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So much for any questions about bat speed and wrapping his bat too much behind his neck...

AL second wild card spot now has six teams within just two games. Royals in a free fall, Cards swept four in a row. Opposite of NL, where Central is only interesting race at this point. Had no idea Martin Gonzalez was signed by Cubs (2005) and in their minor league system through 2011. Wow.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 08:09 PM) Sale should be making over $30M per year. He is an HOF caliber pitcher in his prime with generational stuff. His contract is highway robbery. Obviously Chris signed the contract and he has no choice but to collect what is still more money than any man needs. But I assure you Chris seriously regrets that decision. Almost a situation where they should rip it up like the Royals did with the $7 million/5 year deal Sal Perez initially signed. It was something crazy like that, maybe $8 million...

Of course, Renteria finally doesn't bunt there...draft positioning, blah blah blah.

Just saying he perceives them in his own mind as being fired members of the bloated bureaucracy...kill two birds with one stone.

QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 08:13 PM) Where's Caulfield? His boy is on the mound. He has a nice repertoire of different ways to beat you.

Would have preferred Garcia hitting there, but he's been meat against breaking pitches since his return...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 03:52 PM) Trump thanks Putin for kicking out US diplomats: 'We're trying to cut down our payroll' Whole interview was insane, per usual. Very glad this man has unilateral control of 6,000 nuclear weapons. His own tv show, he just thinks of them as "fired" and simply doesn't realize they're still the government's responsibility...

The problem is the Cardinals and Pirates could catch them first... Let's see if Avila can stay healthy with everyday PT.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 02:49 PM) Basically all of those deals looked bad for the player almost immediately. Those were fantastic signings at the perfect tine. They were 3 of the more valuable assets in all of baseball last offseason for that reason. Other teams haven't had that success. If it wasn't for those contracts, the Sox would be pretty much royally f***ed right now. Imagine what the Indians would get for Lindor, Jose Ramirez, Brantley, Zimmer, Gomes, Encarnacion...if they auctioned all of them off. That doesn't even include "lost value/opportunity cost" with Carlos Santana and Kipnis. Finally, throw Kluber, Carrasco, Bauer, Andrew Miller, Salazar, Cody Allen and even Clevinger on top. Could even throw Austin Jackson and Almonte in there. Of course, no GM or ownership group would tear apart that nucleus unless they were out of their minds, right?

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...itting/2017/ALL Tucker went from 9 to 18 homers (so far) this season but he's not exactly tearing up AA. 785 ops. Will be 21 at beginning of next year.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/tru...orea/index.html Meanwhile, Trump doubles down on "tough guy" rhetoric on NK

Hope Southsider2k5 doesn't add that to the list of Sox fan complaints for why attendance is down...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/politics/nor...rike/index.html North Korea readying Guam strike plan (within days), four missiles to be launched over Japan

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/us/polit...ar-arsenal.html Trump fact checked into oblivion on updating nuclear arsenal....CSpan also did a special on this with the exact same conclusions.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 07:17 AM) It's a marketing gimmick to promote and drum up support for Little League Baseball. It's probably more related to the reduced number of kids playing baseball than a need for cash. What are they playing? Certainly not football with all the CTE concerns....just computer/video games? iPad and tech gadgets? Also not reading more....

To make baseball more hip/cool/8-14 year old friendly, as much as the monetary and merchandising aspect...

Sounds like a basketball player or RB, WR, DB. Yep, ISU bb alum and/or Chargers' receiver.

Bigger version of Roberto Remember the Alomar, best 2b of the post-Sandberg generation

Nobody is attacking Wuhan, China. Strategically, the closest thing to a target would be PLA Air Force bases and the Three Gorges Dam...

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/9/16119...kends-nicknames The 58 players without nicknames...guess nobody caught Nate Jones. Carl's Jr., not bad. Jon Lester is getting raked over the coals for his lack of imagination.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...story-215473And What Trump needs to know about North Korea's history

Moncada at 196/687 now. Anderson 242/638

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...=&players=0 White Sox last, and it's not even close...for cumulative team fWAR (position players). Only a 30.2 spread to make up with the Blue Jays.

Three way tie for second wild card. Actually, Mariners just went ahead by 1/2 game. One of two teams with longer playoff-less streak than Sox.