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There’s game speed and track sprinting speed...or time to first, vs. first to home or that extra gear between second and third on a triple. Robert’s got the kind of effortless stride it hardly looks like he’s flying by at the rate of speed he’s at. I don’t think either (including Beard) are faster than Buxton, Hamilton, Dyson in his prime or Gore, but they’re right up there. Fwiw, read an article recently that claimed Trevor Story by statcast was one of the three fastest players in baseball.

John McDonough, for example, would never say or even think some of the dumb things the likes of KW, Cooper and Stone have uttered. They better hope Luis Robert turns out to be the best thing since sliced bread or Mike Trout. You just get the feeling those core prospects are going to have to carry the water and outperform...because expecting ownership and the front office to outperform other organizations is highly unlikely. If they do go out and sign Cole, then I’ll actually believe they are capable of real change.

Very quietly, the Indians will be just three games back if the Twins lose and they go on to win tonight...

Selling spring rolls for Asian Fusion Night? Buy ten or more, you get a Yolmer Gatorade Bath Selfie?

Not sure Dick Vitale and the remaining local fans would agree with you...

Rangers? Maybe you’re confusing him with Avi...? It was so tempting to start McKay tonight in fantasy ball that I benched him, knowing the 1983 Winnin’ Ugly White Sox were due to show up.

I’d rather see McEwing and KW in the lineup than Tilson...Capra can come off the bench.

Every year, there’s a gritty/heady and surprisingly productive minor leaguer with limited tools everyone falls in love with ... Mendick and Mercedes this year.

Just tell Engel to do like Willie Mays Hayes in Major League and hit every ball on the ground...50 push-ups for every pop up or fly out.

SoxTalk PR specialists/lobbyists constantly lobbying for more extensive PT during the offseason? Would we really prefer to watch Alcides Escobar? We haven’t reached that point yet, have we?

White Sox have won only one game since July 3rd (Cubs)...now 15+ days. On the plus side, we’ve only blown lost one game where we held the lead after six innings, according to Dave Wills. Is that right? Jay blowing up his trade value...might get us Alex Call back. Note: This has to be the most boring lineup since the Ivan Bubbling Calderon days in the late 1980’s. Note 2: Everyone in baseball hates CB Bucknor.

Wasn't it put a dent in his skull?

Surprised they didn’t give Avi a revenge opportunity...102 mph liner right at Engel. Speaking of Choi’s second steal, how the heck does Moncada only have six steals so far this year?

The weirdest stat this year is Verlander #1, Reynaldo #2 in AL homers allowed... Choi 2/5 in steals now, lol.

McKay?

He has had the worst four game stretch of his career. 11 k’s, four errors (increasing his total by 40% in five days)...one homer, two walks, two singles. Hosmer bailed him out with a stretch play, or it would be five errors. Still has made two really exciting plays on the basepaths, one advancing to second while Bote was arguing, the other in Miami to save a run. fWAR falls from 3.4 to 3.2, has also missed five weeks of the season, too. In comparison, Ronald Acuna, Jr. at the same age with 3.7 and 3.3 so far this year.

Extension for Moncada? Two weeks? Or years?

Canseco talked about 50/50... Mays and Mantle (prior to the knee injury) Soriano, A-Rod and Bonds the others to actually do it. Trout, if he was interested in stealing bases at all...certainly has the ability.

Thompson and Dalquist really flew up the list in a hurry. Poor Burger...hard to imagine many Top 15-20 picks in that year’s first round are already out of their organization’s Top 25-30 lists.

I feel like we heard this for about five years in regards to Brian Anderson....Torii Hunter Lite, etc.

He’s always been seen as one of those guys who was wealthy enough to be part of an ownership group (if he was actually interested)...so no surprise he would think of building the type of mansion or estate that would require a five full years to complete.

But they did have the advantage of the Rizzo/Hoyer “gift” trade and Baez already in the system...

Now showing after tonight’s game on the big board as an added bonus for ever-patient fans, Brokeback Mountain.... “Truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it. You sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week! I wish I knew how to quit you. Brokeback got us good, didn't it? You know it could be like this, just like this always...”

A team that can threaten for the playoffs quite frequently consider they have the Astros in their division, the second-worst stadium in baseball and quite limited financial resources. As recently as 2014, one of the best teams in baseball...and then again last year, and competing in 2019. If we went by your “standard,” then the Friedman/Maddon Rays and this decade’s Indians are also not successes? Beane has had to completely rebuild that team like 3 or 4, maybe 5 times now... Lets just put it this way. If both of them were fired tomorrow, how many owners would choose Hahn over Beane?

They have a remarkable record with their top draft choices since Castro....even the clear mistakes they have made, Appel instead of Bryant and then Aiken the following year, that directly led to Bergman, Tucker and Daz Cameron (big part of Verlander deal). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_first-round_draft_picks