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Cease really doing a good job there of getting off the mound and racing over to the 1B bag with a purpose... Looks like CJ Cron is going to miss the rest of the season, fwiw.

730 OPS and 31 heading into next season. Wouldn't dream of giving him more than 3 years. If someone wants to give 4-5, great, let them have him. We need to surround the young core with more professional hitters, he has so much swing and miss in his game, and his best years are going to be behind him, so, once again as Balta always points out, paying for past performance.

Well, we know which two were the most improbable...Boze Berger is an awesome name for the 1930's, though. Probably a B-17 pilot.

On the plus side, guys like Joc Pederson and Springer are scuffling this year...and they're not going to be able to get huge long-term deals heading into yet another year of Covid uncertainty as well as the labor negotiations. 1-2 year deals are fine for the White Sox right now with the veterans. Even the Grandal contract is scary, at least a bit.

Fathom, your comment/s on Mazara's swing/s against BOYD?

Now batting, the Mark Johnson/Royce Clayton section of the line-up. Wait. Nobody was that depressing to watch for a season. Mazara or Mendick could at least run into one.

Abreu loves to play against the Tigers. Even on defense, apparently. Perhaps feeling the Vaughn footsteps closing in...

I'd like to not see Chrissy Tiegen and/or 50+ former celebrities attempting to demonstrate they can still look "hot" in a bikini, without make-up even...on Yahoo News. Glad I missed all 23 Ryan Goins starts last season, ha.

There's no such thing in life as a free lunch. Try ilemi, they might have a feed. Used to be .eu, they keep changing whenever it gets blocked.

McCann caught Boyd 40 times in his Tigers' career. Think he knows what to look for? Well, at least Robert is back to at least putting the ball in play somewhere. Getting closer to going on another tear, hopefully.

Not gonna say it...actually, it would be a tough call. High "lofting," just getting it over the fence with pure power, probably Jimenez. EE with homers in 5 of his last 6 games against DET. Slider on a 10 to 4 plane is working now.

Guess I'm about 2-3 minutes behind. Just catching up with Anderson bomb to LF. Anderson homer on a hanging slider there.

Last year Tim Anderson hit .350 against FB's, second in the AL to Luis Arraez of the Twins...guess McCann was really close to Al Kaline, who passed away this past offseason. Missed that one.

"Craig Kimbrel, he's our closer." Great job, Topps National Baseball Card Day promo. Someone's trollin' the Cubbies.

I know which one Pierce Brosnan would be drinking, lol...but shouldn't it be a martini, shaken not stirred? And who the heck is this Robert Mondavi dude who bottled/vinted Woodbridge Wines? Those commercials are EVERYWHERE you look/listen these days. It's like the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Guy in the World" dude with the beard. Somehow, that gig's earned him $10+ million, nice job if you can get it.

Well, I have a can of Coca-Cola (no peanuts, forgot to buy)...one Corona in the refrigerator, and unfortunately, no IRISH nachos in the huge green helmet. Or Dippin' Dots, although we do have a small shop in the local mall that sells them here in Wuhan, believe it or not. We even have MLB shops in every mall, nobody actually follows baseball, but it's just for fashion, the NYY/LA hats and jackets that cost 50-75% more than they would in the US. Last time I checked, they even had the blue/red/white Sox batting practice mesh jerseys, but for $56 and they were "replica" and not the real I think Majestic ones.

If they get the best of the Cubbies and the playoffs look more and more realistic, it's going to be 36 X 100, haha. My excuse at 1:00 a.m. in the morning is that it's the very last time I can watch a full game except on the weekends (Sat a.m. and Sunday a.m. usually.) Then, back to school full-time. Have to follow through the MLB.com site on phone, but SoxTalk isn't as much fun on cell phone because my phone typing sucks compared to having a laptop sitting in front of me and watching/listening with iPad. Abreu has reached base 19 consecutive games against the Tigers, fwiw.

https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-robert-9-reasons-sensation-youtube

Why? After all the time off, the starting pitching will be limited to 2–4 IP per start...batters’ timing will be out of synch, etc.

https://theathletic.com/1989963/2020/08/12/white-sox-say-they-took-dallas-keuchels-words-to-heart-then-they-showed-it/?source=dailyemail Pressed for what would actually constitute the need for “professional at-bats,” which Keuchel talked about when he addressed his teammates and then on a Zoom call with reporters, Renteria boiled it down to not swinging at junk. Even outside of their 14-runs-in-seven-games stretch, the White Sox have the second-highest out-of-zone chase rate in baseball this season coming into Tuesday’s breakthrough and the fourth-highest swinging strike rate. “We hit .400 in the zone,” Renteria said before Tuesday’s game. “Somebody had to say it, and I think it was the right time for him to say it,” Anderson said. “Hopefully that will light a match under some guys and get them going. I don’t see anything wrong with what he said.

All things considered, we could use Bassitt and Montas even more than a SS right now. https://whitecleatbeat.com/2020/07/23/chris-bassitt-showing-build-off-2019-breakout/ And he’s even speaking out against Astros and the “double standard” in baseball...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/34401/matthew-boyd Engel 4/11 against Boyd career, Mazara 1/8 with a triple. Abreu has absolutely crushed him, Jimenez and McCann with strong numbers as well in SSS.

Has the hardest Infield throw recorded this year at 93.5 mph. Behind some outfielders in the statcast era who have that 4-5 extra steps running into a throw with all momentum moving forward. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2634518-yankees-aaron-hicks-unloads-record-breaking-105-mph-throw-for-run-saving-out

Think Moncada was down around 73. Disappointing, but it would still average out to be the 3rd fastest player on most big league teams.

This was not a master stroke of talent genius by the Padres this was damn luck. Damnable luck. Note the other three teams in on Tatis. Padres/Blue Jays/Indians...all excellent organizations for cultivating young prospects and strong farm systems, traditionally. Calling it all "luck" makes no sense, if that was the case the White Sox would be in the playoffs once every 5 years or so. Are the Mariners, Marlins, Padres and White Sox simply unlucky, especially those first two organizations? Were all the teams that passed up on Trout unlucky, or passed on Walker Buehler, or 100 teams that passed on Dustin May, etc.? Eventually "luck" becomes a pattern/trend/habit. If the White Sox believed Hostetler was just unlucky in drafting, they wouldn't have "promoted" him out of having anything to do with the draft. The son of former Major League infielder Fernando Tatis, Tatis Jr. has a strong arm and fluid actions on defense. The right-handed hitter has displayed raw power to his pull side and has a knack for barreling up the ball. What's more, his repeatable swing has impressed evaluators. On defense, he could end up at second base or third base. Scouts like Tatis Jr.'s makeup and mature attitude. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-sign-fernando-tatis-jr/c-134059696 https://theathletic.com/884960/2019/03/25/everybody-was-surprised-but-here-we-are-an-oral-history-of-how-the-padres-acquired-fernando-tatis-jr/ Here we go again.