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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) You know I hate the bunt, but it's not like Eaton was up bunting. It was a hitter that should be in AA this season. Pinch hit then!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:34 PM) This bullpen needs to be fixed. Which is why you don't give away outs when you're on offense.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:30 PM) You are the one claiming to be the smartest guy in the room. Unfortunately for you the guy whose decisions matter is smarter than you. I've never made that claim. You've criticized anyone critical of Robin, and asked them to state criticisms prior to Robin's moves backfiring. Now when we do so, you're acting like we're assholes for disagreeing with him in advance of the result occurring. I'm not sure what the hell you want anyone to do.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) He's been awful this year, plain and simple. Could possibly get his 8th loss of the season if this goes bad. Did Dan Webb sleep with Robin's wife or daughter?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:25 PM) And he could have crushed a grounder to SS for a DP and at best this game would be tied. I will say this, even though the Robin critics have ventured out and criticized before the final result they are 0 for 5 the past 3 games and have yet to admit being wrong. I'm not sure how one can prove a sac bunt was more wrong than when the next like 5 guys get RBI hits, but hey, you keep on being the smartest guy in the room.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:19 PM) LMAO Hey, just trying to appease you, Dick.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:17 PM) Yeah but if he hits into a DP inning might be over eventually with less runs or different pitching changes. The sac bunt was really key. Oh blah. We hit about 5 ropes after that. It's impossible to know what would have happened. It could be 9-4.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:16 PM) Adrian Nieto is not a good hitter (yet) and Adam Eaton is en fuego, I'd sac bunt in that situation all day. He's not necessarily bad though either...I wasn't too upset or anything, but I would have taken it off, especially when the count was at 2-0.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:15 PM) …looking for the turd-colored lining? Just saying I think we're leading in spite of Robin. As usual

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 06:07 PM) Ok everybody give Robin some credit for the sac bunt paying off. We're crushing the ball though this inning...the sac bunt is the only easy out they've gotten.

Let's go Gordo

Eaton is just raking

Not a fan, especially when the count ran to 2-0

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 07:45 AM) From the context I'm going with "undoubtedly" but in general I thought it was academia slang for "Totally, dudes!" Ahh. Should have just said undoubtedly then.

Dare I say Triple Crown?

Wtf does indubitably mean?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) Both bullpens blew but the Sox blew less. Abreu 10 AB's in a row on base , now hitting .310 . 17 hits for the Sox. 7 guys had multiple hits game. Very reminiscent of the Big Hurt in his prime.

Great move by Robin letting Sale pitch the first two innings!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 03:50 PM) I'd be curious to see what details he has here? Teams? Player? Could this be revisited in the off season? My guess is it was Franklin and we were going to give up Dayan +, until the Tigers decided they were willing to add Austin Jackson instead of other pieces.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) I have a feeling that golf is going to become an actual country club sport like polo where there just aren't many people playing it and it becomes more clearly a sport for rich people. I wonder if any high schools are cutting it - I know mine always made the kids pay all the expenses so they'd never cut it so long as there is a course nearby That is what golf used to be. This reminds me of the financial markets. The hype becomes unsustainable, things come back to reality, people predict the ultimate demise, but really, it's just a retreat to a more sustainable level. Upon what would you base this feeling?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 01:17 PM) I'm torn. More people means more golfers which means prices don't need to keep creeping up. But more people means longer rounds. Not sure about suburban Illinois anymore, but in many places (especially warm weather areas) there are just tons and tons of courses. There was a boom in the 80's and another boom in the 2000's (AT = After Tiger). Problem is, all these developers were trying to outdo eachother and build courses for professionals. Those type of courses require mucho maintenance dollars and so now many of them are closing or falling into disrepair. Additionally, as was mentioned, these courses are hard, and therefore, they take a lot of time to get around. Most only allow you to take a cart because the holes are not routed closely enough. A few weeks ago, there was a lot of talk about golf "dying." Dick's Sporting Goods laid off 500 PGA professionals (they had tried to have one on hand at every store to differentiate themselves from their competitors). Equipment sales are way down. They've had to sell drivers under cost just to get them off their shelves. Well golf isn't dying. Golf is alive and well. Some 30 million people in the United States alone play golf. The problem is, the equipment market is just oversaturated. How many drivers is one expected to buy? How many putters? How many sets of irons? I'm not going to drop $300-400 on a driver and then buy another one in 3 months. Same goes for a putter or a set of irons. 20-25 years ago, when I was just taking up golf, if you wanted to find a really nice set of irons, you had to order them through a manufacturer or through someone who belonged to a club. Otherwise, you went to Sportmart and got the same set of MacGregor's or Wilson's that every other hack had. Today, there is a Dick's or a Golf Galaxy or whatever in damn near every strip mall. You can find a stock set of irons made by almost every manufacturer in golf within a 5 mile radius of most suburbs in the US. Additionally, go to any driving range or public golf course on a weekday afternoon in the summer or a weekend morning. You'll find guys in their suits and guys in their construction boots out there next to one another beating balls into the sun. Sure, maybe it isn't as crowded as it might have been in 2006 when Tiger was in all his glory, but there will be a hell of a lot more folks out there than 20 years ago.

I wonder whose wife he drilled.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) Pssh. I'm lucky to hit it 240-250. I've never been able to drive the ball long. Luckily i'm pretty good with my 4-6 irons and I have a pretty good short game. It's been said that driving distance is one of the most exaggerated statistics the average golfer throws around. Not saying anything about Rock in particular, but most people are generally 25-30 yards shorter than they think. I generally hit it about 250-265. I have holes where I get one really well and I might have a little breeze behind me and I'll get out to about 280 or even 300 or so, but usually I am in the 250-265 range. I was hitting it longer last year and earlier this year, mostly when I was trying to play a draw. I'd come through the ball on a bit of an outside to inside swing path, and if I could keep the face fairly square, I could really hit it. That ultimately led to some pulls and pull hooks however, and so now I have been concentrating on coming through the ball on an inside swing path to prevent that hook. It doesn't go as far, but it goes a lot straighter.

Finally got my first official handicap index...bring on the Club Championship!

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 31, 2014 -> 09:40 PM) Yeah, and I suppose I should be using that closer to the green instead of my wedge... Yeah, your sand wedge is usually what you can use for most chips around the green, although there is a time and a place for a flatter club like an 8 or a 9 iron, even fairway woods, and also the lob wedge. But at this stage, you can use a sand wedge for most of them.