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Canseco off the NOGGIN. Funniest was Lenny Randle trying to blow a dribbler foul down the 3B line in the Kingdome.

And Counsell actually knows how to manage a/the pen. Freddy Peralta pulled from rotation for Lauer, he'll be entering the game.

A Leury walk? That's a big unusual.

Yet against the White Sox, rocketed 512 feet into the upper tank in Arlington...maybe it's just White Sox pitching being the key variable.

That's some Doors peyote in the desert stuff, like BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE/THE CRYSTAL SHIP time. BLAKE. The Doors of Perception, etc. Would be funny to look at Cubs' internal scouting reports from that time..."he even makes Kyle Schwarber actually look like a competent big league outfielder."

Career high 7 strikeouts in just 4 IP. LOL at that.

No no no, that Rangers' game was 10X worse. We were 23-10 at that point, and looked to have at least a 50/50 shot at the playoffs if the rotation and SS position could be addressed.

Once again, can anyone imagine him at 3B (like C-Lee/El Caballo)? He's making Dayan Viciedo look like Juan Pierre or Pods out there.

If that play hadn't happened, are we to believe the inning would have unfolded exactly the same. Gio obviously lost his composure out there, everyone watching could tell that much...or at least hear it from Gio's mouth directly.

I'm not so sure about that. I think he can be MLB average at SS, honestly. Maybe at second, but his arm is a huge advantage at short.

So much for FOSTER as the opener this weekend. Wonder who they'll choose now?

Move Anderson to LF. Leave Leury at SS. Still have a logjam for this year with Abreu/Vaughn/EE/Collins at 1B/DH, unfortunately. Leury is much better on the infield. Leave Mendick alone, see if Madrigal can take his spot back. Don't need to mess with that unless Mendick goes into a 2-3 week long slump.

WHY CAN'T WE EVER JUST HAVE A MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGE COACHING STAFF???????????? JUST ONCE. To see if that might actually make a difference. Not expecting 2013-2016 KC Royals, just improvement/effort/situational awareness. That would be nice.

WHERE IN THE G-DAMN HELL IS THE FREAKING BULLPEN??????????????????

How many times must SoxTalk have this same conversation about Eloy Jimenez's defense? If we can all so obviously see it, what is being DONE about it by the coaching staff? He just had no sense of immediacy to get out of the net and retrieve the ball. The thing that's most upsetting is not realizing the baseball situation there and that it was a live ball and not a ground rule double...expecting the umpire to signal Yelich to second base. NOW Abreu can't figure out he needs to leave the freaking bag and then find it again with his foot. We didn't make these kind of mistakes in PONY or COLT League. Error on Abreu. Never used the bag to elevate or stretch to the ball, either.

Can you imagine Eloy ever playing 2B/SS? No, I really can't.

Well, we always say the White Sox don't get any national media attention. That's going to be on the highlight reel of every broadcast, local news, ESPN, MLB Tonight, etc. Fred Hickman and Nick Charles will return just for that. Might as well throw in TWIB Notes/Baseball Blunders with Mel Allen, with the cool soundtrack on Saturdays. Gio is really off PISSED on the mound. Can hear him audibly cursing.

This is one of those situations where Ozzie/Cora would pull someone out of a game. Didn't happen very often, with Alex Rios a couple of times.

NOPE. It was Jimenez's body, and it bounced or ricocheted off, so still in play. Took an absolutely TERRIBLE route to that ball. Haven't seen a worse route since Kevin Reimer/Pete Incaviglia in Texas, or Lonnie Smith with the Cardinals.

WHAT DID I SPEND THE LAST 24 HOURS TALKING ABOUT? Not only did he miss the catch, he almost hurt himself falling into the stands....to boot.

That's like comparing the Taiwanese National Little League Team with Bettendorf (Iowa). No no no no no. He just has been out of sorts in this series, but he's going to be a GREAT hitter. One of the 5-10 best in the NL in the next 2-3 years. How did the Pirates walk off the Twins today? MN, Cubs, NYY all coming back to the pack, haha.

Moncada has no discipline to withhold the urge to give up a strike with the fake bunt, instead of getting ahead in counts and thus allowing for the drilling of center-cut fastballs. 7 strikeouts, 2 double plays....what was the other out tonight for the White Sox?

That ball fielded down the line was BARELY foul, but almost impossible for the umpire to call it from that angle...was crossing the line exactly as he fielded it. BAD LUCK.

How many double plays have we hit into in last two nights? I think that's 5. Two tonight in back-to-back innings.

Your WHAT hurts? Doesn't seem very likely, but the slider speed bat matches Lindbloom stuff better. Rifled past Arcia for another hit by Abreu. Thatssss'a nice in Paciorek voice.