bulls are paying him.

According to KC Johnson, about the best the Bulls could do in a trade for Thibs is a 2nd round pick.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) The White Sox should be ashamed of themselves for selling SRO tickets for $75. I'm in a season ticket package so it doesn't affect me. But still to charge that much for SRO tickets is shameful. I think it's another PR mistake for the White Sox. Yeah, they should sell them for $20 to brokers who will sell them for $75.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) It's also not like Phil has any connection to Derek Fisher or anything like that, that was a random and completely unexpected hire. It's not like Fisher was his first choice, and it's not like Fisher is guaranteed a job for life. Speaking of Phil, how come he was never criticized for running his players into the ground?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) Why would the Knicks want Tom Thibodeau? Thibs sucks. Sure he coached more than half the games without Rose, but his winning percentage is only like 5th or 6th best all time. Why any team would covet this guy is beyond me.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 20, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) Ok. For all of you Smart Alecks, I would be satisfied if Adam La Roche could hit .260, with an OBP of close to .375. If he hits 20 homers and 25 doubles, and doesn't strike out 35% of the time, which is what he is doing now, I'll stop complaining. Oh, and Robin has to find a way to be sure that he doesn't start against any lefties. Does anyone disagree that the Sox would have been better off with K. Morales, Adam Lind or Andre Ethier? As of now, those choices look a little better, but it's a long season. Robin was slammed in game threads for putting Morales on base. Ethier was going to be given away. Lind basically was given away and has back issues. When the season is over, I think when you look back objectively, LaRoche won't be such a bad decision.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) Unfortunately it's supposed to be 47/48 degrees all game. It was cold yesterday. It is colder today. I wouldn't be surprised if your forecast is a little optimistic.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) The data does not support your assertion that he is a "notoriously slow starter". Last year, he hit .312 .413 .495 in his first 109 plate appearances and followed it up with an even better May. 2013 is the only year, in recent years, where he started very poorly. He's now 35 and I don't expect him to get much better. I really fear that we will be stuck with years 5 and 6 of the "Adam Bust" era. I hope I'm wrong, but this is just too eerily similar to Dunn's performance with the Sox. This would not be such a big problem, if he were not the only left handed power bat, and were not counted on to bat clean up. To me, this is indeed the most serious problem with this offense. I'm much more confident that Eaton, Melky, Abreu and Garcia will produce, than I am that Adam La Roche will have a respectable year. I'm not even worried about Gillaspie. I've always liked his approach. He puts the bat on the ball, and barrels up a lot of pitches. .279/.466/.861 in May. Huge, huge problem. He is killing the offense. Considering how much you pined for Grady Sizemore, and couldn't have been more wrong, why don't you give this a little time? I think you are wrong yet again.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:02 AM) I'd never play him at SS. If you play him at 3B, he's just as bad if you take last season into account. Maybe he's better at 2B, but that can't be confirmed.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 20, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) Can we just get Semien back? He's hitting well, but everyone complaining about defense would have a hard time with him and his 15 errors at SS.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 19, 2015 -> 06:52 PM) Local news guy in Iowa was reporting that the Pelicans, Magic and Timberwolves also interested in Hoiberg. When you think about it, why would the Bulls job be very appealing. Your roster is good enough for people to think it is good enough, but it really isn't, and probably isn't getting better anytime soon. You know there will be significant meddling from upstairs. The Mayor is set for life in Ames, and probably could coach there until he dies. Why go to the Bulls where in 4 years you will be blamed for everything, and then move on? I think Orlando and New Orleans might be better jobs, especially when you consider the scout that found guys like Taj and Butler late is in Orlando.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 20, 2015 -> 07:23 AM) Small, but I'm glad the defense can finally be rewarded by taking a 2 point attempt back for a TD like they do in college. Doesn't that happen about as often as a missed extra point? I think they should do away with the kicks. Just give 7 for a TD unless you want to go for 2, then it's 6. Saves some time.

QUOTE (scs787 @ May 19, 2015 -> 02:43 PM) I know nothing about Hoiberg as a coach, but after reading this article I'm rather excited about the potential hire. https://www.todaysfastbreak.com/nba-east/ce...egy-head-coach/ It is funny that these articles are coming out saying the Bulls would be so much better off when Thibs goes, and his offense is so horrible, yet Pau had his best offensive season in years, Butler developed like a #1 pick not #30, they have free agent minimum point guards every year do something. Be careful what you wish for. The Mayor may be a good coach, but he's replacing a good coach. If Thibs stayed, I'm sure, assuming he stayed healthy, McDermott would improve. Mirotic didn't suffer in Thibs offense. They make is sound like the Bulls struggled to get to 70 points.

If he's OK when he gets back and Baltimore falls out of the race, Weiters would have to be a consideration. He wouldn't cost too much, and could be a huge spark.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 19, 2015 -> 01:51 PM) Kendall Gill's take. Interesting comment on Thibs and whether he would command the "respect" of the players. By all accounts, Hoiberg is supposed to have an infectious personality and be a fantastic people person, so you think he would be able to command the respect of the current NBA players. I think Kendall is a little full of himself. The Mayor played in the NBA and I believe worked in a front office before heading back to Ames. There may be issues, but I don't think respect or lack of would be one of them.

Tulo has 2 walks in over 120 plate appearances and is hurting again. He is a guy who won't be able to live up to the expectations when he is traded.

QUOTE (Special K @ May 19, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) No it's Robin's fault for not taking him out and bunting to move the runners over to second and third with one out in an extra inning game. That's about as basic of a managerial decision as it can get. Leaving Lexi in obviously didn't work out too well, unless you thought the infield pop up was a good result. And even with hindsight, Soto struck out anyway so Sanchez had to get a hit, and if he didn't you would have had Beckham, considering he was the only guy left playing SS and no one left on the bench. The White Sox had a walk off win, have won 6 in a row and instead of enjoying it, you reach to try to bash Robin. He did nothing wrong. No manager would have yanked Alexei there.

QUOTE (Special K @ May 19, 2015 -> 08:30 AM) Very excited about the W for a myriad of reasons. Now above .500, Sale pitched great again, Sanchez looks like he could be a real contributor. That being said, what's getting lost in this is the fact that Robin almost cost us another W and he's really taking no heat for it because of the euphoria of the win. Leaving Ramirez in and letting him swing at the first pitch with runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out was such an amateur decision. Ramirez was 0-3, and he can't bunt to save his life. Should never have been hitting in that situation, and should definitely not have been swinging at the first pitch. Almost blew a golden opportunity. So it's Robin's fault Alexei swung at the first pitch and popped up. For some reason if he had doubled and won the game you wouldn't have given Robin kudos for that. The Robin bashing has really become laughably ridiculous.