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I’ve said all along 750-787.5 this year, 788-825 in 2020...that’s realistic, although below expectations for Sox fans, especially compared to where he was 2 just months ago. 20+ errors, though, is unacceptable at 2b.

Or #biglyforadley #sadlywemightnotsuckenough4adley #canttouchrutsch

Some soreness continues to bother Robert, normal muscle soreness in the initial playing process after having his hand immobilized for an extended stretch. But there's no concern on the part of Robert or the White Sox. "Just a little bit in my swing because of the soreness, some balls that I can usually hit harder and put in the air," said Robert of being hampered at all. "But because of the soreness in my wrist, I'm lowering my hands more than I used to and that's generating more ground balls and line drives. I'm working through it, and physically I'm feeling good." We shall go with the exact quote...

Of course, Jared Mitchell also won the CWS...hope this one has a happier, storybook ending.

Fwiw, this guy was so far gone mentally, doubt he’s ever even heard of Milo Y.

Wonder if Hartley or the female employee he stalked were among the victims...? The writer of the column “targeting” him wasn’t one.

Other than Anderson and Leury...I guess Narvaez, the entire offense has regressed. Steverson is fortunate at this point to have any big league job.

Robert was forced to bunt twice (runners on 1st ad 2nd, no outs), got himself into a 0-2 count and battled back. Equalled Moncada’s infield hit total for the entire season, lol.

Abel and Mulholland...maybe just bring their coach on board with Sox, too.

https://mobile.twitter.com/EricHartleyFrnd Dear reader: I created this page to defend myself. Now I'm suing the shit out of half of AA County and making corpses of corrupt careers and corporate entities... It’s crazy how many signs there are just from this crazy guy’s Twitter page...these were from like 2-3 years ago. There’s no way SOMEONE in Annie Arundel County isn’t familiar with him from a law enforcement perspective. And HOW IN THE HELL does he have almost 500 followers? He looks like a freaking member of Charles Manson’s cult.

If not for the two coasts, where did that 2.8 million popular vote margin come from? Illinois? It’s a wake up call about not being too complacent or really listening to constituents...getting out there and actually doing the hard work of politics, knocking on doors. Supposedly, she spent a lot of time just going up and down the halls of tenement buildings, and thought bought her respect/credibility almost instantly. And don’t call for a debate, NOT show up, then send a staff member who’s a Hispanic female in your place to represent you. Nobody likes being condescended to/patronized. And Reddy should know one thing as an Iowan...remember, which state gave Obama his huge shot of momentum in 2008? Or Howard Dean? At the time they ran, they were both to the left/progressive side of the mainstream candidates (Obama due to his anti-war stance.” This was all in “relatively conservative” Iowa. Especially in primaries, the more extreme/passionate members of both parties are going to be out there. That’s also how you explain the likes of King, Grassley and Reynolds, and re-exploring what was once seemingly settled territory on abortion rights. On the coasts, the moderates are going to be pushed...like Feinstein, for one. Pelosi is going to be challenged by the younger members of her caucus, especially now with Crowley down and extreme frustration over having another arch-conservative Supreme Court justice jammed down our throats because Hillary couldn’t secure 77,000 votes in 3 states that she took for granted (especially WI.) Just like the GOP learned with Eric Cantor going down。

I’m much more confident at this point in Madrigal being a Gold Glove defender at 2B than Moncada...even though Moncada has all the raw tools in the world to be that kind of fielder. The problem is the consistency. Madrigal is already a finished product, whereas Moncada is learning on the job (and teaching fundamentals/defense at the big league level is not exactly our forte.)

There are two problems...that fastball on the inside 1/3rd of the plate (especially belt high and up) is giving him fits...so he’s really trying to get started early, but it’s causing lag in his swing because his timing is still off. Basically, he’s got that one dead pull swing, which of course leaves him susceptible to anything on the outside of the plate (or just off.) I do think getting all those full count strikes called on him (instead of picking up another 10-12 walks) has also gotten into his head. Last year, after the slow start, he was an OBP machine. This year, the walks are increasingly fewer and fewer. But it seems like every at-bat he’s usually down 1 or 2 strikes in the count...then he starts getting in-between on what pitch is coming instead of at least aggressively hunting fastballs in the hitting zone early.

I knew this was coming. Heimlich and Madrigal have both been largely disappointing, compared to the other “Big 3” of Grenier, Larnach and Rutschman. Who knows, with JR’s unpredictability, we might have three of those players by this time next year...(it’s not like we have a plethora of quality LH arms in our system. Waits to be attacked for being too pragmatic and condoning “child molestation.”)

Preliminary conspiracy theories: It was David Hogg. They had a training about this exact type of incident in the local area...and the 60 second response team means this was planned by liberals to (deliberately) make Trump look bad (not that it’s SO hard to do). The newspaper was liberal, and this is the “chickens coming home to roost” over Maxine Waters. This was a left-wing kook out to attack a conservative newspaper out of anger with the Trump administration and frustration with the Kennedy retirement. The “filed off fingerprints” means it was the work of the deep-state (NSA/CIA/FBI) out to sabotage Trump’s agenda...to not give him an opportunity to “make America great again.” Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and it still didn’t stop this guy. Conceal and carry, baby! Everyone should have a gun, that way a “good guy with a gun” could have stopped this instead of cowering under his desk. Trump would definitely have acted with courage and taken the shooter down before anyone was harmed. At least Sanders was out there this time defending journalists/print media instead of fanning the flames. So there’s that. (Maybe they should make her think about the consequences of her actions more often....)

How realistic is it to expect completely different hitting philosophies from both sides of the plate? Right now, he’s more reminiscent of Jose Valentin as a switch-hitter, tbh. With him already being “in between” so often, I just wonder how the affect of having him think EVEN MORE will have? It’s almost like the Giolito and his mechanics thing, and the more you focus on something, the more it gets in your head and you do start becoming robotic instead of “natural” up there as a result, like a deer in headlights. So much of it’s confidence when you’re hitting, and he’s REALLY struggling to get that back, to collect just a couple of multiple hit games in a row.

He needs to be at least a 750 ops hitter and concentrate/focus more defensively. Has even admitted that fact. We can make excuses for everyone, the sun got in Tilson’s eyes, blah blah blah...but major league players need to execute. Moncada needs to practice his bunting more or Renteria needs to be fired.

Listening to the radio feed, you could swear it was a spring training game at the Twins’ facility...Sox fans were definitely outnumbered. Both teams suck, but weekend shopping and sightseeing in Chicago!

He blocked the bag with his foot...that used to be illegal. Next time, you go in feet first and he’ll rethink that strategy. At least he’s hitting, and on pace for 25 or 30/30.

Great, yay Sox, #3 pick. Whatever. Would rather have a new manager. At least Giolito is finally showing signs of turning things around, but Moncada’s really looking lost on both sides of the ball. Some highlight plays, routine errors and just plain Lackadaisical ones that shouldn’t even be close.

Narvaez totally overmatched, looking like he was flipping hamburgers with those swings...

Sure Adrianza had a good game this series, but he’s not someone a manager should be fearful of like he’s Barry Bonds in his prime.

We get the one Cardinals “defense-first/fundamentally-sound” outfielder who isn’t any of those things...sigh.

Renteria with two dumb decisions...Moncada can’t bunt, and walking Adrianza and putting more pressure on Santiago.

I thought the GOP talking point was tort reform...too many frivolous lawsuits driving up the costs of doing business? Well, this is one case where hospitals/insurance company are accruing too much power, and the obvious direction of the SCOTUS is to pretty much do anything to protect corporate interests against individual consumers.