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Adam Eaton: +15 Defensive Runs Saved in 2016 The Rest of the White Sox: -19 Defensive Runs Saved in 2016 At least we've moved to the middle of the rankings instead of the bottom 3.

Looks like it will be $1 billion plus, $500 million publicly financed and $500 million from the Rangers (plus the Rangers responsible for cost overruns)...will be finished no later than for the 2021 season. Funds available created by local hotel taxes and early payoff of the bonds for AT&T/Cowboys Stadium.

Looks like 1975 George Brett, lol...maybe you have a career in graphic design!

The scary thing is there are quite a few similarities with the Minnesota Twins of last year...except the Twins did more of their damage on the offensive side than pitching/defense. They were 10-12 and 5 GB on April 30th and got to 32-21 by June 4th (a 22-9 run of baseball, similar to our 23-10 record). Tied or leading the division for about 10 days. Oscillated back and forth in that 5-10 games over .500 zone (peaked again at 50-40) but were never able to make another run at the Royals for the remainder of the season, finishing at 83-79. Obviously, we've led the division for most of the first 7 weeks of the season...but it seemed readily apparent from the scheduling this run of games against ALCD opponents and a string of other pretty good teams would make or break the season (barring some miraculous patchwork by Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams at midseason). Of course, the main difference is these Royals and Indians teams aren't nearly as good as the Royals last year (especially post-Zobrist/Cueto). Which at least provides a half measure of hope for those looking for something to cling to.

The // is a new innovation...hope it works.

I actually thought this was about the acquisition of Huston Street, lol... And not a NASA reference..."Houston, we have a problem." It was actually 7 runs in that 8th inning and 1 running in the 7th, but the point still stands. It's why I started the Ventura extension thread right after that game, having an immediate sense as a Sox fan it was going to constitute a defining moment in the season.

No Democrat will accept Fox News as a source for a "negative/hit" piece... As far as flying on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane, it does show questionable associations/judgment, but it's not surprising. Epstein is worth $2 billion. Started off his career with Bear Stearns, one of the most famous investment banks in the world, and one that was at the center of the 2007-08 world financial crisis. Billionaires are treated quite differently, as we all know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein You're also going to have to go after Harvard University (for not returning financial donations) and a whole long list of people. Since all but one of his financial clients are anonymous, it has been speculated that much of Epstein's lavish lifestyle was once financed by Wexner.[5] In September 2002, he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private Boeing 727 to promote the former president's anti-AIDS efforts.[5][better source needed] He is also a longtime friend of Prince Andrew, Duke of York: they have stayed at each other's homes, and have vacationed together in Thailand. In December 2010, the prince was a guest in Epstein's New York residence for several days, shortly after Epstein completed his Florida sentence for soliciting an underage girl. His dinner with Andrew at the mansion was attended by (among others) Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos, Charlie Rose, and Woody Allen.[8] The 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) 9-story mansion is just off Fifth Avenue and overlooks the Frick Collection. It is reported to be the largest private residence in Manhattan, having originally been built as the Birch Wathen School. Epstein, in the past has associated with many well-known scientific personalities, such as Gerald Edelman, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Smolin and Gregory Benford.[5][14][15] In 2006, Epstein's foundations sponsored a conference on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands with Hawking, Krauss, and Nobel laureates Gerard 't Hooft, David Gross and Frank Wilczek, covering such topics as unified gravity theory, neuroscience, the origins of language and global threats to the Earth.[15] wikipedia.com

8-22 at home against your new top rival over the last 30 games there is pretty hard to look past. For those suggesting we can spend our way out of this, it's definitely not going to happen the next free agent cycle. There's too much money chasing too little talent. The year after that, half of the free agent class is made up of Royals. Hosmer, Moustakas, Cain, Escobar, Volquez and Wade Davis. I highly doubt we're going to overpay for any of those guys, and the only ones clearly on the right side of 30 are going to be Moustakas and Hosmer (both of them are on pace for pretty big contracts from someone else). As for the last White Sox April/May start where they were doing comparatively well, it was 2006 and of course 2005. 2000, too. For the remainder of the past decade, they've been at .500 or below coming out of the gate in April. If Cleveland was 5-1 or 4-2 against the Twins instead of 3-3, they'd already be in first place. Our 6-0 mark against MN is the one remaining bright spot providing us some separation.

2-7 in their last 9. Lead cut by 4 1/2 games, down to 1 1/2 over the Indians and 3 1/2 over the Royals. Royals 22-8 against KC in their last 30 at USCF. One thing is for sure. The Twins/Piranhas got into the heads of the White Sox and Ozzie big time. At least we were able to counter in 2005 and down the stretch in 2008. If we can't beat get to the playoffs this year, Reinsdorf needs to give Renteria or someone else an opportunity because next season is absolutely a critical one for the franchise...probably the most important one since 2006 in terms of determining the future direction of this organization.

SEVEN (count 'em) called third strikes tonight. Fitting that the team co-MVP completely loses it after the game...just what we need, an Eaton one game suspension and Sands/Avi Garcia out in the outfield again.

Just 2 hits since the 4th inning (would have been nice if Sanchez could have had that hit in the last week when we really need one). White Sox fans should get a refund. And of course the Cubs are destroying the Giants. Perfectly crappy night that started out so promisingly in Boston. Ton of called 3rd strikes tonight for someone with such pedestrian stuff.

White Sox just have looked out of sorts in a lot of different areas tonight.

Can't wait for the Braves and Twins to face off!!! What's the tiebreaker for the #1 pick if those two teams both finish 59-103? The season series head-to-head? What if that's a tie? Purke consistently throwing 92-94...looks like he has pretty good stuff.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 20, 2016 -> 08:50 PM) Meh.. he's probably had the worst luck on the team in hits, yet alone power. Should easily have 3-5 homers right now Two homers lost early to the wind in Chicago. The ball down the line to the LF foul pole that was foul by 2-3 inches...think that was at MIN. Another ball to LF that would have been a walk-off homer to left with a couple more feet of carry for the last out of the game, maybe that was against the Angels.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 20, 2016 -> 08:47 PM) It literally seems like we can only win when Sale pitches. That's pretty depressing. Well, considering they're still 23-6 (assuming a loss) with Sale/Q/Latos/Gonzalez starting, that can't be true. Just feels like it, though. Especially with Q having two "tough" losses in a row against the Yankees and now the Royals.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 20, 2016 -> 08:42 PM) Perez hits righties better than lefties. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/.../salvador-perez Yeah, that even holds up fairly significantly over a 3+ year time period, not just 2016. Too tough to adjust from 99 to an 83 mph slider low and away on the corner there for Lawrie. This feels like the first White Sox game in ages where they were just done after the 6th inning. The game last Tuesday night where we blew the 11-6 lead would be the other, after Rua's homer to go ahead 13-11.

Might want to dial up those bat speeds about right now... Lawrie should get a fastball to do something with at least.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 20, 2016 -> 08:35 PM) The obvious solution to improve the offense is more Jerry Reinsdorf's money or Sands? Only good news is the Tigers just lost at home to TB, but the Indians and Royals all along have been the biggest threats. On the negative side, Miguel Cabrera hit two homers. He's starting to look like his old self again. Forgot Purke was still on the team with all that's gone on this past two weeks.

At least they're not on the hook for Avila and Jackson beyond this year. The improvement in value from Adam Eaton was probably worth the price alone for one year if you look at his WAR jumping up to where it is. The White Sox need to respond quickly though...when a team is 22-8 against the White Sox on your home field over that long a time period, they're REALLY in your heads, like the Twins from 2001-2004/06. The Sox are just stagnant and there's absolutely zero sense of urgency from anyone other than Chris Sale and Eaton right now.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 20, 2016 -> 08:09 PM) I'm already sold that it's no different. We have played well against some good teams (like the Rangers), well, until we completely fell apart last Tuesday night. OTOH, if you take away the A's and the Twins, we're not far from being a .500ish team. Hanging curveball AGAIN from Quintana. Eaton now is playing a little bit lackadaisically out there, but has built up that reputation so nobody's bothering to challenge him on the bases for the moment. And now Cuthbert reaches. This doesn't bode well, with Putnam likely to come. Quintana coming back to earth. DJ thinks he's tipping his pitches and running out of gas. 6 hits now with just 4 outs after just 1 through five innings. Almost inexplicable, like Sale against the Twins last year. Quintana out after just 91 pitches. It will suck for his ERA if Putnam gives up those two, but Q/Cooper/Avila deserve the rebuke with whatever the hell they were doing the last two innings from a strategy standpoint.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_...miguel-gonzalez There's ONE encouraging stat, Gonzalez vs. the Royals. Of course, he leaves an Orioles' uniform and joins the Sox, all bets are off.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 20, 2016 -> 07:59 PM) This lineup needs a new bat ASAP Who are you going to bench? There are too many candidates to count. Basically, everyone but Eaton and Cabrera suck right now, and Frazier's giving them the power so obviously he's not going anywhere. We're talking about six different positions where we need band-aids.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 20, 2016 -> 07:58 PM) He really hasn't all year but the time he does it is against the Royals which makes it 10x worse What was Q coming into game, 1-4 lifetime against KC with a 4+ ERA? You can't just get punked as a first place team and lose 22 out of 30 games to a team at home without letting that get into your head/s, no matter how much the players have changed from 2012-2014 compared to today's roster. Greg might actually have been right, lol. Bet the house on a Duffy no-hitter tomorrow.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ May 20, 2016 -> 07:54 PM) I actually think there is a good chance Eaton gets to that double and he definitely doesn't let the run score there. Playing LF instead of RF? At any rate, we've done the Royals a huge favor. Two guys who were coming out of the bullpen (to starters) and we don't extend them at all...Duffy tmrw is making his first start. Gee in just his second.

This is terrible to have a journeyman pitcher be beating the AL Earned Run leader... And, to top it off, Cleveland and KC are really starting to roll now. Moustakas is coming back. KC has a completely rested bullpen from the offday yesterday. Don't even look at Joe Kelly's stats this year. He faces Bauer tmrw, then Salazar/Porcello on Sunday.